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Voyager Hallway Instructions

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Recreate your favorite moments from Star Trek: Voyager with this detailed model of the ship’s hallways and turbolift!

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Designing the Enterprise-D’s Lounge Areas

Andrew Probert allocated many windows on the Enterprise -D model for observation decks when he designed the Galaxy -class starship for The Next Generation . Having such a large vessel with families, singles, lovers and loners aboard, Probert envisioned those areas as comfortable places where people could mingle and relax.

“They were simply lounges,” he told Greg Tyler in 2005, “and they were different sized, ranging from a two-person lounge to a fourteen-person lounge, where you could have family gatherings or parties and they would all be very darkly lit, so you wouldn’t get gross window reflections, allowing you to see outside a lot easier.”

There were also large windows in the underside of the ship, specifically designed for entertainment areas: cocktail lounges, restaurants, shopping malls.

Season 1 lounges

Before Ten Forward was built for Season 2, The Next Generation redressed the doctor’s office, officers’ quarters and the set opposite the transporter room, that would later become Counselor Troi’s office and science lab, as various social spaces.

“Haven” revealed a dining room with slightly curved walls and windows on either side, suggesting it might be in a narrow point of the neck connecting the saucer and stardrive sections. “Heart of Glory” gave the same room impossible windows borrowed from the officers’ quarters. In “The Neutral Zone” the set becames a “guest lounge” for the three survivors from the twentieth century. The sofas are the same as in “Heart of Glory”, but the impossible windows are gone (or at least not seen).

Observation lounge

Early in the production of The Next Generation , there was a proposal to build a conference lounge opposite the transporter room. This became the dining room and (guest) lounge in Season 1, and Troi’s office and science lab in Season 2. Probert instead allocated windows for a conference lounge behind the bridge on the Enterprise -D model, similar to the officers’ lounge he had designed for the refit Enterprise of The Motion Picture a decade earlier. It was occasionally called the “observation deck”, but more commonly the “observation lounge”.

There wasn’t money to build a separate observation lounge set during Season 1. Sickbay was redressed every time the observation lounge was needed. The outlines of the windows can be seen over the biobeds in Season 1.

A separate set was build for Season 2 next to, rather than behind, the bridge on Paramount’s Stage 8, so continuous scenes between the two were still impossible. Sickbay got a new wall with alcoves for its recovery beds.

Although there were no other windows like it on the Enterprise -D model, the observation lounge set was used as an art studio in “A Matter of Perspective”, the captain’s dining room in “Sins of the Father” and “Violations”, a theater rehearsal room in “A Fistful of Datas” and a large meeting room in “Qpid”. It became the Enterprise -A’s dining room in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country .

Wrong deck height

Probert designed the rim of the saucer to be one deck in height, with windows along the curved corners of the ceiling and floor, and the sensor strip running in between.

I thought it could be more romantic or just quiet, some space away from the aluminium gray walls of the ship. That’s what that was intended for.

So how did Ten Forward end up where it did?

By the time Production Designer Herman Zimmerman was able to build a crew lounge — on Stage 8, opposite the officers’ quarters — Probert had left the show. It seems nobody realized the edge of the saucer was meant to be one deck high. Little wonder Probert disliked the set. “It destroyed the scale of the ship,” he told Forgotten Trek in 2005 .

I specifically designed large window clusters all over the ship [to serve as] large lounge spaces. Still, if they had insisted on yet another lounge in that saucer nose position, it would have worked to leave the windows the way they were — at the scale they were — or they could have been modified without alluding to the space behind half of the saucer rim’s height.

Important set

Zimmerman remembered the set fondly. “Gene [Roddenberry] wanted a place where the crew could socialize with each other without having to do it in a very intimate setting in their living quarters, or in a very formal setting in the observation lounge or on the bridge,” he is quoted as saying in Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Continuing Mission .

Ten Forward became the place where ordinary crew and the officers could mingle, and where aliens who were not allowed on the bridge could interact with the Starfleet characters.

It was a very important set for the telling of stories.

The creation of Ten Forward coincided with Whoopi Goldberg joining the cast of The Next Generation . Ten Forward needed a bartender, who wouldn’t appear in every episode. Goldberg, who was not always available, was a perfect fit for the role.

A large fiberoptic mural was placed behind the bar, designed by Rick Sternbach to represent the Milky Way Galaxy as seen from an oblique angle.

The doors of Ten Forward were first seen as the doors of Starfleet Command in “Conspiracy”.

The set was redressed to serve as a concert hall in the episode “Sarek” and a theater in the episodes “The Nth Degree” and “Frame of Mind.” It was also heavily redressed to represent the office of the Federation president in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country .

After Star Trek Generations , the set was refurbished to become the mess hall of Voyager . The windows were flipped upside down and used for the fourth series’ ready room and briefing room. A corner portion of the set was rebuilt many years later for a brief scene in the Star Trek: Enterprise finale, “These Are the Voyages…”

Where could I find construction blueprints for Ten Forward?

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Anatomy of science fiction–the corridor.

I have always been fascinated with the use of the corridor or futuristic hallway in science fiction TV and movies. It’s a tool that has been used over and over again to show a utilitarian function that we use today as we might see it in the future. By showing a simple hallway with different colored walls, attachments or adornments, greater or lesser lengths, cinematographers give you feelings from claustrophobia to cold chills to the repulsion of the dripping, dank space freighter, or the immaculately clean hospital-like environment. And creators get to show us the future as they envision it, in part by contrasting something we see every day today with something far more elaborate, or far less elaborate, years from now.

The corridor is also a great storytelling device. Take the obvious: the dramatic play. You can’t easily show a hallway conversation when you have three major sets for your playhouse production. It’s been done, but with TV and film it’s a lot easier to use to carry a story along. Especially in movies, the typical story consists of one staged set after another, a destination, as opposed to the pathway between. Practically the director cannot spend time in a hallway as she can on television. Corridor conversation is obviously not just a science fiction tool. Hospital themed TV series use hallway space conversations as much as any other location for a scene. Yet there is something unique with the sci-fi corridor that has been fleshed out in science fiction design to create a different feeling of the future.

Take for instance the barren corridors in George Lucas’s THX 1138 :

Or this cold hallway where we find the main character played by Robert Duvall:

Compare the above desolate images with this seemingly highly technical, computer-dominated labyrinth from the same film:

It’s these images, both stark and complicated, that likely helped build Lucas’s style for Star Wars . My favorite of his uses, and the most overt, was this entry way for the slow path Luke Skywalker had to take to confront Darth Vader for the first time in The Empire Strikes Back :

But that wasn’t Lucas’s most dramatic use. That has to go to our introduction to Darth Vader for the first time as he bursts into the hall of the Tantive IV freighter from his giant Star Destroyer in the original Star Wars :

What is the most noticeable from comparing the use of corridors in sci-fi is the scale the corridor typically creates for the viewer. From the prior scene we know this is a ship smaller than the attacking ship, yet look how big this ship must be from its long hallways. Yet nothing prepares us for a mechanized facility the size of a planet, and with the Death Star, we have something so unimaginably large, it is one corridor after another, from the escape in the prison block:

…to the corridor where Obi-Wan Kenobi confronts Darth Vader after turning off the gravity beam:

What are those vertical lighted things on the walls? What do they do? It doesn’t matter. It never matters. They are all just technobabblish frescoes that only need to look like they do something.

But looking only at Lucas’s films is just skimming the surface. Check out Ridley Scott’s Alien franchise, where darkness, power conduits, and leaky valves translate to fear aboard the space vessel Nostromo :

And Scott contrasts this with the more antiseptic feeling corridor for other locations:

More than any other idea illustrated by corridors in science fiction is the design concept of form following function . The long tubes interconnecting parts of the space station in 2001: A Space Odyssey follow this theory as we see the interiors reflect the ship’s tubal exterior:

In an ongoing television series, writers and designers are always looking to improve their storytelling. More than in a two-hour movie, you have plenty of time over one or more seasons to spend time “in between”–moving from place to place, where you don’t have the luxury of so much time in a movie. The Star Trek franchise allowed conversations to carry on as the crew strode from the bridge to sickbay to engineering, to continue the plot unimpeded, despite the technical capability of just beaming from place to place. It also served to break up dialogue and setting. This occurred throughout the various series, from the original Star Trek :

…to the corridors of the Enterprise-D in Star Trek: The Next Generation :

…to Deep Space Nine , which had a space station like that of 2001: A Space Odyssey , again, full of hallways:

And although we’re speaking of the future’s future, somehow this more modern starship from Voyager looks and feels even more futuristic:

This continued with the prequel series Enterprise , which reflects some early inspiration for the future of corridors, that of military vessels:

This brings us to the likely source for all these corridors, the military naval vessel, going back to the submarines from decades ago. As can be seen in the nuclear submarine in Hunt for Red October , passageways are quick visual for scale:

And why do these endless corridors make us feel the way we do? Usually… creepy. A screenshot from the earliest of science fiction movies, Metropolis , may give us a hint:

Definitely something Orwellian about this image. Was it filmed at a prison? A subway station? Wherever it is, it’s not pretty. It makes us uncomfortable.

The sci-fi corridor continues to be a tool used in modern science fiction. Here are futuristic cyclindrical walkways from Gattaca :

Dark angular passages from Doctor Who :

A bright and vivid corridor Rise of the Planet of the Apes :

In 2009’s Star Trek:

And even the illustrators of animated futuristic films can’t escape their own corridors, as in The Incredibles :

Mutants know how to make slick causeways in X-Men :

And our own Earth could hardly look more bleak than in Terminator 4 :

Yet the movie Moon’s imagery appears more like the future as seen in 1970s films:

The visual imagery and feeling conveyed by the corridor is a staple in science fiction. No doubt production designers must include some budget for these locations as a minimum ingredient in every new futuristic tale.

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10 comments

Interesting item, although I think you could argue the case just as strongly for the corridor being a genre staple of horror as much as sci-fi – “The Shining” most obviously, but I’m also thinking “The Omen”, and all those endless hallways kids stupidly explore in slashers before someone leaps out…

I think you’re right, Lee, and if you consider Aliens as horror there are as many unique corridors there almost as there are scenes in the movie. I don’t think they are as elaborate in horror as a genre though–sci-fi movie makers really go all out on their hallways, whereas horrors tend to be universally dark with less detail shared with the viewer.

Great post 🙂 I still don’t think that star trek ever made amazing sets — the show more than made up for it. For example, the TNG sets were generally cringe worth — I DO not want a future starship to have those colors — haha.

DS9 was better in that regard at least.

Check out the Klingon sets for Rura Penthe in Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country and Enterprise, like in “Judgment”–some elaborate decoration there. I didn’t even touch on the corridors in Trek movies, but there are some great ones in Star Trek Nemesis, such as on the Reman ship. I agree the mauve halls of Next Generation are looking more and more dated as time marches on.

Oh, you liked the Reman ship? The interior made zero sense, a bunch of scattered terminals! I’ll have to think about my favorite set… Besides DS9.

I agree it didn’t seem to follow any logic, but even worse was the Romulan Narada ship from Star Trek 2009. It seemed to follow the same jagged non-linear design. There should be some middle road between the cool Romulan Warbirds of Next Generation and the more recent lionfish inspired design. I also wish the Remans had looked like Romulans in Nemesis, consistent with prior canon. But the costumes and make-up are some of the best aliens in any film, and their rifles and pistols are superb as craftsmanship goes and just plain beautiful.

I like the entire bridge concept but in a pure visual sense I find they don’t work — although, the bridge in Star Trek: Enterprise was function, looked cool, and made sense!

Did you know that NASA engineers based mission control on Star Trek bridge design? I saw an interview with a ship builder from years ago who also said modern aircraft carrier bridges are based on the Next Generation and TOS bridge design.

BTW, I think the NX-01 bridge fit the show really well, but they sure looked cramped!

I don’t know if you’re still monitoring this post all this time later, but you made two errors either in picture or in captioning.

First, your Alien corridor pic, labeled as being a corridor on the Nostromo, is actually a corridor from the Hadley’s Hope colony from Aliens.

Next your “corridor” from Trek 09 is actually the cockpit/bridge of the “Jellyfish” (Spock Prime’s ship).

Sounds good to me, Greg. Thanks!

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TNG Hallway Wall-Panel Touch-Sensitive Light

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It always seemed magical how an Enterprise crew member would merely touch a black panel on the wall, and an LCARS display would light-up to help guide them to their destination. While we may have the technology to have touch and voice-sensitive interfaces in every room and hallway, it's not always practical. Besides, sometimes all you need is just a little illumination.

That was the concept behind these wall-panels. Mount them at eye-level in your hallway, and at the slightest touch, they light up with an LCARS display to keep you from stubbing your toes during a late-night chocolate-raid to your kitchen. You can talk to the wall panel if you'd like, but don't expect an answer. It's only here to light your way.

In development. Estimated delivery Fall 2022.
20-inches by 15-inches
Acrylic touch-sensitive panel
Mains-powered, displays LCARS Interface when touched
Render is shown. Final version will likely be different.
Tags: Concept LCARS Lighting New-Ideas The Next Generation TNG VOY Voyager

Star Trek: Voyagers 7 Biggest Janeway & Chakotay Feuds, Ranked Worst To Best

This article contains a brief reference to depression and suicide.

Janeway and Chakotay had intense feuds in Star Trek: Voyager, especially in "Scorpion" and "Equinox."
Feuds ranged from more to less memorable as the seasons progressed, showing the evolution of the character's relationship
Conflicts like the ones in "The Voyager Conspiracy" and "Night" highlighted Janeway and Chakotay's dynamics and growth.

Despite a close relationship on Star Trek: Voyager , Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran) had some intense feuds during the show's seven seasons. Janeway and Chakotay are one of the most interesting command teams in the Star Trek timeline . The two started as fairly cut-and-dry enemies when Janeway was sent to track down Chakotay's Maquis ship after it disappeared in the Badlands. However, after both her and Chakotay's crews became stranded in the Delta Quadrant in Voyager 's pilot episode, "Caretaker," Janeway and Chakotay agreed to combine their resources and work together to get home.

After Chakotay's crew became part of Voyager 's cast of characters , Janeway and Chakotay embarked on building an intense friendship that was sometimes charged with romantic chemistry. Despite never becoming a couple on Voyager , the two shared an intimacy that most other Star Trek command teams did not , and this was evident in numerous episodes of the series. Janeway and Chakotay generally worked well together, eventually navigating their ship and crew to safety back in the Alpha Quadrant by the end of Voyager 's run, but there were also numerous times when they didn't get along.

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Season 2, episode 14

"Alliances" was one of the earliest Voyager episodes that depicted a real conflict between Janeway and Chakotay, but ultimately the feud was contained to a single episode and had little impact on the show as a whole. During the episode, Janeway and Chakotay engaged in an argument over whether to attempt an alliance with the Kazon, who had been terrorizing the ship since Voyager season 1. In actuality, the fight between Janeway and Chakotay boiled down to whether or not to adopt more Maquis principles and tactics to survive in the Delta Quadrant against things like that Kazon's attacks.

Ultimately, although an interesting microcosm of some larger issues in Voyager 's first couple of seasons, "Alliances" didn't contain a particularly juicy Janeway and Chakotay feud.

While the discussion of Starfleet vs. Maquis issues was interesting, this feud was so short-lived that it's almost completely forgettable in the grand scheme of Voyager 's timeline. The fact that the episode heavily involved the Kazon also didn't help the popularity of Janeway and Chakotay's argument . The Kazon were a universally hated Voyager villain, and most of their storylines ended up being ones that audiences would rather forget. Ultimately, although an interesting microcosm of some larger issues in Voyager 's first two seasons, "Alliances" didn't contain a particularly juicy Janeway and Chakotay feud.

Season 1, episode 3

Aside from their minimal conflict in Voyager 's pilot episode , the first real fight between Janeway and Chakotay happened in episode 2, "Parallax," over the question of who would become the ship's Chief Engineer. The feud centered around whether it was a good idea to promote the former Maquis B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson) to Chief Engineer over the Starfleet Lieutenant Carey (Josh Clark). While Janeway was on Carey's side initially, she ended up getting persuaded by B'Elanna's actions during the episode and Chakotay's argument.

Although the conflict over B'Elanna in "Parallax" was great at establishing Voyager 's character dynamics, it was also fairly short-lived, not progressing much beyond one episode. The conflict was also understandable since Janeway was still feeling her way into trusting Chakotay and his crew, and the argument ended by showing that she could rely on his judgment. The issues at stake were more interesting than "Alliances," but the outcome was fairly predictable and easily forgotten about once everything was resolved.

Year Of Hell, Parts 1 & 2

Season 4, episodes 8 & 9.

Often considered one of Voyager 's best two-part episodes , "Year of Hell, Parts 1 & 2" also contained a more nuanced conflict between Janeway and Chakotay . As the result of a series of devastating attacks by Annorax (Kurwood Smith) of the Krenim Imperium, the USS Voyager was severely damaged, with the crew suffering multiple injuries. Over the course of several months, Annorax's attacks progressed, further destroying the ship. Throughout this, there was tension between Janeway and Chakotay about whether to abandon the ship to save the crew or stay and keep fighting.

Even though it didn't air until midway through season 4, the "Year of Hell" storyline was teased in Voyager season 3 during the Kes-centric episode "Before and After."

Despite the caliber of "Year of Hell" as an episode, Janeway and Chakotay's conflict in the storyline was surprisingly short-lived, and even before it ended, never particularly heated. It was clear that Chakotay was firmly on the side of abandoning ship during the episode, but he kept his opinions mostly to himself and instead generally worked to keep Janeway from losing her humanity during her relentless fight against Annorax's attacks . Chakotay was also captured by the Krenim at the end of the episode's Part 1, effectively ending any more direct contact with Janeway.

The Voyager Conspiracy

Season 6, episode 9.

A highly amusing episode, "The Voyager Conspiracy" provided one of the few times Janeway and Chakotay were tricked into a feud rather than naturally finding one between themselves. In this case, Seven of Nine's (Jeri Ryan) paranoid behavior after a botched assimilation of a massive amount of the ship's data caused Janeway and Chakotay to suspect each other of plotting behind the other's back. In reality, Seven essentially pitted the two against each other needlessly , which Janeway and Chakotay discovered only after a suspicion-laced conversation.

Although their conflict in "The Voyager Conspiracy" was manufactured, Janeway and Chakotay's confusion and suspicion of each other during the episode was truly fun to watch . Seven's ability to effectively set them at odds was quite hilarious, and a case of misunderstanding or misinterpretation always makes for good conflict. On the flip side, the end of the episode reaffirmed Janeway and Chakotay's friendship during a scene where they agree to never stop trusting each other again. Even though the conflict went no further, the complete arc of it was satisfying.

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Season 5, episode 1

"Night" contained one of the more emotionally intense feuds between Janeway and Chakotay , mostly because it surrounded Janeway's mental health. The episode kicked off season 5 with a storyline that saw Voyager's crew traveling through a completely starless region of space. This had numerous psychological effects on the crew, most of all Janeway who fell into a deep depression. Throughout the episode, she continually butted heads with Chakotay over whether she was still fit to run the ship, stubbornly refusing to come out of her quarters until the episode's conflict forced her back out into the open.

"Night" revealed a lot about Janeway and Chakotay's characters and how their relationship was faring roughly five years into their journey home.

It should be noted that Janeway and Chakotay's conflict in "Night" was not the result of any failing on either part, but rather Janeway's deteriorated mental health causing her to be too hard on herself. Still, the tension between Janeway and Chakotay during the episode was genuinely dramatic and made for some powerful scenes, culminating in Chakotay needing to talk Janeway down from going on essentially a suicide mission with the rest of the crew's help. "Night" revealed a lot about Janeway and Chakotay's characters and how their relationship was faring roughly five years into their journey home.

Scorpion, Parts 1 & 2

Season 3, episode 26, and season 4, episode 1.

When considering episodes with Janeway and Chakotay feuds during Voyager 's run, "Scorpion Parts 1 & 2" stand out above the rest. The episodes themselves reached new heights for Voyager , featuring the introduction of Species 8472 and acting as the start of the show's substantial Borg plotline thanks to the first appearance of Seven of Nine. However, amid all the chaos of Voyager 's first foray into Borg space, "Scorpion" was at heart a reexamination of Janeway and Chakotay's relationship, pushing their trust in each other to the limit .

"Scorpion's" main source of the conflict was Janeway's desire to ally with the Borg, something no other Starfleet crew had accomplished. Although the beginning reaffirmed how much Janeway relied on Chakotay, his clear dislike of her plan led to a massive rift between the two by the end of Part 1. In Part 2, things devolved even further when Chakotay broke his promise to uphold the alliance during his command of the ship when Janeway was injured. "Scorpion" showed the first major breach of trust between the two characters , and introduced more complex dynamics into their relationship.

Equinox, Parts 1 & 2

Season 5, episode 26, and season 6, episode 1.

Of all the feuds that Janeway and Chakotay had throughout Voyager , the one in "Equinox Parts 1 & 2" was unequivocally the best, most intense fight the two ever engaged in . The episode is another strong two-parter, revolving around Voyager's crew encountering another Starfleet ship in the Delta Quadrant, the USS Equinox. When it became clear that the Equinox crew had heavily compromised their principles by slaughtering an alien species to use as fuel to get them home faster, Captain Janeway began a relentless pursuit to try and bring them to justice.

While Chakotay didn't agree with what the Equinox crew had done, it was Janeway's brutal tactics that led to conflict between the two. In fact, Chakotay nearly committed mutiny against Janeway after she almost killed an Equinox crew member while torturing him for information. Things got so bad that Janeway briefly removed Chakotay from command, and although the conflict was resolved, their relationship was left more shaken than it had ever been. Out of all the feuds between Janeway and Chakotay in Star Trek: Voyager , it is the most surprising that they ever recovered from the events of "Equinox."

Star Trek: Voyager

Cast Jennifer Lien, Garrett Wang, Tim Russ, Robert Duncan McNeill, Roxann Dawson, Robert Beltran, Kate Mulgrew, Jeri Ryan, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo

Release Date May 23, 1995

Genres Sci-Fi, Adventure

Network UPN

Streaming Service(s) Paramount+

Franchise(s) Star Trek

Writers Kenneth Biller, Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, Brannon Braga

Showrunner Kenneth Biller, Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, Brannon Braga

Rating TV-PG

Where To Watch Paramount+

Star Trek: Voyagers 7 Biggest Janeway & Chakotay Feuds, Ranked Worst To Best

Star Trek's Kate Mulgrew Reveals The Janeway Story She Wished Voyager Would've Explored, And I Totally Agree

The star made a great point.

Kate Mulgrew as Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager on Paramount+

With the current lull in Star Trek programming, it's a great time to look back and reflect on all the shows released thus far. While some might choose to do so by watching past series with a Paramount+ subscription , others were psyched to visit Fan Expo Boston to watch Kate Mulgrew speak about her time on Voyager . Among other things, the star who played Captain Janeway revealed the storyline she wished the series would've dove deeper into, and I agree with her.

Star Trek: Voyager has some WTF moments , but it also contains some of the best story and character ideas the franchise has ever delivered. I love the series and think it's great, but I can't help but think it would be that much better had the writers had the same thought Kate Mulgrew talked about during her fan Q&A. In a video uploaded by Craig Semon , Mulgrew talked about the one episode she felt should've been stretched across the series, saying:

They did one episode on the Captain's loneliness. It didn't seem to have much traction, but I thought they should've explored that throughout the run. I gave up my life as a young woman. I gave up the chance to have children. I had to break up with my fiancé, who quickly remarried. I had to say goodbye to my dog. As Captain, I could love, but only to a certain extent. And Janeway chose not to have a lover. I chose–Kate Mulgrew chose not to do that. So, the loneliness was harrowing. And I think it should've been a bit better revealed that just under the surface of her absolute devotion to this crew and her passion for science and exploration. But, you have to show the person, you know?

I agree with Kate Mulgrew, and I wouldn't be surprised if her take was somewhat influenced by the way current and upcoming Trek shows emphasize character-driven storytelling. It almost sounds like she wishes Captain Janeway could've been explored in the same way that Michael Burnham was in Discovery , and as someone who thinks Burnham is one of the best Trek characters specifically because we see so much of the captain's growth, I can't blame Mulgrew for wishing she had that same experience as Janeway.

Of course, Star Trek: Voyager had an entire ensemble cast to worry about, and not every adventure was Janeway-centric. Even so, Kate Mulgrew feels there was another reason the writers didn't harp on the Captain's loneliness too much, but why she still feels like it was a missed opportunity:

I suppose they were a little afraid that would be feminine or something, but I think it's crucial. Women doing brave things, and bold things, and unprecedented things are often lonely. Anyway we are lonely in life. The only thing we can do is be the best we can be under the circumstances. So I gave Janeway everything I had.

I think many Star Trek fans would agree Kate Mulgrew gave one of her best performances as Captain Janeway, and she's even continued to do so as Admiral Janeway in Prodigy . With Season 2 on its way to those with a Netflix subscription in July, maybe the writers gave her the wish of diving deeper into exploring the lonely side of Janeway.

Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager on Paramount+

Let's make this happen.

And if not, Kate Mulgrew can take solace that Captain Janeway was never neglected as a character on Star Trek: Voyager . Lest we forget there are characters like Harry Kim who really got screwed over on the series, it could always be worse.

Kate Mulgrew expressed an interest to reprise her character in live-action in the modern era of Star Trek , but we haven't seen it happen yet. Top brass Alex Kurtzman told CinemaBlend "surprises" are on the way after Discovery 's end, so maybe there is something we don't know about yet in the works. Cross those fingers if you'd like to see it happen, because we're not that far off from San Diego Comic-Con, so there could be some big announcements for the franchise there. I'd hate to be so bold to ask for a Voyager movie , but c'mon, isn't that way overdue at this point?

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While we wait for updates on that front, many other Star Trek fans and I will be watching Season 2 of Prodigy when it arrives on Netflix on July 1st. Hopefully, the latest season will be just as good as the first, and enough fans will watch to encourage Netflix to greenlight more seasons.

Mick Joest is a Content Producer for CinemaBlend with his hand in an eclectic mix of television goodness. Star Trek is his main jam, but he also regularly reports on happenings in the world of Star Trek, WWE, Doctor Who, 90 Day Fiancé, Quantum Leap, and Big Brother. He graduated from the University of Southern Indiana with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Radio and Television. He's great at hosting panels and appearing on podcasts if given the chance as well.

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Voyager's briefing room question

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Start date Jun 4, 2009

AdmiralSteven

Lieutenant commander.

Jun 4, 2009

Hey everyone, I posted this in a thread I started in the General Discussion board, but I thought I'd start a seperate thread here since this is a Voyager specific question. Ok, There’s the entrance to Voyager’s briefing room via the sliding doors, however, there appears to be another entrance directly across from the main door that leads behind the wall. Does anyone know where that leads to? Here’s a link to the picture of the briefing room: http://www.utopiaplanitia.info/voylounge.html Thanks everyone

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backstept said: in this picture you can see that there is quite a bit behind the bridge so presumably it leads to a hallway with other rooms and maybe another turbolift [edit] and obviously it leads to the escape pods as well Click to expand...

Crewman47 said: Here are two different blueprints showing what might be behind the Bridge. This one done by a member from here who I'm not sure is still around and this one from the Startegic Design Publications website (slightly edited from original) There unofficial of course but it's a possibility and I prefer the 1st one myself. Click to expand...

Crewman47 said: There unofficial of course but it's a possibility and I prefer the 1st one myself. Click to expand...

Maybe it's a dedicated Bridge Mess for Bridge support crew for when they want to take a 15 minute break or something. That's the way I see as being.

Jun 5, 2009

i can't find the website anymore after looking for the past hour, but from what i understand behind the bridge are chakotay's office, tuvok's office, two escape pods for the bridge crew and a second turbolift. i always assumed the turbolift behind the bridge was located right next to the one that opens to the bridge (based on the outer hull shot). the only mess hall i know of is on deck 2 right below the bridge. the captain's mess was converted into neelix's kitchen.

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^starfleet never put public toilets on any of the starships.

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NCC-1701 said: That's where the toilets are, no? Click to expand...

Broccoli said: NCC-1701 said: That's where the toilets are, no? Click to expand...

kimc said: Broccoli said: NCC-1701 said: That's where the toilets are, no? Click to expand...

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There is not enough room for a corridor or link of any sort from that entrance to the Briefing Room which leads to an inconsistency in the show. Apparantly the most likely thing is an ante chamber type room for guests to wait whilst waiting to meet the captain. I would suggest that a small entrance to another office of some type that leads to the Main Corridor behind the Bridge is a more likely possibility, also none of those schematics show the Jefferies Tube access for Deck 1 either.

Jun 6, 2009

Kathryn_Janeway said: There is not enough room for a corridor or link of any sort from that entrance to the Briefing Room which leads to an inconsistency in the show. Apparantly the most likely thing is an ante chamber type room for guests to wait whilst waiting to meet the captain. I would suggest that a small entrance to another office of some type that leads to the Main Corridor behind the Bridge is a more likely possibility, also none of those schematics show the Jefferies Tube access for Deck 1 either. Click to expand...

Jun 7, 2009

I prefer the arrangement from SDP a little more, although the door by Janeway's quarters should probably lead to a corridor rather than another room. Both still seem to lack the thrusters which Rick Sternbach (and observation of the models) will confirm are present to enable the module to maneuver after ejecting from the ship.

Praetor said: I prefer the arrangement from SDP a little more, although the door by Janeway's quarters should probably lead to a corridor rather than another room. Both still seem to lack the thrusters which Rick Sternbach (and observation of the models) will confirm are present to enable the module to maneuver after ejecting from the ship. Click to expand...

Yes, except we've seen people enter her ready room before through that door, and her leaving through it. Simply have it be a "private corridor" with adjoining bathroom that leads to the main longitudinal corridor behind the bridge.

Praetor said: Yes, except we've seen people enter her ready room before through that door, and her leaving through it. Simply have it be a "private corridor" with adjoining bathroom that leads to the main longitudinal corridor behind the bridge. Click to expand...

Jun 8, 2009

Agreed. There are probably two, like on the Enterprise - one attached to the ready room, and one public one just off the bridge for everyone.

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The erased future of admiral janeway saved voyager and decimated the borg, kathryn janeway earned a promotion to admiral and invested in starfleet's future, the search for the protostar and commanding the uss dauntless, admiral janeway's adventures continue in star trek: prodigy and picard.

When Star Trek: Voyager debuted as the flagship series on the United Paramount Network (UPN), it was a return to the ship-based storytelling Gene Roddenberry's universe was known for. The series also made history from its inception because it was the first show led by a female Starfleet captain, Kathryn Janeway. When the USS Voyager was sent to the Delta Quadrant of the galaxy, its crew had only one mission: get home.

Over seven seasons, Captain Janeway never let the crew forget they were also serving the larger mission of Starfleet: seek out strange new worlds where no one had gone before. They would routinely divert from their course home for scientific exploration or to help species in need. The ship also frequently engaged the Borg, and even the god-like Q turned his attention from Jean-Luc Picard to Janeway. Getting the ship back to Earth would be career enough for any officer, but Janeway's story didn't end with Voyager 's finale. In fact, she had two distinct and different futures ahead of her.

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Nearly two decades before the Avengers, "Endgame" was the title of Star Trek: Voyager 's series finale, which opened with a shot of the ship arriving on Earth . When first stranded in the Delta Quadrant, the USS Voyager was 75 years away from Earth at maximum speeds. The first time around, Captain Janeway beat that time by 52 years . She also lost, in one way or another, a number of crew including Seven of Nine, Chakotay and Tuvok, suffering from a Vulcan cognitive illness. She is eventually promoted to Vice Admiral, teaches at Starfleet Academy, and is the foremost expert on the Borg .

Not content with this future, Janeway meets with a Klingon named Korath, with Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres's daughter Miral acting as a go-between. She steals a device that allows her to travel back in time, and Korath sends his warships after her. Starfleet sends Captain Harry Kim of the USS Rhode Island to stop her from violating the Temporal Prime Directive , but Kim's loyalty to Janeway outweighs those orders. She successfully travels back in time and finds the USS Voyager and her younger self in the Delta Quadrant. The two Janeways butt heads, but the elder Kathryn convinces her younger self to follow her plan.

Admiral Janeway takes the ship to the Borg Unicomplex, arming USS Voyager with technology from the future so that it can survive the journey. The plan is to hijack the Borg's transwarp network and get the Voyager crew home in an instant. However, ablative armor and transphasic torpedoes aren't the only technology the elder Janeway brought back. She infects herself with a technovirus and allows the Borg Queen to assimilate her. While it takes the life of the elder Janeway, it deals a deathblow to Starfleet's most dangerous adversary . It also gives the younger Janeway a new lease on her future .

How Did Star Trek: Voyager Become a TV Series?

Star Trek: Voyager debuted after The Next Generation ended its historic run, but Captain Janeway's series was in development long before then.

After the USS Voyager returned to Earth, Captain Kathryn Janeway was promoted to Vice Admiral . She's also one of Starfleet's most decorated officers , in large part because of her ability to keep her crew together and get them home. This is no small task, after all. In Voyager Season 5, Episode 25, Janeway encounters the USS Equinox also stranded in the Delta Quadrant. While their captain, Rudolph Ransom, kept the crew together, he did so by violating every ideal Starfleet stands for. In Star Trek: Nemesis , Vice Admiral Janeway calls Picard from Starfleet Command to send him on the USS Enterprise's ill-fated mission to Romulus .

Because of her accomplishments as the captain of the USS Voyager, Janeway is well known throughout the galaxy. In Star Trek: Lower Decks , the dim-witted Pakleds believed any human woman in command of a Starfleet vessel was the illustrious Janeway. Still, after her experiences in the Delta Quadrant, Janeway was reticent to return to any deep space mission. Yet, she still believed in Starfleet's core goal of exploring the galaxy, welcoming new species into the Federation or, at least, establishing positive diplomatic relationships with them.

To that end, Janeway was part of the group that created the USS Protostar , a vessel with a faster-than-warp propulsion system . Her former first officer, Chakotay, was named the captain of the vessel and sent on a mission to the Delta Quadrant. As far as Star Trek fans know, he never returned. Also, when Seven of Nine tried to officially join Starfleet after Voyager's return, she was denied entry because she was Borg. Janeway stood by her and even threatened to resign. Seven didn't allow that, instead joining the Fenris Rangers and helping those who were outside of Starfleet's jurisdiction.

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When Dal R'El and the other Star Trek: Prodigy characters found the USS Protostar, they discovered that Janeway was the model for the holographic training assistant on the ship. Meanwhile, the real Janeway was back at Starfleet Command hoping for any sign of the ship or Chakotay. The makeshift crew of the Protostar wanted to turn the ship over to Starfleet, but an advanced weapon created by the Vau N'akat would infect any Starfleet vessels and make them destroy each other. Thus, the crew ended up being hunted by Vice Admiral Janeway, who returned to deep space in command of the USS Dauntless .

While on the hunt for the Protostar, Janeway consulted with other Starfleet admirals, such as former USS Enterprise-D captain Edward Jellico . Despite the respect she commanded among Starfleet officers, her First Officer Commander Tysess refused her order to pursue the ship into the Romulan Neutral Zone. Later, Janeway and her crew found the Diviner, a Vau N'akat operative who'd lost his memory. Finding him caused another operative, called the Vindicator, to break her cover as a Trill Starfleet ensign named Ascencia.

Eventually, a sci-fi mishap caused Janeway and Dal to swap minds Freaky Friday -style . While trying to pose as Vice Admiral Janeway, Dal ended up getting her removed from command and locked up. Once the real Janeway was back in her body, however, a Starfleet officer she saved as a child while commanding Voyager freed her. Once the Protostar crew destroyed the ship and the weapon hidden on it, Janeway advocated for them to be allowed into Starfleet Academy . Unlike with Seven of Nine, Starfleet Command allowed them in.

Star Trek: Prodigy's Connection to Voyager, Explained

Star Trek: Prodigy is a new series with new characters in the universe, but the series is directly connected to Voyager through characters and ships.

Star Trek: Prodigy's second season will debut on Netflix in July 2024, and it will cover Admiral Janeway's search for Chakotay . The new cadets who crewed the Protostar will join her on the USS Voyager-A, a new ship bearing the name of her storied vessel. Season 1 revealed that Chakotay wasn't just lost in the Delta Quadrant, but also lost in time. It's possible that Janeway will again have to violate the Temporal Prime Directive in order to rescue her former First Officer. While her adventures with the Prodigy crew are as yet unknown, thanks to Star Trek: Picard , fans know she at least survives.

Seven of Nine eventually joined Starfleet , serving aboard the USS Titan-A, and during her tenure, had conversations with Admiral Janeway. In fact, according to the Star Trek: Picard commentaries, producers wanted Janeway actor Kate Mulgrew to appear in an episode or two. However, time and money prevented that. Still, through conversations with Seven, Picard and Tuvok, Janeway was a high-ranking Admiral in Starfleet Command at the turn of the 25th Century. While her ultimate fate is unknown, Janeway had many adventures after she left the USS Voyager behind .

Star Trek: Voyager is currently streaming on Paramount+, while Star Trek: Prodigy is streaming on Netflix.

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Sorting “Star Trek: Voyager” Characters into Their Hogwarts Houses

by Laurie Beckoff · Published June 7, 2024 · Updated May 8, 2024

Star Trek: Voyager sent its crew where no one had gone before: the Delta Quadrant. Far from home and manned by a crew from both Starfleet and the Maquis resistance – plus a few new friends – Voyager explored uncharted territory, forcing the characters to adapt to new situations with little guidance. What Hogwarts Houses do they belong in?

Captain Kathryn Janeway – Gryffindor

Even when she perhaps should, Captain Janeway is loath to abandon her principles. She insists on adhering to Federation values and procedures even when far from Federation space. Sometimes that means making sacrifices, but she’s willing to put herself on the line to do what she believes is right. A starship captain has to make difficult choices, even when her decisions may be unpopular (but she was right about Tuvix). Janeway’s got a knack for leadership, and all she has to say is “do it.” Somebody get this woman some coffee!

Commander Chakotay – Hufflepuff

Janeway’s first officer is more willing to entertain the idea of giving up on making it home and settling in the Delta Quadrant. While the captain is all determination, Chakotay looks to make the best of a bad situation. As a former Starfleet officer as well as Maquis resistance leader, he’s often responsible for making sure everyone can work together, which can be quite the task. Luckily, Chakotay is fair-minded, having joined the Maquis because he thought their cause was just. He’s also deeply loyal and devoted to his captain, both professionally and personally.

Lieutenant Commander Tuvok – Ravenclaw

It’s difficult to find a Vulcan who isn’t a Ravenclaw. Tuvok, like most of his species, values logic above all else. This comes through in both his work as chief security officer and his leisure time, which he spends on pursuits such as meditation and the logic game kal-toh. His wisdom comes from both logic and experience. He is over a century old and has had a long Starfleet career, including teaching at the Academy, as well as a life back on his home planet, where he raised a family, showing a willingness to try new things.

Lieutenant B’Elanna Torres – Gryffindor

As a half-Klingon and former resistance fighter, B’Elanna never backs down from a challenge. She knows her way around a warp core and dares anyone to disagree with her expert opinion. Don’t get into a fight with her unless you’re prepared to be both physically and emotionally destroyed – but that aggression comes from passion and a lifetime of fighting prejudice.

Lieutenant Tom Paris – Gryffindor

Pilots love action, and Tom Paris is no exception. He’s always eager to try a risky new maneuver but isn’t the best at following orders, even getting a temporary demotion for his disobedience, though his intentions were noble. He’s confident, adventurous, and quite the charmer, winning the heart of perhaps Voyager ‘s toughest nut to crack, Chief Engineer B’Elanna Torres.

Ensign Harry Kim – Hufflepuff

Poor Harry – always an ensign, never a lieutenant, even after seven years of loyal service. Only a Hufflepuff could be so overlooked! He’s usually a by-the-book kind of officer, eager to please and willing to put in the work, often on night shifts, which give him the rare chance of being the commanding officer. It’s not power he’s after but a chance to prove his worth. When he does stray from the line of duty, he often gets in more trouble than others since the captain expects so much of him.

The Doctor – Ravenclaw

The Doctor is a true Renaissance man – or hologram, rather. In addition to his programmed medical prowess, he excels at art and music and is always looking to broaden his creative and emotional horizons. Sometimes, he becomes a little too engrossed in his own pursuits, unaware that his audience isn’t quite as invested.

Seven of Nine – Slytherin

Severed from the Borg collective and still learning about her own humanity, Seven can’t help but strive for perfection. She’s hyper-focused on her goals, often forgoing rest and nourishment unless absolutely necessary. Always seeing herself as a member of a collective, she aims to provide exemplary service to Voyager and its crew.

Neelix – Hufflepuff

He loves cooking, looks out for everyone, and makes friends wherever he goes – he’s a Puff ! Neelix is Voyager ‘s resident social butterfly (Talaxian), and even stoic Tuvok is not immune to his charms. There’s a reason he serves as the ship’s morale officer – he wants to put smiles on everyone’s faces.

Kes – Hufflepuff

Kes always cares for others, right down to her departure from Voyager , when she uses her transformation to help the ship progress on its long journey. In her time on board, she serves as the Doctor’s assistant, stepping in where more hands are needed, often with a better bedside manner. She also oversees the plants in the airponics bay (basically Herbology). At only a few years old – as a member of a race that only lives until nine – and having been rescued by Neelix, Kes has a natural innocence and instinct to help others.

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Whatever Happened To The Cast Of Star Trek: Voyager?

Jeri Ryan, Kate Mulgrew, Ethan Phillips, and Robert Picardo

The third "Star Trek" series to air in the 1990s, "Star Trek: Voyager" was also the flagship series for the all-new Paramount television network UPN. Making its debut in January of 1995, the series saw Captain Kathryn Janeway command the state-of-the-art starship Voyager on a mission to pursue a group of Maquis rebels. However, when a phenomenon envelops them both and hurls them to the distant Delta Quadrant, Starfleet officers and Maquis terrorists become one crew on a perilous journey home.

Despite a few cast shake-ups, "Voyager" ran for seven seasons and featured a consistently stellar ensemble. The series helped launch the careers of several of its lesser-known actors, while others can count the series as the highest point in their filmography. Some walked away from Hollywood after it concluded, while a few have since made big comebacks, returning to the roles that made them famous.

Since it ended in 2001, "Voyager" has aged like fine wine, earning new fans thanks to the magic of streaming where new generations can discover it anew. Whether seeing it for the first time — or even if you're watching it for the umpteenth — you may be wondering where the cast is now. Well, recalibrate the bio-neural gel packs and prep the Delta Flyer for launch because we're here to fill you in on what's happened to the cast of "Star Trek: Voyager."

Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway

It's no secret that Kate Mulgrew wasn't the first choice to play Captain Janeway in "Star Trek: Voyager." Academy Award-nominee Geneviève Bujold was famously cast first but filmed only a few scenes before quitting the show during the production of the series pilot, leading to Mulgrew being brought in. Today it is difficult to imagine anyone else in the role, though it's hardly Mulgrew's only iconic TV series.

Following the show's conclusion in 2001, Mulgrew took a few years off from acting, returning with a small role in the 2005 film "Perception" with Piper Perabo. After a guest appearance on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," Mulgrew snagged a recurring role on "The Black Donnellys" in 2007 alongside Jonathan Tucker and Olivia Wilde and another in the short-lived NBC medical drama "Mercy" in 2009. Her return to a main cast, however, came in the Adult Swim series "NTSF:SD:SUV::," where she played an eye patch-wearing leader of an anti-terrorism task force alongside future "Star Trek" star Rebecca Romijn .

Of course, Mulgrew found a major career resurgence in 2013, starring in one of Netflix's earliest forays into original programming, "Orange is the New Black." In the series she stars as Red, an inmate at a women's prison, a role that would earn her an Emmy nomination. Mulgrew returned to "Star Trek" in 2021, voicing both Kathryn Janeway and a holographic version of the character in the Nickelodeon-produced CGI-animated series "Star Trek: Prodigy."

Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay

Sitting in the chair next to Captain Janeway for seven seasons was Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay, a former Maquis first officer. Though Beltran counts his heritage as Latino, Chakotay was actually the first Native American series regular in the franchise but was sadly under-used, a fact that the actor has commented on . Following "Star Trek: Voyager," Beltran's work on the small screen was mostly limited to guest appearances, popping up in episodes of "CSI: Miami" and "Medium" in the 2000s while filling roles in movies like "Taking Chances," "Fire Serpent," and "Manticore."

Beltran's first recurring part on TV after "Voyager" was in the series "Big Love," starring Bill Paxton and Jeanne Tripplehorn. In the series, he played Jerry Flute — another Native American — who has plans to construct a casino on a reservation. However, over the next decade, Beltran seemed to move away from acting, with a sparse handful of minor roles. He revealed on Twitter that he turned down a chance to play Chakotay one more time in the revival series "Star Trek: Picard," as he was unhappy with the part they'd written for him.

Nevertheless, Beltran did come back to join Kate Mulgrew for the animated children's series "Star Trek: Prodigy." Voicing Chakotay in his triumphant return to the franchise, the series sees the character lost in space and his former captain on a mission to find him.

Tim Russ as Lt. Tuvok

Actor Tim Russ had already made a few guest appearances in "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and even the film "Star Trek Generations" before joining the main cast of "Star Trek: Voyager" in 1995. Russ became a fan-favorite as Vulcan Lt. Tuvok, who was later promoted to Lt. Commander. However, after seven seasons playing the stoic, emotionless Tuvok, Russ kept busy with a variety of different roles, mostly guest-starring in popular TV hits.

This includes guest spots in everything from "ER" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" to episodes of "Hannah Montana" and "Without a Trace." He even appeared on the big screen with a small role in "Live Free or Die Hard" in 2007, but it didn't keep him away from TV, as he also had a multi-episode appearance on the hit soap "General Hospital." That same year, Russ joined the main cast of the Christina Applegate comedy "Samantha Who?" and later began working in video games, providing voice work for "Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus" and "The Last of Us Part 2."

Since then, the actor has kept busy with countless roles in such as "Criminal Minds," "NCIS: New Orleans," "Supergirl," and "The Good Doctor." More recently, Russ turned up in an episode of Seth MacFarlane's "Star Trek" homage "The Orville," and in 2023 voiced Lucius Fox in the animated film "Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham."

Roxann Dawson as B'Elanna Torres

On "Star Trek: Voyager," the role of chief engineer was filled by Roxann Dawson who played half-Klingon/half-human B'Elanna Torres. Starting out as a Maquis rebel, she eventually becomes one of the most important members of the crew, as well as a wife and mother. Following her run on the series, Dawson had just a handful of on-screen roles, which included single episodes of "The Closer" and "Without a Trace." That's because, like her franchise cohort Jonathan Frakes , Dawson moved behind the camera to become a director full-time.

Getting her start overseeing episodes of "Voyager" first, Dawson moved on to helm entries of "Star Trek" spin-off "Enterprise" before broadening to other shows across television. Since 2005, Dawson has directed episodes of some of the biggest hits on TV including "Lost" and "The O.C." in 2006, eight episodes of "Cold Case," a trio of "Heroes" episodes, and more.

We could go on and on rattling off the hit shows she's sat behind the camera for but among her most notable might be the David Simon HBO series "Treme" in 2011, "Hell on Wheels" with future starship captain Anson Mount, and modern masterpieces like "Bates Motel," "The Americans," and "This is Us." Her most recent work saw her return to sci-fi, helming two episodes of the Apple TV+ series "Foundation."

Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim

Despite never seeing a rise in rank and perpetually remaining a low-level ensign, Harry Kim — played by Garrett Wang – often played a crucial role in defeating many of the enemies the crew would face in the Delta Quadrant. When "Star Trek: Voyager" left the airwaves, though, Wang bounced around, with his biggest role arguably coming in the 2005 Steven Spielberg-produced miniseries "Into the West." He has continued embracing his role as Ensign Kim by appearing at many fan conventions, where he found an entirely new calling.

Beginning in 2010, Kim embarked on a career as an event moderator, serving as the Master of Ceremonies at that year's FedCon (a science fiction convention held in Germany). Later, he was the Trek Track Director at the celebrated Dragon Con event, held annually in Atlanta, Georgia. Over the course of his new career, Wang has held moderating duties and hosted panels and events at major pop culture conventions in Montreal, Edmonton, Phoenix, and Denver. According to Wang, his biggest role as a moderator came at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo in 2012, where he interviewed the legendary Stan Lee .

In 2020, Wang joined forces with co-star Robert Duncan McNeill to launch "The Delta Flyers," a podcast that discusses classic episodes of "Star Trek: Voyager."

Robert Duncan McNeill as Lt. Tom Paris

Robert Duncan McNeill guest-starred in an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" as a hotshot pilot who broke the rules and wound up booted from Starfleet. So when producers developed a similar character, they brought in McNeill to play him, resulting in brash, cavalier helm officer Tom Paris. In 2002, after "Star Trek: Voyager" ended, McNeill starred in an episode of "The Outer Limits" revival and a few more small roles. However, like Dawson, McNeill left acting not long after the series ended to become a director and producer, starting with four episodes of "Star Trek: Enterprise."

Into the 2000s, McNiell helmed episodes of "Dawson's Creek" and "One Tree Hill" before becoming an executive producer on the action-comedy series "Chuck" starring Zachary Levi. Ultimately he'd direct 21 episodes of that series across its five seasons. From there, McNeill went on to sit behind the camera for installments of "The Mentalist," "Blue Bloods," and "Suits."

Since the 2010s, McNeill has served as an executive producer on further shows that included "The Gifted," the Disney+ reboot of "Turner & Hooch," and the SyFy series "Resident Alien." In addition to hosting "The Delta Flyers" podcast with co-star Garrett Wang, McNeill came back to "Star Trek" in 2022 when he voiced the character of Tom Paris in a cameo on the animated comedy "Star Trek: Lower Decks."

Ethan Phillips as Neelix

Another actor to appear on "Star Trek" before taking a leading role on "Voyager," Ethan Phillips played the quirky alien chef Neelix for all seven seasons of the show's run. A well-established veteran, his TV roles prior had included dramas like "NYPD Blue" and family hits like "Doogie Howser, M.D." Unfortunately, his role on "Voyager" never translated to big-time success after, though he hardly struggled for work. That's because he went back to his former career as a character actor.

In the ensuing years, Phillips could be seen all over the dial and beyond, with parts in "Touched by an Angel" and "8 Simple Rules" among many others, even popping up in a guest-starring role in an episode of "Star Trek: Enterprise" in 2002. Later he did a three-episode run on "Boston Legal," another Beantown-based legal drama from David E. Kelley, this one starring "Star Trek" legend William Shatner and "Deep Space Nine" alum René Auberjonois. Some of the biggest shows he's found work on during the 2010s meanwhile include "Better Call Saul" and a recurring role in the Lena Dunham comedy "Girls." He's also had roles in major movies, showing up in "Inside Llewyn Davis," "The Purge: Election Year," and "The Island."

Though he hasn't come back to "Star Trek," Phillips did return to sci-fi in 2020, joining the main cast of the HBO space comedy "Avenue 5" alongside Hugh Laurie and Josh Gad.

Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine

Though she didn't arrive on "Star Trek: Voyager" until Season 4, Jeri Ryan arguably became the series' biggest star. She came in to help liven up a series that was struggling and joined the cast as a former Borg drone named Seven of Nine . It proved to be just what the series needed and a career-defining role for Ryan. One of the few cast members of "Voyager" to parlay her role into bigger success, Ryan immediately joined the David E. Kelley legal drama "Boston Public" after the series ended.

There she had a three-season run and in 2006 she secured another starring role on another legal drama, this time in the James Woods series "Shark," with Danielle Panabaker and Henry Simmons. Smaller recurring roles came after, including multi-episode stints on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "Two and a Half Men," and "Leverage," before Ryan returned to a main cast with her co-starring role in "Body of Proof" in 2011 alongside Dana Delany. Parts in "Helix" and "Bosch" came after, as well as brief recurring roles in "MacGyver" and "Major Crimes," leading right up to her return to "Star Trek" in 2020.

That year, Ryan joined the cast of the revival series "Star Trek: Picard." Returning to the role of Seven of Nine, she supported series lead Patrick Stewart by appearing in all three seasons, and rumor has it she may even star in a spin-off.

Jennifer Lien as Kes

Joining the Starfleet and Maquis crew aboard Voyager was Kes, a young alien woman with mild telepathic powers and just a nine-year lifespan, and played by Jennifer Lien. Unfortunately, her character never quite gelled, and in Season 4 Lien was written out to make way for Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine.

Leaving the series in 1997, Lien's career stalled in front of the camera, though she did manage a role in "American History X" alongside "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" star Avery Brooks. However, most of her subsequent work came in animation, with voice work in "Superman: The Animated Series" — where she played Inza, the wife of Doctor Fate — and a starring role as Agent L in "Men in Black: The Series."

Unfortunately, Lien pretty much left acting shortly after that. She married filmmaker Phil Hwang and started a family but has faced personal problems along the way. While struggling to deal with her mental health, Lien was arrested in 2015 for indecent exposure and again in 2018 for driving without a license.

If you or someone you know needs help with mental health, please contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741, call the National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), or visit the National Institute of Mental Health website .

Manu Intiraymi as Icheb

Late in Season 6 of "Star Trek: Voyager," a storyline saw the ship rescue a stranded vessel commanded by a group of wayward Borg children. At the conclusion of the story, four young drones join the crew, becoming a surrogate family of sorts to Seven of Nine after jettisoning their Borg identities. The eldest of them is Icheb, a teenager who becomes like a brother to Seven, played by actor Manu Intiraymi. The young actor went on to make 11 appearances across the final two seasons of the show.

When "Voyager" ended in 2001, Intiraymi continued acting, with his largest role coming in "One Tree Hill." There he played Billy — a local drug dealer — in a recurring role in 2012. Further projects were mostly independent films like "5th Passenger" in 2017 and "Hell on the Border," a 2019 Western starring David Gyasi, Ron Perlman, and Frank Grillo.

In 2017, Intiraymi came under fire for criticizing fellow "Star Trek" actor Anthony Rapp, who'd made accusations of sexual assault against Kevin Spacey . A few years later, fans speculated those comments may have been why he wasn't asked to return to the role of Icheb in "Star Trek: Picard," with a new actor playing the part in a scene that killed off the character.

Scarlett Pomers as Naomi Wildman

Plenty of TV shows have added a kid to shake up the status quo late into their run, and "Star Trek: Voyager" was not immune to this trope. In addition to Borg kids like Icheb, Samantha Wildman — the newborn daughter of a crewperson — became a recurring character beginning in Season 5, played by Scarlett Pomers. She'd wind up in 16 episodes, including a few where she played a leading role. In the aftermath of the end of the series, Pomers appeared in the Julia Roberts film "Erin Brockovich," and in 2001 joined the cast of the sitcom "Reba."

For six seasons Pomers starred as Kyra Hart, daughter of the show's star played by Reba McEntire. Appearing in a whopping 103 episodes, it was only Pomers' second regular role but also her last on-screen performance. When that series concluded, Pomers essentially retired from acting. Unfortunately, her exit from the stage was at least partly due to her ongoing battle with an eating disorder, and Pomers has since become an outspoken advocate for those struggling with anorexia and mental illness. In a 2019 interview with StarTrek.com , Pomers also talked about her subsequent career as a photographer, musician, and jewelry designer.

If you are struggling with an eating disorder, or know someone who is, help is available. Visit the National Eating Disorders Association website or contact NEDA's Live Helpline at 1-800-931-2237. You can also receive 24/7 Crisis Support via text (send NEDA to 741-741).

Martha Hackett as Seska

In the early seasons of "Star Trek: Voyager," one of the most compelling ongoing storylines was that of Seska, a Bajoran and former Maquis rebel and on-again-off-again lover of Chakotay. Played by recurring guest star Martha Hackett, it was later revealed that Seska was actually an enemy agent in disguise. Hackett would appear in a total of 13 episodes of the series, making it by far the largest role in her career. Still, she has appeared in some big hits over the last two decades.

Those included a small role in "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" in 2005 and an appearance in the cult horror movie "The Bye Bye Man" in 2017. It also includes one-off appearances in episodes of popular projects on the small screen, like "The Mindy Project" in 2014, "Masters of Sex" a year earlier, and a recurring role in the daytime soap "Days of Our Lives" between 2016 and 2018. Thanks to her iconic role as Seska, though, Hackett continues to be a regular on the "Star Trek" convention circuit and was interviewed for the upcoming "Star Trek: Voyager" documentary "To the Journey."

Robert Picardo as the Doctor

For 30 years, the world of science fiction meant one thing when the moniker of "The Doctor" was uttered, but that all changed in 1995 with the launch of "Star Trek: Voyager." There, actor Robert Picardo — already known for antagonistic roles in "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" and "InnerSpace" — starred as the Doctor, the nameless holographic chief medical officer aboard the Voyager. Known for his offbeat humor and cantankerous attitude, he was played to perfection by Picardo, and it would become the actor's signature role.

Still, even after leaving sickbay as the Doctor, Picardo had a healthy career, moving quickly into a role in "The Lyon's Den" starring Rob Lowe and Kyle Chandler in 2003. A year later he joined another iconic sci-fi franchise when he secured a recurring part in "Stargate SG-1" as Richard Woolsey, a grumpy U.S. official who opposed the Stargate program. Following a string of appearances on the flagship series, Picardo joined the main cast of "Stargate: Atlantis" in 2006. A few years later, Picardo had another repeat role, this time as Jason Cooper on "The Mentalist," and he later enjoyed a stint on the Apple TV+ drama "Dickinson."

In 2023, the actor made a guest appearance on the "Quantum Leap" revival playing Doctor Woolsey, whose name is a clear tribute to his two biggest TV roles.

Species 8472

Species 8472 was the Borg designation for a non-humanoid species native to a dimension called fluidic space , accessible through quantum singularities . Their highly developed biology and organic technology rendered them tactically superior even to the Borg , who considered them the "apex of biological evolution ". Seven of Nine rated Species 8472 devious and highly intelligent, claiming it would seek the most efficient means of destroying its opponent. ( VOY : " Scorpion ", " Scorpion, Part II ", " Prey ") The species' name for itself is unknown, having only been referred to by their Borg designation.

1.1 War with the Borg
1.2 The Federation "threat"
1.3 Aftermath
4 Technology
5 Individuals
6.1 Appearances
6.2.1 Origins
6.2.2 Designing the alien
6.2.3 Digital modeling
6.2.4 Reception
6.3 Apocrypha
6.4 Further reading
6.5 External links

History [ ]

War with the borg [ ].

The Borg encountered Species 8472 in 2373 , after finding their way into fluidic space to search for more species worthy of assimilation . However, Species 8472 proved immune to assimilation and the invasion of their realm provoked a war ; according to Seven of Nine , Species 8472 was the first species to offer "true resistance to the Borg" in their long history . With their superior biological technology , Species 8472 drove the Borg back and launched a counter-invasion of the galaxy , annihilating large numbers of Borg drones , ships and even planets .

The Federation starship USS Voyager encountered Species 8472 around this time, during which a member of the species telepathically communicated their genocidal intentions to Kes . Upon realizing this, Captain Kathryn Janeway decided to ally with the Borg to stop Species 8472, while also ensuring safe passage through Borg space . Armed with bio-molecular warheads which contained modified nanoprobes developed by The Doctor , Voyager destroyed a number of Species 8472 bio-ships in fluidic and normal space. Species 8472 withdrew to their realm, soon after, in fear of the new weapon. ( VOY : " Scorpion ", " Scorpion, Part II ", " Prey "). The consequences of Janeway's actions with Species 8472 almost resulted in her being assimilated by the Borg. ( VOY : " Hope and Fear ")

A member of Species 8472 struggles with a Hirogen hunter.

One member of Species 8472 was left behind in normal space and was relentlessly tracked by a pair of Hirogen hunters for several months . This individual later boarded Voyager in an attempt to return home to fluidic space. Captain Janeway intended to aid its effort, but Seven of Nine refused. Shortly afterward, as the Species 8472 grappled with a Hirogen hunter, Seven took the opportunity to beam them both to a nearby Hirogen ship . ( VOY : " Prey ")

The Federation "threat" [ ]

Their conflict with Voyager led Species 8472 to dismiss the Borg as "irrelevant" and focus their efforts on Humanity , as they had proven themselves much more dangerous with the use of the bio-molecular warhead. In response, they built several terraspheres in the Delta Quadrant containing simulations of Starfleet Headquarters , and genetically modified themselves to resemble Alpha Quadrant species. Their goal was reconnaissance : to infiltrate Earth and gather intelligence on Starfleet 's military capabilities and plans. Some Species 8472 were uncomfortable experiencing the lives of lifeforms so different from themselves, while others found elements of it enjoyable.

In 2375 , Voyager discovered Terrasphere 8 by chance after detecting an ersatz Federation signal. Species 8472 subsequently captured Commander Chakotay , who was on a reconnaissance mission on the terrasphere, believing a Federation attack was imminent. The crew of Voyager managed to convince them that they had no contact with Earth and no hostile intentions, and were able to broker a cease-fire in which they offered the modified nanoprobes in exchange for data on Species 8472's technology. Afterward, Species 8472 returned to fluidic space. ( VOY : " In the Flesh ")

Aftermath [ ]

The Borg continued to patrol a border with fluidic space in the Beta Quadrant . Axum suggested that he would try to make contact with Species 8472 after he was liberated from " Unimatrix Zero " in 2377 . ( VOY : " Unimatrix Zero, Part II ")

Biology [ ]

Close-up of a Species 8472 eye

Two members of Species 8472 courting

Species 8472 stood approximately three meters tall and were tripedal. Their eyes had cruciform pupils and they lacked obvious mouths , nostrils , and ears . They had an epidermis . They were immensely strong, able to dismember humanoid limbs, and rip through bulkheads with ease. They did not breathe oxygen and apparently did not need any atmosphere for survival. They could walk without the aid of gravity , being able to cling to surfaces. ( VOY : " Scorpion ", " Prey ", " In the Flesh ") Species 8472 had as many as five sexes . ( VOY : " Someone to Watch Over Me ")

Species 8472 blood cells

Each cell of a Species 8472 contained over a hundred times the DNA of a Human cell; the DNA had a triple helix structure and, as of 2374 , was the most densely coded of any lifeform known to the Federation . Species 8472 possessed an extraordinarily powerful immune system , capable of immediately destroying nearly any foreign agent whether chemical, biological, or technological. This rendered them immune to Borg assimilation . The Species, however, were susceptible to a modified form of Borg nanoprobe that could evade detection by their immune system and disintegrate their cells. ( VOY : " Scorpion ", " Scorpion, Part II ") If Species 8472 cells were introduced into another lifeform, they rapidly proliferated and began to consume it from the inside out. ( VOY : " Scorpion ") Their blood consisted of DNA and polyfluidic compounds . ( VOY : " Prey ") In desperate situations, they could commit suicide by releasing a cellular toxin into their bloodstreams. ( VOY : " In the Flesh ")

Species 8472 was highly resistant to almost all forms of technology . Their bodies generated a bioelectric field that blocked sensors and impeded transporter locks. They could penetrate force fields and withstand quantities of weapons fire that would be lethal to most other lifeforms. Even when injured to the point of appearing dead, they could regenerate. ( VOY : " Prey ")

In their native form, Species 8472 was only known to communicate via telepathy (though they could produce some rudimentary sounds, such as shrieks, hisses and growls). They could initiate mental contact with other telepathic species , such as Ocampa and Vulcans , though to the recipient such experiences were physically taxing and difficult to understand. ( VOY : " Scorpion ", " Prey ") Species 8472 did not sleep . ( VOY : " In the Flesh ")

Culture [ ]

Being the only known inhabitants of fluidic space, Species 8472 was intensely xenophobic . They regarded all other lifeforms as impure and weak, and a threat to their genetic integrity. In response to the Borg "contaminating" their realm, Species 8472 intended to purge all life from the Milky Way Galaxy . ( VOY : " Scorpion ", " Scorpion, Part II ")

However, some members of Species 8472 gained a new appreciation for the experiences of humanoid species after assuming their forms. For example, " Valerie Archer " expressed fondness for various works of Federation art , literature , and music . ( VOY : " In the Flesh ")

Technology [ ]

A console on a bio-ship

Seven of Nine described the technology of Species 8472 as being more advanced than that of any species the Borg had previously encountered. Species 8472 used highly advanced organic technology . Their bio-ships were composed of the same biological material as Species 8472, and thus shared both their resistance to technology and their vulnerability to modified nanoprobes. Eight bio-ships working in tandem with an energy focusing ship wielded enough firepower to destroy a planet . ( VOY : " Scorpion ")

Species 8472 possessed sophisticated genetic engineering techniques that allowed them to mimic other lifeforms; this deception, which was maintained through periodic isomorphic injections , could be revealed only through a microcellular scan . While in such mimicked forms, they were functionally a member of the target species and biologically required to live as that species did. A Human or Vulcan form for example was limited to breathing the same atmospheric gasses, required sleep, and was vulnerable to the Vulcan neck pinch . ( VOY : " In the Flesh ") Species 8472 was also able to make use of both holographic technology and particle synthesis . ( VOY : " In the Flesh ")

Individuals [ ]

" Valerie Archer "
" Boothby "
" Bullock "
" David Gentry "
" Jason Hayek "
" O'Halloran "
" Reiskin "
Unnamed Species 8472
Terrasphere 8 personnel

Appendices [ ]

Appearances [ ].

" Scorpion "
" Scorpion, Part II "
" In the Flesh "
" Someone to Watch Over Me " ( holophoto )

Background information [ ]

Origins [ ].

In the first draft script of "Scorpion", this type of alien was initially referred to as "Species 84729" when the draft was submitted on 18 February 1997 . The species was renamed to its eventual designation by the time a particular revision of the initial draft of the teleplay was issued on 24 February 1997.

The creation of Species 8472 was inspired by the success of previous visual effects in the series, particularly the design of the macrovirus in " Macrocosm ". Visual Effects Supervisor Ronald B. Moore commented, " [Executive Producer Jeri Taylor ] saw that we could do that and maybe, if we had something with a little more meat on it, literally, that we could try to move forward. " ("Red Alert: Amazing Visual Effects", VOY Season 3 DVD special features) According to Taylor herself, Species 8472 was originally conceived by Brannon Braga , who co-wrote " Scorpion ". ("Braving the Unknown: Season Three", VOY Season 3 DVD special features)

Visual Effects Producer Dan Curry was also influential in the genesis of the Species 8472 design. CGI Effects Director Ron Thornton said, " From what I understand [...] Dan Curry, God bless him, managed to convince the producers it would be a really good idea to do a wicked, computer-generated character, something that wasn't a guy in a suit or a guy with chewing gum on his nose. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine issue 16 , p. 37) Curry himself remarked, " When we were originally going to have that species, I suggested to the producers that instead of doing it [as] a guy in a suit, let's take advantage of some of the new CG technology, and do something that can't be a guy in a suit. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 74) Director David Livingston noted, " There was no choice but to create a CGI model. We couldn't do something realistic [in live action]. " ("Braving the Unknown: Season Three", VOY Season 3 DVD special features)

The process of designing Species 8472 began with the script of "Scorpion". Dan Curry recollected, " We had a script for a very vicious alien creature that had to be so powerful and so fearsome that it was able to chop up and destroy the Borg. " ("The Birth of Species 8472", VOY Season 4 DVD special features) Concept artist Steve Burg elaborated, " It said it was big, and ferocious, and terrifying, and moved very quickly; it was 14 feet tall at one point. That was about it. " ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , p. 28) In the script of "Scorpion" (both the first draft and final draft), the species was described as being at least ten feet tall and wearing an alien breathing apparatus. [1] CGI animator John Teska recalled how he and the rest of CGI effects house Foundation Imaging heard about the conversations over the script: " As there were, you know, script discussions happening at Paramount , we started to get the early word that there may be a new nemesis, a new character that would make even the Borg afraid. And it was very exciting just to know that there's going to be a CG character, that it was going to be a major player for that season. " ("The Birth of Species 8472", VOY Season 4 DVD special features)

Designing the alien [ ]

A conceptual progenitor of Species 8472

Dan Curry came up with the concept of having the aliens each be three-legged. By this stage, he had spent lots of time pondering the potentiality of a tripod alien, motivated by several inspirations. He noted, " I guess it goes back to the old fifties' sci-fi book Day of the Triffids , about these tripod plants that come to Earth and cause trouble. " Another influence on the tripod design was a similarly three-legged, alien character that had appeared in a science-fiction fantasy play that Curry had written, designed and directed, as one of his thesis projects in grad school. " That was a comedic creature, " he noted, " but when this came along, I thought, 'Well, hey, wouldn't it be cool to do a tripod creature?' " ("The Birth of Species 8472", VOY Season 4 DVD special features) Yet another relevant influence was knowing that Foundation Imaging, who were commissioned to design the creature, would likely be able to handle such a lifeform. " I knew also that on 'Hypernauts' Foundation had done a tripod creature that was a kind of pet antelope called a gloose, " explained Curry. " Ron Thornton had shown me a tape of the character. " ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , pp. 27-28) After deciding that Species 8472 would be tripedal, Dan Curry did some sketches that he later characterized as "very, very crude." ("The Birth of Species 8472", VOY Season 4 DVD special features)

The prospect of demonstrating that the aliens were not being played by actors had an impact on the tripedal nature of Species 8472 as well as their overall design. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 74) However, Dan Curry initially waited to relay the concept of the alien's three-legged form to Foundation Imaging, because Ronald B. Moore wanted to avoid imposing a particular design on the team. Moore recounted, " We approached Ron Thornton at Foundation and said, 'Look, here's what we're trying to do. Why don't you have your guys draw something up, and we'll look it over' [....] I would never presume to jump on that three-legged thing unless it was a script point. I'll just say, 'Show me some alien creatures.' " ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , p. 28)

Endeavoring to focus the design, Foundation Imaging brought Steve Burg into the process, he having worked as a concept artist on multiple movies and actually having been responsible for the gloose design. Burg worked with Ron Thornton, who passed all of Dan Curry's and Ron Moore's remarks on to him. ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , p. 28) During Burg's tenure on the project, the communication between him and Curry was profuse, with them exchanging many sketches and ideas. ("The Birth of Species 8472", VOY Season 4 DVD special features; Cinefantastique , Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 74)

As Moore had planned, Burg commenced his work on the project by consulting the few details about the alien that were available in the script, including the ultimately changed notion of it having a height of fourteen feet. With very little guidelines to proceed from, however, Burg's first drawing of the alien failed to impress the producers, who deemed it as too conventional, overly similar to the creatures designed for 'Alien' and 'Predator'. Burg later admitted, " I have to say I agree [....] It does have sort of a mantis-like feeling and I think that kept on through [the design process], but I think there was a miscalculation in that we began by making it too derivative, not of Star Trek things, but of other creature designs. There are definitely similarities between the head and the alien from 'Predator.' I think it was the head they were most concerned about. They wanted something like the alien, but they didn't want a rip-off. " ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , pp. 28 & 30)

Following this initial rejection, Ron Thornton advised Steve Burg to produce several quick sketches featuring a variety of looks that the producers could choose from. " The next batch were just basic silhouettes, " Burg explained. " Some have three legs; some have two legs; some of them have a split tripodal base, with below the knee bifurcated. I don't think I had any real strong idea. " The three-legged approach to some of these renderings meant that the design was nearing what Dan Curry was looking for. ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , p. 30) Although some of the images showed the creature with very viscerally sharp teeth, Ron Moore steered the design away from this direction, as the creature also had to look intelligent. ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , pp. 29 & 30) " One thing that Ron mentioned, which he may have gotten from Paramount, was that the thing was to have practically no mouth, " stated Burg. " One way of making it look smart is to not give it big teeth, like a Tyrannosaurus or something. If something looks very nasty and it doesn't have obvious claws or teeth, you figure it works on a whole other level. " The producers selected one of the drawings, which suggested the creature's height as well as looking suitably alien, and asked Burg to concentrate on developing it. ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , p. 30)

Steve Burg's assignment of fleshing out the chosen sketch involved a fair amount of work, as it was a view of the creature from behind and therefore didn't show its face. As he started by focusing on its alien anatomy and tackling how it might realistically move, the design continued its transformation into a more definite form. Even though Burg supported the notion of the creature having a tripod design as sounding "great," it took him a while to overcome the challenge of the alien having not only three legs but also a front and back. " The biggest problem was dealing with that third leg, " Burg commented. " In the end it became like a Human leg, but it started out as more of a symmetrical tripod; all the legs pointed out from the middle and the body was more centrally located [....] I think it moved back toward something you could relate to; it became sort of a centaur. " ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , p. 30)

Even while the creature's appearance was evolving with each successive drawing, Steve Burg was forming a considerably clear idea of how it was to look, later saying, " I think that once this guy got underway he began to take on his own identity [....] At a certain point, something clicked and everyone started to see what this creature was. " ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , pp. 30-31)

Refining Species 8472's face

Work progressed on refining the face. One concept that Steve Burg submitted for the head was judged as being not alien-looking enough, with the producers concerned that it might be mistaken for a mask. They consequently requested that Burg sketch out some alternatives. ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , p. 31) " Since the head/face is really where the creature is expressed, it was not at all surprising that they wanted to evaluate several possible directions before committing to a more finalized concept, " said Burg. " I remember I just sat down and churned out a whole bunch of weird alien heads. " ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , pp. 31 & 32)

According to Dan Curry, he was responsible for deciding that the alien's neck shouldn't be a thick solid structure. " I had [...] the idea of having the neck muscles be separate tubes that you could see through, so it couldn't possibly be a guy in a suit, " Curry said. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 74) However, according to Steve Burg, this facet of the extraterrestrial came about due to him refining the shape of its head. " Somewhere in the middle of doing that I started gravitating toward the sort of tripod neck structure, " Burg related. " That seemed like a good way of making it something that obviously a person could not be wearing, even if you were in a closeup. I tend to think in terms of mechanical devices when I design, and the neck turned into a sort of flight simulator thing. That seemed to click with everybody. " ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , pp. 31-32) Regardless of who devised the arrangement of the neck, Ron Moore clarified, " I think that what we were trying to do was get something that didn't look like a guy in a suit. If we could design something where you could see its spinal column, and the muscles separate so you would have little openings, that would help us give it other than the look of a guy in a suit. So we tried to get that. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 29, No. 6/7, p. 95) Likewise, Ron Thornton remarked, " We wanted to make sure it had lots of open spaces in it. For example, the neck is actually three very thin muscles, so there couldn't possibly be a guy in a suit. We did the same with arms as well, giving them extra joints and things. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine issue 16 , p. 37)

From the various drawings of the alien's head, the producers chose two or three images. " [They] were similar to each other; sort of variations on a theme, " concluded Steve Burg. " They decided that was the direction they wanted to go. " Making the alien internally consistent allowed Burg to connect the head to the torso – a task that, thanks to the creature's relatively humanoid form, was fairly easy to achieve. " It was just a matter of maintaining the style through the body, " Burg remembered, " putting muscles under the skin that were kind of like what you saw in the head and extending that through the torso. " ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , p. 32)

Digital modeling [ ]

Teska with the digital model of Species 8472

Once Steve Burg was finished externally crafting Species 8472, his drawings for the alien were handed over to John Teska, who was made responsible for building the model, turning Burg's designs into computer-generated reality. These examples of concept artwork included drawings that demonstrated the creature's full height as well as the approved head designs. ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , pp. 31-33) Teska was delighted to join the project. " When I started to be brought into the process, " he remembered, " and I saw some of the sketches that were being done by Steve Burg, you know, I was totally excited because it was a non-humanoid. It didn't look like the usual guys with just facial changes. This one had this very strange kind of neck and very strange body structure, with three legs and everything. So, you know, as an animator, as a character designer or creature person, I was totally jazzed about bringing this guy to life. In this case, Steve Burg had had several meetings with Paramount, so they had several different designs [....] There were many drawings and there were features on each one they liked. So, Paramount and Dan Curry came to me and talked about these different designs, and said, 'Could you put them all together and basically create a creature out of that?' So, I didn't have any singular drawing of, 'This is the final creature.' " ("The Birth of Species 8472", VOY Season 4 DVD special features)

With John Teska's involvement, the alien design continued to develop. " The very first thing I did, " Teska recalled, " was, once I had these drawings, was just did a very simple, blocky kind of shape, just to kind of get the proportions and figure out how big the head, how big the body and everything would be, and then gave that back to Paramount. So, it became a back-and-forth thing, going from very blocky, crude... then working up to the finer details. And then, ultimately, the paint maps and the textures were done several weeks later. So, it sort of evolved over the course of his creation. " ("The Birth of Species 8472", VOY Season 4 DVD special features)

John Teska based the finer details of the design on the few facts that were available about the aliens. Even though their vague backstory did not provide much insight into the creatures' origins, the fact they were to be established as communicating psychically indicated that they wouldn't have to be depicted as talking much. " So, one of the key things was getting kind of an expressive, weird forehead and just a feeling that they were different, " Teska mused. " But then, also knowing how they attacked people – they're always described as really vicious and just tearing – and that they cause infection just by tearing at you or whatever, so.... Really, I mean, that was what drove the animation, was just trying to find a way to make them feel just really fast and menacing, you know, whereas the Borg always had numbers on their side and always had that sort of zombie, 'we're going to get you, no matter what' thing. But with Species 8472, it was just more of the surprise that they'll just... burst your doorway and start slashing. " ("The Birth of Species 8472", VOY Season 4 DVD special features) Similarly, Ron Thornton stated, " A lot of it was creating a personality for the creature in the first place [....] What we wanted to do here was something [...] like a leopard on attack. It would burst through the wall and completely decimate the Borg. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine issue 16 , p. 37) Ron Moore concurred that the desire to separate the look of each of the aliens from "a guy in a suit" also influenced how the visual effects team designed the aliens' movement. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 29, No. 6/7, p. 95)

The question of how to execute some of the alien design aspects initially proved somewhat troublesome. John Teska explained, " There were a few things on this character [that were questionable; the open-neck structure] [...] became a little bit of a question, how to rig that, and then the same thing with the legs. " Dan Curry noted, " My faith in John Teska as an animator was so great that I just trusted he would be able to come up with a very convincing way to move it about. " Teska continued, " Of course, I thought a lot about, 'How would this guy walk?' " Ultimately, however, he needn't have worried so much about designing the way that the alien would move. He remarked, " Ironically, we never actually saw him walk more than one or two steps over the course of his life. He's always leaping into rooms and tearing people apart, but he never actually just walked down a hallway, in any of the shots. Really, I just had to think more about getting these attack motions. " ("The Birth of Species 8472", VOY Season 4 DVD special features) Teska took a week to build the CG model of Species 8472. ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , p. 33)

A difficulty similar to portraying the aliens walking through a corridor was how to fit such a tall alien into the corridors, in the first place. Ron Thornton commented, " That it would be something nasty which was supposed to be nine feet tall made it very difficult to do. It was a little tight, squeezing a nine-foot tall character into the corridors, but I think it worked out. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine issue 16 , p. 37)

Highly pleased with the general flexibility of Species 8472's final design, Ron Thornton enjoyed the process of animating the alien. " Suddenly, we could do a totally non-anthropomorphic creature, that was nasty, vicious, and has a personality, " he related. " The animator now becomes an actor and has to give a performance to this creature, and that's something I love to do. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine issue 16 , p. 37)

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Steve Burg was ultimately very satisfied with the design of Species 8472, including the input that John Teska had, and termed the final version of the aliens as "absolutely amazing." ( Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 , p. 33) Shortly following the initial broadcast of the species' introductory appearance in "Scorpion", Jeri Taylor said of the aliens, " I thought [they] [...] were really cool. " ( Star Trek Monthly issue 31 , p. 12) Likewise, the inclusion of Species 8472 in " Scorpion, Part II " made that fourth season premiere a particular highlight for Dan Curry, who remarked of the installment, " It was good to see Species 8472. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 74) The possibility that the aliens would make return appearances, after the "Scorpion" two-parter, was on the condition that they proved to be popular among viewers. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 29, No. 6/7, p. 96) Shortly after the fourth season began its initial broadcast, Brannon Braga said of Species 8472, " People seem to love them, and we're definitely going to see those aliens again this season. " ( Star Trek Monthly issue 34 , p. 13)

Despite the general popularity of Species 8472, the feedback from some fans included repeated accusations that the aliens were slightly too reminiscent of the Shadows from Babylon 5 . ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine issue 16 , p. 38) Indeed, the unofficial reference book Delta Quadrant (p. 188) even goes as far as to state that Foundation Imaging – which created the CGI for the first three seasons of the aforementioned series, prior to working on Star Trek: Voyager – was faced with a hurried deadline in regard to the creation of Species 8472's design, and that, according to Foundation employee Adam Lebowitz , the company completed the workload by modifying the Shadows at the wire-frame stage before giving them new skin textures. Ron Thornton – who also worked on Babylon 5 – denied the resemblance, however; he directly stated that the allegation of the reuse "wasn't true." ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine issue 16 , p. 38)

Species 8472 relaxing with a cigarette

Cover of Lightwavin' #4

Species 8472 was featured on the cover of Lightwavin' #4.

In a 2003 interview, Nick Sagan admitted to liking Species 8472, remarking that he thought they (in common with the Vidiians ) were one of numerous "cool aliens" that succeeded in differentiating Star Trek: Voyager from previous Star Trek series. He also opined (about Species 8472, specifically), " I think they're great villains. " [2]

At the 2009 New Jersey Star Trek convention , Kate Mulgrew remarked to the audience that Species 8472 was her personal favorite of Star Trek: Voyager 's villains. [3]

Apocrypha [ ]

Species 8472 and their bioships appear as enemies in Star Trek: Voyager - The Arcade Game .

Species 8472 is one of the main races featured in the game Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force . In that game, the player must infiltrate a Borg cube infested with Species 8472 to locate a material called "isodesium". They are also the main enemy of the Borg and a playable race in Star Trek: Armada II , in which their ships are further depicted as biological in nature, being morphed from active embryos into various types, while stations, also biological, were morphed from passive embryos.

The short story " Places of Exile " in the Myriad Universes omnibus Infinity's Prism tells the tale of an alternate reality in which Voyager is attacked by Species 8472 and crippled. The crew has no choice but to stay in the Delta Quadrant and find a way to survive. Captain Janeway and the crew form a loose alliance of Delta Quadrant species called the "Delta Coalition". The crew also meets 8472 again but they need help from the Coalition. In this story, Species 8472 receive a name – the "Groundskeepers" (in keeping with the incarnation of " Boothby " seen in VOY : " In the Flesh ", who retained much of the personality of the original Boothby and plays a major role in the story).

In the game Star Trek Online , Species 8472 told the Klingons to call them the "Undine", revealed in the tie-in novel The Needs of the Many to roughly translate from the Undine language as "Groundskeepers". In the novel and the game itself, the Undine are major antagonists, having infiltrated the Federation, Klingon Defense Force , and many other factions at all levels. It is the discovery of this infiltration by the Klingon Empire, and the Federation's refusal to believe their warnings, that contribute to the outbreak of war between the Empire and Federation at the game's outset. It is later revealed that the Iconians had attacked the Undine in fluidic space, making them believe that the Alpha and Beta quadrant powers were mounting an invasion and provoking the Undines' actions, including infiltrating the various galactic powers, as well as attacking the Voth as they fought the allied forces of Starfleet, the KDF, and Romulan Republic in the Solanae Dyson sphere . The conflict reaches its climax after the Undine mount an assault on Spacedock One , and the attempt to deploy "Planet-Killer" weapons against Ferenginar , Gornar , Andoria , Qo'noS , and Cardassia Prime . After being repelled by the allied fleets, the Undine retreat back to the Delta Quadrant. Admiral Tuvok and the player manage to negotiate a truce between the Undine and the allied forces at the culmination of the story arc. Other in-game missions reveal that the Borg had developed a way to assimilate Undine into the Collective. Player characters, however, manage to destroy the prototypes and prevent the dissemination of that knowledge through the Collective.

External links [ ]

Species 8472 at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
Species 8472 at the Star Trek Online Wiki
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