#NEELIX

[nimthirielrinon]

I only have one addition to make, and it’s regarding Neelix: I really wanted more episodes of him losing his religious beliefs and maybe even discovering existentialism, finding purpose in his new family on Naomi and her mum, and the rest of Voyager. I also really felt like finding a lost colony of his people to send him to was a cop out when they were rushing to tie up loose ends.

If I could reboot Voyager, here are some of the changes I'd make.

Much more serialization. Still mostly episodic, of course, but things that happen in one episode would have lasting repercussions. If the ship gets damaged, well it's going to stay damaged, or they're going to have to figure out how to effect repairs. Maybe have seasonal "big bads", like Buffy.

Play up the initial conflict with the Maquis for the first few seasons, and give the Maquis actual ideological objections to the Federation (a la Eddington on Deep Space Nine), rather than just making them generically rough and tumble. There would be a whole arc where some of the Maquis talk some of the lower-ranking Starfleet officers around to their side on the grounds that Janeway effectively has a dictatorship over them for their entire lives and she's too hidebound and is squandering opportunities to get onside with possible local allies. There'll be an actual mutiny (or at least an attempted mutiny) in the first few seasons, but it will fail because Chakotay (we'll come to him in a minute) opposes it; but the ship will settle into a much more egalitarian social structure nonetheless

Seska will remain on the ship after being unmasked as a Cardassian spy, claiming asylum under the terms of the Federation-Cardassian treaty that created the De-Militarized Zone. Her presence will be a major source of the friction between the Maquis and Starfleet crews, because it turns out that her espionage actually got some of their comrades killed back in the Alpha Quadrant

Give nuance to the Kazon; play up the generational trauma inherent to their backstory, and maybe make Culluh an ambitious but sympathetic empire-builder, rather than just a violent thug

Present the Kazon as more of an actual culture with their own arts and accomplishments, rather than just as Space Gangbangers.

Two waves of despair will rock the ship for several episodes. The first when they've been stranded for a few months and the reality of their situation hits them; the second when they get in touch with the AQ and find out that the Maquis have been exterminated.

Pick an actual indigenous nation for "Chakotay" to belong to and hire actual consultants from that nation for the writing staff. It will presumably be necessary to rename the character accordingly.

Really flesh out the minor characters on the crew: Carey, Ayala, Tal Celes, Suder, Vorik, Jonas, that cosmology grad student on the lower decks who didn't want to be on the ship in the first place. All of them will make the ship feel more like an actual place with the same nine characters doing everything; and when one of them dies, it will hurt.

Relatedly, all of the people who die in the first episode will have names and friendships with the crew, and their deaths will actually mean something.

Explore the comedic and dramatic potential of Starfleet crewmen having to be roomies with Maquis terrorists. I'm thinking some initial "Odd Couple" shenanigans, growing into friendship, with a sort of hurt-comfort romance emerging after they find out that all of the Maquis back in the AQ are dead.

Give Neelix more of a dangerous streak. The first episode made him out to be a shifty conman and the first season established that he had serious PTSD. I want to see more of that Neelix.

Have it take a full season just to de-Borg Seven of Nine. Her character progress is reflected in how many of her implants she has.

Have Seven of Nine push back more on the narrow canons of "humanity" that she's expected to perform; and have it go both ways; maybe instead of it just treating it like a joke when she proposes, for example, that someone try Borg regeneration, they actually take her up on this, and Janeway is accordingly horrified. You could get a neat plot about bodily autonomy out of this.

Establish that the Borg hivemind has developed a sort of "neurosis" around humanity and Voyager, stemming from the fact that they required Voyager's help to defeat Species 8472. This is the Queen motivation for wanting Seven of Nine back in "Dark Frontier"

Kes still ascends, but she hangs around somewhat longer. And she's doing and trying lots of things, rather than just hanging around sickbay most of the time.

Have Seven spend more time with Tuvok; maybe adopt Vulcan philosophy

There are no holodecks for the first few seasons because they need to conserve power. When they finally get them up and running, it's a big frigging deal. Before that, there's a whole plot where someone (Tom Paris) uses the emergency medical holoprojectors to make Sickbay into a holodeck, much to the Doctor's consternation. Janeway, however, allows it for a few hours a day as a means of building crew morale.

They build alliances and trade networks in the Delta Quadrant, and eventually realise that this is home for them now

[aenslem]

STAR TREK: VOYAGER | Once Upon A Time

[amyspauldingart]

The Killing Game (ST:Voyager season 4, episode 18-19)

[beverlycrushr]

STAR TREK VOYAGER 5.12

[elenath9]

This is my entire inner monologue.

Me: Pleasant thoughts. Yeah, sure I can do that.

My brain: *calls up the most upsetting thoughts possible that drag me down into an instant spiral*

Me: 😫

6x25 | The Haunting of Deck Twelve STAR TREK: VOYAGER

[subrosa03]

Voyager textposts!! 🚀

I watched Blood Fever for the first time the other day and I am. scarred.

However my red flag is that I actually kinda like B’elanna x Tom, even though I feel I should know better. I don’t like them in Blood Fever though. That was messed up bro.

[nagusposting]

SHITPOST DUMPPPPPPPPPPPP AUGGGHHH

[nullphysics]

Drew this for a friend as a holiday gift. They posted, so now I will too! Her fav Star Trek is Voyager and she’s also an Animal Crossing fiend, so I tricked her into telling me what she thought which animals the Voyager crew would be haha. Happy holidays!

[sherdnerd]

I love how fucking weird star trek can be. What do you mean they stole your lungs Neelix? Anyway turns out this Nebula is alive. 3rd one this week, but that's space for ya. This one's possessed Tuvok. Also Chakotay is a ghost now. Also the Holodeck is full if vikings because the nebula stole Harry. And now the guys who stole neelix's lungs have cut Torres in half and she's arguing with herself. Oh and a black hole is fucking with time. Again.

This is all Voyager season 1. Shit gets wild immediately and I love it

[evviejo]

STAR TREK: VOYAGER - S6E15 Tsunkatse

[wcrpbubble]

incorrect quotes pt 9 of ?

[itberice]

The cheese is full of volatile bacterial spores. It has to stay isolated in this portable containment field.

[defconprime]

Voyager Crew

[aenslem]

– I appreciate the sentiment, but I can't keep this. Recycle it. We can't afford to waste energy on nonessentials. – Kathryn, I replicated this months ago. I've been saving it. I wanted you to have it. YEAR OF HELL || Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)

[justanotherkathrynjanewayblog]

tuvok was left out of this one because that man would have zero reasons to be awake at 3am except for night shift.

lets be clear. Tom would only be comforting the cryer if its Harry or Belanna maybe Kathryn. chakotay would be comforting Kathryn

not entirely sure about the Kathryn placement on this one but it feels right to me

[unswerving-dysfunctional-loyalty]

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