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+title: "Star Trek: Voyager 05x01 - Night"
+category: Star-Trek
+abstract: my opinion on Star Trek Voyager 05x01 - Night"
+date: 2023-02-12T00:27:20+01:00
+year: 2023
+draft: false
+tags:
+- Star-Trek
+- Star-Trek-Voyager
+- Star-Trek-Voyager-season-5
+- malons
+---
+### Synopsis
+
+The crew enters a void in the Delta Quadrant, an area without any stars of 2 light-years radius. The crew morale is very low as the vast emptiness gets to them. The episode starts in the Holodeck, and I was afraid this would be another Holodeck malfunctions story. However, when the ship loses power, the plot goes in a completely different direction - it turns out someone is living in the emptiness—a hostile creature. Soon after, the ship encounters another living form - a ship emitting large doses of radiation piloted by Emck, a Malon. The strange ship offers help with quick passing of the void on one condition - Jenway is to transport the creature to their ship.
+
+{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-night.jpg" "Jenway, challenged" "http://www.myyearofstartrek.com/2015/10/voyager-re-watch-demon-one-hope-and.html">}}
+
+Jenway being Jenway, declines and decides to first talk with the now-imprisoned alien. It informs her that they are a dying breed due to the poisoning of space by Emck. It is soon revealed that Emck's job is to drop toxic waste, a by-product of Malon industries. Jenway tries to give Voyager's technology to Emck, but he refuses, as clean energy would ruin his business. Jenwey then orders her crew to go into a vortex leading out of the void while she stays behind and destroys it so Malons can no longer dump their waste. The staff, however, goes to mutiny. Jenway agrees, and Voyager fires torpedos as it enters the vortex. The episode ends with the crew seeing stars again.
+
+### Impressions
+
+What a nice start for season 6, but also a wasted potential. While the main plot is what Star Trek does best and the special effects are becoming great, the period between entering the void and the ship losing power could be filled with the crew's intimate moments. I said it before, and I'll repeat it - Voyager is in deep need of idle moments where people could simply hang out. Some chats, some banter, maybe a dinner or a classic concert. Next Generation's greatest strength was not in the SciFi elements but in the people living on Enterprise. I understand that Voyager faces incomparable dangers. Picard was always close to home, so even in the most severe of circumcisions could ask for help from Starfleet. Voyager, however, is always in hostile space, fighting for resources. Jenwey keeps her humanity and hunger for exploration, but her mission is survival. But why can't we have a Shakespearean performance? Yes, we get glimpses here and there, but we deserve more.
+
+But what strikes me most is how Jenway grew on me. First, she annoyed me. She was always the loudest and greatest. She knew tactics better than her military officers, engineering better than her engineers, and perfect diplomacy? For here is just another Tuesday. She was the anti-Picard, who always treated his crew with dignity and admiration (sans Wesley) But I learned that she is the captain Voyager needs. The Delta Quadrant is so hostile that the crew needs a decisive leader. She also changed however. She knows that she puts the crew at constant risk, and this is the episode that confronts it. 
+
+There's a lot more to her that she allows the crew (and the viewer) to see. She is fully aware of the burden on her arms and how much she relies on her judgment. This is why the mutiny is fulfilling. She finally allows the crew to decide! There is no fight in her, but rather a relief. The old Jenway would not agree to a plan contrary to her own. The previous 4 years in the Quadrant have taught her to trust others. I wonder if this will in anyway impact her in the future.
+
+### Doctor factor
+
+Not satisfactory. He was there, but not enough.
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+---
+title: "Star Trek: Voyager 05x02 - Drone"
+category: Star-Trek
+abstract: my opinion on Star Trek Voyager 05x02 - Drone"
+date: 2023-02-22T00:01:20+01:00
+year: 2023
+draft: false
+tags:
+- Star-Trek
+- Star-Trek-Voyager
+- Star-Trek-Voyager-season-5
+- Stargate-SG1
+- Borg
+---
+### Synopsis
+
+A small team, including Seven of Nine and Doctor, is returning from a mission. Due to a transporter malfunction, Doctor's emitter starts failing. B'Elanna takes the emitter to the science lab for repairs. Soon it is revealed that during the malfunction, Seven of Nine and Doctor's patterns briefly merged. The emitter has gained some of her Borg nanoprobes and starts assimilating the ship's equipment. 
+
+The crew discovers a borg maturation chamber with a rapidly growing Borg drone. This is the first time Seven sees something like this, as the Borg assimilate living beings and don't reproduce. Jenway has yet another moral dilemma - as Doctor's emitter is based on 29th-century tech, it would doom the galaxy if it fell in Borg's hands. But, on the other hand, the drone has not connected with the collective and may learn human customs and ways. She goes with the latter, and Seven is tasked with teaching the new drone. It all goes well until the drone accidentally connects with the collective.
+
+{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-drone.jpg" "Borg round thingy" "https://the-avocado.org/2021/05/27/you-talking-trek-to-me-best-of-voyager-drone/">}}
+
+Voyager faces the Borg. Drone decides to help mankind. It transports to the Borg ship, takes over control, and flies into a nearby nebula. The Borg ship is destroyed. 
+
+The crew detects a life sign and finds One, as the drone named itself. It is imminently transported to sickbay but refuses treatment. Borg know of its existence and will pursue Voyager in order to assimilate One's technology.
+
+The episode ends with One's passing away.
+
+### Impressions
+
+Whenever Borg shows, one can be assured that the episode will touch on the individual vs. collective dilemma. Is giving up one's freedom in order to help a collective a good thing? Star Trek is often called "commies in space," as Starfleet is already very much a collective. People don't work for themselves but instead for the betterment of mankind. Even in DS9, when we see the earth that still has money, everyone still works for the greater good of society. But at the same time, people are free to pursue the betterment of themselves - primarily via art, but sometimes by trying to sleep with every species in the galaxy (hello Kirk!).
+
+The Borg, however, takes the collective to the extreme. An individual only serves the Borg, so it has no needs and wants. They are drones. This is why Borg are scary as hell - they are anti-humanity. 
+
+As for the episode, it was ok. We've already seen a Borg drone emancipated ([I, Borg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Borg) from TNG and Seven of Nine from Voyager). As a whole, I was reminded of an episode of Startrek SG-1 where they encounter an ancient library just before it is destroyed. What ifs are much more interesting than what happened. What if One joined the crew? Its technology would strongly empower Voyager. It could even change the balance of power in the region. Maybe Jenway would change her haircut again? Perhaps they would be able to replicate some clothes for Seven that are not two sizes too small? We will never know as the next episode will return to a world without One. It won't even be mentioned again. 
+
+It's a shame, as One was cool.
+
+
+### Doctor factor
+
+Oh yeah, a lot better than last time. We have Doctor interacting with B'Elanna, which is always a treat. Very much a huge plus here!
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+---
+title: "Star Trek: Voyager 05x03 - Exteme Risk"
+category: Star-Trek
+abstract: my opinion on Star Trek Voyager 05x03 - Extreme Risk"
+date: 2023-02-28T00:01:20+01:00
+year: 2023
+draft: false
+tags:
+- Star-Trek
+- Star-Trek-Voyager
+- Star-Trek-Voyager-season-5
+- Malons
+- Delta-Flyer
+---
+### Synopsis
+Voyager's probe is launched at a gas giant, but Malons spot it and attempt to capture it. To prevent it, the crew sends the probe into the gas planet's atmosphere. Malon's ship follows the probe and is subsequently crashed. Paris presents a design for Delta Flyaer, a specialized shuttlecraft based on Starfleet's and Borg's technology. Malons want the probe as the resources it collected are too valuable, and, as Jenway puts it, we've got a space race.
+
+{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-extreme-risk.webp" "Contemplating suicde?" "https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Extreme_Risk_(episode)">}}
+
+In second story arch, we've got B'Elanna putting herself at risk by going into extremely dangerous Holodeck simulations with safety protocols off. Doctor learns about multiple injuries and diagnoses her with clinical depression. Jenway puts her off the Delta Flyer project, and subsequently, Chakotay approaches her. She reveals she stopped feeling anything - not about her job, future, Paris, or the massacre of Maquis by Cardassians and Dominion. Only putting herself at risk of death allows her to have any feelings.
+
+Meanwhile, Delta Flyer is completed, and Torrens volunteers to join its crew. The mission is a success, and B'Elanna experiences her first positive emotions in quite some time.
+
+### Impressions
+
+Look at how much FX this bad boy can handle! Every few scenes, we get some new CGI. Either the technology caught up to the writer's ambitions, or someone threw a lot more money at them.
+
+{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-extreme-risk-2.webp" "Look at that scan!" "https://www.tor.com/2021/01/25/star-trek-voyager-rewatch-extreme-risk/">}}
+
+{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-extreme-risk-3.jpg" "Look at this vessel!" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=133">}}
+
+{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-extreme-risk-4.jpg" "Look at this not-bad attempt at a fully CGI human... or Klingon!" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=133">}}
+
+{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-extreme-risk-5.jpg" "Just look at this. Stunning!" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=133">}}
+
+{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-extreme-risk-6.jpg" "Kara Thrace, is that you?" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=133">}}
+
+I'd say it's just a step below what Marvel movies look like these days.
+
+But outside of the visual, the episode got me hard. I always await crew-centric episodes. All the Sci-Fi techno-bubble is cool and all, but what I consider to be the meat of Star Trek is always the crew. And this was almost a perfect episode. The probe story was in the background, and B'Elanna's trauma was the focal point. It *would* be perfect if her problems wouldn't end with just a friendly chat. It's juvenile, but to fully develop this, the writers would need to expand it into a multi-episode arc. Nowadays, they would do it, but Voyager was still too early for such endeavors. On the other hand, this dark storyline is still much more seriously taken than what Picard did with its first two seasons.
+
+As for the second storyline - I was surprised to find out Malons returned as I considered them dull enough for a monster of a week. After "Extreme Risk" I am not holding my breath to see them again, as they are still uninteresting.
+
+Paris gets my vote for most-relatable-character after vocalizing his distaste for touch screens. Give me real buttons, or give me death!
+
+### Doctor factor
+
+Unsatisfactory. Doctor is nothing more than a minor plot device here.
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+title: "Star Trek: Voyager 05x04 - In the Flesh"
+category: Star-Trek
+abstract: 
+date: 2023-05-23T20:04:15+02:00
+year: 2023
+draft: false
+tags:
+- Star-Trek
+- Star-Trek-Voyager
+- Star-Trek-Voyager-season-5
+- Species-8472
+---
+The crew encounters what appears to be Earth's Starfleet Acadamy. It's inhabited by people who should be present, including the groundskeeper Boothby[^boothby]. After an investigation (and seduction) conducted by Chakotay, it is revealed that it's a training replica of the site - one of many training grounds for Species 8472.
+[^boothby]: Played again by excellent Ray Walston.
+
+{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-in-the-flesh.webp" "Familiar face." "https://www.tor.com/2021/01/28/star-trek-voyager-rewatch-in-the-flesh/">}}
+
+Both sides agree on a truce and negotiations. Its conclusion is a trade of information - Voyager gives their knowledge about Borg nanoprobes and, in exchange, receives information about  Species 8472 genetic modifications.
+
+### Impressions
+
+*Non placet.*[^latin] I saw this episode 2 weeks ago and didn't feel like writing about it at all. The basic premise is excellent as it develops Species 8472. However, the execution was boring. It seems that the creators feel much better when they are not confined within a bigger story arch. There was no tension, nor anything deeply exciting happened in the episode. However, I love that the day is saved not by phaser fire but by talking over a round table - and that was the only thing I remembered when sitting to write this post about the entire episode.
+[^latin]: [a negative vote](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non%20placet).
+
+Homefront[^homefront] did it better.
+[^homefront]: an episode of Deep Space 9 sharing a lot of similarities
+
+### Doctor factor
+
+Was he even here? I don't remember.
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+title: "Star Trek: Voyager 05x05 - Once Upon a Time"
+category: "star-trek"
+abstract: the worst episode yet?
+date: 2023-05-25T16:02:04+02:00
+year: 
+draft: false
+tags:
+- Star-Trek
+- Star-Trek-Voyager
+- Star-Trek-Voyager-season-5
+---
+Delta Flyer, with Paris, Tuvok, and Samantha Wildman on board, crashes on a planetoid and is buried under kilometers of rock. Wildman's daughter, Naomi, is taken care of by Neelix.
+
+Guess that's the story of the episode.
+
+### Impressions
+
+On a surface level, this is a terrible episode. The story is forgettable and has no tension since we know Tuvok or Paris will be killed (we're not in Westeros yet). A lot of time is used to show a children's story Naomi explores in Holodeck. And it's full of Neelix, which is never a plus.
+
+However, this is one of the few episodes where Neeling has its place and is not annoying. In most cases, he doesn't add anything to the crew except of food, and his counseling is nowhere near Deanna Troi's. At best, he is forgettable; at worst, he becomes annoying. It's not the actor, as Ethan Phillips gives a lot of personality to this character, putting him above Wesley Crusher[^wesley]. Here, his interactions with this little girl are what build the episode. He cares (as always), but his actions rarely have so much impact as here. Interspecies negotiations? Over his head. Battle with Borg? Nope. Being a caregiver? Perfection!
+[^wesley]: having said that I was very much into Wesley's story, and I am still angry about his disappearance midway through TNG and the terrible scene in Picard. I want a spin-off!
+
+But how Neelix can become god-father in this post-religion world is beyond my understanding.
+
+Nothing saves the Holodeck scenes. I guess it was too reminiscent of Wizard of Oz with all of its quirks, but it comes poorly here. The simulation was made for kids, and I see no point in showing so much of it here. Maybe the creators needed something to fill the full episode run with?
+
+However, something that hit me hard was Neelix's dilemmas about telling Naomi that her mother may be dead. There's this dark thread between those sometimes charming but most often useless scenes. It hits too close to home for me.
+
+### Doctor Factor
+
+Not enough Doctor in the last few episodes!
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+title: "Star Trek: Voyager 05x06 - Timeless"
+category: "star-trek"
+abstract: A good time travel episode
+date: 2023-05-31T22:18:48+02:00
+year: 2023
+draft: false
+tags: 
+- Star-Trek
+- Star-Trek-Voyager
+- Star-Trek-Voyager-season-5
+---
+Due to Kim's calculation error, the Voyager crashes on a frozen planet, killing the entire crew. Only Chakotay and Kim, who were not on the ship during the incident, survived. Somehow they manage to reach Earth but are hunted by the memory of being the cause of death of the entire crew.
+
+Fifteen years later, they manage to return to Delta Quadrant and find a way to communicate with the past, where Voyager is still preparing for the test, which resulted in the incident.
+
+### Impressions
+
+Woohoo, episode 100! And what an episode it was! It's clear that the creators were saving money for this episode. The first scene is probably the best CGI in Star Trek on TV up to this moment.
+
+{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-timeless.webp" "Voyager down" "https://the-avocado.org/2021/06/03/you-talking-trek-to-me-very-best-of-voyager-timeless/">}}
+
+The story is straightforward. We've got a mission to save Voyager - but this time, we bypass the most significant problems of this series. We know that no matter how great the plan is, it will fail. The crew won't return to Earth before the last episodes of the final season. If the story focused on the test, it would not work as well as it does. Yes, we know that Chakotay and Kim will succeed, but with the twist that we see a different version of the characters we are used to know. They are scared and angry, which is especially shocking when it comes to Kim, who is often the nice guy in the room. Unfortunately, the most emotional moment is downplayed by soap opera-level overacting and screaming at each other.
+
+Technically, I love the structure here. We've got intertwined scenes from both timelines. It's something I've seen recently in Made in Abyss season 2, and it really works great!
+
+One episode I was reminded of was "The Visitor" from Deep Space 9. Unfortunately, it's not a favorable comparison as it only shows the weakness of Voyager. In DS9, we had actual, fleshed-out characters. You really cared about Jake and his relationship with Sisko. Here? Not so much. We're over halfway through the series, and they are still only filling the roles needed on a starship (and Neelix). I still have no idea who they are, what drives them, what scares them. They simply don't feel real. They are not persons but characters. 
+
+Still, we see a druken Seven, which was unexpected. Also we see removal of her eye, but in a better taste than whatver happened in Picard.
+
+{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-timeless-2.jpg" "It's also much more mechanical than in Picard" "https://the-avocado.org/2021/06/03/you-talking-trek-to-me-very-best-of-voyager-timeless/">}}
+
+### Doctor's factor
+
+A lot of scenes with the Doctor, I am content.