Overview
| Production number |
721 |
| Note |
Two hour pilot of the series |
| Air date |
January 16th, 1995 |
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| Director |
Winrich Kolbe |
| Teleplay |
Michael Piller & Jeri
Taylor |
| Story |
Rick
Berman, Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor |
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Story
| Stardate 48315.6 |
| When a maquis vessel disappears in
the Badlands, the new USS Voyager is commissioned under the command of Captain Kathryn
Janeway to search for them. Arrived in the Badlands, Voyager is hit by a powerful
displacement wave and taken to the Delta Quadrant, 75000 light years away from home ... |
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Guest stars
| Quark |
Armin Shimerman |
| Gul Evek |
Richard Poe |
| Mark Johnson |
Stan Ivar |
| Doctor |
Jeff McCarthy |
| Lt. Cmd. Cavit |
Scott Jaeck |
| Lt. Stadi |
Alicia Coppola |
| Lt. Rollins |
Scott MacDonald |
| Lt. Carey |
Josh Clark |
| Daggin |
Eric David Johnson |
| Toscat |
David Selburg |
| Banjo man |
Basil Langton |
| Aunt Adah |
Angela Paton |
| Farmer's daughter |
Keely Sims |
| Jabin |
Gavin O'Herlihy |
| Ocampa doctor |
Bruce Fench |
| Ocampa nurse |
Jennifer Parsons |
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Comment
| Neat pilot for the series, which
combines a thrilling, complex plot, full of action, but also emotion, with a systematic
introduction into the new series and its characters. For this purpose, the episode starts
in the known Star Trek universe, on the space station Deep Space Nine, however, it
literally leaves it due to the power of the Caretaker. In the Delta Quadrant, loads of new
planets, races and cultures are shown and the odyssey back home starts. |
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Star Trek Facts
| The USS Voyager belongs
to the new Intrepid class with 15 decks, 141 crew members, a maximum speed of warp 9.975
and bioneural gel packs. |
| The bioneural gel packs,
which replace some of the conventional isolinear systems of Voyager, can access data more
efficiently and with higher speed. |
| The maquis vessel that
is led by Chakotay is already 39 years old. About 40 maquis are aboard. |
| Kathryn Janeway served
under Admiral Paris aboard the USS Al-Batani. She also accompanied him on the Arias
expedition. |
| While Tom Paris
was stationed on Coldek Prime as a pilot, a tragical accident happened due to an error of
Paris, leading to the death of three officers. Paris faked the reports, however, later he
confessed due to pangs of conscience. Consequently, he had to leave Starfleet and joined
the Maquis. Unfortunately, he was caught on his first mission and imprisoned in the
penalty settlement in New Zealand, Earth. |
| Harry Kim has
graduated from Starfleet Academy only a few weeks ago. He plays at the Julliard youth
orchestra and is the only child of his parents. |
| The same displacement wave
of the Caretaker that hit the maquis vessel also takes Voyager 75000 ly to the Delta
Quadrant during her first mission. Many officers die: the first officer Lt. Cmd. Cavit,
the medical officer, the transporter chief, the conn officer Lt. Stadi and others. |
| The Ocampa system contains
a star of spectral class G. The fifth planet is the Ocampa homeworld, a desert planet
which hasn't any nucleogenic particles in its atmosphere, but large Cormalin abundances
under its surface. The desert is inhabited by the Kazon-Ogla, while the Ocampa live two
miles under the surface of the planet, where they are supplied by the Caretaker. |
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