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Alliances (Star Trek: Voyager)
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"Alliances" is the 30th episode of Star Trek: Voyager
, the 14th episode of the second season.
attack takes the life of another Voyager crewman, this time the popular ex-Maquis soldier Kurt Bendera. Chakotay
, a good friend of Bendera, delivers the eulogy and tells of a time Bendera rescued him from angry miners. After the funeral Michael Jonas and Crewman Hogan tell Captain Janeway Voyager should change the way she operatesto be more like a Maquis.
Chakotay voices the proposal of forming an alliance with one or two Kazon factions to secure peace. Not to trade technology, but to offer protection from attacking forces and emergency supplies. In a following talk with Tuvok, he gave the example of peace formed by the unlikely alliance between Vulcan
s and Klingon
s and how it helped stabilize the quadrant. Janeway opens up to the idea of an alliance and the officers decide to talk with Seska and her maj, Cullah about allying with her tribe. Meanwhile Neelix decides to use some of his contacts to propose an alliance with a different tribe.
Initial attempts begin badly, as Cullah detests following orders from a woman. Janeway's rejection of Cullah's offer to trade crew also angers him. Meanwhile Neelix is abducted before he is able to contact the maj. Neelix is imprisoned with a number of aliens, including many women and children. These are the Trabe, who had been imprisoned because of a generations long dispute between them and the Kazon. Neelix befriends the Trabe elder, who gets his assurance of help in any escape attempts. Other Trabe forces attack the Kazon stronghold and Neelix, keeping an eye out for the children, assists. They escape on pilfered Kazon merchant vessels, which had, it was revealed, originally been constructed by the Trabe, along with all the other technology used by the Kazon.
Janeway learns about the past between the Trabe and the Kazon, and Janeway decides to pursue paths of an alliance with the Trabe in spite of the danger of the possibility of it rallying the Kazon together against them. They try to preempt their wrath by attempting to form peaceful negotiations. Seska finds it a great opportunity to learn the weaknesses of the other tribes and potentially use it to gain an edge against all other Kazon as well as Voyager and the Trabe. The Voyager crew learns someone is planning to disrupt the conference, but they cannot determine who. They decide that any Kazon who attempts to leave the conference would be the guilty party.
The Kazon also hear something is amiss, but all the maj attend, too frightened to be left out of an alliance. The Kazon are very suspicious especially of the Trabe, but Cullah is vocal about his distaste for befriending either the hated Trabe or a woman-lead Federation. Unfortunately the Trabe elder is the one to try and leave the conference. Janeway yells out that it is a trap. Janeway and the Trabe elder beam out as a ship fires into the conference room. (This mirrors a scene in The Godfather III when Joey Zasa
attempts an assassination of the leading New York Don
s) Voyager attacks the ship, driving it away. The Kazon manage to survive.
Janeway breaks the alliance with the Trabe and flees before the Kazon are able to retaliate. More vulnerable than ever and in space filled with lawless races, she emphasizes the need to hold onto what rules they have.
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...
, the 14th episode of the second season.
Synopsis
A KazonKazon
In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Kazon are a Delta Quadrant race. The Kazon are technologically inferior to the United Federation of Planets as it exists in the twenty-fourth century...
attack takes the life of another Voyager crewman, this time the popular ex-Maquis soldier Kurt Bendera. Chakotay
Chakotay
Chakotay , played by Robert Beltran, is a character in Star Trek: Voyager. He is the First Officer of the USS Voyager.-Character biography:...
, a good friend of Bendera, delivers the eulogy and tells of a time Bendera rescued him from angry miners. After the funeral Michael Jonas and Crewman Hogan tell Captain Janeway Voyager should change the way she operatesto be more like a Maquis.
Chakotay voices the proposal of forming an alliance with one or two Kazon factions to secure peace. Not to trade technology, but to offer protection from attacking forces and emergency supplies. In a following talk with Tuvok, he gave the example of peace formed by the unlikely alliance between Vulcan
Vulcan (Star Trek)
Vulcans, or sometimes Vulcanians, are an extraterrestrial humanoid species in the Star Trek universe who evolved on the planet Vulcan, and are noted for their attempt to live by reason and logic with no interference from emotion. They were the first extraterrestrial species in the Star Trek...
s and Klingon
Klingon
Klingons are a fictional warrior race in the Star Trek universe.Klingons are recurring villains in the 1960s television show Star Trek: The Original Series, and have appeared in all five spin-off series and eight feature films...
s and how it helped stabilize the quadrant. Janeway opens up to the idea of an alliance and the officers decide to talk with Seska and her maj, Cullah about allying with her tribe. Meanwhile Neelix decides to use some of his contacts to propose an alliance with a different tribe.
Initial attempts begin badly, as Cullah detests following orders from a woman. Janeway's rejection of Cullah's offer to trade crew also angers him. Meanwhile Neelix is abducted before he is able to contact the maj. Neelix is imprisoned with a number of aliens, including many women and children. These are the Trabe, who had been imprisoned because of a generations long dispute between them and the Kazon. Neelix befriends the Trabe elder, who gets his assurance of help in any escape attempts. Other Trabe forces attack the Kazon stronghold and Neelix, keeping an eye out for the children, assists. They escape on pilfered Kazon merchant vessels, which had, it was revealed, originally been constructed by the Trabe, along with all the other technology used by the Kazon.
Janeway learns about the past between the Trabe and the Kazon, and Janeway decides to pursue paths of an alliance with the Trabe in spite of the danger of the possibility of it rallying the Kazon together against them. They try to preempt their wrath by attempting to form peaceful negotiations. Seska finds it a great opportunity to learn the weaknesses of the other tribes and potentially use it to gain an edge against all other Kazon as well as Voyager and the Trabe. The Voyager crew learns someone is planning to disrupt the conference, but they cannot determine who. They decide that any Kazon who attempts to leave the conference would be the guilty party.
The Kazon also hear something is amiss, but all the maj attend, too frightened to be left out of an alliance. The Kazon are very suspicious especially of the Trabe, but Cullah is vocal about his distaste for befriending either the hated Trabe or a woman-lead Federation. Unfortunately the Trabe elder is the one to try and leave the conference. Janeway yells out that it is a trap. Janeway and the Trabe elder beam out as a ship fires into the conference room. (This mirrors a scene in The Godfather III when Joey Zasa
Joey Zasa
Joey Zasa is a fictional character appearing in The Godfather Part III. He was portrayed by Joe Mantegna. He is based on a mix of three real Mafia members: Joseph Colombo, Joe Gallo and John Gotti.-Character overview:...
attempts an assassination of the leading New York Don
Don
- People :* Don , a short form of the masculine given name Donald in English, also a masculine given name in Irish* Don , a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian title, given as a mark of respect* Don, a crime boss...
s) Voyager attacks the ship, driving it away. The Kazon manage to survive.
Janeway breaks the alliance with the Trabe and flees before the Kazon are able to retaliate. More vulnerable than ever and in space filled with lawless races, she emphasizes the need to hold onto what rules they have.