Alliances
- Episode aired Jan 22, 1996
- TV-PG
- 46m
Janeway tries to make an alliance with a Kazon sect for their own protection and so they can continue their journey through the Delta Quadrant.Janeway tries to make an alliance with a Kazon sect for their own protection and so they can continue their journey through the Delta Quadrant.Janeway tries to make an alliance with a Kazon sect for their own protection and so they can continue their journey through the Delta Quadrant.
- Lt. B'Elanna Torres
- (as Roxann Biggs-Dawson)
- Mabus
- (as Charles O. Lucia)
- Command Division Ensign
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaMuch of the metal ornaments on the Kazon costumes are pieces of hardware and tack for horses.
- GoofsJaneway tells Mr. Neelix to take his shuttle to Sobras. A few scenes later we see a starfleet shuttle approaching the planet.
- Quotes
Lieutenant Tuvok: [allegorizing a potential alliance with the Kazon] This flower is a rare hybrid. As far as I know, it exists nowhere else in the galaxy. I created it by grafting a cutting from a South American orchid onto a Vulcan favinit plant. I doubted the graft would take; and indeed, the plant was sickly at first. However, after a few weeks, both plants adapted to their new condition, and, in fact, became stronger than either had been alone.
- ConnectionsReferences Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
And why would they form an alliance with the Kazon that includes a defense treaty? Voyager is said to be heading straight to the alpha quadrant. If the Kazon would be under attack, then Voyager would have to turn around and fly back to help. This makes no sense. And why would Maje Cullah suggest to swap crew members as a sign of good faith? First, Voyager crew wants to fly home which wouldn't work if they serve on Kazon ships in the delta quadrant. And second, why would any Kazon want to be on the Voyager which is definitely heading away from the delta quadrant and their home? Also, at the start of the episode Voyager takes a heavy beating by Kazon ships. Why would they need to form an alliance with a faction that only has one ship? A little more pressure and the biggest Kazon sects would be able to incapacitate Voyager and take all its technology for free.
Starfleet once more shows its stupidity in this episode: They form an alliance with the next best alien species they encounter (and never met before) without running some background checks on them. Then they meet with the Kazon Majes at a place which has neither been scanned nor secured by Starfleet security forces. They also haven't noticed that a ship entered the atmosphere. Their new allies thus can easily sabotage peace negotiations with the Kazon because Starfleet again thought, that foreign species far from Federation space are all trustworthy, peaceful and honest.
Why are there just a handful Majes at this meeting anyway? In another episode Kazon Nog said there are 17 Kazon sects!
With this "Let's all hug each other and become BFFs" attitude Voyager would have been destroyed already in season 1 episode 2. While it might seem honorable to follow Starfleet protocol and values, it also is naive to do so in a quadrant that never had contact with the Federation and runs on different rules. And Janeway's hot and cold blowing doesn't help either. Follow Starfleet rules? Then stick to them! Bend the rules? Then do it in a smart way!
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- Runtime46 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3