Basics, Part I
- Episode aired May 20, 1996
- TV-PG
- 46m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
1.9K
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Seska knows Voyager, and her Kazon cohorts want it, so the Voyager crew wonders what to make of her distress call announcing the birth of Chatotay's son.Seska knows Voyager, and her Kazon cohorts want it, so the Voyager crew wonders what to make of her distress call announcing the birth of Chatotay's son.Seska knows Voyager, and her Kazon cohorts want it, so the Voyager crew wonders what to make of her distress call announcing the birth of Chatotay's son.
Roxann Dawson
- Lt. B'Elanna Torres
- (as Roxann Biggs-Dawson)
Majel Barrett
- Computer
- (voice)
Tarik Ergin
- Lt. Ayala
- (uncredited)
Heather Ferguson
- Command Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe scenes involving the primitive planet were shot on location in Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, California.
- GoofsThe whole Voyager crew, marooned on a planet, is first shown comprising only about 30 individuals; later the number appears to grow closer to 60. Still, this is far short of any official numbers for the crew, which vary around 140 to 160.
- Quotes
Commander Chakotay: Why would these factions of Kazon, loyal to no one, all have the same agenda, and why would that agenda focus on a nonessential area of the ship?
Captain Kathryn Janeway: I don't know, but it feels like we're being pecked to death by ducks.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (2000)
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Man it hurts to see so much amateurism again from the Voyager crew. They fall for every trap and risk the ship and the lives of the crew for a baby from a traitor that has impregnated herself with the DNA of Chakotay. There is absolutely zero connection Chakotay or anyone on board the ship has with this baby and it is definetely not worth to risk the whole ship and its crew and the endevour to fly home! No one owes this baby anything. If they care for this baby, they could also just stop at every planet they encounter to save every baby there, that is sick or in any form of danger. Sometimes you have to realize, too, that you are outgunned, outshipped and outmanned. Being heroic in the end often proves to be being dumb. And Star Trek captains and officers have a long history of being dumber than dumb. I really don't know what they are taught at the Academy. Obviously only tech mumbo jumbo and how to recalibrate phaser arrays or scan for warp anomalies (I tell you: 80% of the tasks of a Starfleet officer is about scanning and calibrating!). Tactictal skills are really weak among the officers.
Also: In one of the last episodes they traveled 70 light years in a short time after they left Janeway and Chakotay on that planet. Considering the fact, that this is the end of second season, they must have been travelled over a thousand light years at least, several thousands more likely. Yet, they still run into Maje Culluh (who is typed into the console on Voyager as Cullah by the way) at any occassion. He is behind them, in front of them, near every planet they pass... How the heck is this guy and Seska everywhere when the Voyager is not flying circles in Kazon space but in a straight line (most likely) back to the alpha quadrant??? It gets old to constantly run into the two and it makes absolutely zero sense why this constantly happens.
And it is quite impressive, that a species over 70,000 light years from the alpha quadrant, without any knowledge of the Federation, their tech, their culture etc. Is completely able to operate a foreign space ship with unknown tech through consoles with an unknow computer interface, visuals and most of all unknown letters and symbols. People today already struggle in operating an Android smartphone if they are used to iOS only. You know which functions should exist but you have a hard time finding them in the settings on the phone. And some features that only exist on Android might be completely hidden from you because you don't even know they exist, what they do and where to look for them. And now consider that this smartphone is set to Chinese language. Good luck in making this device work! The Kazon would not even be able to start the engines of a space ship with that kind of technology. And obviously no one of the crew is able to lock the consoles from unauthorized access either.
And last but not least: Aren't there around 170 people on board the ship? When they are all marooned on the planet, they are maybe just 50. Where is the rest?
Also: In one of the last episodes they traveled 70 light years in a short time after they left Janeway and Chakotay on that planet. Considering the fact, that this is the end of second season, they must have been travelled over a thousand light years at least, several thousands more likely. Yet, they still run into Maje Culluh (who is typed into the console on Voyager as Cullah by the way) at any occassion. He is behind them, in front of them, near every planet they pass... How the heck is this guy and Seska everywhere when the Voyager is not flying circles in Kazon space but in a straight line (most likely) back to the alpha quadrant??? It gets old to constantly run into the two and it makes absolutely zero sense why this constantly happens.
And it is quite impressive, that a species over 70,000 light years from the alpha quadrant, without any knowledge of the Federation, their tech, their culture etc. Is completely able to operate a foreign space ship with unknown tech through consoles with an unknow computer interface, visuals and most of all unknown letters and symbols. People today already struggle in operating an Android smartphone if they are used to iOS only. You know which functions should exist but you have a hard time finding them in the settings on the phone. And some features that only exist on Android might be completely hidden from you because you don't even know they exist, what they do and where to look for them. And now consider that this smartphone is set to Chinese language. Good luck in making this device work! The Kazon would not even be able to start the engines of a space ship with that kind of technology. And obviously no one of the crew is able to lock the consoles from unauthorized access either.
And last but not least: Aren't there around 170 people on board the ship? When they are all marooned on the planet, they are maybe just 50. Where is the rest?
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