Whatever Happened to the Equinox Survivors?

[LutherSloan]

One thing that always bothered me about Voyager was the fact that we never saw any of the former crew of the Equinox who we know stayed aboard Voyager after that two-part episode. I think at least a dozen remained onboard, but I could be wrong.

Did I miss them appearing later on?

 

[Dream]

They disappeared off to the same place the Borg baby did.

Or you could say the writers were lazy and completely forgot about them.

 

[LutherSloan]

I love how everyone forgot as well that Janeway almost got Noah Lessing killed when she put him in the unshielded cargo bay and was going to let those creatures kill him. Chakotay should have assumed command after that insanity.

 

[Anwar]

I don't see why they'd be that upset seeing how Lessing kind of deserved it.

As for the Equinox survivors, they just faded in the lower decks since there wasn't much point in bringing them back every week. They had their story and there was other stuff to move onto.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Directive 101 (As seen in meld when Suder was reminded by Tuvok) is the right for a federation citizen not to answer any questions that would incriminate themselves. Basically the 5th ammendment in space.

Bad shite happens if you break Miranda in the real world. Janeway should have got reamed, but she wasn't.

Though, another school of thought is that like most typical men, Noah likes being tied to a chair and tortured by a beauftiful woman. So, who knows, maybe they hooked up and reinacted the whole attempted murder in their off time to get off, on and off, often?

The guy that played Jonas was in episode of eyes with the guy who played Noah. i wondered if durng their tea break between scenes they talked about how Janeway bitchslapped them? Does Janeway have it in for people with names form the bible? Does Janeway just plain have it in for the bible?

Were the Equinox 5 covered in the candyland imaginary amnesty the gushers of Voyager claim was inevitable that saw the Maquis celebrated as heroes rather than clapped in chains the instant they entered Federation space?

When I write fanfiction I always leave Marla and Chakotay as an item.

I should have this trype tied into a hotkey.

 

[LutherSloan]

I don't see why they'd be that upset seeing how Lessing kind of deserved it.

As for the Equinox survivors, they just faded in the lower decks since there wasn't much point in bringing them back every week. They had their story and there was other stuff to move onto.

But just like there should have been more tension for a longer period between the Starfleet and Maquis crews, I think there should have been noticeable tension between the Voyager crew and the Equinox survivors. Especially considering Capt. Ransom was going to leave Voyager to be consumed by the creatures.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

The Delany Sisters, the Borg Baby, those Maquis Tuvok trained and the "lost sheep" from Good Shepard all became Neelix's mystery meat.

 

[DonIago]

Leola Root Stew - Now with Special Sauce!

 

[Infern0]

I think that it would have been tough to get the actors back

 

[Guy Gardener]

The Delany Sisters, the Borg Baby, those Maquis Tuvok trained and the "lost sheep" from Good Shepard all became Neelix's mystery meat.

Chell from learning curve was seen again in early seaon seven and eventually replaced Neelix as the cook. I don't know if anyone replaced the Hedgehog as Moral Officer?

The Cute little girl from Dungeons and dragons who was also the female version of Quinn Mallory on Sliders, and the wife on Dirty Sexy Money, who was one of the Sheperd kids, Celest, popped up again in the Haunting of Deck 12.

I viewed a website once which tracked most of the crew including a couple extra's in the background who were walking around episodes for years but never given no lines. they singled out three in particular, the girl they called "Bluebird" because she wore a science uniform.

Voyager's producers made a decision at the end of seaon three to move money for their secondary tier of actors (SEska and Kulla, their extras.) and stuff it into the special effects budget because geeks love splosions more than drama.

 

[cybersoldier]

One thing that always bothered me about Voyager was the fact that we never saw any of the former crew of the Equinox who we know stayed aboard Voyager after that two-part episode. I think at least a dozen remained onboard, but I could be wrong.

Did I miss them appearing later on?

An episode or two might be comparable to their version of lower decks, but could have been. I would have been interesting if if the Equinox captain would have lived and Janeway died. How different the show would had became.

 

[LutherSloan]

'Good Shepherd' was the Voyager version of 'Lower Decks', except that it pales in comparison.

 

[cybersoldier]

'Good Shepherd' was the Voyager version of 'Lower Decks', except that it pales in comparison.

But if they would have done it in the 7th season with the Equniox crew it would be interesting to see the conflict between the two crews perhaps fix the mistake they did early during the series and have some conflict. And the writers could have used the characters that had screen time during the two parter. It might have had a chance to be equal or even better than Lower Decks,but instead another good idea not used. I like Good Shepherd but it was resolved abit too fast.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Good Shepherd rocked right up till they met a space beastie and they all had to worship Janeway as a hero to save the day. Far too manufactured for my liking.

 

[2 of 10]

Janeway stripped them of rank, and they then vanished and were never seen again. Even when Neelix left Voyager and the entire crew lined the ship hallways, you never saw any of the Equinox crew. This happened more then once on Voyager. On a ship with a crew of about 150, people seem to get lost on the ship, unless you were on the senior staff...

 

[kimc]

Voyager's producers made a decision at the end of seaon three to move money for their secondary tier of actors (SEska and Kulla, their extras.) and stuff it into the special effects budget because geeks love splosions more than drama.

So that's why all the familiar extras disappeared. Bummer.

 

[kimc]

Good Shepherd rocked right up till they met a space beastie and they all had to worship Janeway as a hero to save the day. Far too manufactured for my liking.

Where was the worship? After Janeway saved the day and woke up in sickbay the only one there was Chakotay. The lower decks folks were still unconscious.

 

[cybersoldier]

I say the it the "Remember Me?" effect. If anyone remember this was a TNG episode, season 4 I believe. Voyager had a bubble that sucked up random crew members but before the ship was destoryed it made it home

 

[Guy Gardener]

Good Shepherd rocked right up till they met a space beastie and they all had to worship Janeway as a hero to save the day. Far too manufactured for my liking.

Where was the worship? After Janeway saved the day and woke up in sickbay the only one there was Chakotay. The lower decks folks were still unconscious.

I enjoyed the character piece. Lots of people all with problems and different points of view (Including Janeway who felt like a failure as a mentor and teacher that this lot was left behind, and this was a grand gesture to make it up to them, which was motherly and cute if not too little and too late.) off for a stroll in the delta flier. That was interesting, but suddenly there was a problem. They were all going to die and no one's human dilemma and stuggle amounted to a thimble full of piss, including Janeway. Janeway took off her mother hat and put on her captain hat, and Captain Janeway didn't have time to hold their hands and coddle these 4 people, she had to force them to work together cohesively or all was lost. "People" became cogs in a barely oiled grating machine. but some now in a crucible, 5 seconds of being threatened with certain death accomplished what 8 months of therapy would have, and the four dysfunctional odd jobs became dutiful and efficient and magnificent officers because Janeway kicked them when they needed a kick and they were grateful... The threat was truely manufactured and tedious however on the part of the writing staff that it became obvious that they didn't know how to keep up a conversation about feelings when they could techno babble about a cgi effect to force these guys to accept the Voyager way which 7 years as crew hadn't.

This is what it's like when I am not concise and sarcastic, all that above I felt could be honed down to a word like "worship". Though looking back, I should have bold typed the words "had to", since stylistically from the writers remit, it was impossible for these people to come out the other end still bitter and dejected like they were in the beginning. Spending time with Janeway had to make them better people because that was the story the writer either pitched or was given by the producer from first principle.

The Dead Poets Society in Space.

 

[LLAP]

Janeway ordered a secret court-martial and then beamed them into space. Obviously.