How does Seska rate?

[Nightdiamond]

Tain was a fool to try to invade the Dominion; a space they (Their secret force) didn't know. WIth him and the Romulans joining on a venture doesn't seem very Romulan to me, the entire story seemed out of character for both species. Yes, the Romulans would be pleased as well that I think species-WIDE, they can't make decisions that don't end with victory.

t's very possible that without a Founder on the Tal Shiar side, Tain's plan would have died in its first stages, long before the Obsidian Order built a fleet in Orias... without cloaking devices, Cardassian ships would have been picked off LONG before they got to the Founders' homeworld. And even though they got the location of it from the Romulans with the Federation deal for the Defiant, it would have taken them much longer to get that information through covert means. The entire plan hinged on the Tal Shiar working with Tain.

Also besides the fact Tain was seriously mistaken about the "white". He thought the Founders distributed the white to the Jem Hadar themselves. He thought, 'destroy the Founders, the Jem Hadar run out of white and die'. It was the Vorta that distributed it.

We found out later the Founders hardly ever interacted with the Jem Hadar. The Dominion could have still kept operating indefinitely - long enough to launch a major attack on the AQ.

And then there's the decision to join the Dominion, thinking that would all work out. Cardassians can be short sighted, and the Romulans are probably worse.

Seska's logic doesn't make sense and yet it does. The Kazon and Maj Culluh only wanted Voyager so they could beat their enemies. Not to explore ways to get Seska home. They don't even respect women in general.

And yet what Seska said does stand out--"if this were a Cardassian ship, we would be home now." You almost believe her when her says that.

 

[Tosk]

Did you miss the section where I expressed I didn't like the episode "The Die is Cast" because it was a turning point where the Cardassians were no longer the major villains??? [...] WIth him and the Romulans joining on a venture doesn't seem very Romulan to me, the entire story seemed out of character for both species.

I get it, I just fundamentally disagree with expecting an entire species to act the same way. No big deal.

 

[Farscape One]

Seska IS right when she said they would have been home now if that were a Cardassian ship... because they would have used the Caretaker's array and let the Ocampa fend for themselves. That's what she meant when she talked about Federation nobility and Federation compassion. The Cardassians don't have that.

 

[Prax]

It's interesting that the Romulans were Keen to collapse the wormhole in Visionary, destroy the founders in Improbable Cause, immediately join the Federation and Klingons to fight the Dominion invasion in By Inferno's Light, then, just a few episodes later in Call to Arms, they're making a deal with the Dominion.

 

[DonIago]

I think one thing people seem to be overlooking that's relevant here: the Kazon did have one thing that Voyager did not: numbers. More people and more ships.

In my head Seska defected because she figured (correctly or incorrectly) that she could manipulate (and perhaps eventually dispose of) Culluh and become the power behind the Kazon-Nistrim throne, and with Voyager's tech available to her and the Nistrim's manpower and ships, she would at best increase her chances of getting home and at worst be able to run a cozy little empire in the DQ.

As shown in "Basics", she may have gotten away with it too, if not for our meddling heroes.

 

[Prax]

It's all thank to Sudor!

Is she hunting Voyager because the Kazon demand this of her for their protection of her/taking her in?

Are the Kazon hunting Voyager because Seska is manipulating them to, and wants the ship for herself?

Does she want the power to run her own little empire?

Does she want revenge against Janeway, Tuvok, and others?

Or is it all of the above? Setting aside the motives that led to her fleeing Voyager and into the arms of the Kazon, it seems like there are many rational and advantageous reasons for her/their plan to seize Voyager for themselves.

And when they carry out this plan, both Seska and the Kazon are quite clever in how they do it.

 

[IMC Headquarters]

Seska is a hoot! She's nucking futs, and totally over the top. Like any good, traditional Cardassian, she possesses an overinflated sense of self and is genuinely hideous. I love to hate her!