I'm intrigued.
If you could rewrite Voyager
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I'm intrigued.
By which part?
Janeway isn't the captain-immediately. Alright, bear with me Janeway lovers. Yes, I want her as a captain, but I wouldn't mind her not being immediately a captain. If you really want to have fun with it, the original captain could be Commander Shelby. Could even tie in to Seven's conspiracy theory on the Borg, and the tri-cobalt devices.
You know the scene where Chakotay sacrificed his ship for the sake of Voyager is very powerful but what I wouldn't give for the Val Jean to survive at least through season 1.
That was the part I was worried would be most controversial
To expand, first of all, a lot of this will be small details to build upon the character. Janeway is perhaps a little less sure of herself, but grows in to the roll by virtue of managing the Maquis conflict, and making tough decisions regarding the array.
Secondly, it allows her to become far more attached to the ship as "her ship." It's her first command, her first responsibility and represents her commitment that she made in becomming a command officer, perhaps in leaving behind the Science department. She might also feel a responsibility to bring her captain home, in addition to the rest of the crew. Multiple layers upon which she feels like she could succeed, and a lot of pressure if she fails.
Now, perhaps a person is thinking, "Fireproof, what difference does this really make? I mean, it sounds a lot like Janeway already." Well, hypothetical reader, I am glad you asked. My point is to add just a touch more depth, that she may pine for the days of not being a captain, have regrets, have doubt, but, feeling the intense pressure to be "Captain" to the point that it might offputting to the Maquis members, or even other Starfleet officers.
Hopefully that still sounds intriguing
Some other thoughts that occurred to me that I would rewrite. I would have Tom Paris start at Ensign. Now, I like Tom and his story is probably among the best Voyager has to offer. But, he gets bumped to Lieutenant, and back up medic, because....
So, having him start as an Ensign, provisionally, would be a part of his arc, taking more and more responsibility, which would culminate in him becoming a dad. And, since he had a conflict with Chakotay over leaving the Maquis, that would continue forward with Chakotay overseeing flight operations, including Tom.
I agree. I was tempted to keep it, but the idea of the Maquis being able to flee if they wanted to was also an enticing story element.
Also, as a character development moment, the season finale could feature Chakotay making that sacrifice in a larger way. Perhaps it is the moment that he and Paris are able to finally bury the hatchet, and Chakotay is able to rally most of the Maquis behind Janeway in a "burn the ships" type of moment.
Losts of potential.
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In caretaker Chakotay/Paris have a really humorous scene when Paris is trying to save Chakotay on the stairs. They played so well off each other. It's a shame we didn't get more of that.
I had a story idea for the series finale of VOY where Kes returned; informed the crew the Borg tracked their trail Warp signature from all the places they traveled. They encountered the enhanced Ocampa - assimilated them and has been retracing VOY's steps to where it all began.
The Kazons and the Ocampa are all in danger of the Borg invasion. Kes during her travels has found a male caretaker; she realizes she can't fight the Borg and protect the boy on her own, she needs help. Janeway can either use what she has to take her crew home or... put herself in a similar predicament when she decided to blow up the array...
Taking Voyager back 60,000 light years where it all started. A horrible possibility the crew may remain in the Delta Quadrant for the rest of their natural lives.
That would be a terrible choice to make, especially if the ship is in between two transwarp hubs, one that will take them to Earth and another that will take them to Ocampa.
How would you end it though? Would the last episode be at Ocampa, with the ship battling it out with the Borg and then retracing their steps back home, or would there be some glimmer of hope for them actually getting back? Or would you make it more bleak and as the camera focuses in on Janeway, the torment on her face before she steels herself and orders: Mr Paris, set a course for... [cut to black]
Maybe is it ridiculous but I think that I would really have liked to see, even for a short period, a full Lt or Lt Commander Kathryn Janeway as the Science officer she used to be before becoming Commander then Captain. I mean, since I met her a little more 2 years ago, I wondered how & why she gave up the Science Dpt where she appeared to excel to get a capitaincy. I don't think the fact to follow her beloved father's path was the only reason...
I plan to write a more detailed post at somepoint, but in general, it would have been nice if there was more of a revolving door with the crew.
Pick up more Delta Quadrant Aliens and add them to the crew.
Have some members of the crew leave over time for various reasons.
Break the ship a little bit.
AEROSHUTTLE!!!!
In the "kind of out there" category, what if the crew encounters some delta quadrant race with the ability to transform the doctor from an hologram to a flesh and blood organic being? It kind of builds on some ideas presented in "Projections"
Last but not least, I thought it might be interesting if Seska never turned out to be a cardassian spy, but instead lead an attempted mutiny/coup against Janeway/Chakotay. Instead of killing her off, make her a recurring villain who escapes (mayne with a few sympathizers) trying to get to the Alpha Quadrant anyway they can.
Pick up more Delta Quadrant Aliens and add them to the crew.
Have some members of the crew leave over time for various reasons.
Break the ship a little bit.
AEROSHUTTLE!!!!
In the "kind of out there" category, what if the crew encounters some delta quadrant race with the ability to transform the doctor from an hologram to a flesh and blood organic being? It kind of builds on some ideas presented in "Projections"
Last but not least, I thought it might be interesting if Seska never turned out to be a cardassian spy, but instead lead an attempted mutiny/coup against Janeway/Chakotay. Instead of killing her off, make her a recurring villain who escapes (mayne with a few sympathizers) trying to get to the Alpha Quadrant anyway they can.
That would've been great for a little diversity to the overall crew mix. Voyager could also have laid the groundwork for some mini-Federations in the DQ as they worked with different aliens they met.
I'd loved to have seen her in action, more so that the Flyer.
A really interesting idea and might have made him a more bearable character if he had limitations once more.
Correct me if I am wrong, but they made Voyager sound like it could have maneuverability because of its sleek shape yet it always looked like a toy tug boat in the water (or frankly a model it was on arm that was digitally removed )in those battle scenes. It didn't look like it could ever get out of the way unless you warped. They were often seen coasting with shooting despite her saying "advasive maneuvers" I was expecting more I dunno, impressive avasive maneuverability than awkward, slow paced angling and firing. Then again I don't understand the physics of flight in space in general. So I am unable to make an educated impression of how it should be. Just going on esthetics alone, I liked how they showed how the Delta flyer moved. Yes, size wise like a horse fly to a star ship, but I expected Voyager could do a little more than glide or sit and fire haha. Is that off? Maybe the D FLYER was using imaginary planet bound physics and was incorrect ...anyone want to shed some light on this? I would be appreciative . Personally, I often ignored applying any logic to exterior shots in favor of coolness factor. Which I felt Voyager had none, unless it was being flipped about.
You make an interesting point. In Caretaker there are scenes with the Val Jean where the Maquis ship looks highly manoverable, swinging from side to side and slipping easily around obstacles much like a shark, while Voyager just glides forward like a giant whale.
Exactly.
Everytime the Val Jean is brought up I feel like it was a hugely wasted opportunity to blow her up. I'm not sure how two captains would have worked but just imagine how much more interesting the space battles would have been. You could also have one ship limping along while the other protects it, searches for supplies, or one stays hidden when encountering new species. It also would have put Janeway and Chakotay on an equal footing, both captains with their own ship, both philosophically different in their approach to various situations. Even opens the door for a more complicated romance for Tom and B'Elanna serving on different ships and a flawed, complicated romance between J/C, if you're interested in that. You could even have them go separate ways for a while before rejoining up because there is safety in numbers.
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Well, if you've read my on going posts, I'm not the bleak kinda gal. I go back to the point where B'Elanna in Caretaker was shocked and scared by Janeway's decision to destroy the array. She challenged Janeway by saying, "What do you think you're doing? That array is the only way we have to get back home!"
Irate by Janeway's answer she turns to Chakotay and asked,"Who is she to be making these decisions for all of us?!!
It's that question, I believe is the set up for the plot. Janeway hasn't forgotten it and and when Kes returned with this special guest, and the proposal, she immediately turns to B'Elanna. B'Elanna's anger was she never had the right to choose and Janeway, now, can't seem to make that decision on her own. I wanted to have the crew define what they consider was home and family.
The crew makes the decision to return to the Ocampa, I would've had some spiritual empowerment of defeating the Borg. Sleep or Love or something to shut them down but I would've finally wrap up the hostility between the two races and become something new. They would've found home. As for Voyager they would have found home.
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Totally agree yet Voyager is not shown to be nimble. I guess the ion dust particles get in the way.
Ok I'll admit it. That was cool!
