Right, so Kellin's (the alien woman) people have a chemistry make up that makes other races not remember them after a few hours.
She shows up on Voyager, says she's been there before, and that she and Chakotay fell in love. Then, another of her race pops up, shoots her with something that erases her memories of only Voyager, and then uploads a program into Voyager's computer that erases all evidence the two aliens were ever on Voyager.
Chakotay writes (as in pen and paper) an account of what happened so he wouldn't forget.
Problems abound here for me.
Without getting into the problems you run across regarding necessary trade and not remembering people, I have to ask...
When Chakotay found this hand written account of things, what the heck did he do about it? Did he say, "Oh, I wrote a fiction story I forgot about"? Did he say, "Oh, this happened, and I don't remember it. This tells me why I don't remember it, but something was loaded onto Voyager's computer! This needs to be brought to the attention of the Captain." Did he say, "Meh." Better yet, if he did tell Kathryn, what would she think? Given her personality, I'd be willing to bet she would freak knowing that something like this happened, and her computers were tampered with.
Seriously, what would you think if you found something you clearly wrote about an experience you don't remember that has no evidence of ever happening? How does it work that Voyager's computers were tampered with, and B'Elanna never noticed? If Kellin could only be remembered for a few hours after she was out of the presence of the person, does that mean, after 8 hours of sleep, anyone who met her would have to re-meet her over and over again? Did Janeway wake up each day, run into Kellin, and say, "Who the hell are you, and what are you doing on my ship?" Do you see what I'm saying here?
She shows up on Voyager, says she's been there before, and that she and Chakotay fell in love. Then, another of her race pops up, shoots her with something that erases her memories of only Voyager, and then uploads a program into Voyager's computer that erases all evidence the two aliens were ever on Voyager.
Chakotay writes (as in pen and paper) an account of what happened so he wouldn't forget.
Problems abound here for me.
Without getting into the problems you run across regarding necessary trade and not remembering people, I have to ask...
When Chakotay found this hand written account of things, what the heck did he do about it? Did he say, "Oh, I wrote a fiction story I forgot about"? Did he say, "Oh, this happened, and I don't remember it. This tells me why I don't remember it, but something was loaded onto Voyager's computer! This needs to be brought to the attention of the Captain." Did he say, "Meh." Better yet, if he did tell Kathryn, what would she think? Given her personality, I'd be willing to bet she would freak knowing that something like this happened, and her computers were tampered with.
Seriously, what would you think if you found something you clearly wrote about an experience you don't remember that has no evidence of ever happening? How does it work that Voyager's computers were tampered with, and B'Elanna never noticed? If Kellin could only be remembered for a few hours after she was out of the presence of the person, does that mean, after 8 hours of sleep, anyone who met her would have to re-meet her over and over again? Did Janeway wake up each day, run into Kellin, and say, "Who the hell are you, and what are you doing on my ship?" Do you see what I'm saying here?
