Characters
- Kathryn Janeway is the bridge science officer, to fit with her more "scientist" characterization. She’d be played by someone in her early 30s, not a seasoned captain in her 40s. Only recently promoted to the rank of Lt Cmdr and had a transfer to a research outpost approved, she was ready to go after one last mission. She finds herself the defacto Captain after the Captain and XO are killed off. Old friend of Tuvok whom she sees as a Mentor figure; Her replacement as Science Officer (Harry Kim) sees her as his defacto Mentor. Chakotay offers his experience as a Command officer to her as well as his superior access to the Ships Command Systems, whether she will rely on him (possibly too much) or choose her own way will be her arc for S1, as she’ll be contending with hostile but primitive pirates and an area that offers resources and comforts but not easily.
- (this all comes from someone on the Allspark forums) Tuvok…Tim Russ is IMO the best guy to play a Vulcan since Nimoy himself. DS9 proved that Vulcans could be interesting beyond the people who badmouth humans - one episode featured a Vulcan arms dealer and we know they can use their logic to justify nearly everything if need be. So what are the logical limits of a Vulcan secret agent? Remember, Tuvok had infiltrated the Maquis. That was an interesting idea that was dropped too fast, meaning here it would be maintained a bit longer that the Maquis don’t like this guy who (from their eyes) betrayed them and manipulated them.
So in order for a Vulcan to become a deep-cover agent, and a security officer, he would have to have decided at some point in his life that logic basically meant that anything was worth the end result. Thus, he would often propose solutions to problems faced by Voyager, especially those involving encounters with the species of the Wasteland, which might sound shocking to Janeway or the others. Remember, he's not just Starfleet - he's Starfleet Intelligence. I think of him as the sort of person that Sloan would've recruited, had he not wound up stranded in the Delta Quadrant. Spock could be pretty cold, but Tuvok would be worse. This wouldn't exactly endear him to the other crewmembers, Maquis OR Starfleet. But he would still be Janeway’s closest friend (at first) among the crew and her main Fleet advisor. He would try to maintain a secret network of agents in the crew to keep an eye on malcontent Fleeters and Maquis.
He’d be the main opponent to Chakotay, because he’d realize his real mission was to see if Chakotay had “gone native” and truly become a Maquis instead of the plant he was meant to be. Chakotay however would always be one step ahead of him which would serve to be a point of contention and frustration for the Vulcan.
Imagine a far more adversarial and darker take on Spock vs McCoy, with the two as true enemies who also represent two sides (Tuvok’s dark pragmatism vs Chakotay’s more humane approach) and the two fighting over which one the Captain should consider as the Primary Advisor. Eventually as Janeway becomes stronger, this rivalry lessens since with her making her own choices there’s less reason to fight with one another over who gives her advice.
- Kathryn Janeway is the bridge science officer, to fit with her more "scientist" characterization. She’d be played by someone in her early 30s, not a seasoned captain in her 40s. Only recently promoted to the rank of Lt Cmdr and had a transfer to a research outpost approved, she was ready to go after one last mission. She finds herself the defacto Captain after the Captain and XO are killed off. Old friend of Tuvok whom she sees as a Mentor figure; Her replacement as Science Officer (Harry Kim) sees her as his defacto Mentor. Chakotay offers his experience as a Command officer to her as well as his superior access to the Ships Command Systems, whether she will rely on him (possibly too much) or choose her own way will be her arc for S1, as she’ll be contending with hostile but primitive pirates and an area that offers resources and comforts but not easily.
- (this all comes from someone on the Allspark forums) Tuvok…Tim Russ is IMO the best guy to play a Vulcan since Nimoy himself. DS9 proved that Vulcans could be interesting beyond the people who badmouth humans - one episode featured a Vulcan arms dealer and we know they can use their logic to justify nearly everything if need be. So what are the logical limits of a Vulcan secret agent? Remember, Tuvok had infiltrated the Maquis. That was an interesting idea that was dropped too fast, meaning here it would be maintained a bit longer that the Maquis don’t like this guy who (from their eyes) betrayed them and manipulated them.
So in order for a Vulcan to become a deep-cover agent, and a security officer, he would have to have decided at some point in his life that logic basically meant that anything was worth the end result. Thus, he would often propose solutions to problems faced by Voyager, especially those involving encounters with the species of the Wasteland, which might sound shocking to Janeway or the others. Remember, he's not just Starfleet - he's Starfleet Intelligence. I think of him as the sort of person that Sloan would've recruited, had he not wound up stranded in the Delta Quadrant. Spock could be pretty cold, but Tuvok would be worse. This wouldn't exactly endear him to the other crewmembers, Maquis OR Starfleet. But he would still be Janeway’s closest friend (at first) among the crew and her main Fleet advisor. He would try to maintain a secret network of agents in the crew to keep an eye on malcontent Fleeters and Maquis.
He’d be the main opponent to Chakotay, because he’d realize his real mission was to see if Chakotay had “gone native” and truly become a Maquis instead of the plant he was meant to be. Chakotay however would always be one step ahead of him which would serve to be a point of contention and frustration for the Vulcan.
Imagine a far more adversarial and darker take on Spock vs McCoy, with the two as true enemies who also represent two sides (Tuvok’s dark pragmatism vs Chakotay’s more humane approach) and the two fighting over which one the Captain should consider as the Primary Advisor. Eventually as Janeway becomes stronger, this rivalry lessens since with her making her own choices there’s less reason to fight with one another over who gives her advice.
