What Season Long Story Arc Would You Have Liked To Have Seen?

[Luther Sloan]

Voyager gave us some pretty cool story lines in it's run. From Tuvix, to the Maquis, to the Vidians, to Year of Hell, Species 8472, the Horigen, the Devore, One, and Equinox. In fact, Voyager filled our hearts and minds with some pretty amazing characters and story lines. Enough to spark our imaginations into the infinite possibilities and unending wonders then we could have ever possibly imagined.

So if you could go back and re-do a particular season as a long drawn out story arc or character driven arc on Voyager, which one would you do?

Please vote and or tell us.


I am sure other Voyager fans would love to hear what you have to say.


~Thank you.

 

[RegFan]

I would have liked to see most of the possible story arcs in the poll, but definitely not the "Fair Haven" option. I wouldn't want an actual Maquis arc, just some occasional conflict between the Maquis and Starfleet crew. And don't give the Maquis uniforms. Year of Hell, the Equinox and Species 8472 would be pretty good, as well as keeping Tuvix there for a few episodes or even a season. Some followup to Riddles would also be great. But it's really not necessary for an arc to last for exactly one season.

On a related note, I remember a thread about how well the Xindi arc would work in the other series. It was said that it would have been great to see in VOY and I agree. Perhaps it would have been even better in VOY, as ENT is a prequel and Season 3 could have been a lot like Season 4.

 

[Luther Sloan]

I would have liked to have seen Paris and Kim create a fleet of Delta flyer ships and be exclusively in command of it. I also, would have loved to have seen Tuvok create a special elite force (like in the video games), too. Not that I am a video game person or anything.

I just think it would have made sense for Voyager to be prepared for anything by doing something like this.

But that's just me.

However, if I was given the option to see a pre-existing story line being dragged out, I think I would have gone with Species 8472 (minus the whole Starfleet infiltration story line). Also, I would have enjoyed seeing the Borg Drone called "One" lasting for at least one season or two before he was let go, too.

Oh, and also probably wouldn't have minded at least 3-6 episodes dedicated to the crew inside that dark expanse within the episode titled "Night", as well. I think there were some other great stories to tell in there.

 

[Edinburgh]

Species 8472 could have and should have lasted more than 3 episodes. They only went after the borg. Wish they had wiped out the borg in that sector and went on to destroy half the Delta Quadrant. Only a mass alliance between Voyager and other Species in the Delta Quadrant could defeat 8472.

Also loved the hirogen .

 

[Luther Sloan]

Yeah, maybe a whole season long arc on the Hirogen battling 8472. Now, that would be really cool.

 

[TiberiusMaximus]

I'm not sure about a whole season, but I would have loved to learn more about the Hirogen and seeing some more 8472 without humanizing them with the Starfleet Infiltration plotline would be great.

 

[Adm_Hawthorne]

"Year of Hell"

But, I'd want to see it without the giant reset button. Otherwise, it'd be like that series finale of "Dallas" where Bobby's in the shower.

Anyway, I think it would have been very interesting to see both sides of this struggle in more detail. One - what's going on with Voyager? Two - Who are the crew of the timeship?

Wouldn't it make it more compelling if we learned that Janeway and the timeship's captain were more alike that we originally thought? What kind of relationships could we have seen develop?

I just think it would have been a good arc.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

I think a season long Equinox storyline would've been cool, in the vein of BSG's Pegasus. Ransom could've still been a douche, and after he got taken out, there could have been a rotation of command of Equinox between the Equinox officers and Voyager officers until the thing went out in a blaze of glory fighting either the Vaudwaar or Borg at Unimatrix Zero.

I also think it would've been cool if Voyager could've run into and assembled a fleet of its own consisting of other Alpha Quadrant races pulled to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker. We know a Cardassian warship was pulled in too, so reasonably other races like the Romulans, Breen, Andorians and the like were brought in by the Caretaker too. Janeway could've formed a little United Federation of Planets of her own using friends and enemies in the Delta Quadrant.

 

[Anwar]

If Equinox had to be an arc, I'd make Random much less sympathetic and much more openly the antagonist. A cold-blooded scientist who deliberately used the aliens for fuel because he wanted to see how a sentient race would react, figuring the Feds would cut him slack for his experiments when he showed them his enhanced drive. Explain he deliberately picked amoral people for his senior crew, or he's using mind-controlling drugs on the air ventilation to keep himself in control.

As for the 8472, they were too powerful. Use them for like 5 episodes at most them permanently get rid of them in a way that they can NEVER be used in Trek ever again.

A Delta Federation wouldn't work because they were always on the move and never staying in one spot, and the fandom would've just complained it was a DS9 clone if they stayed in one place.

 

[RyuRoots]

If Equinox had to be an arc, I'd make Random much less sympathetic and much more openly the antagonist. A cold-blooded scientist who deliberately used the aliens for fuel because he wanted to see how a sentient race would react, figuring the Feds would cut him slack for his experiments when he showed them his enhanced drive. Explain he deliberately picked amoral people for his senior crew, or he's using mind-controlling drugs on the air ventilation to keep himself in control.

As for the 8472, they were too powerful. Use them for like 5 episodes at most them permanently get rid of them in a way that they can NEVER be used in Trek ever again.

A Delta Federation wouldn't work because they were always on the move and never staying in one spot, and the fandom would've just complained it was a DS9 clone if they stayed in one place.

Never change, Anwar.


Anyway, Year of Hell was a great story, and I think it'd be interesting to make it actually last a full year. It'd give us a chance to flesh out the Krenim characters (and race!) more thoroughly, and it'd give us a more thorough look at the VOY crew under pressure for a prolonged period of time. I think it could've been pulled of well.

 

[Anwar]

It would've just been "Course: Oblivion" only taking longer for everyone to die and the ship be destroyed.

 

[RyuRoots]

It would've just been "Course: Oblivion" only taking longer for everyone to die and the ship be destroyed.

Except...those stories aren't really alike at all aside from the ridiculously vague "bad situation gets worse", and it's very possible to recover from one and not the other?

 

[kimc]

Rumor has it that the original "Workforce" idea was to have Chakotay as Janeway's lover on Quarra. I think this would have been great to do since it would have been a great character arc for the two characters going into the season finale and would have resolved the whole J/C question one way or the other.

 

[Anwar]

It would've just been "Course: Oblivion" only taking longer for everyone to die and the ship be destroyed.

Except...those stories aren't really alike at all aside from the ridiculously vague "bad situation gets worse", and it's very possible to recover from one and not the other?

The way things were going in YOH, and with as powerful as they made the Krenim out to be, the only way it COULD end would be with VOY's destruction and the death of everyone. They couldn't run and they couldn't fight back to any real degree. Anyone who escaped would've either been killed or captured by the Krenim afterwards.

As for Chakotay/Janeway, they had "Resolutions" to do that and nothing still came of it.

 

[RegFan]

If Equinox had to be an arc, I'd make Random much less sympathetic and much more openly the antagonist. A cold-blooded scientist who deliberately used the aliens for fuel because he wanted to see how a sentient race would react, figuring the Feds would cut him slack for his experiments when he showed them his enhanced drive. Explain he deliberately picked amoral people for his senior crew, or he's using mind-controlling drugs on the air ventilation to keep himself in control.

I say keep him as he is (or perhaps make him just a bit less sympathetic). I prefer morally grey antagonists to the totally evil ones. This is exactly the reason an arc based on the Equinox would be the best out of the ones in the poll, as Ransom was already sympathetic to begin with.

 

[Anwar]

I dunno, corrupt evil bastard types can be interesting characters without being too sympathetic. We had plenty of corrupt admiral and captains throughout Trek who weren't all that sympathetic (they may have had a sympathetic backstory once, though) so why not just have one be a continuing enemy?

 

[Luther Sloan]

I say keep him as he is (or perhaps make him just a bit less sympathetic). I prefer morally grey antagonists to the totally evil ones. This is exactly the reason an arc based on the Equinox would be the best out of the ones in the poll, as Ransom was already sympathetic to begin with.

RegFan:

Yeah, the really good villains in story telling are the ones that you can sympathize with or understand where they are coming from. In other words: the more you can relate to a particular villain the more interesting the story line is going to be. If you have a mustache twirling villain who is clearly evil... you are making the movie or episode centered around a cliche sense of good and evil. Villains usually don't see themselves as evil. They are simply doing what they feel is right in their own eyes.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

As for Chakotay/Janeway, they had "Resolutions" to do that and nothing still came of it.

"What happened on New Earth, STAYED on New Earth."

;-)

 

[Anwar]

I say keep him as he is (or perhaps make him just a bit less sympathetic). I prefer morally grey antagonists to the totally evil ones. This is exactly the reason an arc based on the Equinox would be the best out of the ones in the poll, as Ransom was already sympathetic to begin with.

RegFan:

Yeah, the really good villains in story telling are the ones that you can sympathize with or understand where they are coming from. In other words: the more you can relate to a particular villain the more interesting the story line is going to be. If you have a mustache twirling villain who is clearly evil... you are making the movie or episode centered around a cliche sense of good and evil. Villains usually don't see themselves as evil. They are simply doing what they feel is right in their own eyes.

He wouldn't have so admit he was a bad guy, just do things we would consider bad without feeling anything bad himself and see it just as something he's doing. Be obviously the antagonist but without much self-doubt or remorse for his actions and maybe with some self-justification. But not enough for us to really want him to succeed.

Being 3-D doesn't mean you can't clearly be a villain.

 

[david g]

I voted for the Vidians. But I am most disappointed by the failure to develop the Vad'war from DRAGON'S TEETH. They came up with one of the best villains of the series and only used them for one episode...for shame!

It would have been interesting to learn of their culture and to explore their space-conduit technology.