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IF Starfleet still held it against its former officers ‎for having ‎dishonored (and betrayed) the organization in particular, by using the miltary training received to pursue criminal activities or activism, B'Elena Torres & Tom Paris would be those who would do best (1), because of their personal ties with a Starfleet Admiral (even if Owen Paris hasn't done a lot to protect his son after the Caldik Prime's accident - in the same time, what Tom's behavior was too serious! -, he will everything to catch up and behave more as a beloved father and about B'Elena, even if ‎he doesn't appreciate her more than or still holds it against him for her past in the Maquis, she is is nonetheless his son's wife & the mother of his granddaughter, so, he will do his best to protect her too) & Captain (Janeway has always had a protective feeling for him & let's be honest, Tom had to prove himself worthy of her trust and a talented/sensible officer. And the same for B'Elena).

(1 ) The one who would be the more at risk (= with a stiffer penalty of imprisonment as seeing as death penalty isn't a conceivable punishment anymore), would be Chakotay, not only as a former & highly experienced senior officer but as the leader of the Maquis crew (usually, it is easier to take the fall guys but in military cases, it is often the leaders or ordering parties, who are searched and the most severely punished).
And I want to clarify, before being accused of Chakotay bashing, that I say that because of my personal experience of military discipline (2) and ‎it is precisely that said experience, which makes me say that ‎there is little chance and even none to see Starfleet and its bunch of admirals (except Janeway, who has come to know them) agree to recruit the non-Starfleet trained people from the Maquis and/or to ‎rehabilitate and restore the former officers in their ranks after Voyager and ‎from my point of view, it is natural. Indeed, it is not only, for Starfleet, a question of reputation but, it is too, the best to do to protect its rear (if these people - Maquis crew - were able to ‎switch in the criminal activism, betraying by the same, the Federation and/or Starfleet policies for some of them, once, what would prevent them to do it again, by this time, diverting skilled crews, powerful vessesls & weaponry that they have been assigned with confidence for commissioned assignments, the next time a new peace agreement with a hostile alien population would be signed (with a risk of desire for hegemony from their part)?! Anyway, both organizations would NEVER take the risk of being betrayed again and/or endanger their people.

However, to be able to keep all these talented & trained people ‎under its fold (and eventually monitor them to avoid unpleasant surprises, whether they have Janeway's and/or Owen's support), Starfleet with the consent of the Federation of course, could recruits them as civil personal and/or unofficial armed workforce in some politically sensitive issues

(2) Since I actively participate in this forum, I never said anything on me, like most of you, by the fact, right?! Well, I'm a jurist in criminal law in civil BUUUT, I started my professional career ... as a sort of ADA in the departement of military courts -> the french equivalent of the US JAG, if you prefer). And regardless of the country and/or the era, let me say that Army is always harder on those who have turned against military institution and its values/policy.
I regret that as well the producers as script writers for the TV show AND authors of post-Voyager novels, were so disinterested in the military topic, which is a so strictly codified & disciplined universe, especially these latter, because if ‎they had informed more, they would have NEVER allow the former Maquis to officially become Starfleet and still less, made Chakotay, a Captain!
I do agree with this. Tom and B'Elanna have the best chances due to Owen. And I also agree about Chakotay. (and interesting facts about you personally )

It seems that in general trek has had an odd portrayal of it's rules and command structure. On the one hand it seems like they do follow a military structure...but it also seems like they want to shown that they are not strictly military.

I would also wonder if with the huge losses the Federation suffered during the Dominion war if they would be more lenient towards a clearly skilled officer. Would his service on Voyager be enough to pardon him.
 
IF Starfleet still held it against its former officers ‎for having ‎dishonored (and betrayed) the organization in particular, by using the miltary training received to pursue criminal activities or activism, B'Elena Torres & Tom Paris would be those who would do best (1), because of their personal ties with a Starfleet Admiral (even if Owen Paris hasn't done a lot to protect his son after the Caldik Prime's accident - in the same time, what Tom's behavior was too serious! -, he will everything to catch up and behave more as a beloved father and about B'Elena, even if ‎he doesn't appreciate her more than or still holds it against him for her past in the Maquis, she is is nonetheless his son's wife & the mother of his granddaughter, so, he will do his best to protect her too) & Captain (Janeway has always had a protective feeling for him & let's be honest, Tom had to prove himself worthy of her trust and a talented/sensible officer. And the same for B'Elena).

(1 ) The one who would be the more at risk (= with a stiffer penalty of imprisonment as seeing as death penalty isn't a conceivable punishment anymore), would be Chakotay, not only as a former & highly experienced senior officer but as the leader of the Maquis crew (usually, it is easier to take the fall guys but in military cases, it is often the leaders or ordering parties, who are searched and the most severely punished).
And I want to clarify, before being accused of Chakotay bashing, that I say that because of my personal experience of military discipline (2) and ‎it is precisely that said experience, which makes me say that ‎there is little chance and even none to see Starfleet and its bunch of admirals (except Janeway, who has come to know them) agree to recruit the non-Starfleet trained people from the Maquis and/or to ‎rehabilitate and restore the former officers in their ranks after Voyager and ‎from my point of view, it is natural. Indeed, it is not only, for Starfleet, a question of reputation but, it is too, the best to do to protect its rear (if these people - Maquis crew - were able to ‎switch in the criminal activism, betraying by the same, the Federation and/or Starfleet policies for some of them, once, what would prevent them to do it again, by this time, diverting skilled crews, powerful vessesls & weaponry that they have been assigned with confidence for commissioned assignments, the next time a new peace agreement with a hostile alien population would be signed (with a risk of desire for hegemony from their part)?! Anyway, both organizations would NEVER take the risk of being betrayed again and/or endanger their people.

However, to be able to keep all these talented & trained people ‎under its fold (and eventually monitor them to avoid unpleasant surprises, whether they have Janeway's and/or Owen's support), Starfleet with the consent of the Federation of course, could recruits them as civil personal and/or unofficial armed workforce in some politically sensitive issues

(2) Since I actively participate in this forum, I never said anything on me, like most of you, by the fact, right?! Well, I'm a jurist in criminal law in civil BUUUT, I started my professional career ... as a sort of ADA in the departement of military courts -> the french equivalent of the US JAG, if you prefer). And regardless of the country and/or the era, let me say that Army is always harder on those who have turned against military institution and its values/policy.
I regret that as well the producers as script writers for the TV show AND authors of post-Voyager novels, were so disinterested in the military topic, which is a so strictly codified & disciplined universe, especially these latter, because if ‎they had informed more, they would have NEVER allow the former Maquis to officially become Starfleet and still less, made Chakotay, a Captain!
True of military mind set but Chakotay is a native American Indian and it possible that part of his tribe is living inside the Cardassian borders now with the peace treaty so Chakotay was defending his tribe homes he was not the one who put the new borders that way. The Federation agree to the new borders some could said that the Federation betrayed Chakotay and family tribe first. And Janeway would point that out. It's a possibility
 
True of military mind set but Chakotay is a native American Indian and it possible that part of his tribe is living inside the Cardassian borders now with the peace treaty so Chakotay was defending his tribe homes he was not the one who put the new borders that way. The Federation agree to the new borders some could said that the Federation betrayed Chakotay and family tribe first. And Janeway would point that out. It's a possibility

Regardless of the reasons* motivating the rallying of Starfleet officers to the cause of the Maquis, the military organisazion, as the armed wing of the Federation, ccould not do otherwise than enforcing 1) the peace treaty signed between the Federation and the Empire Cardassians & 2) granting concessions to Cardassians but that didn't prevent some people working for both organizations (including Lt. Com Riker Adm. Netchaiev with Ro Laren), ‎to be aware of the unreasonableness of certain concessions and to understand the Maquis position.

In the case Of Chakotay, I can perfectly understand the reasons that prompted him to resign from his Starfleet commission and the strong sense of betrayal he could feel towards The Federation but come one, this is politics (and more exactly, diplomacy) to maintain the peacekeeping at all cost (besides, him & Janeway used the same tricks during their journey in DQ), … with some of its weakness. But whatever his motivations and the level of his activism, he can’t decently hope that once his days aboard Voyager will be over, everything will be back to normal and Starfleet will offer him the world (a teaching position in his specialities, anthropology and paleontology, at Starfleet Acadamy -> maybe he already perfectly knew that it was unthinkable for him to expect a new commission aboard of a vessel), in a gesture of respect & admiration. it will be good enough that Starfleet leaves him alone, in view of his past activities with the Maquis!
-> as I said in my last post, maybe he felt hard the betrayal of the Federation but he harshly betrayed Starfleet (its values and its commitment/confidence in him from a young age) in return. So, it comes down to the same thing!

*magnanimous, defensive/protective of his/her owns or interested
 
But did the Cardassians not break the peace treaty before the ink was dry on it by attacking the disputed planets. That was what prompted the colonists to start actively defending themselves, wasn't it? That was what started the Maquis movement, right?

In fact that is my head canon: That the Cardassians started attacking the planets first. They did so, hoping that the colonists would give up and move.
 
I have to add a few things to my head canon.

My head canon are my stories about Kes which can be found on the Kes Website. :techman:
Which means that the pathetic creature in a certain season 6 episode wasn't Kes and that Kes now live a life of exploring and adventure in the Alpha Quadrant.

Voyager had a Shuttle and Torpedo Building Team which built and repaired damaged shuttles and built new torpedoes. That would explain why Voyager could waste so many torpedoes without problems.

Nick Locarno was Tom Paris's half brother, the result of a relationship between Owen Paris and another woman than his wife.

The events in "Threshold" never happened. It was just a nightmare Janeway had after eating too much of Neelix's food.

Tuvok had a brother whose name was Devor (or Devok). He became a criminal and was killed when he and a bunch of terrorists tried to take over the Enterprise (TNG episode "Starship Mine").

Ensign Janeway on the Enterprise (the TNG episode "Man Of The People) is a cousin to Kathryn.

Nicole Janeway is Kathryn Janeway's aunt. A person who found traveling and exploring in space utterly foolish. During her first night on the ship after leaving the Ocampa system, Kathryn had a nightmare about Nicole being captain of Voyager.

The Kirse planet in the book "The Garden" has a retrograde rotation so the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. ( I honestly don't know why I came up with that, just something that I imagined when I read the book for the first time).
:)
 
I'm still astonished the peace treaty at the end of the war restored the border at the start of the war when Cardies broke the old treaty that handed a bunch of colonies to them.
 
It seems that in general trek has had an odd portrayal of it's rules and command structure. On the one hand it seems like they do follow a military structure...but it also seems like they want to shown that they are not strictly military.

i NEVER saw a military structure which the fonctionning would be lax or loosened... These both aspects would be antinomic!
In fact, all armies have a regulatory arsenal defining and framing clearly lawful and unlawful for the benefit of their members (and of course, the famous code of duty for military forces, including words like courage, honour, duty and excellence), as soon as they signed.
-> Star Trek producers and script/novels writers would be wrong not to inspire more. That would add instant credibility to their scenarios.

I would also wonder if with the huge losses the Federation suffered during the Dominion war if they would be more lenient towards a clearly skilled officer. Would his service on Voyager be enough to pardon him.

Well, in practice, in ‎strongly & violently opposing the peace agreement signed between the Federation and the Cardassian Empire, ‎the members of the Maquis brigade led by Chakotay, besides having given in criminal activities, committed a great offense to the Federation in challenging its decision and could be charged with high treason and be sentenced to life imprisonment ‎if not sentenced to death., regardless if for some people here and there, their fight was right.
So, if the federal organization, agrees to grant them a substantial remission of sentence and even ‎a total exempting prison sentence, thanks to a huge support from Kathryn Janeway & Owen Paris, it would already be a positive step. As for granting the pardon to them too, ‎it is surely too much to ask at once, right?! Maybe after a certain time, if that happens one day…

As for Starfleet doing and going without some skilled but shamed former officers (even if they were pardoned by the Federation, the latter cannot force Starfleet to re-hire them, especially 1) after to have ‎willingly resigned -> again, once officers/soldiers leave the armed forces, it is final 2) after to ‎have lent in criminal activities and be charged for them -> ‎they will drag their past in the Maquis all their lives!), yes the military organization can do it, besides , ‎if we refer to History, the armed forces have ALWAYS been able to recover from wars and their share of casualities and, there is little reason to change that here or elsewhere … . unless by going all out to resettle Chakotay and his friends in Starfleet! ;-) More seriously, I see them better returning to civil life, trying to build or rebuild something. It is going to keep them busy, believe me! :-)
 
Nick Locarno was Tom Paris's half brother, the result of a relationship between Owen Paris and another woman than his wife.

The events in "Threshold" never happened. It was just a nightmare Janeway had after eating too much of Neelix's food.

Ensign Janeway on the Enterprise (the TNG episode "Man Of The People) is a cousin to Kathryn.

Nicole Janeway is Kathryn Janeway's aunt. A person who found traveling and exploring in space utterly foolish. During her first night on the ship after leaving the Ocampa system, Kathryn had a nightmare about Nicole being captain of Voyager.

WOW. I second these ideas but I particularly like the nightmare made by Janeway after to have consumed Neelix's food & the family ties between Nick Locarno and Tom Paris (certainly possible, besides!). BRAVO, Lynx! :-D
 
Voyager had a Shuttle and Torpedo Building Team which built and repaired damaged shuttles and built new torpedoes. That would explain why Voyager could waste so many torpedoes without problems.

Plus they could always trade with friendly alien races for another shipment of torpedoes.

Actually the problem isn't the torpedoes themselves (which can be easily replicated), it's the antimatter to power them. I guess that would be what they would really need to trade for.

Nick Locarno was Tom Paris's half brother, the result of a relationship between Owen Paris and another woman than his wife.)

In my headcanon, Nick and Tom are cousins.

As for the Maquis: Also in my headcanon, Chakotay's group were violently at odds with Eddington's - that's the problem with groups like this, they break up into competing factions WAY too easily.

In fact Chakotay would even occasionally approach Starfleet Intelligence and offer to give up intel to them, if Chak believed that one of Eddington's ops would get out of control or endanger innocent lives (which would definitely be within Eddington's wheelhouse).

Furthermore, Chakotay personally hated Eddington's guts and dismissed him as an egotistical jackass with delusions of grandeur. Just like I do. ;)
 
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What were Eddington's motivations? Was he from the colonies? He didn't resign like Chakotay, he used his position to steal industrial replicators, right?He did marry a hot Maquis girl. Maybe she motivated him to fight.

It's also interesting that Maquis leaders are always SF. Besides Eddington and Chakotay, there was Sisko's friend from "The Maquis" two parter. Ro became a Maquis leader, too. That's 4 for 4.
 
I personally loved Eddington and think he wanted a genuine Maquis state and could have thrown something together.

Chakotay may have not liked him(or even interacted with him) but Chakotay seems like the kind of guy that would roll over most of the time.
 
WOW. I second these ideas but I particularly like the nightmare made by Janeway after to have consumed Neelix's food & the family ties between Nick Locarno and Tom Paris (certainly possible, besides!). BRAVO, Lynx! :-D
Thank you very much! :techman:

In fact, there's more to be found on the Kes Website, on the page "Voyager's Mysteries-and how to solve them"!
 
It's also interesting that Maquis leaders are always SF. Besides Eddington and Chakotay, there was Sisko's friend from "The Maquis" two parter. Ro became a Maquis leader, too. That's 4 for 4.

Know your enemy. Former insiders have a better knowledge of these things than generally Colonist Bob the woodworker from Ogges IV.
 
I personally loved Eddington and think he wanted a genuine Maquis state and could have thrown something together.

Chakotay may have not liked him(or even interacted with him) but Chakotay seems like the kind of guy that would roll over most of the time.
I agree with this thought
 
I personally loved Eddington and think he wanted a genuine Maquis state and could have thrown something together.

Chakotay may have not liked him(or even interacted with him) but Chakotay seems like the kind of guy that would roll over most of the time.
I agree with that. Eddington was a great character,
I could actually see Eddington and Chakotay work together. Both were ardent Maquis. But Chakotay's ship was taken to the Delta Quadrant long before Eddington officially became a Maquis.
 
My head canon about Q Junior. Since the Q can transcend space and time. My crazy theory is Q Junior and the Squire of Gothos from TOS are one and same. With Q and Lady Q being the disembodied voices speaking to Kirk at the end.
 
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