Emanations (13 Mar. 1995)

A Voyager sensor scan reveals what seems to be a previously undiscovered chemical element in a group of asteroids. Some of the asteroids support a class M environment so, an away team is ... See full summary »

Director:

David Livingston

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry, Rick Berman (creator),

Stars:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Kate Mulgrew	...	Captain Kathryn Janeway
Robert Beltran	...	Commander Chakotay
Roxann Dawson	...	Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres (as Roxann Biggs-Dawson)
Jennifer Lien	...	Kes
Robert Duncan McNeill	...	Lieutenant Tom Paris
Ethan Phillips	...	Neelix (credit only)
Robert Picardo	...	The Doctor
Tim Russ	...	Lieutenant Tuvok
Garrett Wang	...	Ensign Harry Kim
Jerry Hardin	...	Dr. Neria (as Jerry Harding)
Jeffrey Alan Chandler	...	Hatil (as Jefrey Alan Chandler)
Cecile Callan	...	Ptera
Martha Hackett	...	Seska
Robin Groves	...	Araya Garan
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Cirigliano	...	Alien #1

Storyline

A Voyager sensor scan reveals what seems to be a previously undiscovered chemical element in a group of asteroids. Some of the asteroids support a class M environment so, an away team is dispatched to investigate. The away team discovers the asteroid to be a burial ground for an unknown culture. Chakotay, a Native American, advocates a respectful, unintrusive perusal of the bodies and their bizarre web-like enclosures. The unknown new chemical apparently is a bi-product of the bodies' decomposition process. The away team detects a peculiar phenomenon developing and activate their tricorders to investigate. Chakotay calls for a transport off of the asteroid. Before all of the crew can be evacuated Ensign Kim is redirected to another planet and an alien is beamed aboard Voyager instead. A peculiar "First Contact" offers a chance for Kim to learn about another race, while the Voyager crew is faced with an even more challenging First Contact of their own.

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Plot Keywords:

24th century

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Release Date:

13 March 1995 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television

Did You Know?

Trivia

47-reference: in her opening log entry, Janeway claims to have discovered the 247th element (according to Federation science).

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Goofs

A light fixture in the room where Harry Kim is interviewed, when he first arrives; is the same one seen several times in the episode titled "Time and Again", And these two episodes were not on the same planet.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Captain Kathryn Janeway: Captain's log, stardate 48623.5 - There are 246 elements known to Federation science. We believe we have just discovered the 247th, inside the ring system of a class D planet.

User Reviews

Life after death

An away team is sent to investigate unusual emanations coming from an asteroid and while there discover many shroud wrapped bodies. Chakotay, in Native American fashion, wishes to leave them alone and not interfere with another's burial customs while Kim wishes to further investigate. When transporting back to the Voyager there is a glitch and an alien's body from the asteroid is transported to the Voyager and Kim is transported to the alien's home planet. The alien is revived on the Voyager and she then conveys that her culture believes in an afterlife of such a nature as is belied by the corpses on the asteroid. The scenes between the alien and Kes are very touching. Meanwhile on the alien planet, Kim's appearance has upset the locals since his report of what was found on the asteroid is contrary to their belief system. One of the aliens in particular is questioning what he has believed his entire life. This episode was very interesting and didn't have the feel of a smarmy attack on contemporary religious beliefs. The final scene between Captain Janeway and Ensign Kim is very good – Janeway is the wise mentor and Kim the young student trying to make sense of the world around him and his experiences in it. Nicely done.