Juggernaut (26 Apr. 1999)

Voyager responds to a distress call of a heavily-damaged Malon freighter. Torres, Neelix, Chakotay, and the only 2 surviving Malon have 6 hours to stop a theta-radiation fallout which will ... See full summary »

Director:

Allan Kroeker

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry, Rick Berman (creator),

Stars:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Kate Mulgrew	...	Captain Kathryn Janeway
Robert Beltran	...	Chakotay
Roxann Dawson	...	B'Elanna Torres
Robert Duncan McNeill	...	Tom Paris
Ethan Phillips	...	Neelix
Robert Picardo	...	The Doctor
Tim Russ	...	Tuvok
Jeri Ryan	...	Seven of Nine
Garrett Wang	...	Harry Kim
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lee Arenberg	...	Pelk
Majel Barrett	...	Voyager Computer (voice)
Ron Canada	...	Fesek
Alexander Enberg	...	Third Malon Engineer
Scott Klace	...	Dremk

Storyline

Voyager responds to a distress call of a heavily-damaged Malon freighter. Torres, Neelix, Chakotay, and the only 2 surviving Malon have 6 hours to stop a theta-radiation fallout which will destroy everything within a 3 light-year radius. The away-team must clear radiation section-by-section to reach the control room, and along the way they deal with unstable airlocks and the Vihaar, a Malon boogeyman who is more malicious than mythical.

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Plot Keywords:

24th century

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 April 1999 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Roxann Dawson's first waist shot without baggy clothes since her child was born.

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Quotes

Tuvok: B'Elanna is unpredictable, Captain. Under these circumstances, her volatile nature could compromise the mission.
Captain Kathryn Janeway: Your concerns are noted. But if I sent you over there, I'd be sending the wrong message, that I don't have faith in her. But I do.
Tuvok: Your faith is admirable. But logic suggests...
Captain Kathryn Janeway: This isn't about logic, it's about trust. She'll come through for us.

User Reviews

Problems with pollution

When a Malon ship full of radioactive waste has a major malfunction the crew are forced to evacuate and call for help. This call is answered by Voyager but due to the high levels of theta radiation they can't use the warp engines and get clear before the ship explodes flooding a vast area of space with deadly radiation. In order to save Voyager and the surrounding space the two Malon survivors along with Chakotay, B'Elanna and Neelix must return to the Malon ship to prevent it from exploding. One of the Malon is worried believing that the problems are due to a mythical creature that lives in the radioactive waste. His colleague rubbishes the idea as superstition but when one Malon is killed and Chakotay is attacked and injured it is clear that something or someone on board does not want them to succeed in preventing the explosion.

This was a good episode which had an obvious environmental message but didn't show the Malon as bad people just somewhat selfish as a race although individuals did dangerous work to keep their own world clean. The scenes of on the Malon ship were tense; reminding be slightly of Alien in the way the ship itself was creepy and something was after them... although obviously that something was far less violent; this is Star Trek after all. The main star of this episode was Roxann Dawson who did a good job as B'Ellana who in this episode is trying to deal with her anger management issues.