The Voyager Conspiracy 

Modifying her alcove to process several months of gathered data at a time turns Seven into a rampant conspiracy theorist. Meanwhile, Janeway deals with an alien scientist developing catapult technology.

Director:

Terry Windell

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (based upon "Star Trek" created by), Rick Berman (created by)

Stars:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Kate Mulgrew	...	Capt. Kathryn Janeway
Robert Beltran	...	Cmdr. Chakotay
Roxann Dawson	...	Lt. B'Elanna Torres
Robert Duncan McNeill	...	Lt. Tom Paris
Ethan Phillips	...	Neelix
Robert Picardo	...	The Doctor
Tim Russ	...	Lt. Tuvok
Jeri Ryan	...	Seven of Nine
Garrett Wang	...	Ensign Harry Kim
Albie Selznick	...	Tash
Scarlett Pomers	...	Naomi Wildman
Majel Barrett	...	Computer Voice (voice)

Storyline

Seven of Nine upgrades her Borg alcove to assimilate mass amounts of data in short periods of time. The data leads Seven to theorize several conspiracies aboard Voyager involving their presence in the Delta Quadrant as an intentional act. Voyager meets Tash, an alien far from home building a catapult capable of launching ships hundreds of light-years in an instant. As Seven assimilates inconclusive data, her paranoia and imagination fills in the gaps and plants the seed of doubt among the crew.

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Plot Keywords:

dinner for two | flea | alien | alien bug | paranoia | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

As Seven of Nine's first regeneration cycle ends, after tying in her alcove to Voyager's library computer to be a cortical processing subunit, diagrams of several ships taken from the Star Trek Encyclopedia flash by on the display, including: an Academy flight trainer, a Jem'Hadar battle cruiser, an Intrepid-class starship, a D7 battle cruiser, a long range shuttle, the orbital office complex, and a Defiant-class Starfleet ship.

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Goofs

When Ensign Kim reports the catapult specifications just before sending Tash back, he states that the graviton field is set for a 100-light year jump. Later, when Tash has dropped out of null space and contacts Voyager, he states that his 5,000-light year jump was successful.

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Quotes

Seven of Nine: Your father was Ktarian.
Naomi Wildman: So?
Seven of Nine: The Ktarians were officially with the Federation, but they sympathized with the Maquis.
Naomi Wildman: What are you talking about?
Seven of Nine: Who are you working for, Chakotay or the Captain?
Naomi Wildman: Seven?
Seven of Nine: Tell them it's too late. Go!

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Connections

References Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

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Soundtracks

Star Trek: Voyager - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Jerry Goldsmith
Performed by Jay Chattaway

User Reviews

The truth is out there

Seven of Nine downloads more information than she can handle, leading to a series of conspiracy theories forming in her mind.

Conspiracy related sci-fi was in fashion at the time this episode was made (X-Files) and this seems like satire aimed at the that very theme.

It's not really done in a plausible way with it being Seven and also with Janeway/Chakotay taking her seriously. I guess it does highlight how conspiracy theories can spread. Sometimes information is dangerous in the wrong hands.

It probably would have been better if it was a different character than Seven of Nine acting paranoid, one perceived to be a bit less capable.

It was okay, but skip it if you like Seven and don't like to see her behaving irrationally, whatever the reason.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 November 1999 (USA)

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1