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Kes
Star Trek character
Jennifer Lien pictured in costume as Kes for a promotional shoot
Jennifer Lien as Kes
First appearance"Caretaker" (1995)
Last appearance"Fury" (2000)
Portrayed byJennifer Lien
In-universe information
SpeciesOcampa
AffiliationStarfleet
Family
  • Benaren (father)
  • Martis (mother)
Children
  • None (canon timeline)
  • Linnis (alternate timeline)
PostingUSS Voyager (field posting)
Position
RankUnassigned rank
Partner

Kes is a fictional character played by Jennifer Lien on the American science fiction television show Star Trek: Voyager. She is a member of a telepathic alien species known as the Ocampa who have latent psychic abilities and a life span of only nine years. Joining the starship USS Voyager's crew in the pilot episode "Caretaker", she opens a hydroponics garden and works as the medical assistant to the artificial intelligence known as the Doctor. Her storylines focus on encouraging the Doctor to develop his humanity and dealing with her Talaxian boyfriend Neelix's jealousy. She also seeks to expand upon her mental capabilities, leaving in the fourth season after her powers threaten to destroy the ship. She reappears in a season six episode and features in Star Trek: Voyager novels and short stories.

Voyager's creators Rick Berman, Michael Piller, and Jeri Taylor designed Kes to be a rapidly-aging character who would provide audiences with a different perspective on time. Although Kes is portrayed as fragile and innocent, she is also shown as having a hidden strength and maturity. Voyager's producers reluctantly fired Lien after her personal issues affected her reliability on set. At the time, this was not openly discussed and her departure was attributed to other reasons; these ranged from Lien voluntarily leaving to pursue other roles to her being removed to make room for Jeri Ryan's introduction as Seven of Nine.

Some critics praised Lien's removal from Voyager, criticizing Kes as boring and without a clear purpose, while others were disappointed by this casting change. Reviewers felt Kes's unusually short lifespan made her too young for a relationship with Neelix. Critics and fans disliked her return in the season six episode "Fury", which some media outlets called one of the worst moments in the Star Trek franchise. Academics have analyzed Kes's representation of femininity as well as the development of her mental abilities.

Development[edit]

Creation and casting[edit]

Kes was one of the first nine characters that Star Trek: Voyager creators Rick Berman, Michael Piller, and Jeri Taylor developed for the crew of the USS Voyager starship.[1][2] Inspired by the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Child", Berman, Piller, and Taylor wanted to feature a rapidly-aging character to encourage viewers to reflect on time.[3][4] Early in production, they nicknamed Kes the Mayfly to reference the short life span of her alien species, the Ocampa.[5][6][note 1] She was set to age a year at the midpoint of each season to emphasize this rapid age progression.[8] Early drafts had Kes named Dah and portrayed her with an older Ocampa near the end of his life cycle.[2][9]

In initial character descriptions, Kes was listed as a potential scout and expert on gangs,[8] but was changed to be a medical intern,[2] and another character—Neelix—assumed a similar role as a guide.[10] When Berman, Piller, and Taylor wrote Kes with psychic powers, production assistant Zayra Cabot hired a paranormal-focused consulting firm, Joan Pearce Research Associates, to help research parapsychology.[6] Based on these findings, Kes was shown with limited telepathy in the pilot episode ("Caretaker") with further exploration of her power planned for later episodes.[11]

A photograph of Jennifer Lien
Jennifer Lien (pictured in 1996) plays Kes.

Early in Voyager's development, it was undetermined if Kes would be female, male, or androgynous.[5] The later casting call was only for women in their early-twenties or younger. "Caretaker" director Winrich Kolbe wanted an actress who "could be fragile but with a steely will underneath".[12] Jennifer Lien was an "early selection" for the role;[13] Taylor said that she had "this wonderful elfin quality" and projected vulnerability and strength in her audition.[4] Lien was unfamiliar with the Star Trek franchise, and at the age of nineteen, she was the youngest actor on the show at the time of its debut.[13] Jennifer Gatti was considered as a runner-up for Kes, and would later guest star in the episode "Non Sequitur".[14]

For the pilot, Robert Blackman designed Kes's wardrobe and Michael Westmore created her prosthetic ears.[15][16] Blackman had difficulty dressing Lien as Voyager's producers were unclear on her character's direction. His initial design was for a pastel-colored costume inspired by a sprite. Producers rejected it, suggesting a costume similar to Peter Pan's. The final look was partially modeled on Joan of Arc.[17] Kes's wardrobe primarily consisted of tunics, and Lien wore a bob cut wig.[18][16] Lien tested combinations of wigs and prosthetics, which cinematographer Marvin V. Rush filmed for Berman's final approval.[19] Westmore kept the prosthetic simple to facilitate working on 30 Ocampa characters for the pilot episode.[20] Lien said the ear prosthetics impaired her hearing,[18] and she developed an allergic response to them as the series progressed.[16][21] Starting with the episode "Before and After", Lien no longer wore the prosthetics and used her longer hair to cover her ears and hide this change;[16][21] around this point, her costume also transitioned to being tighter jumpsuits.[22]

Characterization and relationships[edit]

In Voyager's series bible, Kes is characterized as "an innocent who sees humanity through a fresh perspective" and as "delicate, beautiful, young".[4] The "Caretaker" script describes her as a "dazzling, ethereal beauty, waifish and fragile" who has a "dignity to her bearing, an alertness in her look, that suggests a being of powerful intelligence".[23] While promoting Voyager, Lien said that Kes lacked any "cynicism or precociousness or pretentiousness or sarcasm", and believed this separated her from the typical roles for young women.[24] Taylor defined the character through her curiosity as demonstrated by how she challenges the Ocampa's beliefs and explores her mental abilities.[25] In 2003, author Paul Ruditis wrote that Kes has a "fragile power" and balances a "child-like wonder" with a "maturity of someone well into adulthood".[23]

Kes and Neelix were created as an alien couple who would learn about humanity together.[26] They are portrayed as an unlikely pair in age and appearance,[27] with Kes as the dominant partner keeping Neelix out of trouble.[28] Kes and Neelix are shown sleeping in separate bedrooms, and their sex lives are left vague. Taylor said this was done to avoid potentially offending viewers, particularly families with young children and those against cohabitation.[29] Taylor and Berman also worried that Kes was too young to show in a sexual relationship.[30] In retrospect, writers and producers felt Kes and Neelix never worked as a couple;[26] a break-up scene was filmed for the episode "Fair Trade", but was cut due to time constraints.[26][28]

In Voyager's first two seasons, Kes is involved in a love triangle with Neelix and Voyager's helmsman Tom Paris. Neelix becomes increasingly jealous over Paris's interest in Kes, although she never returns his advances.[26] None of the actors involved liked this storyline,[26] which was ended to avoid further damaging Neelix and Paris as characters.[31][32] Aside from Neelix, Kes spent most of her scenes with the Doctor, who is an artificial intelligence projected as a hologram; she was key to helping him develop his humanity and persuading the crew to view him as more than just a machine.[33] The Doctor teaches Kes about medicine and Security Chief Tuvok helps her to further develop her mental abilities. She is respectful to the Doctor and Captain Kathryn Janeway, who she sees as parental figures.[23]

Departure and return[edit]

In the fourth season, Voyager's producers reluctantly fired Lien when her personal issues affected her reliability on set.[34] She had become increasingly unfocused, requiring multiple takes to complete a scene.[35] Robert Duncan McNeill, who plays Paris, described Lien as private and shy,[36] and Tim Russ, who portrays Tuvok, said that he was "not sure what of response" he would get when talking to her.[35] According to Taylor, Lien refused to discuss or accept help for her problems.[34] The cast and crew did not publicly disclose the reason for Lien's firing.[37] At the time, it was believed Lien was removed to make room for Jeri Ryan as former Borg drone Seven of Nine,[38] but these casting choices were unrelated.[39] Paramount reported that Lien wanted to act in other projects,[40] and Taylor said Kes "did not work out as well as we wanted".[41][42] In 2004, writer Kenneth Biller talked about his disappointment about Kes's removal:

I was a little bit regretful when Kes left the show, because I thought she was an interesting character to write for—from a science fiction standpoint—because she had certain... she had telepathic abilities, she had this very compressed lifespan, she had things about her character that often lent themselves to interesting storytelling [....] We lost something in losing the Kes character.[43]

UPN executives wanted Kes cut from Voyager off-screen without explanation, but Taylor insisted that the character get a proper farewell.[35] Lien last appears as a full-time cast member in "The Gift". It was intended to be the fifth episode of the fourth season, but was moved to the second after a decision was made to remove Lien earlier than planned.[44] She had a final appearance in the season six episode, "Fury".[34][45] Berman asked her to come back before a story was completed.[45] Lien discussed the script with Fuller and Michael Taylor to ensure that Kes was "handled with great care". Her primary request was for the character to be dramatically different than how she left.[18] In a 2010 StarTrek.com interview, Lien said she preferred "The Gift" as her final episode; she disliked her performance in "Fury", explaining that she had not acted for an extended period and struggled with playing such a different version of Kes.[46]

Appearances[edit]

Background and introduction[edit]

Kes is an Ocampa—a telepathic alien species with latent psychic abilities and a life span of only nine years.[47] She was born and raised in an underground city on the Ocampa home world, which was constructed by an alien known as the Caretaker after he inadvertently destroyed the planet's atmosphere. The Ocampa grow dependent on his care and are sealed from the planet's surface; despite this, Kes dreams of exploring the galaxy and her mental powers. She finds a way out of the city, but is captured and tortured by the Kazon, who want to steal the Ocampa's resources. Neelix, a Talaxian, rescues her and they become a couple.[48]

The Caretaker realizes he is dying and abducts beings from across the galaxy to find a compatible mate to produce an offspring who would continue caring for the Ocampa; this includes a Maquis crew and the Starfleet crew of the starship USS Voyager. Kes helps Captain Kathryn Janeway and Chakotay recover their missing crew members. When the Kazon attack and attempt to steal the Caretaker's technology, Janeway orders the destruction of his vessel. Stranded in the Delta Quadrant, she integrates the Maquis into her Starfleet crew and agrees to have Kes and Neelix remain on Voyager.[48]

On Star Trek: Voyager[edit]

Aboard Voyager, Kes starts a hydroponics garden to provide produce to the crew.[49] She works as the Doctor's medical assistant while encouraging him to develop his social skills and the crew to recognize him as more than a hologram.[33] The Vidiians harvest Neelix's lungs in "Phage", and Kes donates one of her own for him.[50] In "Elogium", emanations from space-dwelling lifeforms cause Kes to prematurely enter a fertile period.[note 2] An Ocampa goes through this process only once and it is her only time to have a child. After discussions, Neelix agrees to be a father, but Kes decides against having a child. When Voyager moves away from the aliens, the Doctor determines Kes had a false alarm and would be able to conceive in the future.[51] Neelix grows more paranoid regarding Paris's interest in Kes, such as in "Twisted";[32] the two resolve this tension in "Parturition" while nursing a reptilian humanoid baby during an away mission.[32][54]

When Voyager discovers an Ocampa colony in "Cold Fire", its leader Tanis teaches Kes to see and control particles on the subatomic level. Prior to this, Tuvok had been training Kes with more caution.[55] She used her abilities in earlier episodes, including having visions of a planet's destruction in "Time and Again" and resisting a psychoactive trance in "Persistence of Vision".[56][57] Under Tanis's tutelage, Kes develops pyrokinesis; unable to control it, she nearly kills Tuvok by boiling his blood. The crew discover that Tanis is working with the Caretaker's first mate, Suspiria, to destroy Voyager, but Kes subdues him with her powers. Tuvok encourages her to learn to control, rather than fear, her darker impulses.[55] In "Warlord", Tiernan, a former dictator of the planet Illari, possesses Kes and uses her abilities to stage a coup on the new leader. Under his influence, Kes breaks up with Neelix. Although Voyager frees Kes from Tieran's control and kills him, the experience traumatizes her.[58]

Kes is shocked into a coma by a force field protecting a holy site in "Sacred Ground". Janeway cures her by undergoing a religious ceremony to learn she must rely on her own faith rather than technology.[59] In "Darkling", Kes is attracted to Zahir, a member of an alien species of explorers, and considers temporarily joining his journey. The Doctor injures Zahir and kidnaps Kes after developing an evil alter ego while grafting new personalities into his program. After the Doctor is returned to normal, Kes decides to remain on Voyager.[53] Throughout "Before and After", Kes lives short periods of her life in reverse order, from her death to her conception. In the episode's alternative timeline, she is romantically involved with Paris and has a daughter who is married to and has a son with Ensign Harry Kim. In this time, Kes participates in Voyager’s year-long battle with the Krenim, later shown in "Year of Hell". The Doctor brings her back to the present, and Tuvok says it is likely that what she saw was only a possible timeline and her actions may have changed the future.[60]

During "Scorpion", Kes becomes telepathically connected with Species 8472 who are at war with the Borg.[61] Her powers advance at an exponential rate in "The Gift" to the point that she can no longer stay aboard Voyager as they threaten to destroy the ship. Leaving on a shuttlecraft, Kes hurls Voyager and its crew safely beyond Borg space, 9,500 light-years closer to Earth, before turning into living energy.[62] She returns in "Fury" in which she has memory loss as she nears the end of her life cycle. She believes Janeway had kidnapped her from Ocampa and travels back in time to negotiate with the Vidiians to take her younger self home in return for helping them access Voyager to harvest the crew’s organs. After this is stopped, the younger Kes makes a hologram to remind her future self about her love for the crew. The older Kes sees this and returns to Ocampa.[63]

Other appearances[edit]

In 1995, Pocket Books began publishing Star Trek: Voyager novels set during the show's run and after its series finale.[64][65][note 3] Kes appears in the 1995 novelization of "Caretaker" by L. A. Graf and the 1996 one for "Flashback" by Diane Carey.[68] Nathan Archer began writing the 1995 book, Ragnorak, before the pilot episode aired and said that how he had imagined Kes based on the series bible was radically different from her depiction in the show.[65] In Greg Cox's 1997 novel, The Black Shore, Kes has horrific visions after the crew takes shore leave on a seemingly idyllic planet. Cox included scenes between Kes and Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres after reading an interview in which Torres's actor Roxann Dawson talked about how the characters rarely interacted. Marooned, published in the same year, focuses on Kes being kidnapped by a space pirate; the author Christie Golden said that she wanted to explore how Kes would appear to an alien with a lifespan of thousands of years.[65]

Kes appears in stories published after Voyager ended.[69] She goes back in time to help create an Ocampa and Nacene hybrid in Heather Jarman's 2006 novel Evolution, the third in the String Theory trilogy.[45][69][note 4] The book describes the Kes from "Fury" as the "manifestation of her dark side" made as byproduct of this time travel.[45] Jarman used Evolution to explore questions she had with Voyager, such as how Neelix felt about Kes after her departure and what the Ocampa home world looked like in the past.[69] In Kirsten Beyer's 2012 book, The Eternal Tide, Kes helps to resurrect a dead Janeway.[45]

Kes is also in short stories,[70] like Penny A. Proctor's "Restoration" from the 2002 anthology Star Trek: Strange New Worlds V in which she revives Ocampa's ecosystem.[45][70] She is included in three stories from the 2005 collection Distant Shores. In Kim Sheard's "Winds of Change", Kes struggles with aggression after "Warlord" and asks Torres for advice. Sheard developed the concept after being told the anthology would focus on unusual character combinations. "Closure" is about Neelix seeing Kes after being caught in a cave-in with Seven of Nine. The author James Swallow was inspired by how Ethan Phillips, who plays Neelix, wanted closure for his character's relationship with Kes. In "Brief Candle", Neelix talks about one of his memories with Kes; the writer Christopher L. Bennett said she was one of his favorite Voyager characters.[70]

Reception[edit]

Critics found Kes to be boring[71][72] and without a clear direction.[73] Rob Owen, writing for the Albany Times Union, felt she was "reduced to a subservient Nurse Chapel role" early in the series.[74] Henry Mietkiewicz of the Toronto Star thought she did not contribute much outside of her medical training.[75] The decision to remove Kes during Voyager's fourth season was praised by reviewers,[76] including the Akron Beacon Journal's R.D. Heldenfels who called her "wan and increasingly dull".[71] In retrospective reviews, The A.V. Club's William Hughes called Kes the show's "most superfluous character",[77] and Tom Pritchard of Gizmodo dismissed her as "generally a pretty crap and useless character".[78]

Other reviewers responded more negatively to this casting change.[79] The Virginian-Pilot's Larry Bonko, for instance, was disappointed as he felt that Kes "gave the series heart".[80] Andy Patrizio of IGN preferred Lien as Kes over the new addition of Ryan as Seven of Nine.[81] Writers Duncan Barrett and Michele Barrett cited Lien's removal as an example of Star Trek having "a serious historical problem with the treatment of its female performers", explaining that a male lead was never taken off a Star Trek series.[82][note 5]

Kes's return in "Fury" was criticized as one of the worst moments in the Star Trek franchise.[45][83] Keith DeCandido, writing for Reactor, considered the story to be insulting to the character[45][84] and described the script and Lien's acting as lacking any "emotional content".[84] Michael Weyer of Comic Book Resources believed that Kes deserved a better ending and disliked how she came back as "twisted monster whose actions can come off as a spoiled brat".[83] Fans were also critical of how the episode portrayed Kes.[83][85] Den of Geek's John Andrews had a more positive response to "Fury", referring to it as a "sad yet compelling character study".[86]

Kes's age was a topic of critical commentary.[87] Bustle's Marie Southard Ospina praised "Elogium" for its portrayal of a woman voluntarily not having a baby, but felt that Kes's age made the moment uncomfortable.[88] Other commentators felt Kes was too young to be dating Neelix.[89][90] According to Den of Geek's Juliette Harrisson, the age gap was frequently criticized online.[91] Science fiction author Sylvia Spruck Wrigley interpreted Kes as undergoing puberty in "Elogium", noting that it raises questions about Neelix starting a relationship with a prepubescent girl.[90][note 6] Harrisson and The Philadelphia Inquirer's Jonathan Storm wrote that the age difference could be rationalized since Kes and Neelix are aliens with different biology than humans.[91][92]

Themes and analysis[edit]

Femininity[edit]

Academics have analyzed Kes as a representation of womanhood and femininity on Star Trek. Communication studies professor Mia Consalvo escribed her as a "woman with stereotypically feminine traits" such as "empathy and caring".[93] She notes that Kes is one of several female characters with similar characteristics on Star Trek who are placed in healthcare rather than leadership roles, and argues that this is because the setting of the series "valorized" masculine traits over feminine ones".[93][94]

American culture historian Peter W.Y. Lee said that Voyager characterizes Kes as a "little girl" who struggles to maintain her innocence as the series progressed,[95] specifically with scenes involving sex or motherhood.[96] Lee wrote that unlike other children in Star Trek, namely Wesley Crusher, Jake Sisko, Nog, Molly O'Brien, Alexander Rozhenko, Kes is more of a "blank slate" and without a clearly defined personality.[97] He argued that Kes becomes too mature for this "little girl" role after adopting a "more aggressive womanhood and sexuality" in "Warlord" which foreshadows her having "outgrown her home" and leaving Voyager.[98]

Voyager aired in the 1990s, a decade that editor Leimar Garcia-Siino characterized by postfeminism and its "reactionary anti-feminist and traditionally gendered views". Garcia-Siino wrote that although these events shaped the writing for Kes, the character was still portrayed with authority through her hydroponics garden and her medical and psychic training and is shown as reaching self-actualization.[99]

Mental abilities[edit]

Scholars focused on how Kes's powers contributed to her character development.[100][101] Lee wrote that Voyager focuses Kes's character arc on her mental abilities rather than her physical development; he explained that "Kes’s girl power rested in her brains, not her bared skin".[101] Aviva Dove Viebahn, a professor of media studies, argued that the non-human Kes is nearly tokenized as "native informants", but believed this is avoided as her abilities. She described Kes as being stronger than Voyager's medical and scientific technologies, which gave her agency.[100]

Voyager often depicted Kes's powers as dangerous or unpredictable, which critics have interpreted in various ways.[102][103] Media studies scholar Marion Gymnich wrote that in "Cold Fire", Kes changes from "generally very friendly and gentle" to "extremely destructive" after being tutored by another Ocampa. She cited her as an example of Star Trek negatively portraying telepathy.[102] Comparing Voyager to Homer's the Odyssey, literary scholar Kwasu David Tembo likened Kes to two of the poem's characters—Calypso and Circe—as her powers both endanger the ship and aid in its homeward journey. Tembo wrote that Kes and Circle both have the "attractive and equally dangerous aspects of Aeaea and Ocampan power are under the absolute control of a female authority".[103]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ An adult mayfly's life span is very short, ranging from 37 minutes to a few hours. The insect belongs to the order Ephemeroptera; this word derives from the Ancient Greek word ephemeros, which translates to "lasting for a day".[7]
  2. ^ According to Kes, Ocampa go through a fertile period between the ages of four and five.[51] She is one year old in "Elogium"[51] and turns two in "Twisted", two episodes later.[52] By "Darkling", which aired the following season, Kes is three years old.[53]
  3. ^ Star Trek novels are not considered canon, and information from them can be contradicted and superseded by the Star Trek shows and films.[66] David Alan Mack, a longtime writer of Star Trek books, said that the tie-ins were not considered canon and must be consistent with canonical materials.[67]
  4. ^ The Nacene are a species of aliens that include the Caretaker and Suspiria, who are shown in "Caretaker" and "Cold Fire", respectively.[55]
  5. ^ Prior to Lien being taken off Star Trek: Voyager, Grace Lee Whitney was removed from Star Trek: The Original Series, Gates McFadden from Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Terry Farrell from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.[82]
  6. ^ In "Elogium", Captain Kathryn Janeway compares Kes's fertile period to humans going through puberty.[51]

References[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Poe 1998, p. 155.
  2. ^ a b c Poe 1998, p. 208.
  3. ^ Robinson & Wright 2020, p. 10.
  4. ^ a b c Robinson & Wright 2020, p. 97.
  5. ^ a b Poe 1998, pp. 176–177.
  6. ^ a b Poe 1998, p. 199.
  7. ^ Lancaster & Downes 2013, pp. 9–10.
  8. ^ a b Poe 1998, p. 189.
  9. ^ Poe 1998, p. 191.
  10. ^ Poe 1998, p. 134.
  11. ^ Poe 1998, p. 206.
  12. ^ Gross & Altman 1995, p. 351.
  13. ^ a b Poe 1998, p. 273.
  14. ^ Gross & Altman 1996, p. 156.
  15. ^ Poe 1998, p. 232.
  16. ^ a b c d DeCandido 2020.
  17. ^ Poe 1998, pp. 295–296.
  18. ^ a b c Patel Jr. 2000.
  19. ^ Poe 1998, p. 303.
  20. ^ Robinson & Wright 2020, p. 200.
  21. ^ a b Harrisson 2018.
  22. ^ Lee 2020, pp. 91–92.
  23. ^ a b c Ruditis 2003, p. 146.
  24. ^ Robinson & Wright 2020, pp. 98–99.
  25. ^ Gross & Altman 1996, pp. 159–160.
  26. ^ a b c d e Robinson & Wright 2020, p. 91.
  27. ^ Robinson & Wright 2020, pp. 97–98.
  28. ^ a b Ruditis 2003, pp. 158–159.
  29. ^ Gross & Altman 1996, p. 134.
  30. ^ Kutzera 1996, p. 80.
  31. ^ Robinson & Wright 2020, p. 57.
  32. ^ a b c Gross & Altman 1996, p. 157.
  33. ^ a b Robinson & Wright 2020, p. 99.
  34. ^ a b c Robinson & Wright 2020, p. 101.
  35. ^ a b c The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek 2022, 28:44—31:00: A segment focused on Lien's removal from Star Trek: Voyager.
  36. ^ Robinson & Wright 2020, p. 100.
  37. ^ Ruditis 2003, p. 191.
  38. ^ Deggans 1997, p. 5F; Owen 1997, p. 5; Ruditis 2003, p. 191
  39. ^ Robinson & Wright 2020, p. 16.
  40. ^ Belcher 1997, p. 6.
  41. ^ Mietkiewicz 1997a, p. B10.
  42. ^ Deggans 1997, p. 5F.
  43. ^ "Braving the Unknown: Season Four" 2004, 5:57—6:23: An interview about Lien's removal from Voyager in its fourth season.
  44. ^ Robinson & Wright 2020, pp. 94–95.
  45. ^ a b c d e f g h DeCandido 2021b.
  46. ^ Lien 2010.
  47. ^ Okuda, Okuda & Mirek 2011.
  48. ^ a b "Caretaker" 1995.
  49. ^ "Parallax" 1995.
  50. ^ "Phage" 1995.
  51. ^ a b c d "Elogium" 1995.
  52. ^ "Twisted" 1995.
  53. ^ a b "Darkling" 1997.
  54. ^ "Parturition" 1995.
  55. ^ a b c "Cold Fire" 1995.
  56. ^ "Time and Again" 1995.
  57. ^ "Persistence of Vision" 1995.
  58. ^ "Warlord" 1996.
  59. ^ "Sacred Ground" 1996.
  60. ^ "Before and After" 1997.
  61. ^ "Scorpion, Part I" 1997.
  62. ^ "The Gift" 1997.
  63. ^ "Fury" 2000.
  64. ^ Ayers 2006, Information cited to the following chapter: "Overture: Star Trek Fiction: Then and Now".
  65. ^ a b c Ayers 2006, Information cited to the following chapter: "Section 7: Star Trek: Voyager: Numbered Novels".
  66. ^ Ward 2012.
  67. ^ Britt 2021.
  68. ^ Ayers 2006, Information cited to the following chapter: "Section 10: Novelizations".
  69. ^ a b c Ayers 2006, Information cited to the following chapter: "Section 8: Star Trek: Voyager: Unnumbered Novels".
  70. ^ a b c Ayers 2006, Information cited to the following chapter: "Section 13: Anthologies.
  71. ^ a b Heldenfels 1997, p. B8.
  72. ^ Pennington 2001, p. F2.
  73. ^ Harrisson 2013; Hughes 2015; Mietkiewicz 1997b, p. D2; Pritchard 2017
  74. ^ Owen 1997, p. 5.
  75. ^ Mietkiewicz 1997b, p. D2.
  76. ^ Harrisson 2013; Heldenfels 1997, p. B8; Hughes 2015; Mietkiewicz 1997b, p. D2; Owen 1997, p. 5; Pennington 2001, p. F2; Pritchard 2017
  77. ^ Hughes 2015.
  78. ^ Pritchard 2017.
  79. ^ Barrett & Barrett 2016, p. 172; Bonko 1997; Patrizio 2004
  80. ^ Bonko 1997.
  81. ^ Patrizio 2004.
  82. ^ a b Barrett & Barrett 2016, p. 172.
  83. ^ a b c Weyer 2018.
  84. ^ a b DeCandido 2021a.
  85. ^ Lee 2020, pp. 93–94.
  86. ^ Andrews 2016.
  87. ^ Harrisson 2023; Ospina 2014; Ulster 2020; Wrigley 2022, p. 422
  88. ^ Ospina 2014.
  89. ^ Ulster 2020.
  90. ^ a b Wrigley 2022, p. 422.
  91. ^ a b Harrisson 2023.
  92. ^ Storm 1995, p. E6.
  93. ^ a b Consalvo 2004, p. 202.
  94. ^ Consalvo 2004, p. 185.
  95. ^ Lee 2020, pp. 83–84.
  96. ^ Lee 2020, pp. 85–87.
  97. ^ Lee 2020, p. 83.
  98. ^ Lee 2020, pp. 91–93.
  99. ^ Garcia-Siino 2022, p. 49.
  100. ^ a b Dove-Viebahn 2007, p. 606.
  101. ^ a b Lee 2020, pp. 90–91.
  102. ^ a b Gymnich 2005, pp. 68–70.
  103. ^ a b Tembo 2020, pp. 23–24.

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