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10 Best Tom Paris Star Trek: Voyager Episodes

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• Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres' romantic relationship on Star Trek: Voyager was hinted at as early as season 1, showcasing their chemistry and potential for a future romance.
• Despite initial tension and limited interactions in the early seasons, Tom and B'Elanna became Voyager's most stable couple, providing the show with a much-needed romantic element.
• Unlike other Star Trek couples, Tom and B'Elanna's relationship was a success story, as they ended the series happily married with a child.

Star Trek: Voyager set up Tom Paris' (Robert Duncan McNeill) greatest romance as early as season 1. Tom was the USS Voyager's helmsman and occasional medic, initially recruited by Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) to help track down the Maquis ship she was on a mission to find in Voyager 's pilot episode. After Voyager became stranded in the Delta Quadrant, Janeway promoted Tom to Lieutenant, and he became a valued member of the crew and experienced substantial character growth and change over the course of Voyager's journey home.

One of the biggest ways Tom changed during Voyager 's seven seasons was his attitude towards romance and women. Initially a notorious ladies' man, Tom ended up as one half of Voyager 's only long-term couple. The other half was B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson), Voyager's half-Klingon Engineer and a former member of the Maquis. Tom and B'Elanna's relationship didn't fully materialize until season 4, but although the two weren't exactly set up as a couple from the start, the seeds of their later relationship were actually planted very early on.

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Voyager Set Up Tom And B’Elanna’s Romance As Early As Season 1

Voyager season 1 , episode 14, "Faces," provided the first hint at Tom and B'Elanna's chemistry, even though it would be nearly three more seasons before romance was officially on the table. During "Faces," Tom and B'Elanna were captured by the Vidiians. In an attempt to determine if B'Elanna's Klingon DNA was resistant to the Phage, the Vidiians ended up splitting B'Elanna into two separate people, one fully Klingon and the other fully human. Although Tom and the Klingon B'Elanna barely interacted, he and her human version shared a lot of screen time and provided the first look at their future relationship.

"Faces" was the first time Tom and B'Elanna had interacted much, and right from the start, their chemistry was evident. The two shared several heart-to-heart talks over the course of the episode, with B'Elanna divulging some hard truths about her childhood and Tom encouraging her to not give up when she was experiencing nearly paralyzing fear as a result of their situation. Although there was no overt romantic tension between the two, "Faces" absolutely showed the potential Tom and B'Elanna had. The episode ended up being an important one for their relationship and clearly telegraphs where the couple was headed when looked at retroactively.

Tom And B’Elanna Were Voyager’s Most Stable Couple (Despite Early Tension)

One of the reasons Tom and B'Elanna's relationship on Voyager seemed to happen quickly was because the two characters had relatively few interactions in early seasons of the show. On top of this, many of Tom and B'Elanna's early interactions were not positive. One of their earliest exchanges involved B'Elanna calling Tom a "pig" after being the recipient of a sexist remark from a holodeck character he'd created. Outside of this, seasons 1-3 of Voyager generally focused on Tom and B'Elanna's relationships with other characters on the show, not often pairing the two together for episodes.

However, when Tom and B'Elanna's relationship did materialize, they quickly became Voyager 's most stable couple. The show wasn't a particularly romantic series to begin with, and other early couples within Voyager 's main cast of characters , like Neelix (Ethan Phillips) and Kes (Jennifer Lien), didn't last long for a variety of reasons. In later seasons, however, Tom and B'Elanna became the romantic element that Voyager needed , and their relationship is one of the Star Trek franchise's few romance success stories. Star Trek couples often don't end up working out, but by the time Star Trek: Voyager ended, Tom and B'Elanna were happily married with a child.

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Tom and B'Elanna's Wedding

Discussion in ' Star Trek: Voyager ' started by hux , Jan 11, 2016 .

Would you have liked to have seen a full wedding episode?

Yes, i'm a romantic fool., no, i have nothing but bile and darkness in my soul..

hux Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

We never actually got to see it. We just saw the proposal (note: Paris thought they were going to explode ). Then at the end of the episode, we see the Delta flyer with "Just Married" written on the back. So they found the time to show us the biomimetic imposter wedding in Course: Oblivion but couldn't be bothered showing us the actual wedding? Didn't even re-use some of the footage from that fake wedding. So who was best man? (surely Harry). Who got drunk and embarrassed themselves? (surely Seven). Did the captain officiate? Who caught the bouquet? And so on and so forth. Would you have liked to have had a proper wedding episode?  

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I think they probably showed up in Janeway's office all disheveled from their recent adventure and said "We want to get married NOW." She would have tried to put them off but they would have been insistent. She would then call in all the Bridge crew to serve as witnesses and that would be that. Neelix would insist on throwing a party, the Doctor may or may not have been happy...Seven and Tuvok would stand to the side looking slightly amused by it all. Harry would be crying. But to answer the question it would have been nice to see but I would like to have seen it done differently than the copies in Course Oblivion.  

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Considering where STAR TREK was at the time, I seriously doubt the audience would've seen their wedding get out of hand, as such. And wedding episodes can so easily turn sappy. As much of a cheat as it was, I probably would've agreed, from a production point of view, to not show the wedding, because of those limitations. Even showing women getting all animalistic and knocking eachother over to catch the bouquet was unthinkable, because this is STAR TREK and Starfleet and whatever other leash you'd want to put on there. But from a fandom point of view, I would've liked to have seen some of the wedding, sure ...  

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I don't mind an episode beginning with a wedding or concluding in one. I don't want an episode about a wedding though. Data's Day just needed to be done once. I'm grateful we were spared the "the weddings off and, no, she won't change her mind" routine. But this is the thing about Voyager for me. They strangled time travel so much, punched a hole where the reset button used to be - so much so that it's sometimes hard to know what these characters got up to. Until the OP I wasn't 100% sure whether they actually got married or not, whether it was the duplicates or in some timeline that was promptly erased...etc.  

I hate that they turned B'Elanna from a ballsy, independent woman into a nagging... where is this relationship going... fishwife. But a wedding episode (with a self-aware gaseous anomaly or an amusing time warp) would have been a laugh.  

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With Naomi and Neelix as bridesmaids.....  

hux said: ↑ I hate that they turned B'Elanna from a ballsy, independent woman into a nagging... where is this relationship going... fishwife. But a wedding episode (with a self-aware gaseous anomaly or an amusing time warp) would have been a laugh. Click to expand...

stardream said: ↑ You mean an unhappy angry women with low self esteem and with little to no self acceptance? YMMV of course. When did she nag about the relationship? The only episode I can think of off hand is DRIVE and that was only for a couple of scenes. Click to expand...

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It would have been nice but they did kind of have a wedding, in Course Obvilion. Not technically Tom and B'Elanna but still. It was a lovely ceremony. Maybe they weren't the "wedding types." I'm a sucker for weddings  

hux said: ↑ Seriously? Her whole arc for me was one of becoming conventional and eventually even someone who was quite weak. I never saw her that way until after she started seeing Tom. She was the one who butted heads with Janeway and had left-field ideas for dealing with situations. The arrival of Seven admittedly took that role away from and she slowly morphed into a mentally unstable, needy wife. It was established early on that her Klingon side was pivotal in her strength. So much so that we had the ridiculous "Faces" episode where human B'Elanna is weak, pathetic and scared. Why? Are other humans weak, pathetic and scared? Was Picard, Janeway, Sisko? They nail her strength to her Klingon half. I never sensed any such lack of self-acceptance or self-esteem until it was pushed on her later in the show. She eventually turns into a woman who has a mental health breakdown then again when she tries to resequence her baby's appearance. That was not the woman I saw in the first two seasons. Click to expand...

Well to be fair, the new directions everyone went in were primarily due to Seven's arrival. Everyone suffered with the exception of Janeway and the Doctor. Chakotay got the worst of it while Tom, B'Elanna and Harry became a kind of Voyager B-team (I wish there'd been a character called Dick). I'm certain had Seven not arrived, B'Elanna would have maintained the role as the strong female character who butts heads with Janeway. Once Seven took that role though, her relationship with Tom took precedence. I did enjoy it a lot at the beginning but felt she lost something as it went along. I would have liked to have heard Harry's best man speech. " Tom's first girlfriend was an Andorian. He dumped her because he was sick of feeling blue every night ." Click to expand...

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Hux> It's actually not surprising as she's very insecure with who she is according to Barge of the Dead and the daddy abandonment flashbacks. This begs the question, Was she ever confident? Or compensating with bad attitude? Oh, and no. I'd rather see an elopement of sorts. On the fly. I didn't like the wedding scene.  

Catarina said: ↑ Hux> It's actually not surprising as she's very insecure with who she is according to Barge of the Dead and the daddy abandonment flashbacks. This begs the question, Was she ever confident? Or compensating with bad attitude? Oh, and no. I'd rather see an elopement of sorts. On the fly. I didn't like the wedding scene. Click to expand...

:eyeroll: As you wish. hux said: ↑ You need to quote me from now on Cat so that I can get one of those red alert thingys in the top right corner. It's the only excitement I get these days. I need the red alert thingy. I need it! Click to expand...

Hux did you vote on your own poll? Are you a hopeless romantic? I said dark honestly. Divorce jades me :P  

Kilana2 said: ↑ With Naomi and Neelix as bridesmaids..... Click to expand...

You just haven't met the right hux yet, that's all.  

hux said: ↑ You just haven't met the right hux yet, that's all. Click to expand...

Catarina said: ↑ Hux did you vote on your own poll? Are you a hopeless romantic? I said dark honestly. Divorce jades me :P Click to expand...

Yup, I was notified. But I'm not notified of likes, I just see them in my profile info which can be seen on any page. I don't watch threads so I don't know the answer to that.  

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Lieutenant Junior Grade B'Elanna Torres (also known as B'Elanna Paris ) is a hybrid Human / Klingon . She is best known for her tenure as the Chief Engineer of the U.S.S. Voyager when the ship was lost in the Delta Quadrant during the 24th Century . She is also the wife of Captain Tom Paris and mother of the U.S.S. Kirk 's head of security Miral Paris .

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B'Elanna was born in 2349 on the planet Kessik IV to a Klingon mother ( Miral ), and Human father ( John Torres ); her parents' relationship did not last however and B'Elanna was raised mainly by her mother from the age of five years.

In 2366, B'Elanna attended Starfleet Academy , but dropped out two years later.

In 2371, B'Elanna was a member of a Maquis cell under Chakotay , operating out of the Badlands . That same year, members of Chakotay's Maquis group along with the Federation starship U.S.S. Voyager were stranded 70,000 light years in the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker . In order to survive, both groups agreed to join together as part of Voyager' s crew, with Torres becoming the ship's Chief Engineer.

In 2377, B'Elanna marries fellow Voyager crewmember Tom Paris ; the two give birth to Miral Paris the following year just as they manage to return home to Earth .

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• The cutscene where B'Elanna appears is based on a scene from the Star Trek: Voyager episode Deadlock .
• In Episode #207 of the Priority One Podcast, Lead Designer Al Rivera confirmed that veteran STO voice actress Lani Minella, not Roxann Dawson , provided the voice for B'Elanna Torres in the cutscene.
• The consumable item Banana Pancakes is based on B'Elanna's favorite childhood food.

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From the moment she debuted on Star Trek: Voyager , B’Elanna Torres ( Roxann Dawson ) became a unique addition to the franchise. The half-Klingon-half-human former Maquis rebel was serving as the chief engineer aboard the Maquis ship Val Jean when the ship was pulled into the Badlands and stranded in the Delta Quadrant. After the Val Jean was destroyed, B’Elanna, along with the rest of the Maquis, were absorbed into the crew of the USS Voyager.

With her quick temper and no-nonsense attitude, B'Elanna chafed against Starfleet's rules even while performing her duties as an exemplary Chief Engineer. Over the course of seven seasons, she struggled with the anger that stemmed from how she was treated because of her mixed heritage, her insecurities about her relationships, and her place in Starfleet. B’Elanna’s journey to self-acceptance has resonated with many fans and is one of the best parts of the show. It’s been 20 years since Star Trek: Voyager ended, and this is a great time to appreciate one of the more nuanced characters in the franchise.

To celebrate B’Elanna Torres, we present one episode from each season of Star Trek: Voyager that showcases the many facets of her character.

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Season 1, Episode 14: “Faces”

This is the B’Elanna Torres episode that introduces the layers and characterization we’ve come to love about the character. While on an away mission, B’Elanna and her team are captured by an alien species called the Vidiians. This species suffers from the devastating Phage and has developed superior medical skills that they use to split B’Elanna into two people – one fully human and one fully Klingon. B’Elanna’s life-long identity struggle becomes a literal battle when she’s facing herself.

"Faces" was the fourteenth episode in the first season, and it didn’t pull any punches. This was a poignant look at the struggles faced by many people from minority communities. Whether you’re of mixed race, part of the diaspora, or as in my case, struggling to belong in your own home country, B’Elanna’s sense of self, as well as her self-loathing brought on by years of bullying and racism, remains a relevant topic over two decades later.

Season 2, Episode 13: “Prototype”

Star Trek: Voyager is often criticized for its poor writing , and there are some valid arguments to back that claim. However, the show never shied away from being thought-provoking. In "Prototype," we see B’Elanna Torres work her engineering magic to bring a sentient robot to life. However, this exciting new discovery turns sour when the robot’s ulterior motives prove deadly.

B’Elanna is faced with a difficult decision in this episode, and it echoes society's ongoing conversation around the militarization of technology. She is captured by the robot who wants her to build his army. To protect Voyager, B’Elanna creates a prototype that she is proud of, but its existence not only goes against the Prime Directive, but could tip the scales in a devastating war. The episode leaves us wondering, "What would we do in B’Elanna’s shoes?"

Season 3, Episode 16: “Blood Fever”

A Vulcan ensign Vorik ( Alexander Enberg ) undergoes pon farr (the Vulcan mating cycle that happens every seven years) and decides B’Elanna must be his partner. When a mind-meld goes wrong, B’Elanna starts experiencing the same chemical imbalances as Vorik, except she’s got her eyes on someone else.

If you were ever a hormonal teenager, "Blood Fever" got you hot under the collar. This episode subverts some of the gendered romantic tropes we’re used to seeing in pop culture, as B’Elanna is the romantic aggressor in this episode, while her object of desire, Lieutenant Tom Paris ( Robert Duncan McNeill ), has to fend off her advances. The episode manages to balance the subject of latent feelings and consent while creating the foundation for one of Star Trek ’s greatest, underappreciated romances. You also have to hand it to the Star Trek: Voyager writers, who resolved the tense situation by letting B’Elanna herself, instead of any of the male characters, participate in the ritual fight against Vorik herself.

Season 4, Episode 3: “Day of Honor”

Klingon fever is in the air as it’s the Day of Honor, a Klingon tradition involving self-reflection, and this year, B’Elanna has promised to observe it. Except, she has the worst day ever. Everything goes wrong: She oversleeps, has to work with her archnemesis Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ), ends up dumping the warp core, and then her and Tom’s shuttle is destroyed, leaving the two of them adrift in space with punctured space suits and fast-diminishing oxygen supplies. Some Day of Honor B’Elanna’s having!

This is a quintessential Star Trek episode, but also a character study. How many characters can face so many figurative beatdowns and still get back up? B’Elanna is resilient, and you feel for her with every defeat. Yet, there’s a win in the end. B’Elanna finally reveals to Tom how she feels about him, which sets her on the path to accepting that she’s worthy of love and friendship.

Season 5, Episode 20: “Juggernaut”

B’Elanna and Neelix ( Ethan Phillips ) join a Malon crew to repair their toxic ship before it explodes and takes Voyager with it. Tensions are high, as the Malon homeworld creates masses of radioactive waste which they dump in unsuspecting areas of the quadrant. On top of that, there are whispers of a boogeyman haunting the Malon ship. B’Elanna’s temper is short; she’s been dealing with personal losses, the ship is disgusting and they’re on a deadline before the radiation affects them. More than that, B’Elanna can’t abide this species’ ignorant policies.

This episode is a tough watch; while the horror aspect is entertaining, B’Elanna’s choice near the end of the episode is hard to digest. She’s left with a Catch-22 situation of either losing her life or her soul — which one should she choose? Even after numerous rewatches, you’ll still find yourself wanting to console B’Elanna and wishing she’d forgive herself for her actions. I definitely do.

Season 6, Episode 3: “Barge of the Dead”

And speaking of souls, in “Barge of the Dead,” B’Elanna must contend with how she’s "dishonored" her heritage during a near-death experience. B’Elanna is certain that because of her ignorance and hatred of her Klingon beliefs, she has damned her mother, Miral ( Karen Austin ), to Gre'thor , the Klingon Hell. She enters a comatose state to revisit the Barge of the Dead and complete several Klingon rituals in an effort to save her mother.

The core message of the episode is to stop fighting who you are, and it’s an essential step in B’Elanna’s journey to self-acceptance. Her attitude towards her heritage changes from this point forward, and she definitely embraces her Klingon side more, if not wholeheartedly. This episode also includes this epic line of dialogue that can’t be missed: "You! Kahless! The tooth fairy! Anybody who will tell me what I am supposed to do!"

Season 7, Episode 3: “Drive”

By Season 7, Tom and B’Elanna are a well-established couple, but their relationship isn’t without its pitfalls, many of which come to the fore in "Drive." Tom is head over heels in love with B’Elanna, but she is still unsure of being in a committed relationship, and finds it challenging to put herself and her happiness first. When Tom gets the opportunity to represent Voyager in a space race, he scuppers B’Elanna’s plans for a romantic holodeck getaway in favor of the race.

In this episode, we get the chance to view this science-fiction romance through a realistic lens. Are Tom and B’Elanna just too different to belong together? And do those differences mean they’re a mok'tah – a bad match? The key to their success is simple: they just need to communicate.

Selecting just seven episodes to represent the complex and compelling character that is B’Elanna Torres was not an easy task. But this is an essential highlight reel to understand why B’Elanna still endures as a favorite Star Trek character.

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Star Trek Voyager: 4 best B’Elanna Torres episodes

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Roxann Dawson starred as B’Elanna Torres in Star Trek: Voyager.

It’s Roxann Dawson’s birthday! Many fans will remember her as the half-human, half-Klingon named B’Elanna Torres. Dawson played B’Elanna for all seven seasons during Star Trek: Voyager’s run and had a brilliant run on the show.

She started off as a Maquis member, serving alongside Chakotay on the same ship that would get stranded in the Delta Quadrant alongside Voyager. Over time she’d work her way up to be Chief of Engineering and would have some amazing storylines.

Being a daughter of both humanity and Klingon alike, her struggle to understand who she is and how she fits with not just the crew of Voyager but her own home life made her one of the more outstanding characters on the series.

Because of this, we’re looking at the four best episodes that featured her.

These are the four best episodes of Voyager featuring B’Elanna Torres

Barge of the dead (season 6, episode 3).

The episode opens with B’Elanna technically dying and finding herself on the Barge of the Dead, heading to the Klingon version of hell, because she dishonored her Klingon heritage. This means her mother must take her place in Gre’thor (hell). She’s ultimately saved but it’s put back into a medically induced coma to try and save her mother. It’s a non-stop tug at the heartstrings as B’Elanna tries to find a way to reconcile with her mother, even though what B’Elanna is experiencing may not entirely be real.

Faces (season 1, episode 14)

In the first few seasons, B’Elanna wasn’t really sure how she felt about being half-Klingon and in this episode, got to find out what it was like to not be anymore. The Vidiians show up and genetically separate B’Elanna, Superman III style, with one half being human, the other half being Klingon. At the end, she realizes she needs her Klingon half for a variety of reasons, but mostly because she didn’t feel like herself otherwise (and she’d, you know, die, and stuff). It’s a wonderful episode about accepting yourself, and it’s worth a watch.

Day of Honor (season 4, episode 3)

B’Elanna is having a terrible, rotten, no good, very bad day in Day of Honor. The title of the episode is taken from a sacred Klingon holiday that B’Elanna is indifferent about. After a run-in with an alien race, Voyager is forced to eject its warp core and Tom Paris and B’Elanna go after it in a shuttle. The aliens destroy the shuttle and Tom and B’Elanna are left floating in space with only their EV suits to protect them. While on the brink of death, something happens that’s a huge turning point for the two.

Drive (season 7, episode 3)

Yeah, the third episode usually went to B’Elanna based stories, who knew? This one is simple, B’Elanna feels that she and Paris will only ever be “fun-buddies” and she wants more from him. She thinks he won’t commit so she plans to break up with him. On the flip side, Paris enters an intergalactic drag race of sorts with the Delta Flyer and B’Elanna is enlisted to be his co-pilot. Eventually, they get to the root of the problem and the episode ends in a rather surprising fashion.

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“In 'Day of Honor,' the truth finally comes out when Tom and B’Elanna are stranded in space — like, really stranded, without a ship. As their oxygen runs out and Tom begins to lose consciousness, B’Elanna makes a confession: 'I love you.' There really is no backdrop more romantic than the stars, but it’s a good thing Voyager shows up immediately afterward to beam them aboard.” — 13 Of Star Trek's Most Romantic Moments, Ranked

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Tom and B'Elanna are overjoyed about their coming child; however, B'Elanna soon starts to have unpleasant flashbacks about her difficult childhood. Tom and B'Elanna are overjoyed about their coming child; however, B'Elanna soon starts to have unpleasant flashbacks about her difficult childhood. Tom and B'Elanna are overjoyed about their coming child; however, B'Elanna soon starts to have unpleasant flashbacks about her difficult childhood.

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Along with the coming of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and the disappointing cancellation of Star Trek: Lower Decks, there are a lot of questionable decisions that are being made behind the scenes about the sci-fi franchise these days. But regardless of where the films or TV series go, you can rest assured that right now, the best Star Trek series isn’t found on the screen, but in IDW’s comics. Among the best of what the company has to offer there’s the flagship title Star Trek and its spinoff Star Trek: Defiant.

Premiering in 2022, IDW’s Star Trek comics are written by the duo of Colin Kelly and Jackson Lanzig with a rotating art team. The comic sees the return of Captain Ben Sisko of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to the material world at the behest of the Prophets who task him with finding and stopping a villain who is hunting down all the more godlike beings of the galaxy (e.g., the Prophets, Q, the Crystalline Entities).

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Spinning out of the flagship title are the Star Trek: Defiant comics, written by Christopher Cantwell with art by Angel Unzueta. Worf captains another both unique and familiar crew, acting as an officially unofficial clandestine arm of Starfleet.

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IDW’s Star Trek comics are unique–even among Trek comic adaptations–because while they may not officially be considered canonical, they nevertheless work within the canon and at the same time deliver stories that would be almost impossible in most mediums.

The crew of the Theseus in the Star Trek comics, for example, are pulled from almost every corner of the franchise.

Set between the events of 1998’s Star Trek: Insurrection and 2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis, the Theseus heroes nevertheless include characters from Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: The Original Series, and even Lower Decks.

Data (still alive before the events of Nemesis) and Beverly Crusher are borrowed from TNG, Tom Paris of Voyager is the Theseus helmsman, and Montgomery Scott–possible because of his trip to the 24th century in the TNG episode “Relics”–is the chief engineer.

For a time, the fierce Shaxs of Lower Decks is a part of the crew, and even the prequel series Star Trek: Enterprise gets a nod with the inclusion of Lily Sato–a half human, half Andorian descendant of Enterprise‘s Hoshi Sato.

And it all makes sense. Every single one of those characters is alive and–thanks to the Voyager finale–in the Alpha Quadrant during that time.

But unfortunately with all of the actors who portrayed these characters either much older or no longer with us, this isn’t a story you could tell in a live-action film or TV show without recasting, widespread digital de-aging and/or grotesque CGI puppetry.

The Star Trek: Defiant comics have a similar crew, and like the one from the flagship title, they all make sense. Thanks to Vulcan longevity, Spock is a member of Worf’s crew, as is the Bajoran Ro, and B’Elanna Torres of Voyager. Other Trek characters working briefly for Worf include Data’s evil twin Lore, the reformed Borg Hugh, and even Tasha Yar’s half-Romulan daughter Sela.

Other Old… Friends?

The specific time IDW’s Star Trek comics are set in also allow for guest appearances from other characters in the franchise, without making their arrivals feel like pure fan service. Examples include Admiral Janeway of Voyager, Admiral Jellico (possibly the single most hated Enterprise captain ever), and Commander Liam Shaw of Star Trek: Picard Season 3 fame.

Giving What The Series Couldn’t Or Wouldn’t

Another gift of IDW’s Star Trek comics is that they offer the chance to show things the series couldn’t or wouldn’t show.

For example, one of the most pivotal episodes of Deep Space Nine is the Season 3 finale “The Adversary,” in which a Changeling infiltrates the crew of the Defiant and tries to use the ship to reignite war between the Federation and the Tzenkethi.

But one of the most frustrating aspects of the story is that while it tells us there was previously a destructive conflict with the Tzenekethi, we never see them or even really learn much about them other than the fact that they once fought the Federation.

“Glass and Bone,” one of the most recent Star Trek comic arcs, fixes that for us. Spoilers–the Tzenkethi are giant lizard people.

Likewise, one of the most blatantly dangling plotlines of TNG is the utter disappearance of the gross bug creatures of “Conspiracy”–the Season 1 finale which strongly hinted at their eventual return. Since they never made it back in the show, the Star Trek: Defiant comics bring them back in its most recent arc, “Hell Is Only a Word.”

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Miral Paris

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Miral Paris was the Human / Klingon hybrid daughter of Lieutenants junior grade Thomas Eugene Paris and B'Elanna Torres , officers aboard the Federation starship USS Voyager . She was the granddaughter of Admiral Owen Paris , John Torres , and Miral .

• 2 Alternate timeline
• 3.1 Appearances
• 3.2 Background information
• 3.3 Apocrypha
• 3.4 External links

History [ ]

A hologram of an infant Miral

She was born in the year 2378 on stardate 54973.4, the second of two children born aboard Voyager , the first being Naomi Wildman , daughter of Voyager officer Ensign Samantha Wildman six years earlier . Miral was born just before Voyager reached Earth after a long journey home from the Delta Quadrant , delivered as Voyager traveled through a Borg transwarp conduit . She was named after B'Elanna Torres' mother Miral . ( VOY : " Endgame ", " Author, Author ")

Shortly after discovering she was pregnant , B'Elanna became unsettled, remembering how her Klingon heritage had made her a subject of ridicule growing up, and, she felt, had been part of the reason her father had left the family. As a result, B'Elanna wanted to have Miral undergo gene therapy in utero , and even sabotaged The Doctor 's program to have him do so, but ultimately Tom helped her to come to terms with her insecurities. Later, after reversing the alterations to The Doctor, Torres asked The Doctor to be the baby's godfather , to which he elatedly accepted. ( VOY : " Lineage ")

Miral was considered by a sect of Klingons to be the Kuvah'magh , the chosen one to lead the Klingon Empire back to glory, even though she was only ¼ Klingon. This may have been the case, for her ¾ Human genome was able to cure a rare Klingon disease known as nehret . When Captain Kohlar left Voyager for his new home , he gave Torres his great-grandfather 's antique bat'leth as a gift for Miral. ( VOY : " Prophecy ")

Alternate timeline [ ]

Ensign Miral Paris in an alternate 25th century timeline

In an alternate timeline in which it took Voyager twenty-three years to get home, Miral had joined Starfleet , and had become an ensign by 2404 . She had been sent on a six-month mission by Admiral Kathryn Janeway to negotiate an exchange with Korath – his prototype chrono deflector in exchange for a place with the Klingon High Council . She succeeded as far as Korath agreeing to the exchange, but only with Admiral Janeway in person. Janeway traveled to meet them, then dismissed Miral, saying that she should spend some time with her parents. Miral was fiercely protective of Janeway, threatening to break the arm of two Klingons who accused Janeway of being disrespectful. This made Janeway chuckle and comment that Miral was "her mother's daughter". ( VOY : " Endgame ")

Appendices [ ]

Appearances [ ].

• " Lineage " (hologram)
• " Endgame "

Background information [ ]

Miral's first appearance in the episode " Lineage " was computer-generated ; the newborn Miral in " Endgame " was played by siblings Carolyn and Mathew Corley .

The adult Miral was played by Lisa LoCicero , with " Endgame "'s script notes describing her as " Attractive, in her mid-twenties, she's the daughter of Tom and B'Elanna. One quarter Klingon, she has slight ridges on her forehead and wears a Tactical uniform. " Although the character did not receive a first name on-screen, as she was only addressed as "Ensign Paris" in an alternate timeline, she was named "Ensign Miral Paris" in the same script notes. This script notation hearkens back to the episode, " Author, Author ", in which Tom Paris and B'Elanna told her father they were considering the name "Miral". The same script also settles doubt as to the child's last name raised by B'Elanna in the closing moments of " Drive ". While on their hastily-arranged honeymoon , B'Elanna suggested, perhaps in jest, that it be Tom who gave up his last name to become "Tom Torres". In settling on "Miral Paris" in the "Endgame" script, the writers confirmed that this did not come to pass.

Another possible name for this character was suggested in " Prophecy ", where " Kuvah'magh " was seriously contemplated.

Apocrypha [ ]

In the Voyager novels set after the end of the series (including Homecoming , The Farther Shore , and the Spirit Walk duology), B'Elanna and Tom took her to Boreth to look for her namesake. B'Elanna and Miral stayed on the planet when Tom returned to duty aboard Voyager as Chakotay's new first officer. In Full Circle , Miral was kidnapped by a Klingon religious group in order to protect her. When found by B'Elanna and Tom, B'Elanna and Miral faked their deaths, and their names showed up on a casualty list from Sector 22093 after the Borg attacks in A Singular Destiny , although they eventually met up with Voyager and a slipstream-capable fleet in the Delta Quadrant when the ship returned to meet up with its old contacts. In The Eternal Tide , as part of his last actions before sacrificing himself to save the universe, Q junior undoes Miral's destiny by arranging for the religious group hunting her to have died during the Borg's recent invasion of Earth, thus sparing her from the burden of being her people's messiah that she has faced all her life. In A Pocket Full of Lies , she becomes a big sister when her mother gives birth to a son, Michael Owen Paris, named after his grandfathers.

In Star Trek Online , Miral joined Starfleet, graduating from Starfleet Academy in 2402; by 2409, the year the game's story begins, she holds the rank of lieutenant and serves as chief of security aboard the USS Kirk . She is kidnapped by a group of Klingons, led by Ambassador B'Vat, who believe her to be the Kuvah'magh . As the player investigates, they find the Klingons have been experimenting with Miral's genetic code utilizing the skills of Amar Singh, a descendant of Khan Noonien Singh . With the aid of the Guardian of Forever , the player must pursue B'Vat to the year 2270 , where they encounter the original USS Enterprise and face down B'Vat aboard a 25th century Raptor -class vessel given to his past self, a captain in the Klingon Defense Force . At the end of the quest chain, Miral leaves some of her genetic code behind, which allows the Klingons to replicate it and provide a cure for the augment virus which had already ravaged the Klingon people, before returning with the player to the present day.

Miral returned in Season 10, voiced by Lisa LoCicero, the actress who played the adult Miral in "Endgame"; LoCicero also voiced Miral for the earlier missions mentioned above. A year after her kidnapping by B'Vat, Miral has been promoted to lieutenant commander; with the Kirk damaged by the Iconian Herald fleet during the unsuccessful effort to protect the Preserver archive on Lae'nas III, she has been temporarily assigned as captain of the USS Bern as a part of "Delta Flight", an elite team of Federation, Klingon, and Romulan pilots led by her father. [1]

External links [ ]

• Miral Paris at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Miral Paris at the Star Trek Online Wiki
• 1 Daniels (Crewman)
• 3 Calypso (episode)