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trillscienceofficer · 1 year

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yes of course B'Elanna and Seven in canon don't like each other very much but the dynamic of their dislike is

B'Elanna gives Seven a "get out of my Main Engineering" note at the beginning of s4 because Seven doesn't quite get yet that what she's done while she was a drone was wrong and B'Elanna's moral compass can't accept that

Seven immediately becomes weirdly obsessed with B'Elanna and, much like any person who doesn't recognize their own desire to get closer to someone else (which Seven can't given literally everything about her), the best Seven can come up with is trying to get a reaction out of B'Elanna as often as she can, which of course makes B'Elanna very understandably mad

AND YET interspersed into all of this they have all these moments of recognition through the other (derogatory) in which they seem perfectly capable of understanding how the other is thinking, like (but not limited to) B'Elanna saying to Seven "Janeway gave me the same lecture once, when she made me an officer" or Seven immediately recognizing that there's something wrong with B'Elanna in "Extreme Risk" (and not telling the Doctor about it like B'Elanna asked her!)

so what I'm saying is that B7 is many layers of a fucked up cake but it's still delicious and I can never have enough

#and that's that on that #b7 #b'elanna torres #seven of nine #voy #seven after being yelled at once: i must find out everything there is to know about lt torres

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horsechestnut · 5 months

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It's a silly thing, but I love that they started giving B'elanna a little collection of engineering tools in her uniform pocket.

#b'elanna is the nerd with a protractor in her breast pocket #and i love that for her #star trek watch through #b'elanna torres #lt. torres #star trek voyager #st: voy #hope and fear #but honestly season 4 as a whole #this is just when I'm deciding to comment on it

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defconprime · 1 year

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Lt B'Elanna Torres

#b'elanna torres #star trek cards #star trek voyager

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empress-violetlight · 1 year

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For the Star Trek ask game: gosh! I haven’t gone through the list of essential episodes you gave to me yet (but I can’t wait to do so, it’ll be on my short list of to-do’s!) so I still know close to nothing about Star Trek! But I wish I could ask you something in regards to it lol 😆 So I’m going to randomly pick #5 for the ask game. 💙

Okay, I'll try to pick a few. Thanks for the ask!

Star Trek Ask Game

4. favorite character

From each show:

TOS/TAS: Uhura

TNG: Lt. Barkley

DS9: Odo

VOY: B'elanna Torres

ENT: Shran

(I haven't watched enough of DIS to make a decision)

LD: Tendi and T'ana

PRO: Rok-Tahk

SNW: Una

5. favorite species

Overall? The Horta. I love creative, non-humanoid aliens, and the silocon-based Horta are just so interesting, and yet this acid-spewing, living rock is so relatable as well. She's just a mother defending her babies. "Devil in the Dark" is my favourite TOS episode, and I so want to see the Horta again on screen!

As for the more "usual" humanoid aliens, I love the Andorians! They might have technically come first, showing up in TOS, but they weren't really characterized until Enterprise, and they're basically Trek Chiss. Both are blue, come from icy worlds, and have a strong warrior culture, while being more calculating and intelligent than most "strong warrior races" like Klingons. Shran is awesome! (I named a very prominent Chiss OC of mine after him), and we *should* learn a lot more than we have about them and the Tellarites. They're founding members of the Federation as well, just like humans and Vulcans, and they deserve more time in the spotlight.

25. favorite captain-first officer dynamic

Janeway and Chakotay's. I've been shipping them since the 90s. What can I say?

30. favorite plot of the week episode

TNG's "Disaster". I loved how so many characters were thrown outside their comfort zones, yet still came out on top in this episode. Picard's dynamic with the kids, reassuring them as he got them to climb up the turbolift shaft was touching, and Troi managing to take command of the Enterprise was a turning point for her character. I usually don't like O'Brian that much, but I loved how he stood up for Troi against Ensign Ro (imagine an ensign thinking she can tell a Lt. Commander what to do! The nerve!) I liked the ongoing arc in the last two seasons of TNG with Troi beginning to see herself as more than just the councilor, her wearing a real uniform and taking the Commander's test, just becoming more confident with herself and her career in Starfleet, and it really started with this episode.

33. favorite pilot episode

Strange New World's pilot, simply called "Strange New Worlds". I loved how it looked at just how Starfleet would respond when it turns out a pre-warp species got ahold of technology they "shouldn't" have, and it's Starfleet's fault. I think the way Captain Pike handled the situation was pure genius, and it really got me hooked on the series, even if the premise of the show itself ("The Cage" made into an actual series), and favourites from TOS returning wasn't tempting enough! The rest of the 1st season was incredible too, and I can't wait until the next!

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phantom-le6 · 9 months

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Episode Reviews - Star Trek: Voyager Season 6 (2 of 7)

Episode 5: Alice

Plot (as adapted from Wikipedia):

Voyager finds an alien junkyard and trades for supplies with the junk dealer, Abaddon. Ensign Tom Paris discovers a derelict shuttle in the yard and convinces Chakotay to let him bring it aboard and restore it, just as he has been doing with old cars on the holodeck as a hobby. He discovers that the shuttle is equipped with a neural interface. It reads and communicates directly with its pilot's mind, giving it instantaneous manoeuvrability. He tries out the interface and the ship makes a record of his brain patterns.

As time goes on Paris becomes more and more obsessive about restoring and caring for his new shuttle, which he has named Alice. He can even hear "her" speaking to him in his mind. His behaviour becomes more and more strange. He wants to spend time with Alice and no one else. Lt. B'Elanna Torres, Paris’ girlfriend, becomes very concerned about his obsession. He begins to neglect his appearance and duties, looking more tired and frantic as time goes on, and he wears a spacesuit designed for use with Alice instead of his Voyager uniform. When power cells from Voyager's back-up systems go missing, Torres finds them in the cargo bay where Paris fixes Alice. She then sneaks aboard Alice to see what is drawing Paris there so strongly, but the ship springs to life, traps her inside, and shuts off life support.

Paris gets Torres out of the shuttle before she is seriously injured, but soon after that he loses control of his own behaviour. He boards Alice and speeds away from Voyager with her, disappearing from Voyager's sensors. Janeway contacts Abaddon to try to learn more about Alice, and discover that Abaddon too still struggles with his previous encounters with her. From him, they identify that the intelligence behind Alice was trying to head toward a particle fountain, which it called home; the fountain would destroy the craft and its pilot should it get inside. Voyager arrives in time, but find they cannot use weapons to stop the ship without harming Paris, his mind still linked to the ship. Torres uses Voyager's comm system to project herself to Paris via Alice’s neural interface and convince him to return to Voyager, allowing Tuvok to sever the neural link to Alice. Paris is transported back to Voyager moments before Alice is destroyed in the fountain.

Review:

This is another of those Voyager episodes that that tries to be about something and fails. Is it character development? No, because it takes Paris back to being an irresponsible fool like he was at the show’s beginning, and at this stage it’s getting boring and annoying to see that. The character is supposed to have an arc of settling down, getting more responsible, becoming less of a delinquent and maverick, so why are we sitting through a season 6 episode that puts him back to his old ways as if this was still season 1 or 2? Answer, this show is as bad as Fox’s run of X-Men films for story-to-story continuity, and shows how anyone trying to make Trek episodic backfires.

Likewise, is this episode about exploring a certain issue? Possibly, but if it is, it’s not being original. The Borg was set up as a species to stand for the perils of technological obsession, and between the novelisation of Red Dwarf’s Better-Than-Life total immersion video game and the TNG episode “The Game”, we’ve certainly had at least two further sci-fi examples of tech obsession beyond the Borg. Do we really need an episode wherein Paris cheats on B’Elanna with an AI girlfriend? Um, yeah, not really. The fact that there’s barely any background info for this episode on the Trek wiki site Memory Alpha shows how little Trekkies proper must think of this episode, and goodness knows I’m not thinking much of it. 4 out of 10, next episode please.

Episode 6: Riddles

Plot (as given by me):

While returning in the Delta Flyer from a diplomatic mission, Neelix tries to keep himself and Tuvok entertained, with Tuvok not really engaging as usual. Checking the Flyer’s aft section, Tuvok detects a cloaked alien, which attacks him with some kind of energy weapon before fleeing. Neelix sends a mayday to Voyager, which soon retrieves them and the Flyer. Captain Janeway contacts the Kesat, who they just met, to ask if they can shed any light on the attack. A Kesat law enforcement official, Investigator Naroq, explains that the attack fits the profile of the Ba’Neth, a highly xenophobic species who go to such great lengths to remain a secret, most of Kesat society believes they are a myth.

Naroq is assigned to Voyager’s case in hope of proving the existence of the Ba’Neth, while Neelix works with the Doctor to try and bring Tuvok out of his coma. Tuvok does indeed awaken, but neurological trauma from the Ba’Neth weapon has caused various impairments; he has amnesia and has lost many abilities as a result, including the ability to control his emotions. Tuvok then regains his ability to speak, but when confronted with all the things he used to do and no longer can, he lashes out in anger. Ultimately, Seven of Nine points out to Neelix that he can’t succeed by trying to make Tuvok the person he originally was, just as Janeway did not try to restore Seven to what she had been when Seven was freed from the Borg. Instead, Neelix must help Tuvok become someone new.

Seven’s suggestion works and Tuvok begins to feel better, especially when he learns cooking from Neelix, though Tuvok is only interested in making desserts. Tuvok then remembers the cloaking frequency he scanned before he was attacked, drawing it in cake icing. With this new information, Janeway and Naroq are able to confront the Ba’Neth, and trade information on how the Ba’Neth can better hide themselves in exchange for knowledge of the weapon used on Tuvok. This information enables the Doctor to devise a treatment for Tuvok, who is less than thrilled by the idea of returning to his former self. However, Neelix explains that while he has enjoyed the companionship of a more emotionally free Tuvok, neither of them can put what they want above the need Voyager has for its best tactical officer. Tuvok is then treated, but some element of his emotionally liberated self still persists afterwards.

Review:

This is a pretty interesting episode to watch. First of all, B’Elanna actress Roxann Dawson makes her directorial debut with this episode, adding a rare female name to the list of Trek actors who have become directors through their time on a Trek TV show. Second, as Memory Alpha notes, we’re presented with moments that echo the controversial season 2 episode ‘Tuvix’; Tuvok’s superior cooking ability with desserts echoes what Tuvix accomplished in his episode, and Tuvok is as reluctant to go back to his old self as Tuvix was to be split back into Tuvok and Neelix. Indeed, the Tuvok we see for this episode is in some ways his own separate entity to the Tuvok we normally see, and so we’re really seeing another born from an accident, then killed off to maintain the main cast status quo.

What I like about this episode is the moment where Seven corrects Neelix’s methods in how to aid Tuvok. As anyone who has read my reviews and other posts for a while will know, not only am I myself autistic, but I see Tuvok himself as a metaphorical representation of autistic people in some cases, and the same is true for Seven and the Doctor. Now, one could argue that what Tuvok goes through might be a form of autistic burnout couched in the metaphor of an alien attack. The brain has been overloaded, its ability to function impaired, the real-life scenario of autistic burnout caused by trying to act neurotypical for too long and too hard, the Trek metaphor caused by an energy weapon. In the same way that Tuvok’s efforts to be what he was meet with failure due to his neurological damage, an overloaded autistic brain can’t just go back to acting like it can be the same as everyone else. One is impossibly physically, the other is impossible from a mental health standpoint.

The real commonality between these two examples lies in what Seven says; you cannot make someone be what they were or what you want them to be. They have to become whatever it is they are now, and when Neelix does this in the episode, it succeeds. By the same token, society fails neurodiverse people by trying to make us play neurotypical. We’re not neurotypical; never have been, never going to be, and frankly I wouldn’t want to be, because the more I understand how neurotypicals do things, the less appealing I find that notion. To me, neurotypical people have created a pointlessly complex and convoluted society that needs neurodiverse people to come in to highlight why that society must change to more simplistic and direct functionality. That cannot be achieved by trying to force what is neurotypical on the neurodiverse, but by accepting that both sides of the divide have equal value and can benefit from each other.

Given this, the episode then becomes flawed by Tuvok being returned to how he was before, because after all that effort has been put in to accepting a newer, possibly better, Tuvok, all of it gets chucked in the proverbial dustbin. For me, this episode would have been better if we could have seen Tuvok go on dealing with the mental changes and maybe work towards some fusion of old and new Tuvok. Instead, it’s putting the status quo ahead of really taking this point on neurodiversity and running with it. Once again, episodic television and inadvertent ablism trump all else, and so on balance, I can only give this episode 7 out of 10.

Episode 7: Dragon’s Teeth

Plot (as adapted from Wikipedia):

In a city under attack, an alien called Gedrin convinces his nervous wife, Jisa, to enter a stasis chamber and then enters one himself.

Voyager is caught in a “subspace corridor”. A vessel of the Turei species helps Voyager re-enter normal space. When Captain Janeway discovers they have travelled more than 200 light years in a few minutes, she requests that the Turei aid them further, but the Turei insist on wiping Voyager's computers of any information regarding the corridor. When Janeway refuses, the Turei ship attacks and summons reinforcements. Janeway has Voyager land on a nearby planet, shrouded in radiation that prevents the Turei from following them. The crew begins repairs while the Turei remain in orbit.

The planet contains the remains of a civilization that was destroyed nearly 900 years earlier. Detecting lifesigns, Janeway, Lt. Tuvok, and Seven of Nine discover stasis chambers, containing several hundred alien bodies. Seven, without waiting for Janeway's orders, wakes Gedrin. Jisa's body has decomposed and Gedrin mourns the loss of his wife. Recovering aboard Voyager, Gedrin explains that his race, the Vaadwaur, discovered the subspace corridors and were attacked by other races who wished to seize them. He and hundreds of other Vaadwaur, along with their weapons and ships, entered stasis in caverns below the planet's surface, anticipating being revived five years later, but their control equipment was apparently damaged. Gedrin struggles with how much time has passed. The Vaadwaur were familiar with Neelix's species, the Talaxians; Neelix recognizes the term "Vaadwaur" as an old Talaxian word meaning "foolish."

Janeway and Gedrin plan to fight off the Turei and return to the subspace tunnels, and proceed to waken the other Vaadwaur; Commander Chakotay is reminded of a Greek myth whereby warriors would rise after the teeth of a defeated dragon were buried in the ground. Neelix and Seven research the Vaadwaur in Talaxian folklore and a Borg database, discovering that the Vaadwaur were the aggressors, using their subspace corridors to invade planets; Neelix informs Janeway. Meanwhile, Voyager's crew are unaware that the Vaadwaur plan to hijack Voyager in order to conquer a new colony for themselves. Gedrin warns Janeway, siding with Voyager's crew against his own people.

After the Vaadwaur turn openly hostile, Janeway allies with the Turei. Tuvok and Gedrin return to the planet to commandeer a satellite, allowing the Turei to use it to target the Vaadwaur ships. After Tuvok returns to the ship, Gedrin stays behind to maintain the signal; he is killed when the chamber collapses. Voyager escapes and leaves the sector. They detect that 53 Vaadwaur ships escaped the Turei assault and could threaten them in the future. Seven apologizes for causing the new war by waking Gedrin, but Janeway notes she might have done the same.

Review:

Another episode that appears to lack a real point to it. No characters are developed, and exactly what issue is being explored with the situation Voyager gets into here? If it’s just a simple “look before you leap” story, that really is a waste of any Trek episode. Annoyingly, Memory Alpha is devoid of any intel on the subject, so I’m guessing this is just mindless fodder for Voyager’s action remit with no real consideration to the purpose of Trek story-telling at all. 4 out of 10; here’s hoping there’s not too many more of these pointless endeavours before I’m done with this series. They’re part of why I’ve really slowed down on writing reviews; who wants to review something this hollow?

Episode 8: One Small Step

Plot (as adapted from Wikipedia):

Voyager encounters a graviton ellipse: a massive body of subspace energy that temporarily leaves subspace and travels through normal space for a time. After Seven of Nine provides Voyager with Borg information on how to avoid being harmed by the ellipse, the crew begin scanning it. They recognize it as a similar phenomenon that reportedly consumed the Ares IV, a command module used in Earth's Mars mission in 2032, and its pilot, John Kelly, and that had stranded his two other mission officers on Mars for weeks before they could be rescued. The mysterious disappearance of the Ares IV had almost caused humans to abandon further space missions but ultimately would be the precursor for humankind's future exploration of deep space.

Further scans detect signs of the Ares IV within the ellipse in a stable field that acts as the eye of the storm. Plans are made to modify the Delta Flyer with Seven's information to allow it to enter this field and recover the module. Chakotay and Tom Paris, history buffs for the Mars missions, quickly volunteer. Captain Kathryn Janeway encourages Seven to join them as part of this historic event, even after Seven initially rebuffs the effort as a worthless exploration mission.

The modifications work as expected and the crew soon finds the module, nearly in one piece. Voyager detects the ellipse being drawn towards a dark matter asteroid and warns the Delta Flyer to escape before collision. Chakotay insists on leaving with the module despite Seven's concerns that this will slow the Flyer down. They are unable to clear the ellipse in time and are caught in a shock wave from the collision; Chakotay is injured with plasma burns and the Flyer's shields and engines are knocked off-line. Voyager warns that the Flyer only has a few hours to escape before the ellipse returns to subspace, where they would be trapped indefinitely.

After stabilizing Chakotay, Paris begins effecting repairs but the Flyer's power converter is beyond repair. B'Elanna suggests salvaging the power converter from the Ares IV module to bring the Flyer back online. Chakotay instructs Seven to go, but asking her to not only collect the part but to take time to download data from the module. Seven arrives and powers up the systems. While she works at removing the power converter, John Kelly's logs of the few days he remained alive after being consumed by the ellipse are played out. Seven begins to come to appreciate what Kelly had done, continuing to take readings and collect as much information as he could before his power reserves died, hoping that it would be useful to somebody someday. With little time left to escape, Seven spares enough time to download the module logs and instructs Paris to bring Kelly's preserved body to the Flyer. They are able to install the power converter on the Flyer in time to escape the ellipse with Voyager's help before it returns to subspace.

The crew holds a formal memorial service for Kelly to pay their respects. Among others, Seven provides a brief eulogy, praising the man's exploratory nature that would eventually lead to Voyager and her own existence.

Review:

Ok, this episode is much better for depth, as it develops Seven’s character by teaching her, and through her the audience, the importance of exploring history. Much of how the world is right now, in fact, is evidence that too many people do not explore history or value it in any fashion. If they did, they would see the parallels between the rise of right-wing political parties in many present-day governments and the rise of the Nazis, originally a right-wing political party, in inter-war Germany during the 1930’s. A more historically-minded society would even now be undermining these parties that echo the Nazis of old, but alas, the present so often belongs to the ignorant and forgetful.

However, like Chakotay actor Robert Beltran, I do think it’s a shame that Seven takes up a lot of the episode when it was originally going to focus a bit more on developing Chakotay. Seven’s had a lot of focus since she joined the crew, and I think this episode might have been better if Chakotay could have been more active, perhaps taking on the mentor role normally taken by Janeway in opening Seven’s eyes to historical exploration. As it is, Chakotay is made to side-line himself by putting historical exploration above crew safety, and that seems a very dodgy thing for a Star Fleet character to do. If exploring any subject is going to endanger lives, that’s when it’s best to stop and walk away.

The only other flaw in the episode is that it maybe spends slightly too much time going into scenes showing Kelly’s perspective for my taste. Mostly, this is because as time goes on, the would-be history we see in Star Trek becomes increasingly divorced from real life history, and at times that interferes with my investment in the world of Trek. In some ways, this is where Star Wars has an advantage over Star Trek; not being tied to a history that links into real life over time means it’s easier to take Star Wars as it is. Frankly, I think Trek would have benefitted from keeping its historical explorations away from the 21st and late 20th centuries just to avoid this kind of problem. Anyway, it’s still a pretty good episode, and I’d probably give it 8 out of 10.

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bdj4startrek · 1 year

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Star Trek honors Women's history. They're contributions and there is many. Roxann Dawson who plays Lt. B'Elanna Torres on Star Trek Voyager. She also directed Breakthrough. A Christian story. Very good.

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jt-boi-n7 · 5 years

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Chapters: 1/2 Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Star Trek, Star Trek: Voyager Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cassandra Pentaghast/B'Elanna Torres Characters: Cassandra Pentaghast, B'Elanna Torres, Leliana (Dragon Age), Female Trevelyan (Dragon Age), Josephine Montilyet, Tom Paris, Harry Kim, Kathryn Janeway, Chakotay (Star Trek), Seska (Star Trek) Additional Tags: Crossover, Crossover Pairings, Crack Crossover, weird flex but okay, help i am icarus i have flown too close to the sun, i swear this is gonna work just trust me, Best Friends, Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Unresolved Sexual Tension Summary:

It turns out B'Elanna has more in common with Lieutenant Pentaghast than she thought.

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I want it known that this is the fault of the following people: @cassandrapentayaaaaas @linguini17 @thewindysideofcare @pentaposting

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and Despair

#cassandra x b'elanna #and we're off #dragon age #star trek voyager #the adventures of lt pentaghast and the uss party bus #crossover #hubris #cass ain't straight y'all #b'elanna ain't straight y'all #cassandra pentaghast #b'elanna torres

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rosalie-starfall · 6 months

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Star Trek Season 4 Pregnancies = One of my favorite Trek Tropes/Statistics

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 - Gates McFadden = Pregnant... How to do we handle that??? I know! Classic Camera trickery we'll put her behind a lot of objects, and dress her in super oversized sweaters and put her in a tent sized Lab Coat! Brilliant no one will ever notice.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 - Nana Visitor = Pregnant... Okay... So now how do we deal with it this time? I know! We'll just move the O'Brien's baby into Kira and make her a surrogate. Brilliant no one will suspect anything Kira Nerys: "Everything's okay. The baby, just had a change of address that's all"

Star Trek: Voyager Season 4 - Roxann Dawson = Pregnant... Alright here we go again how should we manage this one? I know! The tent sized lab coat worked for Gates we'll do that again but this time we'll give her a special pocket for all of B'Elanna's most important tools to be so very handy! Yeah that's a great idea, oh but wait I have another idea... What if we made it a Holographic pregnancy! Brilliant! Well done team! Tom: "What do you think? Boy or a girl?" Seven: "It's a holographic projection." B'Elanna: "Unfortunately it's a very good projection. I feel 20 kilos heavier, it even kicks."

I have been saying since season 2 of Lower Decks if they don't do a season 4 Pregnancy I will be severely disappointed, but then they did it and it blew my mind!!! Samanthan Rutherford: "There is a lot going on here I'm not comfortable with."

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trojanteapot · 2 years

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B'Elanna's existence is kind of an apt metaphor for being a WOC in science/STEM. Any time she is even mildly annoyed everyone on Voyager acts as if she's about to scream at them or punch them or something. "Oooh there goes Lt. Torres and her Klingon genes and her female hormones!" She's the chief engineer for god's sake jesus christ...

#star trek voyager #b'elanna torres #this has kind of been a vent #i am venting #going into STEM was a mistake

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scientific-tricorder · 3 years

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Hispanic and Latine Characters of Star Trek

B'Elanna Torres

B'Elanna Torres is probably the most well-known Hispanic character of Star Trek. Played by latina actress Roxann Dawson, she appeared in all 168 episodes of Star Trek: Voyager. Torres served as the chief engineer of USS Voyager from the third episode onwards and held the provisional rank of lieutenant, junior grade.

Hugh Culber

Hugh Culber appears on Star Trek: Discovery, and is played by Afro-Puerto Rican actor Wilson Cruz, who says that, despite having a "very white last name", Culber is none the less "very much Latino." Culber started as the husband of main cast member Paul Stamets, and was promoted to the main cast starting in the second season. He holds the rank of lieutenant commander and is one of the doctors aboard USS Discovery.

Cristóbal Ríos

Cristóbal Ríos is the captain of the civilian vessel La Sirena. He is Chilean, like actor Santiago Cabrera, and has appeared in all but the first two episodes of Star Trek: Picard. He is one of a handful of characters on Star Trek to have spoken Spanish.

Gabriel Lorca

Gabriel Lorca was the first captain of USS Discovery, and was a main cast member of the first season of Star Trek: Discovery, appearing in all but the first two episodes. He was played by actor Jason Isaacs. The Lorca seen on the show is later revealed to be from the mirror universe and becomes an antagonist in the later part of the season before dying in the final episode.

Erika Hernández

Erika Hernández was the captain of Earth's second Warp 5 ship, Columbia. Played by Mexican-American actress Ada Maris, Hernández appeared in the Star Trek: Enterprise episodes "Home", "Affliction", and "Divergence". She was meant to be "equal in stature" to the captain of the main cast, and if the show had been renewed for a fifth season, would have been given an expanded role.

Esteban Rodríguez

Esteban Rodríguez was a lieutenant science officer aboard the USS Enterprise. He appeared in only one episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, "Shore Leave", during which his imagination brought a flock of birds, a Bengal tiger, and a Japanese warplane to life. He was portrayed by Puerto Rican actor Perry Lopez.

José I. Mendez

José I. Mendez was the commanding officer of Starbase 11, holding the rank of commodore. He appeared in both parts of Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Menagerie", played by Malachi Throne. He greeted the main cast when they visited the space station, and later on an illusion of him convened a court martial on Spock. In the novels, he is given the full name of José Iglesias de Mendez.

Sonya Gómez

Sonya Gómez was an engineer on the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation. An enthusiastic ensign, she appeared in the episodes "Q Who", in which she famously spilled hot chocolate on the captain, and "The Samaritan Snare". Originally intended to appear in three episodes, she was played by actress Lycia Naff.

Ayala

Ayala was a security officer aboard USS Voyager, holding the provisional rank of lieutenant, junior grade. Ayala was a background character, never given a first name and with few lines, despite appearing in 125 episodes of Star Trek: Voyager. He was played by actor Tarik Egrin, who was only credited in two episodes.

Enrique Muñiz

Enrique Muñiz was an engineer with the rank of crewman on the space station Deep Space Nine. Played by Hispanic-American actor F.J. Rio, he appeared in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes "Starship Down", "Hard Time", and "The Ship", in which he is killed and becomes the first character character in Star Trek to speak Spanish.

Extra mention to:

Lt. Martínez, a background character with very few lines who appeared in 84 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation as well as the films Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection. He was played by Michael Braveheart, uncredited.

José Tyler, originally named José Ortegas and slated to be a series regular on Star Trek: The Original Series, became a Brazilian-American and only appeared in "The Cage" and flashback sequences in "The Menagerie". He was played by Peter Duryea.

There are undoubtedly many more Hispanic and Latine characters in Star Trek, but they are not mentioned as such or only appear once.

Entries based largely on names, since that's by and large the only information to go off of. Diacritics were added to names as per standard Spanish rules because they should be able to handle diacritics in the 22nd/23rd/24th century.

For more information and clarification on characters and terminology included, see here.

If you're wondering, Hoshi Sato and Saru are the only other characters to speak Spanish, although Michael Burnham's speech was translated to Spanish during a UT malfunction.

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radiantklingon · 2 years

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"It's not easy to change who you are. Trust me."

🪐 Lt. B'elanna Torres

🚀 Chief Engineer on the USS Voyager

💫 Klingon / Human

🪐 My love @voyagershelm

🛸 Best friend @seventhnine

🚀 Descriptive

💫 MC 21 + #RolePlayer

🪐 #StarTrek #DeepSpace9

🚀 Part of @eliteworldsverse

💫 Pinned by #Fatal #Radiant

❤️ Or 🔄

#star trek #star trek roleplay #star trek rp #b'elanna torres #radiant #roleplayer

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defconprime · 3 years

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Skybox 30 Years of Star Trek Phase Two trading card number 186, "Lt JG B'Elanna Torres," 1996.

#star trek cards #star trek voyager #b'elanna torres

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inabeautifulpie · 4 years

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tagged by @cheddarholt; thanks bud!!

Rules: name your top 10 female characters from 10 different fandoms then tag 10 people.

1. Jenna Hunterson (Waitress)

2. Leia Organa (Star Wars)

3. Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel)

4. Amy Pond (Doctor Who)

5. Ross Diaz (Brooklyn 99)

6. B'Elanna Torres (Star Trek: Voyager)

7. Lt. Nyota Uhura (Star Trek 2009) [they're DIFFERENT fandoms, okay??]

8. Ginny Weasley (Harry Potter)

9. Fa Mulan (Disney)

10. Morgana (BBC Merlin)

Tagging: @earlymodernlesbian @songofsecondapril @megsann13 @tinanewt @forasecondtherewedwon @taylorswit @wasabiholland @llondonboy @pepprs @stephanietorns

#tagging some newer mutuals too!! hi pals!!!#ask game #i did eventually pick a voyager character instead of just saying 'all the women in voyager' are you proud of me?

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sevenofninetertiaryadjunctofunim · 6 years

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Personal log - Seven of Nine

I have finished the project of processors cores enhancement. The actual improvement is by 4.83% which is - by 1.33% - more than original goal.

On Sunday I was exceptionally given approval to participate on sport event called Dresden marathon and - even if knowing my Borg enhancements impede to accept my result as official - I was able to perform a satisfactory performance by holding pace 3 minutes for kilometer. My goal was to represent Borg endurance positively in front of Alpha quadrant - knowing humans observe me and determine their behavior towards me and other ex-Borg drones.

Lt. Susan Nicoletti and Captain Janeway also demonstrated a quality performance, even if I did not wait to see them finish.

B'Elanna Torres however surprised me by her sport skills, she won 10km race and was clearly satisfied with the success. I do understand that this crew does not use its physical strength and endurance in daily work, however it is efficient to maintain our bodies in shape in order to run this vessel's resources in the most optimal way. Humans are often prone to idleness and overeating, but - in this particular event - this crew manifested above average motivation.

I have also joined Naomi Wildman, Samantha Wildman, Susan Nicoletti and Mezoti in the family run. Even if our collective is not family. Mezoti showed unexpected level of her bond with Naomi Wildman when she decided to adapt her pace in order to run together instead of performing her best. This decision resulted in my presence in proximity of Susan for 36.6 minutes. It is uneasy to see her nearly perfect body knowing I am no longer allowed to touch, kiss, devour it. This course of thoughts is inefficient and will be terminated.

Sigh.