Did the Kazon fix the shuttle's aft shields while Chakotay was being held prisoner? The computer's damage report after the first attack indicated that aft shields (as well as long range communications) were offline. But when Chakotay takes off in the shuttle again, aft shields are apparently partially functional?
Still trying to figure out how the transporter worked over a distance exceeding one million kilometers when the rated maximum range of a Federation transporter system is a mere forty thousand kilometers… Sometimes plot convenience trumps consistency. (Actually, often.)
Kar, what "technology", exactly, would you take back to your people if you killed Chakotay? He's wearing a combadge, and he has a tricorder. That's all. Wow, big catch. Very effective threat. /s
Like @LeftHandedGuitarist and @splenda, I found it very difficult not to hear Nog whenever Kar spoke. Given Deep Space Nine's relatively frequent use of Aron Eisenberg in that role, it's very strange that the Voyager casting department chose him for this episode. It's possible that someone in the chain of command wanted an excuse to give Eisenberg more work on the franchise; that's my best guess.
I really wish Chakotay had been given a more believable heritage. So often it seems like the writers kind of just made shit up when they wanted to emphasize his "Native American side" for an episode. For one thing, I can't find any real-life reference to the ritual phrase associated with Chakotay's vision quests (variously transliterated, depending on what source you read, as "a cuchi moya", "ah-koo-chee-moya", "hakuchi moya", among others). Keeping the character in touch with his "Indian roots" is one thing, but they don't seem to have based Chakotay's roots on a real tribe. (Later in the series, several tribal identities come and go based on apparent story needs before his heritage is once again left open to interpretation, as if the producers gave up.) At least Robert Beltran really is part Native American, instead of a straight-up white guy playing a Native role.
Review by dgwVIP 10BlockedParent2017-11-06T06:11:46Z
[5.3/10] Weak Kazon writing, questionable casting decision (Eisenberg), wishy-washy "Indian" schtick that isn't.
Did the Kazon fix the shuttle's aft shields while Chakotay was being held prisoner? The computer's damage report after the first attack indicated that aft shields (as well as long range communications) were offline. But when Chakotay takes off in the shuttle again, aft shields are apparently partially functional?
Still trying to figure out how the transporter worked over a distance exceeding one million kilometers when the rated maximum range of a Federation transporter system is a mere forty thousand kilometers… Sometimes plot convenience trumps consistency. (Actually, often.)
Kar, what "technology", exactly, would you take back to your people if you killed Chakotay? He's wearing a combadge, and he has a tricorder. That's all. Wow, big catch. Very effective threat. /s
Like @LeftHandedGuitarist and @splenda, I found it very difficult not to hear Nog whenever Kar spoke. Given Deep Space Nine's relatively frequent use of Aron Eisenberg in that role, it's very strange that the Voyager casting department chose him for this episode. It's possible that someone in the chain of command wanted an excuse to give Eisenberg more work on the franchise; that's my best guess.
I really wish Chakotay had been given a more believable heritage. So often it seems like the writers kind of just made shit up when they wanted to emphasize his "Native American side" for an episode. For one thing, I can't find any real-life reference to the ritual phrase associated with Chakotay's vision quests (variously transliterated, depending on what source you read, as "a cuchi moya", "ah-koo-chee-moya", "hakuchi moya", among others). Keeping the character in touch with his "Indian roots" is one thing, but they don't seem to have based Chakotay's roots on a real tribe. (Later in the series, several tribal identities come and go based on apparent story needs before his heritage is once again left open to interpretation, as if the producers gave up.) At least Robert Beltran really is part Native American, instead of a straight-up white guy playing a Native role.