"I've got news for you, crewman. Voyager isn’t exactly a safe haven," Captain Janeway pointed out in Good Shepherd . Truer words were never spoken, and with all the death and destruction above, Mortimer Harren did just as well to stay down on deck 15.
He might have been missing out, but at least he wasn't missing any more base pairs, on his 13th chromosome or otherwise! For the crew of the Intrepid-class, and that after the initial demise of a good deal of the original senior staff, a previously largely unexplored quadrant brought with it previously unknown hazards, as well as a fresh batch of homicidal aliens. At first, if the Kazon were just a pain in the secondary command processors, the Vidiians were far more deadly, though the phage was just a phase for Voyager, soon past the boundaries of the local organ harvest. The Borg's backyard, the Hirogen's hunting grounds, and the Malon's mess were then but a handful of the extra obstacles the ship had to pass through en route back to the Alpha Quadrant.
And let's not forget the mortal danger posed by numerous anomalies, whacky nebulae, and whatever the Q count as! More than one crewmember ended their journey home through one of Voyager's torpedo tubes, and a fair few weren't even granted that final dignity. In this quadrant, our delta means death. 10.
Don't Love What You've Done With The Face — Lieutenant Durst Just a quick note for all the Vidiians out there: if you do want to impress a Klingon, bring blood wine and gagh, .
