The only expectation is that they tend to any beings sent to them, each suffering an incurable disease. Kes' people live in a subterranean complex, cared for by the Caretaker who supplies them with energy and other essentials. En route, they encounter Neelix, a space trader eager to assist them in exchange for water and rescuing his companion, the Ocampa Kes, from the violent Kazon that inhabit the planet's surface. The two ships follow energy pulses sent from the array to a nearby planet. Janeway offers to work with Maquis leader Chakotay, a former Starfleet officer, to find missing crew and return to the Alpha Quadrant. Attempts to negotiate with the Caretaker are fruitless as he insists there is "no time". Later, both crews awaken on their own vessels and find each are missing one crew member: Harry Kim from Voyager, and the Maquis' B'Elanna Torres. The Voyager crew are subjected to the same experiments. Seeing through the simulation, the Voyager crew discover the unconscious Maquis crew undergoing strange medical experiments. Before determining their bearings, the crew is transported to a holographic simulation aboard a nearby array controlled by a being known as the Caretaker. The Emergency Medical Hologram is activated to treat the injured. Fatalities include Voyager's second-in-command, helm officer, chief engineer, and medical staff. The crew recovers and find themselves in the Delta Quadrant, over 70,000 light years from Federation space. Departing Deep Space Nine, Voyager journeys to the Badlands, where it is scanned by a "coherent tetryon beam" before a displacement wave hits and wreaks havoc on the ship. Janeway is searching for Tuvok, her security officer who was a spy aboard the Maquis ship. On Earth, Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Federation starship USS Voyager recruits Tom Paris, disgraced former Starfleet officer and now a captured Maquis member, to help find the missing Maquis spacecraft. The Cardassian vessel is damaged by a plasma storm and the Maquis ship is caught in a displacement wave. The opening scene shows the Cardassians pursuing a smaller Maquis spacecraft ship that escapes into the Badlands, a volatile nebula. Plot Ī scrolling text introduces the Cardassian and Federation relationship with the Maquis rebels.
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"Caretaker" was the debut episode of the new series Star Trek: Voyager which, while less popular than its predecessors, drew in a consistent set of watchers over seven years of episodes. In the case of the ‘’Voyager’’ premiere, in some markets the episode aired in competition with other Star Trek shows, like ’’DS9’’ and ‘’TNG’’ re-runs. The way channels worked, an episode played on one channel in a certain order decided by the broadcaster, and viewers would then change "channels" to watch that broadcast in real time. In other words, "Caretaker" was also aired on UPN affiliate channels, such as KCOP-TV in Los Angeles and WPWR-TV in Chicago. on that Monday however, the network's content was also aired on affiliate channels that may or may not have delayed the first showing in their television region. "Caretaker" marked the debut of a then-new Star Trek series launching along with Paramount's new television network, United Paramount Network, or UPN, coming on the heels of previous Star Trek series. It aired as a single 90-minute show, although later it was also played as two separate roughly-45-minute episodes. "Caretaker" aired on the United Paramount Network on January 16, 1995. The episode won 2 Emmy awards, launching the show into a seven season run, that concluded in 2001. The debut of "Caretaker" marked the launch of United Paramount Network and also a follow on from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The premiere was seen by 21.3 million people in 1995. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet and Maquis crew of the starship USS Voyager after they were stranded in the Delta Quadrant far from the rest of the Federation. It was later split into two parts for syndication, but released in the original one-episode format. This series premiere was first broadcast as one double-length episode on January 16, 1995, as the first telecast of the fledgling UPN network. " Caretaker" is the pilot episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. Jeff McCarthy – Voyager Chief Medical Officer.1st and 2nd episodes of the first season of Star Trek: Voyager " Caretaker"