Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Summary
The fate of the USS Voyager was foreshadowed by Commander Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) inStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 2 . WithStar Trek : Voyagerslated to premiere in January 1995,DS9season 2 andStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 7 put down some of the groundwork for the new show . The expectant way thatDS9andTNGset upVoyagerwas the introduction of the Maquis , the terrorist establishment that would provide the rogue chemical element inVoyager ’s cast of characters . TheTNGepisode " Journey ’s End " localise up the political situation from which they originated , whileDS9 ’s two - parter " The Maquis " formally introduced them to theStar Trekuniverse .
Several Maquis member , including Commander Chakotay ( Robert Beltran ) and Lt . B’Elanna Torres ( Roxann Dawson ) would later be impel to join the crew of the USS Voyager . However , Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Maquis two - parter specify up the plot ofStar Trek : Voyagerin other agency , too . Halfway through " The Maquis",Gul Dukat ( Marc Alaimo)is trance by terrorist , draw Sisko to give pursuit . Tracking the Maquis freighter , Sisko , Major Kira Nerys ( Nana Visitor ) , and Dr. Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) accede the Badlands , a neighborhood of quad that would play a crucial theatrical role inVoyager ’s pilot episode , " Caretaker " .
Despite being stuck in the Delta Quadrant , a Star Trek : Voyager crew member in short crossed over into the Mirror Universe to join the DS9 cast .
DS9 Foreshadowed USS Voyager’s Disappearance In The Badlands
The Maquis' use of the Badlands as a hiding place and strategic location was seeded through DS9 seasons 2 and 3.
Briefing Dr. Julian Bashir , Kira reveals that the Badlands is beset by plasma storm , wee it an incredibly grave region of space . To which Sisko lend that " a few ship have been lose there over the past year or two " , foreshadowing the loss of the USS Voyager a class later . DS9would also later on plant that the Badlands was a key strategic locating for the Maquis in their resistance efforts against Cardassian occupation , further setting up theStar Trek : Voyagerpilot . Not only was the Badlands a crucial hiding place for the Maquis , the area was also used as a theatrical production ground for larger military operations .
The Badlands were likened to the Bermuda Triangle in an early outline ofStar Trek : Voyagerdated 17th August 1993 .
InDS9season 3 , episode 9 , " Defiant",Thomas Riker ( Jonathan Frakes)hijacked the USS Defiant and pack it into the Badlands to rendezvous with a fleet of Maquis raiders . " Defiant " beam a few month beforeStar Trek : Voyager ’s buffer , in whichCaptain Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) and the crew of the USS Voyager take off from Deep Space Nine to track down a missing Maquis ship in the Badlands . It was a black charge that ultimately resulted in the Intrepid - class Voyager being stranded thousands of lightyears from home base , another spaceship " lost over there " in the Badlands .
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While devisingStar Trek : Voyagerin August 1993 , Jeri Taylor compose that the Badlands were " a turbulent area of space where some ships have been lose ( some of them might crop up during the serial ) "
Other Star Trek Starships Lost In The Badlands
“A few ships have been lost over there…” - Commander Sisko
The USS Voyager was initially send to track down the absent Maquis freighter , the Val Jean , aboard which Lt . Tuvok ( Tim Russ ) was hole-and-corner for Starfleet . The Val Jean was lost in the Badlands after being pursued by Gul Evek ( Richard Poe ) , who was superintendent of the Demilitarized Zone in space between the Cardassian and Federation territorial dominion . However , rather than being destroyed by the plasma storm that plagued the region , the Val Jean was in reality enamour by the Caretaker ’s coherent tetryon beam and bring to the Delta Quadrant . The Caretaker had also taken a Cardassian Galor - class combat ship , and a Cardassian Dreadnought missile .
In theStar Trek : Voyagerepisode " The Voyager Conspiracy " it is suggested that it was Gul Evek ’s ship that was captivate by the Caretaker , however this is later on debunked .
The most illustrious starship taken by the Caretaker was the USS Equinox , which was happen by Captain Janeway and the crowd inStar Trek : Voyager ’s time of year 5 finale . However , given that the Equinox was strand in a different neighborhood of space , it seems that they were n’t lost in the Badlands like Voyager was . The Badlands continue to be a primal place during theDominion WarinStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , until the Maquis were rootle out by the combined forces of the Cardassians and the Jem’Hadar , a devastating expiration for Voyager ’s Maquis crew members .
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.
All episodes of Star Trek : Deep Space Nine and Star Trek : Voyager are useable to stream on Paramount+ .
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , also known as DS9 , is the fourth series in the long - running Sci - Fi franchise , Star Trek . DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller , and star Avery Brooks , René Auberjonois , Terry Farrell , and Cirroc Lofton . This picky serial play along a group of individual in a space station near a planet called Bajor .
The fifth entree in the Star Trek franchise , Star Trek : Voyager , is a sci - fi serial that see the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their home after finding themselves run aground at the far ends of the Milky Way Galaxy . Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway , the series follows the crew as they venture through truly chartless area of space , with new species , champion , enemy , and mysteries to clear as they wrestle with the politics of a crew in a situation they ’ve never face before .
The fifth entry in the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Voyager, is a sci-fi series that sees the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their home after finding themselves stranded at the far ends of the Milky Way Galaxy. Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway, the series follows the crew as they embark through truly uncharted areas of space, with new species, friends, foes, and mysteries to solve as they wrestle with the politics of a crew in a situation they’ve never faced before.
