Nate the Great fixes Voyager

[Nate the Great]

Before I start the actual entries, I'd like to talk about my ground rules. If anyone has a suggestion for more, feel free.


* The initial shuttle compliment varies by source, but I'm going to average things out and be generous and state that there are two Type 8's (the larger ones, crew of three or four) and four Type 9's (the smaller ones, crew of one or two). Plus Neelix's ship the Baxial, Delta Flyer, Alice, etc. I'll assume that the short construction time of the Delta Flyer was due to the urgent circumstances and most of the ship's energy and computational power was devoted to the task. I'll be generous and say that under normal circumstances Voyager can replace a shuttle every six months. I will be maintaining a shuttle tally in episodes that contain them.

* Photon torpedoes are replaceable. It was stupid to assume that they weren't.
* Janeway is sane. Period. She's not the Mary Sue that Jeri Taylor wants her to be, but she's rational. She's not burdened by guilt because...
* Using the Caretaker array to return home wasn't an option, and Janeway did not strand the crew in the Delta Quadrant. Nobody accuses her of this.

* The Maquis will be a continual plotline. Not every episode, but often. Furthermore, they aren't anti-Federation because the Starfleet officers keep trying to make them follow the rules of how to operate a starship correctly, they're anti-Federation because they feel the Federation abandoned them. Which the Federation didn't, the DMZ residents at this point consist solely of colonists who abandoned their Federation citizenship in order to stay on their planets. Which was stupid as I've covered elsewhere, but I won't repeat my argument here.

* Janeway doesn't have to be the main character every episode. If a given episode premise can be done equally well by one of the others, it will be.

[Flying Gremlin]

Please tell me you'll fix Pinocchio's characterization.

And C/7. KILL IT WITH FIRE.

[Nate the Great]

Pinocchio?



And yes, C/7 doesn't exist. Neither does D/7, as a matter of fact. It's better when Doc has feelings for her that she doesn't notice or reciprocate.

[Flying Gremlin]

Originally Posted by Nate the Great

Pinocchio?

Chakotay.

[Nate the Great]

Of course. People seem to think that Chakotay was as inexperienced in Starfleet as the others, when he had the highest rank when he left. He's a competent leader. Furthermore, if the occasion calls for a counselor he'll be first at bat, just like what happened in the series a few times.



Oh, and I'm going to be outright chucking an episode here and there that just can't be redeemed. "Fury" comes to mind immediately.



And the whole water shortage thing in the Kazon years was just dumb. It's enough that Voyager has replicators and they don't. Any warp-capable ship can find planets with free water. Don't tell me that every planet in Kazon/Vidiian space is short of water!

[Flying Gremlin]

Originally Posted by Nate the Great

Oh, and I'm going to be outright chucking an episode here and there that just can't be redeemed. "Fury" comes to mind immediately.

Actually, I didn't mind "Fury", but I'm a sucker for time travel episodes, especially ones that play with their own history. Blame the Whovian in me.

Originally Posted by Nate the Great

And the whole water shortage thing in the Kazon years was just dumb. It's enough that Voyager has replicators and they don't. Any warp-capable ship can find planets with free water. Don't tell me that every planet in Kazon/Vidiian space is short of water!

If everyone used water the same way Neelix did in the first episode, then yeah I can see it. It was seen that the Kazon were less advanced than the Federation technology-wise like recycling, they might not have the filtration systems in place to mass refine water from snowball planets and dwarfs. And the Vidiians were more interested in Bee Gee'ing it in the short term (you're welcome for that ear worm) than long-term planning, which probably bit them in the butt.