Captain Janeway’s Top 7 Star Trek: Voyager Enemies, Ranked

Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) certainly never intended to make any enemies Star Trek: VoyagerHowever Being the captain of a Federation starship in the uncharted Delta Quadrant inevitably creates new enemies for Captain Janeway. Brand new Delta Quadrant aliens in Star Trek were created as antagonists and enemies for Captain Janeway and the crew of the USS Voyager, from the Kazon and Vidians in earlier seasons of Star Trek: Voyager to species 8472 and the hirogen in Voyagers second half. Despite Janeway’s tentative alliance with them, the Borg are also an ongoing threat Star Trek: Voyager Season 4 until the end of the series.

It’s not just Star TrekThe new Delta Quadrant alien species in general that became the enemies of Captain Janeway. Individuals in the Delta Quadrant also clashed with Janeway during the long journey back to the Alpha Quadrant, as Voyager entered their space or Captain Janeway’s crew committed unknown offenses against them. These specific enemies have a much more personal bone to pick with Captain Kathryn Janeway; They have vendettas against Janeway up their sleeves, interstellar empires to rule, and strong differences of opinion that Janeway just can’t let slide.

7

Jennifer Lien

Star Trek: Voyager Season 6, Episode 23 – “Fury”

After Jennifer Lien left Star Trek: VoyagerKes returns one more time Star Trek: Voyager Season 6, Episode 23, “Fury”. Hardened and angry, Kes returns to the USS Voyager near the end of her life to exact revenge on Captain Kathryn Janeway with the titular telekinetic fury…and a phaser.

“Find another way home. Captain Janeway will help you if you give her a chance. Try to remember who you were. Try to remember me.“

– Kes, Star Trek: Voyager Season 6, Episode 23, “Fury”

Kes blames her suffering on the misremembered claims that Janeway forced Kes’ departure from Voyager A few years before. Strategic time travel allows Janeway to reunite Kes with her younger self before they send the older Ocampa on her way, erasing the entire ordeal.

6

Arturis (Ray Wise)

Star Trek: Voyager Season 4, Episode 26 – “Hope and Fear”

in Star Trek: Voyager Season 4, Episode 26, “Hope and Fear”, an unexpected consequence of Janeway’s alliance with the Borg in Star Trek: Voyager Season 4 emerges with the arrival of Arturis (Ray Wise), who claims that Janeway’s assistance in defeating Species 8472 freed Borg resources to assimilate more Delta Quadrant species. After thousands of years keeping the castle at bay, Arturis’ people were assimilated. Arturis’ revenge plot appeals to Janeway’s desire to bring her crew home, in the form of the USS Dauntless, a fake Federation starship with a quantum slipstream drive that will deliver Janeway directly to the Borg for her own assimilation.

5

Kashik (Mark Harelik)

Star Trek: Voyager Season 5, Episode 10 – “Counterpoint”

Kashik (Mark Harelik), an inspector for the telepath-shackling Devor, becomes the enemy of Captain Janeway through deceit and betrayal, which is almost worse than actual military strikes against Voyager. in Star Trek: Voyager Season 5, Episode 10, “Counterpoint”, Janeway secretly harbors telepathically brainy refugees while Voyager is in Devore space.

Inspector Kashik convinces Janeway that he has seen the error of his ways, and wants to change. over repeated meetings, Janeway easily falls for the educated and curious Kashik, But becoming Captain Janeway’s love interest turns out to be an act to earn Kathryn’s trust and get to the brainery hidden in Voyager’s transporter buffer.

4

The Clown (Michael McKean)

Star Trek: Voyager Season 2, Episode 23 – “The Thaw”

in Star Trek: Voyager Season 2, Episode 23, “The Thaw”, The Clown is an antagonist for more than just Captain Janeway, but it is Janeway who ultimately emerges victorious in a battle of wits against the clown. The clown is the manifestation of fear that exists in a neural networkCreated from the minds of the 5 people hooked to the network. In order to generate a constant supply of fear and ensure his survival, the clown makes the net hellish for his victims, and refuses to let them leave. Anyone engaged with the clown is trapped in the net with him, so how can anyone defeat him?

Captain Janeway sets herself up as the ultimate prize for the Clown, demanding the release of the Clown’s hostages—which includes Ensign Harry Kim (Garrett Wang)—in exchange for Janeway herself. The catch is that it’s a holographic version of Captain Janeway instead of the real thing, and The clown cannot feed off of an inorganic mind. “wire,” Indeed.

3

Captain Rudolph Ransom (John Savage)

Star Trek: Voyager Season 5, Episode 26 & Season 6, Episode 1 – “Equinox”

Captain Rudolph Ransom of the USS. Equinox is a victim of the same fate that originally befell Janeway and the USS. Voyager, as a Federation starship that was brought to the other side of the galaxy by the Caretaker. The difference is that while Janeway adheres closely to Starfleet ideals, Redemption abandons respect for sentient life and kills innocent non-corporeal life forms To create fuel for a faster journey to the Alpha Quadrant. Ransom tries to justify his actions by saying that the Federation is out of reach, so the Equinox crew did what they had to in order to survive, but Janeway nevertheless holds Ransom responsible.

In response, Ransom points out that Captain Janeway has privileges that Captain Ransom does not. The USS Voyager is a more advanced starship than the Equinox, and Voyager gained crew members from Commander Chakotay’s Maquis Raider to replace lives lost on the initial voyage. The Equinox’s experience as an Alpha Quadrant ship in the Delta Quadrant was not so fortunate. Both Janeway and Ransom are committed to the survival and safety of their crew, and Ransom challenges Janeway to consider whether she would also abandon Starfleet ideals If the circumstances are swapped.

2

Annorax of the Crimin Imperium (Curtwood Smith)

Star Trek: Voyager Season 4, Episodes 8 & 9 – “Year of Hell”

While Captain Janeway hates time travel, and does her best to avoid time anomalies, Annorax of the Kremin Imperium (Kurtwood Smith) embraces the ability to use time as a weapon. With warp time weapons that erase people, ships, and entire planets from existence, Annorax continues to alter the timeline to increase the size and influence of the Imperium. When the USS Voyager becomes the proverbial fly in the ointment that seems to prevent Anoraks from reviving his accidentally erased family, Annorax sets his sights on erasing Janeway and her crew.

throughout Star Trek: Voyager Season 4, Episodes 8 & 9, “Year of Hell”, Voyager suffers heavy losses as a result of Annorax’s targeted attacks. Even with the losses, the Kremin’s advanced technology surpasses Voyager. Janeway’s tenacity still matches Annorax’s. Just when it seems like there’s nothing to lose, Janeway makes the sacrifice that saves the Voyager crew and the timeline.

1

The Borg Queen (Suzanna Thompson, Alice Krieg)

Star Trek: Voyager Seasons 5-7

Captain Janeway’s most formidable individual enemy in Star Trek: Voyager Is undoubtedly the Borg Queen (Suzanna Thompson, Alice Kriege). From the time the USS Voyager enters Borg space Star Trek: Voyager In season 3’s cliffhanger, “Scorpion, Part 1”, the Borg Queen is unseen, but watching Janeway through the eyes of Borg drones. Captain Janeway’s release of Seven of Nine may be the biggest affront to the Borg Queenwho tried to lure Seven back to the collective Star Trek: Voyager Season 5, Episodes 15 & 16 “Dark Frontier”.

Despite appearing in only four episodes of Star Trek: Voyager, The Borg Queen had a lasting impact on Captain Janeway’s life. Star Trek: Voyager‘s finale, “Endgame”, shows that in Janeway’s original timeline, the USS Voyager takes 23 years to reach the Alpha Quadrant. After years of research and development on anti-Borg weapons, Admiral Janeway goes back in time to destroy the Borg Queen. Janeway’s neurolytic pathogen successfully infects the Borg, leaving the Borg Queen little more than a shell of her former self. Of all Janeway’s enemies in Star Trek: VoyagerOnly the Borg Queen could inspire that kind of animosity in Janeway herself.