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Star Trek Voyage Season 4 The Omega Directive

[@Enkarashaddam]

I love how majel did all the computer voice work. Really miss that. You listen to it so much you almost forget

[@joshuadelafuent3]

Every Head Engineer: "This will take 8 years at least and I'll need a team of 100-." Captain: "You have 8 seconds."

[@hornet370]

literally

[@bigpoppa1234]

Engineer: Completes it in 6.

[@whompronnie]

Only needed 4, but took a coffee break

[@ShasOSwoll]

Paris is the only one actually acting like an officer in a heirarchy

[@thepotato513]

To be fair, he *is* the only one who was technically Starfleet before they ended up in the delta quadrant

[@HALOX30]

If Chackotay did not stop the discussion, 7 of 9 would have spilled the beans.

[@phrophetsamgames]

Paris knows exactly how a Starfleet officier acts in this episode.

[@lichtundliebe999]

That's why we don't have a warp drive. Someone travelled back through the time and detonated some Omega molecules. And now, we don't have a subspace in our solar system. We will never meet the Borg. It's so sad.

[@nuclearimbecile7674]

Andreas M. Please show evidence of this incident.

[@NetVoyagerOne]

We won't know for sure for another few decades.

[@hyhena-gaming9986]

Andreas M. Trust me, I want to join th bird, I want perfection

[@crimecat1483]

If we can detect gravitational waves (wich we can) would mean that the Warp drive IS possible

[@TastyGamingQc]

@@nuclearimbecile7674 the Bigbang, we could’ve misinterpreted the data we saw. It could’ve been a chain of Omega particles detonating.

[@crystalion3378]

I think he shut B'ellana down as the moment she mentioned Omega. Everyone saw Seven of Nine realise. Up till then he thought no one knew.

[@Jeng4280]

I remember this episode. It actually encouraged me to study science more. That omega symbol? I was studying about this symbol in my science class that day and this episode actually inspired me to pick up my science book and read more! That symbol was used in tons of formulas for chemistry. Kind of interesting that Voyager inspired me to pick up my science book and study!

[@darthglobe4285]

JenG593 Resistance (♎) is futile !

[@RurouniKalain]

Awesome stuff indeed!

[@simonwillis1529]

Good that’s what Star Trek is ment to do inspire

[@johnshowinc]

It's no symbol, it's the last letter of the Greek alphabet

[@StefanTravis]

@@johnshowinc And you thought you were being so clever.

[@Sasquatchvideos38]

Love how the omega directive is the Trump card over the prime directive

[@mesner5x]

SasquatchVideos The scene where Janeway considers the prime directive rescinded to prioritize the Omega Directive just shows how dangerous this is, even more dangerous than interfering with an alien culture.

[@cedriclucas388]

@dark zeratul I guess they would Omega is a threat to any space faring civilization that use warp drive, because when it detonate it destroy the subspace used by the warpdrives leaving ships unable to go faster than light.

[@HappisakVideos]

@dark zeratul In Star Trek Online they did. War with the Voth in the Dyson Sphere found in the Scotty episode.

[@hudsonball4702]

@dark zeratul Most likely. I mean the stuff can literally render all forms of FTL travel useless. Not just warp.

[@realnoahsimpson]

‘Prime Directive - You’re Fired!’

[@Aramanth]

"I thought she might."

[@joshuadesautels]

Because suddenly this all makes sense to Seven.

[@LordSpleach]

Imagine if it said "Crew Expendable"

[@Tantalus010]

It said _all_ other priorities rescinded, so in its own way, it did.

[@TheNN]

I mean that's just Janeway's normal MO anyways.

[@MihzvolWuriar]

We all know that Voyager's Season 4 is among the best, if not *THE BEST* season in the entire Star Trek Canon, but the Omega Directive is the most underrated episode ever. This episode was worthy of at least 2 hours, or even a movie about it, it's simply one of the most intriguing episode ever, I really wish we had more of it

[@williammerkel1410]

Personally I would add season 5 to the list as well, if for no other reason than that introduced the Captain Proton holodeck program, which was absolutely amazing whenever it appeared. To me the best seasons are seasons four and five of Deep Space Nine, also four and five of Voyager, and two and three of Enterprise ( personally I love Star Trek most when it focuses around a single story line for a long period of time, that is why I never got very invested into the original series or next generation, way too episodic, you could miss 80% of the episodes and still understand everything, but with Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise a much larger chunk of the series is vital to understanding what is happening).

[@fluffysheap]

Did you mean TNG season 4

[@KnowTrentTimoy]

Intriguing analysis. At first watch I enjoyed it but felt a bit cumbersome in it's approach. Omega was almighty for sure but the episode felt rushed and almost insignificant in light of the magnitude of the event. You're right about a lengthier storyline. It definitely deserved at least 2 hours or more.

[@ShadowMage3D]

I've always thought that the least Janeway could have done for those people was provide them with an alternative technology to solve their energy problems. The PD was rescinded for the duration anyway, and she basically left them to die in a solar system completely cut off from subspace travel.

[@NATIK001]

Honestly their knowledge of Omega was too dangerous to let them leave, and no technology she could give would make up for their resources running out any way. It's harsh but the best outcome for everyone else is that this species die out in their self-made isolation zone. Maybe if this had occurred near or inside Federation space some way could be devised to save them, but Voyager had no means to do anything but safeguard the quadrant from the folly of this pre-warp civilization.

[@meamishere1166]

I imagine the look on the Chakotay's face at the end of this video clip is an accurate depiction of Robert Beltran's reaction to the writers use of his character after Seven of Nine showed up.

[@chrispeplinski7306]

i remember b'elanna had the engineer jacket in season 4 to hide pregnancy.

[@uncletaylorify]

And then not long after had to pretend to be pregnant on the show. Too bad they couldn't have worked those two together lol

[@qwilliams1539]

Funnily enough, she went into labor right after they finished filming this scene.

[@mesner5x]

Chris Peplinski Oh damn, I never realized the jacket was for that! Shows how dedicated actors are, they continue working even when they’re with child

[@CardboardSliver]

Nana Visitor did the same thing, but they worked in the fetus swap into a sub story.

[@crimsoncrusader4829]

it ended up being a 4 year pregnancy lol

[@PhrontDoor]

And yet gossip is, as history shows, pretty much universally more helpful than the attempts at secrecy.

[@smaragdwolf1]

I didnt watch much of Voyager, but early in the series i learned that, if Janeway basically says "shut up, do what i say and dont speak with anyone" after locking herself in her Room, you KNOW that it is serious and Questions should be ask after the looming Crisis is gone.

[@cellulanus]

I always wondered what would have happened if Janeway was dead or otherwise unavailable at this point. Automatically locking down the ship is not only stupid, but depending on what was going on when it happened suicidal.

[@bigpoppa1234]

The same thing that would happen any other time a Captain died or wasn't around, the command functions would be transferred to the next officer. But question would be if the directive would still alert the Captain if that Captain wasn't the original and was someone without the clearance. Based on how dangerous this is that the subroutines about it would probably still work for whoever the new Captain was.

[@quitequiet5281]

“I Thought she might.”

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

If the Captain basically barricaded herself in her readyroom and she is the only one high-ranking enough to have been briefed about it, how B'elanna heard about the directive?

[@TheSonyExperience]

She heard rumors

[@FingerinUrDaughter]

its quite simple. the entire ship was locked down with the symbol for Omega spearing over every single screen, locking out all users.

[@quitequiet5281]

B’elanna is chief of engineering... when the force field went up and the high security top secret computer systems were engaged... that requires energy power and security system lock outs to rearrange their configuration... if she was the only person who was at the work station... the ship was feeding her rumors. If some one unqualified was standing there... they would not have known what happened or even that anything out of the ordinary happened... knowledge is power... and engineering is energy knowledge as well as understanding.

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

@@quitequiet5281 Ok, but where did the omega bit come from?

[@momokochama1844]

@@thiagodeandrade7081 at least on the bridge, the moment sensors find omega particles, all consoles are locked and the omega symbol shows. only the captain can unlock them again

[@davidg.sartison2382]

One of my favorite episodes.

[@armandoortiz9114]

Another good episode. Brilliant writers

[@edwardgill1882]

Durn, now I'm going to have to pull this episode up on Netflix and rewatch it.

[@szapio8480]

Crew expandable.

[@brendandax]

I always smirk at the dramatic "Seal the door". Who is going to be barging in on her? 🤣 btw I love Voyager

[@tigercake558]

"Janeway-1153-RED": Did the Orange is the New Black call Kate Mulgrew's character 'Red' because of this?

[@andytay5507]

Hilarious! You may now Drop The Mic. (3 years later.)

[@asianfireflie]

a cool symbol to have as a friend

[@MackerelCat]

They all have colds in this clip.

[@darthkek1953]

Bolivian flu.

[@Tigerman1138]

Fun-fact: in the movie TRUE LIES Arnold’s character works for “The Omega Sector” - “The *last* line of defense.” Is the agency’s motto.

[@stevenspenneberg7407]

This was posted four years ago , and I just saw it today? 3-25-22. I wish I had seen it back then. “The Captain wants to see you. I thought she might. “

[@theInfamousWraith]

How are you going to tell them not to gossip when you're in the middle of engineering.

[@connormacleod7010]

The lady that was playing the chief engineer she was pregnant in this episode she was 5 months pregnant when this episode was shown that's why she's wearing the jacket look at it very carefully and you'll see that she's wearing a jacket watches episode from beginning to end they never show her stomach area

[@dhinton1]

Yeah ..... Everyone know Roxann Dawson was very much pregnant during S4. lol

[@andytay5507]

the Captain was very adamant about this. Adamant does NOT need a modifier, it is already extreme.

[@yaldabaoth2]

The only one who can order Janeway around: The computer voice

[@1969apophis]

Was Chakotay checking out Nine’s rear in the last scene??

[@philbertchow5425]

Who wouldn’t?

[@whatno5090]

12000 **kelvins**

[@ZantherStone]

Is there stuff about the synths under that security clearance?

[@ncc74656m]

Something occurred to me on this: I was curious what extent Captains are briefed on Omega. I think there was something said that it applied to starship captains and above - so were captains of lesser vessels - small scouts, research vessels not assigned to deep space, supply vessels, etc, not included on that? There does seem to be cause for distinction here given commentary from past episodes that actively distinguish those vessel types.

[@hithere5553]

I would assume it is restricted to only captains and first officers and above. The threat is so great that any ship in range ignoring it is an unacceptable risk.

[@Beedronious]

Sad thing is, it's never really discussed that much, but in the Star Trek canon, book wise at least, there's actually a level above lvl 10, Level 11....in the event of first contact with a malevolent omnipotent being, Q doesnt count, he's annoying at best and self-serving at worst, StarFleet is to immediately activate the Z Directive.....which was never explained, but was apparently some deus ex machina that would allow Star Fleet to very temporarily alter the laws of physics, to something akin to a Q level, but only to very specific circumstances, and only for a very brief amount of time, possibly 10 seconds or less.

[@scottdavidlowe]

Do you recall the book this is from?

[@Beedronious]

@@scottdavidlowe Honestly I don't remember anymore, it's been a while since I read the books. All I remember is that I THINK it was one of the post-Nemesis TNG books

[@dboymax1]

@@Beedronious Let us know if you find the book title

[@barrettross3772]

Can’t find anything about that on memory alpha.

[@Beedronious]

@@barrettross3772 It's probably been retconeed out over the years, I just remember reading it in some OLD ST books

[@markleneker9923]

So what happens if they meet a peaceful but advanced race that has successfully harnessed Omega particle strands as a power and propulsion source for several years? Attack them?

[@darthkek1953]

WE COME IN PEACE SHOOT TO KILL!

[@kilroy987]

Fortunately that question wasn't asked - the race here wasn't equipped to handle it effectively. But, encountering a capable race would have been a challenging episode. I'd guess they'd fudge it by having saboteurs protesting it threatening to destabilize containment.

[@brenster21]

Janeway tells the borg in exchange for 20 pounds of coffee

[@275drago]

omg omg level 10 :D

[@kingzilla9859]

Well Captain if they screw up because of your lack of info it's on you.

[@bc057]

I wonder who started the rumor? And what's the consequence for leaking classified information? (esp to a Borg and several Maquis)

[@DrknssRules1]

I've always wondered if other species are aware. Like do the Klingons, Romulans, Cardassians, and other know of Omega? Like imagine if the during the Dominion War a burst of Omega went off. Would both sides just immediately stop fighting and work together to find and destroy it?

[@robertsilva8097]

In this episode the chief engineer she's pregnant while she was filming Star Trek Voyager she had to get permission to get pregnant her and her husband wanted to start a family that's why you see an extra jacket over her a Starfleet extra jacket that's why you always see them filming her head in her shoulders they were trying to hide her pregnancy

[@ModestNeophyte]

1.2 light years? wtf, in a scene following this one janeway orders tom head to the omega signature at full IMPULSE. full impulse is 0.25 c, so they're talking about a damn 3 month trip? LOL

[@aidanwow1593]

Trek logic is never consistent with real-world physics.

[@ModestNeophyte]

Never? Hm.

[@gousaid67]

if it were 1.2 light years, the trip wouldnt take 3 months, it will take 4.8 YEARS

[@ModestNeophyte]

why did i even get this wrong.. i feel like an idiot now

[@armymatt83]

as opposed to say star wars? lol. star trek is based on real-world physics the only problem is writers taking liberties for the sake of a story when they have no real knowledge.

[@svavarkjarrval8757]

I wonder if the protocol deals with situations where the captain dies, goes into coma, etc... and then an Omega molecule is detected when there's an unbriefed first officer as acting captain.

[@Tantalus010]

I'm sure it did. Starfleet ship computers are smart enough to reason with, so as soon as the ship was informed (or realized) that the captain was dead or incapacitated, I'm sure the computer would tell the acting captain to report to the ready room for a classified brief.

[@svavarkjarrval8757]

@@Tantalus010 There are pros and cons in that regard because such reports or situations could be faked, therefore briefing someone who wasn't supposed to know. Perhaps the computer, if it detects such a possibility, would automatically inform the closest Starfleet entity (ship, station, communication node, etc.) of the uncertainty, and Starfleet would dispatch another ship to verify. Of course, this is all speculation.

[@dhinton1]

I'm sure it would for Starfleet vessels within reasonable range of contacting HQ, or any Federation starbase. like it was stated in this episode, the directive wasn't meant for a lone starship over 60K light years from any semblance of the Federation.

[@barrettross3772]

I would imagine, since the first officer would receive the command codes of the captain at least they will be able to dismiss the message. They would not be locked out of the ship, but I don’t know if that would help them execute the directive.

[@Mandolatron]

What people don't realize is this breaks the fourth wall. I went through the Omega directive last week.

[@brendandax]

Huh?

[@shawnmccori]

We need one of these for the first combustion engine I invented cause it would go nuclear if you fart or near a natural gas pipe that has been rigged to leak!

[@Stormkrow280]

Bet there is a species that has developed Omega Particles

[@cristianruiz1972]

0:45 Algo le pasa en la parte superior de la nave.

[@felixsaenz4586]

there is something in janeway voice, i dont know how to explain it, it makes me calm.

[@VillainTheHammer]

Or cum?

[@bigpoppa1234]

Why isn't the Captain's Room already locked to unauthorized access?

[@raulxavier1271]

Let's plaster the symbol of the most top secret StarFleet has to offer ALLLL over the ship and let's not talk about it.

[@apark8787]

@1:35 asks what they heard, @1:47 then tells them to shut up lol

[@jordancobb509]

1153 Red. Not a very secure password for such an important file.

[@enavy04]

I don't know..."1153_Red!" seems like a pretty secure password... 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@AustinMichael]

Holy shit it's Red for Orange is the New Black

[@Howyaduing]

🤦‍♂️

[@michaelschweigart3517]

Are there captains in the federation that have lower than level 10?

[@ascii892]

Probably most captains do unless it was a field promotion and they haven't been back to HQ for captain's orientation, such as Riker when Picard was assimilated.

[@HowDidIGet3700Subs]

Oh janeway loves her drama & over-acting 😂

[@shirlbristow9782]

Why?

[@peachesrambo4037]

I just love the hubris of star fleet.

[@michaelbowie3269]

Federation: Police of the Galaxy

[@georgedarkrender388]

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[@darthglobe4285]

Why is everyone always trying to find faults in Voyager? Never seen such a huge number of people doing this to TNG or DS9!

[@chrisc6857]

One big mistake in this episode that always bugged me: "Only Captains and higher know about this." Okay, but... Chakotay WAS a Starfleet captain before he resigned to join the Maquis, so he shouldn't have been in the dark. Which is okay if we say he was just playing dumb to the rest of the crew, but he clearly didn't have any idea what it was either...

[@100nitrog]

Chakotay never had his own command while in Starfleet (at least at this point in his life). He was a captain in the Maquis, but when he resigned from Starfleet, he was just an instructor in the Advanced Tactical Training course.

[@AGryphonTamer]

Janeway1153red. That password is horrible even by today's standards. Janeway is just her name. 1153 is four digits. It's not a lot. And while "red" has three letters it's just a color, and should probably be counted as only 1 character. There's also standard formatting, which if you knew would make this easier. It's (Name) (String of numbers) (Up to three letters or color) Name is always first, the others are sometimes swapped. It would take a modern computer seconds to break that code, and if somehow there were any kind of listening device they could get both the voice print and code. Without even needing to brute force it.

[@EcchiRevenge]

Access Ultrasmurf files.

[@NeroCloud]

this ep pissed me off. so your people could not use it. So a race far away made it lets not let them have it cause we cant rule here if we cant warp out.

[@kilroy987]

It fudges the criticality of preventing damage to subspace by the apparency of Star Trek not existing at all in a region of space where space travel is effectively rendered pointless. The conceit is that the ability of man to explore space is what's necessary for a society's progress and ultimate survival as a culture. Sometimes the line blurring the love of a show and its application in real world is just best left in the show.

[@NeroCloud]

@@kilroy987 yea i no but sometimes when working some ep i get little pissed off by the crew. this one was one of them that got under my skin is all

[@heidifedor]

I liked Voyager, but I thought this storyline was stupid.

[@WelshWidgetMan2O1O]

Same here. It was a confusingly ridiculous episode.

[@maanvis81]

Computer delete all offensive replies to this KZbin video

[@barrettross3772]

*deny beep* Unable to comply. No one cares.

[@kyle8952]

this is so dumb. every computer on the ship locks with a screensaver that says HEY YOUR CAPTAIN HAS A BIG SECRET. YOU CAN'T DO YOUR JOB UNTIL THE CAPTAIN DOES A SECRET THING. YOU CAN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, SECRET!

[@Norvo82]

Such cringeworthy, illogical scripting... Chakotay asks B'Elanna to gossip, she proceeds to say two lines and then he shuts her down "No speculation!". It's like the ink in his tattoo led to short term memory loss.

[@Vsor]

I like it. He is curious and wants to know, but also knows he shouldn't. He has the willpower to do what is right, but doesn't pretend like he is flawless.

[@andymac4883]

I dunno, he asked her to tell him what she'd been told. There's a difference between doing that, and making speculation. Though in terms of rumour I suppose the line does get a little blurry.

It is truly amazing how slow some people are and yet they feel free to tell you all their stupid ideas.

[@kilroy987]

It was more for us to know how the crew was gossiping anyway.

[@WelshWidgetMan2O1O]

This was a ridiculous episode.

[@Fedaykin24]

An interesting episode, an incompetent Captain over promoted and waaaay out of her depth pushed into a situation with a Starfleet directive that rescinds all other considerations and she can't consult her superiors. That the rest of the crew were able to pull them out of a lethal mess regardless of Janeway speaks volumes.

[@Innomen]

So cringy. She's like a 10 year old trying to sound dramatic. X) Half expected "Over 9000" to pop up. And Chakofail's "make it possible" is almost as bad. Then there's Belana's pocket protector. /facepalm

[@Norvo82]

B'Elanna's smock was a poor attempt to try and hide the fact actress Roxann Dawson was pregnant at the time.

[@Innomen]

I see. There's an in-universe problem here too though that goes back to the federation's loathing of all things related to improvement. Comparing the uniform of ent with tng and the like shows zero pockets. It's like they don't want people to carry around tools unless they serve to reinforce hatred of them, like those stupid stick on phaser and tricorder pockets.

[@Norvo82]

Brandon Sergent Agreed, though Doctor Crusher always wore that comfy medical coat with at least 2 pockets

[@Innomen]

She gets special treatment because Picard had a crush. You think they named her "Crusher" by accident? X)

[@RussianNightmare]

Leave it to a woman captain to be lost in space.