The Void

Voyager gets trapped in a void of space that is occupied with other ships, all of which are competing for resources.

The ships trapped in the void exist in a state of chaos where everyone is competing for resources. There are two ways of trying to survive: Look after for yourself with a complete disregard for others or try and cooperate to share resources with the aim of a solution for all. This episode is as relevant in today's divided societies as it ever was and makes you feel a bit depressed when you think what option our own leaders would actually take.

There are clashes of viewpoint all over the place and it presents the Captain Janeway character with a moment to shine. Talk about resolute, bloody-minded devotion to principles. It's a high risk attitude and not all agree (some IMDB reviewers to name a few), but you have to admit that even though she might not be the de facto star of the show, particularly when The Doctor and Seven are on form, she is well and truly the star of this episode.

It is a technically well made episode with special effects that keep things pretty exciting and when all is said and done you've got to love a montage.

I've always found this episode to be one of the best to use as an example of what makes Starfleet's philosophy work, as opposed to the behavior of the Klingons, Romulans, and other more aggressive races.

Voyager is trapped in a dimensional void, where there are no resources of any kind, other than from other star ships who are trapped. Previous to Voyager's appearance, the law of the land was raid any new ship that appears, and fight it out yourself.

Janeway, using Starfleet principles, instead decides to create a mini star fleet, by convincing other ships to band together, share resources, in order to escape their situation.

It shows how the more aggressive species hurt this concept with their behavior, and why the joining of forces works well.

On top of that, it is a pretty exciting episode, with many good scenes, and satisfying from start to finish. One of the very best ST Voyager episodes.

Anyone who gives a rating of "1" to anything but "Amazon Googles Meet the Martian Queen" is doing so out of spite. Interesting how a wide array of viewers average "8." None of these television series episodes is perfect because of time constraints and economics. I found this one to be quite nice. If you believe Janeway is pure evil, you need to find another show. There are interesting characters fighting for a common goal, their very existence. The aliens are interesting and unique and the task is clearly defined. Certainly, one of the better episodes.

Voyager finds itself stuck within a void from which it cannot escape. What's worse is that soon after arriving, they are set upon by other ships that are also within the void. In other words, to survive the various ships attack and scavenge off each other. Well, Janeway being a galactic goody-goody, she decides the best tactic is to make friends with everyone and she proposes making an alliance so that everyone can help each other. However, this isn't embraced by everyone. Some species are just jerks! And some of the jerks either want to betray their new 'friends', hold back on supplies they are about to share or take pleasure in killing off some native humanoids (frankly, I could understand as these dirty looking musical creatures did seem pretty annoying).

Aside from the Doctor continually mispronouncing 'Fantome' (it was supposed to be French but his pronunciation was WAY off) and the annoying native creatures, this was a decent episode. Modestly entertaining and worth seeing.

This episode is directly related / based on the story events of the PC game "Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force". The events are for the most part mirrored with the exception of in-depth game details. Great story, and fun to play!

In the episode, Voyager is attacked by a graviton pulse that transports them inside a void area of space where they cannot escape on their own power without an energy dampening field that is constantly draining the ships warp drive resources. They must band together with other, friendly and hostile, forces in order to escape.

Whereas in the game, Voyager is attacked by a probe that, upon destruction by Voyager in efforts simply to defend themselves, it emits a field that transfers Voyager and it's crew to an area of space that has a space station with an energy dampening field that drains ships of their warp energy, preventing their escape. Many other types of ships are in this area, including TOS mirror generation Enterprise ship(s?), Klingons, Borg and 8472.

In the episode, unlike the game, there is no Elite Force tactical squad (aww!!) and no final end boss. ;)