Caretaker story
While searching for a missing Maquis ship with a Starfleet spy aboard, USS Voyager is swept away to the Delta Quadrant, more than 70,000 light-years from home, by an incredibly powerful being known as the "Caretaker." Directed by: Winrich Kolbe. Story by: Rick Berman, Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor.
29 total · 3 choice · 10 major · 16 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| compromising one's ethical principles vs. great need | choice | Janeway destroys the Array and with it their only way home |
| human self-sacrifice | choice | future Harry for Voyager crew |
| what if I could never go home | choice | The Voyager crewmembers were left to confront the harsh reality that they might never again see Federation space, once it became apparent they’d been catapulted to a distant region of the galaxy. |
| atrophied civilization | major | underground Ocampan civilization |
| coping with a terminal illness | major | Harry and B'Elanna |
| facing life in captivity | major | Harry and B'Elanna |
| humankind controlling its own destiny | major | The Caretaker came to lament that the Ocampans had become completely dependent on his overseeing of their society. |
| loyalty to a group | major | Tom and Tuvok about the Maquis, then Kes and Neelix to Voyager |
| putting differences aside | major | Federation and Maquis |
| remorse | major | The Caretaker was motivated by guilt to care for the Ocampa and something about Tom in the past |