Alliances story
Janeway attempts to form an alliance with the Kazon to improve Voyager's standing in the Delta Quadrant. Directed by: Les Landau. Story by: Jeri Taylor.
14 total · 4 choice · 5 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| appearances can be deceiving | choice | moral of story at end |
| compromising one's ethical principles vs. self-preservation | choice | Janeway about deciding to form an unholy alliance with Kazon and Trabe |
| ethnic hatred | choice | Trabe and Kazon |
| hatred between nations | choice | Trabe and Kazon |
| Faustian bargain | major | alliance with the Kazon was discussed at length |
| social oppression | major | The Trabe oppressed the Kazon. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | Cullah to Trabe |
| the ethics of interfering in less advanced societies | major | Janeway about handing over technology in exchange for alliance |
| trust in a potential foe | major | trusting in Kazon failed miserably |
| betrayal | minor | Hogan |