The Killing Game story
The Hirogen implant devices into the crew making them believe they are characters within the holodecks being used for hunts, all set in World War II Europe. Directed by: David Livingston. Story by: Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky.
17 total · 2 choice · 9 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| facing an invading force | choice | French Resistance, paralleled in the crew vs. Hirogen |
| resistance movement | choice | The Hirogen reenacting the French Resistance on the holodeck with themselves as occupying Nazis and the crew as the resistors constitutes a main novelty of the story. |
| facing a ship takeover | major | Harry and The Doctor face Hirogen takeover of Voyager |
| facing being hunted like an animal | major | Hirogen preyed on Voyager crew |
| hunting people for sport | major | The Hirogen lived for hunting other species of sentient aliens as sport. Having discovered the holodeck, they took pleasure in hunting down the French Resistence in an nelaborate scenario. |
| speculative virtual reality | major | Karr had a master plan to use holodeck technology to save his civilization. |
| the French Resistance | major | history theme |
| the Nazi stereotype | major | Hirogen for all intents and purposes |
| virtual reality room | major | German occupation of France reenacted on holodeck |
| what it is like to live through a military occupation | major | Some Voyager crew members were mind controlled into believing that they were living in France during the Nazi occupation. |