Living Witness story

voy4x23 · 1998-04-29

A Kyrian museum curator 700 years in the future hopes a Voyager relic containing a copy of the Doctor can confirm their version of history. Directed by: Tim Russ. Story by: Brannon Braga.

15 total · 2 choice · 8 major · 5 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
historical revisionism choice Kyrian historical account of Voyager encounter
social oppression choice The Vaskans lived as virtual second class citizens on the home world that they shared with the Kyrians.
ethnic hatred major Race relations between the Vaskans and the Kyrians reached a breaking point, culminating with the Vaskans rioting in the streets.
genocide major Voyager against Kyrians
having a preconception challenged major Quarren about history
multi-species civilization major Two alien races, the Vaskans and the Kyrians shared the same home world with the one (the Vaskans) living under the heal of the other (the Kyrians).
the thirst for knowledge major Quarren wanted to find out the ugly truth
war crime major Captain Janeway was regarded as an infamous war criminal among the Kyrians for having supposedly ordered the use of biogenic weapons on their people.
what if I found myself in the future major The Doctor woke up 700 years in the future.
what if I was accused of a crime that I didn't commit major The Kyrians accused the Doctor of having been complicit in the war crimes masterminded by Janeway. Alas, neither the Doctor nor Janeway had perpetrate any war crimes.