Flesh and Blood story
Voyager's hologram technology, which Janeway had previously donated to the Hirogen, has been modified to make the holographic "prey" more cunning, enabling the hologram characters to rebel against their new masters. Directed by: Mike Vejar David Livingston. Story by: Jack Monaco, Bryan Fuller and Raf Green.
18 total · 4 choice · 7 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| AI rights | choice | what rights did the murderous sentient machines have? |
| belonging | choice | The Doctor between organics and his holographic people |
| choosing between conflicting loyalties | choice | The Doctor between Voyager or own kind |
| out of control AI | choice | The simulated prey became too capable and rebelled against their Hirogen creators. |
| choosing between odious regimes | major | Janeway had to choose between the murderous Hirogen and the murderous photonics. |
| facing being hunted like an animal | major | Hirogen hunted holographic prey and vice versa |
| human vs. captivity | major | The Doctor and B'Elanna held captive by his holographic brethren |
| hunting people for sport | major | The Hirogen lived for hunting other species of sentient aliens as sport. |
| social oppression | major | The holograms felt that holograms the Delta Quadrant over were being oppressed by their alien masters. |
| speculative virtual reality | major | The Hirogen set up elaborate simulated hunting ground. |