[Voyager] "Hunters" Mission Log

Hunters

Production Number: 183 (STV415)
Original air date: 2/11/98

Written by: Jeri Taylor
Directed by: David Livingston

In trying to retrieve messages from home, Voyager is lead into the snare of a hostile alien race of hunters, the Hirogen, on "Star Trek: Voyager" airing Wednesday, February 11 (8:00-9:00 P.M., ET/PT) on UPN.

Guest Stars:

Tiny Ron as Idrin (aka Alpha-Hirogen)
Roger Morrissey as Beta-Hirogen

Shuttle Count: Tuvok and Seven are captured from a shuttle; the ship's fate is unknown.

Notes:

Tiny Ron also plays the Huyperian Maihar'du on DS9.
Voyager receives their responses from loved ones at the subspace relay, and Starfleet informs them of what's been happening in the Alpha Quadrant these past three years: The Borg atack on Earth, war with the Klingons, and war with the Dominion. The most distressing news, though, is the demise of the Maquis at the hands of the Dominion/Cardassian Alliance. But things get hairy when the Hirogen, the aliens who conquered the area of space where the subspace relay is located, find Voyager and decide to kick them out. During the fight, the relay is damaged, and Voyager's link to the Alpha Quadrant is destroyed.

Thanks to the success of the doctor's previous mission ("Message in a Bottle", January 21), Voyager has at last made contact with Starfleet Command by using a far-flung array of alien relay modules to communicate with Earth and let them know that they are, indeed, alive--although still many light years away, on "Star Trek: Voyager" airing WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on UPN.

Miraculously, the ship begins receiving messages, transmitted across the vast distances over the same relay system, from relieved family and friends back home. Voyager's crew is elated to finally hear from loved ones after so many years. However, for Captain Janeway and others, their joy is tempered by bittersweet news.

Many messages are still being held at the module. Voyager proceeds to the alien craft to attempt retrieval of the remaining transmissions. Tuvok and Seven of Nine are ordered to board a shuttle and inspect the craft. Before they can, however, they are captured, beamed aboard an alien vessel and trussed-up like animals as a rude introduction to the Hirogen, a hostile, alien race of hunters. Living for the thrill of the hunt, the Hirogens have targeted Voyager's crew as prey in their latest game.

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