[Voyager] "The Killing Game" Mission Log

The Killing Game

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Production Number: 186 and 187 (STV418 and 419)
Original air date: 03/04/98

Written by: Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Directed by: David Livingston (Part 1) and Victor Lobl (Part 2)

Janeway and Seven of Nine are cast as members of the French Resistance when Hirogen invaders, as Nazi SS officers, hunt down Voyager's crew in elaborate, deadly holodeck games, in a special two-hour "Star Trek: Voyager" airing Wednesday, March 4 (8:00-10:00 P.M., ET/PT) on UPN

Guest Stars:

Danny Goldring as the Alpha Hirogen
Mark Metcalf as the Hirogen Medic
Mark Deakins as the Hirogen SS Officer
J. Paul Boehmer as the Kapitan
Paul Eckstein as the young Hirogen
Peter Hendrixson as the Klingon

Shuttle Count: none

Notes:

This is the conclusion to the Hirogen story arc,

-- Seven of Nine Performs as a Cabaret Singer In Occupied France --

"The Killing Game" -- The Voyager crew have become unwitting game to the Hirogen hunters who have invaded the ship and cast the crew members in a variety of elaborate, deadly Holodeck games, when a special two-hour "Star Trek: Voyager" airs on Wednesday, March 4 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET/PT) on UPN.

Having invaded Voyager and discovered the many uses of the Holodeck, Hirogen hunters have been playing a deadly game with Voyager crew members, putting them through various scenarios in which they are being hunted down as prey. One of the scenarios takes place in occupied France, with the Hirogen as Nazi SS Officers chasing down Captain Janeway, Seven of Nine, Tuvok, and Torres, as members of the French Resistance.

Implanted with subdermal transmitters, the crewmembers have no knowledge that they have identities beyond the characters they are playing. Only the Doctor, forced to mend the steady stream of wounded crewmembers to sick bay, is conscious of the invaders. He soon figures out a way to disengage Janeway and Seven of Nine, who then must begin to figure out how to defeat the Hirogen at their own game.