Voyager, which aired on upn from january 1995 through may 2001. Fluidic space was an extradimensional realm filled with a form of organic fluid and containing no stars or other celestial bodies. Species 8472 is one of the main races featured in the game star trek. Borg conflict, victimized species 8472, and complicit janeway duration. Voyager in the twopart episode scorpion whereupon they played smaller roles throughout the show. Species 8472 after voyager star trek online story series lore duration. A hirogen ship meets up with voyager but doesnt attack. Voyager was the first star trek series to use computergenerated imagery cgi, rather than models, for exterior space shots.
First contact which used the phrase as the tagline for the 1996 film. While passing through borg space, voyager encounters species 8472, a race that surpasses the borg in combat prowess. There they genetically modified themselves to appear as members several starfleet species. Star trek voyager final battle with uss equinox duration. This is the fourth television program in the star trek franchise, and comprises a total of 172 episodes over the shows seven seasons. Star trek voyager the lost episodes ghosts part two audio drama by starfleet studios. Prey is the 84th episode of the science fiction television series star trek. Federation citizens and members of a terrorist organization must learn to band together to survive in an unknown part of the galaxy, is mostly forgotten by episode 4 of season 1.
Species 8472 from fluid space fold in normal space in star trek voyager. Catch all 26 episodes from the gripping fifth season of this spinoff from the star trek universe, in which steadfast capt. It was in the midst of the 8472 battle that seven of nine came aboard voyager and was later severed from the hive. This monitor reappears in the later episodes life line and nightingale. Hence the line a species more powerful than the borg, its hard to imagine basically, any species that cannot be assimilated or adapted by the borg can conquer or destroy the borg. Voyager is the third next generation star trek series, running for seven seasons from january 1995 through may 2001 the doublelength pilot episode saw the uss voyager, under the command of captain kathryn janeway, called in to apprehend a paramilitary group led by chakotay, a renegade starfleet officer. Janeway and the voyager crew move in on a san francisco recreation of species 8472. Taking voyagers alliance with the borg in 2374 as evidence that alpha quadrant powers were planning a devastating attack into fluidic space, species 8472. The voyager crew discovers species 8472 training to pose as human beings in a recreation of starfleet headquarters, a prelude to infiltration. The voyager crew discovers species 8472 training to pose as human beings in a recreation of starfleet. Species 8472 or sraxadiin, emphoris, and undine on star trek online are biologically unique. Voyager s third season, a fact that even cgi effects director ron thornton became aware of despite his purview being quite different from that of voyager s writing staff. Voyager, the 16th episode of the fourth season, and the second episode of the hirogen story arc. The hirogen species sends voyager a distress call when their holographic prey become too cunning and cannot be.
Voyager, they regard it as the actionpacked turning point for the series and franchise featuring the introduction of seven of nine, lots of borg cubes, and species 8472. In addition, the shows two most notable characters the. The borg uttered the phrase in several star trek episodes and the film star trek. The borgspecies 8472 war was a brief, but highly destructive conflict fought between forces of the borg collective and species 8472. The multiplayer game star trek online gives their proper name as undine when the uss voyager made contact with them, species 8472 were engaged in a war with one of star trek s perennial antagonists, the borg. This is an interesting episode in that it never has its principles come to blows. Species 8472, now immune to the voyager nanites, launches a second invasion through the spacetime fissure in the delta quadrant, this time to completely wipe the galaxy clean of all sentient life, whether they be borg, federation, dominion or otherwise. Species 8472 their borg designation, also known as the undine, are a nonhumanoid tripedal species hailing from fluidic space. Feb 18, 1998 watch full episodes on cbs all access. These episodes also included a new combadge design where the starfleet arrow was just an outline surrounded by. Voyager 1995 robert beltran and kate mulgrew in star trek. They are interested in the plans of this group, the one they attacked several episodes previously. This installment was not the first choice for the finale of star trek.
Species 8472 returns as well, in another of the seasons gritty episodes, in the flesh. One particular alien, dubbed the caretaker by his ocampa followers, mistakenly destroyed their. In 2020, syfy wire ranked the scorpion episode pair the seventh best episodes of star trek. The 25 greatest space aliens on the star trek tv shows. As species 8472 is seen by the borg as the pinnacle of biological perfection, they attempt to assimilate the species, only to discover, much to their dismay, that the species is immune to assimilation. Species 8472 is shown to be technologically superior to the borg. Their highly developed biology and organic technology rendered them tactically superior even to the borg, who considered them the apex of biological evolution.
Species 8472 appeared in four episodes of star trek. In taking him aboard for treatment, voyager also acquires the successful attacker a member of species 8472. They are explorers in their own right, hailing from another galaxy. Playmates star trek alien series ensign harry kim species 8472. The star trek franchise continues as the crew of the uss voyager follows a maquis ship into the badlands and ends up 70,000 light years from home. Species 8472 is a designation given to them by the borg. It is more about posturing and trying to prevent a horrible consequence. The fight scene between the alpha hirogen and the member of species 8472 that is cornered aboard voyager provided a challenge for the visual effects team. One was about voyager s hundreth episode and the writer had mistakenly mixed timeless with in the flesh, species 8472 planning an attack against the federation and somehow the voyager crew getting into contact with geordie. While investigating a defeated borg armada, harry kim becomes infected from brief close contact with an 8472, an infection that starts to eat him alive from within.
This is an episode list for the sciencefiction television series star trek. Oh, well now, arent you contentious for a minor bipedal species. Captain janeway again holds up starfleet ideals and principles against difficult situations. Janeway finds that their prey has boarded voyager, a member of species 8472. On the one hand, the introduction of species 8472 was. Scenario captain janeways diplomatic efforts with species 8472 in the voyager episode in the flesh ultimately fails. The war was fought over at least five months, ending in early 2374. The borg are very powerful, but they have their limitations. In that game, the player must infiltrate a borg cube infested with. Voyager discovers that species 8472 has constructed a simulation of starfleet headquarters as part of a plan to invade earth. I loved the original concept of species 8472 they ruined it in later episodes when they humanised them like all aliens. Voyager in which species 8472 appear include season 3 episode 26 season finale. Taking voyager s alliance with the borg in 2374 as evidence that alpha quadrant powers were planning a devastating attack into fluidic space, species 8472 sought to infiltrate starfleet in order. The borg are cybernetic organisms, linked in a hive mind called the collective.
Why cant the borg adapt fast enough to fight species 8472 given that a human invented hologram could. Star trek voyager kes leaves voyager the gift by rogueant. With kate mulgrew, robert beltran, roxann dawson, robert duncan mcneill. The borg are an alien group that appear as recurring antagonists in the star trek franchise. Species 8472 considered humanoid genetics to be impure and felt deeply threatened by the violent tendencies of many humanoid cultures. Of the three 1980s90s star trek series, voyager takes the longest to really get up a head of steam. The war was triggered by borg incursions into fluidic space species 8472s native realm. Voyager then briefly helped karon to catch species 8472, but decided to not allow him to kill it. In fact, dan curry went so far as to state that this episode was the trickiest of the numerous episodes in which species 8472 appears.
The crew of voyager discover a simulation of starfleet headquarters being run by species 8472 being used to practice launching an assault on the alpha quadrant. Gene roddenberry based upon star trek created by, rick berman created by 4 more credits. These uniforms would also make an appearance in the star trek. Helping a wounded hirogen, janeway finds that his prey, a member of species 8472, has boarded voyager. Nov 15, 2018 the making of full metal jacket duration. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show star trek. In a 2003 interview, nick sagan admitted to liking species 8472, remarking that he thought they in common with the vidiians were one of numerous cool aliens that succeeded in differentiating star trek.
But as scorpion alludes, such a powerful species might consider all other species inferior and seek to destroy them too, the weak will perish and so on. Voyager, season 3, episode 26 and season 4, episode 1 1997 wait, there is an alien race out there more powerful than the borg. Seven of nine then decided to beam the species 8472 to one of their ships along with karon. Seasons 1,2, and 6 are alright but not as good as the others. However, species 8472s biological integrity proved highly resistant and up to being completely. Helping a wounded hirogen, janeway finds that their prey has boarded voyager, a member of species 8472. Species 8472 2 starship bridge 2 starship mess hall 2 talking computer 2 trap 2 world war two 2. Voyager in which species 8472 appear include season 3 episode 26 season. Voyager collaborated with the borg to use new nanoprobe technology the crew had developed, a weapon against which the species had no effective defense. The multiplayer game star trek online gives their proper name as undine.
Voyager 1995 robert picardo and jeri ryan in star trek. I highly recommend star trek voyager to all science fiction fans especially seasons 3,4,5, and 7. Babylon 5 and seaquest dsv had previously used cgi to avoid the expense of models, but the star trek television department continued using models because they felt they were more realistic. They were later utilized as a faction as well as a story element within armada ii where they engaged in an invasion of the galaxy as well as forced the borg to ally with the federation in order to combat the menace. The borgspecies 8472 war was a brief, but highly destructive conflict fought between forces of.
The episode centers upon a member of species 8472, who escapes capture by the hirogen, and boards voyager. Soon, the prey being hunted by this particular hirogen, a member of species 8472, boards the ship. The borg coopt the technology and knowledge of other alien species to the collective through the process of assimilation. It itself has been attacked and bears a lone and severely injured survivor. Species 8472 was the borg designation for a nonhumanoid species native to a dimension called fluidic space, accessible through quantum singularities. While it is never made clear where species 8472 s information on starfleet command came from, it appears to be somewhat out of date, as everyone seems to be wearing uniforms like those of the voyager crew, rather than the newer uniforms introduced in star trek. Species 8472 memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom.
Species 8472 is a fictional extraterrestrial species in the science fiction television series star trek. Still on its journey home, the voyager enters borg space only to find the borg collective on the losing end of a desperate war against a biotechnical race designated as species 8472. Hirogen memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Several hirogen warships then arrived to retrieve their hunter and species 8472.
I also loved the episode timeless, course oblivion, and the last episode equinox. Objects moving through fluidic space generated pressure waves detectable by species 8472. The multiplayer game star trek online gives their proper name as undine when the uss voyager made contact with them, species 8472 were engaged in a war with one of star trek s perennial antagonists, the. The only immediate solution is to let the hirogen loose on the ship to attack it prey. As they say in those episodes the borg do not innovate, they do not explore they assimilate. The borg are losing the battle against species 8472. The computer monitor used by species 8472 in this episode is largely composed of parts from an earlier prop. Janeway ordered voyager into system d43119, an assimilated star system. When voyager beams aboard a wounded hirogen aboard, they inadvertently allow aboard his prey, a member of species 8472. A designation given by the borg the species name referred to by star trek online as the undine, though the hirogen refer to them as fluidians, species 8472 has a dense genetic structure, with each cell containing more than a hundred times the genetic material than that of a human cell because of their trihelical dna structure. Patrick stewarts delivery of the line, as locutus, in the best of both worlds was ranked no. Buy playmates star trek alien series ensign harry kim species 8472. In fact, dan curry went so far as to state that this episode was the trickiest of the numerous episodes in.
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