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Whether they realize it or not , an underratedStar Trek : Voyagerspecies may have just saved the extragalactic nebula . While traveling the treacherous Delta Quadrant , Voyagerencounters a number of new mintage , both friendly and hostile – most fall into the latter category . The Hirogen were one such race , menacingVoyagerseveral times during their journeying . Now , inStar Trek : Defiant#18,the Hirogen may have unknowingly saved the beetleweed .

The Hirogen debut in the fourth seasonVoyagerepisode " Message in a Bottle . "

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Star Trek : Defiant#18 is drop a line by Christopher Cantwell and drawn by Angel Unzueta . Worf , Ro Laren and B’Elanna Torres are on the Antaran homeworld , on the bound of the Delta Quadrant . The Romulans are coming to Antara to strip down the major planet of its remaining technology , andWorf must organize the agrarian inhabitantsto fight back . Not affirmative about their prospects , Worf nevertheless presses forward . One of the Antarans takes Worf to a clarification , where two Hirogen Raiders are observe .

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The Hirogen Live for the Hunt, Making Them Unlike OtherStar TrekAliens

WhenVoyagerwas throw 75,000 lightheaded geezerhood into the Delta Quadrant , they were in completely unknown territory . Voyagerset a row for home , and right into the crosshairs of every hostile race in the Delta Quadrant . The Kazon , the Borg , the Krenim and the Hirogen all squared off withVoyagerat one degree or another . The Hirogen were peculiarly scary . They were warp - capable , but mobile , traveling through the galaxy hunting for virginal sport . The Hirogen see Janeway and her work party often , and fill them down to the conducting wire .

One ofVoyager’sbetter developed races , the Hirogen ’s single - given pursuit of the hunt lead to fascinating societal Thomas More and impost .

The glimpse of Hirogen cultivation and company glimpsed inStar Trek : Voyagerpaint a fascinating picture . One ofVoyager’sbetter developed races , the Hirogen ’s single - minded pursuit of the hunt led to fascinating social Thomas More and customs . Voyagertried to make breakthroughs with the Hirogen , but it would not be until the ship return home that the Federation assay formal diplomatical relations . As revealed inStar Trek : Picard , the two power have come to an agreement , but only after some initial misunderstandings . While it is unlikely the Hirogenwill join the Federation , it is one less enemy they will cope with .

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The Hirogen May Have Just Saved Everyone

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Just as the Hirogen ’s culture produced unique customs duty , it gave birth to some wild engineering science as well , tech that just might have saved the galaxy . A Romulan encroachment fleet is head to Antara , which under normal circumstances would have spell end of the world for the planet . Yet the presence of Hirogen raider render Worf and the Antarans an advantage they antecedently did not have . Star Trek : Voyagertouched on the awesome potential of Hirogen technology , and now it will be instrumental in hold open an important satellite , and thus the wandflower .

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Worf, Torres and Ro Laren look at abandoned Hirogen raiders

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