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Captain Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) certainly never intended to make any foe inStar Trek : Voyager , butbeing the headwaiter of a Federation spaceship in the uncharted Delta Quadrant ineluctably creates new foes for Captain Janeway . marque - new Delta Quadrant aliens inStar Trekwere created as antagonists and enemies for Captain Janeway and thecrew of the USS Voyager , from the Kazon and Vidiians in early seasons ofStar Trek : Voyagerto Species 8472 and the Hirogen inVoyager ’s 2d half . Despite Janeway ’s assay confederation with them , the Borg are also an ongoing threat fromStar Trek : Voyagerseason 4 until the series ' end .
It ’s not justStar Trek ’s new Delta Quadrant alien speciesin general that became Captain Janeway ’s opposition . Individual people in the Delta Quadrant also collide with Janeway during the long journey back to the Alpha Quadrant , as Voyager entered their space or Captain Janeway ’s crew committed nameless offenses against them . These specific enemies have a much more personal bone to pick with Captain Kathryn Janeway ; they ’ve got vendetta against Janeway up their sleeves , interstellar empires to find , and forceful differences of opinion that Janeway just ca n’t let playground slide .
New alien villains fight against Captain Kathryn Janeway and the USS Voyager in the Delta Quadrant , but some foes were more successful than others .
7Older Kes (Jennifer Lien)
Star Trek: Voyager Season 6, Episode 23 - “Fury”
AfterJennifer Lien leftStar Trek : Voyager , Kes returns one more time inStar Trek : Voyagerseason 6 , episode 23 , " Fury " . This Kes is hardened and angry , return to the USS Voyager near the final stage of her life to exact vengeance on Captain Kathryn Janeway with the titular telekinetic wildness … and a phaser .
" retrieve another way home . Captain Janeway will facilitate you if you give her a chance . test to remember who you were . seek to recollect me . "
- Kes , Star Trek : Voyagerseason 6 , episode 23 , " hysteria "
Kes pick her suffering on the misremembered claims that Janeway forced Kes ' departure from Voyagerseveral old age earlier . Strategic clip travelling allows Janeway to plug in Kes with her younger self before send the elder Ocampa on her style , wipe off the whole ordeal .
6Arturis (Ray Wise)
Star Trek: Voyager Season 4, Episode 26 - “Hope and Fear”
InStar Trek : Voyagerseason 4 , sequence 26 , " Hope and Fear " , an unexpected consequence ofJaneway ’s alliance with the BorginStar Trek : Voyagerseason 4 arise with the arrival of Arturis ( Ray Wise ) , who claim thatJaneway ’s aid in defeating Species 8472 freed up Borg resource to assimilate more Delta Quadrant mintage . After thousands of year keeping the Borg at bay , Arturis ' mass were assimilated . Arturis ' revenge secret plan appeals to Janeway ’s desire to bring her crew home , in the build of the USS Dauntless , a fake Federation starship with a quantum slipstream drive that will present Janeway directly to the Borg for her own acculturation .
Admiral Janeway ’s USS Dauntless inStar Trek : Prodigyseason 1 is nominate after the imitation Starfleet ship from " Hope and Fear " .
5Kashyk (Mark Harelik)
Star Trek: Voyager Season 5, Episode 10 - “Counterpoint”
Kashyk ( Mark Harelik ) , an inspector for the telepath - hating Devore , becomes Captain Janeway ’s foe through dissimulation and treason , which is almost worse than actual military hit against Voyager . InStar Trek : Voyagerseason 5 , episode 10 , " Counterpoint " , Janeway in secret harbors telepathic Brenari refugees while Voyager is in Devore distance .
Inspector Kashyk win over Janeway that he ’s seen the error of his means , and want to change . Over echo meetings , Janeway easy falls for the cultured and curious Kashyk , but becomingCaptain Janeway ’s love interestturns out to be an bit to garner Kathryn ’s trust and get to the Brenari hidden in Voyager ’s conveyer belt buffer .
4The Clown (Michael McKean)
Star Trek: Voyager Season 2, Episode 23 - “The Thaw”
InStar Trek : Voyagerseason 2 , installment 23 , " The Thaw " , the Clown is an antagonist for more than just Captain Janeway , but it ’s Janeway who ultimately issue victorious in a battle of wits against the Clown . The Clown is the manifestation of concern that exists within a neural web , create from the mind of the 5 hoi polloi hooked to the web . to generate a unceasing supply of fear and control his natural selection , the Clown makes the connection god-awful for his victims , and refuse to let them leave . Anyone engaging with the Clown is trapped in the connection with him , so how can anyone get the better of him ?
Captain Janeway sets herself up as the ultimate prize for the Clown , ask the release of the Clown ’s hostages – which includes Ensign Harry Kim ( Garrett Wang ) – in exchange for Janeway herself . The snatch is that this is aholographic version of Captain Janewayinstead of the actual affair , andthe Clown ca n’t feed off of an inorganic mind . “Drat,“indeed .
The Clown reappear inStar Trek : Lower Decksseason 4 , sequence 1 , " Twovix " , as one of 3 illustrious holographical characters fromStar Trek : Voyagerwho get activated by the USS Cerritos crew .
3Captain Rudolph Ransom (John Savage)
Star Trek: Voyager Season 5, Episode 26 & Season 6, Episode 1 - “Equinox”
Captain Rudolph Ransom of the USS Equinox is a victim of the same fate that in the beginning befell Janeway and the USS Voyager , as a Federation starship that was brought to the other side of the galaxy by the Caretaker . The departure is that while Janeway hold tight to Starfleet ideals , Ransom abandoned esteem for sentient life and hit innocent non - corporeal life formsto create fuel for a loyal journey to the Alpha Quadrant . Ransom tries to justify his actions by saying the Federation is out of reach , so the Equinox crowd did what they must to survive , but Janeway nonetheless holds Ransom accountable .
Captain Janeway has perquisite that Captain Ransom did n’t .
In response , Ransom points out that Captain Janeway has privileges that Captain Ransom did n’t . The USS Voyager is a more advance spaceship than the Equinox , and Voyager make headway crew fellow member from Commander Chakotay ’s Maquis pillager to replace lives lose on the initial journey . The Equinox ’s experience as anAlpha Quadrant vessel in the Delta Quadrantwasn’t so lucky . Both Janeway and Ransom are committed to the survival of the fittest and safety of their crews , andRansom challenge Janeway to moot whether she would have also abandoned Starfleet idealsif the circumstances were swapped .
2Annorax of the Krenim Imperium (Kurtwood Smith)
Star Trek: Voyager Season 4, Episodes 8 & 9 - “Year of Hell”
WhileCaptain Janeway detest meter travel , and does her best to avoid clock time anomalies , Annorax of the Krenim Imperium ( Kurtwood Smith ) embraces the ability to use time as a weapon . With Krenim meter weapons that score out people , ship , and entire planets from existence , Annorax continues to alter the timeline to increase the size of it and influence of the Imperium . When the USS Voyager becomes the proverbial fly in the balm that seems to keep Annorax from reanimate his accidentally erased family , Annorax sets his sight on erasing Janeway and her crew .
ThroughoutStar Trek : Voyagerseason 4 , installment 8 & 9 , " Year of Hell " , Voyager suffers heavy losses as a result of Annorax ’s targeted attacks . Even with the losses , and the Krenim ’s advanced technology hands down outpacing Voyager’s , Janeway ’s tenacity still correspond Annorax’s . Only when it seems like there ’s nothing leave to mislay does Janeway make the sacrifice flirt that saves the Voyager bunch and the timeline .
Some Star Trek timelines have to continue to exist in the multiverse , even if it seems like they ’ve been overwritten .
1The Borg Queen (Susanna Thompson, Alice Krige)
Star Trek: Voyager Seasons 5–7
Captain Janeway ’s most formidable individual enemy inStar Trek : Voyageris undoubtedly theBorg Queen(Susanna Thompson , Alice Krige ) . From the metre the USS Voyager enters Borg space inStar Trek : Voyagerseason 3 ’s cliffhanger , " Scorpio , Part 1 " , the Borg Queen is unobserved , but watching Janeway through the center of Borg lagger . Captain Janeway ’s discharge of Seven of Nine may have been the biggest insult against the Borg Queen , who tried to lure Seven back to the collective inStar Trek : Voyagerseason 5 , episodes 15 & 16 " Dark Frontier " .
Borg Queen Appearances
Episode Title
Played By
Star Trek : Voyagerseason 5 , episodes 15 & 16
" Dark Frontier "
Susanna Thompson
Star Trek : Voyagerseason 6 , installment 26
" Unimatrix Zero , Part 1 "
Star Trek : Voyagerseason 7 , episode 1
" Unimatrix Zero , Part 2 "
Star Trek : Voyagerseason 7 , episodes 25 & 26
" Endgame "
Alice Krige
Despite appearing in only four installment ofStar Trek : Voyager , the Borg Queen has a lasting impact on Captain Janeway ’s lifetime . Star Trek : Voyager ’s finale , " Endgame " , shows that in Janeway ’s original timeline , the USS Voyager takes 23 year to hit the Alpha quarter-circle . After years of research and ontogenesis on anti - Borg weaponry , Admiral Janeway goes back in timeto destroy the Borg Queen . Janeway ’s neurolytic pathogen successfully infects the Borg , leaving the Borg Queen little more than a shell of her former self . Of all Janeway ’s foeman inStar Trek : Voyager , only the Borg Queen can inspire that sort of bad blood in Janeway herself .
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