Editing Kazon (section)

===''Star Trek: Voyager''===
The Kazon appear as the principal [[antagonist]]s for ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''{{'}}s first [[List of Star Trek: Voyager episodes|two seasons]]. Introduced in the series premiere "[[Caretaker (Star Trek: Voyager)|Caretaker]]", they are shown as oppressors of the [[Ocampa]], another alien race. The Ocampa [[Kes (Star Trek)|Kes]] ([[Jennifer Lien]]) is first seen as a slave to the Kazon, and the [[Talaxian]] [[Neelix]] ([[Ethan Phillips]]) is revealed to have completed business deals with the alien species in the past. After seeing a display of the advanced technology on [[USS Voyager (Star Trek)|USS ''Voyager'']], specifically the [[Replicator (Star Trek)|replicator]] and [[Transporter (Star Trek)|transporter]], the Kazon develop schemes to steal these machines and incorporate them into their own ships. Captain [[Kathryn Janeway]] ([[Kate Mulgrew]]) refuses to provide the hostile alien species with any information regarding ''Voyager''{{'}}s technology because of her fear of upsetting the power dynamics in the [[Delta Quadrant]] and thus violating the [[Prime Directive]].<ref name="Alive">{{cite episode | title=Caretaker | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] | author=Writer: Michael Piller & Jeri Taylor. Director: Winrich Kolbe. | network=[[UPN]] | airdate=January 16, 1995 | season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 1)|1]]}}</ref> Over subsequent episodes, the crew of the [[Maquis (Star Trek)|Maquis]] cell led by [[Chakotay]] ([[Robert Beltran]])—which had been pursued by ''Voyager'' into the Delta Quadrant—merge with ''Voyager''{{'s}} [[Starfleet]] crew. In "[[State of Flux]]", the ''Voyager'' crew encounter [[Jal Culluh]] ([[Anthony De Longis]]), a Kazon sect leader and the series' primary Kazon character. In this episode, ''Voyager''{{'s}} [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]] [[Seska]] ([[Martha Hackett]]) is revealed to be a [[Cardassian]] agent who had infiltrated Chakotay's Maquis cell, subsequently objecting to the merging of crews, and Janeway's refusal to violate the Prime Directive. Seska secretly funnels information to the Kazon in order to build an alliance with the alien species and expedite ''Voyager''{{'}}s journey home. After being caught while attempting to deliver replicator technology to the Kazon, Seska leaves ''Voyager'' to join them and becomes Culluh's lover and primary adviser.<ref name="Culluh">{{cite episode | title=State of Flux | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] | author=Writer: Chris Abbott. Director: Robert Scheerer. | network=[[UPN]] | airdate= April 10, 1995 | season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 1)|1]]}}</ref>

During "[[Initiations (Star Trek: Voyager)|Initiations]]", Chakotay becomes entangled with Kar ([[Aron Eisenberg]]), a young Kazon attempting to complete a rite of passage, and tries to act as a mentor for him.<ref name="Youth">{{cite episode | title=Initiations  | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] | author=Writer: Kenneth Biller. Director: Winrich Kolbe. | network=[[UPN]] | airdate= September 4, 1995 | season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 2)|2]]}}</ref> In "[[Maneuvers (Star Trek: Voyager)|Maneuvers]]", Seska sets up a trap, resulting in the Kazon stealing a transporter module from ''Voyager''. She advises Culluh to engineer the technology into the Kazon ships and use it to unite all Kazon sects with him as leader. Chakotay goes on a solo mission aiming to recover the technology, but is captured and tortured by Seska and Culluh. The ''Voyager'' crew rescue Chakotay, only to discover that Seska had extracted his DNA and used it to impregnate herself.<ref name="Episodes1">{{cite episode | title=Maneuvers  | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] | author=Writer: Kenneth Biller. Director: David Livingston. | network=[[UPN]] | airdate= November 20, 1995 | season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 2)|2]]}}</ref> Following this turn of events, Janeway attempts to form an alliance with the Kazon to secure safe passage through their area of space. During this process, the crew meet with the Trabe, an alien species who were persecuted by the Kazon following a violent feud. Janeway decides to ally with the Trabe and sets up a peace conference at the suggestion of Mabus (Charles O. Lucia), a Trabe leader. However, the ''Voyager'' crew discover that the Trabe mistreated the Kazon in the past and want to use the meeting as a trap to assassinate the Kazon leaders. Janeway stops the massacre from occurring, but relations between ''Voyager'', the Kazon, and the other alien species in the Delta Quadrant are further strained as a result.<ref name="Episodes2">{{cite episode | title=Alliances  | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] | author=Writer: Jeri Tayler. Director: Les Landau. | network=[[UPN]] | airdate= January 22, 1996 | season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 2)|2]]}}</ref>

The Kazon make minor appearances in "[[Threshold (Star Trek: Voyager)|Threshold]]", "[[Dreadnought (Star Trek: Voyager)|Dreadnought]]", and "[[Lifesigns (Star Trek: Voyager)|Lifesigns]]" as Seska helps them construct a plan to commandeer ''Voyager''.<ref name="Minor1">{{cite episode | title=Threshold  | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] | author=Writer: Brannon Braga. Director: Alexander Singer. | network=[[UPN]] | airdate= January 29, 1996 | season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 2)|2]]}}</ref><ref name="Minor2">{{cite episode | title=Dreadnought | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] | author=Writer: Gary Holland. Director: LeVar Burton. | network=[[UPN]] | airdate= February 12, 1996 | season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 2)|2]]}}</ref><ref name="Minor3">{{cite episode | title=Lifesigns | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] | author=Writer: Kenneth Biller. Director: Cliff Bole. | network=[[UPN]] | airdate= February 26, 1996 | season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 2)|2]]}}</ref> In "[[Investigations (Star Trek: Voyager)|Investigations]]", Neelix notices that one of the ship's crew is sending coded messages to the Kazon, and he uses his morning news program to track down the traitor. [[Tom Paris]] ([[Robert Duncan McNeill]]) helps Neelix by exhibiting poor and aggressive behavior to set up an appearance that he is willing to sabotage ''Voyager'' to elicit contact from the traitor. Neelix discovers that [[Michael Jonas]] ([[Raphael Sbarge]]), a ''Voyager'' crewmember who was formerly part of Chakotay's Marquis cell, is feeding Seska information regarding warp technology; Jonas is then killed in a fight with Neelix.<ref name="GoodEats">{{cite episode | title=Investigations | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] | author=Writer: Jeri Taylor. Director: Les Landau. | network=[[UPN]] | airdate= March 13, 1996 | season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 2)|2]]}}</ref> The two-part episode "[[Basics (Star Trek: Voyager)|Basics]]" serves as the final major storyline for the Kazon in the series. Seska sends ''Voyager'' a distress call following the birth of her child and Culluh's discovery that he was not the father. Chakotay convinces Janeway and the rest of the crew to rescue Seska and his son from the Kazon, but they discover it is a trap to ambush ''Voyager''. The Kazon takes control of the starship and maroons its crew on a seemingly desolate planet; [[The Doctor (Star Trek: Voyager)|The Doctor]] ([[Robert Picardo]]) and the troubled [[crewman]] [[Lon Suder]] ([[Brad Dourif]]) are the only two crew members left on board ''Voyager''.<ref name="Basics1">{{cite episode | title=Basics, Part I | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] | author=Writer: Michael Piller. Director: Winrich Kolbe. | network=[[UPN]] | airdate= May 20, 1996 | season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 2)|2]]}}</ref> The Doctor reveals to a disappointed Seska that Culluh, not Chakotay, is the father of her child. The ''Voyager'' crew retake the ship after Suder sacrifices himself to sabotage its [[Weapons in Star Trek#Phaser|phaser]] weapon systems. Seska is killed by an exploding console in the ensuing fight, and Culluh takes his child and leaves with the rest of the Kazon.<ref name="Basics2">{{cite episode | title=Basics, Part II | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] | author=Writer: Michael Piller. Director: Winrich Kolbe. | network=[[UPN]] | airdate= September 4, 1996 | season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 3)|3]]}}</ref>

Even though the Kazon are not prominent beyond "Basics", they are referenced in subsequent seasons. In [[Star Trek: Voyager (season 4)|the fourth season]], [[Seven of Nine]] ([[Jeri Ryan]]) reveals that the [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] never assimilate the Kazon, whom they refer to as species 329 and "unworthy of assimilation" due to a belief they would "detract from perfection".<ref name="Cameo1">{{cite episode | title=Mortail Coil | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] | author=Writer: Bryan Fuller. Director: Allan Kroeker. | network=[[UPN]] | airdate= December 17, 1997 | season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 4)|4]]}}</ref> A Kazon crew member was included on a [[Holography|holographic]] reconstruction of ''Voyager'' as a warship.<ref name="Cameo2">{{cite episode | title=Living Witness | series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] | author=Writer: Bryan Fuller, Brannon Braga, & Joe Menosky. Director: Tim Russ. | network=[[UPN]] | airdate= April 29, 1998 | season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 4)|4]]}}</ref> The Kazon also appear in both "[[Relativity (Star Trek: Voyager)|Relativity]]" and "[[Shattered (Star Trek: Voyager)|Shattered]]", which deal with [[time travel]]. In both episodes, characters visit the point at which Seska and the Kazon were in control of ''Voyager''.<ref name="Cameo3">{{cite episode | title=Relativity| series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] | author=Writer: Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan, & Michael Taylor. Director: Allan Eastman. | network=[[UPN]] | airdate= May 12, 1999 | season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 5)|5]]}}</ref><ref name="Cameo4">{{cite episode | title=Shattered| series=[[Star Trek: Voyager]] | author=Writer: Michael Taylor. Director: Terry Windell. | network=[[UPN]] | airdate= January 17, 2001 | season=[[Star Trek: Voyager (season 7)|7]]}}</ref>