Editing Chakotay (section)

===''Star Trek: Voyager''===

====The Kazon and Seska====
In the pilot episode of ''Voyager'', while the crew on the ''Val Jean'' seek to evade a Cardassian vessel captained by [[Gul Evek]] ([[Richard Poe]]) in the [[Badlands (Star Trek)|Badlands]], the vessel is transported some 70,000 light years across the galaxy into the [[Delta Quadrant]] by the creature known as the Caretaker. After the Federation starship [[USS Voyager (Star Trek)|USS ''Voyager'']] is also trapped in the Delta Quadrant and Tuvok was revealed to be a Starfleet agent, Chakotay agrees with Captain [[Kathryn Janeway]] ([[Kate Mulgrew]]) to work together to find two of their missing crew. Following an attack by the [[Kazon]], Chakotay destroyed the ''Val Jean'' to save ''Voyager'' and the Maquis crew joined the Federation ship. Chakotay was given a provisional rank of commander and named executive officer, the second-in-command of the vessel and the crew seeks to return home to the [[Alpha Quadrant]].<ref name=caretaker/>

The Kazon continue to be a hindrance during ''Voyager''{{'s}} initial period in the Delta Quadrant, with Chakotay dismayed in "[[State of Flux]]" when Seska is revealed as a Cardassian spy who has been providing technology to the Kazon to seek an alliance. She escapes ''Voyager'' and sides with the Kazon-Nistrim, one of the factions within that species.<ref name=stateofflux>{{Cite episode |title=State of Flux|episode-link=State of Flux|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Coyle, Paul Robert; Abbott, Chris|network=UPN |date=April 10, 1995 |season=1 |number=11}}</ref> Chakotay is rendered brain dead, but is made into a disembodied spirit able to possess other crewmembers in "[[Cathexis (Star Trek: Voyager)|Cathexis]]". The incident occurs while Tuvok and he were investigating a [[dark matter]] [[nebula]], and he sought to prevent the ship from returning there, as an alien species wants to feed on the crew's neural energy. After ''Voyager'' enters the nebula, Chakotay possesses Neelix ([[Ethan Phillips]]) and guides the ship out using a [[medicine wheel]] as a map. Shortly afterwards, The Doctor ([[Robert Picardo]]) is able to restore Chakotay's mind into his body.<ref name=Cathexis>{{Cite episode |title=Cathexis |episode-link=Cathexis (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Braga, Brannon; Menosky, Joe|network=UPN |date=May 1, 1995 |season=1 |number=13}}</ref> At the end of the first season, Chakotay supported Tuvok's aim of helping the former Maquis crew adapt better to life on ''Voyager'' in "[[Learning Curve (Star Trek: Voyager)|Learning Curve]]", by showing them the enforcement techniques of the Maquis.<ref name=learning>{{Cite episode |title=Learning Curve|episode-link=Learning Curve (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Matthias, Jean Louise; Wilkerson, Ronald|network=UPN |date=May 22, 1995 |season=1 |number=16}}</ref>

In the [[Star Trek: Voyager season 2|second season]] episode "Tattoo", Chakotay meets with an alien race who influenced the ancestors of his tribe. They perceived ''Voyager'' as a threat because they had thought his people had been wiped out. He was able to resolve the problem using the teachings of his father.<ref name=tattooep /> The Kazon returned and attacked ''Voyager'' in "[[Maneuvers (Star Trek: Voyager)|Maneuvers]]", where they stole a transporter control module. Chakotay took it upon himself to retrieve the device, recognising that Seska was behind it. He managed to destroy it, but was captured and tortured by the Kazon in the process. He was rescued by ''Voyager'', and shortly afterwards, he was contacted by Seska, who informed him that she had impregnated herself with his [[DNA]].<ref name=maneuvers>{{Cite episode |title=Maneuvers |episode-link=Maneuvers (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Biller, Kenneth|network=UPN |date=November 20, 1995 |season=2 |number=11}}</ref> In "[[Resolutions (Star Trek: Voyager)|Resolutions]]", Chakotay and Janeway are infected with a virus which requires them to quarantine themselves on a nearby planet. The two began to show signs of affection for each other, but their stay is short-lived after ''Voyager'' under the captaincy of Tuvok agrees a deal with the [[Vidiian]]s for a cure. The pair agree to return to the status quo on ''Voyager'', but remain good friends.<ref name=resolutions>{{Cite episode |title=Resolutions|episode-link=Resolutions (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Taylor, Jeri|network=UPN |date=May 13, 1996 |season=2 |number=25 }}</ref>

Chakotay was contacted by Seska in "[[Basics (Star Trek: Voyager)|Basics]]" to say that his son had been born, and the Kazon were threatening to condemn her to the life of a slave. ''Voyager'' attempted to extract Seska and the child, but it was a trap and resulted in the Kazon boarding the vessel and stranding the Federation/Maquis crew on a nearby planet. While [[Tom Paris]] ([[Robert Duncan McNeil]]), The Doctor, and [[Lon Suder]] ([[Brad Dourif]]), along with allied [[Talaxian]] forces, sought to retake ''Voyager'', Chakotay was instrumental in the crew's survival on the planet. He saved [[Kes (Star Trek)|Kes]] ([[Jennifer Lien]]) from a local tribe, and built an alliance with them. The crew retook ''Voyager'', and in the process Seska was killed. The child was discovered not to be Chakotay's, but instead a Cardassian/Kazon hybrid and the son of the Kazon-Nistrim leader First Maje Culluh ([[Anthony De Longis]]).<ref name=basics1>{{Cite episode |title=Basics (part 1)|episode-link=Basics (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Piller, Michael|network=UPN |date=May 20, 1996 |season=2 |number=26}}</ref><ref name=basics2>{{Cite episode |title=Basics (part 2)|episode-link=Basics (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Piller, Michael|network=UPN |date=September 4, 1996 |season=3 |number=1}}</ref>

====Entering Borg space====
The first indication that ''Voyager'' was approaching [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] space was shown in the episode "[[Unity (Star Trek: Voyager)|Unity]]". While investigating a Federation [[distress call]] in a [[Shuttlecraft (Star Trek)|shuttlecraft]], Chakotay was injured by the natives of a planet. Another group saves him, and Chakotay discovers that the colonists are former Borg whose access to the main [[Group mind (science fiction)|hive-mind]] was disrupted. He is linked to a local hive-mind to help him to heal, and after being returned to ''Voyager'', he is forced against his will to reactivate the colonists' former [[Borg Cube]]. Chakotay is released from the new "cooperative" after the Cube self-destructs, leaving the planet with a hive-mind separate from the main collective.<ref name=unity>{{Cite episode |title=Unity|episode-link=Unity (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Biller, Kenneth|network=UPN |date=February 12, 1997 |season=3 |number=17 m }}</ref> Chakotay is captured by the Voth scientist Gegen ([[Henry Woronicz]]) in "[[Distant Origin]]", who is seeking to prove his hypothesis that the Voth came from Earth. When Gegen is placed on trial by his people, Chakotay seeks to argue in his defense. Ultimately, Gegen is forced to back down to save ''Voyager'' after the Voth threaten to destroy the vessel. Before they depart, Chakotay gives a model globe of the Earth to Gegen as a present.<ref name=distantorigin>{{Cite episode |title=Distant Origin|episode-link=Distant Origin|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Braga, Brannon; Menoksy, Joe|network=UPN |date=April 30, 1997 |season=3 |number=23}}</ref>
[[File:Jeri Ryan by Gary Burke (2010).jpg|thumb|right|upright|The relationship between Chakotay and Seven of Nine, played by Jeri Ryan ''(pictured)'', eventually led to romance by the end of the series.]]
His experience with the disconnected Borg resulted in Chakotay being against a plan to ally with the Borg against [[Species 8472]] in "[[Scorpion (Star Trek: Voyager)|Scorpion]]", causing conflict between Captain Janeway and him. The alliance results in Seven of Nine and a number of other Borg drones being placed on ''Voyager'' and Janeway injured. Although he was ordered to continue with the alliance, Chakotay seeks to renegotiate the alliance, but Seven refuses any changes. When she opens a rift to [[Fluidic Space]], Chakotay decompresses the [[cargo bay]], sending all the Borg drones out into space with the exception of Seven. Later, when the Borg attempt to double-cross ''Voyager'', Chakotay activates his localised neural link, confusing Seven and allowing Torres to disable her link to the Collective permanently.<ref name=scorp1>{{Cite episode |title=Scorpion (part 1)|episode-link=Scorpion (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Braga, Brannon; Menosky, Joe; Livingston, David|network=UPN |date=May 21, 1997 |season=3 |number=26 }}</ref><ref name=scorp2>{{Cite episode |title=Scorpion (part 2)|episode-link=Scorpion (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Braga, Brannon; Menosky, Joe; Kolbe, Winrich|network=UPN |date=May 21, 1997 |season=4 |number=1}}</ref>

Chakotay played an important role when ''Voyager'' was attacked in their dreams by a species that existed in a shared dream state, using meditative techniques of his people to induce a state of lucid dreaming that allowed him to wake himself up and plant a mental "command" that he would see Earth's moon in any dream. With the rest of the crew asleep with the exception of the Doctor, Chakotay was able to track down the aliens' home planet, ordering the Doctor to destroy the canyon where the dream species slept if they would not release the rest of the crew. During the "[[Year of Hell]]", Chakotay is captured by the [[Krenim]] scientist Annorax ([[Kurtwood Smith]]) on a Time Ship. The two first attempt to work together as Annorax agrees to restore the now damaged ''Voyager'' if Chakotay complies with his demands. After Annorax wipes out a species, though, he helps to disable the ship, allowing Captain Janeway to destroy it by ramming ''Voyager'' into it. This results in the timeline being reset, and the events of the episode were undone.<ref name=hell>{{Cite episode |title=Year of Hell|episode-link=Year of Hell|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Braga, Brannon; Menosky, Joe|network=UPN |date=November 5, 1997 |season=4 |number=8 & 9}}</ref> In "[[Unforgettable (Star Trek: Voyager)|Unforgettable]]", he falls in love with Kellin ([[Virginia Madsen]]), a member of a [[xenophobic]] race who have developed a technology to prevent others from forming long-term memories of them. As such, he is informed that they were previously in love when she was on ''Voyager'' a month earlier, and rekindle their relationship despite Chakotay not remembering the earlier encounter. Another member of her race removes Kellin's memories of Chakotay and installs a virus to remove all records of their race. Chakotay takes to writing out his memories of Kellin on paper so that he will not forget them.<ref name=unforgettable>{{Cite episode |title=Unforgettable|episode-link=Unforgettable (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Elliot, Greg; Perricone, Michael|network=UPN |date=April 22, 1998 |season=4 |number=22}}</ref>

He was placed in command of ''Voyager'' after Seven was captured by the Borg in "[[Dark Frontier]]" and destroyed a [[transwarp]] conduit.<ref name=darkfrontier>{{Cite episode |title=Dark Frontier|episode-link=Dark Frontier|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Braga, Brannon; Menosky, Joe|network=UPN |date=February 17, 1999 |season=5 |number=15 & 16}}</ref> Chakotay is later one of the members of the crew who were captured by Borg children in "[[Collective (Star Trek: Voyager)|Collective]]" and was saved after Seven's intervention.<ref name=collective>{{Cite episode |title=Collective|episode-link=Collective (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Price, Andrew Sheperd; Gaberman, Mark; Taylor, Michael|network=UPN |date=February 16, 2000|season=6 |number=16}}</ref> Initially, Chakotay and Seven did not get along,<ref name=scorp2/> but he would come to realise that he was mistaken in that opinion.<ref name=regress>{{Cite episode |title=Infinite Regress|episode-link=Infinite Regress (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Doherty, Robert J.; Diggs, Jimmy|network=UPN |date=November 25, 1998|season=5 |number=7}}</ref> Towards the end of the [[Star Trek: Voyager season 7|seventh season]] in "Human Error", Seven simulates a relationship with Chakotay on the [[holodeck]]. A Borg implant was preventing her from feeling strong emotions without any physical ill effects, which prevented her from seeking a romantic relationship with the real Chakotay.<ref name=humanerror>{{Cite episode |title=Human Error|episode-link=Human Error (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Braga, Brannon; Biller, Kenneth; Bormanis, André|network=UPN |date=March 7, 2001|season=7 |number=18}}</ref> By the time of the series finale, "Endgame", The Doctor had managed to remove the implant, allowing Seven to pursue a relationship with Chakotay. The alternative future seen at the start of the episode showed that Seven and Chakotay were eventually married, but she died while ''Voyager'' was still travelling home. Chakotay died in 2394, following ''Voyager''{{'s}} return, and Admiral Janeway visits his grave marker in that episode. This future was undone by the future Janeway travelling back in time to ''Voyager''  to return it to Earth sooner.<ref name=endgame>{{Cite episode |title=Endgame|episode-link=Endgame (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager |series-link=Star Trek: Voyager |credits=Berman, Rick; Braga, Brannon; Biller, Kenneth; Doherty, Robert|network=UPN |date=May 23, 2001|season=7 |number=25 & 26}}</ref>