The Omega Directive (Voyager episode)
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| Star Trek: VOY episode | |
| "The Omega Directive" | |
 Only Janeway knows what the symbol means |
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| Episode no. | 88 |
|---|---|
| Prod. code | 189 |
| Airdate | April 15, 1998 |
| Writer(s) | Jimmy Diggs Steve J. Kay Lisa Klink |
| Director | Victor Lobl |
| Guest star(s) | Jeff Austin as Allos Kevin McCorkle as Alien Captain |
| Year | 2374 |
| Stardate | 51781.2 |
| Episode chronology | |
| Previous | "Vis à Vis" |
| Next | "Unforgettable" |
The Omega Directive is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 19th episode of the fourth season.
[edit] Plot summary
Voyager is suddenly rocked by a distant explosion. Although ship systems appear undamaged, all information and control screens are suddenly locked out and replaced by an eerie omega symbol. Captain Janeway arrives on the bridge and informs the crew not to worry. She orders the ship's computer to override and transfer all data to her office, but leaves without explaining to her bemused crew what happened. Alone in her office she asks the computer to brief her on the detection of "Omega".
Because Voyager is separated from Starfleet, the Omega Team (a specially trained group which would normally be tasked with handling situations involving "Omega") cannot be brought in to deal with the problem. Janeway decides to break the code of silence involving the symbol and share information with her senior officers. She announces that she has just received the Omega Directive, a order that permits Starfleet captains to ignore the Prime Directive and destroy the omega particle at all costs. The particle is too dangerous to be allowed to exist - an uncontrolled Omega explosion can make warp travel impossible in a given region of space, and the consequences of this would be disastrous.
Moving to the coordinates of the explosion they encounter the alien race that created it. The society is on the brink of economic failure, and are making Omega to "give their children a chance at a future." Seven of Nine, an ex-Borg member of the crew, displays an interest in the scientists' methods, hoping to save the omega particles and harness them, because she believes them to be perfection - infinite particles working together in harmony - despite ample Starfleet and Borg evidence of their danger. The Borg are bound by a rule similar to the Omega Directive, after having experienced the loss of a large quantity of Borg vessels to Omega explosions while trying to harness the power of the substance. Seven notes, however, that the ability to harness Omega would make the Borg an unstoppable force; this remark only motivates Janeway to wipe out all omega particles, at any cost.
Eventually all the particles are safely gathered together and detonated a safe distance from the alien planet. Just before they are destroyed they stabilize, and Seven is able to view perfection for a brief moment.
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