Year of Hell (Voyager episode)

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Star Trek: VOY episode
"Year of Hell"
Voyager is destroyed, its crew killed
Episode no.	76 & 77
Prod. code	176 & 177
Airdate	November 5, 1997 November 12, 1997
Writer(s)	Brannon Braga Joe Menosky
Director	Allan Kroeker (part I) Mike Vejar (part II)
Guest star(s)	Kurtwood Smith as Annorax John Loprieno as Obrist Rick Fitts as Zahl Deborah Levin as Ensign Lang Sue Henley as Ensign Brooks Lise Simms as Mrs. Annorax
Year	2374
Stardate	51268.4
Episode chronology
Previous	"Scientific Method"
Next	"Random Thoughts"

Year of Hell is a two-part episode from the fourth season of the television series Star Trek: Voyager.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Voyager has a running battle with a Krenim timeship over a period of eight months. Krenim scientist Annorax developed a technology that can cause "temporal incursions" which can be used to erase events from history. Each temporal incursion must be meticulously calculated so that the removal of one event from the timeline has no negative effects on other events. This is rarely possible, of course. Annorax attempted to restore the Krenim empire to the apex of its power by destroying its archenemies, but by doing so he prevented the development of an antibody in his people, and they became vulnerable to a plague. 50 million of his people died, including his beloved wife, because of his actions. Now he is bent on undoing his mistakes. The more temporal incursions he creates in the attempt only causes more disruptions in the timeline. Civilizations are being erased from existence. When the crew Voyager tries to stop him, he decides to remove them from history as well.

The Astrometrics Lab is dedicated aboard Voyager

[edit] Notes

In the episode "Before and After", Kes experienced one possible version of the Year of Hell when she traveled through the future. This version turns out differently, and Kes is no longer aboard Voyager.