Learning Curve (Voyager episode)
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Learning Curve is the 16th episode of Star Trek: Voyager.
| Star Trek: VOY episode | |
| "Learning Curve" | |
 Tuvok trains several Maquis members that have not fully integrated into the Voyager crew. |
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| Episode no. | 16 |
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| Prod. code | 116 |
| Airdate | May 22, 1995 |
| Writer(s) | Ronald Wilkerson Jean Louise Matthias |
| Director | David Livingston |
| Guest star(s) | Armand Schultz as Kenneth Dalby Derek McGrath as Chell Kenny Morrison as Gerron Catherine MacNeal as Mariah Henley Thomas Alexander Dekker as Henry Burleigh Lindsey Haun as Beatrice Burleigh |
| Year | 2371 |
| Stardate | 48846.5 |
| Episode chronology | |
| Previous | "Jetrel" |
| Next | "The 37s" |
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[edit] Plot
After Crewman Dalby shows clear insubordination towards Tuvok, a class is organized to teach several previously Maquis crew members proper Starfleet protocol so that they can integrate more fully with the rest of the crew. At first this proves distinctly unsuccessful, with them walking out of their first lesson against Tuvok's direct orders. Later in the mess hall, Crewman Dalby makes it clear to Chakotay that he wants to do things the Maquis way. Chakotay then promptly punches Dalby, saying that violence is also the Maquis way. With his point made, the students go to every future session with Tuvok.
Meanwhile, it is discovered that bioneural circuitry that runs many of the crucial systems on the ship has become infected with disease. Tuvok and The Doctor trace the infectious agent back to a batch of homemade cheese that Neelix had prepared. The Doctor discovers that the only way to kill the microbe is to heat up the bioneural gel packs, essentially giving them a fever to fight the infection. The crew runs the warp core at 80% without going to warp, which produces enough heat to kill the virus; however, it also initiates a pulse surge, causing many conduits to be blown out.
At that moment, another class is in progress in a cargo bay, but still with little progress in reforming the students. However, when a conduit blows in the cargo bay, they must work together to get out before the room fills with noxious gas. They succeed, and their teamwork experience makes them accept Starfleet rules.
[edit] Notable quotes
"Get the cheese to Sickbay." - B'Elanna Torres after finding that the cheese was the cause of the viral infection of the bioneural gel packs.
[edit] Trivia
- Learning Curve is also an episode in season 3 of Stargate SG-1.
- Learning Curve is also an episode title in the TV series Babylon 5.
[edit] External links
- Learning Curve article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
- Synopsis at startrek.com
