Hunters (Star Trek: Voyager)

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Star Trek: VOY episode
"Hunters"
A Hirogen hunter threatens Seven
Episode no.	83
Prod. code	183
Airdate	February 11, 1998
Writer(s)	Jeri Taylor
Director	David Livingston
Guest star(s)	Tiny Ron as Alpha Hirogen Roger Morrissey as Beta Hirogen
Year	2374
Stardate	51501.4
Episode chronology
Previous	"Message in a Bottle"
Next	"Prey"

"Hunters" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 15^th episode of the fourth season. The episode has an average rating of 4.5/5 on the official Star Trek website (as of May 12th, 2007).^[1]

[edit] Plot

Starfleet, having recently learned that Voyager is far away in the Delta Quadrant, begins sending messages to the crew. The data is being forwarded to the ship via powerful Hirogen transmission arrays, which are run on the energy of a black hole. The crew is excited to receive letters from home, but frustrated when the Hirogen demand they stop using the communications array. Janeway defies the Hirogen as many more letters from home are still in its database.

An attempt to retrieve them ends with Tuvok and Seven captured. Letters continue to be downloaded, spreading good and bad news alike. Tuvok learns there is another addition to his family, while Janeway learns her fiance has married another woman. Chakotay and Torres learn that a large majority of their Maquis friends have been imprisoned or killed. Tom Paris, facing the possibility of a difficult letter from home, realizes his own problems pale in relation to Torres' news.

Also, many of the 'lower decks' crew are shown by name and face as 'postmaster' Neelix delivers the letters around the ship.

Ensign Harry Kim spends much of the episode wondering if he will get a letter at all, due to data loss.

In the end, Tuvok and Seven are rescued, but the link home is destroyed.