Star Trek: Voyager
Summary
Star Trek : Voyageris laud for having Captain Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) asStar Trek ’s first distaff captain to lead a serial , butVoyageralso hadanother majorStar Trekfirst for women in its senior stave . Star Trek : The Original Seriescounted only Lt . Nyota Uhura ( Nichelle Nichols ) , butStar Trek : The Next Generationincludes Dr. Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) as its Chief Medical Officer and Counselor Deanna Troi ( Marina Sirtis).Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s female senior staff members are First Officer Colonel Kira Nerys ( Nana Visitor ) and Science Officer Lt . Commander Jadzia Dax ( Terry Farrell ) .
WhileStar Trek : Voyager ’s castinitially let in just two women among its senior staff , both of them contain a meaning amount of system of weights in the decision - making cognitive operation aboard the stranded spaceship USS Voyager . Captain Janeway ’s leadership sets the tone for Voyager ’s crew and ensures that Starfleet values are maintain during Voyager ’s journeying home . The one responsible for control that Voyager keeps running swimmingly , amidst a dearth of Starfleet backup , lack of supplying , and need for inordinately creative problem - resolution , is Lieutenant B’Elanna Torres ( Roxann Dawson ) , Voyager ’s Chief Engineer .
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B’Elanna Torres is Star Trek’s First Female Chief Engineer
B’Elanna Exemplifies Star Trek’s Meritocracy As Janeway’s Pick for Chief Engineer
Half - Klingon B’Elanna Torresholds the award of beingStar Trek ’s first series regular female Chief Engineer , a position earned by virtue of her acquirement . InStar Trek Voyagerseason 1 , episode 3 " Parallax " , Janeway and Commander Chakotay ( Robert Beltran ) need to make full the role of Voyager ’s Chief Engineer , with the choice coming down to Starfleet ’s Lt . Joe Carey ( Josh Clark ) and the Maquis ' Lt . B’Elanna Torres . As a Starfleet officer with longevity , Carey seems like the obvious pick , but Chakotay encourages Janeway to consider B’Elanna . Torres withstand a provisionary rank of lieutenant junior tier , shake off out of the Academy , and is n’t much of a squad player , but she ’s brilliant .
Star Trek ’s genuine meritocracy mean that the most capable person get the job , andTorres ' ability to come up with unorthodox solutions in less - than - ideal condition is more valuablethan Carey ’s by - the - Bible Starfleet methods . Janeway recognizes this and gens B’Elanna Voyager ’s Chief Engineer . Torres steps up to the challenge as the first step in her personal journeying throughoutVoyager ’s run , which reveals B’Elanna ’s self - dubiousness arises from a past marked by struggles with her half - Klingon heritage and fitting in with others . B’Elanna accepts confidence because of others ' belief in her , starting with Chakotay and Janeway recognizing Torres ' technology talent .
Lt . MacDougal ( Brooke Bundy ) was the Chief Engineer of the USS Enterprise - 500 for one episode inStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 1 , instalment 3 " The Naked Now " .
Discovery’s Jett Reno and Strange New Worlds' Pelia are now Chief Engineers in Star Trek
Star Trek : DiscoveryandStar Trek : Strange New Worldsfollow the precedent localize by B’Elanna Torres inStar Trek : Voyagerwith their distaff Chief Engineers , not just as women , but ascomplex persona with interesting backstories . Tenacious PTSD subsister Commander Jett Reno ( Tig Notaro ) is rescued from the downed USS Hiawatha before dish as the USS Discovery ’s Chief Engineer inDiscoveryseason 2.Strange New Worldsseason 2 infix a female Chief Engineer withCommander Pelia ( Carol Kane ) , a long - lived Lanthanite who antecedently taught at Starfleet Academy and furnish quick brainwave into her crewmates ' demeanor .
OnStar Trek : DiscoveryandStar Trek : Strange New Worlds , Chief Engineers Reno and Pelia being women is a topic of course of action , much like the fact thatwomen outnumber men amongStar Trek ’s mod captain . All told , DiscoveryandStrange New Worldsfeature a much higher ratio of women to Isle of Man in their plaster bandage than previousStar Trekshows . This much more naturalistic jutting ofStar Trek ’s idealistic and just next subsist in part because of what came before onStar Trek : Voyager , not just thanks to Kathryn Janeway in the captain ’s chairman , but alsoStar Trek ’s other important first for woman : Lt . B’Elanna Torres , keep Voyager running as its Chief Engineer .
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