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Far From Their Bones

Hook: ‘Loyalty.’ Talia resigns from her dream job and moves to her mother’s home world. Her mother finds her and recruits her into the Maquis rebellion.

First Plot Point: ‘Charybdis.’ Talia and her Maquis crew are stranded on Voyager in the Delta Quadrant, 70k light years from home. Talia agrees to take a field commission and becomes Voyager’s only counselor.

Pinch Point: ‘Sexual Healing.’ Talia realizes that their survival depends on them all learning to become a selfless, emotionally healthy, interdependent community. She commits to this vision by breaking up with Chakotay in order to save their friendship and refocus on her part in fostering this goal.

Midpoint: ‘Face of the Enemy.’ Voyager answers a distress call from Seska, and Talia learns that Seska is a deep cover agent who did not know she was Cardassian until encountering the Caretaker. Talia decides that she must find a way to overcome her hatred of Seska, and of Cardassians overall.

Pinch Point: ‘Turn of the Q.’ Talia learns that she and Voyager were brought to the Delta Quadrant on purpose, and that her mother is not who she thought. She chooses loyalty to Janeway and Voyager over loyalty to her mother by giving Janeway all of her Maquis intelligence.

Second Plot Point: ‘Gods and Monsters.’ Talia learns that she is not alone, but that a Prophet has accompanied her in order to guide her and Voyager as they save the galaxy from the Borg. Talia willingly accepts this, and begins building the first factions of resistance against the Borg.

Resolution: ‘Scorpion.’ Talia and the crew team up with the Borg to face an ever greater threat to the galaxy. They drive the threat back, and escape an attempt at betrayal by the Borg.

The Interests of Collectives

Hook: ‘Annika.’ Seven of Nine informs Janeway that Voyager is about to enter a region of space so dangerous that even the Borg won’t touch it.

First Plot Point: ‘Act of War.’ While Janeway and Tuvok are off-ship, Annorax attacks Voyager and abducts Chakotay and Iliana. Talia takes command of Voyager and fights to reunite the crew after divisive losses back home.

Pinch Point: ‘Freedom.’ Talia takes Equinox and her Maquis-ish crew to join the rebellion against Annorax and rescue Voyager’s missing crew. She and Elentia know Annorax is the only thing between them and Borg invasion, but still they fight for freedom.

Midpoint: ‘All the Queen’s Men.’ Talia transfers command of the Equinox back to Captain Ransom and takes a backseat to the action, which gives her space to reflect on how she has changed.

Pinch Point: ‘Children of the Prophets.’ On Susperia’s station in the void, Talia confronts Q to learn that Alixia is a special creation of the Prophet Talia carried, born to take care of a problem so great that it has the ascended species all worried. Q also tells Talia that she may still be the future of Bajor... if she can open her mind.

Second Plot Point: ‘The Paths We Choose.’ Talia gets a vision from Alixia in which she is tested by the illusion of her mother as a Borg, calling her to fulfill her duty to Bajor or risk even more hardships. Talia declares that she is of Bajor and Earth, and will forge her own path forward.

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