Neelix was a 24th century Talaxian man. While most of Neelix's family originated on Talax, he was raised on Rinax, a moon of Talax. Neelix was only seven-eighths Talaxian, as he had a Mylean great-grandfather. Neelix is perhaps best known as the cook, ambassador and morale officer who helped USS Voyager along a long journey through the treacherous Delta Quadrant.
History
Neelix was born in 2337 on Rinax in the Delta Quadrant's Talax system, a son of Eximar and Axa. Following the slaughter of his entire family by the Haakonians in 2355, Neelix became a spacegoing trader until a fortunate encounter with Voyager in 2371, which saw him become guide, cook and morale officer, and "ambassador" for the Federation starship. Neelix remained aboard until 2377, when he joined with a group of Talaxians thousands of light-years away from Talax. (VOY episode & novelization: Caretaker; VOY episodes: "Parallax", "Jetrel", "Homestead"; VOY novel: Pathways)
Neelix had a job as a swimsuit model for a few years on Talax. (ST reference: Star Trek Cookbook)
Aboard Voyager
Neelix came aboard Voyager in 2371 after he provided the starship with helpful information involving the Caretaker. He soon became an extremely versatile of the Voyager crew. He would be its head chef (albeit to the dissatisfaction of much of the crew), navigator, ambassador, and morale officer.
Later that year, he lost his lungs to the Vidiians. He had to spend several days in sickbay with holographic lungs created by The Doctor. The Vidiians later transplanted a lung from Kes to save Neelix's life.
Also in 2371, he confronted Jetrel man who responsible for the creation of the Metreon cascade that destroyed Rinax.
In 2372 he was temporarily fused with Lieutenant Tuvok to create the figure known as Tuvix. He was instrumental in helping the crew survive on an alien world after the Kazon stole Voyager and marooned the crew. These skills were seen many times throughout his Starfleet career.
In 2372 he found that he knew little of the space beyond the Nekrit Expanse. He then went directly against Starfleet protocols in order to obtain a map of the Expanse.
Neelix was killed in an incident aboard a shuttle mission. He was brought back by Seven of Nine's nanoprobes after being dead for 18.3 hours. This caused him a great deal of stress because he did not see the afterlife he had been taught about for decades. Commander Chakotay helped him through this experience.
He later encountered a Talaxian colony deep in the Delta Quadrant and chose to leave Voyager and spend the remainder of his time there.
After Voyager
In 2381 B'Elanna Torres met with Neelix after she took a shuttle to the Delta Quadrant to rendezvous with Project Full Circle. By this time, Neelix had married Dexa. While surprised, he was quite happy to see Torres and Miral Paris. (VOY novel: Unworthy)
Later the same year, Neelix reunited with his old friends again when he retrieved the shuttle stolen by Meegan McDonnell and returned it to Voyager. (VOY novel: Children of the Storm)
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Personal Relationships
Neelix was especially close to the Wildmans, providing care for Naomi while her mother, Samantha, was on duty or on away missions. Samantha deemed Neelix as Naomi's godfather. Naomi would often times confide in Neelix for personal advice or school work. Neelix provided assistance to Janeway at virtually any opportunity. This included first contact situations, navigational hazards, and the occasional proverbial splash of water when the Captain would overwork herself.
External links
- Neelix article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.