Prime Factors was the tenth episode of Star Trek: Voyager, in the first season of the series.
Summary
- Captain's log, stardate 48642.5
- The crew is enjoying an evening on Sikaris. They are discovering, to their delight, that reports of this species' hospitality have not been exaggerated.
The crew of Voyager encounter the Sikarians, a civilization who possess spatial trajector technology. A faction soon exists within the crew that believe Starfleet's Prime Directive should be bypassed to acquire the advanced transporter systems that will get them home.
References
Characters
- Ayala • Brooks • Joseph Carey • Chakotay • Culhane • Eudana • Fitzpatrick • Kathryn Janeway • Kes • Harry Kim • Gathorel Labin • William McKenzie • Murphy • Neelix • Kashimuro Nozawa • Jaret Otel • Tom Paris • Seska • B'Elanna Torres • Tuvok • unnamed Sikarians • unnamed USS Voyager personnel
- Referenced only
- Jenny Delaney • Megan Delaney
Starships and vehicles
- USS Voyager (Intrepid-class cruiser) • Sikarian starship • gondola
Locations
- Delta Quadrant
- Alastria • Sikaris system, Sikarian sector (L'hur, Sikaris III)
- Referenced only
- Alpha Quadrant (Venice, Italy, Earth, Sol system • Nivoch) • Delta Quadrant (Dedestris)
Shipboard locales
- USS Voyager
- bridge • brig • engineering • mess hall • holodeck
Races and cultures
States and organizations
Technology and weapons
- atmospheric sensor • deflector dish • deflector shield • folded-space transporter • holodeck • holoprogram • plasma conduit • plasma manifold • shock attenuation cylinder • Sikarian atmospheric sensor • Sikarian spatial trajector • spatial trajector • starship • trajector • trajector matrix • transporter • warp core
Ranks and titles
- captain • chief engineer • commanding officer • ensign • first officer • flight controller • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • lieutenant junior grade • magistrate • operations manager • science officer
Matter and energy
- antineutrino • erosene winds • neutrino • neutrino bubble • plasma • quartz • subspace residue • tetrahedral quartz
Food and drink
Other references
- captain's log • Canon of Laws • court martial • distress call • drink • food • government • humanoid • lifeform • literature • log entry • mantle • nation-state • non-linear resonance • phase variance • planet • plant • Prime Directive • races and cultures • rank • science • sector • sensor log • shore leave • space • star • star system • stardate • stellar cartography • subroutine • subspace • technology • title • universe • warp core breach • weapon
Appendices
Images
Episode image.
Timeliine
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Emanations |
Voyager episode produced | Next episode: State of Flux |
| Previous episode: Emanations |
Voyager episode aired | Next episode: State of Flux |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Infinite Bureaucracy |
Next Adventure: State of Flux | |
| Previous Adventure: Emanations |
Journey of the USS Voyager | Next Adventure: State of Flux |
External link
- Prime Factors article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
