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* ShockAndAwe: Dreadnought stuns B'Elanna when she tries to open a panel, warning her that the shocks will intensify if she persists.
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* GrownBeyondItsProgramming: B'Elanna worries that Dreadnought might now be smarter than she is.

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--> '''Kellan:''' And what would you have me do? Sit here and wait for death to fall from the sky?

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--> '''Kellan:''' And what would you have me do? [[DoNotGoGentle Sit here and wait for death to fall from the sky?sky?]]


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* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Averted; all attempts to reason with Dreadnought fail, as it refuses to accept that it's in the Delta Quadrant when more plausible explanations are in its programming.

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* ContinuityNod: On hearing that the probe was destroyed by Cardassian weapon signatures, Janeway's first thought is that Seska is responsible. Jonas later passes on the information to the Kazon, and gets frustrated that he's not allowed to speak to Seska directly.

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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
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On hearing that the probe was destroyed by Cardassian weapon signatures, Janeway's first thought is that Seska is responsible. Jonas later passes on the information to the Kazon, and gets frustrated that he's not allowed to speak to Seska directly.directly.
** Having failed to make an alliance with Voyager, the Kazon are bad-mouthing them to prevent Voyager allying with anyone else.
** Samantha Wildman's pregnancy is being treated by the Doctor.

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* ContinuityNod: Janeway's first thought is that Seska is responsible.

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* ContinuityNod: On hearing that the probe was destroyed by Cardassian weapon signatures, Janeway's first thought is that Seska is responsible.responsible. Jonas later passes on the information to the Kazon, and gets frustrated that he's not allowed to speak to Seska directly.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Tom's insubordination for "Investigations".

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Tom's insubordination dissatisfaction and Jonas' spying for "Investigations".


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* TheMole: Jonas is shown telling his Kazon-Nistrum contact about Dreadnought, using the subspace transmitter -- he has to hang up when Janeway makes a phone call.

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* VillainBall: B'elanna's opinion of the original designers, who ludicrously overbuilt the titular cruise missile to the point that nothing the Maquis had could scratch it and even Voyager can't take it out with anything less than the explosion from a self-destruct... and then just tossed a faulty warhead in as the payload. Having it just shut down after the failure, allowing her to board it, repair the explosive, and send it right back at them kind of proves her point.



* WhatAnIdiot: B'elanna's opinion of the original designers, who ludicrously overbuilt the titular cruise missile to the point that nothing the Maquis had could scratch it and even Voyager can't take it out with anything less than the explosion from a self-destruct... and then just tossed a faulty warhead in as the payload. Having it just shut down after the failure, allowing her to board it, repair the explosive, and send it right back at them kind of proves her point.

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* GoneHorriblyWrong: Dreadnought's programming straddles the line between this and GoneHorriblyRight. Torres programmed it to be so clever and paranoid of deception that not even she can convince it that it really is mistaken about its target.



* HeroicSacrifice: Captain Janeway prepares ''Voyager'' to self-destruct in order to keep ''Dreadnought'' from reaching its "intended target".

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* HeroicSacrifice: HeroicSacrifice:
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Captain Janeway prepares ''Voyager'' to self-destruct in order to keep ''Dreadnought'' from reaching its "intended target".target".
** The Rakosans insist on attacking Dreadnought as it approaches their planet, despite being completely outclassed. It actually ends up distracting the AI enough to help Torres, so it wasn't in vain.
--> '''Janeway:''' First Minister, we've analyzed your offensive capabilities and they're no match for what you're facing. You must have realized that yourself.
--> '''Kellan:''' And what would you have me do? Sit here and wait for death to fall from the sky?

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-->'''WILDMAN:''' What do you think of Cameron?\\
'''KES:''' I like it.\\

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-->'''WILDMAN:''' -->'''Wildman:''' What do you think of Cameron?\\
'''KES:''' '''Kes:''' I like it.\\



'''WILDMAN:''' What about Frederick?\\

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'''WILDMAN:''' '''Wildman:''' What about Frederick?\\



'''WILDMAN:''' It doesn't have to be a human name. I like Sural. It's Vulcan.\\
'''EMH:''' Yes, unfortunately it was also the name of a dictator on Sakura Prime, famed for beheading his rivals...and his parents.

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'''WILDMAN:''' '''Wildman:''' It doesn't have to be a human name. I like Sural. It's Vulcan.\\
'''EMH:''' Yes, unfortunately it was also the name of a dictator on Sakura Prime, famed for beheading his rivals... and his parents.



* YouNeverDidThatForMe: The Doctor gets miffed that Kes didn't suggest her father's name for him.

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* YouNeverDidThatForMe: The Doctor gets miffed that Kes didn't suggest her father's name for him.him.
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* WhatAnIdiot: B'elanna's opinion of the original designers, who ludicrously overbuilt the titular cruise missile to the point that nothing the Maquis had could scratch it and even Voyager can't take it out with anything less than the explosion from a self-destruct... and then just tossed a faulty warhead in as the payload. Having it just shut down after the failure, allowing her to board it, repair the explosive, and send it right back at them kind of proves her point.
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* SelfDestructMechanism: Janeway is prepared to destroy ''Voyager'' and [[TakingYouWithMe the weapon as well]] to [[HeroicSacrifice save an innocent planet]]. She's also intent on GoingDownWithTheShip, ordering everyone else to AbandonShip.
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'''EMH:''' Frederick. Very distinguished. However, it bears a close resemblance to a rather impolite term on the Bolian homeworld.\\

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'''EMH:''' Frederick. Very distinguished. However, it bears a close resemblance to a [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike rather impolite term on the Bolian homeworld.homeworld]].\\
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Unaware that it's 70,000 light years from its target, the weapon has selected an inhabited planetary system that most fits the target's parameters.
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* CurbStompBattle: The weapon destroys the planetary defense fighters with a single blast.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero
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* TechnologyPorn: B'elanna gets excited describing the missile's abilities.

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* TechnologyPorn: B'elanna gets quite excited describing the missile's abilities.
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-->'''Dreadnought''': "False information has been entered into ''Dreadnought'''s navigational sensor array."
-->'''Paris''': "When a bomb starts talking about itself in the third person, I get worried."

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-->'''Dreadnought''': "False False information has been entered into ''Dreadnought'''s navigational sensor array."
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-->'''Paris''': "When When a bomb starts talking about itself in the third person, I get worried."
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* LogicBomb: B'Elanna has ''Dreadnought'''s current programming argue with its previous programming in order to confuse it long enough to access the reactor core. Its current programming eventually won out and overrode the previous one.
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* LogicBomb: B'Elanna has ''Dreadnought'''s current programming argue with its previous Cardassian programming in order to confuse it long enough to access the reactor core. Its current programming eventually won out and overrode the previous Cardassian one.
* MeaningfulNameMeaningfulName: Samantha is pondering what name to call her child.
-->'''WILDMAN:''' What do you think of Cameron?\\
'''KES:''' I like it.\\
'''EMH:''' Cameron, from the ancient Celtic term for "One whose nose is bent".\\
'''WILDMAN:''' What about Frederick?\\
'''EMH:''' Frederick. Very distinguished. However, it bears a close resemblance to a rather impolite term on the Bolian homeworld.\\
'''WILDMAN:''' It doesn't have to be a human name. I like Sural. It's Vulcan.\\
'''EMH:''' Yes, unfortunately it was also the name of a dictator on Sakura Prime, famed for beheading his rivals...and his parents.



* TheUnpronounceable

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* TheUnpronounceableTheUnpronounceable: Samantha Wildman considers naming her child after her Ktarian husband. Unfortunately his name is Greskrendtregk.
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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: It's a waste of time trying to convince a computer you're on the other side of the galaxy.

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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: It's a waste of time trying to convince a computer you're on the other side of the galaxy.galaxy.
* YouNeverDidThatForMe: The Doctor gets miffed that Kes didn't suggest her father's name for him.
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* TechonologyPorn: B'elanna gets excited describing the missile's abilities.

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* TechonologyPorn: TechnologyPorn: B'elanna gets excited describing the missile's abilities.



* YouHaveGotToBelieveMe: It's a waste of time trying to convince a computer you're on the other side of the galaxy.

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* YouHaveGotToBelieveMe: YouHaveToBelieveMe: It's a waste of time trying to convince a computer you're on the other side of the galaxy.

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* ContinuityNod: Janeway's first thought is that Seska is responsible.
* CrazyPrepared: Unfortunately B'elanna programmed ''Dreadnought'' for the possibility that she might be captured and forced to disarm the weapon. The computer assumes this is what has happened.



* DisappointedInYou: Chakotay to B'elanna after she launched the ''Dreadnought''.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Tom's insubordination for "Investigations".



* ItsAllMyFault



* TalkingWeapon



* WeaponOfMassDestruction: ''Dreadnought''.

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* TechonologyPorn: B'elanna gets excited describing the missile's abilities.
* TheUnpronounceable
* WeaponOfMassDestruction: ''Dreadnought''.''Dreadnought''.
* YouHaveGotToBelieveMe: It's a waste of time trying to convince a computer you're on the other side of the galaxy.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: B'elanna


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* MeaningfulName

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: The Kazon have been bad-mouthing ''Voyager'' to prevent them finding allies.
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* InterstellarWeapon

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* InterstellarWeaponInterstellarWeapon: ''Dreadnought''.



* WeaponOfMassDestruction

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* WeaponOfMassDestructionWeaponOfMassDestruction: ''Dreadnought''.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Captain Janeway prepares ''Voyager'' to self-destruct in order to keep ''Dreadnought'' from reaching its "intended target".
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* LogicBomb: B'Elanna has ''Dreadnought'''s current programming argue with its previous programming in order to confuse it long enough to access the reactor core. Its current programming eventually won out and overrode the previous one.
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* LogicBomb: B'Elanna causes ''Dreadnought'' to have an identity crisis by having it "argue" with its previous Cardassian programming. It lasted only until B'Elanna's programming won out.
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* LogicBomb: B'Elanna causes ''Dreadnought'' to have an identity crisis by having it "argue" with its previous Cardassian programming.
* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: Roxann Dawson provides the voice of the reprogrammed ''Dreadnought''. In-universe, B'Elanna gave the missile her voice.

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* LogicBomb: B'Elanna causes ''Dreadnought'' to have an identity crisis by having it "argue" with its previous Cardassian programming.
programming. It lasted only until B'Elanna's programming won out.
* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: Roxann Dawson provides the voice of the reprogrammed ''Dreadnought''. In-universe, B'Elanna gave the missile her voice.
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* LogicBomb: B'Elanna causes ''Dreadnought'' to have an identity crisis by having it "argue" with its previous Cardassian programming.
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* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: Roxann Dawson provides the voice of the reprogrammed ''Dreadnought''.

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* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: Roxann Dawson provides the voice of the reprogrammed ''Dreadnought''. In-universe, B'Elanna gave the missile her voice.
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''Voyager'' deals with a sentient Cardassian weapon that was reprogrammed by B'Elanna Torres and somehow wound up in the Delta Quadrant going after a civilian target.
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!!This episode provides examples of
* InterstellarWeapon
* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: Roxann Dawson provides the voice of the reprogrammed ''Dreadnought''.
* ThirdPersonPerson
-->'''Dreadnought''': "False information has been entered into ''Dreadnought'''s navigational sensor array."
-->'''Paris''': "When a bomb starts talking about itself in the third person, I get worried."
* WeaponOfMassDestruction

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