History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS3E24WorstCaseScenario

* SaveGameLimits: In order for Paris to play from the start, Torres has to "reset" the ''Insurrection Alpha'' program. Apparently the holoprograms in the 24th century don't have a way for multiple players of scenario to save different states[[note]]although it is possible this is because the program is unfinished and not open to editing by normal users.[[/note]].

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** When everyone thinks the program is a mere holo-novel, Janeway and Chakotay are good sports about it. They want to know who wrote it out of mere curiosity. Janeway also sees the value in the crew creating their own fiction as a stress reliever, especially since they're cut off from all the newest forms of media back in the Alpha Quadrant.
** In the holo-novel, Chakotay is portrayed as fairly reasonable--giving junior officers the chance to join his team. At one point, he even offers holo-Janeway food and supplies rather than destroy her shuttle on sight.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Holo-Chakotay. Yes, he's the bad guy for committing mutiny, but he doesn't kill anyone unless it's necessary. He even tells Holo-Janeway and Holo-Paris that they can keep their shuttle and some extra provisions.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Tuvoks reasons for abandoning the simulation boil down to "the show's writers [[AbortedArc dropped the Maquis plot]] without really doing anything with it".

* AbortedArc (InUniverse): Tuvok wrote the program under concerns of the Starfleet/Maquis crew conflict and in the case of a possible mutiny. Over time he found the blended crew working better than expected [[WeAreStrugglingTogether due to circumstance]] and [[FireForgedFriends shared experience]] and left the program unfinished. This carries an enormous amount of RealitySubtext, as the Voyager premise was designed to foster contention between the crew members, only for the network and upper management to shoot down story suggestions based on that... except this one.

** B'Elanna rejects the idea that she might have a steamy romance with Tom as completely unrealistic.

** Several clues cue hardcore fans that the teaser is taking place earlier in Voyager's continuity. In the opening scene, B'Elanna is wearing a Starfleet ensign's pip, and Chakotay is speaking openly of how "the Maquis" aren't getting along with Tuvok and Janeway, along with stating they're still seventy years from the Alpha Quadrant. Janeway's hairstyle is different, Jonas can be heard on the comm even though he was killed back in Season 2 (albeit clearly not being voiced by Raphael Sbarge), and Kes is back to her old hairstyle. The wham moment is Seska's appearance after her death in "Basics, Part II".

** Several clues cue hardcore fans that the teaser is taking place earlier in Voyager's continuity. Janeway's hairstyle is different, Jonas can be heard on the comm even though he was killed back in Season 2 (albeit clearly not being voiced by Raphael Sbarge), Kes is back to her old hairstyle, and B'Elanna is wearing a Starfleet ensign's pip. The wham moment is Seska's appearance after her death in "Basics, Part II".

** There are a few hints about the episode opening with a FakeActionPrologue (e.g. Torres being referred to as an ensign and never by name, Jonas still being alive, Tuvok saying Chakotay is still new to being first officer), Janeway's hair in the power bun that preceded "Future's End", etc.

** Several clues cue hardcore fans that the teaser is taking place earlier in Voyager's continuity. Janeway's hairstyle is different, Jonas can be heard on the comm even though he was killed back in Season 2 (albeit clearly not being voiced by Raphael Sbarge), and B'Elanna is wearing a Starfleet ensign's pip. The wham moment is Seska's appearance after her death in "Basics, Part II".

* AbortedArc: Tuvok wrote the program under concerns of the Starfleet/Maquis crew conflict and in the case of a possible mutiny. Over time he found the blended crew working better than expected [[WeAreStrugglingTogether due to circumstance]] and [[FireForgedFriends shared experience]] and left the program unfinished. This carries an enormous amount of RealitySubtext, as the Voyager premise was designed to foster contention between the crew members, only for the network and upper management to shoot down story suggestions based on that... except this one.

B'elanna Torres discovers a holodeck program on ''Voyager'' simulating a Maquis rebellion where Commander Chakotay calls for a mutiny after Janeway leaves the ship on an away mission. This program soon becomes popular as the crew try it out for themselves, either taking the side of the mutineers or Janeway loyalists trying to retake ''Voyager'' from the Maquis.

* DeadlyDoctor: Holo-EMH "treats" Tom's phaser burn by injecting him with nitric acid, NoSell{{s}} his attempt to attack him when he's choking Tuvok and then tosses both of them out of the Sick Bay with one arm.

!!This episode provides examples of

* OffTheRails

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Invoked; when the Maquis and Starfleet crewmembers end up [[EnemyMine working well together]], Tuvok realizes his program could itself [[MuseAbuse create tensions between the two groups]] and deletes it. Or so he thinks. Tuvok's expectations are subverted when they find it and enjoy it.

* TechnicianVsPerformer: Ultimately why Tuvok and Paris are urged to work on the program together. Tuvok's precision and faithfulness to accuracy has resulted in a realistic scenario without strawmen or melodramatic pomp... but it's also bogged down in strict adherence to reality, necessitating Tom's more entertainment-focused moderation. (In theory, since we never get to see the outcome of their effort.)

* TheNotSecret: Word quickly spreads of ''Insurrection Alpha'' despite (or because) of its subversive nature. Which makes it puzzling that no-one knows who wrote it.

* SmoochOfVictory: Holo-Seska and Holo-Chakotay snog after killing Holo-Janeway. No-one is impressed.

* NewEraSpeech: Holo-Chakotay gives one after seizing Voyager.