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Part of the Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse, continuing the story of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' past the series finale. There are fourteen books in the series as a whole:

* ''Homecoming''
* ''The Farther Shore''

(This first duology begins exactly where the show left off, and features the crew's early attempts to reintegrate into the Federation).

* ''Old Wounds''
* ''Enemy of my Enemy''

(These two are collectively titled ''Spirit Walk''. The starship ''Voyager'' itself is literally relaunched, with several new characters)

* ''Full Circle'' (A "second pilot" of sorts, bringing the series through the double WhamEpisode of [[spoiler: Janeway's death]] (in the Next Generation novel ''Before Dishonor'') and ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny''.
* ''Unworthy'' (In which ''Voyager'' leads a new mission [[spoiler: back to the Delta Quadrant]]).
* ''Children of the Storm''.
* ''The Eternal Tide'' [[spoiler: Janeway returns]].
* ''Protectors''.
* ''Acts of Contrition''
* ''Atonement''
* ''A Pocket Full Of Lies''
* ''Architects of Infinity''
* ''To Lose the Earth''

Initially written by Christie Golden, Kirsten Beyer took over beginning with ''Full Circle'' and has written all titles in the series since. Beyer had previously written ''Fusion'' in the ''String Theory'' pre-TV finale trilogy of ''Voyager'' novels, as well as the short story "Isabo's Shirt" from the tenth anniversary celebration compilation ''Distant Shores''.

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!!This series contains examples of:

* AbortedArc: The changeling arc, set up in the two ''Spirit Walk'' books. By the end of the second novel, ''Enemy of my Enemy'', arch-foe the rogue changeling has taken control of the government on the planet Kerovi. No-one knows he's there, and he's evidently up to something worrying. It seems as though the arc is being set up to be a big one, but it's swiftly dropped in ''Full Circle''. He's apparently discovered, and arrested by the Kerovi authorities. In fact, [[spoiler: the changeling dies off screen]]. We don't even visit Kerovi following ''Enemy of my Enemy''.
** Due to the shift in authors (going from Christie Golden to Kirsten Beyer), as well as the new mission on Voyager's part following the time jump from shortly after Voyager's return in 2378 to a post ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny'' time frame in 2381, several characters who were established as part of the new status quo of Voyager's cast are rotated out in ''Full Circle'' - some leave ([[spoiler: Harry breaks up once and for all with Libby, whose role as an agent for Starfleet Intelligence no longer features as Project Full Circle takes Voyager away from the Federation and back to the Delta Quadrant, Counselor Astall takes an indefinite leave of absence, making way for Counselor Hugh Cambridge]]) and some are killed off during the Borg invasion ([[spoiler: both Akolo Tare, who was raped by a hologram during the holo-strike, and Jarem Kaz, whose previous host was still being an active part of Jarem's present, are casualties of the battle]]).
** The time jump also renders the tension of the Voyager veterans and the Starfleet officers who'd survived the Dominion War an entirely moot point, after having taking up a significant portion of the four books preceding ''Full Circle.''
* AbsentMindedProfessor: Commander O'Donnell, who captains the ''Demeter'' by virtue of his scientific genius but leaves the day-to-day command decisions to his first officer (who has more hands-on starship experience). This comes back to bite him when said first officer [[spoiler: tries to mutiny]] in ''Children of the Storm''.
* AffablyEvil: Crell Moset, sort of, though in his case it's a crippling need to be liked. He genuinely wants the subjects of his invasive medical experiments to appreciate him. He's not really cruel in the usual sense, he's just totally lacking in empathy, and believes his science takes priority. Not only does he take steps to try and make his victims feel at ease - including singing pleasant songs - but the closest he gets to threatening is childish pique when people won't let him perform his experiments. In a ContinuityNod to ''Literature/StarTrekTheBattleOfBetazed'', he seems to genuinely think the Betazoids were selfish in the extreme for taking back their planet and preventing his earlier work.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Discussed in particular detail in ''A Pocket Full of Lies'' when Nancy Conlon becomes temporarily fixated on trying to improve Starfleet security protocols to prevent such events as admirals attempting to pursue personal vendettas or alien life forms taking control of key personnel. As Harry Kim tries to point out to her, such ideas have been attempted in the past, many of which involved augmenting the ships' computers to make them more intuitive and aware of when officers are issuing out-of-character orders, but in practise such ideas cannot be put into practise due to the risk of the computers subsequently asking too many questions if for some reason said officers ''have'' to do something unexpected or dangerous because the alternative is a more dangerous threat.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: It's not always easy for Eden to command the ''Voyager'' fleet in the shadow of [[spoiler: Janeway]]'s legendary memory, especially after [[spoiler: Janeway's return to life]].
** B'Elanna is this at first for Nancy Conlon, ''Voyager's'' new Chief Engineer, but they become fast friends as soon as B'Elanna makes it clear that she's not after Nancy's job.
* AmazonBrigade: The qawHaq'hoch, a Klingon cult consisting of female warriors only. Interestingly, it's never explained why they only accept females. Possibly it's "just tradition" - but it's one they're quite serious about. They draw attention to their status as an AmazonBrigade by using a symbol for birth (Ie., an aspect of life exclusive to women) as the glyph signifying the correct tunnel to their headquarters (see, OnlySmartPeopleMayPass, below).
* AnachronicOrder: The post-''Destiny'' novels have this relationship with the rest of the Novel Verse. While they were being released concurrently with the other Relaunches, the VOY Relaunch remains chronologically set in the year after ''Destiny'' (2381-2382). This has allowed them to focus on their own narrative and not be beholden to later, larger events like ''Literature/StarTrekTheFall'' [[spoiler: (meaning they can still use Nan Bacco as she's still alive at this point in the chronology)]].
** [[spoiler: The final VOY Relaunch novel ends in 2382 with Janeway and company departing the Milky Way with the alien Edrehmaia to explore a neighboring Galaxy. This neatly reconciles the Novel timeline and explains where the VOY characters were throughout the later novels.]]
* AntagonistTitle: ''Children of the Storm'', although given that this is Starfleet the antagonists are more "potential friends now unfortunately opponents" than genuine villains. There's a lot of BlueAndOrangeMorality and misunderstanding involved. Nonetheless, the Children are the primary antagonists of the novel.
* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler: Afsarah Eden, avatar of the Omega Continuum, created to kill the Q and capable of destroying the entire universe. Thankfully, her human side wins out.]]
* ArcWelding: A rather pleasing example with the exploits of Kahless in ''Full Circle'', linking the Voyager Relaunch to the ongoing Klingon saga in interesting ways. In ''Literature/StarTrekATimeTo'', Kahless had replaced himself with a hologram (equipped with a mobile emitter) and wandered off to Cygnet IV, supposedly to "do whatever (he) felt like". It was also a test, allowing him to give his usual HurricaneOfAphorisms when the ruse was discovered. In ''Full Circle'', though, it's revealed [[spoiler: why he was on Cygnet IV specifically. The secret headquarters of the qawHaq'hoch are located there, and he's keeping the plates spinning in the plan to keep Miral (B'Elanna and Tom's daugher) safe from the fanatics trying to kill her. Further, the mobile emitter for his holographic replacement was created by B'Elanna herself.]]
* TheAssimilator: The Indign in ''Unworthy'', who consist of six races literally joined together. They're trying to imitate the Borg Collective and the interdependence of the hive mind.
* TheAtoner: Poor Reg Barclay takes the incident with Meegan (see NiceJobBreakingItHero) ''very'' seriously indeed. He's still chasing her trail as of ''Acts of Contrition''.
* BizarreAlienBiology: The Indign are, as mentioned above, a collective race consisting of six species integrated together symbiotically. Only one of the six is humanoid. The others are a moth-like creature, a non-corporeal race, a silicon-based sphere, a bio-mimetic lifeform coating the sphere, and a cytoplasmic creature that clings to the humanoid like a parasitical centipede.
* BlessedWithSuck: Those with Sky Spirit DNA, if only because [[MadScientist Crell]] [[EvilutionaryBiologist Moset]] wants to do experiments on them. In other words, they don't know how to unlock the potential benefits from their genetic heritage, but it makes them a target for the villains.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Indign are quite reasonable and not overtly hostile, aside from their religious beliefs, which involve the [[BigBad Borg Collective]] as a model of divinity. The Indign capture spacefarers and "sacrifice" them to the Borg - condemning them to AFateWorseThanDeath - but they don't actually mean any ill-will.
* BluffTheImposter: In the ''Spirit Walk'' books; the "make up an incident wholescale" variant, to confirm suspicions that Chakotay isn't actually Chakotay.
* {{Body Horror}}: The experiments conducted by Crell Moset on the Loran colonists warped them into monsters, at least physically. The relatives of one of the supporting characters end up in beastial bodies while retaining their human intellects. It's mentioned that a Federation Think Tank is working on potential means of restoring them, but it's not revealed if they're ever successful.
* BusCrash: In ''Eternal Tide'', [[spoiler:Amanda Rogers is erased by a NegativeSpaceWedgie that nobody understands, to the extent that Q Junior is the only one among the Q who remembers her]].
* TheButcher: Crell Moset is referred to as "the Butcher of Bajor" at several points.
* TheCaptain: Chakotay, sometimes. He ends up leaving Starfleet for a while after his HeroicBSOD, but eventually returns to command ''Voyager''. Also, Afsarah Eden is the captain for a while, before getting a promotion to fleet commander. Later, we add Captain Farkas to the list, along with Commanders O'Donnell and Glenn, all of whom command other ships joining ''Voyager'' on its latest mission.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Children of the Storm. Their individual skill set is determined by their resonance, which gives a unique color for each.
* ContinuityNod: Many, including nods to ''Literature/StarTrekTheBattleOfBetazed'' in the ''Spirit Walk'' books (as part of Crell Moset's backstory) and, in the same duology, to ''[[Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch The Left Hand of Destiny]]'' (mention of the Battle of Boreth). There are also major tie-ins with ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny'' and ''Literature/StarTrekATimeTo'' in the later books, notably ''Full Circle''.
** ''The Eternal Tide'' is full of them. There are references to [[Literature/StarTrekTheNextGenerationRelaunch ''Q and A'']] (Picard being The One for which the Q were searching), ''Literature/StarTrekDepartmentOfTemporalInvestigations'' (the vault on Eris), ''Literature/StarTrekStringTheory'' (Kol and Kes' reclaiming of Ocampa), ''Literature/StarTrekTyphonPact'' (Q referencing the "near future" and the political decision made by Andor) and, of course, ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny''.
* {{Cool Ship}}: Project Full Circle throws together a whole fleet of them for a mission [[spoiler: back to the Delta quadrant]]. It includes two ''Vesta''-class ships (see ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny''), and an experimental Emergency Medical Vessel for the EMH. The ships are all equipped with security holograms as well. Most significantly, they feature the new Quantum Slipstream Drive finally perfected in ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny''.
* CripplingOverspecialization: The ''Galen'' was designed to be run primarily by holograms, which leaves them extremely short-handed when called upon for duties that can't be performed by photons and forcefields.
* TheCynic: Cambridge. He even mentions the first thing he does when reporting aboard a starship is locate the nearest EscapePod to his quarters.
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler: Michael Owen Paris, named for his great-grandfather and his grandfather.]]
* DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment: In ''A Pocket Full of Lies'', [[spoiler:the crew decide to try and appeal to the alternate Janeway by bringing Tuvok back from the ''Titan'' to talk to her due to his long history with the ‘original’ Janeway, but this backfires as that same sentiment leads to Tuvok becoming overly invested in the alternate Janeway’s reasons for her current attitude]].
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Chakotay gives a truly epic speech on the topic in ''Full Circle''. In a session with Counselor Cambridge, he accuses Starfleet Command of almost criminal negligence in its treatment of the ''Voyager'' crew. Despite everything they did and their loyal service throughout their time in the Alpha Quadrant, Starfleet still doesn't trust them (or so Chakotay suggests). Also, he feels they've been dismissed out of hand simply because they didn't participate in the Dominion War. Chakotay bitterly insists that they've never been appreciated and that he's tired of people who are only alive because he bled for them judging and harassing him.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The qawHaq'hoch have one [[spoiler: on Cygnet IV]]. The subtle ContinuityNod to ''Literature/StarTrekATimeTo'' is quite pleasing (see ArcWelding, above).
* EnergyBeing: The Children of the Storm.
* EngineeredPublicConfession: In ''Atonement''[[spoiler: Seven gets Commander Briggs to [[JustBetweenYouAndMe lay out his entire plan]] regarding the catomic plague and its cause, unaware that Seven's combadge had been modified as a one-way transmitter and that Fleet Admiral Akaar and President Bacco are listening]].
* EvilCounterpart: In ''A Pocket Full of Lies'', [[spoiler:the Krenim Imperium are revealed to have their own equivalent of the Department of Temporal Investigations, the Temporal Defence Agency. However, while the DTI is dedicated to preserving history even if the time travellers want to create a "better" timeline, the Agency's goal is to ensure Krenim supremacy, to the extent that they go to great lengths to create a pointless conflict on a particular planet between two races because a timeline where those races are at peace would have prevented the Krenim expanding]].
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: B'Elanna Torres]] does this in order to stay safe from enemies. [[spoiler: Tom, her husband]] is in on the deception, but Harry Kim isn't, and doesn't take it well when he finds out he was lied to.
* FictionalDocument: The Royal Protocol document, bane of Starfleet Officers everywhere. A complete list of dos and don'ts for interacting with alien royals, it's a necessity if diplomatic incidents are to be avoided. It's mind-numbing in its detail. It's full of little rules along the lines of "when greeting the King, touch your head to the ground three times and then wave your left hand. Oh, and under no circumstances wear purple". An important plot point arises when it's realized "Royal Protocol" has a very different meaning to the Borg.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Seven of Nine falling in love with Counselor Cambridge, though it's noted that she ends their professional relationship before embarking on a personal one.
* {{Foil}}: Eden is what Janeway might have been without the influence of the ''Voyager'' crew: a strong, capable, but very lonely woman [[spoiler: with a great potential for destruction]].
* ForScience: As always, [[MadScientist Crell Moset's]] motivation for everything he does. He may be working for the rogue changeling, but ''really'' he's performing medical experiments for his own scientific curiosity.
* {{Gesundheit}}: Tom in ''Protectors'', when B'Elanna announces her sudden craving for a ''ghebjebaQ joqngogh''.
* GodIsDead: The Indign were recently surprised to learn that the Borg Collective, which they view as their divine model, has departed, a result of the events in ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny'' (which the Indign missed). They actually take the revelation surprisingly well.
* GoodIsOldFashioned: Kahless and his traditionalist philosophies get this from other Klingons, on occasion. But with the Klingon Empire reconfiguring itself in light of Martok’s reforms, the tide is turning. Kahless eventually tells SmugSnake Kopek that ''he'' is going to become obsolete:
-->"You will fall, Kopek, because you live only to hold on to your power and to accumulate more. Martok works daily to restore the empire to the path of honour, and there is no place for you on that path. You will learn the true way, or you will reap the seeds of self-destruction you have so carefully sown”.
* {{Heroic BSOD}}: Chakotay, following [[spoiler: Janeway's death]].
* HeroicSacrifice: ''The Eternal Tide'' features a scene in which the main characters argue over who's going to pull one of these. Chakotay decides to do it, but is saved by [[spoiler: Q Junior]], who along with [[spoiler: Afsarah Eden]] sacrifices himself to prevent the destruction of the multiverse and/or the Q Continuum.
* {{Heroic Vow}}: B'Elanna tries a few, particularly in the ''Spirit Walk'' books, presumably as part of her effort to embrace her Klingon heritage more readily.
* HigherTechSpecies: The Anschlasom, among the most technologically advanced aliens in the entire ''Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse''. Even the [[Literature/StarTrekDestiny Caeliar]] are explicitly said to be less sophisticated.
* HoldYourHippogriffs: The old Cardassian saying, "the enemy of my enemy...is still my enemy, but may prove useful". Also serves as a TitleDrop for the second ''Spirit Walk'' novel.
* IHaveNoSon: Julia Paris says this when she discovers that Tom [[spoiler: lied to her about B'Elanna and Miral's deaths. She gets better, and they reconcile.]]
* {{I Know Youre In There Somewhere Fight}}: A verbal one between [[spoiler: Janeway and Eden]]; see {{Apocalypse Maiden}} above.
* IfIWantedYouDead: Invoked regarding Q; while he proclaimed himself Janeway’s enemy in ''Eternal Tide'' for [[spoiler:her indirect role in his son’s death]], it’s observed in ''A Pocket Full of Lies'' that if Q was genuinely angry at Janeway he would have probably destroyed her already.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Crell Moset, who seems to think the Betazoids were selfish for taking back their planet from Dominion occupation, preventing him from continuing his experiments there.
* TheJeeves: Janeway's hyper-efficient Vulcan aide.
* {{Jerk With A Heart Of Gold}}: Admiral Montgomery. Although he's such a jerk at first that his heart of gold is quite a surprise when it shows through. Then again, this is Franchise/StarTrek; pleasant people need not apply to the admiralty...
** Most people find Counselor Hugh Cambridge to be an insufferable jerk upon first meeting him, but most of those people eventually realize he can be loyal and sympathetic to his friends. It just takes a ''lot'' to punch through the facade he puts up.
* KilledOffForReal: No less than [[spoiler: Kathryn Janeway herself]]...only not actually in this series. Instead she dies in the Next Generation novel ''Before Dishonor''. The first four Voyager relaunch books take place before this, ''Full Circle'' moves between timeframes both prior to and after the event, and ''Unworthy'' onward are set fully afterward. Naturally, the death divided the fan community. That said, its aftermath, explored in ''Full Circle'', is considered by some to be the highlight of the series. [[spoiler: Janeway returns in ''The Eternal Tide''.]]
** Dr. Kaz was also killed off in ''Full Circle'', dying at the Battle of the Azure Nebula (part of the tie-in with ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny''). As he was a joined Trill, this was essentially a double death; the symbiont perished with its current host.
*** Also killed off in ''Full Circle'' was the novel-exclusive Lyssa Campbell, who'd featured in all of Christie Golden's prior Voyager novels, including the pre-relaunch ones, and had been bumped up to regular character during ''Spirit Walk,'' taking over Harry's position at Ops after his promotion to Security Chief.
** ''The Eternal Tide'' kills off [[spoiler: Q Junior]].
* LegendaryInTheSequel: The Huanni race were introduced in the novel ''The Last Roundup'', in the person of cadet Skalli Jksilli. When a new Huanni character shows up in the Voyager Relaunch, mention is made of the august career Skalli has enjoyed, becoming a great diplomat.
* LiteralMinded: Funnily enough, Dr. Sharak, the Tamarian. Because his native language is constructed around metaphor, he's had to adapt to the direct references of Federation Standard and so takes idiomatic expressions at face value. It seems he's learned ''too'' well how to think and express himself in a non-Tamarian manner.
* LosingTheTeamSpirit: The ''Voyager'' crew really have difficulty functioning together following [[spoiler: Janeway's death]]. It doesn't help when [[spoiler: Tom and B'Elanna fake B'Elanna's death, as well as that of baby Miral]]. As of ''Children of the Storm'' it seems they've recaptured the team spirit, though.
* MadScientist: Crell Moset.
* MeaningfulFuneral: [[spoiler: For Janeway in ''Full Circle'']].
** For each of the [[spoiler: 785 people lost to Omega]] in ''The Eternal Tide'', a star disappears from a holographic sky. At the end, a blaze of light erupts over their monument.
* MeaningfulName: The Indign; the word means “unworthy”. The Indign are a collection of races which the Borg have judged "unworthy" of assimilation.
** The Planarians.
* MindOverMatter: The Children of the Storm. They're an example of the non-corporeal subtrope, where their primary interaction with the outside world is via telekinesis. This includes travelling through space in "ships" held together and propelled by the power of thought.
* MindRape: Fistrebil in ''Full Circle'', who is addicted to the pain of others and apparently trawls her victims' memories to experience it in its full intensity. Tuvok defeats her with some good old Vulcan mental discipline, though.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Willem Batiste is a member of Species 8472]].
** One of the Eight possessed [[spoiler: Nancy Conlon]] as a back-up plan if their main plan in ''Acts Of Contrition'' failed.
* MotherOfAThousandYoung: The "Mother" of the Children of the Storm - basically, an intelligent gas giant. The non-corporeal children are her "thoughts".
* NegativeSpaceWedgie: In ''The Eternal Tide'', the fleet discovers [[spoiler:a rift into the Omega Continuum that could destroy the universe]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Reg Barclay is technically responsible for the escape of SealedEvilInACan the Eight and the murders of several Neyser. He was ''trying'' to get the EMH a girlfriend.
** Dr. Zimmerman's attempt to [[spoiler: help The Doctor forget his feelings for Seven]] actually causes The Doctor's memory to degrade to the point he has to be deactivated until Reg can repair him.
* NonhumanLoverReveal: [[spoiler: Batiste]], though long after he and [[spoiler: Eden]] stopped being lovers.
* NoodleIncident: Although Nancy Conlon was involved, we still don't know exactly how the ''da Vinci'' made Troyius "disappear" during the Borg Invasion.
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: In ''Full Circle'', Chakotay isn't listening to Janeway as she recounts her latest meeting with the admiralty. Janeway therefore gets his attention by mentioning how Admiral Nechayev supposedly turned up naked, with Admiral Montgomery offering no comment.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Tuvok returns in ''A Pocket Full of Lies'', he is suffering a loss of emotional control after the pointless death of his son in the recent Borg invasion, to the extent that [[spoiler:he nearly beats a man to death trying to interrogate him about the location of the alternate Janeway’s missing daughter]].
* OfferedTheCrown: Brenna Covington tries to convince Seven of Nine to replace her as she dies - that is, become the next Queen of Covington's artificial Borg Collective. The lure is tempting on a basic emotional level, but naturally Seven doesn't accept.
* OmnicidalManiac: The remnants of the Borg Collective, in the end. As ''Full Circle'' ties in to ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny'', we see the Borg in their "you will be ''annihilated''" mindset.
* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: Entry to the qawHaq'hoch headquarters requires correctly choosing one of several possible passages. Janeway selects the correct one after carefully considering the glyphs marking each doorway. She deduces that the symbol in question, "birth", relates to the qawHaq'hoch's AmazonBrigade status, though of course her tricorder translated the old glyphs for her, no doubt taking something away from the designer's intent.
* OtherMeAnnoysMe: In ''A Pocket Full of Lies'', [[spoiler:Janeway is put out to meet an alternate version of herself who has become a leader in a protracted, pointless conflict on a distant planet for reasons her counterpart will not adequately explain. The attitude is later justified as it turns out that the other Janeway has been manipulated to become excessively invested in this conflict as part of a plan to keep her out of the way]].
* ThePowerOfFriendship: In ''Acts of Contrition'', Tom Paris is forced into a custody battle for his and B'Elanna's daughter, Miral, as well as their unborn child, with his mother, Julia. When it comes time for the presentation of character witnesses for him, the first is the husband of Samantha Wildman (who was not there because she was sent away by Paris on an important mission.) The second is the Vulcan Lieutenant Vorik, whom Paris never expected to speak on his behalf, especially since they'd had words earlier in the book. After this, the judge asks if there are any more witnesses and Tom's counsel, Shaw, replies that there are and requests a recess. The recess is granted and Tom, curious, asks who else is there to speak for him, as he didn't think he had that many friends. Shaw presents him with a long list, explaining that "...every person I asked gave me the names of two or three more who would be happy to speak for you, and all of them are here today. ... They all said the same thing: 'If Tom Paris needs me, I'm there.'"
* ProphecyTwist: In Klingon mythology, the Curse of the Gods, as well as the apparent eventual return of the gods. It's hinted that "the gods" were a race of {{Precursors}} who genetically influenced the Klingons. The myth of the first Klingons "killing the gods who created them" may therefore refer to an uprising or attack on these beings. The prophecized Curse of the Gods, that may destroy the Klingon Empire, is in fact a genetic "time-bomb" that represents a genetic mutation whereby Klingons are born as non-sapient, highly destructive animals. The mutation is also beneficial - in fact, it's likely that natural selection favours these mutant forms. Miral Paris, who is supposedly the ''Kuvah'magh'', or Klingon saviour, at least according to some interpretations, is prophesised to prevent the future death of Klingon civilization by finding the Gods, bringing them back to the Klingon homeworld. Or so it's hinted. At any rate, they have many generations before the mutant births become common.
** In any case, [[spoiler: Q Junior "saves" Miral from her destiny through unspecific means in ''Eternal Tide''.]]
* ProudWarriorRace: B'Elanna and Tom are waist-deep in Klingon prophecy, and all the ''bat'leth''-wielding fun this inevitably entails, due to their daughter being the ''Kuvah'magh''. B'Elanna has been trying to make an effort to acknowledge her Klingon heritage, but as is often the case with Klingons it blew up in her face.
* PutOnABus: [[TheScrappy Astall]], as of ''Full Circle''.
* PyrrhicVictory: The Borg war (see ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny'' for more information).
* QuestForIdentity: Part of Captain Eden's reason for joining the fleet, as her adoptive fathers lied to her about her origins and the only clue lies in a Delta Quadrant artifact.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Admiral Montgomery somewhat, despite his earlier appearances.
** As of ''Protectors'', however, his ObstructiveBureaucrat side is on full display again, since he fears being blamed for the failure of the Full Circle fleet and tries to pass the blame on [[spoiler: a traumatized post-resurrection Janeway. It finally comes to a head in ''Atonement'', where his willful negligence causes Akaar to force his resignation]].
** General Mattings of the Confederacy of the Worlds of the First Quadrant isn't as arrogant and condescending about the Federation as most of the rest of the government. He prefers blunt honesty to "polite lies", and isn't afraid to admit his government's shortcomings.
* RefusingParadise: [[spoiler: Janeway reasons that, while death will always be waiting for her, the chance to save Q Junior and her people will never come again.]]
** Seven refuses to join the Caeliar gestalt, choosing to stay with her friends and develop her humanity.
* ResurrectedForAJob: Q Junior, who can no longer enter his own future and believes that means he will die, resurrects [[spoiler: Janeway]] in the belief that she can save him. [[spoiler: He is wrong; it is his own choice that ends up causing his death.]]
* {{Retcon}}: Some of Janeway's interactions with Lady Q in [[Literature/StarTrekTheNextGenerationRelaunch ''Before Dishonor'']] are reinterpreted by ''The Eternal Tide'', suggesting among other things that Janeway isn't always very good at understanding whether Lady Q is talking about Q or Q or even Q (we can hardly blame her...)
* RousingSpeech: An unusually bitter and troubling example given by [[spoiler: Janeway's sister Phoebe at Janeway's funeral]], encouraging Starfleet to make the Borg pay for her death.
-->"For the love I bear her, and for the love each of you still carry with you, I call upon you not to rest until those who are responsible for my sister's death are made to answer for what they have done. If you truly honor what she lived for, if you truly wish to memorialize the contributions she made to this Federation, do not forget how she lived, or how she died. Do not seek to heal this wound. Keep it open. And let it give you the strength you need to find and destroy the monsters who took her from us. Do not take 'no' for an answer. She wouldn't have."
* SadisticChoice: When one of the Eight attempts to possess [[spoiler: the Doctor, he is only able to destroy it by dumping his segregated memory file. Which also erases almost all the memories he has of Seven.]]
* ScaryDogmaticAliens: The Warriors of Gre'thor, a Klingon religious sect dedicated to finding the ''Kuvah'magh''... so they can kill her.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Paris points out to a very green Ensign who was assigned to get rid of him that he comes from 5 generations of Starfleet flag officers, that he can play the political game very well, and unless the Ensign's superior wants to have the Head of Starfleet Medical, Admiral Montgomery ''and'' Admiral Akaar all asking questions the Ensign better give him what he wants. He later threatens the next person up the line with contacting the Federation President directly.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Eight, disembodied criminal minds, who are now loose thanks to a NiceJobBreakingItHero on the part of Reg Barclay.
* SequelHook: Again, the Eight. Eventually, they wind up [[spoiler: possessing officials from civilizations hostile to Voyager, creating an alliance between the Turei, Devore, Vaadwaur and others]].
** ''Protectors'' has several: the Confederacy, the catom disease, and what seems to be a LoveDodecahedron involving [[spoiler: Cambridge, Seven, her old love Axum from "Unimatrix Zero", the Doctor, and possibly even Commander Glenn and Mr. Barclay.]]
* {{The Shrink}}: Astall is clearly a type two. Hugh Cambridge is clearly a type three, sometimes of the "tough love" subtype. Rori Austen in ''Protectors'' is also a type three, which is fortunate, since [[spoiler: Janeway]] needs all the help she can get.
* SignificantAnagram: Captain Eden was told by her "uncle" Jobin that she was rescued from the planet Sbonfoyjill. She eventually realized, after trying to locate it in databanks and finding nothing, that sbonfoyjill is an anagram for "Jobin's Folly".
** In the sense of a MeaningfulName, we have Dreeg. Guess which of the vices he appears motivated by.
* SpaceFighter: In the wake of the Borg Invasion, Starfleet finally decides to construct dedicated fighter craft, which are put to use in ''The Eternal Tide'' in a skirmish with the Tarkon.
* SpiritAdvisor: Black Jaguar, who actually takes on corporeal form at one point, thanks to Chakotay unlocking the potential of his Sky Spirit DNA. She's a dangerous advisor, whose appearance heralds a great trial and who tends to destroy those who prove unworthy of her.
* StarfishAliens: The Greech and many other components of the Indign; the Children of the Storm; the "wave forms" in ''Protectors''.
* StayInTheKitchen: Tillum Drafar shows a variant on this, with the view that mothers should not be working outside the home. Among his people, biological necessity compels women with young children to dedicate their time entirely to the infant. When confronted with B'Elanna Torres, who balances her work with her motherhood, he implies she is a poor mother for doing so and initially treats her dismissively, offending her. Essentially, his people, new to the Federation, are not yet able to fully put aside their instincts when dealing with aliens. B'Elanna, once she understands the reason for his prejudice, manages to challenge it in a non-confrontational but effective manner.
** In the Confederacy of the Worlds of the First Quadrant, a society descended from refugees fleeing their planets' destruction, fertile females dedicate themselves to birthing children, and gain near-universal adoration from the people for doing so. Many Confederates are even borderline hostile at the idea that there could possibly be anything greater or more important than honoring the people and gaining respect through pregnancy. B'Elanna (again) nearly gets into an ugly argument with a Confederacy woman at a reception.
* SuicideAttack: The Children of the Storm try a few of these. One of the advantages of travelling in a highly-compressed sphere of noxious gases held together by the power of thought is that you can blow it up and take much of your surroundings with you.
* TakeAThirdOption: In ''The Eternal Tide'', [[spoiler:a rift into the Omega Continuum must be sealed to prevent the destruction of the universe, but the most obvious way to seal it would essentially erase the Q Continuum from existence. Q Junior takes a third option by working with Afsarah Eden to seal it himself, sacrificing his own life but preserving the existence of the Q Continuum and just knocking a few million years off the life span of the universe as opposed to the trillions it would have lost otherwise]].
* TakingTheKids: B'Elanna - as part of the staged separation she and Tom Paris play out, so as to eventually [[spoiler: fake B'Elanna and Miral's deaths]].
** Later, Julia Paris (Tom's mother) tries to pull a variant on both of them, legally challenging her son and daughter-in-law for custody of Miral and her unborn brother, on the grounds that they are unfit parents. [[spoiler: She loses, but eventually she and Tom come to a reconciliation.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: In some novels, the ''Voyager'' crew themselves were reduced to this; things got pretty complicated between them. As of ''Children of the Storm'', they seem to have settled into smoother friendship again.
* ThankYourPrey: Both Chakotay and B'Elanna engage in this. Chakotay is usually a vegetarian, but when he finds it necessary to kill deer for food in the absence of edible plants, he does so. He offers ritualized thanks to its spirit. B'Elanna, undertaking the wilderness trek that is the Challenge of Spirit, also gives thanks to an animal she's slain, in keeping with her efforts to reembrace her Klingon side.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted, very much so. See TheShrink, above.
* TimeyWimeyBall: ''A Pocket Full of Lies'' turns out to be essentially a sequel to both "Year of Hell" and "Shattered"; [[spoiler:the temporal disruption Chakotay experienced was caused by a Krenim attack, as they discovered data packages created by Seven in the original campaign against Annorax's temporal weapons ship (which still exist even if the ship was never created) and decided to get Janeway out of the way so that she couldn't stop the Imperium expanding further, only to end up trapping an alternate version of Janeway instead]].
* ToAbsentFriends: Word for word, in ''Children of the Storm''.
* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: [[spoiler: In ''Protectors'', it is revealed that the Doctor still has feelings for Seven - and since his holographic thoughts and memories don't fade like a human's, he always will. Even when Dr. Zimmerman gives him a "patch" to mute them, he still reacts with panic when she's in danger.]]
* VillainTeamUp: Apparently, the [[spoiler: Vaadwaur, Turei and Devore]]. Also, most alarmingly, [[spoiler: The Voth]]. And it's all due to [[spoiler: [[SealedEvilInACan The Eight]]]].
* VillainousBreakdown: MadScientist Crell Moset experiences one of these, in ''Enemy of My Enemy''. In fact, Dr. Kaz deliberately induces one in him, as a form of vengeance.
* VisionQuest: An important part of the ''Spirit Walk'' duology. Chakotay even brings aspects of his vision into the real world at one point, thanks to his souped-up DNA. This includes his SpiritAdvisor Black Jaguar, who briefly becomes corporeal enough to help him in battle.
* WarriorPoet: Emperor Kahless.
* WorkingWithTheEx: Captain Asfarah Eden and her ex-husband Willem Batiste work together on Project Full Circle. There is still considerable hurt between them, as they openly acknowledge. Of course, their inability to relate to each other isn’t surprising given that Batiste [[spoiler: is actually a member of Species 8472]].
* YouHaveFailedMe: The rogue changeling comes close to this several times when Crell Moset's research proves fruitless.

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