History Recap / StarTrekProdigyS1E16Preludes

** Rok-Tahk was part of an act where she played a monster defeated by a hero. When she grew tired of being perceived as a monster, she flipped the script but was shipped off to Tars Lemora in response.
** Zero was part of a group of exploring Medusans who had left their world long ago, and was captured by Kazon during one of their stops.
** Jankom was sent out in a SleeperStarship with 29 other orphans as part of Tellar's pre-Federation deep space exploration program. A malfunction caused his pod to be opened so he could perform maintenance, and when he was finally finished, he had used so much oxygen that he had to leave in an escape pod so there'd be enough left for the remaining 29 occupants. The Kazon picked him up shortly thereafter.

** Finally, the reason the Vau N'Akat have such grandiose names is because they deliberately cast aside their old identities as part of their mission.

** The episode ends with Holo-Janeway telling the kids about Mollie, the real Janeway's Irish setter,the mentioned in several ''Voyager'' episodes.

* HeroicSacrifice: The non-lethal kind. Jankom takes off in an escape pod so that the rest of his ship's crew has enough oxygen to survive.

* AlienNonInterferenceClause: Part of the hatred of the Order is motivated by Solum being left alone by the Federation until they sorted out their internal dispute on joining them. This in spite of the fact that the conflict was motivated by a belief that Starfleet had nothing of value to offer their people.

* BrokenPedestal: According to Asencia/The Vindicator, The Diviner was once one of the people that wanted to Solum to join the Federation. That they refused to take a side in the civil war over this choice that devastated their world completely flipped that opinion.

* BreatherEpisode: Most of this episode is meant for the ''Protostar'' crew to share their backstories. The rest is for "Ascencia" (aka the Vindicator) to bring the Diviner up to speed on their plan.

* TapOnTheHead: Janeway is knocked out by the Diviner with a simple heck chop.

* BrokenPedestal: According to Ascencia/The Vindicator, The Diviner was once one of the people that wanted to Solum to join the Federation. That they refused to take a side in the civil war over this choice that devastated their world completely flipped that opinion.

** The Order formed by vengeful the Vau N'Akat placed sole blame on Starfleet for a civil war their own people started that devastated their world, simply because they couldn't reconcile whether or not they should join the Federation and the Federation refused to aid either side.

* CynicismCatalyst: According to Ascencia/The Vindicator, The Diviner was once one of the people that wanted to Solum to join the Federation. The civil war that devastated their world completely flipped that opinion.

* CynicismCatalyst: According to Ascencia/The Vidnicator, The Diviner was once one of the people that wanted to Solum to join the Federation. The civil war that devastated their world completely flipped that opinion.

* FigureItOutYourself: Part of the hatred of the Order is motivated by Solum being left alone by the Federation until they sort out their internal dispute on joining them. This in spite of the fact that the conflict was motivated by a belief that Starfleet had nothing of value to offer their people.

** The Order formed by vengeful Vau N'Akat place sole blame on Starfleet for a civil war their own people started that devastated their world, simply because they couldn't reconcile whether or not they should join the Federation.

* NeverMyFault: The Diviner blames Gwyn's betrayal on the fact that "she met a boy". Charitably, Dal at best cemented a betrayal the Diviner himself inspired by callously leaving Gwyn to die in favor of securing the ''Protostar'', and the Diviner is clearly mentally stable enough at this point that he probably remembers what he did.

** Rok-Tahk was part of an act where a hero defeated the monster (her), until she flipped the script and was shipped off to Tars Lemora in response.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Of all the places the ''Protostar'' could have wound up, it happened to be right on Solum's doorstep after they had reason tl hate the Federation.

* ShipTease: According to the Diviner, the reason Gwyn betrayed him is because "she met a boy".

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Most of the episode is flashbacks explaining how several Alpha Quadrant aliens wound up halfway across the galaxy in the same place, and the particulars of how the Diviner traveled back in time and how the ''Protostar'' factors into that.

** The Diviner and Asencia, known as the Vindicator, are part of a group known as the Order, dedicated to destroying the Federation. After Chakotay through a wrench into their plans, 100 ships, each containing one Vau N'Akat and one Drednok, were launched into the temporal anomaly. Most were destroyed, and those that weren't were spat out in random places and times. The Vindicator arrived a mere three years ago and infiltrated Starfleet, joining Janeway's crew, while the Diviner has been searching for two decades.

** Finally, the reason the Vau N'Akat have such grandiose names is because they deliberately cast aside their old identities as part of their mission.

** The Diviner and Asencia, known as the Vindicator, are part of a group known as the Order, dedicated to destroying the Federation. After Chakotay through a wrench into their plans, 100 ships, each containing one Vau N'Akat and one Drednok, were launched into the temporal anomaly. Most were destroyed, and those that weren't were spat out in random places and times. The Vindicator arrived a mere three years ago and infiltrated Starfleet, joining Janeway's crew, while the Diviner has been searching for two decades.