History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS1E14Jetrel

Janeway quickly discovers something's up anyway and tracks Jetrel down. Jetrel admits that Neelix doesn't have metremia, but he begs Janeway to allow him to continue his research. He says he's found a way to bring back the victims of the metreon cascade by using the transporter to reassemble their disintegrated matter that has been held suspended in the metreon cloud. He has only hours to live, and this is his last chance to make amends, so Janeway agrees. Jetrel uses the transporter to try to reassemble someone from the cloud, but it fails, and Jetrel collapses. On his deathbed, Jetrel says that dying is a fitting punishment for him, but Neelix says that the metreon cascade was itself a punishment for all of their sins.

* CallBack: The Doctor complains in several previous episodes about people neglecting to shut him off, and in "Eye of the Needle" Janeway suggests giving him the ability to turn himself off. In this episode, he does just that.

* CoolButInefficient: A reaction of 1 KG of matter to 1 KG of anti-matter would create an explosion equal to 43 megatons of TNT which is equivalent to the most powerful nuclear weapon ever invented the Tsar Bomba. Or in other words, anyone with access to a couple of photon torpedoes or a warp core already has the means to kill 300,000 people. The Metreon Cascade is a pointless waste of time and resources as far as the setting of Star Trek goes.

* DefaceOfTheMoon: Neelix relates how after the initial flash of the Cascade, he looked up and assumed that the moon had vanished, whereas it had actually been covered by a cloud, all that was left of its 300,000 inhabitants.

** The pool hustler calls Tom Paris "Tom Terrific," the name of a 1960s cartoon character, which would be anachronistic to the time period the pool hall is supposed to be set in,

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Jetrel's attempt to resurrect the people who have been killed by the Meteron Cascade, [[HopeSpot even though it ends in failure.]]

** Like Oppenheimer, Jetrel quotes (inadvertently, [[AncientAstronauts one assumes]]) from the Literature/BhagavadGita when he says the Meteron Cascade was brighter than a thousand suns.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Not only is Neelix's homeworld destroyed, but also Jetrel's attempt to resurrect the people destroyed by the Meteron Cascade fails.

Neelix is playing pool in the holodeck when Janeway calls him to the bridge. A Haakonian ship has sent a message requesting to speak to him. The Haakonians were at war with Neelix's Tlaxians for 15 years, and the ship's captain turns out to be the infamous Jetrel, who developed a weapon that killed 300,000 Tlaxians. Neelix refuses to speak with him, but he insists that his message is a matter of life and death, so Janeway welcomes him aboard. Speaking on Neelix's behalf, Janeway inquires about Jetrel's purpose. He says that fallout from his metreon cascade weapon causes a fatal blood disease called metremia, and he wants to scan Neelix to see if he has it.

Neelix is playing pool in the holodeck when Janeway calls him to the bridge. A Haakonian ship has sent a message requesting to speak to him. The Haakonians were at war with Neelix's Tlaxians for 15 years, and the ship's captain turns out to be the infamous Jetrel, who developed a weapon that killed 300,000 Tlaxians. Neelix refuses to speak with him, but he insists that his message is a matter of life and death, so Janeway welcomes him board. Speaking on Neelix's behalf, Janeway inquires about Jetrel's purpose. He says that fallout from his metreon cascade weapon causes a fatal blood disease called metr3mia, and he wants to scan Neelix to see if he has it.

Janeway quickly discovers something's up anyway and tracks Jetrel down, who begs that she allow him to convince his research. He says he's found a way to bring back the victims of the metreon cascade by using the transporter to reassemble their disintegrated matter that has been held suspended in the metreon cloud. He has only hours to live, and this is his last chance to make amends, so Janeway agrees. Jetrel uses the transporter to try to reasemble someone from the cloud, but it fails, and Jetrel collapses. On his deathbed, Jetrel says that death is a fitting punishment for him, but Neelix says that the metreon cascade was itself a punishment for all of their sins.

* CatapultNightmare: Averted

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Neelix, holy crap. Jetrel is a walking BerserkButton to him.

* ShoutOut: Like Oppenheimer, Jetrel quotes (inadvertently, [[AncientAstronauts one assumes]]) from the Literature/BhagavadGita when he says the Meteron Cascade was brighter than a thousand suns.

Kes confronts Neelix on why he never talks about the war, and he says it's too difficult to talk about. She and Janeway team up to convince him to submit to Jetrel's test, and he finally relents. When he meets with Jetrel, though, he grills the Haakonian on his motives, and Jetrel insists that he's just trying to atone for his actions. During the text, Neelix tells a story about building a trap for a garden pest and feeling pity for the pest once it was caught. Jetrel completes his test and concludes that Neelix does have metremia. However, Jetrel is enthusiastic about the possibility of using the ship's transporters to isolate an isotope from the metreon cloud to develop a cure.

* ChekhovsGun: Jetrel witnesses the EMH deactivating itself, and uses the command sequence to shut down the Doctor later on.

* SarcasmMode: Whenever Neelix talks to Jetrel.

* WouldRatherSuffer: When first informed that he may have metremia, Neelix replies that while [[SarcasmMode he's touched by Jetrel's concern for his health]], he would rather be immersed in a pit of Krallinian eels than be examined by him. Later, he personally tells Jetrel that he would rather die than help him ease his conscience. Only when it's pointed out that he might be helping other members of his race does he consent.

''Voyager'' brings on board an alien scientist whom Neelix recognizes as the creator of a deadly weapon called the Metreon Cascade, which has been used in a war against the Talaxians and wiped out the people on his homeworld, including his family. The scientist claims that Neelix is dying of a disease called metremia, and although he doesn't seem to have any apologies for using his science to create a weapon, he does seem earnest in wanting to find a cure for the disease. As it turned out, the metremia is what only the scientist himself is dying of, and his research was actually to reconstitute the people who have died from the Metreon Cascade, though his attempt to do so using ''Voyager'''s transporter technology ultimately failed.

* TeleportersAndTransporters

* YouSeeImDying: Jetrel's response to Neelix saying that he wishes for the scientist to live a long life of regret for creating the Metreon Cascade.

* AndYouWereThere: Neelix has a NightmareSequence where members of the ''Voyager'' crew play the parts of the murdered people of Rinax.

* AndYouWereThere: Neelix has a NightmareSequence where members of the ''Voyager'' crew play the parts of the murdered people of Talax.