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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Invoked by Tom as a way to test the progam's limits. He begins the program assuring Holo-Chakotay that he'll side with the mutineers, but once it actually begins, tries to save Tuvok. Then when Holo-Chakotay makes his offer to the captured crew, Tom steps forward to join him. He later notes to B'Elanna that this sequence of events made Holo-Chakotay so suspicious of him that he would only allow Tom to do minor maintenence work.
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** B'Elanna rejects the idea that she might have a steamy romance with Tom as completely unrealistic.

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** B'Elanna rejects the idea that she might have a steamy romance with Tom as completely unrealistic. They'll officially begin a relationship just four episodes later.
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** 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".

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** 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, Quadrant (he also never once calls her by name, only 'Ensign'). Janeway and Kes are wearing their original hairstyles, and Jonas can be heard is called 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. Sbarge). The wham moment is Seska's appearance after her death in "Basics, Part II".
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** 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".

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** 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, and B'Elanna is wearing a Starfleet ensign's pip. hairstyle. The wham moment is Seska's appearance after her death in "Basics, Part II".
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** 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.

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** 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), officer, Janeway's hair in the power bun that preceded "Future's End", etc.).
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** 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".

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** 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".
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* 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.

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* AbortedArc: 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.
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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.

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B'elanna 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.
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* 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.

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* DeadlyDoctor: Holo-EMH "treats" Tom's phaser burn by injecting him with nitric acid, NoSell{{s}} {{No Sell}}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.

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* 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.

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* NewRulesAsThePlotDemands: The original holonovel was built as a functional training tool and wouldn't allow the player to cheat through modifying holodeck settings, but Seska writes a new scenario where it actively manipulates the rules to ensure their eventual death. Tom and Tuvok are [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard stuck in a situation actively working against them]], and their only hope is Janeway as a DeusExMachina rewriting the program in real time to give them a fair shot.



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* OffTheRailsOffTheRails: The primary development in the second half of the episode, where any semblance of a story or training purposes are thrown out the window in an EverythingTryingToKillYou mode.



* 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.

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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Invoked; when the Maquis and Starfleet crewmembers end up [[EnemyMine [[FireForgedFriends 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 [[ActuallyPrettyFunny they find it and enjoy it.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.)

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* 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 reality and can't really deviate with surprise developments. This necessitates Tom creating a more entertainment-focused moderation.moderation, as there wasn't any option for a true FaceHeelTurn. (In theory, since we never get to see the outcome of their effort.)
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* 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.

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



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

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

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

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