History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS6E10Pathfinder

* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: Reg avoids punishment for misuse of resources because his plan to contact ''Voyager'' actually worked; Admiral Paris assigns him to a new "Project Voyager", implied to be focused on discovering a more permanent means of communication and eventually bringing them home, ''and'' this boost to his confidence helped Reg have an apparently successful date with his CO's sister-in-law.

* FunWithAcronyms: The MIDAS Array, AKA the Mutara Interdimensional Deep-Space-Transponder Array System.

* CuttingTheKnot: When Cmdr. Harkins fails to shut down Reg's holoprogram remotely, and when the security guards lose track of him inside the ''Voyager'' program, he enters the holodeck himself and sets the ship's warp core to overload.

* MisappliedPhlebotinum: The idea of teleporting people through the wormhole is never brought up. They were able to do that with the micro-wormhole they found in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS1E6EyeOfTheNeedle Eye Of The Needle]]".

%%* OhCrap: Tom when he hears his father's voice.

* SubspaceAnsible: The MIDAS Array can send a signal across the galaxy via hyper-subspace.
%%* SubspaceOrHyperspace: Now taken to [[TechnoBabble ridiculous extremes]] with [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs hyper-subspace!]]
* {{Technobabble}}

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: When Harkins rigs Holo!''Voyager'' to explode, Reg chooses to deactivate the program and surrender rather than see the ship and crew destroyed.

* NoSell: Holo!B'Elanna's phaser does nothing to real Starfleet Security goons. Guess Starfleet Command's holodecks have better safety protocols than their starships.

* TheAce: In his ''Voyager'' holoprogram, Barclay is the most popular and talented man on the ship, and everyone wants to be his friend. Holo!Janeway even defers to him on command decisions.

* KarmaHoudini: Reg avoids any legal repercussions for his actions thanks to successfully making contact with ''Voyager'' and Janeway.

* AndTheAdventureContinues: In the end, when they have finally made contact with ''Voyager'', Barclay is sad because he thinks the task is over. But Adm. Paris assures him it is far from over.
-->'''Adm. Paris:''' Why the long face, Mr. Barclay?\\
'''Barclay:''' Because... because it's over, sir.\\
'''Adm. Paris:''' No, Lieutenant. I'd say that Project Voyager is just beginning. Thanks to you.

* CharacterOverlap: Reg Barclay and Deanna Troi from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' appear in this episode.

* ShoutOut:
** To ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. In addition to the appearance of Reg and Deanna, there are passing mentions of Picard, Riker, Geordi, and Data.
** [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]] gets a brief mention as Barclay attempts to explain his plan to his boss.
** InUniverse, Reg names his cat Neelix.

-->'''Adm. Paris:''' Why the long face, Mr. Barclay?'''\\

'''Adm. Paris:''' No, Lieutenant. I'd say that Project Voyager is just beginning.

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: From this episode on, the travels of USS ''Voyager'' will have the support of their Starfleet comrades in the Alpha Quadrant.

* MisappliedPhlebotinum: The idea of teleporting people through the wormhole is never brought up. They were able to do that with the micro-wormhole they found in ''[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS1E6EyeOfTheNeedle Eye Of The Needle]]''.

* SubspaceAnsible: Provided by the MIDAS Array which can send a signal across the galaxy via hyper-subspace.
* SubspaceOrHyperspace: Now taken to [[TechnoBabble ridiculous extremes]] with [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs hyper-subspace!]]

%%* SubspaceAnsible: Provided by the MIDAS Array.
%%* SubspaceOrHyperspace: Now combined with [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs hyper-subspace!]]

* SadisticChoice: How Cmdr. Harkins forces Barclay out of the holodeck in the climax; he rigs the holographic ''Voyager's'' warp core to explode, forcing Reg to either shut down the program and surrender, or watch the ship and all his holographic friends be vaporized.