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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]What if 'Future's End' had lasted for a season?[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Instead of in the middle of the 3rd season it is the entire 4th Season.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]The absence of the 2 parter in the middle of the 3rd season changes the layout of the 3rd season a bit...[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Darkling[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Before and After[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Now become 2 parters.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]The season finale of the 3rd season is the beginning of the Future's End situation, with Captain Braxton showing up, and chasing Voyager for a while before he catches up and confronts them, with the result of him ending up in the 1960's and [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]in the 1990's[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]4th season[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]1st episode: [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]ends up in orbit around Earth in 1997. They spend most of the episode repairing damage to the ship caused by the transition through time and avoiding detection from Earth.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]2nd episode: [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] begins to investigate what is happening, looking for the timeship.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]3rd episode: The investigating [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] crew run into Braxton who has become a homeless person, who investigates the person who took the timeship. Beginning of Braxton's flashbacks to the previous 30 years: the 60's.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]4th episode: Continuation of Braxton's flashbacks: the 70's.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]5th episode: Continuation of Braxton's flashbacks: the 80's.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]6th episode: The end of Braxton's flashbacks: the 90's. Braxton then explanes what is going on and [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Janeway[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] promises to stop Starling.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]7th episode: Janeway and Chakotay infiltrate Chronowerx, trying to find out what Starling is up to.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]8th episode: [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Janeway [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]and Chakotay are caught by Starling, and they have to be beamed up by Voyager. Starling downloads some of the Voyager's computer information and programs, including the EMH. Tuvok and Paris are stuck on Earth and go to the Grifith Observatory, where someone has detected Voyager.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]9th episode: Tuvok, Paris and Rain Robertson are on the run from Chronowerx, whilst [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] has to elude both Chronowerx and the United States Government.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]10th episode: Gary Seven comes to the rescue of Tuvok, Paris and Robertson, he fills them in on what he knows about Chronowerx. He adds that both Roberta Lincoln and Isis are off on missions... [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] is boarded by Chronowerx goons and they have to be interred in the brig. Then a government contacts them. Starling interrogates the EMH.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]11th episode: [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]continues to fight against Chronowerx, which is infitrated by Seven and Paris. Tuvok and Robertson try to track down where the Timeship is being kept. The EMH is still being interrogated by Starling and some of his underlings.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]12th episode: Starling captures Seven and Paris after they attempt to free the EMH. Tuvok and Robertson find the Timeship in a Chronowerx facility in Arizona. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]is forced to land somewhere in Mexico after China tries to attack it, using technology left over from the Eugenics Wars.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]13th episode: Roberta Lincoln rescues Seven, Paris and the EMH from Starling. Tuvok and Robertson fight against the Chronowerx security when they try to take the Timeship.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]The Mexican Government investigates [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]14th episode: Starling chases Seven, Lincoln, Paris and the EMH to Seven's base. Tuvok and Robertson are captured, and[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] Voyager [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]is chased off by the Mexican airforce.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]15th episode: [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] attempts to rescue Tuvok and Robertson. Starling attempts to enter Gary Seven's base, but continually fails.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]16th episode: Isis rescues Tuvok and Robertson from Cronowerx and takes them to a backup base. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]attempts to relieve the Cronowerx seige of Gary Seven's main base, with the help of Seven, Lincoln, Paris and the EMH.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]17th episode: Isis, Tuvok and Robertson help [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] rescue Seven, Lincoln, Paris and the EMH from the Cronowerx beseiged Aegis main Earth base, which then self destructs.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]18th episode: Leaving Isis in charge of the backup base, Gary Seven, joins [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager, [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]which hides on the side of the Moon facing away from Earth, to discuss with the senior officers about what to do with the Timeship.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]19th episode: Gary Seven oversees the retrofit of [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] with Aegis technology that will allow them to confront Chronowerx, and take the timeship. In the meantime Starling searches for the backup base, and moves to secure his postion.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]20th episode: Janeway and her senior officers begin to plan with Gary Seven about how to confront Chronowerx. Starling continues searching for the backup base.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]21st episode: Janeway, her senior officers and Gary Seven finalise their plans to confront Chronowerx. [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] comes out of hiding from behind the moon and confronts Chronowerx. Starling finds the backup base in the meantime leading to the backup base being besieged at the same time as [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]attacking Chronowerx.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]22nd episode: Chronowerx is under attack by [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif], the Aegis agents and those allied to them. Starling takes over the backup Aegis base and uses its technology to finish his repairs to the timeship. The episode, and the season, ends as Starling launches the timeship.[/FONT]




[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]5th Season:[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]1st episode: [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif], the Aegis and their allies continue to fight against Chronowerx and their allies to prevent Starling travelling through time and destroying the Sol system in the 29th Century.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]This fight comes down to a wire, and the timeship is destroyed. It is now obvious that the timeline has been changed. (Though viewers that watch Deep Space Nine know that there hasn't been any obvious real change in the 24th Century) [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] remains in the 20th century at episode's end.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]2nd episode: Gary Seven makes preparations to return [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] to the 24th Century, as the crew help the Aegis agents mop up some of the mess from the fight against Chronowerx. Then an alternate timeship (named [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Relativity[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]) appears, captained by an alternate (and older) Braxton. Over the objections of Janeway (who wants to return to the 24th Century Federation) and Gary Seven (who still wants to remove the Aegis tech from [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] and agrees with Janeway about returning to the Federation) the [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Relativity[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] returns [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] to the 24th Century Delta Quadrant at the time and place that they had left.[/FONT]




[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]What happens next?[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]There are many possibilities but I'll look at one here. First Contact had been released and TPTB still want to cash in on the Borg.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Expect increasing rumours of Borg in the first half of the fifth season. (There had been little mention of the Borg in the Future's End arc, though maybe more on Deep Space Nine [despite the Dominion War])[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]And then Scorpion airs at the same time that Dark Frontier had aired in OTL, introducing Seven of Nine (though maybe a different number to reduce confusion with the other Seven? Still Jeri Ryan?) Voyager finds a wormhole across Borg space after the defeat of Species 8472 (with Kes staying on [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] somehow), though they still run into the effects of the Borg from time to time.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]And then:[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Last episode of 5th Season.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] encounters the Krenim Imperium. After the Krenim detect 'Seven of Nine' aboard Voyager, the ship is attacked! Leading into the 'Year of Hell' arc in the 6th season.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]6th Season Year of Hell arc.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]7th Season.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]1st episode[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]: Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] finally leaves Krenim space.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]is now enhanced with Aegis, Borg and Krenim technology (After having to repair themselves with salvaged debris in the Year of Hell).[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]They run into the Borg, the Malon and the Hirogen througout the 7th season.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]At the end of the 7th season [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] becomes trapped in orbit around a planet on which time goes a lot faster than normal. This leads into the 8th Season 'Blink of an Eye' arc.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]8th season:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Blink of an Eye arc[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]. Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] is instrumental in the development of a planet from the stone age to the space age.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]9th Season[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]escapes from the space age planet in the first episode, ending the series' last season-long arc. The series is more episodic from this point onwards.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]The series is cancelled at the end of the 11th season (in 2005) with [/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Voyager[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] still in the Delta Quadrant.[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]keep in mind that is only one way the series could go from after a year long 'Future's End' arc.[/FONT]






[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]What do you think? Is it plausible that there would be a Future's end season-length arc?[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]If it does happen, what else do you think would happen? What effects would it have, in Hollywood, beyond the Star Trek francise?[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Would there be long term effects outside Hollywood? (Possibly, the different Voyager season leads to different fannishness being exhibited in a large group of people. Which leads to butterflies...)[/FONT]
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