10 Best Action Set-Pieces In Star Trek
6. Voyager Vs The Kazon Fleet; Basics Pt 1
Comparing TV Trek's set-pieces to the movies is perhaps a little unfair on a smaller budget but Voyager's second season cliffhanger, Basics, dropped in a killer sequence that the audience was teased earlier in the episode.
With a message from Seska tempting Voyager into a rescue, Janeway executes an audacious plan utilising the starship's abilities against a larger, combined, Kazon force. The crew and the audience are fully aware that this is 100% set up and it works so well because once everything is in place. Coupled with a rather explosive prisoner, it's not a good outlook for the Starfleet crew.
Basics' set piece is unusual because it flips between the interior and exterior of Voyager. The Doctor's sudden appearance in space is a bold move to induce humour at a climactic moment that doesn't quite hit the mark. While that's a misstep, Paris is lost in a shuttle and Voyager is outmatched by three Predator Class Kazon ships.
Ending with the ship captured after the self-destruct sequence is taken off line, the five minute attack ends with Janeway's ship pincered by its opponents. The crew on their knees, the Kazon had secured Voyager.