10 Incredible Times Star Trek Ensigns Saved The Day

Poor old Harry Kim: the archetype of the un-sung hero-ensign. He saw his jailbird friend demoted and promoted back without the whiff of a little box on his console. Seven years is a long time at the bottom, even if he was senior staff. But, it was a small ship, and, if Harry got a pip, everyone would want one.

The times Ensign Kim saved the day, or was a major part of it, are legion. They may outnumber the times he died. For example, when Voyager is duplicated by a subspace divergence field, Kim mark two runs through a ship full of Vidiians to get the then new-born Naomi Wildman and cross over to the original Voyager. When he gets to Sickbay, he phasers one Vidiian almost immediately, and performs an epic forward role move that allows him to shoot the other. He rescues the baby and, by extension, saves himself. All the while, his counterpart (technically speaking the 'real' Harry) is presumably still floating through space. He deserves a mention simply for retaining his sanity. Weird really is part of the job.

Later, when Kim gets a taste of command, he saves Captain Janeway and Chakotay in the nick of time from Chronowerx, talks down a smart bomb (although he did argue to bring it aboard), gets a reality check on the Nightingale, and helps rescue an amnesiac crew with some explosive escape pods.