8. Chakotay And The Maquis
True to Star Trek series tie-in form, the pilot episode of Voyager finds the ship leaving DS9 in pursuit of another vessel. This vessel would turn out to be a rebel ship, piloted by the Maquis, a race of people who are at war with the Cardassians. What is so significant about the Maquis in this particular episode is that they, too, are whisked over 70,000 light years from their last known location along with Voyager. Both crews are forced to unite their survivors in order to survive and ultimately find their way home to the Alpha Quadrant, and the Maquis crew thus becomes part of Voyager's personnel. Included are Chakotay, who would become Voyager's second in command; Tom Paris, who becomes Voyager's helmsman; B'Elanna Torres, a half-human, half-Klingon Maquis who becomes Voyager's chief engineer, and the Vulcan Tuvok: initially Voyager's second in command who had infiltrated the Maquis ship in an undercover role.