"Prime Factors" is the tenth episode of Star Trek: Voyager, in the first season of the series.
Summary
- Captain's log, stardate 48642.5
- The crew is enjoying an evening on Sikaris. They are discovering, to their delight, that reports of this species' hospitality have not been exaggerated.
The crew of
encounter the Sikarians, a civilization who possess spatial trajector technology. A faction soon exists within the crew that believe Starfleet's Prime Directive should be bypassed to acquire the advanced transporter systems that will get them home.
References
Characters
- Ayala • Brooks • Joseph Carey • Chakotay • Culhane • Eudana • Fitzpatrick • Kathryn Janeway • Kes • Harry Kim • Gathorel Labin • William McKenzie • Murphy • Neelix • Kashimuro Nozawa • Jaret Otel • Tom Paris • Seska • B'Elanna Torres • Tuvok • unnamed Sikarians • unnamed USS Voyager personnel
- Referenced only
- Jenny Delaney • Megan Delaney
Starships and vehicles
- USS Voyager (Intrepid-class cruiser) • Sikarian starship • gondola
Locations
- Delta Quadrant
- Alastria • Sikaris system, Sikarian sector (L'hur, Sikaris III)
- Referenced only
- Alpha Quadrant (Venice, Italy, Earth, Sol system • Nivoch) • Delta Quadrant (Dedestris)
Shipboard locales
- USS Voyager
- bridge • brig • engineering • mess hall • holodeck
Races and cultures
States and organizations
Sciences and classification
Technology and weapons
- atmospheric sensor • deflector dish • deflector shield • folded-space transporter • holodeck • holoprogram • plasma conduit • plasma manifold • shock attenuation cylinder • Sikarian atmospheric sensor • Sikarian spatial trajector • spatial trajector • starship • trajector • trajector matrix • transporter • warp core
Matter and energy
- antineutrino • erosene winds • neutrino • neutrino bubble • plasma • quartz • subspace residue • tetrahedral quartz
Food and drink
Occupations and titles
- captain • chief engineer • commanding officer • ensign • first officer • flight controller • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • lieutenant junior grade • magistrate • operations manager • rank • science officer
Other references
- captain's log • Canon of Laws • court martial • distress call • drink • food • government • humanoid • lifeform • literature • log entry • mantle • nation-state • non-linear resonance • phase variance • planet • plant • Prime Directive • races and cultures • science • sector • sensor log • shore leave • space • star • star system • stardate • stellar cartography • subroutine • subspace • title • universe • warp core breach • weapon
Appendices
Images
Connections
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Emanations |
Voyager episode produced | Next episode: State of Flux |
| Previous episode: Emanations |
Voyager episode aired | Next episode: State of Flux |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Infinite Bureaucracy |
Next Adventure: State of Flux | |
| Previous Adventure: Emanations |
Journey of the USS Voyager | Next Adventure: State of Flux |
External link
- "Prime Factors" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.