The Fictional Fascism of Star Trek: Voyager

Counting the Animated Series, Voyager is the fifth series in the Star Trek franchise. The crew of the starship Voyager have been thrown a distance that should take them at least 70 years to return home from. Like the other Star Trek series before and since, Voyager explores the human condition and its own unique perspectives on life through the metaphor and allegory of extraterrestrial worlds and science that is sometimes more like magic than real life.

While almost every series in the franchise has addressed fascism in some way, Voyager has done so more times than even dedicated fans may realize.

This essay and the next will focus on the importance of remembering the horrors of fascism in order to fight fascism. I may revisit other Voyager episodes for other themes in the future.