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Blood Fever (Star Trek: Voyager)
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"Blood Fever" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager
, the 16th episode of the third season. It has an average fan rating of 4.5/5 on the official Star Trek website as of September, 2009.
Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres
dismisses the Vulcan
Ensign Vorik at the end of his shift in Engineering. Before he leaves he turns to her and declares kunat so'lik. That is, he proposes that B'Elanna become his mate. He explains that he has an intended bride back at home, but since Voyager is not likely to reach home anytime soon, he has decided to pick a mate aboard the ship, and has found B'Elanna suitable. Flabbergasted, she declines. He grabs her, cradling her face, and she punches him.
As he mends Vorik's dislocated jaw in Sickbay, The Doctor
discovers that the ensign is beginning his first pon farr
. He is in a sexual frenzy and requires a mate. Since there is no mate available, Vorik decides to meditate. The Doctor summons Tuvok
to advise the younger Vulcan, though Tuvok is extremely reluctant to do so at first.
Meanwhile, B'Elanna joins Tom Paris
and Neelix
for an away team mission to a planet to lay in a supply of gallicite. She becomes increasingly aggressive and agitated, snapping at Neelix and refusing to cooperate with her teammates. She attacks Paris, biting him savagely on the cheek and then stalking off on her own. When Paris reports back to Voyager, his description of her behavior leads Tuvok to conclude that she has contracted pon farr from Vorik. The ensign had initiated plak tow, a telepathic mating bond, when he seized her face in Engineering.
Tuvok and Chakotay
travel to the planet's surface to help Paris hunt down the addled B'Elanna Torres. They tell her that her discomfort is from the pon farr, and she needs to return with them to the ship. Before they can take her into custody, the away team is surrounded by aliens called the Sakari, and Paris and Torres are separated from their senior officers. Finding herself alone with Paris in the caves, B'Elanna tries to seduce him. She is in heat and, having already chosen Paris as her mate with the bite on the cheek, is determined to have sex with him. He admits that he would like to oblige her, but refuses to take advantage of her while she is in such a state.
Tuvok and Chakotay discover that the aliens are peaceful, just a little jumpy after having run from previous invaders on their planet. Tuvok advises Paris to have sex with B'Elanna to help purge the pon farr. He awkwardly agrees, but before the two can engage in the act Vorik storms in to claim B'Elanna, challenging Paris to the kunat kalifee, a ritual fight. B'Elanna angrily rejects the idea, declaring that she'll fight Vorik herself. Both fight aggressively, though B'Elanna defeats him and both are purged of their pon farr.
As the away team prepares to leave the planet, they make a horrifying discovery. The invaders the Sakari were running from were Borg
.
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...
, the 16th episode of the third season. It has an average fan rating of 4.5/5 on the official Star Trek website as of September, 2009.
Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres
B'Elanna Torres
B'Elanna Torres is a main character in Star Trek: Voyager played by Roxann Dawson. She is portrayed as a half-human half-Klingon born in 2349 on the Federation colony Kessik IV. Torres joined the Maquis in 2370 and was serving on the Val Jean when brought to the Delta Quadrant...
dismisses the Vulcan
Vulcan (Star Trek)
Vulcans, or sometimes Vulcanians, are an extraterrestrial humanoid species in the Star Trek universe who evolved on the planet Vulcan, and are noted for their attempt to live by reason and logic with no interference from emotion. They were the first extraterrestrial species in the Star Trek...
Ensign Vorik at the end of his shift in Engineering. Before he leaves he turns to her and declares kunat so'lik. That is, he proposes that B'Elanna become his mate. He explains that he has an intended bride back at home, but since Voyager is not likely to reach home anytime soon, he has decided to pick a mate aboard the ship, and has found B'Elanna suitable. Flabbergasted, she declines. He grabs her, cradling her face, and she punches him.
As he mends Vorik's dislocated jaw in Sickbay, The Doctor
Doctor (Star Trek)
The Doctor, an Emergency Medical Hologram Mark I , is a fictional character from the television series Star Trek: Voyager, played by actor Robert Picardo...
discovers that the ensign is beginning his first pon farr
Pon farr
Pon farr is a term used in the fictional Star Trek canonical TV series. In Star Trek, pon farr is a psychophysical condition affecting Vulcans, in which Vulcan males and females go into heat every seven years, going into a blood fever, becoming violent, and finally dying if they do not mate with...
. He is in a sexual frenzy and requires a mate. Since there is no mate available, Vorik decides to meditate. The Doctor summons Tuvok
Tuvok
Tuvok is one of the main characters on the television series Star Trek: Voyager. Tuvok is a Vulcan who serves as the ship's chief of security and its chief tactical officer. Tim Russ portrayed Tuvok throughout the show's run, from 1995 to 2001....
to advise the younger Vulcan, though Tuvok is extremely reluctant to do so at first.
Meanwhile, B'Elanna joins Tom Paris
Tom Paris
Thomas Eugene "Tom" Paris, played by Robert Duncan McNeill, is a character in the television series Star Trek: Voyager. Paris serves as the chief helmsman and an auxiliary medic aboard the USS Voyager...
and Neelix
Neelix
Mr. Neelix is a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Voyager. He is played by actor Ethan Phillips.-Fictional Biography:Mr. Neelix is a Talaxian originally from Rinax, a moon of the planet Talax, in the Delta quadrant, although his great-grandfather was Mylean. His entire family...
for an away team mission to a planet to lay in a supply of gallicite. She becomes increasingly aggressive and agitated, snapping at Neelix and refusing to cooperate with her teammates. She attacks Paris, biting him savagely on the cheek and then stalking off on her own. When Paris reports back to Voyager, his description of her behavior leads Tuvok to conclude that she has contracted pon farr from Vorik. The ensign had initiated plak tow, a telepathic mating bond, when he seized her face in Engineering.
Tuvok and Chakotay
Chakotay
Chakotay , played by Robert Beltran, is a character in Star Trek: Voyager. He is the First Officer of the USS Voyager.-Character biography:...
travel to the planet's surface to help Paris hunt down the addled B'Elanna Torres. They tell her that her discomfort is from the pon farr, and she needs to return with them to the ship. Before they can take her into custody, the away team is surrounded by aliens called the Sakari, and Paris and Torres are separated from their senior officers. Finding herself alone with Paris in the caves, B'Elanna tries to seduce him. She is in heat and, having already chosen Paris as her mate with the bite on the cheek, is determined to have sex with him. He admits that he would like to oblige her, but refuses to take advantage of her while she is in such a state.
Tuvok and Chakotay discover that the aliens are peaceful, just a little jumpy after having run from previous invaders on their planet. Tuvok advises Paris to have sex with B'Elanna to help purge the pon farr. He awkwardly agrees, but before the two can engage in the act Vorik storms in to claim B'Elanna, challenging Paris to the kunat kalifee, a ritual fight. B'Elanna angrily rejects the idea, declaring that she'll fight Vorik herself. Both fight aggressively, though B'Elanna defeats him and both are purged of their pon farr.
As the away team prepares to leave the planet, they make a horrifying discovery. The invaders the Sakari were running from were Borg
Borg (Star Trek)
The Borg are a fictional pseudo-race of cybernetic organisms depicted in the Star Trek universe associated with Star Trek.Whereas cybernetics are used by other races in the science fiction world to repair bodily damage and birth defects, the Borg use enforced cybernetic enhancement as a means of...
.