Sep 11, 2025
In the Star Trek: Voyager episode Prophecy, after decades adrift in the Delta Quadrant, a Klingon generation ship crosses paths with Voyager and finds what they’ve been looking for: a prophesied savior. Or rather, the unborn child of B’Elanna and Tom. Cue the ceremonial declarations, theological debates, and one very reluctant bat’leth duel. But when the Doctor uncovers a life-threatening illness among the Klingons, prophecy gives way to science, and that same baby might still be the key to salvation. Mission Log meets “Prophecy.”
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