Message in a Bottle (Star Trek: Voyager)
| "Message in a Bottle" | |
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| Star Trek: Voyager episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 14 |
| Directed by | Nancy Malone |
| Story by | Rick Williams |
| Teleplay by | Lisa Klink |
| Featured music | Paul Baillargeon |
| Production code | 181 |
| Original air date | January 21, 1998 |
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"Message in a Bottle" is the 14th episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, the 82nd episode overall. It aired on January 21, 1998 on the UPN network.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet and Maquis crew of the starship USS Voyager after they were stranded in the Delta Quadrant far from the rest of the Federation. Using an ancient alien relay network, the ship's holographic Doctor is transmitted to the Alpha Quadrant to make contact with Starfleet Command.
After more than three years of being stranded in the Delta Quadrant, Seven of Nine uses the newly extended range of the starship Voyager's sensors to locate an unattended network of alien sensor stations. Patching into this, she is able to locate a Federation vessel in the far reaches of the Alpha Quadrant. Hoping to finally make contact with home, Voyager's crew attempts to send a message along the relay, but it is reflected back to them after degrading en route. Theorizing that a holographic signal would be stronger, and not degrade so quickly, they send the Doctor as a datastream.
The Doctor finds himself in the sickbay of the USS Prometheus, an experimental warship developed in secret by the Federation. He learns from a dying crewman that the Romulans had learned of the prototype's existence and captured it. Being pursued by the USS Bonchune, the Romulans initiate the first test of the new multi-vector assault mode, in which the Prometheus splits into three separate pieces to engage hostile ships.
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