Extreme Risk (Star Trek: Voyager)
| "Extreme Risk" | |
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| Star Trek: Voyager episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 3 |
| Directed by | Cliff Bole |
| Written by | Kenneth Biller |
| Featured music | David Bell |
| Production code | 197 |
| Original air date | October 28, 1998 |
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"Extreme Risk" is the 97th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, the third episode of the fifth season.
A probe launched by the Federation starship Voyager is stuck in the atmosphere of a gas giant planet; because of the value of the resources it has collected, the crew attempts to come up with solutions to recover the probe. Lt. Tom Paris presents the designs for a specialized shuttlecraft, the Delta Flyer, that he has been designing over the past few months that would be able to withstand the gas giant's atmosphere. The rest of the crew help to finalize the schematics. Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres submits designs for the hull and propulsion systems, but seems uninterested in the project, and distant from Paris despite their ongoing romantic relationship. Even talking with Morale Officer Neelix and enjoying her favorite comfort food, banana pancakes, does not cheer her up.
The crew soon discovers that a Malon ship has discovered the lost probe, and they too are constructing a specialized craft to recover it for themselves. Efforts to build the Delta Flyer are boosted as it now becomes a race to recover the probe. As it nears completion, a structural flaw is discovered. Torres offers to test it via the holodeck, but purposely turns off the safety controls. The simulation shakes the virtual Delta Flyer and Torres is injured and knocked out from the test. While she is recovering, The Doctor diagnoses Torres with clinical depression. Captain Janeway discovers that Torres has been using the holodeck without safety protocols several times of late, and takes her off duty.
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