In 2371, the U.S.S. Voyager is carrying out a survey mission of the Badlands, as well as reconnaissance of the Cardassian border. Deep inside the plasma field they pick up a coherent tetryon beam followed by a massive displacement wave. Despite their best efforts, the ship cannot escape the phenomena and is transported 70,000 light-years to the Delta Quadrant.
Once there, they discover the remains of several ships that didn't survive the wave in as good condition as the top-on-the-range Starfleet vessel. Shortly after, the surviving crew (about 2/3 of the original 141 complement) are beamed onto an alien array where they are experimented upon. After several days aboard they awaken to find that they aren't the only displaced crew on the Array, a handful of survivors from the hulks outside remain on the station, with no ship to return to and no means of making it home.
Facing a long journey home, with significant crew losses, Captain Janeway offers the aliens transport back to the Alpha Quadrant, under the condition that they will be onboard a Starfleet ship and will therefore be held to Starfleet rules and regulations. With agreements from the aliens, Voyager takes on over fifty officers and crew from non-Federation ships for the seventy-five year journey home.
In this version, the crew would be made up of non-Starfleet individuals, some of who would find themselves in senior positions due to their experience (as well as trying to better integrate the mixed crew together), so there could be representatives from the: Bajoran Militia, Cardassian Union, Klingon Empire, Romulan Empire, Talarian Republic, etc.
In this set up, what species would you include? What roles would they fill? Who would be the characters be?
Once there, they discover the remains of several ships that didn't survive the wave in as good condition as the top-on-the-range Starfleet vessel. Shortly after, the surviving crew (about 2/3 of the original 141 complement) are beamed onto an alien array where they are experimented upon. After several days aboard they awaken to find that they aren't the only displaced crew on the Array, a handful of survivors from the hulks outside remain on the station, with no ship to return to and no means of making it home.
Facing a long journey home, with significant crew losses, Captain Janeway offers the aliens transport back to the Alpha Quadrant, under the condition that they will be onboard a Starfleet ship and will therefore be held to Starfleet rules and regulations. With agreements from the aliens, Voyager takes on over fifty officers and crew from non-Federation ships for the seventy-five year journey home.
In this version, the crew would be made up of non-Starfleet individuals, some of who would find themselves in senior positions due to their experience (as well as trying to better integrate the mixed crew together), so there could be representatives from the: Bajoran Militia, Cardassian Union, Klingon Empire, Romulan Empire, Talarian Republic, etc.
In this set up, what species would you include? What roles would they fill? Who would be the characters be?
