What Are Little Girls Made Of?

Female Guest Characters on Voyager

A More-than-you-ever-needed-to-know-about... Feature



by Steven McKinnon

Data Last Transmitted: StarDate 9807.25
 

House Harkonnen
Roll Call: The Minor Crew of Voyager A Voyager Glossary: Who-What-Where?
Style Ocampa: The Clothes and Times of Kes
Original Voyager Fiction
 
 

Ranks

1 Kes 11 Rain Robinson 21 Eliann/Malia/Rinna 31 Janice Rand
2 Seska 12 Steth 22 Alicia 32 T'Pel
3 Danara Pel 13 Talli 23 Henley 33 Charlene
4 Nori 14 Samantha Wildman 24 Amelia Earhart 34 Ptera
5 Kellin 15 Eudana 25 T'Pera 35 Templeton
6 Lidell 16 Q 26 Ens. Kaplan
7 Freya 17 Nimira 27 Lt. Stadi
8 Marayna 18 Libby 28 Linnis
9 Riley Frazier 19 Ens. Lang 29 Minister Odala
10 Jessen 20 Lillias 30 K'Lingonna Torres
 
Here, then, is more than you ever needed to know about the women who have popped in to help, harrass, captivate or confound the intrepid Voyager crew. The entries follow the following format:
Name - Rank  Race - Class  Beauty (out of 10) 
Bonuses:  Detriments:  +/- of Qualities 
Episode(s) she appears in  Description  Total Rating 
 

The Female Guest Characters

 
Lieutenant Stadi - 27th  Betazoid - Corpse 
Bonuses: Intelligent, Skilled  Detriments: Mindreader, Dead  +/- 0 
Episode: Caretaker 
Actress: Alicia Coppola
Stadi served mostly to indicate Tom Paris' libido, and to cede him the helm.  7
 
 
Seska - 2nd  Cardassian - Villain/Crew/Paramour 
Bonuses: AGGRESSIVE, CUNNING, Genius, INTELLIGENT, POWERFUL, SKILLED, Violent  Detriments: Disloyal, Treacherous, Dead  +11 
Episode: Various 
 

Actress: Martha Hackett

Until Kes became a 'guest', Seska was the ultimate Voyager babe. But for the inadequacies of her allies, she was unstoppable. Unfortunately, her intentions were always suspect.  18.5
 
Lidell - 6th  Banean - Villain/Paramour  9.5 
Bonuses: SMOKES, STYLISH  Detriments: Betrothed, Treacherous  +3 
Episode: Ex Post Facto 

Actress: Robin McKee

Voyager's attempt at a femme fatale, Lidell is a foul temptress. Given the remarkably un-PC habit of smoking, she tries to frame Paris for the murder of her husband and the theft of military secrets.  12.5
 
Ptera - 34th  Uhnori - Corpse  4.5 
Bonuses: Pleasant, Sympathetic  Detriments: Naive, Panicky, Unstylish, Dead  -2 
Episode: Emanations 
Actress: Cecile Callan 
This poor wretch is the writers' tool, used to raise questions about faith and the afterlife.  2.5
 
Eudana - 15th  Sikarian - Paramour 
Bonuses: Intelligent, Stylish  Detriments: Treacherous  +1 
Episode: Prime Factors 

Actress: Yvonne Suhor

A meteorologist, Eudana attracts Harry Kim, and through her he gains access to the Sikarian Spatial Trajector. Unfortunately, she betrays her planet's laws to make this possible.  9
 
Freya - 7th  Holo-Danish - Corpse/Paramour 
Bonuses: AGGRESSIVE, Loyal, Skilled, Tall, Violent Detriments: Unreal, Dead  +4 
Episode: Heroes and Demons 

Actress: Marjorie Monaghan

Freya is the Holodoc's first love, met during a Holodeck adventure. Though not the Norse Goddess whose name she shares, she is the prototypical Battle Babe.  12
 
Mrs. Templeton - 35th  Hologramme - Villain 
Bonuses: Loyal, Violent  Detriments: Harridan, Unstylish, Dead, Unreal -2 
Episodes: Various 
Actress: Carolyn Seymour
The housekeeper in Janeway's Gothic holonovel, she draws Janeway's blood.  1
 
K'Lingonna Torres - 30th  Klingon - Ally/Corpse 
Bonuses: Aggressive, VIOLENT, Tall  Detriments: KLINGON, Unstylish, Dead  +1 
Episode: Faces 
Actress: Roxann Dawson
She is the fully-Klingon counterpart of H'Umanna Torres, and breaks a lot of stuff.  5
 
Henley - 23rd  Human - Crew  5.5 
Bonuses: Redhead, Stylish  Detriments: none  +/- 0 
Episode: Learning Curve 
Actress: Catherine MacNeal
A member of Tuvok's Maquis training course, Henley does have a sarcastic wit.  7.5
 
Amelia Earhart - 24th  Human - Ally 
Bonuses: Intelligent, SKILLED  Detriments: Betrothed  +1 
Episode: The '37s 
Actress: Sharon Lawrence
Built for function, not for form, Earhart is a very, very, very good pilot.  7
 
Samantha Wildman - 14th  Human - Crew 
Bonuses: Loyal, PLEASANT, Skilled, SYMPATHETIC  Detriments: BETROTHED  +4 
Episode: Various 
Actress: Nancy Hower
The very epitome of the girl next door with the nice personality, Wildman has a daughter.  9
 
Libby - 18th  Human - Paramour  8.5 
Bonuses: LOYAL, STYLISH  Detriments: Betrothed, Distant, Naive, Panicky  +/- 0 
Episode: Non Sequitur 
Actress: Jennifer Gatti
Let's see, Harry could stay on Earth with this beautiful woman, but he doesn't. What's the catch?  8.5
 
T'Pel - 32nd  Vulcan - Paramour 
Bonuses: Intelligent  Detriments: BETROTHED, Distant  -2 
Episode: Persistence of Vision 
Actress: Marva Hicks
T'Pel is Tuvok's wife, mother to his four children, and 75,000 Light-years away.  4
 
Danara Pel - 3rd  Vidiian - Paramour/Ally  8.5 
Bonuses: Intelligent, LOYAL, PLEASANT, Skilled, SYMPATHETIC  Detriments: Diseased, Unreal  +6 
Episodes: Lifesigns, Resolutions 
 

Actress: Susan Diol

In many ways the anti-Seska, Doctor Pel is not only a pleasant, intelligent woman, she is interested in the wellbeing of all, including her new friends. The Phage will make her life a short one.  14.5
 
Alicia - 22nd  Drayan - Villain/Ally  6.5 
Bonuses: Intelligent, POWERFUL  Detriments: Harridan, Unstylish  +1 
Episode: Innocence 

Actress: Marnie McPhail

Though she wears a veil all the time and was first at odds with Janeway over Voyager's intrusion at the Drayan Cresada moon, she was grateful for Tuvok's assistance to her dying elders.  7.5
 
Janice Rand - 31st  Human - Ally 
Bonuses: LOYAL, Pleasant, Skilled  Detriments: Ancient, Unreal, Dead  +1 
Episode: Flashback 

Actress: Grace Lee Whitney

This blast from the TOS past is seen on Excelsior in Tuvok's flashbacks to his first mission. Time has treated her as well as it has Shatner, except for the hair.  5
 
Jessen - 10th  Enaran - Paramour  8.5 
Bonuses: Intelligent, SKILLED, Pleasant  Detriments: Mindreader, Naive  +2 
Episode: Remember 
Actress: Athena Massey
An attractor of Harry~ Kim~, Jessen is clueless to her race's genocide. Is an Engineer!  10.5
 
Rain Robinson - 11th  Human - Ally/Paramour  7.5 
Bonuses: Intelligent, PLEASANT, Skilled,STYLISH  Detriments: Distant, Naive, Dead  +3 
Episode: Future's End 1 + 2 
 

Actress: Sarah Silverman

Rain is the plucky, young California girl met by Paris et al during their foray into 1996 Los Angeles. She helps our voyagers thwart the future's end at the hands of a Bill Gates clone.  10.5
 
Ensign Kaplan - 26th  Human - Corpse 
Bonuses: Skilled  Detriments: Dead  +/- 0 
Episode: Future's End 1 + 2, Unity 
Actress: Susan Patterson
Poor Kaplan was introduced in "Future's End" only 
to die five minutes into "Unity". 
7
 
Nori - 4th  Ilari - Villain 
Bonuses: Aggressive, LOYAL, STYLISH, TALL, Violent  Detriments: Betrothed, Dead  +6 
Episode: Warlord
 

Actress: Galyn Görg

Something of a futuristic Gun Moll, Nori is the woman of Tieran, even when he's in Kes' body. Quick to pull a phaser, loyal to her man's worst libidinous excesses, she dies trying to save him. Ahh!  14
 
Q - 16th  Q -
Bonuses: GENIUS, INTELLIGENT, POWERFUL, REDHEAD, Stylish, TALL  Detriments: BETROTHED, HARRIDAN, MINDREADER, Unstylish, Q  +/- 0 
Episode: The Q and the Grey 

Actress: Suzie Plakson

Another of those annoying omniscients from that damned continuum, Q is almost certainly more than a man could handle. What's worse, her boyfriend is a Q, too.  9
 
Marayna - 8th  ? - Paramour/Villain  8.5 
Bonuses: Intelligent, SKILLED, STYLISH  Detriments: Naive, Unreal, Unstylish  +3
Episode: Alter Ego 

Actress: Sandra Nelson

Introduced as a Holodeck avatar, Marayna attracts Harry~'s attention, and subsequently she and Tuvok become interested in one another. Goes Fatal Attraction on him when he rejects her.  11.5
 
T'Pera - 25th  Holo-Vulcan - Paramour 
Bonuses: Intelligent, Stylish  Detriments: INEFFECTIVE, Unreal  -1 
Episode: Blood Fever 
Actress: Amy Traicoff
The Holodoc's idea of a sexual surrogate for Vorik, T'Pera keeps quiet and looks eager.  7
 
Riley Frazier - 9th  Human/ex-Borg - Paramour 
Bonuses: Intelligent, Pleasant, POWERFUL, Skilled, TEXAN  Detriments: Mindreader, UNSTYLISH  +4 
Episode: Unity 

Actress: Lori Hallier

A drone now cut off from the Collective, Frazier heals Chakotay using Borg tech, and uses him to renew the Collective link in her fellows. Is from Texas, but has a plate in her head.  11
 
Lillias - 20th  Nezu - Ally  5.5 
Bonuses: Pleasant, Skilled, Sympathetic, Tall  Detriments: Unstylish  +3
Episode: Rise 
Actress: Lisa Kaminar
Metallurgist Lillias befriends Neelix, castigates Tuvok, and helps on an Away Mission.  8.5
 
Eliann/Malia/Rinna - 21st  Taresian - Paramour/Villain  8.5 
Bonuses: Aggressive, Stylish  Detriments: TREACHEROUS  +/- 0 
Episode: Favourite Son
Actresses (in order): Cari Shayne/Kristanna Loken/Kelli Kirkland 
On Taresia a man can have three wives, and has a planet full of babes to choose from. Unfortunately, the price is not wedded bliss: the Taresians render men for cell nuclei.  8.5
 
Linnis - 28th  Human-Ocampa - Crew/Paramour  6.5 
Bonuses: Intelligent, Pleasant, Skilled, Sympathetic  Detriments: BETROTHED, Naive, Unreal  +/- 0 
Episode: Before and After
Actress: Jessica Collins
Linnis is the wife of Harry~ Kim~ in one of Kes' possible futures, and is the daughter of Paris and Kes.  6.5
 
Charlene - 33rd  Holo-Human - Paramour 
Bonuses: Loyal  Detriments: BETROTHED, Unreal  -2 
Episode: Real Life 
Actress: Wendy Schaal
A wife created by and for the Holodoc, she's made more realistic by Torres' adjustments.  3
 
Minister Odala - 29th  Voth - Villain 
Bonuses: AGGRESSIVE, CUNNING, Genius, INTELLIGENT, POWERFUL, Skilled  Detriments: Ancient, LIZARD, TREACHEROUS, UNSTYLISH  +4 
Episode: Distant Origin 
 

Actress: Concetta Tomei

Odala is the Chair of the Circle of Voth Elders, and uses that position to force her will upon the Voth scientist Gegen. He refutes his Distant Origin theory to save Voyager and its crew from imprisonment.  6
 
Ensign Lang - 19th  Human - Crew  7.5 
Bonuses: Skilled  Detriments: none  +1 
Episode: Favourite Son, Displaced, Year of Hell
Actress: Deborah Levin
Lang works both Ops and Security when needed, 
and defends the ship from Nyrian attack. 
8.5
 
Kes - 1st Ocampan - Ally/Crew/Paramour
Bonuses: INTELLIGENT, LOYAL, PLEASANT, Skilled, STYLISH, SYMPATHECTIC  Detriments: Dead (?), Mindreader  +13 
Episode: Series Regular, then: Scorpion, The Gift 

Actress: Jennifer Lien

Kes was a lovely young Ocampan, initially a part of the crew, who left the ship when she evolved into a higher form of life.  In the "WALGMO" chess set she is the White Queen to Seska's black.  21
 
Talli - 13th  Mari - Corpse/Paramour
Bonuses: Pleasant, STYLISH, Sympathetic  Detriments: Dead, Mindreader  +2 
Episode: Random Thoughts 
Actress: Rebecca McFarland
Talli is unfortunate enough to be in the market, flirting with Neelix when killed (or was a date with Neelix a worse prospect!?)  10
 
Chief Inspector Nimira - 17th  Mari - Ally/Villain
Bonuses: Aggressive, Intelligent, POWERFUL, Skilled, Tall  Detriments: Mindreader  +5 
Episode: Random Thoughts 

Actress: Gwynyth Walsh

Nimira seeks to erase parts of B'Elanna's mind to cleanse her of her violent memories even whilst working closely with Tuvok.  9
 
Steth - 12th  Benthan - Ally 6.5 
Bonuses: Powerful, Redhead, Tall, Violent  Detriments: none  +4 
Episode: Vis à Vis 
Actress: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
One in a long line of bodies 'borrowed' by 'Steth', this Steth 
comes looking for hers with the Benthan Guard in tow! 
10.5
 
Kellin - 5th  Ramuran - Ally/Paramour  7.5 
Bonuses: Aggressive, Cunning, Intelligent, Pleasant, SKILLED, SYMPATHETIC, Tall  Detriments: Disloyal, FORGETFUL  +6 
Episode: Unforgettable 
 

Actress: Virginia Madsen

Kellin is a tracer, sent to retrieve a Ramuran from stowing away on Voyager.  When she falls in love with Chakotay she decides to stay and becomes a tracer's target herself.  13.5

Classes

Definitions
Ally: A fellow protagonist who joins with our crew for some reason, to solve this week's dilemma.
Corpse: Fated to die, either to advance plot, develop character, or as punishment for her sins.
Crew: A member of the ship's complement.
Paramour: A love interest for a member of the crew, doomed to a short-lived relationship.
Villain: A bad girl, interested in taking the ship, killing the crew, or just plain "...weak dealing."

Bonuses

Definitions
Aggressive: takes and seizes initiative; acts rather than reacts; presses the advantage and retaliates.
Cunning: street smart, adaptive, meticulous in both planning and manipulation. Wise.
Intelligent: book smart, clever, able to quickly learn new concepts. Prerequisite for Genius.
Genius: extraordinarily intelligent in specific areas.
Loyal: has a strong allegiance to her own family, friends and/or faction.
Pleasant: has a good-natured, nice personality. A joy to associate with.
Powerful: commands or exerts great military and/or political strength.
Redhead: has red hair.
Skilled: is very good at her job, is able to assume others' duties efficiently.
Stylish: dresses either very well, or very provocatively.
Sympathetic: generates affection/empathy for her cause/plight.
Tall: is at least 5' 8" in height. The help of heels is acceptable.
Texan: comes from the Lone Star State and isn't afraid to tell you so.
Violent: breaks things, be they people, ships or planets.
Smokes: not particularly healthy, or attractive, unless you know how to do it.

Detriments

Definitions
Ancient: is old, to the point that the bite of time affects her appearance.
Betrothed: is promised/sworn/wed to another. Children automatically increase detriment to -2.
Dead: no longer among the living.
Diseased: has a contagious, fatal affliction.
Disloyal: will betray her own friends, family or faction to achieve her goals.
Distant: is not in the Delta Quadrant.
Forgetful: won't have a clue who you are moments after you're out of the room.
Harridan: a clever way of saying 'bitch'. Nag. Termagant. Stella Mudd.
Ineffective: the opposite of skilled, doesn't do what she is supposed to do.
Klingon: only Ferengi and Q could affect her more negatively.
Lizard: is a lizard!
Mindreader: isn't it bad enough when they only think they know what's on your mind?
Naive: has no real understanding of the way things are, of the way things really work.
Panicky: nigh-on useless in any sort of stressful situation.
Q: see "Klingon".
Treacherous: will use any means necessary, including foul, to defeat you and gain success.
Unreal: doesn't actually exist, even in the fantasy realm that is STrek. (See, I know it isn't real.)
Unstylish: dresses very badly, to the point at which it diminishes her beauty.

Non-Factors: Women too one-dimensional even for this article
H'Umanna Torres - the wholly human half of B'Elanna. Sandrine - holo-bar-proprietor. Ricki - holo-Paramour of Tom Paris. Karyn Berlin - descendant of the '37s. Kes Zimmerman - Holodoc's 'dream' wife. Suspiria - mate of the Caretaker. Sobras Dancer - tavern entertainer and puzzle buff. Kohl Scientist - victim of Fear. Swinn - crewman for whom Tuvix cooks. Piri - Open Sky terrorist who's only 15. Houris - scantily-clad servants of the Ferengi. Holo-honeys - various holographic beauties (Human, Talaxian, Polynesian) conjured for recreation. Alixia - Neelix' sister, killed long ago by Jetrel, seen on visionquest.

Comments, complaints, suggestions: Steven McKinnon
Data Last Transmitted: StarDate 9807.25