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[[Ensign]] '''Samantha Wildman''' was a [[xenobiology|xenobiologist]] assigned to the {{USS|Voyager}} sometime prior to [[2371]].
  
[[Ensign]] '''Samantha Wildman''' was a [[xenobiology|xenobiologist]] assigned to the {{USS|Voyager}} sometime prior to [[2371]].
   
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She was married to a [[Ktarian]] named [[Greskrendtregk]] and became pregnant with his child shortly before leaving [[Deep Space 9]]. By the time she discovered her pregnancy ''Voyager'' was already in the [[Delta Quadrant]]. ({{VOY|Elogium}}) She experienced many difficulties with this pregnancy, her first, including shooting pains in the lower back and legs. ({{VOY|Tattoo}})
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She was married to a [[Ktarian]] named [[Greskrendtregk]]. He and Samantha had been trying for months to conceive a child when Samantha took her post on Voyager. She became pregnant with his child shortly before leaving [[Deep Space 9]], but only discovered she was pregnant after ''Voyager'' had already been cast into the [[Delta Quadrant]]; leaving her to be faced with raising her child without her husband.. unable to know if he was forever lost to her (a longing which as a whole enriched her character but was never fully explored within the show). ({{VOY|Elogium}})
   
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At this time: A path home had been laid in, and the crew began to focus on the questions of how to cope with the basic human need to survive. This included the allowance for rules to be altered according to circumstance. On-board relationships with other crew mates were inevitable, as well as their expected future needs to find flexibility to adapt to increased fraternization and crew numbers. Such a long journey made it necessary to replenish the crew numbers to continually carry out ship functions (as people died, were lost, chose to leave the ship, or became incapable of duty due to age or infirmity). Being the first to be pregnant, to bare a child, and begin a family on board, Samantha and her baby became a symbol for that change, assisting in uniting the crew together as family.
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There were complications during the birth, and the child died. However a [[subspace]] accident had duplicated ''Voyager'' and the duplicated child was returned to Samantha when her counterpart was killed. ({{VOY|Deadlock}}) The child was later named [[Naomi Wildman|Naomi]].
  
   
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This unified mentality was present when the crew all waited by their comm, hopeful and excitedly energized, when Samantha went into labor. There were unfortunate complications during the birth, in which the baby's horned forehead shifted into the wrong position within the womb. Though the doctor tried to save the child, it eventually died. However, during labor a [[subspace]] accident had duplicated ''Voyager'' and its entire crew, including the baby. The events to follow left a healthy living clone of Samantha's baby with the Samantha who originally lost her child. ({{VOY|Deadlock}}) The child was later named [[Naomi Wildman|Naomi]].
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After the [[Kazon]] had stranded the [[crew]] on a primitive [[planet]] when they captured ''Voyager'', her baby became ill and almost died. The chief of the primitive tribe native to the planet, cured her with herbs and roots. ({{VOY|Basics, Part II}})
  
   
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After the [[Kazon]] had stranded the [[crew]] on a primitive [[planet]] when they captured ''Voyager'', her baby became ill and almost died. The chief of the primitive tribe native to the planet cured her with herbs and roots. ({{VOY|Basics, Part II}})
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[[Neelix]] would have a crisis of faith and believe that life was not worth living, after being revived after an accident. It was thanks to Ensign Wildman that [[Chakotay]] was able to remind Neelix that his family was now the crew of ''Voyager'', especially Wildman's daughter Naomi, who was very fond of him; indeed, he was also Naomi's godfather. ({{VOY|Mortal Coil}})
 
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[[Neelix]] would have a crisis of faith and believe that life was not worth living after being revived after an accident. It was thanks to Ensign Wildman that [[Chakotay]] was able to remind Neelix that his family was now the crew of ''Voyager'', especially Wildman's daughter Naomi, who was very fond of him indeed. Neelix was also Naomi's godfather. ({{VOY|Mortal Coil}})
   
 
She was one of the most loyal viewers of ''[[A Briefing with Neelix]]'', the daily [[news]] program hosted by Neelix in [[2373]]. ({{VOY|Macrocosm}})
 
She was one of the most loyal viewers of ''[[A Briefing with Neelix]]'', the daily [[news]] program hosted by Neelix in [[2373]]. ({{VOY|Macrocosm}})
   
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In [[2374]], she was part of a team headed by [[Seven of Nine]] to prepare a [[harmonic resonance chamber]] to neutralize [[omega molecule]]s and was assigned to bring the [[power relay]]s online. ({{VOY|The Omega Directive}})
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On an [[away mission]] the ''[[Delta Flyer]]'', crewed by Wildman, [[Tom Paris]] and [[Tuvok]], was damaged by an [[ion storm]], crashed, and was buried under rock on a deserted [[planetoid]]. Wildman was seriously hurt, bleeding internally. With their air running out Wildman would record a goodbye message to her daughter. Neelix would keep her daughter occupied in a [[holoprogram]] while the rescue effort took place. Just before the air was depleted, the ''Flyer'' was dug out and transported to ''Voyager'', saving the crew. After her injuries healed, Wildman and Naomi would visit the holoprogram, accompanied by Neelix and [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]]. ({{VOY|Once Upon a Time}})
  
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On an [[away mission]] the ''[[Delta Flyer]]'', crewed by Wildman, [[Tom Paris]] and [[Tuvok]], was damaged by an [[ion storm]], [[crash landing|crashed]], and was buried under rock on a deserted [[planetoid]]. Wildman was seriously hurt, bleeding internally. With their air running out Wildman would record a goodbye message to her daughter. Neelix would keep her daughter occupied in a [[holoprogram]] while the rescue effort took place. Just before the air was depleted, the ''Flyer'' was dug out and transported to ''Voyager'', saving the crew. After her injuries healed, Wildman and Naomi would visit the holoprogram, accompanied by Neelix and [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]]. ({{VOY|Once Upon a Time}})
   
 
==Appendices==
  
==Appendices==
 
===Appearances===
  
===Appearances===
 
* {{VOY}}
  
* {{VOY}}
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** {{e|Elogium}}
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** {{e|Elogium}} (Season 2)
 
** {{e|Tattoo}}
  
** {{e|Tattoo}}
 
** {{e|Dreadnought}}
  
** {{e|Dreadnought}}
 
** {{e|Deadlock}}
  
** {{e|Deadlock}}
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** {{e|Basics, Part II}}
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** {{e|Basics, Part II}} (Season 3)
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** {{e|Mortal Coil}}
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** {{e|Mortal Coil}} (Season 4)
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** {{e|Once Upon a Time}}
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** {{e|Once Upon a Time}} (Season 5)
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** {{e|Fury}}
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** {{e|Fury}} (Season 6)
   
 
===References===
  
===References===
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* {{VOY|Waking Moments}}
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* {{VOY|Macrocosm}} (Season 3)
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* {{VOY|Macrocosm}}
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* {{VOY|Waking Moments}} (Season 4)
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* {{VOY|The Omega Directive}} (Season 4)
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* {{VOY|Bliss}} (Season 5)
   
 
===Background information===
  
===Background information===
 
*Samantha Wildman was played by actress [[Nancy Hower]]. The character was named after a little girl who died in an accident, and whose organs were subsequently donated to the wife of writer [[Jimmy Diggs]]. [http://www.photo-synthesis.com/direct_aim/graphic/jimmy/index.htm] The girl's parents told Diggs that she liked animals, so Diggs made Wildman a xenobiologist. (''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'')
  
*Samantha Wildman was played by actress [[Nancy Hower]]. The character was named after a little girl who died in an accident, and whose organs were subsequently donated to the wife of writer [[Jimmy Diggs]]. [http://www.photo-synthesis.com/direct_aim/graphic/jimmy/index.htm] The girl's parents told Diggs that she liked animals, so Diggs made Wildman a xenobiologist. (''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'')
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*The character does not appear again after the events of "Once Upon a Time" (her appearance in "Fury" is actually set in [[2371]]). However, she is mentioned in various episodes as still being alive and well, and in the non-canonical [[Pocket VOY]] novel ''[[Homecoming]]'' by [[Christie Golden]], Wildman is mentioned as returning to the [[Alpha Quadrant]] alongside the rest of ''Voyager''{{'}}s crew and being reunited with her husband.
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*The character does not appear again after the events of "Once Upon a Time" (her appearance in "Fury" is actually set in [[2371]]). However, she is mentioned in various episodes as still being alive and well, and in the non-canonical [[Pocket VOY]] novel ''{{dis|Homecoming|novel}}'' by [[Christie Golden]], Wildman is mentioned as returning to the [[Alpha Quadrant]] alongside the rest of ''Voyager''{{'}}s crew and being reunited with her husband.
   
   

Revision as of 20:43, 5 June 2014

Ensign Samantha Wildman was a xenobiologist assigned to the USS Voyager sometime prior to 2371.

She was married to a Ktarian named Greskrendtregk. He and Samantha had been trying for months to conceive a child when Samantha took her post on Voyager. She became pregnant with his child shortly before leaving Deep Space 9, but only discovered she was pregnant after Voyager had already been cast into the Delta Quadrant; leaving her to be faced with raising her child without her husband.. unable to know if he was forever lost to her (a longing which as a whole enriched her character but was never fully explored within the show). (VOY: "Elogium")

At this time: A path home had been laid in, and the crew began to focus on the questions of how to cope with the basic human need to survive. This included the allowance for rules to be altered according to circumstance. On-board relationships with other crew mates were inevitable, as well as their expected future needs to find flexibility to adapt to increased fraternization and crew numbers. Such a long journey made it necessary to replenish the crew numbers to continually carry out ship functions (as people died, were lost, chose to leave the ship, or became incapable of duty due to age or infirmity). Being the first to be pregnant, to bare a child, and begin a family on board, Samantha and her baby became a symbol for that change, assisting in uniting the crew together as family.

This unified mentality was present when the crew all waited by their comm, hopeful and excitedly energized, when Samantha went into labor. There were unfortunate complications during the birth, in which the baby's horned forehead shifted into the wrong position within the womb. Though the doctor tried to save the child, it eventually died. However, during labor a subspace accident had duplicated Voyager and its entire crew, including the baby. The events to follow left a healthy living clone of Samantha's baby with the Samantha who originally lost her child. (VOY: "Deadlock") The child was later named Naomi.

After the Kazon had stranded the crew on a primitive planet when they captured Voyager, her baby became ill and almost died. The chief of the primitive tribe native to the planet cured her with herbs and roots. (VOY: "Basics, Part II")

Neelix would have a crisis of faith and believe that life was not worth living after being revived after an accident. It was thanks to Ensign Wildman that Chakotay was able to remind Neelix that his family was now the crew of Voyager, especially Wildman's daughter Naomi, who was very fond of him indeed. Neelix was also Naomi's godfather. (VOY: "Mortal Coil")

She was one of the most loyal viewers of A Briefing with Neelix, the daily news program hosted by Neelix in 2373. (VOY: "Macrocosm")

In 2374, she was part of a team headed by Seven of Nine to prepare a harmonic resonance chamber to neutralize omega molecules and was assigned to bring the power relays online. (VOY: "The Omega Directive")

On an away mission the Delta Flyer, crewed by Wildman, Tom Paris and Tuvok, was damaged by an ion storm, crashed, and was buried under rock on a deserted planetoid. Wildman was seriously hurt, bleeding internally. With their air running out Wildman would record a goodbye message to her daughter. Neelix would keep her daughter occupied in a holoprogram while the rescue effort took place. Just before the air was depleted, the Flyer was dug out and transported to Voyager, saving the crew. After her injuries healed, Wildman and Naomi would visit the holoprogram, accompanied by Neelix and Janeway. (VOY: "Once Upon a Time")

Appendices

Appearances

References

Background information

  • Samantha Wildman was played by actress Nancy Hower. The character was named after a little girl who died in an accident, and whose organs were subsequently donated to the wife of writer Jimmy Diggs. [1] The girl's parents told Diggs that she liked animals, so Diggs made Wildman a xenobiologist. (Star Trek Encyclopedia)
  • The character does not appear again after the events of "Once Upon a Time" (her appearance in "Fury" is actually set in 2371). However, she is mentioned in various episodes as still being alive and well, and in the non-canonical Pocket VOY novel Homecoming by Christie Golden, Wildman is mentioned as returning to the Alpha Quadrant alongside the rest of Voyager's crew and being reunited with her husband.
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