39 Facts About Chakotay

Chakotay is the first Native American main character in the Star Trek franchise.

Chakotay was featured in an ongoing storyline throughout the first and second seasons which featured the betrayal of his lover Seska until her death in "Basics".

Reviewers of Chakotay were critical of the stereotypical nature of Chakotay's Native American heritage.

Chakotay described the casting process for the part of Chakotay as difficult due to the lower numbers of Native Americans who were in the Screen Actors Guild.

Chakotay was originally written as a "calm, stoic" character, but Beltran expanded on the character during the audition process, something that Kolbe credited him for.

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Chakotay later explained that this ended following the introduction of Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine onto the cast and Brannon Braga taking over from Taylor and Piller.

Beltran felt that Chakotay was one of the characters alongside Harry Kim, Tuvok, and Neelix who were left behind by the new writers, who tended to concentrate on Janeway, Seven, and The Doctor.

Chakotay's backstory was explained during the course of Star Trek: Voyager.

Chakotay was born in 2329 on a Federation colony near Cardassian space in the demilitarized zone.

At the age of 15, Chakotay visited Earth with his father, who sought to find his tribe's ancestral home in Central America and the descendants of the Rubber Tree People.

Chakotay was resistant to this, and instead dreamed of going into space and had heroes such as John Kelly, a pioneering astronaut in the early 21st century.

Chakotay chose to enter Starfleet Academy against his father's wishes, and his entry was sponsored by Captain Sulu.

Chakotay attended Starfleet Academy from 2344 to 2348, where he engaged in the sport of boxing.

Chakotay was assigned as an instructor in Starfleet's Advanced Tactical Training and achieved the rank of lieutenant commander.

Chakotay was given a provisional rank of commander and named executive officer, the second-in-command of the vessel and the crew seeks to return home to the Alpha Quadrant.

Chakotay is rendered brain dead, but is made into a disembodied spirit able to possess other crewmembers in "Cathexis".

Chakotay was able to resolve the problem using the teachings of his father.

Chakotay took it upon himself to retrieve the device, recognising that Seska was behind it.

Chakotay managed to destroy it, but was captured and tortured by the Kazon in the process.

Chakotay was rescued by Voyager, and shortly afterwards, he was contacted by Seska, who informed him that she had impregnated herself with his DNA.

Chakotay was contacted by Seska in "Basics" to say that his son had been born, and the Kazon were threatening to condemn her to the life of a slave.

Chakotay saved Kes from a local tribe, and built an alliance with them.

Chakotay is linked to a local hive-mind to help him to heal, and after being returned to Voyager, he is forced against his will to reactivate the colonists' former Borg Cube.

Chakotay is released from the new "cooperative" after the Cube self-destructs, leaving the planet with a hive-mind separate from the main collective.

Chakotay is captured by the Voth scientist Gegen in "Distant Origin", who is seeking to prove his hypothesis that the Voth came from Earth.

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Chakotay played an important role when Voyager was attacked in their dreams by a species that existed in a shared dream state, using meditative techniques of his people to induce a state of lucid dreaming that allowed him to wake himself up and plant a mental "command" that he would see Earth's moon in any dream.

Chakotay takes to writing out his memories of Kellin on paper so that he will not forget them.

Chakotay was placed in command of Voyager after Seven was captured by the Borg in "Dark Frontier" and destroyed a transwarp conduit.

Chakotay is later one of the members of the crew who were captured by Borg children in "Collective" and was saved after Seven's intervention.

The alternative future seen at the start of the episode showed that Seven and Chakotay were eventually married, but she died while Voyager was still travelling home.

Chakotay died in 2394, following Voyager return, and Admiral Janeway visits his grave marker in that episode.

In Old Wounds, the first of the Spirit Walk two-book series, the crew goes on their maiden cruise under Captain Chakotay and is joined by his sister, Sekaya, who has become a spiritual leader in their tribe.

Janeway and Chakotay became romantically involved after their return from the Delta Quadrant, and following her death after her assimilation by the Borg in the Star Trek: The Next Generation novel Before Dishonor, Chakotay resigns his commission and Afsarah Eden becomes the new Captain of Voyager.

The final novel ends with Janeway and Chakotay getting married before the fleet begins a new journey outside their galaxy using new drive technology obtained from a newly-discovered alien race.

Sometime prior to 2383, Chakotay was named Captain of the USS Protostar and was in command when the ship was taken by unknown parties.

Chakotay suggested that by several seasons into Voyager, Chakotay had come to terms with his feelings for his Captain, but she was hesitant about entering into a relationship with a member of her crew.

In 2016 Chakotay was ranked as the 11th most important character out of 100 of Starfleet within the Star Trek science fiction universe by Wired magazine.

Chakotay was nominated in 1996 for the NCLR Bravo Award for Outstanding Television Series Actor in a Crossover Role, and the ALMA Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Television Series in a Crossover Role in 1998 and 1999.

Chakotay is seen attempting to introduce rituals and meditation techniques to other crew members, something they failed to understand.