One of the main characters on the television series Star Trek: Voyager, Tuvok is a member of the fictional Vulcan species who serves as the ship's second officer, Chief of Security, and Chief Tactical Officer.
22 Facts About Tuvok
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Tuvok's backstory is that, up to the time of the first episode, "Caretaker", he was working as an undercover Federation agent in a Maquis group led by Chakotay aboard the Maquis ship the Val Jean.
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Tuvok's recovery is the mission Voyager is sent on, a mission that is completed by Janeway at the cost of about one third of her crew and seven years in space, creating the basic setting of the series.
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Tuvok is working as a Federation spy aboard the Maquis raider Val Jean, and he is Voyagers second officer.
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Tuvok re-joins the crew and the former Maquis are taken aboard Voyager as they try to make their way back to Earth.
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Tuvok will be instrumental in many episodes as a fully trained Starfleet officer and with many talents like the Vulcan mind meld.
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When Jara did not return his affections, Tuvok's jealousy caused him to be expelled from school and resulted in his parents sending him to the Vulcan master to learn emotional control.
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Tuvok aborted his study of Kolinahr when he went into pon farr six years later, leading to his marriage to T'Pel.
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Fifty years later, after much self-examination, Tuvok rejoined Starfleet as a training instructor at Starfleet Academy.
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In 2371, Tuvok was assigned to infiltrate the Maquis organization aboard Chakotay's vessel.
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Tuvok recognized Kes' psionic abilities and helped her develop them.
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Tuvok learned to tolerate Neelix's overly friendly and emotional behavior.
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Tuvok still had issues with Neelix after the experience and many of them are raised again in the episode "Riddles".
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At the opening of the fourth season episode "Revulsion", relatively dated 2374, Tuvok was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander.
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The mirror universe Tuvok appears in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine third-season episode "Through the Looking Glass" as a member of the Terran Rebellion.
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Tuvok is the only Voyager character whose Mirror counterpart appears onscreen.
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In that quest line, Tuvok has been promoted to Admiral, and is in command of USS Voyager.
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Tuvok is shown to exhibit subdued moments of annoyance, self-doubt, sarcasm and even anger.
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In several occasions Tuvok is the victim of mind-altering events, medical torture, or other trauma.
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One traumatic life event is described in "Repression", the Maquis terrorist Teero discovers Tuvok and conducts brain-washing and wipes his memory.
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Tuvok's son Sek is played by Ronald Robison and is seen in a video message from home in "Repression".
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Tuvok conducts the Vulcan mind meld with many characters in Voyager.