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SpeciesHuman—Humanoid—Species 8472—Native American—Voth—Ramuran—Bajoran
Gendermale
Born2329—Trebus
Dieddefending his colony against Cardassians
HomeworldEarth—Ysida—Trebus—Dorvan V
Height188 cm—unknown—Late thirties
Eyesbrown—Not specified—unknown
Hairblack—bald—Not specified—unknown—Brown
Also known asCommander Chakotay
Character
Chakotay
Star Trek·Starfleet·character from Star Trek: Voyager
Chakotay is a 24th-century Human Starfleet officer of Native American (Nicarao) descent in the Star Trek universe, best known as the first officer of the USS Voyager under Captain Kathryn Janeway during the ship's seven-year journey home from the Delta Quadrant.
Born in 2329 in the Federation colony on Trebus and raised by his parents Kolopak and Tananka, Chakotay entered Starfleet Academy at fifteen and graduated in 2348. After his father was killed defending their colony from the Cardassians, he resigned from Starfleet and joined the Maquis, commanding the raider Val Jean until it was stranded in the Delta Quadrant.
Aboard Voyager, Chakotay integrated the Maquis and Starfleet crews and formed a lasting friendship with Janeway. He was later promoted to captain and given command of the USS Protostar. The character appears in Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Prodigy. This overview summarizes source material under CC BY-SA; detailed chronology is presented in the Timeline.
Human executive officer
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Identity
- Species
- Human—Humanoid—Species 8472—Native American—Voth—Ramuran—Bajoran
- Rank
- captaincommanderlieutenant commanderlieutenantOfficerFirst OfficerMillerAdmiral
- Occupation
- executive officeranthropologistboxersurvivalist
Appearance
- Gender
- male
- Height
- 188 cm—unknown—Late thirties
- Eye color
- brown—Not specified—unknown
- Hair color
- black—bald—Not specified—unknown—Brown
Origin & End
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- Trained by
- Parent of
- Child of
- Siblings
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- Adversaries
- Seska
- Performers
- Robert Beltran
- Description
- character from Star Trek: Voyager
- Image
- Voyager Chakotay DALL-E.jpg
- Type
- character—Human—Starfleet officer—USS Voyager personnel—USS Voyager (NCC-74656-A) personnel—USS Protostar personnel—Starfleet captains—Starfleet command personnel—Maquis personnel—Athletes—Scientists—Chakotay's tribe—First Officer—Star Trek character—Maquis—Prisoner—commander—Native American—officer—captain—OLID:OLID:star_trek:chakotay—Chief Engineer
Appearances
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Star Trek: Voyager
Old Wounds
Cybersong
The Black Shore
Incident at Arbuk
Caretaker
Enemy of My Enemy
The Garden
Shadow
The Badlands, Book Two
The Escape
The Final Fury
The Murdered Sun
Echoes
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