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• Actors: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips
• Directors: Robert Scheerer
• Writers: Chris Abbott, Gene Roddenberry, Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, Paul Robert Coyle
• Producers: Brannon Braga
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: May 2, 2000
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000003K9N
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #68,246 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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A rare mystery tale in the Star Trek canon by writers Paul Coyle and Chris Abbott, "State of Flux" begins with the nightmarish discovery of a Kazon ship in which all crew members have physically fused with the materials of their vessel. Traces of Federation technology in the catastrophe suggest the unthinkable: a traitor aboard Voyager who gave, or traded, Starfleet data to an enemy race.

So who's the turncoat? Suspicion falls on a couple of characters, and Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran) lead an investigation. In the process, we discover some interesting backstory elements, especially Chakotay's previous romance with Seska (Martha Hackett), the sexy Bajoran engineer and former Maquis. In fact, Chakotay, one of the most interesting characters on Voyager, is key to this episode's success; his personal struggles and increasing frustration over time served as a Maquis leader add some nice shading to his personality. As for the seductive, ever-dissenting Seska, the producers say they liked Hackett's work so much during the first season they brought her into the forefront on occasion (see episode 10, "Prime Factors") to add some bite to the series. An excellent move. --Tom Keogh

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While a Voyager away team routinely explores a new planet for foodstuffs, a cloaked Kazon-Nistrim ship is detected in orbit. Before the crew members can be recalled Chakotay is injured by two Kazonians after he tries to protect Seska. Three days later, Voyager gets a distress call from a Kazon warship. It turns out to be the one they just encountered, but with only one survivor amid devastation that was caused by Federation technology. Only someone on board Voyager could have given the Kazon such technology. Chakotay and Tuvok set a trap to find the traitor, with shocking results.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must see from Season One, July 17, 2001

By	B. Warrick "Flynnatic" (Marietta, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This episode is one of the more important ones from the first season of Voyager, and is important to see because it sets up a couple of very important future storylines.

Before this episode, the character of Seska was merely annoying. But this is the episode where we come to really hate her....and begin to plumb the depths of her evil, manipulative personality.

I think that this is also an important episode, in an odd kind of way, for the character of Chakotay. As more and more of his former Maquis crew reval themselves to have been working for others, Chakotay questions himself and begins to deal with the disappointments of the past.

I'd say that this one is one of the "must sees" from the first season of Voyager.

4.0 out of 5 stars Chakotay and Seska come to a parting of the way, June 8, 2003

By	Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

The relationship between Chakotay (Robert Beltran) and Seska (Martha Hackett) does more than explode in "State of Flux" (Story by Paul Robert Coyle, Teleplay by Chris Abbott, Aired April 10, 1995) Episode 11 of "Star Trek: Voyager." The episode begins with an encounter with a cloaked Kazon-Nistrim ship on a planet where an Away Team led by Chakotay and including Seska is gathering food. Back on "Voyager," Seska is hurt when Chakotay reprimands her for breaking into the ship's food reserves to making something more to her taste. A few days later "Voyager" receives a distress call from that same Kazon vessel, which has been destroyed by what was clearly misused Federation technology. The only conclusion is that someone on "Voyager" gave the Kazan that technology. Seska again disobeys orders to beam aboard the warship and retrieve the Federation equipment, but gets injured. In Sickbay, the Doctor (Robert Picardo) is surprised to discover Seska's blood shows up as being Cardassian rather than Bajoran. Seska explains that this was because of a bone marrow transplant from a Cardassian donor when she was s child, but she is now a suspect, as is Carey (Josh Clark), another chronic malcontent on the ship, and it is up to Chakotay and Tuvok (Tim Russ) to set the trap and discover who is the traitor.

"State of Flux" is of historical importance in terms of the "Star Trek: Voyager" series because of the longrange implications of the information revealed in this episode. It also marks a key turning point in the series because even though the episode raises more questions about who can be trusted amongst the crew, it really marks the resolution of the tensions between the Starfleet and the Maquis. It also shows how important the character of Chakotay was to this series, because it was his integrity and sense of honor that made the uneasy alliance between the two crews forced to work together in the Delta Quadrant, justifying the faith Janeway put in him by making him First Officer. One of the things I especially liked going through the "Voyager" series again was the relationship that existed between the Captain and First Officer, which really was more of a partnership, especially in comparison to Kirk-Spock, Picard-Riker, or Sisko-Kira.

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An ok buy, June 25, 2000

By	"wannabewedge" (Chicago, Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews

This is a relativly good episode, but I would really not recomend it. It gets incredebly boring after you've seen it two times or so, and it then gets buried. If you want to see it, tape it off TV