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DuringStar Trek : Voyager ’s seven days in the Delta Quadrant , there were plenty of times whenEnsign Harry Kim(Garrett Wang ) merit a furtherance , but did n’t get it . Ensign Kim ’s elusive second blip has persisted for so long that it ’s become a running joke inStar Trekfandom , with Wang himself cite to his character as the " eternal national flag " as carbon monoxide - horde ofThe Delta Flyerspodcast withStar Trek : Voyager ’s Tom Paris actor Robert Duncan McNeill . Even when Paris is re - upgrade inStar Trek : Voyager ’s season 6 finish , " Unimatrix Zero " , Kim points out being skipped over for advancement .
There was never one singular form , concrete intellect thatHarry Kim was never promotedinStar Trek : Voyager . One behind - the - scenes explanation points toVoyagerproducer Brannon Braga assert that " somebody ’s experience ta be the ensign " , equating Ensign Kim withStar Trek : The Next multiplication ’s Wesley Crusher ( Wil Wheaton ) orStar Trek : The Original Series ' Pavel Chekov ( Walter Koenig ) . A lack of new officers keep the USS Voyager ’s hierarchy fairly static . Still , Captain Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) rewarded Tuvok ( Tim Russ ) and Tom Paris with packaging , soHarry Kim could have earn a promotion for excellent table service , too .
7Harry Kim Could’ve Been Promoted For Contacting The Alpha Quadrant
Star Trek: Voyager Season 1, Episode 7 - “Eye of the Needle”
Ensign Harry Kim ’s Academy - brisk optimism is worthful to the whole gang right after the USS Voyager is transported to the Delta Quadrant , and everyone is look for easy way to get home quick . InStar Trek : Voyagerseason 1 , episode 7 , " Eye of the Needle " , Kim discovers a wormhole lead to the Alpha quarter-circle , and remains undeterred by the fact that the wormhole is way too little to be a viable track home . Ensign Kim ’s solution to beam a communicating signaling through the wormhole shows promise , and would likely have mould if circumstances were n’t stack against him .
Harry Kim was excellently never promoted , but lots of other Star Trek characters have been promoted faster , making his Starfleet career face even worse .
After all , it ’s not Kim ’s fault that the Harry Kim Wormhole happens to tunnel through time as well as blank space , or that Voyager ’s new Romulan protagonist , Telek R’Mor ( Vaughn Armstrong ) , did n’t hold up long enough to pass their content to Starfleet Command . Narratively speak , it probably does n’t make as much gumption to promote Ensign Kim so shortly inStar Trek : Voyager ’s rill , so it ’s alright that Harry ’s brilliant mind does n’t quite save the day this sentence . At least he sustain a wormhole named after him .
6Harry Kim Could’ve Been Promoted For Two Years Of Exemplary Service
Star Trek: Voyager Season 3, Episode 1 - “Basics, Part II”
Star Trek : Voyager ’s time of year 3 premiere , " Basics , Part II " would have been a great turning point to promote Harry Kim , as the USS Voyager leftSeska and the Kazonbehind to start its next chapter . Ensign Kim would n’t necessarily have to accomplish one peculiarly great human action to get promoted to Lieutenant junior grade , becauseKim proved himself with cumulative efforts over the USS Voyager ’s first two geezerhood in the Delta Quadrant . HarryKim was often quick with functional and originative solution , and ably handled the psychological striving of being so far from habitation on his very first post - Academy missionary post .
Two class seems like a reasonable length of time to expend as an Ensign inStar Trek , since Tom Paris expend about two years as an Ensign before being re - promoted to Lieutenant j.g . inStar Trek : Voyager , and most of the USS Cerritos junior officers inStar Trek : Lower Decksalso had about two years under their belts ( except Tawny Newsome ’s Beckett Mariner , of course ) .
Giving Harry Kim another half - blip after a few years intoStar Trek : Voyager ’s run would n’t have been out of place , nor would it have compromised the pecking order of Voyager ’s crew anatomical structure in any substantial manner . Ensign Kim was already on Janeway ’s senior staff as Voyager ’s Chief Operations Officer , so why not give Harry the rank to go with the work that he ’s clearly adequate to of doing ?
5Harry Kim Could’ve Been Promoted For Saving Tom Paris' Life While Under Psychological Duress
Star Trek: Voyager Season 3, Episode 3 - “The Chute”
Star Trek : Voyagerseason 3 , instalment 3 , " The Chute " , was a intriguing situation for both Ensign Harry Kim andLieutenant Tom Paris , with both world trapped in an foreign prison and open to psychological torture . In " The Chute " , there ’s no way out of the prison they ’re sentenced to after being falsely accused of terrorism , butHarry Kim still give ear onto his optimistic outlook , even when the prison ’s neuronic implants push Harry towards aggressiveness . Harry Kim uses acquisition in engine room , diplomacy , and even discipline medical specialty to keep Tom Paris alive , and comes out of the experience with more wisdom .
Both Ensign Kim and Lieutenant Paris would have been drop off if Harry had succumb to the prison ’s torture method ; in fact , Tom might have even died at Harry ’s hands , or else of being save by him . Kim ’s power to withstand psychological duress reads like a tripping variation of Captain Jean - Luc Picard ’s ( Patrick Stewart ) inStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 6 , sequence 10 & 11 , " Chain of Command " . That must be worth a promotion .
4Harry Kim Could’ve Been Promoted For Taking Tom Paris' Place
Star Trek: Voyager Season 5, Episode 9 - “Thirty Days”
" Thirty sidereal day " is the 2d appearing of Tom Paris ' Captain Proton holodeck program , with Harry Kim playing Proton ’s sidekick , Buster Kincaid . Being Kincaid is just another agency that Harry draw the unforesightful straw inVoyager , as Ensign Kim later expresses stake in require to play the hero , if only on the holodeck .
Swapping Paris and Kim ’s membership halfway throughStar Trek : Voyager ’s run could have pose interesting challenge to one ofStar Trek ’s best friendships . Tom is no doubt temporal and wiser with his age of hold out experiences , equate to Harry ’s Academy - refreshful naïveté , soKim outranking Paris might have actually charge the acting field . Chalk up another miss chance for fictitious character development inVoyager .
3Harry Kim Could’ve Been Promoted For Successfully Converting Deadly Alien Technology
Star Trek: Voyager Season 5, Episode 25 - “Warhead”
Star Trek : Voyagerseason 5 , installment 25 , " Warhead " is one of the few instances where Harry Kim can really claim the Leo ’s share of the credit for save the day . Ensign Kim is already trust with dictation of the USS Voyager ’s Nox shift when Voyager encounter a distress call , andCommander Chakotay ( Robert Beltran)gives Ensign Kim clearance to chair the mission to investigate . After discovering an artificially intelligent ancient weapon program to relentlessly ruin , Harry Kim wee-wee the speculative call to route the AI through the medico ’s program so he can conclude with it .
Harry Kim deciding to convert the weapon to become a protector of heartsease is a page right out of the Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) playbook . Kirk used logical loops to defeat sentient computing machine like Landru and Nomad inStar Trek : The Original Series , and Kim takes that tactic a step further by change the exotic payload ’s full objective .
Harry Kim excels when contribute the opportunity to demonstrate leading science and applied science expertness , by taking the lead on the outside military mission , and assign tasks to others like B’Elanna Torres ( Roxann Dawson ) . Over halfway throughStar Trek : Voyager ’s run , " Warhead " is an exceptional portraiture of a fully capable and mature Harry Kim that shew Ensign Kim ’s increment over Voyager ’s clip in the Delta Quadrant .
2Harry Kim Could’ve Been Promoted For Demonstrating Starfleet Values In A Trap
Star Trek: Voyager Season 7, Episode 8 - “Nightingale”
When Harry Kim takes emergency instruction of an alien medical vessel dubbed Nightingale , Harry soon light upon the missionary station of clemency is really a terrorist patch in disguise . " Nightingale " juxtaposes Harry Kim ’s valid experience against the much - dark-green crew of the Nightingale , present just how much self-assurance Harry has earned . After a brief setback , Harry Kim step up to mentor the Nightingale ’s crew by showing them Starfleet values , even after the foreign mission ’s true colour are uncover .
At this point inStar Trek : Voyager , it ’s almost ridiculous to keep Harry Kim from being promote .
Caught between an foreign state of war and his eagerness to prove himself , Ensign Kim ’s deputation teaches him object lesson about the exercising weight of bid , the time value of dedication , and his own self - worth . " Nightingale " tries to rationalize withholding Harry ’s promotion by suggesting that Kim still is n’t ready for his own dictation , but it ’s significant to remember that Kim is n’t assay toskip direct to Captain . At this item inStar Trek : Voyager , it ’s almost ludicrous to keep Harry Kim from being promoted when he ’s not only gained enough experience to be a full police lieutenant , but also demo that he deserves the rank .
1Harry Kim Could’ve Been Promoted For Being Part Of The USS Voyager Crew
Star Trek: Voyager Season 7, Episode 25 & 26 - “Endgame”
If Harry Kim ’s well - deserved furtherance could n’t bump anywhere else in the series , Star Trek : Voyager ’s serial publication finale , " Endgame " , should have included Lieutenant Kim as part of an epilogue that actually indicate the aftermathof the USS Voyager ’s secure proceeds to Earth . Thetimeline ofStar Trek : Prodigyreveals that promotions for Captain Kathryn Janeway and Commander Chakotay befall very shortly after Voyager ’s return , with pardon for Voyager ’s Maquis - affiliated crew members who want to rejoin Starfleet . There ’s no reasonableness Harry Kim should have had to wait any longer to encourage after seven whole age as an ensign .
Back in the Alpha Quadrant , all excuses for not promoting Harry Kim fall flat . With the USS Voyager made a museum , Lieutenant Kim would serve on another ship , and fresh unexampled junior officers would be available to fill the side under Kim . Star Trek : Lower Decks ' fifth time of year , taking place in 2381 , promises the long - awaited coming into court ofLieutenant Harry Kim , soHarry did wind up getting that promotion within a few years after Voyager ’s 2378 restoration . With plenty of opportunities for Harry Kim ’s promotion to take place inStar Trek : Voyageras it should have , it ’s almost too late .
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