VOY: Who is Naomi Wildman?

September 3, 2021
September 3, 2021 Poison Toocool

VOY: Who is Naomi Wildman?

Actor: Brooke Stephens (Young), Scarlett Pomers (Regular), Vanessa Branch (Adult)
First Appearance: VOY “Deadlock” S02E21 (1996)
Half-human, half-Ktarian

Naomi is the Half-human, half-Ktarian daughter of Ensign Samantha Wildman, and was the first child born on the U.S.S. Voyager after it was swept into the Delta Quadrant. Her Ktarian father’s name is Greskrendtregk, but since he remained at station Deep Space 9 when Voyager was lost, Naomi grew up not knowing him.

Naomi was born under very bizarre circumstances. In 2372, Samantha Wildman was giving birth at the same time Voyager encountered a spatial scission that created an exact duplicate of the ship and its crew. Because of the baby’s Ktarian physiology, Wildman suffered complications during labor and the infant died. However, on the duplicate Voyager the infant survived, but because that duplicate ship was doomed, Captain Janeway on that vessel ordered Ensign Kim to take the healthy baby and escape aboard the other ship.

The Ktarian half of Naomi’s physiology caused her to grow very quickly; by the age of two, she resembled a four-year-old human child. Naomi struck close relationships with some of the adult members of the Voyager crew, particularly Neelix, who would tell her bedtime stories and care for her while her mother was away from the ship, and Seven of Nine, who was a role model for her. Naomi also befriended the Borg children who lived on Voyager, becoming very close friends with Icheb. One of Naomi’s favorite activities is the holodeck program “The Adventures of Flotter.”

Our ‘Star Trek’ Day ‘Who is’ Series 2021 is authored by Commander Bodan Landar

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