History Fridge / StarTrekVoyagerS1E1Caretaker

* Following on from some FridgeBrilliance above... if Tom's father really did get Captain Janeway to offer Tom a deal to get him out of jail, then it follows that Admiral Paris spent the next six years thinking he got his own son killed.

* Sam Wildman presumably had her abdomen impaled by the Caretaker's needle ''while she was pregnant with Naomi.'' Even though "Naomi" would have been microscopic at this point, Q only knows what the Caretaker was doing to the womb that the fetus would be developing in for the next [[BizarreAlienBiology year-and-a-half.]]

* The holo-farm on the Array. A line from later on Tuvok clarifies that the Maquis were also treated to a holographic "waiting room." Many if not most of the Maquis were ''farmers.'' The Caretaker probably designed that farm initially for them.

** The Kazon being backwards cavemen also makes the possibility of them getting ahold of the Array pretty terrifying. Janeway might not have saved just the Ocampa, but God knows how many others from any number of catastrophes the Kazon could've caused, had they been allowed to tinker around with the Array.

* The Caretaker only left a five-year supply of food for the Ocampa. Even though they age about ten times as fast as humans, that still means they only have the equivalent of a 50 year supply, barely enough for a single generation!
* Sam Wildman presumably had her abdomen impaled by the Caretaker's needle ''while she was pregnant with Naomi.''
** Even though "Naomi" would have been microscopic at this point, Q only knows what the Caretaker was doing to the womb that the fetus would be developing in for the next [[BizarreAlienBiology year-and-a-half.]]

** The Kazon being backwards cavemen also makes the possibility of them getting ahold of the Array pretty terrifying. Janeway might not have saved just the Ocampa, but God knows how many others from any number of carastrophes the Kazon could've caused, had they been allowed to tinker around with the Array.

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* Sam Wildman presumably had her abdomen impaled by the Caretaker's needle ''while she was pregnant with Naomi, though "Naomi" would have been microscopic at this point.

* Sam Wildman presumably had her abdomen impaled by the Caretaker's needle ''while she was pregnant with Naomi!''
** Granted, "Naomi" would have been microscopic at this point, but Q only knows what those needles were actually doing to the crew's bodies.
** It's possible that the Caretaker spared Sam the needles due to her pregnancy...but given the below FridgeLogic revealing how well he understands Humanoid reproduction, that's being optimistic

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** It's possible that the Caretaker spared Sam the needles due to her pregnancy...but given the below FridgeLogic revealing how well he understands Humanoid reproduction, that's being optimistic

[[WMG: FridgeLogic]]
* If the Caretaker was looking for a "mate" (for the purpose of producing offspring), why was he kidnapping males?
** From species far below his on the evolutionary scale, nonetheless?

* FridgeBrilliance: Captain Janeway mentions having served with Tom's father. Given that she's shown to be "on a first name basis" with several Starfleet admirals, it's not too much of a stretch that she's doing an under-the-table favor for Admiral Owen Paris by giving his son a chance to redeem himself.
* FridgeHorror: The Caretaker only left a five-year supply of food for the Ocampa. Even though they age about ten times as fast as humans, that still means they only have the equivalent of a 50 year supply, barely enough for a single generation!
* FridgeLogic: If the Caretaker was looking for a "mate" (for the purpose of producing offspring), why was he kidnapping males?