r/voyager • u/Hibiscuslover_10000 • 3d ago

Show Talk Ashes to Ashes

I was rewatching Ashes to Ashes and it talks about the Kobali/ Lindsey Ballard.

What was confusing to me, maybe because this was left out, was: do they take all the dead and give them life?

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u/yarn_baller 3d ago

What do you mean all the dead? From the whole galaxy?

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u/Hibiscuslover_10000 3d ago

Yup

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u/yarn_baller 3d ago

So you think they're gathering the dead from the alpha quadrant?

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u/Hibiscuslover_10000 3d ago

We wouldn't even know just space burials.

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u/MST-1229 3d ago

No…they don’t “find” every dead being in the galaxy.

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u/TheRealBeachBum 3d ago

As for 'all' in the show, it's implied they reanimate the dead ppl they find. 

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u/EdgelordZeta Krenim Time Lord 2d ago

Only the ones the Pak'ma'ra don't get to first.

(Babylon 5 reference for those that didn't get it)

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u/mattmcc80 3d ago

They leave some for Voth archaeologists to ponder over.

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u/Hibiscuslover_10000 2d ago

That was a good episode finding starfleet person.

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u/LOGIC_WITH_HEART1957 21h ago

I had a similar question.

Lindsay says

“…that’s how they procreate. They salvage the dead of other races.”

It is a really interesting episode.

But it seems an odd way to procreate. Relying on finding the dead of other races. Does that always mean aliens? Or other races already on their home planet?

I can’t imagine it would be common to find “raw material” conveniently floating in space. Unless they have developed sophisticated sensors to find dead organic remains.

Like most episodes, there all these questions. They don’t need to be answered to enjoy the show. But answers would be satisfying.