| Year |
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| 2335 |
| •1 | Chakotay is born.2
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| 2350 |
| •3 | Chakotay enters Starfleet Academy.4
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| 2354 |
| •5 | Chakotay graduates from Starfleet Academy.6
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| 2370 |
| •7 | The Federation agrees a treaty with the Cardassians setting a new border between the two. Several colonies must be relocated as part of the treaty. In the aftermath, many Federation citizens take up arms against the Cardassians as part of 'The Maquis'.7
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| •2 | Chakotay resigns from Starfleet and joins the Maquis.2
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| 2371 |
| •8 | Chakotay's father, Kolopak, dies.8
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| •4 | Voyager is dragged into the Delta Quadrant by the being known as The Caretaker.4
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| •9 | Chakotay's neural energy is temporarily 'drained' while on an away mission.9
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| 2372 |
| •8 | Chakotay becomes involved in the initiation of a young Kazon male.8
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| •10 | Voyager attempts to form an alliance with the Trabe; the attempt fails.10
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| •11 | Chakotay and Janeway are temporarily stranded on Earth 2 after they contract a disease. They are later cured with Vidiian medical technology.11
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| •12 | Voyager is briefly captured by the Kazon. The large majority of the crew are stranded on a primitive planet.12
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| 2373 |
| •13 | Voyager is re-captured from the Kazon by Paris and a small group of Talaxians. Seska is killed during the operation.13
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| •14 | Voyager trespasses on Swarm space to avoid a lengthy detour on their journey home.14
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| •15 | Voyager is thrown back in time to 199615; the ship prevents a temporal explosion which would otherwise have destroyed the Earth.16
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| •17 | The progressive faction wins the Q civil war with Voyager's help. Q mates with a female Q, helping to end the rifts which caused the war by producing a baby Q.17
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| •18 | Chakotay encounters a group of ex-Borg; experiences a limited version of the Borg collective.18
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| •19 | Voyager encounters the Borg and Species 8472.19
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| 2374 |
| •20 | Voyager defeats a force of 8472 vessels; end of the Borg/8472 war.20
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| •21 | Voyager encounters the Krenim, a species who use temporal technology in weapons applications. The encounter passes peacefully.21
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| •22 | Chakotay is brainwashed by the Vori into becoming a soldier in their war against the Kradin.22
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| •23 | Voyager's crew undergoes involuntary medical testing by an alien species.23
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| •24 | Voyager's EMH relays messages from the ship to Starfleet via an alien communications array. A message to Janeway informs her that her fiance Mark Johnson has married a co-worker. Voyager finds that the Maquis have been wiped out.24
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| •25 | Chakotay helps Voyager escape from captivity by the Dream Species.25
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| •26 | Voyager attempts to stabilize some Omega molecules.26
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| •27 | Chakotay falls in love with a Ramuran woman, Kellin; she leaves him after being recaptured by her people.27
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| •28 | Voyager's crew are replicated by the Deuterium/metal lifeform on the Demon planet.28
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| 2375 |
| •29 | Voyager crosses a 2,500 light year wide gulf in space - possibly the gap between two galactic arms. Janeway goes through a bout of depression and isolates herself from the crew.29
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| •30 | Voyager is almost destroyed during an attempt to reach home via Quantum Slipstream drive.30
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| •31 | Chakotay helps to communicate with a species occupying chaotic space.31
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| •32 | Voyager prevents a catastrophe by piloting a Malon freighter into a star before it can explode.32
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| •33 | Voyager encounters the USS Equinox.33
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| 2376 |
| •34 | Voyager uses an alien catapult device to advance several years in its journey towards Earth.34
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| •35 | Voyager encounters a planet which exists in a highly accelerated time frame compared to the rest of the galaxy. The ship has a large though unintentional effect on the planets culture.35
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| 2377 |
| •36 | Many of Voyager's crew fall under the influence of an old mind control program implanted by a Bajoran Vedek.36
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| •37 | Voyager is briefly stranded in The Void, a closed subspace region with no natural resources; Janeway creates an alliance of ships in order to break free.37
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| •38 | Many of Voyager's crew are kidnapped by the Quarren and have their memory wiped so they can serve as workers on the Quarren homeworld.38
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| •39 | Voyager finds the Friendship One probe. The Starship is able to repair much of the damage done to the planet the probe landed on.39
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| •40 | Chakotay falls in love with Seven of Nine.40
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| •40 | Seven of Nine begins dating Commander Chakotay.40
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| •41 | Voyager reaches Earth.41
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