Star Trek: Voyager, Season 2, Episode 9 - "Tattoo"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2022
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Tattoo," a familiar symbol on a distant world reminds Chakotay of his past. The secret it unlocks connects the Alpha and Delta Quadrants, and Chakotay to his ancestors. Plus, the EMH has the flu.
Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao
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| 0:30.0 | Mission Log, a Roddenberry's Star Trek Podcast, Episode Four hundred 60, Tattoo. Smiles everyone smiles I am Mr. Lough your host welcome to Mission Log a |
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| 1:01.6 | Pass what about me? |
| 1:04.0 | Ah yes, my friend. |
| 1:06.0 | Everyone, meet my go-host, Mr. Champion. |
| 1:09.0 | But Boss, whose fantasies are we looking at today? |
| 1:13.0 | Meet a man on a quest. |
| 1:15.0 | His name is Chakote. |
| 1:17.0 | And he is looking for meaning in the universe |
| 1:19.0 | and a connection to his long lost family. |
| 1:21.0 | It all happens in a story we will call, tattoo. |
| 1:26.2 | What a silly name. |
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