RETROACTIVELY MAKING STAR TREK: VOYAGER GOOD, Part XII
At this point, I'm torn. I want to keep developing new allies and enemies, but I've already got over a hundred episodes of Odyssey. The Bald Mountain made the excellent point that I want to leave room for the other writers, theoretical though they may be, to work, since they will invariably have good ideas that would never occur to me. Well, at any rate I want to keep developing two species, the Ascendant and the Phos; so, I'll just wait and see where they take me.

Episode Guide
Season Four
"Reign of Khan, Part II" - While the human coalition launches a D-Day-sized offensive against the seat of Khan's power, New Dehli, the senior staff race to destroy their missing shuttlecraft. Neelix disobeys a direct order and dives the Ulysses into Earth's atmosphere in a desperate attempt to save the away team; as the ship swoops over Khan's palace-fortress, the viewscreen shows a single spaceship, the Botany Bay, launching into orbit. The timeline repaired, Nick races the ship back through the wormhole before it collapses. Only too late do the crew discover they have a stowaway, one of Khan's rivals, Agrippa.

"Perchance to Dream" - The crew's dreams are invaded by a race of malevolent energy beings. Unable to wake crewmembers once they are asleep, Doc forces Benicio to stay awake for days until they can hunt down the aliens' base. ("Waking Moments")

"The Superior Intellect" - Agrippa makes his move to assume command of the Ulysses, a scheme he's been preparing since he realized he was stranded in the future. Captain McKenna opens his eyes to the mistake of eugenic supermen in every century: underestimating Starfleet captains.

"Message in a Bottle" - The Ulysses happens upon an alien communications network that spans halfway across the galaxy and, checking to see that coast is clear, hack into it. They detect a Federation starship on the far end of the network and transmit the only signal strong enough the endure the alien comm protocols: Doc's program. He arrives aboard the U.S.S. Sulu, two years into a five-year deep space mission; the Sulu is in dire straits herself, as her scans of the network have destablized the power source of the local comm exchange: an artificial singularity. Doc delivers official reports for Starfleet and personal letters for the crew's families, but is transferred back to the Ulysses before the Sulu is out of the woods. ("Message in a Bottle")

"Predators" - The builders of the comm network detect the ship's illegal hack and come to investigate. The builders, a race of big-game hunters called the Hirogen, do not find the ship and move off in search of their prey. (This is the first appearance of the Hirogen.) The Ulysses shadows the Hirogen to the wreck of a Gorn ship, which Neelix recognizes as having seen brought to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker. The Ulysses locates the last survivor, Grak Xor, and rescues him before the Hirogen can make the kill. (from "Hunters")

"The Killing Game, Parts I and II" - The Hirogen Alpha from "Predators" returns with a full hunting party and this time the Ulysses is his prey. The ship plays cat-and-mouse through several star systems until the Hirogen overwhelm the ship's defenses and board. A massive, desperate firefight ensues as the crew struggle to keep their heads off the Hirogen's trophy walls. Grak Xor enthusiastically avenges his slaughtered crewmates while Agrippa, freed from house-arrest in his quarters, improbably defeats a massive (7', 350 lbs.) Hirogen in hand-to-hand combat. Defending Sickbay, Kes demonstrates a remarkable increase in her telekinesis. Eventually, the predators become the prey. A great big shoot-'em-up, just what is needed now and then. (from "The Killing Game, Parts I and II")

"Resistance" - Captain Mckenna confronts that which she has feared since entering the Delta Quadrant: a Borg cube. Before the ship is assimilated, however, an alien vessel decloaks and engages the cube: it is a warship of the mysterious Shadows. (This is the first appearance of the Tehlyri.) The Ulysses moves in to assist, but is forced off when her shields are disabled. Moments before the cube inevitably overwhelms the Tehlyri ship, the latter beams over a small party and kamikazes into the cube at warp speed, utterly destroying it. Crown Princess Rissa explains that the Tehlyri Imperium has successfully resisted the Collective for two centuries, greatly impressing the crew. Neelix is surprised to actually meet "the Shadows," whom he had considered mythical.

"Black Flag" - The Ulysses is attacked by something the crew thought they'd never see again, a Vidiian cruiser, oddly emblazened with a skull-and-crossbones. Hunter Cole, exiled since the failure of his mutiny, is back. His crew of pirates execute a Maquis-trademark raid against the ship's armory and make a quick getaway, but our heroes track them down and recover or destroy everything they stole. However, Cole is able to convince Grak Xor to leave the Ulysses and join him on the Revenge.

"War Machine" - While in pursuit of a massive, mysterious warship that had killed thousands aboard a nearby orbital habitat, the Ulysses is contacted by an identical warship. (This is the first appearance of the Ascendant.) Aboard is Protocol Axis, a security officer of the Ascendant Imperative, a machine civilization. The marauding warship is controlled by a renegade A.I. calling itself Zero-One. While comparing and contrasting himself and his nonsentient-A.I. ship to Seventh Prix and Doc, Axis is aided by the crew in destroying Zero-One's ship and taking the unembodied virus into custody.

"Alone" - For the month long voyage through a strange barrier that emits a lethal form of radiation, the crew are placed in specifically constructed stasis chambers, while Neelix, who is not vulnerable to the radiation, and Doc are left to run the ship. Spending all that time with only the Sickbay-bound Doc for company, Neelix reflects that the barrier is the farthest he had ever journeyed before joining the crew; thus, he can no longer act as Captain McKenna's guide or local expert. Adding to his troubles, he starts seeing things. ("One")

"Kingdom of Shadows, Part I" - Guided by Princess Rissa, the Ulysses arrives at the secret, hidden homeworld of the Tehlyri resistance. Gathered in orbit are thousands of ships from hundreds of cultures, refugees and warriors from countless worlds assimilated by the Borg. Having befriended the princess, the crew are greeted by Emperor Vorei, who recognizes our heroes as kindred spirits and generously offers to refit and resupply the ship. With Dan as Best Man, K'rena as Maid of Honor, and Neelix as Father of the Bride, Nick and Kes are married by Captain McKenna. The emperor's finest general, an El Aurian named Marzian Guinan, has finally convinced his liege to mount a more active resistance to the Borg and the Tehlyri fleet is preparing to strike. Awed by the nobility of the Tehlyri's centuries old mission, the crew join the quest and the Ulysses follows the fleet into a transwarp conduit, bound for the Borg's next target: the throneworld of the powerful Voth Hegemony.

More to Come
Seasons five, six, and seven. After the "Episode Guide," we'll have a final "Dramatis Personae," covering both friends and foes, and after that I don't know what else I can really do regarding Star Trek: Odyssey.