Fitzpatrick (Crewman)

Species:	Human
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet (Formerly Maquis)
Rank:	Ensign
Status:	Active (2377)
Played by:	Kerry Hoyt

Ensign Fitzpatrick was assigned to the Maquis vessel Val Jean until it stranded in the Delta Quadrant. Upon transfer to the USS Voyager, he joined the Voyager crew and held a provisional rank in the command division under command of Captain Kathryn Janeway. In 2372 he was promoted to ensign.

Service history

2371

Fitzpatrick was among the crewmembers who were transported onto the Caretaker's array and scanned the region at Captain's orders. (VOY: "Caretaker")

He was working on the aft station of the bridge when the Voyager tried to contact the "other ship", not knowing that this ship was a reflection of itself (VOY: "Parallax") and when the ship discovered a Class M planet in a red dwarf star system. (VOY: "Time and Again")

He was among the crewmembers who beamed down to Sikaris for a shore leave and joined a female Sikarian at the evening arrangement. (VOY: "Prime Factors")

Fitzpatrick was on duty on the bridge and working on an aft station when the Voyager received a distress call from a Kazon-Nistrim ship. (VOY: "State of Flux")

He visited the mess hall when a non-corporeal being took over the control of the ship and brought the Voyager into a nebula (VOY: "Cathexis") and when Neelix presented Tuvok his "plomeek soup à lá Neelix". (VOY: "Faces")

He visited the mess hall and was surprised by Chakotay's reaction about the dispute with Kenneth Dalby. Later that day he had a drink with a fellow crewmember in the sciences division, from which Chell took the drink when he passed the mess hall on his run through the ship. (VOY: "Learning Curve")

Fitzpatrick worked on the bridge when an away team led by Captain Janeway found the 37's and Commander Chakotay informed them that several life signs approached their location. Later he was among the crewmembers in the mess hall who chatted with the 37's. (VOY: "The 37's")

2372

Fitzpatrick plays the boatswain's whistle

Holding the rank of an ensign in 2372, he played the boatswain's whistle on the funeral for Kurt Bendera in the mess hall. (VOY: "Alliances")

Fitzpatrick was among the Starfleet officers who took part in the bets of Tom Paris' radiogenic sweepstakes. He was present on the holodeck at Chez Sandrine's when Commander Chakotay stopped the bets. (VOY: "Meld")

He was on duty on the bridge when Captain Janeway ordered red alert and the Voyager lost warp drive. He remained on his aft console during the Kazon attack of the ship. (VOY: "Investigations")

Fitzpatrick passed Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay on their way to the transporter room in 2372 when they welcomed First Prelate Alcia. (VOY: "Innocence")

When the crew was marooned on Hanon IV, Fitzpatrick was a member of the team which tried to get Kes and Neelix back to the ship. They were successful and he survived the ensuing fight against the natives and the attack of the land eel. (VOY: "Basics, Part I", "Basics, Part II")

2373

He served on the bridge when the Voyager discovered a class 17 nebula in 2373 (VOY: "Flashback") and passed Commander Chakotay in a corridor when the Commander ordered the Doctor to prepare Kes for a transport. (VOY: "Sacred Ground")

He was at the conn station, when Harry Kim appeared on the bridge. (VOY: "Favorite Son")

Fitzpatrick manned an aft station on the bridge when the ship entered Borg space in 2373 and made first contact with Species 8472. (VOY: "Scorpion")

2374

In 2374, Fitzpatrick was among the crewmembers in the mess hall who received a letter from home that had been transmitted from the Alpha Quadrant over the Hirogen communications network. (VOY: "Hunters")

He was in the mess hall when the Doctor performed a holographic exercise with Seven of Nine to teach her social skills. (VOY: "One")

The biomimetic copy of Fitzpatrick

The same year he passed Captain Janeway in a corridor and seemed excited by the news from Starfleet which was actually a trap created by Arturis. (VOY: "Hope and Fear")

2375

His biomimetic copy attended the wedding ceremony of B'Elanna Torres and Tom Paris in the mess hall and brought in the wedding cake. (VOY: "Course: Oblivion")

He walked in one direction and then back into the mess hall behind Seven of Nine and Neelix when they saw a family photo of the captain. (VOY: "11:59")

2377

He was in a coma in sickbay together with Tabor, Jor, Yosa, and other Maquis crewmembers. (VOY: "Repression")

He was in the mess hall, being treated by Tom Paris for radiation poisoning due to the temporal anomaly. (VOY: "Shattered")

Apocrypha

Background information

Fitzpatrick was played by regular background actor and stand-in Kerry Hoyt who received no credit for his appearances.

His character was identified by name in the episode "Hunters". His rank varied by episode, from provisional Ensign to provisional Crewman.

Appearances

• VOY:
  • "Caretaker" (Season 1)
  • "Parallax"
  • "Time and Again"
  • "Prime Factors"
  • "State of Flux"
  • "Cathexis"
  • "Faces"
  • "Learning Curve"
  • "The 37's" (Season 2)
  • "Projections"
  • "Persistence of Vision"
  • "Alliances"
  • "Meld"
  • "Investigations"
  • "Innocence"
  • "Tuvix"
  • "Resolutions"
  • "Basics, Part I"
  • "Basics, Part II" (Season 3)
  • "Flashback"
  • "The Chute"
  • "Sacred Ground"
  • "Coda"
  • "Favorite Son"
  • "Real Life"
  • "Scorpion"
  • "Scorpion, Part II" (Season 4)
  • "Revulsion"
  • "Waking Moments"
  • "Hunters"
  • "One"
  • "Hope and Fear"
  • "Course: Oblivion" (Season 5)
  • "11:59"
  • "Equinox"
  • "Drive" (Season 7)
  • "Repression"
  • "Shattered"