HARRY KIM (STAR TREK)

Ensign 'Harry Kim', played by Garrett Wang, is a character in the television series ''.
He served aboard the USS ''Voyager'' as its chief operations officer.

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Overview

Personality

External links

Overview

Harry Kim was born in 2349 in South Carolina. He played clarinet in the Juilliard Youth Symphony and had a girlfriend named Libby.
After graduating from Starfleet Academy in 2370, he was assigned to USS'' Voyager'', which was subsequently stranded in the Delta Quadrant.
In 2372, the entire ship is duplicated in a phenomenon in which matter is copied, yet occupies the same space as the original ("Deadlock"). As the Vidiians coincidentally begin to attack both ''Voyagers'', Harry Kim dies after being blown into space. Eventually, the aliens invade the duplicate ''Voyager''. The duplicate Janeway then destroys her ship, to prevent the Vidiians from harvesting the crew's bodily organs, but before doing so, sends the duplicate Harry Kim to the original ''Voyager'', to replace him. Kim is troubled by this for a while.
In the episode "Timeless", Chakotay and Kim pilot the Delta Flyer ahead of ''Voyager'' in an experimental method of travel, known as Quantum Slipstream, intended to get ''Voyager'' home sooner. Unfortunately, Kim transmits incorrect phase corrections to ''Voyager'', causing it to crash land on an icy planet located near the Alpha Quadrant. Kim and Chakotay study the mistake for fifteen years, then send a message back in time using a Borg temporal transceiver with the correct phase corrections. However, these fail to save ''Voyager''. Using the last few minutes before being destroyed, Kim decides it is better to disperse the slipstream and keep Voyager intact, than to recalculate the correct phase corrections. Thus, in the new timeline he creates, ''Voyager'' remains safe... but still stuck in the Delta Quadrant.
Kim remained an ensign throughout all seven seasons of the series. However, as seen in the episode "Nightingale", Kim is given the status of acting captain, on an alien ship, while trying to deliver what is thought to be medical supplies to a planet.
Also, in the alternate future shown in the series' final episode "Endgame", he is captain of the USS ''Rhode Island'', in 2404.

Personality

The character of Harry Kim, portrayed as young and green, often showed this side of himself, most notably in his awkwardly romantic feelings toward Seven of Nine. Harry was generally unlucky in love, having to leave various relationships, for causes ranging from duty... to his own bad luck, or inexperience.
Harry is extremely loyal to Captain Janeway. In the episode "Worst Case Scenario", a holographic simulation of a Maquis mutiny paints him as the one bridge officer who remains loyal to her, even after phaser fire has made the odds impossible.
As ops officer, Harry was shown to be scientifically gifted, particularly in his ability to improvise during tense situations. He was generally cheerful and optimistic, although on rare occasions when his temper surfaced, it could be accompanied by an almost menacing subtext which would seem unimaginable in him at first glance.
During the course of ST:V, Harry managed to die more times than should ever be humanly possible.

External links

★ "Harry Kim" at STARTREK.COM

★ Interview about his career and views on star trek (GeeksOn)