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The Ensign however and despite what others might say, is more than just a pretty face or a useless waste of space.

He has come back from the dead ("Emanations"), died and been replaced by his duplicate ("Deadlock") and risked everything to save both his ship and its crew ("The Killing Game" and "Timeless"). He has also made friends with those who may have otherwise remained friendless, isolated and alone (Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres in "Caretaker" and Seven of Nine in "Revulsion"), often doing so against the advice of his superior officers. He has even gone out of his way to make the Captain feel a part of the Voyager 'family' ("The Cloud") despite the restrictions imposed by both rank protocol and tradition.

But you needn't take our word for it. Try watching a few of the episodes listed below, rated by number of rank pips, and you too just might come to see what we mean.
 
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Season One: Spring 1995
ensign rank pip ensign rank pip   Caretaker
    The Cloud
    Eye of The Needle
ensign rank pip   Emanations
ensign rank pip   Heroes and Demons
 
Season Two: Spring 1995-1996
ensign rank pip ensign rank pip   Non-Sequitur
    Twisted
    Prototype
ensign rank pip   Deadlock
    The Thaw
    Resolutions
 
Season Three: 1996-1997
ensign rank pip ensign rank pip ensign rank pip   The Chute
    Future's End,
Parts I & II
    Alter Ego
    Favorite Son
ensign rank pip   Scorpion, Part I
 
Season Four: 1997-1998
    Revulsion
    Message in a Bottle
ensign rank pip ensign rank pip   The Killing Game, Parts I & II
    Demon
 
Season 5: 1998-1999
    Night
ensign rank pip ensign rank pip ensign rank pip   Timeless
    Thirty Days
    The Disease
    Course: Oblivion
    Warhead
 
Season 6: 1999-2000
    Spirit Folk
    Ashes to Ashes
    Muse
 
Season 7: 1999-2000
    Drive
    Nightingale
 
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Sources for more information:
 
    Janet's Star Trek Voyager Site
 
    Jim Wright's Delta Blues
 
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