Ocampa is the home planet of the Ocampans, a fictional race of elf-like humanoids in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. A small forest elf (älva) rescuing an egg, from Solägget (1932), by Elsa Beskow An elf is a mythical creature of Germanic mythology which survived in northern European folklore. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ...

Originally surface dwellers and the dominant species of their homeworld, the Ocampans exhibited phenomenal mental powers far in excess of any similar race in Star Trek canon. Their amazing mental abilities were offset, however, by their extremely short nine-year lifespan, less than that of dogs. (This is in marked contrast to the usual practice of making alien races longer-lived than humans.) For other members of the dog family, see Canidae. ...

The development of the Ocampan race was interrupted when an exploratory vessel from another galaxy that chose to visit the Ocampan homeworld. The propulsion system of the intergalactic vessel caused an irreparable chain reaction in the atmosphere of the planet destroying the ability of the atmosphere to carry on a rain-cycle. According to Captain Kathryn Janeway, the planet's atmosphere was "completely devoid of nucleogenics." The intergalactic explorers upon realizing their mistake, took upon themselves the responsibility of taking care of the Ocampans. The Caretakers built a massive underground cavern with access to the only remaining natural water source on the planet, and supplied it with energy via transmissions from a gigantic orbiting station. From this station, the "Caretaker" dutifully watched over the Ocampans, supplying every need and protecting them from every danger. As a result of this life of absolute ease, the Ocampans eventually stopped using their mental powers and due largely to their short lifespans, eventually forgot about them completely. Over time, the Ocampans became completely dependent upon the Caretakers for all necessities of life. Kathryn Janeway (Born: May 20, 2336 in Bloomington, Indiana), a character in the fictional Star Trek universe played by Kate Mulgrew, was the captain of the USS Voyager NCC-74656 (2371-2378) in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. ... Caretaker was the first episode of the television series Star Trek: Voyager. ...

The Ocampans remained in this state until the only Caretaker remaining on the station began to die. This Caretaker reasoned that only his own offspring would be able to carry on his work of protecting the Ocampans, and so began a galaxy-wide search to find a genetically compatible race through which it might produce offspring. This search consisted of a long series of trans-galactic ship-jackings, which is how the Federation Starship Voyager came to be in the Delta Quadrant. In the fictional Star Trek universe, the United Federation of Planets is a federation of more than 150 member planets and thousands of colonies, based in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants of the Milky Way galaxy. ... The USS Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid class starship The USS Voyager (NCC-74656) is an Intrepid class starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and was the primary setting of the television program Star Trek: Voyager. ... In the fictional Star Trek series, the Milky Way Galaxy is divided into four quadrants, which are further subdivided into sectors. ...

During the time of the Caretaker, the planet's deserted surface was inhabited by a subset of the Kazon race. Kazon Emblem In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Kazon are a Delta Quadrant race. ...

External link

• Ocampa article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki