Welcome back to Character Insight! This week, we review Vosk, a recurring character from the Temporal Cold War storyline of Enterprise.
Vosk is a Na'Kuhl, a faction in the 29th Century that believes that it was their rights to use time travel to benefit their race. He leads the charge against Daniels and the Temporal Accord, the interstellar treaty that prohibited the use of time travel to change history, which was signed in 2769. Instead of limiting his time travel to scientific pursuits and research, Vosk is firmly of the mindset to use the technology for personal gain.
In a callback to the appearance of Nazis in TOS, Enterprise brings in the Germans from Earth history in Vosk's story. He travels back in time to 1944 thanks to a stealth form of time travel that could not be detected and stopped by Daniels. He then helps the German Nazi forces, which in this timeline had successfully invaded the east coast of the United States. In exchange for his advanced technology to wage the world war, Vosk receives the resources he needs to build a new temporal conduit to return to the future.
Nobody seems to be bothered by his alien appearance in the German military uniform in this timeline, but we are already in a strange world with the Nazis having military strategy discussions within the White House. But I digress...
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Vosk was in conflict with the German general major and ends up killing him to end his alliance with the Nazis after he acquires what he needs to travel back to the future. He launches back into the future with attacks on Daniels and other factions, breaking the temporal cold war open into a full blown conflict. Daniels relies on our his old favorite Captain Archer and the Enterprise crew to travel back to the 1940's and stop Vosk. Which of course they do, because Nazis and bad guys are dumb.
Vosk added a bit of good flavor to the temporal storylines we see in Enterprise, but unfortunately, instead of making him a long-term villain, they use up the character and kill him in his first interaction with Archer's crew.
In a callback to the appearance of Nazis in TOS, Enterprise brings in the Germans from Earth history in Vosk's story. He travels back in time to 1944 thanks to a stealth form of time travel that could not be detected and stopped by Daniels. He then helps the German Nazi forces, which in this timeline had successfully invaded the east coast of the United States. In exchange for his advanced technology to wage the world war, Vosk receives the resources he needs to build a new temporal conduit to return to the future.
Nobody seems to be bothered by his alien appearance in the German military uniform in this timeline, but we are already in a strange world with the Nazis having military strategy discussions within the White House. But I digress...
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Vosk was in conflict with the German general major and ends up killing him to end his alliance with the Nazis after he acquires what he needs to travel back to the future. He launches back into the future with attacks on Daniels and other factions, breaking the temporal cold war open into a full blown conflict. Daniels relies on our his old favorite Captain Archer and the Enterprise crew to travel back to the 1940's and stop Vosk. Which of course they do, because Nazis and bad guys are dumb.
Vosk added a bit of good flavor to the temporal storylines we see in Enterprise, but unfortunately, instead of making him a long-term villain, they use up the character and kill him in his first interaction with Archer's crew.
Vosk was played by Jack Gwaltney, who has enjoyed over 30 years in an acting career mostly focused on small television roles. He is perhaps best known for his role as a detective in the Jason Statham movie Safe, and he can most recently be seen in the movie Mohawk.
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