William December Starr ([email]) speculated on Voy's new aliens: WDS>Critters so intelligent and technologically advanced that they WDS>apparently have to wear breathing masks in their own offices? WDS>Yup, they should be worthy adversaries for Janeway and Company...
James Grady Ward ([email]) opined: JGW>Or more simply it is a helmet design which covers the face as well JGW>as the head.
Plain and Simple Cronan ([email]) wrote: P&SC>That's right James! I mean that makes them much more threatening! P&SC>A race so fragile they wear head gear all the time.
I can just see it now...
JANEWAY: I am Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Federation Starship Voyager. We come in peace, and seek to exchange -- ALIEN: Are you looking at my headgear? JANEWAY: What? No, I didn't even notice, I mean... ALIEN: You're lying! [Runs over USS Voyager with Acturan Mega-Lawnmower]