Culhane Ensign Culhane was a 24th century Starfleet officer assigned as relief conn officer , engineer , and tactical officer aboard the under Captain Kathryn Janeway . Culhane became stranded in the Delta Quadrant along with the rest of the crew in 2371 . Service history . 2371 . Culhane was on duty on an aft station of the bridge when the " Voyager " encountered the Vidiian s for the first time . Later he worked in main engineering when the " Voyager " set course into an asteroid . ( ) He was also on duty in main engineering when the " Voyager " discovered the nucleogenic cloud being and tried to repair the damage the ship had caused . ( ) He passed Captain Janeway , Chakotay , and Tuvok in a corridor moments before Telek R ' Mor was beamed aboard . ( ) Culhane served as relief operations officer on the bridge during the absence of Harry Kim and manned an aft station when Kim returned from . After the case of the Baneans was solved , he had a meal in the mess hall . ( ) He had a meal in the mess hall a few day s later , shortly before the " Voyager " made first contact with the Sikarian s and was on duty in engineering when a non - corporeal being accessed the control over the ship . ( ) Culhane was on duty in engineering when Tuvok and the former Maquis crewmembers passed the location to get access to the Jefferies tube s . ( ) He was working on the bridge when the crew found a Ford truck drifting in space . After the crew discovered its location and woke up the 37 ' s he was also present when Tom Paris gave Amelia Earhart a lesson about the navigation console . ( ) He was on duty in main engineering when the " Voyager " had to handle the situation with the space - dwelling lifeform s . ( ) 2372 . He was working on the bridge and replaced Tuvok at the tactical station . ( ) In 2372 , Culhane was on duty on the bridge when Tom Paris broke the transwarp threshold in the shuttlecraft " " . Later , he was on the bridge again when Paris , in his mutated form , kidnapped Captain Janeway and escaped to transwarp in the " Cochrane " . ( ) Culhane was sitting at a table in the mess hall with another crewmember , when Quinn appeared to meet Captain Janeway . ( ) Culhane was on duty in engineering and listened to Neelix ' s speech about Tom Paris . ( ) The same year he worked on a side station on the bridge while Tuvok was trapped on a Drayan moon . ( ) Some week s later , Tuvix briefly pleaded with Culhane to help him avoid undergoing a surgical separation procedure which Tuvix considered to be tantamount to murder . ( ) 2373 . Culhane and a female security officer guarded Henry Starling in sickbay and were surprised when Starling managed to escape from behind the force field and left the " Voyager " . ( ) He was working on the bridge when Kes , hosting the consciousness of Tieran , took a shuttlecraft and left the " Voyager " . ( ) Together with Lieutenant Russell , he had problems with the replicator during the absence of Neelix . ( ) In 2373 , he was on duty on the bridge and got a PADD from Captain Janeway , shortly after The Doctor captured Kes . ( ) Culhane was on duty in main engineering when the " Voyager " received data from one of its probe s which was found by the Borg . He later armed himself with a Starfleet phaser rifle when the ship prepared to enter Borg space . ( ) 2374 . In 2374 , Culhane manned an aft station on the bridge when Kes left the ship aboard a Class 2 shuttle and transported the " Voyager " 9 , 500 light years closer to home . ( ) He was also on the bridge when the " Voyager " rescued B ' Elanna Torres and Tom Paris who were adrift in space in their environmental suit s . ( ) Manning the operations station on the bridge , Culhane alerted Captain Janeway over com of the intercepted distress call , discovered to be sent by a Serosian HD25 Isomorphic Projection . ( ) 2375 . The following year , Culhane ' s pilot ing skills saved the ship while he was serving at Tom Paris ' station on the bridge while Paris was serving thirty days in the brig . Janeway considered promoting Culhane to chief conn officer . ( ) Culhane ' s biomimetic copy was on duty in engineering and the last crewmember along with Seven of Nine able to work . He suffered from degradation due to radiation from a new warp core technology . ( ) 2376 . He appeared between other crewmembers in Lyndsay Ballard ' s nightmare . ( ) On stardate 53764 , when Tal Celes went to the main engineering , she rapidly crossed with Culhane in a corridor . Later , he covered Mortimer Harren ' s duties in junction room 16 , when Harren was forced to go on his first away mission . ( ) 2377 . Culhane was part of the away team , including Seven of Nine , Chakotay , Tuvok , and Tom Paris , which beamed to the Hirogen training facility where they found the Hirogen scientist Donik . ( ) He was working on a console in engineering when the ship stranded in and another ship beamed cargo , food , and technology from aboard the " Voyager " , including Culhane ' s console . ( ) 2378 . He was in engineering when main power was installed . ( ) He was on duty in engineering when Captain Janeway , Seven of Nine , and the Otrin tried to clean the atmosphere of Otrin ' s homeworld in 2378 . ( ) Culhane celebrated First Contact Day in the mess hall of the " Voyager " with fellow crewmembers . Later he worked on the bridge and smiled when the Talaxians Dexa and visited the bridge . ( ) He was working in main engineering , when The Doctor as hologram of B ' Elanna Torres asked Vorik for the location of the bio - neural gel pack s . ( ) Culhane was working in main engineering , doing repairs under a console , when the " Voyager " tried to destroy the Borg transwarp hub . ( ) Apocrypha . Background information . Culhane was played by regular background actor and stand - in Louis Ortiz who received no credit for his appearances . His voice in the fourth season episode was provided by an unknown actor .