Fitzpatrick ( Crewman ) Ensign Fitzpatrick was assigned to the Maquis vessel " Val Jean " until it stranded in the Delta Quadrant . Upon transfer to the , he joined the " Voyager " crew and held a provisional rank in the command division under command of Captain Kathryn Janeway . In 2372 he was promoted to ensign . Service history . 2371 . Fitzpatrick was among the crew members who were transported onto the Caretaker ' s array and scan ned the region at Captain ' s orders . ( ) He was working on the aft station of the bridge when the " Voyager " tried to contact the " other ship " , not knowing that this ship was a reflection of itself ( ) and when the ship discovered a Class M planet in a red dwarf star system . ( ) He was among the crewmembers who beam ed down to Sikaris for a shore leave and joined a female Sikarian at the evening arrangement . ( ) Fitzpatrick was on duty on the bridge and working on an aft station when the " Voyager " received a distress call from a Kazon - Nistrim ship . ( ) He visited the mess hall when a non - corporeal being took over the control of the ship and brought the " Voyager " into a nebula ( ) and when Neelix presented Tuvok his " plomeek soup à lá Neelix " . ( ) He visited the mess hall and was surprised by Chakotay ' s reaction about the dispute with Kenneth Dalby . Later that day he had a drink with a fellow crewmember in the sciences division , from which Chell took the drink when he passed the mess hall on his run through the ship . ( ) Fitzpatrick worked on the bridge when an away team led by Captain Janeway found the 37 ' s and Commander Chakotay informed them that several life sign s approached their location . Later he was among the crewmembers in the mess hall who chatted with the 37 ' s . ( ) 2372 . Holding the rank of an ensign in 2372 , he played the boatswain ' s whistle on the funeral for Kurt Bendera in the mess hall . ( ) Fitzpatrick was among the Starfleet officers who took part in the bets of Tom Paris ' radiogenic sweepstakes . He was present on the holodeck at Chez Sandrine ' s when Commander Chakotay stopped the bets . ( ) He was on duty on the bridge when Captain Janeway ordered red alert and the " Voyager " lost warp drive . He remained on his aft console during the Kazon attack of the ship . ( ) Fitzpatrick passed Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay on their way to the transporter room in 2372 when they welcomed First Prelate Alcia . ( ) When the crew was marooned on Hanon IV , Fitzpatrick was a member of the team which tried to get Kes and Neelix back to the ship . They were successful and he survived the ensuing fight against the natives and the attack of the land eel . ( ) 2373 . He served on the bridge when the " Voyager " discovered a class 17 nebula in 2373 ( ) and passed Commander Chakotay in a corridor when the Commander ordered The Doctor to prepare Kes for a transport . ( ) He was at the conn station , when Harry Kim appeared on the bridge . ( ) Fitzpatrick manned an aft station on the bridge when the ship entered Borg space in 2373 and made first contact with Species 8472 . ( ) 2374 . He was also on the bridge , operating from an aft station when Captain Janeway and Tuvok were aboard the Borg cube . Later , he almost ran into Chakotay who entered the bridge . ( ) Fitzpatrick was also on duty on the bridge when Kes left the ship and transported the " Voyager " 9 , 500 light years closer to home . ( ) He was working on a bridge station when the " Voyager " rescued B ' Elanna Torres and Tom Paris , who were adrift in space in their environmental suit s . ( ) He manned the helm station on the bridge when Captain Janeway was called to the bridge by Culhane to witness the discovery of the Serosian vessel . ( ) Fitzpatrick was working on the bridge when Captain Janeway sealed off deck 6 to stop Seven of Nine . ( ) He was working on the bridge when the " Voyager " encountered a Krenim patrol ship . " When Annorax changed the timeline by erasing species with his Krenim weapon ship , Fitzpatrick found himself on a heavily damaged " Voyager " , manning the helm station . " ( ) In 2374 , Fitzpatrick was among the crewmembers in the mess hall who received a letter from home that had been transmitted from the Alpha Quadrant over the Hirogen communications network . ( ) He was in the mess hall when The Doctor performed a holographic exercise with Seven of Nine to teach her social skills . ( ) The same year he passed Captain Janeway in a corridor and seemed excited by the news from Starfleet which was actually a trap created by Arturis . ( ) 2375 . His biomimetic copy attended the wedding ceremony of B ' Elanna Torres and Tom Paris in the mess hall and brought in the wedding cake . ( ) He walked in one direction and then back into the mess hall behind Seven of Nine and Neelix when they saw a family photo of the captain . ( ) 2377 . He was in a coma in sickbay together with Tabor , Jor , Yosa , and other Maquis crewmembers . ( ) He was in the mess hall , being treated by Tom Paris for radiation poisoning due to the temporal anomaly . ( ) Apocrypha . Background information . Fitzpatrick was played by regular background actor and stand - in Kerry Hoyt who received no credit for his appearances . His character was identified by name in the episode " Hunters " . His rank varied by episode , from provisional Ensign to provisional Crewman .