The Trabe's function in this story was originally to have been filled by the Kazon. Laurie S. Sutton explained, "I wanted the Kazon to be [taking over Voyager], but Paramount told me it would conflict with what was going to happen on the [second] season finale ["Basics, Part I"]. I guess I was on the right track! A minor adjustment had to be made at the last minute in my story. I had to change it to the Trabe." (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine issue 9)
Laurie S. Sutton (born March 19, 1953)[1] is an American writer of comic books and children's books. She worked for DC Comics and Marvel Comics in the 1980s and has written several books for Capstone Publishers in the 2010s.