Alixia

Alixia was a Talaxian female and one of Neelix's sisters. She and Neelix grew up on Rinax, a moon of Talax. Alixia and Neelix were very close and spent many hours together. They explored the Caves of Touth and the equatorial dust shrouds, and hunted arctic spiders together. During her expedition to the Dunes of Talmouth Alixia made a necklace, which Neelix later treasured. 

Alixia died in the war with the Haakonian Order around 2356. She, along with the rest of her family, were killed on Rinax by the metreon cascade. 

When he was struck by an energy blast and killed only to be saved by Seven's nanoprobes, he questioned his belief in the afterlife. Chakotay helped him complete a vision quest, during which he met Alixia. He at first saw her at a party on USS Voyager, then followed her to the Great Forest, the afterlife for Talaxians. Neelix told her that when he died, he looked for her but did not see her. Alixia told him that the afterlife was a lie, a made-up place invented because Talaxians feared death. She told him that there was no point to life, and she dissolved into a corpse in front of him. This vision was probably just an expression of his anxiety over his beliefs. 

Years after her death, Neelix still composed letters to Alixia, under file index 291 in his personal database. . On a mission with Tuvok and foreign scientists attempting to flee a planet barraged by artificial asteroids, Neelix had to take command of an orbital tether carriage. Neelix honored the tradition of naming ships and he named the transport in honor of Alixia.