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Also called a Bussard collector. O'Brien compared a ramscoop ~~ Ranor, Gul. Commander of the Galor-class Cardassian warto the arva nodes in Tosk's ship, which essentially did the same ship Kraxon. (“Defiant” [DS9]) thing. (“Captive Pursuit” [DS9]). . Ranora, Dr. (John Cingliano). Vhnori scientist, a thanatologist Ramsey, Dr. Archaeologist aboard the # who presided over the Vhnori transference ritual of Ptera. U.S.S. Yamato at the time of an expedi- - (“Emanations” [VGRY]). tion to planet Denius Il in 2365 ] Ramsey's work, along with the contribu- : rapid nadion pulse. A burst of subatomic nadion particles that tions of Yamato Captain Donald Varley, facilitate a release of energy from the emitter crystal in a phaser. enabled artifacts found at Denius Ill to 3 (“The Mind's Eye” [TNG)) help determine the location of the leg- i endary planet Iconia. (“Contagion “4 “Rapture.” Deep Space Nine episode #108. Teleplay by Hans [TNG]) Beimler. Story by L. J. Strom. Directed by Jonathan West. No stardate given. First aired in 1997. A plasma discharge gives Ramsey. (Sam Hennings). One of four survivors of the wreck of Sisko prophetic visions of a long-lost ancient Bajoran city, leading the Federation freighter Odin who drifted to planet Angel One in him to oppose Bajor's admission to the Federation. GUEST escape pods in 2357. Ramsey took up residence among the peo- CAST: Penny Johnson as Yates, Kasidy; Ernest Perry, Jr. as ple of Angel One, despite objections from that planet's govern- Whatley, Admiral Charles; Louise Fletcher as Winn, SEE: ment that his outside ideas would threaten the stability of the Alvanian beehive; B'hala; Bajor; Bajoran Chamber of female-dominated society. (“Angel One” [TNG]). Ministers; Bajoran Gratitude Festival; bantaca; bateret leaves; Cardassians; Colti, Admiral; holodeck and holosuite Ramsey. Starfleet officer assigned to Deep Space 9. In 2372, programs: Pleasure mazes; icon; llvia; jambalaya; lingta; Ramsey died aboard the Starship Defiant during a battle with the Mera, Vedek; neuropolaric induction; Orb of Prophecy; U.S.S. Lakota. (“Paradise Lost" [DS9]). pagh'tem’far; Rifkin, Captain; Sisko, Benjamin; Veta, Admiral; Whatley, Admiral Charles; Whatley, Kevin; Winn; Yates, Ranar, Admiral. Federation admiral in charge of Starfleet Kasidy; Zocal's Third Prophecy. Security. She took a personal interest in the recovery of the Starship Pegasus after it had been detected by the Romulans in “Rascals.” Next Generation episode #133. Teleplay by Allison 2370. Ranar sent personal orders to Commander William Riker, Hock. Story by Ward Botsford & Diana Dru Botsford and Michael instructing him not to inform Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the true Piller. Directed by Adam Nimoy. Stardate 46235.7. First aired in nature of the salvage mission. (“The Pegasus” [TNG)). SEE 1992. A mysterious energy field reverts Picard, Guinan, Keiko, and Pressman, Erik. Ro into children. This was the first episode directed by Adam Nimoy, son of Leonard Nimoy. GUEST CAST. Colm Meaney as —— Rand, Janice. (Grace Lee O'Brien, Miles; Rosalind Chao as O'Brien, Keiko; Michelle Forbes = a Whitney). Starfleet officer as Ro Laren; David Tristen Birkin as Picard, Jean-Luc (child) a? N who served as Captain Megan Parlen as Ro Laren (child); Caroline Junko King as O'Brien, B = < Kirk's yeoman during the Keiko (child); Isis J. Jones as Guinan (child); Mike Gomez as Lurin, A r= early days of Kirk's first DaiMon; Tracey Walter as Berik; Michael Snyder as Morta; Brian five-year mission aboard Bonsall as Rozhenko, Alexander; Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan; at the original Starship Enter- Morgan Nagler as Kid #1; Hana Hatae as O'Brien, Molly; Majel ES prise. (“The Corbomite Barrett as Computer voice. SEE: B'rel-class bird-of-prey; Berik; A Maneuver” [TOS]). Rand Buranian; crayon; Draebidium calimus; Draebidium froctus; o returned to serve aboard Ferengi Salvage Code; Fermi, Shuttlecraft; firomactal drive; " —~ | the Enterprise as trans- Guinan; humuhumunukunukuapua‘a; kelilactiral; Langford, = porter chief in 2271. (Star ~~ Dr; Ligos VII; Lurin, DaiMon; Marlonia; molecular reversion \ Trek: The Motion Picture). field; Morta; O'Brien, Keiko; Picard, Jean-Luc; Ro Laren; ryboRand subsequently served viroxic-nucleic structure; security access code; Suvin IV; at Starfleet Command in Taguan; Tarkassian razorbeast; vendarite. - San Francisco, where she h assisted in directing emer- Rashella. (Brenda Strong). The last child born on planet Aldea ' gency operations when when radiation poisoning from damage to Aldea's ozone layer 's Earth was threatened with caused infertility among the Aldeans. Rashella had strong materVA i ecological disaster by an nal instincts and, in 2364, wished to keep Alexandra, the child of h alien space probe of un- an Enterprise-D crew member, as her own to raise. (“When the known origin. (Star Trek IV: Bough Breaks” [TNG]). The Voyage Home). Rand later served as communi- Rasmussen, Berlinghoff. (Matt N NS cations officer aboard the Frewer). A 22nd-century con artist N 4 es U.S.S. Excelsior under the from the Earth region known as New command of Captain Sulu. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Jersey. Rasmussen appeared on the Country, “Flashback” [VGR]). She Enterprise-D in 2368, claiming to be = was team leader of that ship's a historian from the 26th century. qi gamma shift. (“Flashback™ [VGR]). Ny Professor Rasmussen had in fact . . Rand's first appearance was in “The oo stolen his time-travel pod from ba Corbomite Maneuver.” She was also a 26th century researcher, and was seen in “The Enemy Within" (TOS), “ = hoping to steal artifacts of 24th- % $ “The Man Trap” (TOS), “The Naked 3 century technology. His plan was to Time" (TOS), “Charlie X" (TOS), and } | \ return to the 22nd century, then “Miri” (TOS). Her character was ” ) \ grow wealthy by claiming to have dropped thereafter for budget y “invented” these devices. When the IN reasons, although she later returned h rs Enterprise-D crew learned of his in Star Trek |, Star Trek Ill, Star Trek we scheme, Rasmussen was detained, IV, Star Trek VI, and “Flashback” and his time-travel pod returned without him. Rasmussen was (VGR). subsequently taken under custody to Starbase 214, where