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Rotarran, I.K.S. Klingon bird-of- Jean-Luc Picard. Ru'afo was killed aboard a Son'a particle-colprey. In 2373 the Klingon lection spacecraft that would have devastated the Ba'ku planet High Council gave General while harvesting metaphasic particles from the Ba'ku planet's Martok command of the ring system. (Star Trek: Insurrection). F. Murray Abraham porRotarran to conduct a search for the battle trayed Antonio Salieri in the 1984 motion picture Amadeus, for cruiser |.K.S, B'Moth. When Martok took which he won an Academy Award for best actor command, it had been seven months since the crew of the Rotarran had a vic- Rubicon, U.S.S.* Starfleet runabout assigned to station Deep tory, and crew morale was there Space 9. On stardate 51474.2, the Rubicon was used to investi fore low. Martok led the crew into gate a rare subspace compression anomaly discovered in battle with the Jem'Hadar, destroying a Jem'Hadar vessel. In Federation space. The runabout, piloted by Jadzia Dax, Julian doing so, the crew of the Rotarran rescued 35 survivors of the Bashir, and Miles O'Brien, entered the phenomenon and were B'Moth and restored their pride as warriors. (“Soldiers of the subjected to severe spatial distortions. The phenomenon miniaEmpire” [DS]). The Rotarran was also one of the Klingon vessels turized the ship, reducing the crew to the height of about one authorized by Chancellor Gowron to lend assistance to the centimeter. This extraordinary condition enabled the Rubicon Starfleet task force that retook station Deep Space 9 from crew to play a pivotal role in recapturing the Starship Defiant from Dominion control in 2374. (“Sacrifice of Angels” [DS9)). a Jem'Hadar squad. Later, re-entering the anomaly restored the Rubicon to normal size. (“One Little Ship” [DS9]). — Rozhenko, Alexander.” (Marc Worden) » Son of Worf and K'Ehleyr. Alexander Rukani. Technologically advanced Delta Quadrant civilization felt resentment toward his father for, The Rukani were featured in Insurrection Alpha, a holodeck trainZN as he saw it, abandoning him to his ing program written by Tuvok. (“Worse Case Scenario” [VGR]) - 9 grandparents. Alexander eventually » grew dissatisfied with life on Earth Russell, Benny. (Avery Brooks) af and enlisted in the Klingon Defense Twentieth-century Earth writer. . Force. His grandparents were not Russell specialized in works of sci1 - Ba pleased with Alexander's decision y ence fiction, including several sto4 but they supported him once he made ries published in Incredible Tales | clear that this was what he wanted EB] magazine during the 1950s. Russell Alexander was assigned to the Bird was a victim of the pervasive racism 7 of-Prey Rotarran, where he served Cf / of the period, which caused him and k with his father during the Dominion other African-Americans to be treatwar in 2374. Serving together was difficult for both Alexander SY ed as second-class citizens. One of and Worf, until Alexander agreed to join his father as a mem- P ) Russell's finest works was a story of ber of the House of Martok in a ceremony held aboard the - an astronaut named Benjamin I.K.S. Rotarran. (“Sons and Daughters” [DS9]). Alexander was Sisko, who commanded a space subsequently transferred to the battle cruiser L.K.S. Ya'Vang. station in the far reaches of the Alexander was honored when his father asked him to act as ~~ galaxy. Russell was not able to get Tawi'Yan (sword bearer) at Worf's wedding to Jadzia Dax in \ P J 8 his story, entitled “Deep Space 2374. Alexander spoke very little Klingonese. (“You Are -' Nine," printed because the publishCordially Invited” [DS9)). Alexander was played as a young . = er of Incredible Tales feared the adult by Marc Worden in “Sons and Daughters" (DS9) and [| magazine's readership would not You Are Cordially Invited” (DS9) accept a story in which the hero was " a black man. Russell took this rejecRozhenko, Helena." Earth citizen; mother to Worf and Nikolai; » tion very hard, and subsequently grandmother to Alexander Rozhenko. Although Alexander suffered a nervous breakdown. (“Far Beyond the Stars” [DS9)) returned to Earth to live with his grandparents, he eventually Russell was institutionalized, but his visions continued to haunt decided to enlist in the Klingon Defense Force. Helena and him. When his caregivers refused to give him paper or a typeSergey Rozhenko weren't pleased with this idea, but they sup- writer, Russell found himself compelled to continue his stories by ported Alexander in his decision. ("Sons and Daughters” [DS9]) writing on the walls of his hospital ward. His psychiatrist, Dr. Wykoff, offered to release him if he would repudiate his stories by Rozhenko, Nikolai.* Son of Sergey and Helena Rozhenko; erasing them, but Russell refused. (“Shadows and Symbols” adoptive brother of Worf. When Nikolai was a boy, his father used ~~ [DS9)). SEE: Cassie; Pah-wraiths. Avery Brooks also played Ben to take the two brothers on camping trips in the Ural Mountains of ~~ Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Earth. Every night they would listen to the wolves howling in the distance. Nikolai was afraid of them, but Worf would lie in histent Russol, Gul. Cardassian military officer. Russol, who was an for hours just listening. ("Change of Heart" [DS9]). informant to Deep Space 9 security chief Odo, was executed by the Cardassian Central Command in 2374. (“Treachery, Faith, Ru'afo, Ahdar. (F Murray Abraham) and the Great River" [DS9]) = Leader of the Son'a people from around . 2275 to 2375. Ru'afo was born as Ro'tinon Rutharian sector. Region of space near the boundary of the Beta 3 the Ba'ku planet, but changed his name to Quadrant. The U.S.S. Olympia was destroyed in orbit of the Ru'afo when he was exiled from his planet fourth planet in a star system in the Rutharian sector in 2371, with = In the years away from his homeworld and a loss of all hands. (“The Sound of Her Voice" [DS9]) the rejuvenating effects of its metaphasic \ INR} radiation field, Ru'afo gradually suffered the \\ \ \\ debilitating effects of aging. Rebuked in his \ efforts to return home, Ru'afo allied his \ \ i people with a renegade Starfleet officer, ' \ AN Admiral Matthew Dougherty, who agreed \ 4 to remove the Ba'ku people from their plan. et. In exchange, both the Son'a and the Federation would share in the benefit of the metaphasic radiation. Ru’afo’s plan was halted by the crew of the Starship Enterprise-E, led by Captain