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Writer and manufacturer Ronald D. Moore racked up an incredible soundbox count , killing off several grown - nameStar Trekcharacters during his term of office onTNGandDS9 . render the high stakes of a life in Starfleet , death is a constant associate to every serving officer . It ’s not justthe inauspicious - fatedStar Trekredshirtseither , as many regular and recurring theatrical role have also fall in action . Many regular and resort fiber have cave in their lives , from the sacrifice of Captain Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) inStar Trek III : The Search for Spockall the way to the expiry of Lieutenant Hemmer ( Bruce Horak ) inStar Trek : Strange New Worlds .
Ronald D. Moore has been the writer and orchestrator of many of these spectacular death between joiningStar Trek : The Next Generationin 1989 and leavingStar Trek : Voyagerin 1999 . Tellingly , Moore ’s last fib idea forStar TrekwasVoyager , time of year 6 , sequence 3 , " Barge of the Dead " , which kill off Miral Torres , mother of Lt . B’Elanna Torres . Moore’sfrustrations withVoyagerinspiredBattlestar Galactica , and forced him to result the dealership he ’d been an integral part of for ten years . As well as leaving behind some ofStar Trek ’s best episode , Ronald D. Moore also left a trail of bodies in his viewing .
Ronald D. Moore learned lessons on Star Trek : The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine that finally head to his Battlestar Galactica reboot .
8Honorable Mention: Captain Lisa Cusak (Debra Wilson)
Star Trek: DS9, Season 6, Episode 25
Captain Lisa Cusak ( Debra Wilson ) was not a big - nameStar Trekcharacter , but she had a profound effect on the crew of theUSS Defiant inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine . InDS9season 6 , episode 25 , " The Sound of Her Voice " , the crew reply to a distraint signal from the headwaiter of the crashed USS Olympia . As the Defiant realise its manner to the source of the sign , Chief Miles O’Brien ( Colm Meaney ) is able to reply to Cusak , and they draw together over their exchangeable family backgrounds . Cusak also jaw with Captain Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) and Dr. Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) , becoming a friend and intimate .
Debra Wilson is a prolific voice actor who also played Captain Trij inStar Trek : Prodigyand Z’oto inStar Trek : Lower deck .
Devastatingly , Sisko , Bashir , and O’Brien eventually locate Cusak ’s soundbox on an L - class planet in the Rutharian sector . The USS Olympia ’s captain had been dead for three long time , and the environmental distortion due to metreon radiation enable her to converse with the noncompliant crew in the future . “The Sound of Her Voice " is a powerful example of how Ronald D. Moore can make the audience worry deeply about a character so that their death hits so much harder .
7K’Ehleyr (Suzie Plakson)
Star Trek: TNG, Season 4, Episode 7, “Reunion”
Ambassador K’Ehleyr ( Suzie Plakson ) was the firstStar Trekcharacter to be kill by Ronald D. Moore . The former buff of Lt . Worf ( Michael Dorn ) , K’Ehleyr , made two coming into court inStar Trek : The Next Generation , in time of year 2 , episode 20 , " The Emissary " , and season 4 , episode 7 , " Reunion " . As the mother ofWorf ’s son Alexander , K’Ehleyr ’s death is peculiarly harrowing and funnily mirrors the death of Marla Aster ( Susan Powell ) in Ronald D. Moore ’s firstStar Trekscript , TNGseason 3 , episode 5 , " The Bonding " . The destruction of K’Ehleyr fundamentally impact Worf , too , force him to take the life of Duras ( Patrick Massett ) .
Star Trek : The Next Generation follows Captain Jean - Luc Picard and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D as they venture on interstellar explorations , seek out raw world and refinement .
Although it was initiallyStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s producer Michael Piller ’s idea to kill off K’Ehleyr , it was Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga who had to pull the initiation . Reflecting on the power of K’Ehleyr ’s death in " reunification " , and its effect on both Worf and the audience at home , Ronald D. Moore is quoted in the book , Captains ' logarithm : The unauthorised Complete Trek Voyagesby Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman . Read Moore ’s quote about killing off K’Ehleyr below :
" … it worked because you deal about her , and we made an effort not to do it capriciously and for no reason , just to get her off the show so Worf would n’t have to care with her . [ … ] Anybody who watch that episode is motivate and violate by the kill of K’Ehleyr . You ’re mad , and you have that same motive for payback that Worf does . "
What do a Vulcan , a Klingon , a Q , and an Andorian have in common ? Actress Suzie Plakson has played them all in her Star Trek guest appearances .
6Anti-Time Future Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis)
Star Trek: TNG, Season 7, Episodes 25 & 26, “All Good Things…”
Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga killed off another of Worf ’s amorous better half in theStar Trek : The Next Generationfinale , " All Good Things " . In the scenes set in theTNGfinale ’s anti - time future , it ’s revealed that Counselor Deanna Troi ( Marina Sirtis ) pop off from an unnamed illness . Deanna ’s destruction drove a sub between Worf and Commander William T. Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) , exit them alienated for over 20 year . The audience never see Deanna die , but the fact that the backwash is still felt decades later is another example of his attainment at deliveringcruelStar Trekdeaths .
Moore and Braga ’s decision to kill off Troi in " All adept Things " was an astute stenography to reveal not just the stakes of averting the anti - time future , but to also reflect how important she was to Worf and Riker .
Thankfully , Star Trek : Picardrevealed that Deanna Troi was animated and well over 20 years after the end ofStar Trek : The Next Generation . However , Moore and Braga ’s conclusion to toss off Troi off in " All Good Things " was an astute stenography to reveal not just the stakes of averting the anti - time future , but to also reflect how authoritative she was to Worf and Riker . There ’s a genuine fill-in once Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) returns to the present tense to see that Deanna and Worf are still together , and crucially , that Troi is still alert .
5Kurn (Tony Todd)
Star Trek: DS9, Season 4, Episode 15, “Sons of Mogh”
Ronald D. Moore distinctly loves to torture Worf , as he also killed off his brother Kurn ( Tony Todd ) inStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 4 , episode 15 , " Sons of Mogh " . Unlike the end of K’Ehleyr and Troi inStar Trek : The Next Generation , Moore does something more philosophical when it come to Kurn ’s end . Ostracized from the Klingon Empire due to his brother ’s refusal to back theKlingon and Cardassian War , Kurn sought to end his life with honour rather than endure in ignominy . While Worf is initially uncoerced to murder his brother , he is banish from doing so by Captain Sisko .
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , also known as DS9 , is the fourth serial in the long - running Sci - Fi franchise , Star Trek . DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller , and star Avery Brooks , René Auberjonois , Terry Farrell , and Cirroc Lofton . This particular series play along a chemical group of individuals in a space station near a major planet call Bajor .
Unable to convert Kurn that he can weather the storm of the House of Mogh ’s shame , Worf eventually try other means to help his crony . At the end of " Sons of Mogh " , Kurn is genetically alter and devote a new indistinguishability - Rodek , son of Noggra . The magic trick involve Kurn and Rodek is never mentioned again inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , even after Worf is receive back into the Klingon Empire . presumptively , Rodek was never castrate back into Kurn , meaning that for all intents and purposes , Ronald D Moore drink down Worf ’s buddy inDS9 ’s " House of Mogh " .
Star Trek: The Next Generation follows Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D as they embark on interstellar explorations, seeking out new worlds and civilizations.
fabled horror actor Tony Todd make for three unlike characters in Star Trek : The Next propagation , Deep Space Nine , and Voyager .
4Vedek Bareil (Philip Anglim)
Star Trek: DS9, Season 3, Episode 13, “Life Support”
Not content with killing off Worf ’s love interests , Ronald D. Moore is also the humans who kill off Vedek Bareil ( Philip Anglim ) , enjoy pastime for Major Kira Nerys ( Nana Visitor ) . InStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 3 , sequence 13 , " Life Support " , Bareil is critically injured in a shuttle accident on the eve of of the essence serenity public lecture between Bajor and Cardassia . Bareil ’s dreaming to eventually obtain repose , and reparations for theCardassian Occupation of Bajoris achieved , but at the price of his spirit .
While breaking the story of " Life Support " , theStar Trek : Deep Space Ninewriters ' way consider killing off Chief O’Brien , as Colm Meaney was rumored to be departing the show .
Bareil was killed off becauseStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s writers did n’t conceive his relationship with Kira was working . However , as he did with K’Ehleyr inStar Trek : The Next Generation , Ronald D. Moore ensure Bareil ’s last had significance , and was n’t a sensationalist mode to get rid of a eccentric . By dedicating his last Day to help Kai Winn ( Louise Fletcher ) with the Cardassian peace talks , Vedek Bareil go forth a lasting legacy , even ifDS9 ’s nefarious religious leader takes all the credit entry .
Star Trek: The Next Generation follows Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D as they embark on interstellar explorations, seeking out new worlds and civilizations.
3Kor (John Colicos)
Star Trek: DS9, Season 7, Episode 7, “Once More Unto The Breach”
Ronald D Moore can also countKlingon Dahar Master Kor(John Colicos ) as one of his confirmed putting to death , having writtenStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , season 7 , episode 7 , " Once More Unto The Breach " . In the episode , Kor convinced Worf to guarantee for the old Klingon warrior to fall in the IKS Ch’tang . However , Kor ’s advancing years mean that he made vital mistake , bringing him great dishonor . Kor ’s rivalry with General Martok ( J.G. Hertzler ) meant that the erstwhile warrior was relieved of duty for his errors , but he finally proved himself in a daring final act .
Ronald D. Moore based the story of " Once More Unto the rupture " on the enigma ring Davy Crockett and the Battle of the Alamo .
Kor was the sole pilot of the IKS Ning’tao , and flew it into the eye of enemy territory , hold open ten Jem’Hadar ship distract so that Worf , Martok and the Ch’tang ’s bunch could rendezvous with the USS Defiant . When John Colicos first returned toStar Trekin " roue Oath " , he was intransigent that Kor should not die . Five years later , Ronald D. Moore give Kor a dying befitting aStar Treklegend and heroic Klingon warrior .
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.
Star Trek has many great Klingon characters from Kor to Worf and Kruge to Torres . But who are the best Klingon warrior that Qo’noS has to volunteer ?
2Chancellor Gowron (Robert O’Reilly)
Star Trek: DS9, Season 7, Episode 22, “Tacking into the Wind”
The tumultuous friendship between Lt . Commander Worf and Chancellor Gowron ( Robert O’Reilly ) comes to a unrelenting end inStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 7 , installment 22 , " Tacking into the jazz " . With Gowron becoming increasingly reckless and vindictive , Captain Sisko and Worf realize that extreme standard must be taken if the Federation Alliance is to win theongoing Dominion War . In the original draft of " Tacking into the breaking wind " , Gowron survived his coming upon with Worf , but Moore palpate that there had to be more of an wallop that reflected the past 10 of Klingon storytelling . In theStar Trek : Deep Space NineCompanionMoore state :
" Yeah , these guysarecorrupt , and Worfhasput up with that for a farseeing time . They sing a secure biz about how honorable they are , but they ’re not capable of living up to their ideals . That ’s an significant thing to say , so get ’s say it . "
Therefore , Worf finally challenge Gowron to a duel was him confronting the Klingon Empire ’s corrupted ideals . Worf kill Gowron in battle is a huge moment for his arc inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , as it allows him to reconcile his complicated relationship with the Klingon Empire , while place it in the hand of his most trusted ally , General Martok . Once again , Ronald D. Moore ’s eye for a expert story informs the killing off of an iconicStar Trekcharacter .
1Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner)
Star Trek Generations (1994)
Arguably , Ronald D. Moore ’s gift for conjoin annihilative eccentric deaths with a strong story abandon him inStar Trek Generations . Co - written with his frequentStar Trekcollaborator Brannon Braga , Generationsused the mysteriousdeath of Kirkto bridge the gap betweenStar Trek : The Original SeriesandStar Trek : The Next Generation . The central estimation was that the mystery story surrounding the Nexus and Kirk ’s expiry on the USS Enterprise - B would then be solve by Captain Jean - Luc Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise - D.
Kirk sacrifice his life to save the crew of a starship Enterprise that is n’t even his own is larger-than-life .
The job , however , is that Kirk ’s actual death on Veridian III does n’t have the impingement or meaning that it should have . Kirk sacrifice his life to save the work party of a spaceship Enterprise that is n’t even his own is epic . However , rather than place Kirk back to that heroic moment at the end ofStar Trek Generations , Moore and Braga prefer for him to be crush under a bridge circuit and buried under a cairn terrier . It ’s never been clear in the establishedStar Trekcanon which of Kirk ’s death remains on the official record , but Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga ’s first effort inGenerations ' prologue is decidedly the most heroic one .
Star Trek Generationsis currently streaming on Max .
