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sportguy301 Ensign, Junior Grade
Joined: 19 Aug 2007 Posts: 30
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Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:35 pm Q about Tom |
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hey can anyone tell me what tom did to end up in the penal colony
thanx
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TrekkieMage Office Junkie
Joined: 17 Oct 2004 Posts: 5335 Location: Hiding
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Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:10 pm |
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When he was in the academy he was in an accident that resulted in the deaths of three cadets, and rather than admit he made the mistake he lied. Because of his guilt he admitted to lying and that it was his fault - and he ended up in jail.
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Valathous The Canadian, eh
Joined: 31 Aug 2002 Posts: 19074 Location: Centre Bell
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Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:44 pm |
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Tom Paris was in the penal colony for activities with the Maquis, I believe.
TM, you're thinking of Nick Lorcarno (sp?) from TNG who happened to be played by the same actor. Tom Paris was loosely based off of Nick but due to copyrights, they had to change his name. They just hired the same actor. And on top of that, Lorcarno and his group only killed 1 cadet. It was a crazy flying trick that involved igniting warp plasma in sync with several other flyers.
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TrekkieMage Office Junkie
Joined: 17 Oct 2004 Posts: 5335 Location: Hiding
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Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:12 pm |
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Paris was charged for the same crime - but more than one cadet. But the Marquis are how he ended up in NZ. I'd forgotten about that - he got caught on his first mission.
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aris buckled under to the self-imposed pressure and tried to cover-up an error that caused the deaths of three officers at Caldik Prime; it was only his self-confession at the point he would have been exonerated that netted him a discharge rather than harsher punishment. After leaving Starfleet he turned to the Maquis for fulfillment as a fighter pilot, but was captured by Starfleet on his first mission and this time was sentenced to the Federation Penal Settlement near Auckland, New Zealand, wearing an alarm anklet.
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Aryeh Ensign
Joined: 10 Sep 2007 Posts: 57 Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:06 am |
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TrekkieMage wrote: | When he was in the academy he was in an accident that resulted in the deaths of three cadets, and rather than admit he made the mistake he lied. Because of his guilt he admitted to lying and that it was his fault - and he ended up in jail. |
Not as A Cadet but as an officer.
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StarfleetCommand74656 Captain
Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 653 Location: On STV
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Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:06 pm |
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He got kicked out of Starfleet for lying, thats why he joined the Maquis and got nicked
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