Tom Paris
Tom Paris is a male television character who features in Star Trek.
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Biography
Thomas Eugene Paris
Whilst at the Holodeck, he was with Harry and the Delaeney twins as they were using their free time to take part in a Captain Proton adventure. Their free time was interrupted by an alert from the bridge as the U.S.S. Voyager had uncovered upon a new wold that was a giant sphere of water that was suspended in space. The giant ocean was inhabited by an alien race known as the Monean Maritime Sovereignty who initially attempted to attack Voyager but Starfleet's advanced weapons caused them to stand down. Captain Janeway then asked to make peaceful first contact with the Moneans who revealed the history of their people. During a tour of Voyager, the Monean Riga revealed that the structural integrity field around the Waters was weakening and had experienced a loss in mass. The Moneans though were unable to investigate the matter as they lacked the technology to investigate the depths of the Waters. This was until Tom Paris suggested that they offer the use of the Delta Flyer to aid them in investigating the Waters core. Alongside Riga and Seven of Nine, they took the flyer into the Waters depths where they discovered an ancient field generator. After downloading its database, they discovered the origin of the Waters which was an artificial creation made by an ancient alien civilisation who used a field generator to maintain the integrity field of the ocean. They also determined that the Moneans oxygen mining refineries had placed an incredible strain on the alien generator which was the cause of the loss in water mass. Thus, the recommendation from the Voyager crew was that the Moneans shut down their refineries otherwise the integrity field would collapse in seven years thus necessitating the inhabitants conduct a mass evacuation. Such information was not politically inconvenient to the Monean leaders who refused to listen to the advice and intended for the recommendation to be buried under bureaucracy. Tom Paris came to challenge the Monean leaders over their willingness to bury this danger despite being reprimanded by Captain Janeway as his actions went against the Prime Directive. Afterwards, Janeway came to learn that Paris had taken the Delta Flyer and looked to force the matter alongside the Monean Riga where they looked to target the oxygen refineries within the Waters. The diplomatic incident led to Voyager intervening to apprehend the rogue Tom Paris with the Delta Flyer being disabled and he returned to the ship. Once on-board, he was demoted to the rank of ensign and confined to 30 days in the brig for the act of insubordination. (VOY: Thirty Days)
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Personality and attributes
He said that he had a deep love of nautical stories which stemmed from the stories of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea that his father used to read to him as a child. When he was growing up, he developed a deep love of ships and in fact wanted to join the Federation Naval Service. However, as he was growing up, his father had other ideas about his future career as he wanted him to join Starfleet. (VOY: Thirty Days)
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Notes
- Tom Paris was portrayed by actor Robert Duncan McNeill and featured in the setting of Star Trek: Voyager.
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- Star Trek: Voyager:
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