"Star Trek" Universe - "L" Characters Quiz

Answer: Lura Thok

Lieutenant Commander Lura Thok was a Klingon/Jem'Hadar hybrid who served as the first officer of the USS Athena under Captain Ake. She was also the Cadet Master at Starfleet Academy in the 32nd century.

Lura Thok was portrayed by Gina Yashere.

Answer: La'an Noonien-Singh

Lieutenant La'an Noonien-Singh was the Security Chief aboard the USS Enterprise under Captain Pike. She was a descendant of Khan Noonien-Singh, the genetically augmented tyrant who rose to power during the Eugenics Wars. She suffered bullying as a child due to her infamous family name.

She attended Starfleet Academy, being sponsored by Una Chin-Riley. She graduated at the top of her class, and was promoted each year after her graduation.

La'an Noonien Singh was primarily portrayed by Christina Chong in "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds". In flashback scenes of La'an's youth, she was portrayed by Ava Cheung ("Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" episodes "Memento Mori", "All Those Who Wanter", and Hegemony, Part II").

Answer: Ro Laren

Ensign (later commander) Ro Laren was a Bajoran Starfleet officer in the 24th century.

Ro was a survivor of the Cardassian occupation of Bajor. She joined Starfleet as the first Bajoran to do so, where she had a tumultuous career. She was court-martialled following a catastrophic away mission. However, when Starfleet needed a Bajoran to make contact with some supposed Bajoran pirates, she was assigned to the Federation starship USS Enterprise-D in 2368 and mentored by Captain Jean-Luc Picard. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Ensign Ro")

She and Geordi La Forge were accidentally put out of phase with regular matter by a new malfunctioning Romulan cloaking device and the transporter. They could pass through regular matter, but not each other. Ro believed that they were dead, but Geordi correctly deduced their out-of-phase condition. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "The Next Phase")

In yet another transporter accident, Ro, Guinan, Keiko O'Brien, and Captain Picard were transformed into twelve-year-olds. While working on a way to revert them to their adult forms, Ferengi pirates took over the Enterprise-D. But these four and other children on the ship were able to thwart the Ferengi and regain control of the Enterprise-D. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Rascals")

After receiving training in an undercover operation, she returned to the Enterprise-D. But during the mission, Ro defected to the Maquis after she started sympathizing with the group's goals. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode"Preemptive Strike")

Ro Laren was portrayed primarily by Michelle Forbes. She had a previous appearance as Dara, daughter of Timicin (David Ogden Stiers) in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Half a Life".

The young transporter-accident Ro Laren was portrayed by Megan Parlen.

Answer: Lore

Lore was a Soong-type android whose likeness was identical to his android brothers, Data and B-4 (younger and older, respectively). Their likeness was that of their inventor/father, Dr. Noonian Soong, who developed all his androids with his likeness on Omicron Theta colony with his wife, Juliana.

Lore was the first successful prototype after three previous failed prototypes. He had advanced emotional programming, but it soon showed signs of instability and malevolence. He scared the colonists on Omicron Theta, prompting Soong to disassemble him. However, before being disassembled, he managed to attract a Crystalline Entity which attacked the colony and killed everyone. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Datalore")

When the USS Enterprise-D visited Omicron Theta twenty-six years later, they discovered an underground laboratory. In there, they find the disassembled Lore. They take his parts back to the Enterprise-D and reassemble him. After doing this, Lore is still not active. Picard ponders aloud which android - Data or Lore - was made first. This is when Lore awakens and answers Picard that Data was. He then states that he was made to replace his imperfect brother. This is later found to be a lie: Data is the youngest. He was created, but without the emotional programming of Lore, which proved to be unstable. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Datalore")

Lore was portrayed by Brent Spiner, who also portrayed Data.

Answer: Leonard McCoy

Dr. Leonard McCoy served as the Chief Medical Officer on the USS Enterprise under Captain Kirk. He was leery about using the transporter, but became accustomed to using it as part of his duties. He did make it a point of expressing his aversion several times. ("Star Trek" episodes "Mudd's Women", "Space Seed", "Obsession", "The City on the Edge of Forever"; "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"; and "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Encounter at Farpoint")

McCoy was born and raised in Georgia, North America, Earth. Whenever his inhibitions were lowered, his charming southern accent would emerge. ("Star Trek" episodes "This Side of Paradise", "The Deadly Years"; "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Encounter at Farpoint")

McCoy was famous for stating, "I'm a doctor, not a (blank)". He stated this whenever he was asked to perform a duty ill-befitting a medical doctor. This has spilled over to other productions as a parody trope.

McCoy lived to at least the age of 137. On stardate 41153.7 (about 2364 CE), he was aboard the USS Enterprise-D conducting an inspection of its medical facilities. Still leery of transporters, he used a shuttlecraft to get from ship to ship. As he was being escorted to the shuttle bay by Data, he commented on the name of this new ship by telling Data, "You treat her like a lady, and she'll always bring you home." ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Encounter at Farpoint")

Dr. Leonard McCoy was portrayed/voiced primarily by DeForest Kelley in "Star Trek", "Star Trek: The Animated Series", "Star Trek: The Next Generation", and the first six "Star Trek" movies.

In the Kelvin timeline movies, Leonard McCoy was portrayed by Karl Urban.

Answer: Lal

Lal was a Soong-type android created by Data; She was called his daughter because of this creator/creation relationship.

Data created and programmed Lal's positronic brain at a cybernetics conference he'd just returned from. He returned with the brain and built an androgenous body to house it. He felt that Lal should choose its own appearance. On the holodeck, Lal narrowed its choices down to four. It then decided to choose the appearance of a human female. Henceforth, Lal was referred to as "she".

Data allowed Lal to socialize with the crew. When she saw a couple kissing in Ten Forward, she exclaimed, "He is biting her!" After Guinan explained kissing to Lal, she thought she'd give it a try. Commander Riker entered Ten Forward after returning from leave, not knowing about Lal. She was behind the bar, and Riker decided to flirt with her. She then took it upon herself to grab him and kiss him. Data then entered and asked Riker what his intentions were towards his daughter. Riker then made a hasty retreat.

Starfleet Research had an interest in Lal, so they sent Admiral Haftel to not just observe, but to seize Lal and take her back to his research facility on Galor IV. This untoward situation set off some unintended emotions in Lal. She wanted to stay with her father and the Enterprise-D. This emotional awareness was overloading Lal's programming, and she returned to Data's lab as she was designed to. She was having a cascade failure, which Data and Haftel tried to staunch. Ultimately, they were unsuccessful.

Lal's dying thoughts were that she loved her father. She understood that he couldn't feel, but she said she would feel for both of them. She then died, stating all the concepts that she learned about in her brief existence. To keep her from passing into oblivion, Data transferred her memories to himself. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "The Offspring")

Lal's human appearance was portrayed by Hallie Todd. Todd is best known for portraying Jo McGuire, the mother on "Lizzie McGuire".

Answer: Genesis Lythe

Genesis Lythe was the daughter of a Starfleet admiral and a cadet at Starfleet Academy in the 32nd century. She was driven to be a high achiever in order to live up to her father's reputation. She had never been on a planet before she entered Starfleet Academy. ("Star Trek: Starfleet Academy")

Genesis Lythe was performed by Bella Shepard.

Answer: Locutus

Locutus was the name given to Jean-Luc Picard when he was assimilated by the Borg. The Borg felt that interacting with a single being would be the best way to communicate with humans as they were assimilating the Federation. Additionally, with Picard's knowledge of Starfleet secrets and tactics, it made it extremely easy for the Borg cube he was taking to Earth to defeat the fleet of ships at Wolf 359 that were trying to stop it.

The Enterprise-D was able to kidnap Locutus and try to reach Picard's consciousness. Data connected himself to Locutus and was able to reach Picard. Picard issued one word - "Sleep" - that directed Data to tap into the Borg's shared mind and institute a command for all the drones to go into regeneration mode. This ultimately caused an overload in the cube's systems, and it self-destructed. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Best of Both Worlds")

When the Enterprise-D rescued (Hugh) Third of Five, Picard was leery of Hugh. He pretended to be Locutus again, trying to bring out Hugh's Borg-like nature. Instead, it brought out his newfound individuality, refusing to try and assimilate his new friend Geordi La Forge. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "I, Borg")

Picard's time as a Borg drone haunted him for the rest of his life. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Family"; movie "Star Trek: First Contact"; "Star Trek: Picard")

Locutus was portrayed by Patrick Stewart, who also played Captain Picard.

Answer: Lon Suder

Lon Suder was a Betazoid who had been one of Chakotay's Maquis crew, who, with the rest of the Maquis, became a part of USS Voyager's crew on their journey back to the Alpha Quadrant.

Unlike other Betazoids, Suder did not have mind-reading powers. Instead, he had violent impulses for all his life. He tried to treat these with synaptic therapy or with holographic programs where he could act out his impulses. These were not entirely successful, and he did his best to control himself.

When the Maquis came about, Suder found it to be an ideal place for him to work out his violent impulses. Even though he was an efficient fighter against the Cardassians, his fellow Maquis thought he was too efficient.

Once he was stranded in the Delta Quadrant, he no longer had the opportunity to act out his violent tendencies. After almost a year, he acted out and murdered a fellow crewman whom he didn't even know, Frank Darwin. Though he initially denied any involvement, Tuvok's presentation of the DNA evidence made Suder offer a full confession.

Since Suder basically had no motive, this illogical situation intrigued Tuvok. He asked Suder if he could mind meld with him, to first understand his non-motive motive and to secondly offer Suder a means of controlling his violent impulses. This meld helped Suder, but it affected Tuvok into having less control.

Tuvok, while out of control, tried to execute Suder (which Suder agreed with). But the conflict in Tuvok's mind caused him to collapse, and Suder called for help.

Because of the lack of punitive or rehabilitative options aboard Voyager, Suder was put under house arrest in his quarters, ostensibly for the rest of the journey back to the Alpha Quadrant. ("Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Meld")

Over the next few months, Suder worked with Tuvok to maintain his self-control. However, the Kazon-Nistrim - which Seska had defected to - were able to take control of Voyager. They had detonated a biological explosive, which was next to Suder's quarters, which the Kazon believed killed Suder. The Kazon then stranded the Voyager crew on a Class-M world. But Sudor had actually survived the explosion, and was hiding in Jefferies tubes. He made it to Sick Bay, where he and the Doctor made plans to re-take Voyager. Since the Doctor was still limited to only existing in Sick Bay, Sudor went about the ship via the Jefferies tubes, sabotaging in such a way that Tom Paris and a fleet of allies could help retake the ship.

Along the way, Sudor was forced to kill a Kazon. This induced a panic attack, since he'd been working very hard to avoid his violent impulses. The Doctor assured him that he'd done the right thing.

His final act of sabotage was to damage the backup phaser coil, causing it to explode when activated by the Kazon. He was killed by the Kazon in the process.

After the crew was back on Voyager, Tuvok spoke briefly over Suder's body after the Doctor and Paris had told him of Suder's heroism, offering him a Vulcan prayer wishing that, in death, Suder would find the peace that he could never achieve in life. ("Star Trek: Voyager" episodes "Basics, Part I" and "Basics, Part II")

Lon Suder was portrayed by Brad Dourif. Dourif said of Tuvok's tribute to Suder: "I think that was dead on. It was a short little thing. There was another death there, which I think had more meaning to other people, but it was just a private little thing for Tuvok, giving Suder some closure. And I thought that was also appropriate because Suder was sort of an alone person and only one person recognized him. For a sociopath, empathy is impossible and you almost have to create it intellectually, and you never feel it. But I think people felt for him. Suder tried. He really, really tried."

Answer: Leeta

Leeta was a Dabo girl, one of the operators of the game at Quark's bar on Deep Space 9. She married Quark's brother Rom. After Grand Nagus Zek retired and named Rom as his successor, Rom and Leeta moved to Ferenginar. She became his First Clerk, his primary aide in enacting progressive reforms.

Leeta was portrayed/voiced by Chase Masterson in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Star Trek: Lower Decks" episode "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place".

Answer: Nick Locarno

Nick Locarno was a Starfleet cadet (1st class) who was the lead cadet of Nova Squadron, an elite squadron in the 2360s which included Wesley Crusher (3rd class), Sito Jaxa (2nd class), Jean Hajar (2nd class), and Cadet Joshua Albert. Locarno cajoled his fellow squadmates to attempt a Kolvoord Starburst in preparation for the upcoming graduation ceremony. The Kolvoord Starburst was a prohibited maneuver, but Locarno believed performing it would impress those watching and make them living legends. Instead, while practicing the maneuver, they crashed into each other. Four of them survived by emergency beaming out, but Cadet Albert perished. After the ensuing scandal and cover-up, the other three survivors were demoted, having their current year's credits cancelled. Locarno himself was expelled after accepting full responsibility for the mishap that killed Albert. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "The First Duty")

Locarno became a civilian pilot. His resentment towards Starfleet grew over the years. He formed what he called "Nova Fleet", in reference to his being a part of Nova Squadron. He recruited lower-deck personnel from various non-Federation space fleets to join him in rebelling against their commanders. He attacked these non-Federation ships with the help of their lower deckers and transported their upper officers to Sherbal V. Nova Fleet's base of operation was the Detrion system. When Beckett Mariner became stranded on Sherbal V, Locarno "rescued" her and let her in on what he'd been doing with Nova Fleet. (When Mariner had been a first-year cadet, she hung around Nova Squadron, though not as a member.) Seeing that Locarno had a Ferengi-made Genesis device (that he was using to deter interference from alien fleets), Mariner realized that he was a bit deranged. She feigned that she was with Locarno's plans. When Locarno sent out a wide-band hail revealing his Nova Fleet, he introduced her. She then used the opportunity to let everyone listening know that Locarno was a jerk, took his Genesis device, then found a Federation ship in Locarno's space dock and escaped from Locarno's base.

After chasing her down, she activated the Genesis device, so that Locarno would have to work on shutting it down and she could escape again. Locarno almost had the device deactivated until it asked for two bars of latinum (being a Ferengi device). Locarno started to curse the Ferengi who put a paywall on a bomb, but was cut short by its detonation. The Genesis effect took Locarno and the ion storm he was in and created a new planet, which the Federation named "Locarno". ("Star Trek: Lower Decks" fourth season arc)

Nicholas "Nick" Locarno was portrayed/voiced by Robert Duncan McNeill. McNeill was also known for his portrayal/voicing of Tom Paris on "Star Trek: Voyager" and "Star Trek: Lower Decks". Paris and Locarno had similar back stories. That was because Locarno was originally going to be a regular character on "Star Trek: Voyager". But the producers realized that using a guest character on a regular basis would mean they'd have to pay the writer of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "The First Duty" royalties for every time Locarno appeared on "Star Trek: Voyager". So a new character, Tom Paris, was created, with enough differences to avoid any royalties disputes.

Answer: Luther Sloan

Luther Sloan was an agent of Section 31, a top-secret division of Starfleet Intelligence. Section 31's actions were morally questionable, though they believed they were necessary for the protection of the Federation.

Sloan approached Dr. Julian Bashir, believing that with Bashir's augmented genetics, he would be an asset to Section 31. He tested Bashir's loyalty by surreptitiously beaming him into a holodeck and challenging his character. Bashir eventually discovered he was in a holodeck program. Sloan then revealed his true purpose and the existence of Section 31, and offered Bashir a position within it. Bashir declined, then later explained what he knew to Captain Sisko. Sisko realized the danger of such an organization within Starfleet. He ordered Bashir to accept Sloan's invitation if he ever made contact with him again. ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode "Inquisition")

Sloan was portrayed by William Sadler. Sadler is known for his movie roles: Haywood in "The Shawshank Redemption", the Grim Reaper in "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey", and Colonel Stuart in "Die Hard 2".

Answer: Lewis Zimmerman

Dr. Lewis Zimmerman was a 24th-century scientist and holo-engineer. He designed the Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH) that was installed on ships and were put into service around 2370 CE. He made these holograms and their diagnostic program hologram in his own image.

But the EMH Mark I holograms were found to have an unlikable personality, and were re-assigned to perform menial tasks, such as dilithium mining. However, two of these Mark I EMHs escaped this re-assignment - the EMHs that were installed on the USS Voyager and USS Equinox. These ships were seized by the Caretaker and brought to the Delta Quadrant. ("Star Trek: Voyager" episodes "Caretaker" and "Equinox")

He later tried to make a Long-Term Medical Hologram (LMH). He traveled to Deep Space 9 because he wanted to base the LMH on the appearance and personality of Dr. Julian Bashir. In trying to get a better analysis of Bashir, he contacted Bashir's parents, who traveled to Deep Space 9. While there, they mistakenly let slip the fact that they had had genetic engineering performed on Julian when he was a child. This withdrew Bashir from consideration as the template for the LMH. ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode "Doctor Bashir, I Presume")

Zimmerman created an EMH Mark II, which was installed on the USS Prometheus. However, this EMH had its own personality problems (like trying to hide instead of facing Romulan invaders). It was later replaced with a Mark III, then a Mark IV. ("Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Message in a Bottle")

Zimmerman became disillusioned by the failures of his EMHs. When he became terminally ill, the EMH from Voyager used the newly established communications link with the Alpha Quadrant to travel to Jupiter Station, where Zimmerman then lived, to try to save him. Zimmerman was completely dismissive of the EMH's attempts to analyze and diagnose him. The Doctor himself was stubbornly adamant about taking care of Zimmerman. Deanna Troi, who was called to mediate between the two, ended up calling both of them "Jerks!" ("Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Life Line")

Dr. Lewis Zimmerman was portrayed by Robert Picardo. He also portrayed all the EMH Mark I's and DPHs shown on "Star Trek: Voyager".

Answer: Laas

Laas was a Changeling and one of the Hundred Changelings that were sent by the Founders to gather information on the solids they encountered. Both he and Odo somehow came across the Bajoran wormhole and were transported to the Alpha Quadrant.

Laas developed a distrust of solids based on experience. After meeting Odo, he set out to find the other Hundred and create a new Great Link. ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode "Chimera")

Laas was portrayed by J.G. Hertzler, though he was credited as Garman Hertzler to disassociate Laas from Hertzler's main recurring role of General Martok. Hertzler has portrayed almost a dozen different and/or variations of characters in "Star Trek" productions.

Answer: Lee Kelso

Lieutenant Lee Kelso was an operations division officer who served on USS Enterprise under Captain Kirk. He was on duty when the Enterprise was trying to probe outside of the Milky Way galaxy. The ship encountered a barrier of strange energies, which caused two of the crew - Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell and Dr. Elizabeth Dehner - to begin to exhibit powerful mental abilities.

Because the Enterprise was damaged by the barrier, they limped to an automated dilithium cracking station on Delta Vega. Lee Kelso was assigned the task of scavenging parts from the station to repair the Enterprise. Because Mitchell's abilities were becoming a threat, Captain Kirk decided to strand Mitchell on Delta Vega. He had Mitchell sedated and transported down to Delta Vega and put in the station's holding cell in the medical department. As an auxiliary safety measure, Kirk ordered Kelso to rig a self-destruct switch to destroy the station in case Mitchell became uncontrollable.

Kelso was on the planet talking to Engineer Scott on the Enterprise. Scott was praising Kelso, calling him a "talented thief" for getting the right parts to repair the Enterprise. While Kelso was distracted with the conversation, Mitchell used his mental powers to move a large cable over Kelso's head, then strangled him to death before he could finish with the self-destruct switch. ("Star Trek" episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before")

Lee Kelso was portrayed by Paul Carr.