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Sometimes , the best path to dispatch a Starfleet mission inStar Trekis by take in on an alien alter ego to merge in with the population and avoid arousing suspicion . InStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , episode 9 , " Lagrange Point " , pen by Sean Cochran & Ari Friedman , and directed by Jonathan Frakes , Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) leads an undercover commission to a Breen dreadnaught . The Breen keep their true faces conceal behind helmet , so it ’s relatively soft for Burnham ’s team to mask themselves as Breen , hoping to recover the primogenitor ' technology that was taken by the Breen before theUSS Discovery crewcould obtain it .
If just coiffure up in the enemy ’s apparel and signature helmets wo n’t do , the ripe medical technology inStar Trek ’s future means that Dr. Leonard McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ) , Dr. Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) , Dr. Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) , or any ofStar Trek ’s gifted medical personnel can do the operative procedures that make Starfleet policeman resemble an alien species . It ’s an every bit vulgar procedure for say Starfleet officers to give back to their original appearance when the mission is over , with no scarring and almost no complications . More often than not , Star Trek ’s undercover missions trust on sophisticated surgical alterations to slide by Starfleet officers off as aliens .
From steal precious artifacts to robbing holographic casinos , Star Trek ’s upstanding policeman are sometimes forced to pull off daring heists .
6Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 4 - “The Enterprise Incident”
Captain James T. Kirk Becomes a Romulan
Star Trek ’s first representative of a Starfleet police officer going under the knife to complete an surreptitious mission as an extraterrestrial is inStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 3 , episode 4 , " The Enterprise Incident " , when Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) is surgically neuter by Dr. Leonard McCoy to appear Romulan . Kirk ’s decorative surgery is just one part of an elaborate scheme to complete the Federation mission to slip a cloaking equipment from a Romulan conflict cruiser . As a Romulan , Kirk is capable to pussyfoot aboard the Romulan shipand get close to the cloaking gimmick , whileSpock gets close-fitting to the Romulan commander(Joanne Linville ) as a beguilement tactic .
AfterStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 1 , instalment 15 , " Balance of Terror " introduces the Romulan penchant for espionage and the kinship to Vulcans , " The Enterprise Incident " affirms the construct . Further estimate about Romulans established in " The Enterprise Incident " would remain and evolve inStar Trek : The Next Generationand laterStar Trekseries , such as the similarity between Romulan and Klingon starship design , and the constrained relationship between Vulcans and Romulans .
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5Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 14 - “Face of the Enemy”
Romulans Defectors Transform Counselor Deanna Troi
reverberate Kirk ’s translation into a Romulan inStar Trek : The Original Series , Counselor Deanna Troi ( Marina Sirtis ) finds herself transform into a Romulan inStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 6 , instalment 14 , " Face of the Enemy" . Instead of a voluntary Starfleet missionary post , however , Troi is captured by a Romulan operative , Subcommander N’Vek ( Scott MacDonald)and made into a Romulan herself . N’Vek dispenses information slowly , on an as - needed basis , force Troi to keep up appearances while having very little to go on .
Joanne Linville ’s Romulan commander fromStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 3 , episode 4 , " The Enterprise Incident " was initially go about to come out in " case of the Enemy " , but Linville was unavailable to reprise her role inStar Trek : The Next Generation .
Eventually , N’Vek reveals that Troi is an indispensable part of the military mission to help several high - ranking Romulan officials desert from the Empire , as their stasis chamber will be delivered to Federation blank . Troi ’s empathetic attainment make Deanna an idealistic candidate to handle the potential face-off between the Federation and Romulans , while also help Deanna herself in navigate the deputation before N’Vek reveals the architectural plan . Ultimately , it ’s part ofAmbassador Spock ’s Vulcan and Romulan reunion design , but secrecy is indispensable in ordination to invalidate the Romulan Tal Shi’ar subvert Spock ’s pipe dream at such early stages .
4Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 1 - “Apocalypse Rising”
DS9’s Team Infiltrates Klingon Military Headquarters
for endanger the Changeling that replaced the Klingon Chancellor Gowron ( Robert O’Reilly),Starfleet orders a select squad to infiltrate the Klingon military headquarters on Ty’Gokor inStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 5 , episode 1 , " Revelation arise " . Lt . Commander Worf ( Michael Dorn ) is a percipient pick for the ranger unit , while Captain Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) , Chief Miles O’Brien ( Colm Meaney ) , and Constable Odo ( Rene Auberjonois ) must undergo operative alteration to become Klingons . Together , the team from DS9 discover the unfeigned Changeling is General Martok ( J.G. Hertzler ) , not Gowron .
Odo ’s lineage were a closed book , but they soon became key to the overall bow of Star Trek : DS9 , and here ’s every Changeling that the bunch encountered .
While Odo might seem like an odd pick for a surgical process , Odo is the first Changeling to pause the formula of never harm other Changelings , soOdo is punished by the Founders with translation into a solidat the end ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 4 . Because Odo could never quite get the hang of the finer details of humanoid forms , Klingon cranial ridges may have been outside the realm of Odo ’s material body - shifting expertness , so a operative modification on a solid Odo may have really benefit the mission in the goal .
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , also known as DS9 , is the fourth series in the long - running Sci - Fi franchise , Star Trek . DS9 was make 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 quad station near a planet yell Bajor .
3Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 1 - “Strange New Worlds”
The USS Enterprise Away Team’s Rescue Mission on Kiley 279
Star Trek : Strange New Worldsopens with a delegation to deliver Commander Una Chin - Riley ( Rebecca Romijn ) from a bungled first contact commission on Kiley 279.The Kileans are post - industrial , but have n’t yet develop warp effort , so the Prime Directive still applies , and Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) , Lt . La’an Noonien - Singh ( Christina Chong ) , and Lt . Spock ( Ethan Peck ) all become surgically altered into Kileans to save Number One .
For most ofStar Trek ’s history , the exact medical procedures were glossed over , with no time spend on describe how exactly these exotic alterations were perform . rather of plainly showing up in their next prospect with new foreign features , Star Trek : unknown New Worldsfinally show offNurse Christine Chapel ’s ( Jess Bush ) deoxyribonucleic acid - resequencing processthattemporarily turns Starfleet officers into aliens . It ’s visibly painful , and Spock ’s intervention part to bust off before the mission ’s up , but it sure beats how the Klingons created sleeper agents onStar Trek : Discovery .
Strange New Worlds series premiere set up Pike ’s bow , important Star Trek case relationship , & the inevitability that defines its first season .
2Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 4 - “Among the Lotus Eaters”
Captain Pike Returns To Rigel VII
Captain Christopher Pike fall to Rigel VII mask as a native of the Kalar people for a reconnaissance mission mission inStar Trek : foreign New Worldsseason 2 , episode 4 , " Among the Lotus Eaters " . Five years earlier , Pike ’s shoot down company did n’t inconvenience blending in with the Kalar universe , and found themselves ambushed on a routine resume mission . While most of the Starfleet officers were draw out , observation prove that cultural contamination still occur after the earlier deputation , so it ’s up to Pike , Lt . La’an Noonien - Singh , and Dr. Joseph M’Benga ( Babs Olasunmokun ) to find what on the button happened on Rigel VII , and do what they can to mitigate the scathe .
alas , there ’s no way to bring home the bacon on Rigel VII . The planet ’s radiation is creditworthy for the widespread memory board passing among the Kalar , who have derive up with legerdemain to call back what they postulate to do it for their own continued survival . While trying to pass themselves off as Kalar , Pike , La’an , and M’Benga flow victim to the memory - erasing irradiation , and think themselves to be natives of Rigel VII .
1Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 9 - “Lagrange Point”
It’s Not Easy Being Breen
After the Breen capture the progenitor ' applied science that Captain Michael Burnham and the USS Discovery crew have been seeking inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , instalment 9 , " Lagrange Point " , fix the treasure back is n’t quite as easy as just transport the artefact back to the Discovery . To give chase the progenitor ' treasure for easy transport , Burnham , Cleveland Booker ( David Ajala ) , Ensign Adira Tal ( Blu del Barrio ) , and Lt . Commander Gen Rhys ( Patrick Kwok - Choon)take advantage of the fact that the Breen hide behind their helmets to infiltrate the Breen dreadnoughtin a greatStar Trekheist mission .
Burnham ’s expertise as a xenoanthropologist shines throughoutStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , whereknowledge of exotic cultures helps Michael get close to the Progenitors ' applied science by solving clues , and it ’s no different on the Breen vessel . Burnham has studied as much of Breen culture as she can get her hands on , no doubt aided by Commander Rayner ( Callum Keith Rennie ) , who go under Breen linguistic rule on his homeworld of Kellerun . Knowledge of Breen banquet day , impost , and the Breen ’s strict hierarchical structure is instrumental in passing off as a Breen … at least until Moll ( Eve Harlow ) figures them out , and the gigue is up .
no matter of whatever the understanding for a change may be , unexampled exotic identity for Starfleet officers often spell the difference between success and failure . Starfleet ship’s officer disguise themselves as more familiar aliens to root for off hole-and-corner missions , when privateness is fundamental , and also don the guises of brand - unexampled alien mintage to maintain Starfleet ’s Prime Directive prior to first contact commission . Sometimes the stranger themselves are to blame for transforming the coinage ofStar Trekcharacters . In any cause , the medical engineering and well available disguises make for some amazingStar Trekmissions where Starfleet officeholder become aliens .
Star Trek : The Original Series , Star Trek : The Next Generation , Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , Star Trek : Strange New Worlds , and Star Trek : Discovery are all streaming on Paramount+ .
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.
