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PLAYED BY:
Mark Moses
SPECIES: Kesat MaleNaroq was
sent to investigate an attack on Tuvok by a cloaked alien whom
Naroq strongly believed was a member of the Ba'neth. His belief
in the "myth" of the Ba'neth made him not highly thought of by
his own people, which was why he was still only a deputy
investigator. He had to bribe his supervisor with two bottles of
Kesatian ale in order to get the assignment.
Naroq had been investigating into strange incidents of foreign
starships being attacked by an unknown force when in Kesat
space. This force would scan for tactical information on the
alien ship, and if provoked, would cause severe neurological
trauma leading to a loss of brain activity. Tuvok's incident
would be the 13th such incident, and he believed that USS
Voyager's encounter was the most promising so far in helping to
prove the Ba'neth existed, thanks to Tuvok's unique physiology,
a chance at determining the Ba'neth's cloaking frequency, and
good timing.
Naroq developed various technologies to reveal the Ba'neth,
including the photolitic converter, which can detect the
veridium isotopes left over by the Ba'neth and reveal what the
alien might look like. His device was adapted to Voyager's
deflector array so the crew could scan space, although the range
of the scan was short.
Thanks to Naroq's help, Captain Janeway was able to locate some
Ba'neth vessels and tried to learn about the weapon they used so
that The Doctor could treat Tuvok. However, the Ba'neth ships
fled at each encounter. Voyager ultimately discovered a
significant hiding place where a Ba'neth space station was, and
threatened to divulge its location to the Keset unless the
information regarding the weapon was provided to them.
In the end, the crisis was resolved when Naroq offered to give
the Ba'neth the converter so that they might remain hidden. In
exchange the Ba'neth agreed to supply the information needed to
help Tuvok. |
