Lieutenant Branson
Gender:	Male
Species:	Human
Affiliation:	Starfleet
Rank:	Lieutenant
Occupation:	Flight controller
Status:	Deceased
Died:	2379
Played by:	Michael Owen
Branson blown into space

Lieutenant Branson was a Starfleet officer assigned to the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E in 2379, where he served as helm officer.

Branson was on duty when Captain Picard ordered the Enterprise to Romulus in response to an overture of peace from newly-installed Praetor Shinzon. This overture, however, was ultimately revealed to be a ruse by Shinzon, in order to capture Captain Picard and perform a complete blood transfusion from him in order to save his own life. In the subsequent battle in the Bassen Rift, Branson was killed when a torpedo fired from Shinzon's ship, the Scimitar, breached the forward bulkhead of the Enterprise's bridge, the explosive decompression blowing him out into space. (Star Trek Nemesis)

BackgroundEdit

Branson was played by actor Michael Owen and was named by screenwriter John Logan for his friend Donna Branson.

In the TNG-relaunch novel Q&A, in an alternate reality, Branson survived the battle with the Scimitar and continued to serve aboard the Enterprise into 2380.

External linkEdit

• Branson (Lieutenant) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

Flight controllers of the starships Enterprise
USS Enterprise-D:	Allenby • Anaya • Clancy • Crusher • Dern • Felton • Gates • Gibson • Graham • Haskell • Jae • La Forge • Lin • McKnight • Monroe • O'Brien • Rager • Reel • Ro • Solis • Torres • Wallace • Worf • Wright
USS Enterprise-E:	Hawk • Branson