Changes: Marla Gilmore

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Marla Gilmore was a Starfleet ensign serving aboard the USS Equinox under the command of Captain Rudolph Ransom in 2371. In that year, the Equinox was stranded in the Delta Quadrant by the alien entity known as the Caretaker.

As the Equinox's acting chief engineer, Gilmore participated in criminal experiments to augment their warp drive by murdering a series of nucleogenic lifeforms and converting their remains into a source of fuel, presenting the crew with the opportunity of returning to the Alpha Quadrant in mere months. This incurred the wrath of the lifeforms, however, who began to stage near-constant attacks on the Equinox, gradually depleting the ship's defenses. The Equinox was rescued in 2376 by the crew of the USS Voyager, another Starfleet vessel which had been stranded in the Delta Quadrant. As the Equinox crew attempted to conceal their activities from Captain Janeway, Gilmore was assigned the task of crawling through an access port and setting up transport enhancers around Voyager's field generator, allowing them to beam it to the Equinox for use in confining the lifeforms and continuing their experiments. Setting aside her claustrophobia and her own moral misgivings regarding their actions, Gilmore complied with her orders. (VOY: "Equinox")

Although the plan was successful and the Equinox crew was able to escape from Voyager, Captain Ransom eventually had a change of heart, and decided to surrender to Janeway. In response, Lieutenant Maxwell Burke, Ransom's first officer, and a small group of crewmembers mutinied, attempting to destroy Voyager. Pretending to join Burke's mutiny, Gilmore took Ransom into custody, but instead of escorting him to the brig, they went to engineering and accessed transporter control, beaming the majority of the crew, Gilmore included, to Voyager. After the deaths of Ransom and Burke, and the destruction of the Equinox, Gilmore was integrated into the Voyager crew along with four others. As a consequence for their actions against the alien lifeforms, they were stripped of rank, and their privileges were severely limited. (VOY: "Equinox, Part II")

Marla Gilmore was played by Olivia Birkelund. The fate of the character and her life on Voyager after the events of "Equinox, Part II" was never portrayed on-screen, but the Pocket VOY novel [[Homecoming ({{{2}}})|Homecoming]] by Christie Golden mentions that she returned to the Alpha Quadrant along with the rest of Voyager's crew.

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-'''Marla Gilmore''' was the one of the crew members of the [[USS Equinox|USS ''Equinox'']] while the ship was stranded in the [[Delta Quadrant]].
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+|gender           =Female
+|species          =[[Human]]
+|affiliation      =[[Starfleet]]
+|rank             =[[Ensign]]
+|occupation       =[[Engineer]]
+|status           =Active
+|datestatus       = 2376
+|relative         =One nephew
+|actor            =[[Olivia Birkelund]]
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+'''Marla Gilmore''' was a [[Starfleet]] [[ensign]] serving aboard the {{USS|Equinox}} under the command of [[Captain]] [[Rudolph Ransom]] in [[2371]]. In that year, the ''Equinox'' was stranded in the [[Delta Quadrant]] by the alien entity known as the {{dis|Caretaker|Nacene}}.
+As the ''Equinox''{{'}}s acting [[chief engineer]], Gilmore participated in criminal experiments to augment their [[warp drive]] by [[murder]]ing a series of [[nucleogenic lifeform]]s and converting their remains into a source of fuel, presenting the crew with the opportunity of returning to the [[Alpha Quadrant]] in mere months. This incurred the wrath of the lifeforms, however, who began to stage near-constant attacks on the ''Equinox'', gradually depleting the ship's defenses. The ''Equinox'' was rescued in [[2376]] by the crew of the {{USS|Voyager}}, another Starfleet vessel which had been stranded in the Delta Quadrant. As the ''Equinox'' crew attempted to conceal their activities from Captain [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]], Gilmore was assigned the task of crawling through an [[access port]] and setting up [[transport enhancer]]s around ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[field generator]], allowing them to [[beam]] it to the ''Equinox'' for use in confining the lifeforms and continuing their experiments. Setting aside her [[claustrophobia]] and her own moral misgivings regarding their actions, Gilmore complied with her orders. ({{VOY|Equinox}})
-Gilmore was the acting [[chief engineer]] on the ''Equinox'' during [[2375]], as many of the crew had died during the voyage across the Quadrant. The {{USS|Voyager}}, which was also lost in the Delta Quadrant, responded to a [[distress call]] from the ''Equinox'' and rescued its crew, including Gilmore. She requested that [[Chakotay]] let her leave her duties on the ''Equinox'' in order to join a repair crew on ''Voyager'', because she had too many bad memories from the ''Equinox''. Her request was granted.
+Although the plan was successful and the ''Equinox'' crew was able to escape from ''Voyager'', Captain Ransom eventually had a change of heart, and decided to surrender to Janeway. In response, [[Lieutenant]] [[Maxwell Burke]], Ransom's [[first officer]], and a small group of crewmembers [[mutiny|mutinied]], attempting to destroy ''Voyager''. Pretending to join Burke's mutiny, Gilmore took Ransom into custody, but instead of escorting him to the [[brig]], they went to [[engineering]] and accessed transporter control, beaming the majority of the crew, Gilmore included, to ''Voyager''. After the deaths of Ransom and Burke, and the destruction of the ''Equinox'', Gilmore was integrated into the ''Voyager'' crew along with four others. As a consequence for their actions against the alien lifeforms, they were stripped of rank, and their privileges were severely limited. ({{VOY|Equinox, Part II}})
-Later, [[Captain]] [[Rudolph Ransom]] and [[Maxwell Burke]] of the ''Equinox'' told some of their crew, including Gilmore, of the plan to steal ''Voyager''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[field generator]] and go home. Ransom reminded Gilmore and the others that ''Voyager'' had a full crew and weapons, she relunctantly agreed to assist. While carrying out these orders, Gilmore stunned [[Seven of Nine]] with a [[phaser]] and worked to bring the ''Equinox'''s illegally modified [[warp core]] online.
+{{bginfo|Marla Gilmore was played by [[Olivia Birkelund]]. The fate of the character and her life on ''Voyager'' after the events of "Equinox, Part II" was never portrayed on-screen, but the [[Pocket VOY]] novel ''{{dis|Homecoming}}'' by [[Christie Golden]] mentions that she returned to the [[Alpha Quadrant]] along with the rest of ''Voyager''{{'}}s crew.}}
-When Ransom realized the error of his ways and decided to surrender to [[Kathryn Janeway]], Maxwell Burke ordered Gilmore to remove Ransom and take him to the [[brig]], which she did at gunpoint. Instead of escorting him to the Brig, she took Ransom to [[engineering]], informing him that she was on his side. Gilmore [[transporter|transported]] Seven of Nine and most of the ''Equinox'' crew to ''Voyager'', and she also transfered [[the Doctor]]'s [[holoprogram|program]] back to the ''Voyager'' [[sickbay]] with his [[ethical subroutine]]s restored. She and four other Equinox crewmembers were then transported to ''Voyager'', while Ransom piloted the ''Equinox'' away, sacrificing himself to keep ''Voyager'' from harm when the ''Equinox' core breached.
-As punishment for her part in the betrayal and endangerment of ''Voyager''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew, Janeway suspended her [[commission]], stripping her of her rank as an Ensign. She was made to serve as a [[crewman]] on ''Voyager'', under strict supervision. ({{VOY|Equinox|Equinox, Part II}})
-:''Marla Gilmore was played by [[Olivia Birkelund]]. The fate of the character or her life on Voyager after the events of "Equinox, Part II" were never portrayed on-screen, however the non-canon [[Pocket VOY]] novel "[[Homecoming]]" by [[Christie Golden]] mentions that she returned to the [[Alpha Quadrant]] along with the rest of Voyager's crew.
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