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For the fictional holographic villain, please see Hippocrates Noah.

Noah Lessing was a Starfleet crewman who served 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. (VOY: "Equinox")

Early life

Lessing had a sister with whom he would visit McKinley Park when they were children. When he was ten years old, he stumbled into a patch of poison ivy, causing him to swell up "like a Regellian blood worm." (VOY: "Equinox, Part II")

The Equinox

As a member of the Equinox crew, Crewman Lessing 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 to return 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, Lessing was assigned the task of taking internal sensors in the section containing Voyager's field generator offline, allowing them to beam it to the Equinox for use in confining the lifeforms and continuing their experiments. (VOY: "Equinox")

File:Equinox, Part II interrogation.jpg

Janeway interrogates Lessing

After successfully escaping from Voyager, the Equinox crew hid their vessel in orbit of a planet with a parthogenic atmosphere, where Lessing led a landing party to localize deuterium ore deposits. While on the planet, however, the team was ambushed by a team from Voyager, and Lessing was taken into custody. Later, Captain Janeway interrogated Lessing in one of Voyager's cargo bays as to Captain Ransom's tactical status, threatening to drop the shields around the bay and allow the nucleogenic lifeforms to enter. Lessing refused to cooperate, believing that Janeway was bluffing, and that she would not actually sacrifice Lessing's life to attain her goal of finding Ransom. Janeway was adamant, however, and followed through with her threat. Lessing was only saved by the intervention of Commander Chakotay, who entered the cargo bay and used a phaser to seal the interspatial fissure which the lifeforms used to gain access to the normal spacetime continuum. Realizing that Lessing would not betray his commanding officer, Chakotay instead inquired about the Ankari, the species which had introduced the Equinox crew to the nucleogenic lifeforms in the first place. Using this information, the Voyager crew was eventually able to defeat the Equinox, and took aboard five new crewmembers, Lessing included, all of whom were reduced to the rank of crewman. (VOY: "Equinox, Part II")

The fate of the character or his 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 Lessing returned to the Alpha Quadrant along with the rest of Voyager's crew.
Noah Lessing was played by Rick Worthy.

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+{{disambiguation|the fictional holographic villain|Hippocrates Noah}}
-'''Noah Lessing''' was a [[Starfleet]] [[crewman]] who served 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 (Nacene)|Caretaker]]."
+'''Noah Lessing''' was a [[Starfleet]] [[crewman]] who served 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}}. ({{VOY|Equinox}})
 ==Early life==
-Lessing had a sister with whom he would visit [[McKinley Park]] when they were children. When he was ten years old, he stumbled into a patch of [[poison ivy]], causing him to swell up "like a [[Regellian blood worm]]."
+Lessing had a sister with whom he would visit [[McKinley Park]] when they were children. When he was ten years old, he stumbled into a patch of [[poison ivy]], causing him to swell up "like a [[Regellian blood worm]]." ({{VOY|Equinox, Part II}})
 ==The ''Equinox''==
-As a member of the ''Equinox'' crew, Lessing participated in criminal experiments to augment their [[warp drive]] by murdering a series of [[nucleogenic lifeform]]s and converting their remains into a source of fuel, presenting the crew with the opportunity to return 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]], Lessing was assigned the task of taking [[internal sensor]]s in the section containing ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[field generator]] offline, allowing them to [[beam]] it to the ''Equinox'' for use in confining the lifeforms and continuing their experiments. ({{VOY|Equinox}})
+As a member of the ''Equinox'' crew, Crewman Lessing 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 to return 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]], Lessing was assigned the task of taking [[internal sensor]]s in the section containing ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[field generator]] offline, allowing them to [[beam]] it to the ''Equinox'' for use in confining the lifeforms and continuing their experiments. ({{VOY|Equinox}})
 [[File:Equinox, Part II interrogation.jpg|thumb|left|Janeway interrogates Lessing]]
-After successfully escaping from ''Voyager'', the ''Equinox'' crew hid their vessel in orbit of a [[planet]] with a [[parthogenic atmosphere]], where Lessing led a [[landing party]] to localize [[deuterium]] [[ore]] deposits. While on the planet, however, the team was ambushed by a team from ''Voyager'', and Lessing was taken into custody. Later, Captain Janeway interrogated Lessing in one of ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[cargo bay]]s as to Captain Ransom's tactical status, threatening to drop the [[shields]] around the bay and allow the nucleogenic lifeforms to enter. Lessing refused to cooperate, believing that Janeway was bluffing, and that she would not actually sacrifice Lessing's life to attain her goal of finding Ransom. Janeway was adamant, however, and followed through with her threat. Lessing was only saved by the intervention of [[Commander]] [[Chakotay]], who entered the cargo bay and used a [[phaser]] to seal the [[interspatial fissure]] which the lifeforms used to gain access to the normal [[spacetime continuum]]. Realizing that Lessing would not betray his commanding officer, Chakotay instead inquired about the [[Ankari]], the species which had introduced the ''Equinox'' crew to the nucleogenic lifeforms in the first place. Using this information, the ''Voyager'' crew was eventually able to defeat the ''Equinox'', and took aboard five new crewmembers, Lessing included. ({{VOY|Equinox, Part II}})
+After successfully escaping from ''Voyager'', the ''Equinox'' crew hid their vessel in orbit of a [[planet]] with a [[parthogenic atmosphere]], where Lessing led a [[landing party]] to localize [[deuterium]] [[ore]] deposits. While on the planet, however, the team was ambushed by a team from ''Voyager'', and Lessing was taken into custody. Later, Captain Janeway interrogated Lessing in one of ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[cargo bay]]s as to Captain Ransom's tactical status, threatening to drop the [[shields]] around the bay and allow the nucleogenic lifeforms to enter. Lessing refused to cooperate, believing that Janeway was bluffing, and that she would not actually sacrifice Lessing's life to attain her goal of finding Ransom. Janeway was adamant, however, and followed through with her threat. Lessing was only saved by the intervention of [[Commander]] [[Chakotay]], who entered the cargo bay and used a [[phaser]] to seal the [[interspatial fissure]] which the lifeforms used to gain access to the normal [[spacetime continuum]]. Realizing that Lessing would not betray his commanding officer, Chakotay instead inquired about the [[Ankari]], the species which had introduced the ''Equinox'' crew to the nucleogenic lifeforms in the first place. Using this information, the ''Voyager'' crew was eventually able to defeat the ''Equinox'', and took aboard five new crewmembers, Lessing included, all of whom were reduced to the rank of [[crewman]]. ({{VOY|Equinox, Part II}})
-{{bginfo|The fate of the character or his 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 Lessing returned to the [[Alpha Quadrant]] along with the rest of ''Voyager''{{'}}s crew.|Noah Lessing was played by [[Rick Worthy]].}}
+{{bginfo|The fate of the character or his life on ''Voyager'' after the events of "Equinox, Part II" were never portrayed on screen, however the non-canon [[Pocket VOY]] novel ''{{dis|Homecoming|novel}}'' by [[Christie Golden]] mentions that Lessing returned to the [[Alpha Quadrant]] along with the rest of ''Voyager''{{'}}s crew.|Noah Lessing was played by [[Rick Worthy]].}}
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