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'''Simon Tarses''' was a [[Human]] (who was one-quarter [[Romulan]]), originally from the [[Martian colonies]]. He was an [[enlisted]] [[crewman first class]], serving as a [[medical technician]] aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} under [[Doctor]] [[Beverly Crusher]].
 
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| imagecap = [[Crewman]] Simon Tarses ([[2367]])
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| gender = Male
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| species = &frac34; [[Human]]<br>&frac14; [[Romulan]]
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| affiliation = [[Federation]] [[Starfleet]]
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| rank = [[Crewman first class]]
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| occupation = [[Medical technician]]
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| status = Active
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| datestatus = 2367
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| actor = [[Spencer Garrett]]
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{{aquote|I wanted to be out there... traveling the stars... I didn't want to wait for anything.|Simon Tarses|2367|The Drumhead}}
   
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'''Simon Tarses''' was a [[Human]] [[male]] (who was one-quarter [[Romulan]]) who served as a [[Starfleet]] [[crewman]] during the late-[[24th century]].
In [[2367]], an explosion in the ''Enterprise'' [[warp core]] lead investigators to discover that [[J'Dan]], a [[Klingon]] [[Officer Exchange Program|exchange officer]] on board the ship, had been involved in smuggling secrets to the Romulans. J'Dan admitted to his espionage, and hinted that there were co-conspirators on board the ''Enterprise'' as well. Simon Tarses, who occasionally administered a medicinal [[hypospray]] to the Klingon traitor, was extensively questioned by a [[Starfleet]] board of inquiry, which uncovered that Tarses was a quarter Romulan and not a quarter [[Vulcan]], as he had falsely claimed on his Starfleet entrance application. His falsehood threatened to end his Starfleet career. ({{TNG|The Drumhead}})
 
   
==Appendices==
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==History==
 
Born on [[Mars Colony]], Tarses had long been interested in serving in [[Starfleet]], but had decided to enlist as a normal crewman rather than applying for the [[Starfleet Academy|Academy]], as he doubted his ability to cope with the pressure of Starfleet Academy. He eventually became an [[enlisted]] [[crewman first class]], serving as a [[medical technician]] aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} under [[Doctor]] [[Beverly Crusher]].
===Background===
 
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Tarses was played by [[Spencer Garrett]]. This episode established in dialog that he was an enlisted crewman who had not gone to the [[Starfleet Academy]]; therefore, he wore a blank collar. This lack of rank insignia for crewmen and noncoms was used throughout ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', although [[chief petty officer]]s were assigned different insignia.''
 
 
In [[2367]], an explosion in the ''Enterprise''-D [[warp core]] led investigators to discover that [[J'Dan]], a [[Klingon]] [[Officer Exchange Program|exchange officer]] on board the ship, had been involved in smuggling secrets to the Romulans. J'Dan admitted to his espionage, and hinted that there were co-conspirators on board the ''Enterprise''-D as well.
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Simon Tarses, who occasionally administered a medicinal [[hyposyringe]] to the Klingon traitor, was extensively questioned by a Starfleet board of inquiry, which uncovered that Tarses was a quarter Romulan and not a quarter [[Vulcan]], as he had falsely claimed on his Starfleet entrance application. His falsehood threatened to end his Starfleet career, although [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] spoke in Tarses' defense when he was later put on [[trial]] himself, arguing that Tarses' only crime was concealing his Romulan heritage and he had done no other harm. ({{TNG|The Drumhead}})
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==Memorable quotes==
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"''This hearing is convened on Stardate 44780 as a continuing inquiry into the activities of Crewman Simon Tarses. Mister Tarses, for your own protection, I have assigned a counsel to you in the person of Commander William Riker.''"<br>
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"''Thank you, sir, but I don't need protection. I have not done anything wrong.''"<br>
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:- '''Jean-Luc Picard''' and '''Simon Tarses'''
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"''Isn't it true that the paternal grandfather of whom you speak was not a Vulcan but was in fact a Romulan? That it is Romulan blood you carry and a Romulan heritage that you honour?''"<br>
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(William Riker whispers in Simon's ear)<br>
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"''We're waiting, Mister Tarses.''"<br>
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"''On the advice of my counsel I refuse to answer that question, in that the answer may serve to incriminate me.''"<br>
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:- '''Sabin''' and '''Simon Tarses'''
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"''All my life I wanted to be in Starfleet. I went to the Academy's training programme for enlisted personnel. I took training as a medical technician and I served at several outposts. The day that I was posted to the Enterprise was the happiest day of my life.''"<br>
 
:- '''Simon Tarses'''
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"''No. I was eighteen, and eager. The last thing I wanted to do was spend four years sitting in classrooms. I wanted to be out there, travelling the stars. I didn't want to wait for anything. And now it's done, isn't it? My career in Starfleet is finished.''"<br>
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"''Not if you aren't guilty, Simon.''"<br>
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"''It doesn't matter. I lied on my application, and that mistake will be with me for the rest of my life.''"<br>
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:- '''Simon Tarses''' and '''Jean-Luc Picard'''
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== Appendices ==
 
=== Background Information ===
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Simon Tarses was played by actor [[Spencer Garrett]], in his first of two ''[[Star Trek]]'' appearances.
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The script for "The Drumhead" describes Tarses as simply "''a mild-figured humanoid.''" [http://www.st-minutiae.com/academy/literature329/195.txt]
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This episode established in dialogue that Tarses was an enlisted crewman who had not gone to the [[Starfleet Academy]]; therefore, he wore a blank collar. This lack of rank insignia for crewmen and non-commissioned officers was used throughout ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', although [[chief petty officer]]s were assigned different insignia.
   
 
It was not revealed what punishment, if any, Tarses might receive for lying in his documentation. It was only mentioned it might mean "the end of his career."
 
It was not revealed what punishment, if any, Tarses might receive for lying in his documentation. It was only mentioned it might mean "the end of his career."
   
===Apocrypha===
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=== Apocrypha ===
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Simon Tarses has appeared in a number of non-canon works.
Outside of his [[canon]] appearance, Tarses has been mentioned in the [[Pocket TNG]] and [[Pocket DS9]] series of [[novels]]. In these later stories, Tarses has overcome the hindrance of his misdeeds and gone on to obtain his [[doctor]]ate.
 
   
In the TNG novel ''[[Sins of Commission]]'', Tarses came to terms with his origins. He also plays a role in the TNG novel ''[[Do Comets Dream?]]'', where he falls in love with a Thanetian.
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In the novel ''[[Sins of Commission]]'', set in [[2368]], Tarses comes to terms with his Romulan heritage when the ''Enterprise''-D encounters telepathic aliens from the planet Lessenar.
   
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The ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' novel, ''[[Infiltrator]]'', set in [[2370]], mentions that Tarses' career was over as a result of lying about his bloodlines. ''[[Star Trek: Starship Creator]]'' and later novels (see below) ignore this reference.
===External link===
 
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[[File:Simon Tarses Starship Creator computer file.jpg|thumb|Personnel file for Lieutenant Simon Tarses in ''Star Trek: Starship Creator'']]
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Simon Tarses appears as a selectable crew member in the video game ''[[Star Trek: Starship Creator]]'', in which his computer record states he is the son of Marya and Tarvek Tarses and was born on the Martian Colonies in the year [[2344]]. It goes on to say that he attended a special training course for enlisted personnel as his reason for attending Starfleet Academy and, following the completion of his training as a medical technician in 2363, he was posted to an infirmary on Outpost Sierra VI. After several months on Sierra VI, it says Tarses then transferred to the infirmary on Outpost Seran T-1. Following a year at Seran T-1, Tarses transferred to the medical facility on Ivor Prime in 2365, and under the direction of Doctor Lu Chen Chow, he assisted in isolating an alien prion pathogen that had caused an outbreak of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy on Icor IX. As a reward for his assistance, Tarses was promoted to crewman first class. After the events of "The Drumhead", Tarses received a six-month suspension before going back to work. Shortly after, on encouraged by Captain Picard, Tarses enrolled at Starfleet Academy and in 2372, graduated with the rank of lieutenant. He was then assigned to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} as a nurse.
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Lieutenant Tarses appears in the novel ''[[Do Comets Dream?]]'', set in [[2371]], where he becomes romantically involved with a Thanetian, after helping to save her world from destruction by a collision with an artificial [[comet]].
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In the ''[[Pocket DS9|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' two-part relaunch novel ''[[Avatar]]'', set in [[2376]], Doctor Simon Tarses is assigned to [[Deep Space 9]] under [[Julian Bashir]], who leaves him in charge of the station's infirmary while Bashir conducts a three-month mission in the [[Gamma Quadrant]].
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Tarses appears again in the ''Deep Space Nine'' novel ''[[Warpath]]'', set in [[2377]], where he develops an innovative treatment involving [[nanite|nano-technology]], genitronic replication, and cybernetic regeneration that repairs the injured spine of Lieutenant [[Ro Laren]] after she is brutally assaulted by a rogue Jem'Hadar observer named Taran'atar.
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According to the ''[[Star Trek: Destiny]]'' novel ''[[Gods of Night]]'', Tarses is assigned as [[chief medical officer]] on the USS ''Aventine'' under Captain [[Ezri Dax]] in [[2381]]. While the ''Aventine'' is investigating the wreck of the NX-02 ''Columbia'', Doctor Tarses and a medical team have to investigate the horrific deaths of two engineering crew members, Yott and Komer, who had been killed for sustenance by a member of the Caeliar species, who had hidden aboard the wreck for almost two hundred years. Although the scene is gruesome, Tarses learned at medical school to suppress his gag reflex while operating on cadavers. He also leads the medical team that performs the investigation on a third death in the shuttle bay of the ''Aventine'', determining them to be related.
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"I wanted to be out there... traveling the stars... I didn't want to wait for anything."
– Simon Tarses, 2367 ("The Drumhead")

Simon Tarses was a Human male (who was one-quarter Romulan) who served as a Starfleet crewman during the late-24th century.

History

Born on Mars Colony, Tarses had long been interested in serving in Starfleet, but had decided to enlist as a normal crewman rather than applying for the Academy, as he doubted his ability to cope with the pressure of Starfleet Academy. He eventually became an enlisted crewman first class, serving as a medical technician aboard the USS Enterprise-D under Doctor Beverly Crusher.

In 2367, an explosion in the Enterprise-D warp core led investigators to discover that J'Dan, a Klingon exchange officer on board the ship, had been involved in smuggling secrets to the Romulans. J'Dan admitted to his espionage, and hinted that there were co-conspirators on board the Enterprise-D as well.

Simon Tarses, who occasionally administered a medicinal hyposyringe to the Klingon traitor, was extensively questioned by a Starfleet board of inquiry, which uncovered that Tarses was a quarter Romulan and not a quarter Vulcan, as he had falsely claimed on his Starfleet entrance application. His falsehood threatened to end his Starfleet career, although Captain Jean-Luc Picard spoke in Tarses' defense when he was later put on trial himself, arguing that Tarses' only crime was concealing his Romulan heritage and he had done no other harm. (TNG: "The Drumhead")

Memorable quotes

"This hearing is convened on Stardate 44780 as a continuing inquiry into the activities of Crewman Simon Tarses. Mister Tarses, for your own protection, I have assigned a counsel to you in the person of Commander William Riker."
"Thank you, sir, but I don't need protection. I have not done anything wrong."

- Jean-Luc Picard and Simon Tarses


"Isn't it true that the paternal grandfather of whom you speak was not a Vulcan but was in fact a Romulan? That it is Romulan blood you carry and a Romulan heritage that you honour?"
(William Riker whispers in Simon's ear)
"We're waiting, Mister Tarses."
"On the advice of my counsel I refuse to answer that question, in that the answer may serve to incriminate me."

- Sabin and Simon Tarses


"All my life I wanted to be in Starfleet. I went to the Academy's training programme for enlisted personnel. I took training as a medical technician and I served at several outposts. The day that I was posted to the Enterprise was the happiest day of my life."

- Simon Tarses


"No. I was eighteen, and eager. The last thing I wanted to do was spend four years sitting in classrooms. I wanted to be out there, travelling the stars. I didn't want to wait for anything. And now it's done, isn't it? My career in Starfleet is finished."
"Not if you aren't guilty, Simon."
"It doesn't matter. I lied on my application, and that mistake will be with me for the rest of my life."

- Simon Tarses and Jean-Luc Picard

Appendices

Background Information

Simon Tarses was played by actor Spencer Garrett, in his first of two Star Trek appearances.

The script for "The Drumhead" describes Tarses as simply "a mild-figured humanoid." [1]

This episode established in dialogue that Tarses was an enlisted crewman who had not gone to the Starfleet Academy; therefore, he wore a blank collar. This lack of rank insignia for crewmen and non-commissioned officers was used throughout Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, although chief petty officers were assigned different insignia.

It was not revealed what punishment, if any, Tarses might receive for lying in his documentation. It was only mentioned it might mean "the end of his career."

Apocrypha

Simon Tarses has appeared in a number of non-canon works.

In the novel Sins of Commission, set in 2368, Tarses comes to terms with his Romulan heritage when the Enterprise-D encounters telepathic aliens from the planet Lessenar.

The Star Trek: The Next Generation novel, Infiltrator, set in 2370, mentions that Tarses' career was over as a result of lying about his bloodlines. Star Trek: Starship Creator and later novels (see below) ignore this reference.

Simon Tarses Starship Creator computer file

Personnel file for Lieutenant Simon Tarses in Star Trek: Starship Creator

Simon Tarses appears as a selectable crew member in the video game Star Trek: Starship Creator, in which his computer record states he is the son of Marya and Tarvek Tarses and was born on the Martian Colonies in the year 2344. It goes on to say that he attended a special training course for enlisted personnel as his reason for attending Starfleet Academy and, following the completion of his training as a medical technician in 2363, he was posted to an infirmary on Outpost Sierra VI. After several months on Sierra VI, it says Tarses then transferred to the infirmary on Outpost Seran T-1. Following a year at Seran T-1, Tarses transferred to the medical facility on Ivor Prime in 2365, and under the direction of Doctor Lu Chen Chow, he assisted in isolating an alien prion pathogen that had caused an outbreak of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy on Icor IX. As a reward for his assistance, Tarses was promoted to crewman first class. After the events of "The Drumhead", Tarses received a six-month suspension before going back to work. Shortly after, on encouraged by Captain Picard, Tarses enrolled at Starfleet Academy and in 2372, graduated with the rank of lieutenant. He was then assigned to the USS Enterprise-E as a nurse.

Lieutenant Tarses appears in the novel Do Comets Dream?, set in 2371, where he becomes romantically involved with a Thanetian, after helping to save her world from destruction by a collision with an artificial comet.

In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine two-part relaunch novel Avatar, set in 2376, Doctor Simon Tarses is assigned to Deep Space 9 under Julian Bashir, who leaves him in charge of the station's infirmary while Bashir conducts a three-month mission in the Gamma Quadrant.

Tarses appears again in the Deep Space Nine novel Warpath, set in 2377, where he develops an innovative treatment involving nano-technology, genitronic replication, and cybernetic regeneration that repairs the injured spine of Lieutenant Ro Laren after she is brutally assaulted by a rogue Jem'Hadar observer named Taran'atar.

According to the Star Trek: Destiny novel Gods of Night, Tarses is assigned as chief medical officer on the USS Aventine under Captain Ezri Dax in 2381. While the Aventine is investigating the wreck of the NX-02 Columbia, Doctor Tarses and a medical team have to investigate the horrific deaths of two engineering crew members, Yott and Komer, who had been killed for sustenance by a member of the Caeliar species, who had hidden aboard the wreck for almost two hundred years. Although the scene is gruesome, Tarses learned at medical school to suppress his gag reflex while operating on cadavers. He also leads the medical team that performs the investigation on a third death in the shuttle bay of the Aventine, determining them to be related.

External links

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