Owen Paris

Owen Paris was a Human male serving in the 24th century.

He is the son of Admiral Michael Thomas Paris and the father of Lieutenant Commander Tom Paris.

In 2354 he interviewed Cadet Kathryn Janeway to be her junior honor thesis advisor on massive compact halo objects. (VGR novel: Mosaic).

By 2356 Admiral Paris embarks on the Arias Expedition aboard the USS Al-Batani (NCC-42995). While officially, the Arias Expedition was a study of massive halo objects, the mission was actually a spy mission along the Cardassian border. The mission was to study the area 600-light-years beyond Deep Space 7. The mission was not without risk to the Al-Batani crew, as six months into the voyage, Admiral Paris and Ensign Kathryn Janeway was captured by Gul Camet. Fortunately, both officers were rescued by Lieutenant Justin Tighe. (VGR novel: Mosaic).

Owen was an instructor at Starfleet Academy, having taught his son's course on Survival Strategies, in the 2360s. Owen did not play favorites with his son as his student, giving Tom a "B-minus", overall, in the course. (VOY: "Parturition") Owen would often pressure Tom to excel in everything he did, often making his son feel inadequate. He would continuously talk about the Prime Directive to Paris and Starfleet officers. To him, the Prime Directive was one of the leading principles in space exploration. (VOY: "Time and Again")

Admiral Paris was on the mission review board when Captain Janeway returned from a 6 month mission to the Beta Quadrant in 2363. (VGR novel: Mosaic, ''Pathways).

In 2376 he began overseeing the Pathfinder Project of Starfleet's Communications Research Center, which was aimed at establishing communications with the starship USS Voyager stranded in the Delta Quadrant.