Samuel Boma

Samuel Boma was a human scientist in the 23rd century.

In the 2260s, Boma was a lieutenant in Starfleet and served in the sciences division aboard the USS Enterprise as an astrophysicist. In 2267, Boma was assigned to accompany Commander Spock and a scientific party to study the Murasaki 312 quasar aboard the shuttlecraft Galileo. During the survey the Galileo crashlanded on the planet Taurus II, and the party were forced to fight for survival and return to the Enterprise. During the course of the mission Boma openly defied Spock's command. (TOS episode: "The Galileo Seven").

Upon the team's return to the Enterprise, Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott personally conducted the court martial of Boma, and he was dismissed from Starfleet service. Despite this, Boma returned to Earth and became a successful civilian scientist, and developed the quantobirilium alloy which was used in the construction of the prototype dreadnought, USS Star Empire in 2270. (TOS novel: Dreadnought!).