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Berlinghoff Rasmussen was a male human in the 22nd century, living in New Jersey on Earth.
Biography[]
Rasmussen was visited in his own time by a time traveller from the 26th century. Rasmussen managed to steal the historian's time-travel pod, and travel forward through time to 2368. There, he boarded the USS Enterprise-D and, posing as a future historian himself, stole numerous pieces of 24th century technology, which he planned to claim credit for "inventing" in the past. His plot was foiled by the Enterprise crew, and Berlinghoff was stranded in the 24th century when the pod's automatic recall was triggered. (TNG episode: "A Matter of Time")
Rasmussen spent some time in custody, but was deemed rehabilitated by 2369. That year, he participated in a high-stakes poker tournament at Quark's on Deep Space 9. (DS9 novel: The Big Game)
In 2378, Rasmussen evaded parole and stole the USS Bonavista from Deep Space 3, making for Talos IV. (DFT - Another Piece of the Action comic: "Part 1")
Intending to exploit the Talosians' telepathic talents on galactic black market, Rasmussen was ready to escape with the Keeper only for the USS Defiant to shoot down the ship. For the next two days, Rasmussen tried to have the Keeper's illusions get the Defiant's command codes. When Rasmussen took a break, Worf and Spock managed to convince the Keeper to ally with them, Rasmussen swiftly being taken into Federation custody. (DFT - Another Piece of the Action comic: "Part 3")
Though he was imprisoned on Starbase 99, Rasmussen quickly managed to escape among the chaos of a bluegill invasion. (DFT - Hell Is Only a Word comic: "Part 1")
In 2383, Rasmussen became involved in a plot to steal the NX class Intrepid, which he intended to use to return to his own time. In the ensuing struggle, Rasmussen escaped, and is presumably still at large. (TNG novel: Indistinguishable from Magic)
Berlinghoff had the foresight to hide blueprints for the time-travel pod prior to his journey, and was able to retrieve them, thus rebuilding the pod. He then traveled back to the late 20th century, to the home of his ancestor, J. R. Rasmussen. Together, they traveled back to 1964, where they relayed information about the future to a television writer named Gene Roddenberry. Rasmussen died sometime before 1999, in an auto accident while driving to an appointment with producers at Paramount Pictures. (DS9 - Strange New Worlds II short story: "Research")
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Appearances and references[]
- TNG episode: "A Matter of Time"
- DS9 novel: The Big Game
- TNG novel: Indistinguishable from Magic
- DS9 - Strange New Worlds II short story: "Research"
- DFT comic: "Hell Is Only a Word, Part 1"
External links[]
- Berlinghoff Rasmussen article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Berlinghoff Rasmussen article at the Star Trek Timelines Wiki.