Warning: contains spoilers forStar Trek: Defiant#25!

Captain Picard and the crew of theEnterprisefaced down a number of villains, some more fearsome than others.

Christopher Cantwell will write the upcomingStar Trek: Redshirtsminiseries for IDW.

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Rasmussen tries to explain the phenomenon to Nymira.

She asks how he knows all of this scientific knowledge.

The role instead went toMax Headroomactor Matt Frewer.

T’MIr (Jolene Blalock) in Star Trek Enterprise and Zephram Cochrane (James Cromwell) in  Star Trek First Contact

Picard and company caught onto Rasmussens game, and stopped him from carrying out his scheme.

Worf and the crew of theDefiantwere charged with bringing Rasmussen and two other fugitives back into custody.

Rasmussen took advantage of the chaos at Starbase 99 to make his escape, with Nymira in tow.

Captain Kirk in Star Trek VI and Captain Picard in Star Trek Nemesis

Rasmussen has seemingly returned to his con-man ways inStar Trek: Defiant#25.

Rasmussens lies and deceptions made it hard to discern what was true about him and what was not.

Rasmussens other claims, such as being a professor, were also called into question.

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Rasmussens admission that he was not smart enough to stop the war provides even more context for his actions.

Star Trekepisodes and comics have shown Rasmussen to be wily, with the ability to think fast.

The Lore Waris the endgame for IDW’s revitalized line ofStar Trekcomics, which launched in 2022.

Six panels of Rasmussen explaining his background

Rasmussen only wanted to do good, but was dealt a bad hand by life.

This happens to many people in the real world, which humanizes Rasmussen even further.

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