Lon Suder
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| Species: | Betazoid |
| Gender: | male |
| Home planet: | Betazed |
| Affiliation: | Maquis, then Starfleet |
| Posting: | USS Voyager engineer |
| Rank: | Crewman |
| Portrayed by: | Brad Dourif |
Lon Suder, played by Brad Dourif, is a fictional character on the television series Star Trek Voyager. He is an engineer on the USS Voyager.
[edit] Biography
Suder is a sociopathic Betazoid mercenary who joins the Voyager crew with the rest of the Maquis after being flung 70,000 light years from the Alpha Quadrant by the Caretaker's array. Unlike most Betazoids, Suder is not telepathic or even empathic.
Many of the Maquis had been uncomfortable serving with Suder, who seemed to enjoy killing rather than having joined to further the Maquis cause. Suder later admits that this is exactly why he joined the Maquis: he likes to kill, and the Maquis provided a sufficient outlet for his rage.
While on Voyager, however, Suder cannot find a release for his violent tendencies, and by the episode "Meld" he kills fellow crewman Frank Darwin in a murderous fury. Lieutenant Tuvok, refusing to accept Suder's explanation that he killed Darwin for no reason, mind melds with Suder in an attempt to discover the truth and to bestow upon the troubled crewman some of his own Vulcan self-discipline. However, the meld affects Tuvok, transmitting Suder's sickness to the Vulcan. Suder is sentenced to life imprisonment in his quarters until he can be rehabilitated.
When the Kazon and Cardassian spy Seska takes over Voyager in "Basics" and strands the crew on a desolate planet, only Suder and the ship's doctor are left on board. Struggling with his newfound inner peace and conscience, Suder is forced to revisit his violent ways in order to rescue his crewmates. He aids the Doctor in wresting control of the ship from the Kazon. In a final, selfless act of sabotage, Suder disables Voyager's phasers just before he is fatally shot by a Kazon soldier. Tuvok offers a Vulcan blessing over Suder's body that death might bring Suder the peace he could not find in life.
[edit] External links
- Lon Suder article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
