Rebecca Singer
| Rebecca Singer | |
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| Species | Human |
| Alignment | Starfleet, Tantalus V |
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| Features in | TRK (11), TF (1) |
| First Appearance | Star Traks 1 |
| Last Appearance | Show Me The Way To Go Home |
| Created by | Alan Decker |
| Career | |
| Position | Chief Medical Officer |
| Assigned to | USS Secondprize |
| From | 2370 |
| Till | 2373 |
As emotionally unstable as she was, Rebecca Singer never should have made it as far as she did in Starfleet. Unfortunately, the series of goofs and clerical errors that allowed her to advance to the position of Chief Medical Officer on the USS Secondprize was not discovered until she was committed to Tantalus V many years later. Actually, she performed adequately as CMO during her first two years on board the Secondprize despite her tendency to break down crying whenever anything remotely unpleasant happened. She managed to isolate and cure the stupidity virus ravaging Bytellus III and did her best to synthesize a truth serum for use on Commander Travis Dillon to learn the identity of the crewwoman he was considering asking out. (A Serious Case of the Stupids, Reason to Panic [TRK]) Singer also identified the effects of the Transference Ray on the Secondprize crew and was able to institute a quarantine before too many of the crew were infected. (Star Traks 1 [TRK])
On Stardate 49829, Singer accidentally injected herself with a hypospray full of pain killers and muscle relaxants. The effect on her already unstable brain chemistry was to make her believe she was James T. Kirk, a very power-crazed James T. Kirk.. After drugging and brainwashing several other personnel at Earth's spacedock, Singer attempted to steal the Secondprize as her first step in conquering the galaxy. Trinian and Ensign Kristen Larkin were able to stop Singer and get the drugs out of her system. Another hypospray accident a couple of days later left Singer believing she was Lassie. She recovered from these incidents, but the long-term effects had yet to become apparent. (Star Traks 3 [TRK]) On Stardate 49862, Singer was one of the primary presenters at a sensitivity training conference held by Starfleet. She continually brought up examples from the 20th century Earth television series "Full House" to illustrate her points. This didn't increase her popularity with anyone. On the way back from this conference, Captain Alexander Rydell's mind was swapped with an ancestor of his from the 20th century. Singer was the first to ascertain what had occurred, and she kept the 20th century Rydell sedated throughout his visit to the future so as not to disrupt the timeline. (Sensitivity 101 [TRK])
Shortly before Stardate 50216, Captain Rydell had Singer removed from duty and shipped her off to Tantalus V. Emotionally, she just couldn't handle her job anymore. (Star Traks 5 [TRK]) While at Tantalus, she developed the delusion that she was in love with Rydell. When her replacement, Dr. Elizabeth Aldridge came to visit, Singer went into a rage and tried to kill Aldridge, whom she believed was trying to steal her beloved Rydell away from her. Aldridge stopped Singer was an appropriate use of force and returned to the Secondprize. (Previous Occupant [TRK]) Singer did not forget about Aldridge, though. After meeting Zero, who also was obsessed with Rydell for entirely different reasons, the two made plans to escape. Leaving Tantalus V, they stole the USS Defiant from Deep Space Nine and went after the Secondprize. Rydell outwitted their attack, so Singer formed an alternate plan. She sent Zero to Yyns to kill Aldridge, who was there with Jaroch, while Singer herself took the Defiant back in time to 20th century Earth. She had convinced herself that the reason Rydell refused to go to The Suburb with her was that the real Rydell's mind never returned from 20th century Earth. Determined to save her beloved, she went back to find the 20th century Rydell and take his mind. Captain Rydell and the Secondprize followed her and stopped her plans, while Aldridge, Jaroch, and Claire Webber were able to capture Zero. Rydell convinced Singer that he sent her to Tantalus V because she needed help. Deflated, she returned to Tantalus V to continue her therapy. (Star Traks 6 [TRK])
At Tantalus V, she encountered Agent Samantha Dallas and gave her information on how to escape from the facility. (Interlude of Insanity [TF]) She was also one of the "passengers" selected for Ardek's reality show, where she was reunited briefly with her former USS Secondprize crewmmate Scott Baird. Much to Baird's disgust, Singer was operating under the delusion that she and Baird had been great friends. When Ardek had been defeated, Baird was more than happy to see Singer shipped back to Tantalus V. (Show Me The Way To Go Home [TRK])
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Alexander Rydell - Travis Dillon - Jaroch - Scott Baird - Patricia Hawkins - Emily Sullivan - Monica Vaughn - Rebecca Singer - Lisa Beck - Claire Webber - Andrea Carr - Elizabeth Aldridge - Trinian |
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