Raymond Boone

Raymond Boone was a Starfleet officer who served aboard the USS Rutledge under Captain Benjamin Maxwell, along with Miles O'Brien. He participated in a battle on Setlik III where he was captured and killed.

A surgically-altered Cardassian assumed his identity, and continued to serve in Starfleet until he left in 2362. 'Boone' settled with his family on Volon III and operated a ladarium mining sluice. Boone's wife felt something was different about him, but believed it was due to the torture the Cardassians subjected him to. He left his wife the same year, with whom he had been married since about 2347.

In 2370, the Cardassian travelled to Deep Space 9 where he met O'Brien and recorded his voice. He used O'Brien's recorded voice to break into a weapons locker and thus framed O'Brien for the crime. Commander Benjamin Sisko eventually captured 'Boone' and brought him to O'Brien's trial on Cardassia Prime. As soon as the Chief Archon, Makbar, saw Boone she ended the trial and O'Brien was turned over to Sisko. 'Boone' had been only one facet of a large operation that was designed to discredit the Federation and to make it appear that they were sanctioning the Maquis. (DS9: "Tribunal")