Berlinghoff Rasmussen

Berlinghoff Rasmussen was a 22nd century inventor from New Jersey on Earth. During this period, he confiscated a 26th century time-travel pod from its rightful user and used it to travel forwards in time. His plan was to collect future technology for dismantling and study in hopes of recreating it in his own time and taking credit.

In 2368, Rasmussen visited the Enterprise-D claiming to be a historian from the future. During his time on the ship, Rasmussen stole various objects to smuggle back to his own time-period, including a phaser. When he attempted to abduct Data, the phaser he tried to attack with had been deactivated. The Enterprise senior staff confronted him about the robberies, and Picard ordered Worf to arrest Rasmussen despite his pleas to be let go. The pod vanished, stranding him in the future. ( "A Matter of Time")