Randy Thomas

Ensign Randy Thomas was Navigator of the Oberth class starship USS Chimera, in the mid-24th century. (Star Trek: Outpost)

Relationships

Ensign Kyle

Of all the crewmembers tht Ensign Thomas has given the benefit of his 'personality', the only one not to return his bad attitude has been Chimera's Second Officer, Ensign Kyle. To a fault, he had shown patience and tolerance, inspite of Randy's winning character. To his credit, Kyle had been the only one to whom Thomas turned to when he was uncertain about a situation.

With his superiors

Lieutenant Renova Exler

As Chimera's First Officer, it fell to Lieutenant Renova Exler to guide freshly graduated Ensign Thomas into a modicum of competence as a Starfleet officer. Exler did her best to treat Thomas as she would any other officer, but Randy's spoiled, self-indulgent behavior tested her in a manner never imagined. The harder she tried to reach him, to bring him to a level of effectiveness, the more he dug in with his behavior, and the more intolerant she became until, after he once again failed a bridge simulation, she finally lit into him. "Mister Thomas, you have to be the sorriest excuse for a Federation Officer I have ever met!" She came to realize that she might have been too hard on him and had Kyle move him to the second shift and "Drill him till he drops!"

Lieutenant Commander Gregory Torkelson

As part of the agreement between Admiral Thomas and Lieutenant Commander Gregory Torkelson, The Admiral would send his nephew Randy to Deep Space Three and post him to the Chimera. Torkelson would mentor him and try to protect him from his own stupidity. In exchange, The Chimera would be spared from the intended forensic examination that would, most likely end its service.

The first meeting between Ensign Thomas and his future commanding officer went as anticipated. Randy, true to his nature, compared the Chimera with "The manure truck the gardener drives around the family estate." with preference being given to the manure truck. In response, Commander Torkelson made Ensign Thomas his "Special project."

Memorable quotes

"I mean, look at this rust bucket! The manure truck my family's gardner drives around our estate in looks better than that!"

"You can't tell me what to do, Kyle! You're just an Ensign like I am!"

"I don't know what the big deal is, everyone knows I'm your nephew! . . . . and it's not like they're treating me different because of it!"

"I don't like to think about things, I like to do them!"

"About all I observed was the Chief rumaging through heaps of junk, bartering with every merchant, shop keeper, and stall vendor in the city! And I ended up carrying all of it! And I outrank him! I swear, he has absolutely no respect for officers!"

"Well, obviously they were being heroes. . . . . I mean, well, at least to the people who believed in their cause, not to the people they were attacking. The attackers were attempting to inspire their cohorts with an example how to live and die according to some kind of code."

Background

Randy Thomas is played by Joseph Orr in all his appearances in Star Trek: Outpost.