Androna In a deleted scene from the final episode , , actress Martha Hackett portrayed the pilot Androna . She was originally to have appeared in the episode ' s eightieth scene ( included in the episode ' s seventh act ) . Androna was the pilot of a lead ship in an armada of five Terrellian transport ship s that , loaded with victims of Terrellian plague , had traveled to an anti - time eruption within the Devron system in the Romulan Neutral Zone , in a past timeline experienced by Captain Jean - Luc Picard . After the detected the Terrellian vessels stationary in the Devron system and Androna ' s craft hailed the " Enterprise " - D , she expressed gratitude to see Captain Picard and told him that her armada had been receiving threats from the Romulan Star Empire ever since entering the neutral zone . She also explained to him that she and the other Terrellians had made their journey after having received word that the anomaly – which she referred to as " the Light " – could heal the wounded and elderly people . After Picard expressed uncertainty about the anomaly ' s capabilities and replied that he might not be able to protect the Terrellian transport ships if the Romulans intervened , Androna told him that she had traveled too far and could not return , before she ended the message . The fact Martha Hackett had previously auditioned , unsuccessfully , for the role of Jadzia Dax in led her to being cast as Androna . Hackett found the duration it took to apply the prosthetics for the role was relatively lengthy . " " The make - up was really extreme , " " she remarked . " " It took about six or seven hours . " " ( ) During the approximately six - and - a - half hour makeup session , a cast of Hackett ' s head was made , from which was cast , in her own words , a " lizard headpiece . " The makeup was extremely expensive . ( " TV Zone " , issue # 85 , pp . 26 & 28 ) Hackett remembered , " " It was full - head makeup which totally obliterated my lips , nose and eyebrows . The end result was really quite beautiful , elaborately painted with a lot of purples , greens and gold . The scene was shot in 15 minutes . " " ( ) During that approximate duration , Hackett ' s scene as Androna was filmed in two takes . The actress reminisced , " " The whole shoot ended up being a lot of fun . " " ( " TV Zone " , issue # 85 , p . 28 ) After the filming wrapped , the makeup was removed . " " It took a good two hours to remove the stuff ! " " Hackett exclaimed . ( ) According to Martha Hackett , the reason her appearance as Androna ended up being deleted was " because they [ meaning the writer / producers ] decided they didn ' t want to focus solely on Picard , and wanted to involve the other characters more . " ( ) The scene was , essentially , cut due to time constraints . " " And that ' s how it should have been , " " the actress commented , " " because the focus deserved to be on the main characters in their final story . " " Despite Hackett ' s acceptance of the scene deletion , Jeri Taylor felt differently . The actress explained , " " Jeri Taylor later told me she regretted that they cut my scene because the Terrellians are so rarely seen . " " ( ) On the other hand , Brannon Braga commented , " " The alien looks silly . " " Blu - ray audio commentary ) Despite the scene ' s deletion , Martha Hackett ' s uncomplaining stint as Androna allowed the writer / producers to see that the actress could handle a lot of prosthetics . She ultimately suspected that the role of Androna may have therefore helped win her the role of Romulan Sub - Commander T ' Rul in and . ( ) The scene with Androna appears in Michael Jan Friedman ' s " " novelization and was later included in the Blu - ray release . The Androna that appears in the novelization is male , while the Androna in the deleted scene is female . An image of Androna can be found in and her costume was sold off on the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction on eBay .