Darien Wallace Lieutenant Darien Wallace was a Starfleet crewmember who served aboard the from 2364 to 2371 . He was the son of Dennis and Laurel Wallace . According to medical file MM - 378 - 5 , Wallace was born on Altair IV on stardate 22991 . 6 . ( ) Service history . Wallace graduated at Beta Ursae Minor II . By 2371 , he had been assigned to three starship s in his career . These were the on stardate 41987 . 6 , the on stardate 42983 . 6 , and the USS " Enterprise " on stardate 43922 . 6 . In 2370 , he held the classification of specialist ( grade 3 ) in life support system s . Wallace had many achievements throughout his career . On stardate 45392 . 6 , he was awarded the J . Bruce Award for bioengineering . On stardate 44083 . 6 , he was awarded the Campbell Award for life sciences . On stardate 43147 . 6 , he was awarded the Extended Tour Ribbon . He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on stardate 42922 . 6 . He had an average efficiency / coind rating of 8 . 7 . In the early 2360s , Wallace served at Utopia Planitia Shipyards in the Sol system . He was the team leader for primary hull forward life support control and emergency system s installation for the starship " Enterprise " - D . He was also assistant parts scheduler of the primary and secondary life support systems linkage system . ( ) 2364 . Crewman Wallace was present in the " Enterprise " s shuttlebay when Captain Jean - Luc Picard boarded the starship for the very first time in 2364 , shortly before the mission to Deneb IV . ( ) Later that year , Wallace assisted chief engineer Argyle in re - assembling Lore after the android ' s dismembered body was found on Omicron Theta . ( ) Wallace was treated in an overcrowded sickbay for a virus from Quazulu VIII that most of the crew had contracted while in orbit of Angel I . ( ) He roamed the corridors of the ship when the USS " Enterprise " - D was docked at Starbase 74 , shortly before everyone had to abandon the ship because of a faked warp core breach simulated by the Bynar s . A little later , he was seen in an office on Starbase 74 , when it was discussed what to do about the hijacking of the " Enterprise " - D . ( ) Wallace was on duty on the bridge around the time when the " Enterprise " was in orbit of Mordan IV . He passed Rear Admiral Mark Jameson who left the Observation lounge and later was on duty on the bridge when the Admiral died on the planet . ( ) Later that year , he was standing in a corridor and talking to another crewmember when Mason was abducted by the Aldean s . ( ) He passed the transporter room doors when Admiral Gregory Quinn and Lieutenant Commander Dexter Remmick beamed aboard the ship for the first time . A short time later , he was working on the warp core in main engineering while the " Enterprise " was still in orbit around Relva VII . Later , he was passing Captain Picard wearing his dress uniform in a corridor . ( ) Wallace was part of a security detachment sent to apprehend the Klingon s Korris and Konmel , who had escaped from the brig . He picked up the type 2 phaser of a fellow security officer who had been killed by Korris . ( ) Wallace was on duty on the bridge when the ship received a distress signal from Ben Prieto and Deanna Troi , who had crash - landed aboard a shuttlecraft on Vagra II . ( ) When the " Enterprise " - D was in orbit of Vandor IV , Wallace was walking along a corridor , talking to a science officer and nearly bumping into Lieutenant Commander Data . ( ) Late that year , Wallace was walking behind a command division crewmember while working on a PADD and was passed by Ralph Offenhouse , who was making his way to the bridge . ( ) 2365 . Darien Wallace had just left Ten Forward when Captain Jean - Luc Picard met Doctor Katherine Pulaski for the first time in the bar in 2365 . ( ) Wallace served on the bridge when Captain Picard told Counselor Troi about his doubts letting Commander Riker join Worf ' s Klingon calisthenics program . ( ) He was working in main engineering when the ship was temporarily taken over by the holographic character Professor . ( ) When the crew encountered Thadiun Okona and his ship , the " Erstwhile " , near the beginning of the year , Wallace was on duty on the bridge , manning one of the aft stations . ( ) He was also manning an aft console on the bridge when mediator Riva first made contact with the warring Solari factions of Solais V . ( ) Wallace was manning the ops station in early 2365 and was relieved by Data , who at that time was possessed by Doctor Ira Graves . He later manned his usual bridge aft console . ( ) He was on duty on the bridge when Kargan , the captain of the Klingon Bird - of - Prey , was transported aboard the " Enterprise " - D . ( ) Wallace was working together with Geordi La Forge and Wesley Crusher in main engineering , when the " Enterprise " - D was transporting sovereign - to - be Salia from Klavdia III to Daled IV . ( ) When the " Enterprise " - D was affected by an Iconian software transmission , which caused several malfunctions aboard the ship , Wallace helped Chief O ' Brien keep the transporter working properly . ( ) Crewman Wallace was on duty in the shuttlebay when the shuttlepod " El - Baz " , carrying a Captain Picard from the future , was tractored into the hangar . ( ) Wallace was working in main engineering , where he later helped Wesley Crusher with maintenance work when the " Enterprise " - D was in orbit of Starbase Montgomery . ( ) He was walking along a corridor aboard the ship , carrying a PADD , and had a short chat with Ensign when the " Enterprise " - D was investigating the Selcundi Drema sector . A short while later , he passed a very nervous Wesley Crusher in front of the geology laboratory on deck 10 and gave him an encouraging nod . ( ) After the " Enterprise " - D encountered the Borg for the first time , Wallace manned the ops station while the bridge crew held a conference in the Observation Lounge . He continued manning the post when an away team beamed to the Borg cube and later manned an aft station on the bridge . ( ) He was one of the crew members watching Commander Riker play strategema against the Zakdorn Sirna Kolrami in late 2365 . ( ) 2366 . When the " Enterprise " - D experienced troubles due to nanite s in the Kavis Alpha sector , Wallace received minor injuries and was subsequently treated in sickbay by Diana Giddings . He had to lie down for a moment , though . ( ) He was promoted to ensign in early 2366 . Shortly thereafter , he was doing some work on a PADD in a corridor when the ship had just discovered the Promellian battle cruiser " Cleponji " . ( ) Wallace was having a drink in Ten Forward when the " Enterprise " - D received orders to proceed to Starbase 343 to take on medical supplies for the Alpha Leonis system . ( ) He briefly switched to the command division in mid - 2366 and manned the conn station when the Angosian prisoner Roga Danar escaped the brig aboard the " Enterprise " - D . Wallace then worked at an aft console of the bridge a short time later . ( ) Wallace was back in a security uniform a short time later and was ordered by Captain Picard to escort Q out of sickbay while Data was treated there . ( ) He was enjoying a drink with Ensigns Bennett and Youngblood in Ten Forward when Commander Riker met Data ' s daughter , Lal , for the first time . He was rather amused when Lal suddenly kissed Commander Riker . ( ) He had a drink with a female operations officer and later played a game of three - dimensional chess against the computer in Ten Forward when the " Enterprise " - D took aboard Worf ' s brother Kurn . ( ) Shortly after Tam Elbrun came aboard to help make first contact with Gomtuu , Wallace was seen walking along a corridor . ( ) Later on , Wallace was standing guard at the brig when Kivas Fajo was being held there . ( ) He attended the Mozart recital held in honor of the visiting ambassador Sarek . ( ) Later that year , Wallace was seen walking in a corridor close to Lwaxana Troi ' s guest quarters when the " Enterprise " was in orbit of Betazed . ( ) He was talking to a fellow crewmember in Ten Forward and later enjoyed a blue drink in the bar , chatting with a female crewmember shortly after the Zalkonian known as John Doe was able to leave sickbay for the first time . ( ) 2367 . Wallace walked past Commander Riker on his way to the transporter room to welcome the away team from the Borg cube . ( ) Early in 2367 , Wallace was recovering in sickbay after the ship had been violently shaken when trying to break free from the influence of two - dimensional lifeform s . ( ) He attended the preparations for the O ' Brien wedding in Ten Forward early that year , wearing a grey civilian suit . ( ) Later that year , Ensign Wallace again switched to the command division and assumed duty at the conn of the " Enterprise " - D when the ship , aided by the Cardassian ship " Trager " , hunted the rogue starship , commanded by Captain Benjamin Maxwell . ( ) He was treated in sickbay by Nurse Alyssa Ogawa after the " Enterprise " - D crew first encountered the Paxan s and lost a whole day . ( ) Wallace was on duty in engineering , when the spaceborne lifeform named " " was attached to the " Enterprise " - D hull . ( ) He was on duty ( and back in an operations uniform ) when Susanna Leijten broke down in main engineering due to an infection by an alien lifeform native to Tarchannen III . ( ) He walked past the main sickbay entrance while Reginald Barclay was treated in the facility , shortly after Barclay had been hit by an energy pulse from the Cytherian probe . ( ) When a symposium of the Federation Archaeology Council was held on board the " Enterprise " - D in 2367 and Doctor Beverly Crusher gave the archaeologist Vash a tour of the ship , Wallace and a female crewmember walked past the Ten Forward doors . ( ) Wallace was passing through main engineering when Admiral Norah Satie came aboard the ship and inspected the damage to the dilithium chamber hatch . ( ) He was working in engineering when Doctor Timicin was trying to find a way to reignite the Kaelon sun there . ( ) Wallace was working in main engineering after Geordi La Forge returned from his trip to Risa . La Forge was very pleased with the work the engineers had done in his absence . ( ) He was manning the ops station and later played a game of three - dimensional chess in Ten Forward when the " Enterprise " - D was in orbit of Peliar Zel II . ( ) Later , he was in attendance of a concert of classical music in Ten Forward , sitting at a table very close to the musicians – Data , Jenna D ' Sora and Keiko O ' Brien amongst them . ( ) Wallace was one of the officers waiting outside of the transporter room to say farewell to Worf when he left the " Enterprise " - D to fight in the Klingon Civil War . ( ) 2368 . Early in 2368 , Wallace , in a grey civilian suit , sat down in Ten Forward for a drink along with a fellow crewmember from the sciences division , shortly after Ensign Ro Laren came aboard the " Enterprise " - D . ( ) He was on duty in main engineering when the USS " Enterprise " - D was in orbit of Melona IV shortly after the whole planet had been ravaged by the Crystalline Entity . ( ) He was also on duty in engineering when the crew was under the influence of the Ktarian game . He greeted Wesley Crusher in a corridor when the latter returned to the " Enterprise " - D during that time . A short time later , Wallace was also addicted to the game , walking through a corridor on deck 36 and grinning widely . ( ) When Helena Rozhenko visited the ship later that year , she had a drink with her adopted son , Worf , in Ten Forward to discuss Alexander Rozhenko , whom she had brought aboard to live with Worf . At the same time , Darien Wallace , in civilian clothing , was also having a drink at the bar . ( ) Wallace was one of the " Enterprise " - D crewmembers who beamed down to Moab IV in order to help fortify the structure of the Genome colony on that planet so that it could withstand the effects of a stellar core fragment . ( ) Later , he was one of the crewmembers held captive in Ten Forward by Ux - Mal terrorists while the " Enterprise " - D was in orbit of Mab - Bu VI . He was sitting , in his casual grey suit , next to Diana Giddings and Keiko O ' Brien , the latter of whom was holding Molly . After the first failed attempt to free the hostages , Wallace and two other Starfleet officers discussed their situation with Captain Picard and Lieutenant Worf . ( ) Later that year , Wallace worked with the crew of a Romulan science vessel to repair the Romulan ship . As the " Enterprise " - D was experiencing troubles with its transporter system , Wallace , together with Data and another engineer , had to transfer to the Romulan vessel by means of a shuttle . Wallace later helped a Romulan carry a large piece of Federation equipment that had been provided by the " Enterprise " - D so the Romulan vessel could be made spaceworthy again . ( ) 2369 . He passed Deanna Troi and Samuel Clemens in a corridor in early 2369 . Both had just returned from 1893 ' s San Francisco and Clemens was just telling the Counselor about his disappointment as there were no cigar s stocked on the " Enterprise " - D . ( ) He was having a drink and chatting with a bartender in Ten Forward when Montgomery Scott entered the bar and later drank " something green " . ( ) Wallace worked in a transporter room when the " Enterprise " - D was in orbit of Bersallis III . He beamed aboard Doctor Crusher and the infirmary patients of the Bersallis colony which had to be evacuated due to massive firestorm s . ( ) Later that year , Wallace was a member of the initial away team that searched for Data on a planet where Lore had taken command of an outpost of rogue Borg . When additional search teams were beamed down to the planet , Wallace and Towles manned the command post and stayed close to the " El - Baz " , the shuttlepod Data and the Borg had used to escape to the planet . ( ) 2370 . When Worf finally returned to the correct quantum reality after a " bat ' leth " tournament on Forcas III and met Commander Riker in a corridor , he was passed by Darien Wallace , carrying a PADD . ( ) In 2370 , Lieutenant Wallace ' s personal information was displayed on a viewscreen to Counselor Deanna Troi in a psychic phenomenon . A little later , when her hallucination was getting out of control and she was running through a corridor , to get to the nacelle control room in order to commit suicide , she passed Wallace and several other officers . ( ) 2371 . Wallace was on duty during the " Enterprise " - D ' s voyage to Veridian III , the last planet the starship visited before its destruction . ( ) Alternate timelines . In an alternate timeline created when the traveled forward in time , Wallace served on the " Enterprise " - D . During a rescue effort , Wallace helped an " Enterprise " - C midshipman to a bed in sickbay after which he stood guard at the main entrance door to sickbay . ( ) In an alternate quantum reality that Worf was passing through in 2370 , Wallace walked past the Klingon and Commander William T . Riker who were having a chat in a corridor . Worf was dreading a surprise party , but Riker assured him , no party was planned , a lie , as Worf soon realized . ( ) Memorable quotes . " " Aye , sir ! " " " " Good ! " " Appendices . Background information . Darien Wallace was played by regular extra and stand - in Guy Vardaman , who received no credit for any of his appearances . Wallace was seen wearing a red command division uniform three times , in the scenes set in 2364 from , in , and . In all other appearances , he wore operations / security yellow or was seen in civilian garb . After the end of the series , the red spandex uniform worn by Wallace in was cut into pieces and included as part of a Trading Card set . Vardaman was provided with the tag on the collar , all that remained of the costume . Wallace was named after script typist Jana Wallace , who worked on TNG , DS9 and VOY . His home planet of Altair IV was suggested by Mike Okuda and Guy Vardaman and is a reference to " Forbidden Planet " , a favorite of both Okuda ' s and Vardaman ' s . His last name was first used in , and his first name was legible on screen in . His name was written " Darian Wallace " in the and the CCG but is clearly listed as " Darien Wallace " in his personnel file in " Eye of the Beholder " . The personnel file seen by Counselor Troi appeared during a dream sequence ; this might explain some inaccuracies in the stardates . Apocrypha . According to his card in the " Star Trek Customizable Card Game " , " Ensign Darian Wallace is representative of Starfleet security officers " and " held numerous positions aboard the USS " Enterprise " . " His specialty is anthropology and he has a ranking of 7 in integrity , 5 in cunning and 6 in strength .