Kenneth Dalby Crewman Kenneth Dalby was a former Maquis member who was forced to join the Starfleet crew of the when it became stranded in the Delta Quadrant . Aboard " Voyager " , he served in the engineering department . History . Dalby used to live on the Bajoran frontier – which he described as a " hard life . " He coped by getting into a lot of trouble and being angry at everybody and everything . Eventually , he met and fell in love with a woman and for a while was at peace . When she was later rape d and killed by three Cardassians , he decided to join the Maquis and " slaughter as many Cardassian s " as he could . When Chakotay ' s ship , the " Val Jean " , was pulled into the Delta Quadrant in 2371 and both Starfleet and Maquis crews were integrated to be one Starfleet crew , Dalby found it rather difficult to adjust to life aboard " Voyager " . In fact , he was not very fond of Starfleet and once even remarked that he regretted every minute of every day not being with the Maquis anymore . He was frustrated and angry having to deal with what he perceived as pesky Starfleet protocols , emphasizing that as a Maquis he was used to doing things " the Maquis way . " In late 2371 , while making an unauthorized repair to a malfunctioning bio - neural gel pack , he accidentally disrupted power to the ship ' s energy grid . Dalby was then confronted by Lieutenant Tuvok , at which time he became agitated and insubordinate . When discussing him with Captain Kathryn Janeway , Tuvok remarked that Dalby had been behaving very undisciplined since his time on the ship began , as he was once caught tampering with the ship ' s systems to increase replicator ration s for a friend and had missed three of his last ten duty shift s . Trying to find a way to address the issue , Dalby and three other former Maquis deemed in need of some discipline were ordered by Commander Chakotay to undergo a rigorous Starfleet Academy - style training scenario , aimed at bringing former Maquis personnel unfamiliar with Starfleet standards up to date . Despite great reluctance , Dalby had no choice but to acquiesce to Chakotay ' s order and try to make things work with Tuvok . Even though he and Tuvok did not see eye to eye in the beginning , by the end of the training exercise both developed an understanding as well as respect for the other . Dalby changed his attitude towards Tuvok and Starfleet a great deal when he witnessed Tuvok risk his own life to save the youngest member of the team , Gerron , who had been seriously injured in a cargo bay accident . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Kenneth Dalby was played by Armand Schultz . " Learning Curve " co - writer Jean Louise Matthias said of the character , " " In our early story treatment , Dalby was a much darker , angrier person . He was named after a kid who terrorized me in third grade . That changed a little to show he could be redeemed at the end . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol . 27 , No . 4 / 5 , p . 71 ) Apocrypha . In the video game " Starship Creator " , Dalby ' s past is described in more detail . According to the video game , Dalby was born on Dreaon VII , in 2335 . He showed an interest early on in the sciences and engineering , and attended the Federation Institute of Technology , where he studied propulsion engineering . After graduating and working as a commercial engineer for a few years , he grew increasingly more tired of his job at the spaceport and soon joined a Federation freighter , the SS " Gryphon " , as assistant chief engineer . In 2367 , he married a Bajoran woman , Paola Calderon , until she was brutally raped and killed by Cardassians . In an alternate timeline depicted in the " Infinity ' s Prism " novel " Places of Exile " , Dalby is serving at an auxiliary engineering station on the bridge of " Voyager " in 2374 when the ship witnesses Species 8472 assault a Borg - occupied star system . Dalby is killed when one of the pursuing ships of Species 8472 severs a starboard nacelle and collides with the " Voyager " bridge .