Patrick Patrick was a genetically - engineered Human born during the 24th century . History . As a child , Patrick ' s parents took him to undergo an illegal procedure called accelerated critical neural pathway formation which dramatically increased his intelligence beyond what Humans would call genius level . However , the procedure also left him with a child - like personality , resulting in him being taken into psychiatric care to live with others like himself . In 2374 , when it was revealed that Doctor Julian Bashir had also undergone the same procedure , Doctor Karen Loews – the psychiatrist in charge of Patrick ' s case – took him , along with , Lauren , and Sarina Douglas , to Deep Space 9 . Dr . Loews believed that meeting someone like them who had managed to fit in to normal society would be helpful to them . Along with the others , Patrick studied Gul Damar ' s speech calling for peace talks between the Dominion and the Federation . Together , just by watching the speech , they were able to determine the entire story of Damar ' s rise to power without ever having heard any of it before . Bashir was very impressed , and encouraged their thirst for knowledge about the Dominion . They asked to watch the holographic recordings of the peace talks , and determined that the Dominion was stalling for time to solve their shortages of ketracel - white . Had the Federation signed the peace treaty , they would have almost certainly lost the war . Grateful to them , Starfleet provided Patrick and the others with classified reports and war plans . They quickly determined that the Dominion was certain to win the war and that the only way to prevent the loss of billions of lives was to surrender immediately . Unsurprisingly , Captain Benjamin Sisko rejected this immediately . Jack , Patrick , and Lauren attempted to take Starfleet ' s classified information directly to the Dominion , knocking Bashir out and leaving him in Sarina ' s custody , so they could win the war more quickly , thus saving lives . Jack miscalculated , however , as Sarina released Bashir who then stopped him from meeting with Weyoun and Damar . Starfleet , however , remained willing to listen to any ideas they had on how to win the war . ( ) In 2375 , Patrick and the others developed a procedure that would cure Sarina of her inability to properly communicate with others . With Patrick posing as a Starfleet admiral , they took her to Deep Space 9 where Bashir was able to perform the procedure successfully . Although possessing little knowledge of Starfleet regulations , Patrick was able to order officers ( such as Nog ) around by answering every question with " " That ' s a stupid question . " " ( ) Memorable quotes . " " Sounds like the plasma flow ' s out of sync . " " < br > " " You ' re right . " " < br > " " Better realign it . " " < br > " " I was thinking that . " " < br > " " I ' m Patrick . " " < br > " " Patrick ! Come on . " " < br > " " What are you doing here ? " " < br > " " That ' s a stupid question . " " < br > " " Where did you get these uniforms ? " " < br > " " That ' s a stupid question , too . " " < br > " " How much time do we have left ? " " < br > " " Sixty trillion years , seventy at the most . " " < br > " " Oh , no . " " < br > " " Couldn ' t you make us normal like you did for Sarina , and then we could all stay together . " " Appendices . Background information . Patrick was played by actor Michael Keenan . Two costumes worn by Keenan as Patrick were later sold off in the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction . The first , a brown zip - up jumpsuit as featured in " Statistical Probabilities " was sold for US $ 113 . 00 . The second , a red chenille jumpsuit with textured stripes and belt loops as seen in " Chrysalis " , was sold for US $ 127 . 50 . The script for " Statistical Probabilities " describes the character of Patrick as " " a child - like man in his fifties " [ . . . ] " He looks scared , lost " " . This would put his year of birth somewhere between 2315 and 2324 . The characters of Jack , Patrick , Lauren , and Sarina were collectively referred to as the " Jack - pack " by the " Deep Space Nine " writing team , with each character having a specific personality trait . In terms of Patrick , actor Michael Keenan found the character quite straightforward . " " It was pretty specific . " " he recalled . " " I mean , he ' s essentially a child , so I just played him that way . Children have instant access to their emotions and they don ' t filter anything , so that ' s what I did . " " ( " " , p . 514 ) Having previously worked on ( as Maturin ) and ( as Hrothgar ) , Keenan walked into the role of Patrick . " " It was really kind of funny , " " he laughed , " " I ' d already done " The Next Generation " and " Voyager " so as a joke , I went into " [ Casting Director ] " Ron Surma ' s office and said , ' Hey Ron , I ' ve gotta do the Triple Crown . ' Ron laughed , and the very next week he called me in for " Statistical Probabilities " . " " ( " " , p . 514 ) Though he never auditioned for the musical scene in " Chrysalis " , Keenan just gave it his best shot and ultimately enjoyed it . " " They didn ' t audition us for the scene ; it was just there . So I thought , ' Well , either we do it right or they dub it later ' , " " he laughed . ( " " , p . 615 ) In his review of " Statistical Probabilities " , " Star Trek " author Keith R . A . DeCandido described Keenan ' s performance as " particularly strong . " Apocrypha . Patrick appears in the " " novel " Zero Sum Game " along with Jack and Lauren . The three of them are working for Starfleet Intelligence in the year 2382 when they discover several startling revelations about the Breen . Patrick also has a card in the " Star Trek Customizable Card Game " , which describes him as an " Idiot Savant " .