Ronald D . Moore Ronald " Ron " Dowl Moore is a writer and producer of several " Star Trek " series and films , as well as several other science fiction and genre programs . Moore was recognized for his writing work on the " Star Trek " franchise with seven award nominations , winning two of them . In his post - " Star Trek " years , he greatly added to this list of laurels . While residing in Los Angeles as a struggling and budding writer , Ron Moore started to date a woman who worked on the set of . In , Moore , an avid fan of the , convinced her to take him on a tour of the lot . He had written a script for the show , which the producers liked enough to actually film . It became , and Moore was soon hired as a staff writer . He remained at that position until the end of the series . He co - wrote 27 episodes of " Star Trek : The Next Generation " including the series finale , for which he won the Hugo Award for excellence in science fiction writing along with Brannon Braga . Moore and Braga also co - wrote two films featuring the " Next Generation " cast , and . As producer of TNG in 1994 , Moore shared an Emmy Award nomination when the series was nominated as Outstanding Drama Series that year . After " The Next Generation " ended in 1994 , Moore joined the writing staff of as a supervising producer , a post which he held from that show ' s third to fifth seasons . In 1997 , he was promoted to co - executive producer . He is credited as writer or co - writer of thirty episodes of DS9 . Moore is something of an innovator in fan interaction via the internet . He regularly ran during his tenure on " Deep Space Nine " . In 1999 , after DS9 finished its run , Moore briefly joined the staff of and publicly suggested he might co - write with his one - time writing partner and " Voyager " Executive Producer Brannon Braga again . Moore quickly became frustrated by the atmosphere in " Voyager " s writers ' room and left the series after writing one episode and co - writing the story for another ; as a result of this experience his relationship with Braga soured for a time . However , the two later recorded a commentary for the DVD release of together in which they indicated that any problems between them were now in the past . Moore ' s love of the original series showed itself through a myriad of allusions to the show , presented in many of Moore ' s episodes , such as the mention of the Tholian s in and the first appearance of Starfleet Academy in . It is perhaps because of this fondness that Moore was chosen to write ( after Braga turned down the writing chore , because he knew nothing of the " Original Series " ) , which featured Montgomery Scott and the bridge of the original , and , set during an episode of the original series . His favorite TOS episode is . This inspired his first attempt at writing " Star Trek " , an unfinished novel that would have told the story of Tarsus IV . Moore ' s hand in gave him the nickname of " the Klingon guy " , and he went on to write nearly every Klingon - centric episode of TNG and DS9 . Over the years , a character named after Moore was mentioned in a few pieces of background artwork , such as starships ' dedication plaque s . On his role in the franchise , Moore has commented , " " Personally , I think of myself and other writers as artists . I believe in a fairly loose definition of " art " as almost any creative form of expression and that writing ( and screenwriting ) certainly falls within that category . " " Due to the close similarity in names , Ron Moore was often confused with Visual Effects Supervisor Ronald B . Moore , already employed by the franchise in 1987 , and the confusion was not restricted to outsiders only , as Ron B . Moore gleefully recalled , " " When Ron D . started working on TNG I even got his first paycheck . I did give it back to him but pointed out that he should be careful , as I know I would have no problem cashing his checks . I never got another , but am still hoping I do . " " ( " Flying Starships " , p . 78 ) The confusion even persisted as late as 1993 , when Moore was given an unjustified visual effects credit for , which was meant for Ron B . Moore . In 2014 , Moore mused on " Star Trek " that " " [ It ] would be fun to return to one day , but hard to see how you get from here to there . " " However , he expressed enthusiasm for a future series being streamed via , as " " it would be wonderful to see a show like Star Trek cast in that realm where they could literally go where no show has gone before . " " He also expressed interest in exploring a mirror universe for the rebooted films ' timeline . Career outside " Star Trek " . Ron Moore attended Cornell University through the US Navy ' s Reserve Officer Training Corps program , intending to be commissioned as an officer in the Navy upon graduation , with his ultimate ambition to pilot the F - 14 Tomcat . When he was later medically disqualified from flying , that career path was no longer possible . However , while at Cornell , Moore had enjoyed " writing on the side " , as he put it , and joined a number of campus literary societies . Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science , Moore decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a writer . His career was initially not doing well , but it was there that he began dating the woman , the event eventually leading up to his position on " The Next Generation " . Upon leaving " Voyager " , Ron Moore endeavored to pursue other writing opportunities , including the series and and , most notably , the updated 2003 version of the " Battlestar Galactica " ( BSG ) franchise . " Battlestar Galactica " . Following the 2003 , the re - imagined " BSG " franchise ran for a four - season , starting in 2004 , complemented by two " BSG " TV - movies , " " ( 2007 ) and " " ( 2009 ) , initially receiving accolades from fans of the movie and series , as well as media outlets , critics , and fans in both the US and the UK . Remarkable also was the backing the re - imagined series received from original " BSG " staffer such as veteran actor Richard Hatch ( who guest starred as a major character in several episodes ) , while creator and executive producer of the original series , Glen A . Larson , served as a consulting producer for the entire run of the renewed franchise . The series received a Peabody Award in 2006 . Ron Moore won the 2005 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation , Short Form for writing the first season ' s premiere episode , " 33 " . It was the second Hugo Award that Moore has received to date , following up from " All Good Things . . . " In addition , Moore was nominated for a 2007 Emmy Award in the Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series category for writing the " Occupation / Precipice " episode of " BSG " , his first Emmy nomination in thirteen years . Damon Lindelof was nominated in the same category for co - writing the season three finale of , but both lost to , who won the award for writing the final episode of the hit HBO TV series , . " BSG " proved to be so successful that the second season was announced just as the second week ' s episode of the first season was being aired . The Sci - Fi Channel had even ordered advance scripts for the first six episodes of the second season before it was officially renewed or had even aired in the United States . " BSG " s first season aired during the same time as s fourth season , and " BSG " received higher ratings even though it was on a cable channel and " Enterprise " was on a broadcast network . Despite the acclaim , there " were " die - hard fans of the classic series , who denounced the re - imagined series right from the start , increasingly referring to the re - imagined franchise by the acronym " GINO " – Galactica In Name Only – , and these fans were subsequently joined by others , critical of the later " BSG " spin - off productions . In this it resembled the fan criticism that befell " The Next Generation " prior to , and during its first season . Moore himself reacted to this criticism with humor when he made a cameo appearance in the April 2009 episode " A Space Oddity " of the crime series " " – incidentally co - written by his former " Next Generation " writing colleague Naren Shankar ; the subplot in that episode involved a young director / producer remaking an old science fiction series with a brand new concept , angering fans with Moore , as a convention attendee , being the first person to speak out in order to denounce the remake . Continuing his interest in fan interaction , Moore maintained a blog on Sci - Fi . com in which he answers a multitude of fan questions in unerring detail and attention . He also provided podcast audio commentaries for each episode in which he often mentions his involvement with " Star Trek " and criticisms of what he felt led to its decline . References to " Star Trek " occasionally appeared in " BSG " ; for example , a hatchway on board the " Galactica " behind which vital plot movements take place is labeled " 1701D " . The fourth and final season of Moore ' s " BSG " concluded in March 2009 . Moore himself made his directorial debut on the fourth season episode , " A Disquiet Follows My Soul . " He also went on to write and appear in the finale , " Daybreak . " The Sci - Fi Channel announced , already in late April 2006 , near the end of the second season , that it was planning on producing a prequel " BSG " - based TV series named " Caprica " , detailing the initial creation and revolt of the Cylon robots , and that this new show would also be helmed by Moore , both as writer and executive producer . . The series , indeed called " Caprica " , was eventually produced in 2009 , but canceled after its first season in 2010 . Remarkable was that a multitude of Moore ' s former " Star Trek " colleagues , predominantly from the visual effects departments had joined him during his time on the " BSG " franchise , such as Gary Hutzel , Doug Drexler , joined at a later time by David Takemura , and including a host of former Foundation Imaging CGI artists such as Pierre Drolet , Koji Kuramura , Lee Stringer , Adam " Mojo " Lebowitz , to name but a few . Most of them served on the whole run of the franchise . Since then Ron Moore has somewhat distanced himself from the " BSG " franchise and has not been involved in the 2012 prequel spin - off television movie " Battlestar Galactica : Blood & Chrome " , though many of his former co - workers on the franchise , including those with the " Star Trek " pedigree , were . It was former co - worker David Eick who headed that outing into the franchise . Post - " Battlestar Galactica " career . A two - hour TV pilot for a potential series entitled , co - written by Moore and Michael Taylor , was greenlit by the FOX network in April , 2008 . . It was aired as a made - for - TV movie in June , 2009 , though it was not picked up as a series . In 2011 , Moore began work on a new supernatural police drama series titled " 17th Precinct " , which was to heavily feature many actors who had previously worked with Moore on " Battlestar Galactica " ; this pilot was also not picked up for series , nor has it ever aired to the public . He also had a cameo in the " Trek " - spoofing " CSI " episode " A Space Oddity , " which was written by Naren Shankar and featured Liz Vassey , Wallace Langham , and Kate Vernon . More recently , Moore worked as writer and executive producer on SyFy ' s science fiction series " Helix " , which premiered in January 2014 . Among the " Trek " alumni who were working on this series are William O . Campbell , Jeri Ryan , and associate producer Stephen Welke . , a TV series based on Diana Gabaldon ' s novel , was written and produced by Moore , and started broadcasting in August 2014 . " Outlander " reunited Moore with Ira Steven Behr . " Star Trek " awards . For his work on " Star Trek " Ron D . Moore received the following awards and nominations in the various writing categories . Emmy Award . Moore received the following Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Drama Series Hugo Awards . Moore received the following Hugo Award and nominations in the category Best Dramatic Presentation Saturn Award . Moore received the following Saturn Award nomination in the category Best Writer Universe Reader ' s Choice Award . Moore received the following Universe Reader ' s Choice Award in the category Best Writing for a Genre Motion Picture