Henry Starling Henry Starling was a Human computer technology pioneer and philanthropist who was largely responsible for the computer age of the late 20th century . Unknown to anyone at the time , Starling ' s innovations were based on his limited understanding of the technology found aboard the 29th century timeship " Aeon " , which he appropriated after discovering the crash ed vessel in 1967 . Cannibalizing the " Aeon " , Starling single - handedly advanced Human computer technology to the point where innovations such as the Internet , laptop s , and barcode reader s were commonplace and taken for granted . Using the notoriety and money which came along with introducing these technologies , Starling constructed a corporate empire called " Chronowerx Industries . " Biography . Camping in the High Sierras in 1967 , Starling came upon the crashed Federation timeship " Aeon " , abandoned by its pilot , Captain Braxton , via an emergency transport . Discovering the ship intact , Starling then began the process of examining it and learning about its capabilities and technologies . Between 1967 and 1996 , Starling utilized and exploited the " Aeon " to the extent of his abilities , developing a technologically - based corporate empire which spanned the planet . By 1969 , Starling had introduced the very first isograted circuit . Every few years thereafter he released an equally revolutionary advance in computer technology , based on his understanding of 29th century technology . Starling ' s rising influence and power was evidenced by a photograph of him shaking hands with Richard M . Nixon , then President of the United States . In late 1996 , Starling planned to launch the " Aeon " to travel to the 29th century and collect technology to use as the basis for new commercial products . Before his scheduled launch , however , Starling was notified to the arrival of the by a graduate student in his employ , and began the process of learning all he could about the starship , which he believed to have been sent from the 29th century to retrieve the timeship from its wrongful place in the timeline . Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay broke into Starling ' s office to retrieve information on Starling and his activities , and thereby learned about the " Aeon " and how Starling had inappropriately exploited its technology . Attempting to reason with Starling , Janeway informed him that , if he were to use the " Aeon " to travel into the future , he would cause a devastating temporal explosion which would destroy all of Earth ' s solar system . Starling refused to believe her , however , believing that she simply wanted to appropriate the timeship for herself . Starling was successful in thwarting their effort to transport the " Aeon " from his launch bay , and effectively turned the tables on " Voyager " s crew when he utilized their own transporter stream to access their computer database and download over twenty percent of their computer files . Amongst the data stolen from " Voyager " was The Doctor , whom Starling proceeded to torture for information about " Voyager " and her crew using his access to The Doctor ' s program to create the ' illusion ' of pain by accessing The Doctor ' s tactile response sensors . Soon thereafter , Starling was lured into a meeting with Tom Paris , Tuvok , and their new ally Rain Robinson , but despite his attempts to use The Doctor as a hostage by transferring his program to a mobile emitter - allowing The Doctor to exist outside holographic environments but with the emitter now an easy target to destroy The Doctor ' s entire program - he was captured when Tuvok sent Starling ' s coordinates to a shuttle in orbit , the shuttle transferring Starling to " Voyager " . The crew confined him within sickbay to prevent his further participation in the plot to travel to the future , their own research having confirmed that Starling ' s lack of training in the timeship could easily trigger a temporal explosion . Unfortunately , 29th century technology came to Starling ' s aid once again as his assistant , H . Dunbar , used the " Aeon " in conjunction with a Chronowerx satellite to transport Starling through " Voyager " s shields and back into his office . After successfully baiting the " Voyager " crew by convincing them to chase a faux timeship , Starling launched the " Aeon " directly through the front of Chronowerx headquarters , determined to continue his plan despite their warnings . Ultimately , Starling died while trying to travel to the future with the " Aeon " when both he and the timeship were destroyed by " Voyager " , Janeway having managed to manually launch a photon torpedo at the timeship . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Henry Starling was played by Ed Begley , Jr . Henry Starling was originally named " Harvey Starling " , such as in the first draft script of . From the , " " The destruction of the timeship and the death of Starling apparentely prevented the temporal explosion in the 29th century that had originally caused Braxton and the " Aeon " to go back into the past . It is nevertheless unclear what happened to the 20th century events in the altered timeline . One might infer that all of Starling ' s " innovations " disappeared in the altered timeline . However , the holographic doctor ' s autonomous holoemitter did not disappear , suggesting that some effects of Braxton ' s 1967 crash remained , even in the altered timeline . " " Awards . Henry Starling had acquired many awards over his career . Some of these awards included : These awards were presented for and sold at the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction .