William Boimler

Bradward "William" Boimler was a result of a transporter accident in 2381 that created two Brad Boimlers, genetically indistinguishable from each other, with personality and memories identical up to the point of the duplication. One of the duplicates continued to be known as Bradward Boimler and was transferred back to the . The other chose to use the name "William" and be known as William Boimler and continued to serve aboard the . William was later recruited by Section 31, who faked his death in order to remove him from the Titan and eventually gave him a promotion to captain and command of the starship Anaximander. () 
He was referred to casually as "clone Boimler". ()
Boimler's choice to use the name "William" was presumably an effort to ingratiate himself to Riker, as Boimler immediately immersed himself in Riker's interests, such as Romulan ale and jazz. ()
Later that year, Brad took advantage of his knowledge that the Titan was occupied fighting Pakleds, and posed as William to gain access to the Command Conference afterparty aboard Starbase 25. When Beckett Mariner first suggested the plan, which would have allowed her to be the "plus one", Brad thought to ask William if it was okay to do beforehand, but Mariner dissuaded him. ()
In 2381, Section 31 recruited William into their services, faking his death by a freak neurocine gas leak in his quarters. After Brad was notified by Ransom, he was placed on bereavement leave, but never took the proper time to process it. Although he was jealous of William, for having "his own quarters on a cooler ship", news of such a meaningless death shook Brad terribly, forcing him to question the meaning of life, and sending him into a depression spiral until he was temporarily rendered clinically dead by dehydration before being revived. 
Following his apparent death, William was jettisoned into space inside a torpedo casing and eventually rescued and resuscitated by his new employers. After being informed that he was officially considered "a dead man" by Starfleet, he briefly questioned the indiscreet nature Section 31 took in advertising themselves with a "special combadge" and being threatened to be put back to death, William accepted the position and to that end laughed maniacally. ()
==Section 31 career==
===Anaximander and the Quantum Fissures===
By 2382, William had been promoted to captain of the Anaximander, a Section 31 starship investigating the quantum fissures that kept popping up, crewed by "interdimensional castaways" in the form of alternate reality versions of T'Pol, Curzon Dax, Elim Garak, several versions of Harry Kim, and a holographic Julian Bashir. During this time, William had grown tired of the multiverse due to its repetitive nature and wistfully remembered his time exploring the galaxy on the Cerritos and the friends that he had there, especially after meeting an alternate version of his old friend Beckett Mariner. With the entire multiverse in danger of destruction, William directed the destructive energy wave to his own reality, trusting Brad and his old friends to save the universe and sending his transporter duplicate a message warning him of the threat while revealing his own survival at the same time. ()
After the Cerritos was able to stabilize the rift at the cost of it being permanently left open, William returned to the prime universe with his interdimensional crew, now including the Beagle crew. ()
===Continuing Multiversal Exploration===
The Anaximander was assigned to Starbase 80 as a part of Starfleet's exploration of the multiverse overseen by Captain Carol Freeman. William and his crew were attending a party on the station when the Cerritos -- now captained by Jack Ransom with Brad Boimler and Beckett Mariner as provisional first officers -- departed to continue its adventures. ()
== Personality ==
Although William possessed all of Brad Boimler's traits up until the duplication, he quickly became an embodiment of Boimler's more action-oriented side, excitedly tricking Brad so that he could stay on the rather than returning to the despite Boimler having expressed more of an interest in exploration than action shortly before the duplication. Presumably for this reason, William later accepted an offer to join the shadowy Section 31, even letting out a maniacal laugh after faking his own death. ()
However, while his career quickly advanced to the point of promotion to captain of his own ship within a year, William was shown to miss his old friends and exploring the galaxy rather than jumping through the multiverse chasing the . Meeting an alternate reality version of his old friend Beckett Mariner only increased these feelings for William, although talking to Lily Sloane about her own exploration mission helped William to understand that his friendships with the people that mattered most to him transcended realities. To this end, William chose to send a destructive energy wave to his own universe, placing his trust in Brad and his friends to find a solution to the problem. ()
William's differing experiences gave him a generally calmer disposition than Brad, as seen by Brad's immediate panic at the news of impending disaster as opposed to William's calm handling of the situation. ()
== Key dates ==
*Mid-24th century: Born in Modesto, California on Earth.
*2379:
**Graduates from Starfleet Academy
*2379–2380: Assigned to the as a junior officer 
*2380:
**Transferred to the 
**Stays on the Titan and assumes the name William after a transporter accident creates duplicates of Boimler, while the other duplicate retains the name Bradward and returns to the Cerritos.
*2381: Fakes his death and joins Section 31.
*2382: Leads a crew of "interdimensional castaways" to investigate the quantum fissures on the Anaximander.
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===Background information===
William Boimler was voiced by actor Jack Quaid, who also portrayed Brad Boimler.
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