Rand
| Species | Human |
| Sex | Male |
| First Appearance | TOS06 (8 Sep 1966) |
| Portrayed by | Eddie Paskey |
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Rand[1] was assigned to the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701[2] as a security officer.[3] On Stardate 1513.1, Ensign Rand manned the helm station during an incident on planet M-113[2] as well as the mission to Psi 2000 on Stardate 1704.2 after Lieutenant Sulu was infected with polywater intoxication.[4] Rand was in the rec room aboard the Enterprise when Charlie Evans was aboard the ship, and enjoyed listening to the songs that Lieutenant Uhura sang that poked fun at the ship's officers.[5] Rand was at the navigation console[6] when the ship left Talos IV on Stardate 3013.2.[7] He took the helm once again on Stardate 3025.3, when the ship discovered the Amusement Planet.[8] Rand, now a lieutenant, was also on the surface of Omicron Ceti III,[9] collecting material to be beamed back up to the ship, and was among the first to be controlled by the pod plant spores.[10] On Stardate 3196.1, Rand was part of a security team led by Lieutenant Commander Giotto in the search for the Horta on Janus VI. He was attacked by the miners on Janus VI and clubbed several times on his head.[3] Rand was tasked with another security officer to accompany Captain Kirk, Commander Spock, and Lieutenant Commander Mulhall to Arret on Stardate 4768.3, but interference from Sargon prevented the security officers from beaming down with the rest of the landing party.[11]
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- ↑ Lieutenant Rand's name and rank were given in the script for "The Man Trap" as Lieutenant Ryan, but were not spoken in dialogue; he appeared again in "The Naked Time" and was referred to in dialogue as Rand. Additionally, although the script for "The Man Trap" named him as a lieutenant, he had no rank insignia, which would otherwise indicate that he was an ensign. Eddie Paskey also played Lieutenant Leslie, who frequently manned the Engineering station on the bridge, and also wore a red shirt; the two appeared simultaneously on the bridge in "The Menagerie, Part II." Rand began wearing lieutenant stripes in "This Side of Paradise." When Paskey appeared in a red uniform, if he was performing security or navigation duties, it was concluded that he was portraying Rand; if he was performing engineering duties, then he was portraying Leslie.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Man Trap". Star Trek, season 1, episode 1 (Production number 06). Directed by Marc Daniels. Written by George Clayton Johnson. Desilu Productions. 8 September 1966.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Devil in the Dark." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 25 (Production 26). Directed by Joseph Pevney. Written by Gene L. Coon. Desilu Productions, 9 March 1967.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Naked Time". Star Trek, season 1, episode 4 (Production number 07). Directed by Marc Daniels. Written by John D.F. Black. Desilu Productions. 29 September 1966.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Charlie X". Star Trek, season 1, episode 2 (Production number 08). Directed by Lawrence Dobkin. Story by Gene Roddenberry. Teleplay by D.C. Fontana. Desilu Productions. 15 September 1966.
- ↑ At the end of "The Menagerie, Part II," Eddie Paskey was plainly visible at the engineering station behind Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. The scene cut to a different camera angle, and Paskey was again visible at the navigation station in front of Kirk, while the engineering station was out of the camera shot. Rather than conduct mental gymnastics to attempt to explain how Leslie could be in two places simultaneously, Occam's Razor suggests that Rand was at navigation while Leslie was at his typical post at engineering.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Menagerie, Part II." Star Trek, Episode 12 (Production 16). Directed by Marc Daniels and Robert Butler. Written by Gene Roddenberry. Desilu Productions, 24 November 1966.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Shore Leave." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 15 (Production 17). Directed by Robert Sparr. Written by Theodore Sturgeon. Desilu Productions, 29 December 1966.
- ↑ Eddie Paskey appeared briefly in a scene on the surface of Omicron Ceti III shortly before another scene shows him about to beam down to the planet, apparently for the first time. Since both Rand and Leslie wore identical uniforms, it's not a stretch to conclude that Rand was already on the surface before Leslie beamed down.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "This Side of Paradise." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 24 (Production 25). Directed by Ralph Senensky. Story by Nathan Butler. Teleplay by Nathan Butler & D.C. Fontana. Desilu Productions, 2 March 1967.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Return to Tomorrow." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 22. Directed by Ralph Senensky. Written by John Kingsbridge. Desilu Productions, 9 February 1968.
