Kell Perim

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Gender:	Female
Species:	Trill
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet
Rank:	Ensign
Status:	Active (2375)
Played by:	Stephanie Niznik

Ensign Kell Perim was a Trill Starfleet command division officer serving aboard the USS Enterprise-E, under Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

In 2375, she was on duty as the operations officer during the battle with the Son'a, the development of the Riker Maneuver and provided information on the composition of the Briar Patch. (Star Trek: Insurrection)

Flight controllers of the starships Enterprise
USS Enterprise-D:	Allenby • Clancy • Crusher • Dern • Gates • Gibson • Graham • Haskell • Jae • La Forge • Lin • McKnight • Monroe • O'Brien • Rager • Reel • Ro • Solis • Torres • Wallace • Worf • Wright
USS Enterprise-E:	Branson • Hawk • Perim

Operations officers of the starships Enterprise
USS Enterprise-C:	Parker
USS Enterprise-D:	Data • Worf • Crusher • T'Su • Wallace • Gleason • Mandel • Giusti • Sito • Lavelle
USS Enterprise-E:	Data • Armstrong • Perim

[edit] Background

Kell Perim was played by actress Stephanie Niznik. She is repeatedly described as holding the conn position in the script, including the scene where Riker takes over the helm. In the film, however, she is stationed at the operations position from the beginning, and Riker instead takes the helm from an unnamed ensign. This change from the script was not reflected in official material related to the movie, and subsequent novels that included Perim continued to write the character as the Enterprise's conn officer. La Forge meanwhile was originally scripted to hold the ops position whenever he was on the bridge but instead was shown at the conn, the position he had held at his first appearance in TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint".

[edit] External link

Kell Perim at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

It was never established on screen whether or not she was a joined Trill or not. According to the non-canon "A Time to..." series, she is not joined.