Boratus was a Vorgon male from the 27th century who, along with his partner, Ajur, attempted to steal a device known as the "Tox Uthat", a quantum phase inhibitor capable of halting all nuclear fusion within a star.
In order to prevent the Uthat from falling into the wrong hands, Kal Dano, the Uthat's inventor, traveled back in time to the 22nd century and hid it on Risa. Having failed to obtain the Uthat, Boratus and Ajur searched historical records and discovered that Jean-Luc Picard would discover and destroy it in 2366. Traveling back to that point in time, they told Picard that they were security agents and that they wished to retrieve the Uthat for safekeeping. When Picard learned, however, that it was two Vorgons who attempted to steal the Uthat in the first place, he destroyed it using Transporter Code 14, thus fulfilling his role in history. Failing in their quest to obtain the Uthat, Boratus and Ajur returned to their own time. (TNG: "Captain's Holiday")
Background information
Boratus was played by Michael Champion.
The novel Watching the Clock depicts Dulmur and Lucsly foiling an attempt by Boratus and Ajur to retrieve the Tox Uthat nine days prior to the events of "Captain's Holiday".
His mirror universe counterpart appeared in the novel Rise Like Lions, in which he and Ajur likewise sought to obtain the Uthat.
According to the script, Boratus' name was pronounced as "bur-A-tus". [1]
External links
- Boratus at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Boratus at the Star Trek Online Wiki