Gregory Quinn

Admiral Gregory Quinn

Rear Admiral Gregory Quinn was a high ranking Starfleet official attached to Starfleet Command in the 2360s.

Quinn played a crucial role in the uncovering of an attempt to take over Starfleet Command by neural parasites in 2364. Quinn ordered Inspector General officer Dexter Remmick to investigate whether or not the USS Enterprise-D had been infiltrated also. (TNG: "Coming of Age")

Nothing was discovered at the time, but Quinn himself would later become a victim of alien infestation. His mind was overtaken by the unknown alien intelligence in an attempt to infiltrate Starfleet Headquarters in 2364. Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Commander William T. Riker of the Enterprise-D, later that year, destroyed the alien mother creature, which lived in the body of Dexter Remmick, thereby also killing all other alien parasites on Earth. Quinn himself was expected to make a full recovery following the ordeal. (TNG: "Conspiracy")

Background

Admiral Quinn was played by Ward Costello. His rank insignia was an admiral braid with no pip, indicating the lower half of rear admiral, in the TNG Season one rank insignia. His TOS-era rank would have been equivalent to commodore.

Quinn was never seen or mentioned again after the first season of The Next Generation. Quinn's recovery is stated in a log entry made by Captain Picard.

Apocrypha

Quinn returned, one rank higher, as a full rear admiral in issues of DC Comics' TNG series story arc entitled War and Madness.

While listed as a 2375 Dominion War casualty in the New World, New Civilizations book, Quinn was later mentioned as being retired, circa 2380, in the novel Articles of the Federation.

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