Ensign Walter J. Pierce

Universe :	Prime Timeline
Name :	Ensign Walter J. Pierce [1]
Species :	Humans

A member of Starfleet, Pierce was partially telepathic as his maternal grandmother had been born on Betazed. During the construction of the Enterprise-D he was serving at Utopia Planitia; he was involved with Ensign Finn, but she was having an affair. When Pierce found out he killed both Finn and her lover, then committed suicide by jumping into a plasma stream. The accident caused an empathic signature to be imprinted on part of the ship, which caused crewmembers to hallucinate events based on Pierce's experiences even years later. [1]

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Series	Season	Actor	Film / Episode Title
TNG	7	Mark Rolston	Eye of the Beholder

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#	Series	Season	Source	Comment
1	TNG	7	Eye of the Beholder

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Last updated : 28 Oct 2025

Series :	TNG Season 7
Episode :	Eye of the Beholder