Cohost backup: Tam Elbrun and Dr. Miranda Jones, Star Trek gripe

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Star Trek: The Next Generation screenshot from the episode Tin Man. Tam Elbrun, a humanoid betazoid telepath with red hair and a green tunic, speaks with Data, an android in Star Fleet command uniform, in Data's quarters.

 

 

 

 

 

Star Trek Original Series screenshot. A brunette in a blue and green dress stands on the transporter pad holding a rose as she gives the Vulcan salute: Live long and prosper. Dr. Miranda Jones, episode title Is There In Truth No Beauty?

 

 

 

Tam Elbrun of the episode Tin Man should have studied on Vulcan. He wouldn't have had to be institutionalized. It worked for Dr. Miranda Jones. Their day to day experiences do not greatly differ, but she copes better than he does.

(I still want her sensor web. That's the coolest accessory in science fiction, I swear to god.)

For that matter, while the more obvious choice would be someone who's blind, Tam is otherwise unusually qualified to be an ambassador to the Medusans.
He did seem to find the Chandrans pretty easy to get along with, so the Medusan job could easily go to someone else, but I'd think he'd be okay there.

And all's well that ends well, but I don't think Tam needed to feel like shit most of the time in order for him to reach out to Gomtuu or vice-versa.