Search
Cookie Usage Statistics Colour Key Sudden Death Monthly Poll Caption Comp eMail Author Shops
Ships Fleets Weaponry Species People Timelines Calculators Photo Galleries
Stations Design Lineage Size Charts Battles Science / Tech Temporal Styling Maps / Politics
Articles Reviews Lists Recreation Search Site Guide What's New Forum
Uniforms
Miscellaneous Federation Dominion Colours
Rank
Bajoran Federation
Signage
Federation Plaques Symbols
Architecture
Federation Other
Internals
Starship Station
☰

Rukiya M'Benga

NotesImagesTimelineQuotes
Universe : Prime Timeline
Name : Rukiya M'Benga [1]
Species : Humans

Human female, daughter of Doctor M'Benga and Debra. She suffered from a terminal illness progressive cygnokemia. Doctor M'Benga used his medical transporter's buffer to store her pattern, acting as a form of stasis in order to prevent her condition from worsening. Sometimes Joseph would brought her out to read her a book. One of her favourites was The Kingdom of Elysian by Benny Russell. [1]

In 2258, the USS Enterprise was surveying the Jonisian Nebula. Doctor M'Benga found himself taking part in a recreation of her favourite book with characters being acted out by members of the Enterprise crew, seemingly without their knowledge. [2]

Later, he was to discover that the nebula was an emergent lifeform called a Boltzmann brain, which Rukiya had named Debra after her mother. Debra had observed Rukiya's loneliness in the pattern buffer and sought to entertain her. Both Rukiya and Debra shared a bond of loneliness. Doctor M'Benga also noticed that while Rukiya was with Debra that her condition was cured, however, when they separated the condition returned. [2]

Rukiya and her father agreed that it was better for her to stay with Debra and have a full and interesting life without the disease than to remain trapped for all time in the transporter buffer. Once the book was completed the simulation ended and none of the other crew retained any knowledge of the experience. Prior to departing the nebula M'Benga saw Rukiya once more, this time as an adult. [2]

Colour key

Canon source Backstage source Novel source DITL speculation

Associated with


Played by

SeriesSeasonActorFilm / Episode Title
SNW1Sage ArrindellGhosts of Illyria
SNW1Sage ArrindellLift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach
SNW1Makambe SimambaThe Elysian Kingdom
SNW1Sage ArrindellThe Elysian Kingdom

References

# Series Season Source Comment
1 SNW 1 Ghosts of Illyria
2 SNW 1 The Elysian Kingdom
Series : SNW Season 1
Episode : Ghosts of Illyria
Series : SNW Season 1
Episode : The Elysian Kingdom

© Graham & Ian Kennedy Page views : 9,867 Last updated : 21 Oct 2025