Helmsman and medic - Thomas Eugene Paris was a Human Starfleet officer who served for seven years as flight controller of the Federation starship USS Voyager. The son of a prominent Starfleet admiral, he was dishonorably discharged from Starfleet and later joined the Maquis before being captured and serving time at the Federation Penal Settlement in New Zealand. After joining Voyager to retrieve Chakotay's Maquis ship from the Badlands, he was transferred with the crew of Voyager 70,000 light years across the galaxy, deep into the Delta Quadrant.