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Doctor Crell Moset was a male Cardassian exobiologist of the 24th century Cardassian Union. By 2371, he became the chief exobiology specialist on Cardassia Prime and was the Chairman of Exobiology at the University of Culat. He was renowned even among other civilizations as the foremost exobiologist who specialized in non-humanoid exobiology. To all outward appearances, Moset was polite and courteous with a brilliant medical mind. But, in reality, Crell Moset, was cold, calculating and ruthless; doing whatever he wanted to get the data he needed.


Crell Moset's lab


The most horrific part of Moset's experiments was the method used to cure the Fostossa virus epidemic, which was accomplished by infecting hundreds of people so that he could experiment with different treatments. According to Starfleet records, Moset purchased many biochemical agents, including every known strain of the Fostossa virus – a typical procedure in the development of vaccines. However, he didn't ask for any of the enzymes normally required for synthesizing a vaccine. Four days after he received the virus samples, there was a minor outbreak of Fostossa in the vicinity of his hospital. Prior to that date, there had not been a single case in the entire province.

In 2375, Dr. Moset's data was consulted by The Doctor aboard Voyager in an effort to remove a cytoplasmic lifeform that was living on Lt. B'Elanna Torres. B'Elanna and others vehemently objected to the use of Moset's knowledge to treat B'Elanna, considering Moset a war criminal. The Doctor, meanwhile, expressed his desire to save B'Elanna regardless of Moset's professional history. Considering him a genius (but lacking knowledge of the atrocities he had committed), The Doctor even made a holographic simulation of Dr. Moset as "Medical Consultant Program Beta one". The Doctor deleted the hologram after the creature had been removed as he was unable to reconcile Moset's successes with the brutal methods he resorted to in order to gain the data in the first place. (VOY: "Nothing Human")


Background information

Moset was played by actor David Clennon.



In the Star Trek: Terok Nor novel Night of the Wolves, Moset infected Kira Nerys' mother Kira Meru with the Fostossa virus in 2353 on the orders of Gul Dukat, who believed that she was becoming a liability. Meru died shortly thereafter.


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