Branson
Lieutenant Branson was a Starfleet officer assigned to the  in 2379, on which he served as helm officer.

Branson was on duty when Captain Picard ordered the Enterprise to Romulus in response to an overture of peace from newly-installed Praetor Shinzon. This overture, however, was ultimately revealed to be a ruse by Shinzon, in order to capture Captain Picard and perform a complete blood transfusion from him in order to save his own life. 

In the subsequent battle in the Bassen Rift, Branson was killed when a photon torpedo fired from Shinzon's ship, the Scimitar, breached the forward bulkhead of the Enterprises bridge, the explosive decompression blowing him out into space. ()

See also 
 Redshirt

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