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[[Image:Chell 2371.jpg|thumb|Crewman Chell in [[2371]]]]
 
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'''Chell''' was a male [[Bolian]] who served in both the [[Maquis]] and as a provisional member of [[Starfleet]] during the late-[[24th century]].
   
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==History==
'''Chell''' was a [[Bolian]] formerly affiliated with the [[Maquis]], until he was trapped in the [[Delta Quadrant]] and forced to serve on the [[USS Voyager|USS ''Voyager'']].
 
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===The Maquis===
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After joining the Maquis, Chell served underneath [[Chakotay]] on the [[Maquis raider]] ''[[Val Jean]]'' until the ship was pulled into the [[Delta Quadrant]] by the {{dis|Caretaker|Nacene}} and later destroyed in [[2371]]. Chell was then forced to join the crew of the {{USS|Voyager}} who had also been stranded there. ({{VOY|Caretaker}})
   
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===Life on ''Voyager''===
In [[2371]], Chell was a crewmember aboard [[Chakotay]]'s [[Maquis raider]], the [[Val Jean|SS ''Val Jean'']]. He and the rest of the crew were transported to the [[Delta Quadrant]] by the [[Caretaker (Nacene)|Caretaker]].
 
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Chell, like the majority of the Maquis crew, was given the provisional rank of [[crewman]] and served in the [[operations division]]. As with many of the former Maquis, he found it difficult adapting to life on board ''Voyager''. In particular, he had trouble following [[Starfleet]] rules and protocols, and soon developed a reputation for being overly talkative, disruptive, and unreliable, promising to take on tasks which later went undone.
   
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As a result of this behavior, he and three other former Maquis crewmembers, [[Kenneth Dalby]], [[Mariah Henley]], and [[Gerron]] were selected by [[Commander]] Chakotay to undergo a rigorous [[Starfleet Academy]]-inspired training scenario conducted by [[Lieutenant]] [[Tuvok]], with the goal of instilling some discipline.
Following the destruction of the ''Val Jean'', Chell joined the crew of the USS ''Voyager'', and was given the provisional rank of [[crewman]] in the [[Operations division|Engineering division]]. Chell found it difficult to adapt to the rigid structure aboard ''Voyager'' and was one of several Maquis members who were trained by [[Lieutenant]] [[Tuvok]] in late 2371. ({{VOY|Learning Curve}})
 
   
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During the training, Chell kept interrupting Tuvok, resulting in him having to run fifty laps around the ship's [[cargo bay]]. He was also made to degauss one of the ship's [[transporter pad]]s with a [[micro-resonator]], a 26-hour task which Tuvok felt would teach him "patience". The Lieutenant also ordered him to remove a [[Kazleti]] pendant he was wearing as it was in breach of Starfleet regulations. Chell initially protested, as it had taken him weeks of study to learn how to make it, but relinquished it in the end. ({{VOY|Learning Curve}})
Chell never became comfortable with the [[Starfleet]] members on Voyager and this mistrust became evident when members of the Maquis were attacked by a mysterious assailant in early [[2377]]. ({{VOY|Repression}})
 
[[Image:Chell.jpg|thumb|Crewman Chell in [[2377]]]]
 
When [[B'Elanna Torres]] was pregnant with [[Miral Paris|Miral]] in [[2377]], Chell gave the father, [[Tom Paris]], the advice that, according to Bolian beliefs it would improve the baby's disposition if it was born near a [[warp core]]. ({{VOY|Lineage}})
 
   
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In [[2375]], ''Voyager'' became trapped in a "[[subspace sandbar]]", causing a number of malfunctions across the ship. With [[replicator]]s, [[lavatory|lavatories]], and [[sonic shower]]s offline, [[Neelix]] hypothesized it wouldn't take long before a serious problem developed, especially among the Bolian crewmembers, of which Chell was one. ({{VOY|Bride of Chaotica!}})
One of the duties of [[Q (Junior)]] when he was doing service aboard the [[USS Voyager]] was to help Chell scrub the [[plasma conduit]]s. ({{VOY|Q2}})
 
   
 
Chell, however, only truly became comfortable with the Starfleet members on ''Voyager'' after an incident involving members of the Maquis were attacked by a mysterious assailant in early-[[2377]] was cleared up. ({{VOY|Repression}})
Chell recommended to [[Harry Kim]] to visit the [[Flame Gardens]] on [[Ledos]] when going on shore leave there. ({{VOY|Natural Law}})
 
   
 
Later that year, when [[B'Elanna Torres]] was pregnant with [[Miral Paris|Miral]], Chell gave her husband [[Tom Paris]] the advice that, according to Bolian beliefs, it would improve the baby's disposition if it was born near a [[warp core]]. ({{VOY|Lineage}})
After [[Neelix]] left the ship later that year, Chell became the ship's [[chef]] and proposed some interesting additions to the menu, including '[[Plasma leak stew]]', '[[Chicken Warp Core-don Bleu]]', and '[[Red Alert Chili]]'. ({{VOY|Endgame}})
 
   
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In late-[[2378]], Chell had the assignment of scrubbing [[plasma conduit]]s with [[Q]]'s offspring, [[Q (Junior)|Q Junior]], who had been banished to the ship to learn some discipline. However, Chell had to complete the task on his own when Junior was permitted to take a piloting lesson with [[Icheb]] instead. ({{VOY|Q2}})
:''Chell was played by [[Derek McGrath]], who also provided the voice for Chell in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force]]''. In ''[[Star Trek: Elite Force II]]'', Chell was voiced by [[Andy Milder]].''
 
   
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Later that year, the crew of ''Voyager'' were permitted [[shore leave]] on the [[planet]] [[Ledos]]. Chell particularly enjoyed the [[Flame Gardens]] on the planet, later telling [[Ensign]] [[Harry Kim]] that he, "''shouldn't miss them''" when his turn came. ({{VOY|Natural Law}})
==Appearances==
 
*{{VOY}}
 
**"[[Learning Curve]]"
 
**"[[Repression]]"
 
   
 
When Neelix departed the ship towards the end of 2378, Chell petitioned [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] to be made the new [[chef]], proposing some interesting additions to the menu, including [[Plasma Leek Soup]], [[Chicken Warp Core-don Bleu]], and [[Red Alert Chili]]. Tom Paris later suggested he should add [[nebula soup]] to the menu after piloting ''Voyager'' through a [[Borg]]-infested nebula. ({{VOY|Endgame}})
==References==
 
*{{VOY}}
 
**"[[Bride of Chaotica!]]"
 
**"[[Lineage]]"
 
**"[[Q2 (episode)|Q2]]"
 
**"[[Natural Law]]"
 
**"[[Endgame]]"
 
   
==External Links==
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==Memorable quotes==
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"''Your report indicates that you are talkative, disruptive and unreliable. You promise to do tasks which then go undone.''"<br>
*[http://startrek.wikia.com/wiki/Chell Chell article at '''Memory Beta''', the non-canon Star Trek wiki.]
 
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:- '''Tuvok''' to Chell, during the Maquis training course ({{VOY|Learning Curve}})
   
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"''Forty laps around the cargo bay. Start running now.''"<br>
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"''But''"<br>
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"''Fifty laps.''" <br>
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:- '''Tuvok''' and '''Chell''' ({{VOY|Learning Curve}})
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"''Maybe he'll slip and plunge to his death.''"<br>
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:- '''Chell''' of Tuvok, during training ({{VOY|Learning Curve}})
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"''We put our differences aside seven years ago. It's ancient history.''"<br>
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"''Maybe history is repeating itself.''"<br>
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:- '''B'Elanna Torres''' and '''Chell''' ({{VOY|Repression}})
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==Appendices==
 
=== Appearances===
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* {{VOY}}
 
**{{e|Learning Curve}}
 
**{{e|Repression}}
 
**{{e|Bride of Chaotica!}} (referenced)
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**{{e|Lineage}} (referenced)
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**{{e|Q2}} (referenced)
 
**{{e|Natural Law}} (referenced)
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**{{e|Endgame}} (referenced)
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===Background information===
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Chell was played by actor [[Derek McGrath]].
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McGrath was in Texas filming for a guest role in {{w|Walker Texas Ranger}} when he received the call to say he had been given the part of Chell in "Learning Curve". Then, a few years later, he was offered to reprise his role on the former show and just as he was in Texas filming, he received a call again asking if he would be interested in playing Chell once more for "Repression", making for a bizarre coincidence. [http://www.mixcloud.com/Recos/sept202011-interview-with-derek-mcgrath/]
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In order to ensure his Bolian makeup was applied in time for shooting, McGrath was required to be on set by 4.30am each morning. Because that particular type of makeup was new to the ''Voyager'' production team, McGrath was asked if he wouldn't mind shaving his arms and head to allow easier application. Though he didn't mind shaving his arms, McGrath joked, "''No, I don't think I'll ''[shave my head]'' because there is a life after ''Star Trek''"'' As a result, he was given a skull cap to wear instead. When asked if the blue makeup bothered him, McGrath replied, "''They kept discovering things like the fact that it kept coming off on my hands and stayed behind on everything I'd touched. We'd do a scene and I'd have my hands on a railing or another part of the set. Everyone was making fun of my blue face so I began to carry a little sign with me that said, 'Unless your blue joke is both original and clever, please keep it to yourself.{{'}}''" At one point, he was required to walk across the studio lot in full makeup and a tour of young children passed by. McGrath recalled that most of the group stared at him in amazement, but there was one little boy, "''who was absolutely petrified and could not be calmed down. I tried my best to convince him that it was all just pretend but he wasn't having any of that, so I had to leave!''" (''[http://www.visimag.com/culttimes/index.htm Cult Times]'' magazine, Issue 16, p.11)
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In a 2011 interview with {{w|Trent Radio}}, McGrath jokingly describes Chell as, "''an exploding blueberry''". [http://www.mixcloud.com/Recos/sept202011-interview-with-derek-mcgrath/]
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===Apocrypha===
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[[File:Chell in Elite Force II.jpg|thumb|Chell, as he appears in ''Star Trek: Elite Force II'']]
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Chell is a selectable crewmember in the [[video game]] ''[[Star Trek: Starship Creator]]'', in which his biography states he joined the Maquis in [[2370]] in order to, "''right the Federation's wrongs''".
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Chell also appears in the video game ''[[Star Trek: Voyager: Elite Force]]'', in which he is described as having grown up in an upper class family whose attitude towards the poor he resented. He was rejected by Starfleet Academy twice before finally gaining acceptance the third time. However, he left the Academy after only one year because of the amount of work involved. When the Hazard Team is formed by Tuvok in [[2376]], Chell applies to join and is accepted, taking on the role of the team's field technician. A short way into the story, he is granted a Starfleet commission by Captain Janeway and promoted to the rank of [[Ensign]]. Chell is voiced by his ''Voyager'' actor Derek McGrath.
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In ''[[Star Trek: Elite Force II]]'', Chell is reassigned to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} following ''Voyager'''s return to the Alpha Quadrant. He plays a role in the Idryll-Attrexian crisis, helping to translate ancient Idryll artifacts, and assists in the defense of the ''Enterprise'' when it is boarded by Idryll invaders. His character is voiced by Andy Milder.
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===External links===
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*{{startrek.com|chell}}
 
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Chell was a male Bolian who served in both the Maquis and as a provisional member of Starfleet during the late-24th century.

History

The Maquis

After joining the Maquis, Chell served underneath Chakotay on the Maquis raider Val Jean until the ship was pulled into the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker and later destroyed in 2371. Chell was then forced to join the crew of the USS Voyager who had also been stranded there. (VOY: "Caretaker")

Life on Voyager

Chell, like the majority of the Maquis crew, was given the provisional rank of crewman and served in the operations division. As with many of the former Maquis, he found it difficult adapting to life on board Voyager. In particular, he had trouble following Starfleet rules and protocols, and soon developed a reputation for being overly talkative, disruptive, and unreliable, promising to take on tasks which later went undone.

As a result of this behavior, he and three other former Maquis crewmembers, Kenneth Dalby, Mariah Henley, and Gerron were selected by Commander Chakotay to undergo a rigorous Starfleet Academy-inspired training scenario conducted by Lieutenant Tuvok, with the goal of instilling some discipline.

During the training, Chell kept interrupting Tuvok, resulting in him having to run fifty laps around the ship's cargo bay. He was also made to degauss one of the ship's transporter pads with a micro-resonator, a 26-hour task which Tuvok felt would teach him "patience". The Lieutenant also ordered him to remove a Kazleti pendant he was wearing as it was in breach of Starfleet regulations. Chell initially protested, as it had taken him weeks of study to learn how to make it, but relinquished it in the end. (VOY: "Learning Curve")

In 2375, Voyager became trapped in a "subspace sandbar", causing a number of malfunctions across the ship. With replicators, lavatories, and sonic showers offline, Neelix hypothesized it wouldn't take long before a serious problem developed, especially among the Bolian crewmembers, of which Chell was one. (VOY: "Bride of Chaotica!")

Chell, however, only truly became comfortable with the Starfleet members on Voyager after an incident involving members of the Maquis were attacked by a mysterious assailant in early-2377 was cleared up. (VOY: "Repression")

Later that year, when B'Elanna Torres was pregnant with Miral, Chell gave her husband Tom Paris the advice that, according to Bolian beliefs, it would improve the baby's disposition if it was born near a warp core. (VOY: "Lineage")

In late-2378, Chell had the assignment of scrubbing plasma conduits with Q's offspring, Q Junior, who had been banished to the ship to learn some discipline. However, Chell had to complete the task on his own when Junior was permitted to take a piloting lesson with Icheb instead. (VOY: "Q2")

Later that year, the crew of Voyager were permitted shore leave on the planet Ledos. Chell particularly enjoyed the Flame Gardens on the planet, later telling Ensign Harry Kim that he, "shouldn't miss them" when his turn came. (VOY: "Natural Law")

When Neelix departed the ship towards the end of 2378, Chell petitioned Captain Janeway to be made the new chef, proposing some interesting additions to the menu, including Plasma Leek Soup, Chicken Warp Core-don Bleu, and Red Alert Chili. Tom Paris later suggested he should add nebula soup to the menu after piloting Voyager through a Borg-infested nebula. (VOY: "Endgame")

Memorable quotes

"Your report indicates that you are talkative, disruptive and unreliable. You promise to do tasks which then go undone."

- Tuvok to Chell, during the Maquis training course (VOY: "Learning Curve")


"Forty laps around the cargo bay. Start running now."
"But"
"Fifty laps."

- Tuvok and Chell (VOY: "Learning Curve")


"Maybe he'll slip and plunge to his death."

- Chell of Tuvok, during training (VOY: "Learning Curve")


"We put our differences aside seven years ago. It's ancient history."
"Maybe history is repeating itself."

- B'Elanna Torres and Chell (VOY: "Repression")

Appendices

Appearances

Background information

Chell was played by actor Derek McGrath.

McGrath was in Texas filming for a guest role in Walker Texas Ranger when he received the call to say he had been given the part of Chell in "Learning Curve". Then, a few years later, he was offered to reprise his role on the former show and just as he was in Texas filming, he received a call again asking if he would be interested in playing Chell once more for "Repression", making for a bizarre coincidence. [1]

In order to ensure his Bolian makeup was applied in time for shooting, McGrath was required to be on set by 4.30am each morning. Because that particular type of makeup was new to the Voyager production team, McGrath was asked if he wouldn't mind shaving his arms and head to allow easier application. Though he didn't mind shaving his arms, McGrath joked, "No, I don't think I'll [shave my head] because there is a life after Star Trek" As a result, he was given a skull cap to wear instead. When asked if the blue makeup bothered him, McGrath replied, "They kept discovering things like the fact that it kept coming off on my hands and stayed behind on everything I'd touched. We'd do a scene and I'd have my hands on a railing or another part of the set. Everyone was making fun of my blue face so I began to carry a little sign with me that said, 'Unless your blue joke is both original and clever, please keep it to yourself.'" At one point, he was required to walk across the studio lot in full makeup and a tour of young children passed by. McGrath recalled that most of the group stared at him in amazement, but there was one little boy, "who was absolutely petrified and could not be calmed down. I tried my best to convince him that it was all just pretend but he wasn't having any of that, so I had to leave!" (Cult Times magazine, Issue 16, p.11)

In a 2011 interview with Trent Radio, McGrath jokingly describes Chell as, "an exploding blueberry". [2]

Apocrypha

Chell in Elite Force II

Chell, as he appears in Star Trek: Elite Force II

Chell is a selectable crewmember in the video game Star Trek: Starship Creator, in which his biography states he joined the Maquis in 2370 in order to, "right the Federation's wrongs".

Chell also appears in the video game Star Trek: Voyager: Elite Force, in which he is described as having grown up in an upper class family whose attitude towards the poor he resented. He was rejected by Starfleet Academy twice before finally gaining acceptance the third time. However, he left the Academy after only one year because of the amount of work involved. When the Hazard Team is formed by Tuvok in 2376, Chell applies to join and is accepted, taking on the role of the team's field technician. A short way into the story, he is granted a Starfleet commission by Captain Janeway and promoted to the rank of Ensign. Chell is voiced by his Voyager actor Derek McGrath.

In Star Trek: Elite Force II, Chell is reassigned to the USS Enterprise-E following Voyager's return to the Alpha Quadrant. He plays a role in the Idryll-Attrexian crisis, helping to translate ancient Idryll artifacts, and assists in the defense of the Enterprise when it is boarded by Idryll invaders. His character is voiced by Andy Milder.

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