Changes: Ralph Offenhouse

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Ralph Offenhouse was a Human financier born in 1939.

In the late 20th century he was diagnosed with terminal cardiomyopathy that was inoperable. He had himself cryogenically frozen in 1994, hoping that when he awoke, science would have found a cure. He was placed in a cryonics satellite which was launched into Earth orbit.

The satellite drifted away in space for almost four hundred years, reaching the Kazis binary system, where it was detected by the USS Enterprise in 2364. Only three of the inhabitants booths had survived, Offenhouse's, Claire Raymond's and L.Q. Clemonds'. Offenhouse was unfrozen and his condition cured.

As a financier, Offenhouse was shocked by the fact that humanity no longer used money. Offenhouse was later transported to Earth aboard the USS Charleston. Before he left, Jean-Luc Picard urged him to use his new lease on life to improve and enrich himself. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone")

Ralph Offenhouse was played by Peter Mark Richman.

Apocrypha

Offenhouse also appears in the novel Debtors' Planet, where he has parlayed his financial experience into a new career as an ambassador to Ferenginar, and in the Eugenics Wars novel The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1.

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 [[Image:Ralph Offenhouse.jpg|thumb|Ralph Offenhouse in 2364.]]
+'''Ralph Offenhouse''' was a [[Human]] financier born in [[1939]].
-'''Ralph Offenhouse''' was a [[Human]] financier born in [[1939]]. In the late [[20th century]] he was diagnosed with terminal cardiomyopathy that was inoperable. He had himself [[cryogenic stasis|cryogenically frozen]] in [[1994]], hoping that when he awoke, science would have found a cure. He was placed in a [[cryonics satellite]] which was launched into [[Earth]] [[orbit]].
+In the late [[20th century]] he was diagnosed with terminal [[cardiomyopathy]] that was inoperable. He had himself [[cryogenic stasis|cryogenically frozen]] in [[1994]], hoping that when he awoke, science would have found a cure. He was placed in a [[cryonics satellite]] which was launched into [[Earth]] [[orbit]].
-The satellite drifted away in [[space]] for almost four hundred years, reaching the [[Kazis binary system]], where it was detected by the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise'']] in [[2364]]. Only three of the inhabitants booths had survived, Offenhouse's, [[Claire Raymond]]'s and [[L.Q. Clemonds]]'. Offenhouse was unfrozen and his condition cured.
+The satellite drifted away in [[space]] for almost four hundred years, reaching the [[Kazis binary system]], where it was detected by the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D}} in [[2364]]. Only three of the inhabitants booths had survived, Offenhouse's, [[Claire Raymond]]'s and [[L.Q. Clemonds]]'. Offenhouse was unfrozen and his condition cured.
-As a financier, Offenhouse was shocked by the fact that humanity no longer used [[money]]. Offenhouse was later transported to [[Earth]] aboard the [[USS Charleston|USS ''Charleston'']]. Before he left, [[Jean-Luc Picard]] urged him to use his new lease on life to improve and enrich himself. ({{TNG|The Neutral Zone}})
+As a financier, Offenhouse was shocked by the fact that humanity no longer used [[money]]. Offenhouse was later transported to [[Earth]] aboard the {{USS|Charleston}}. Before he left, [[Jean-Luc Picard]] urged him to use his new lease on life to improve and enrich himself. ({{TNG|The Neutral Zone}})
 :''Ralph Offenhouse was played by [[Peter Mark Richman]].''