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Hagan

empathically sensitive deeply traumatized catatonic cryptically responsive psychically tormented unresponsive vulnerable
Hagan is a Betazoid who serves as Science Advisor aboard the USS Brattain. His empathic abilities expose him acutely to psychic disturbances, and he survives his crew's self-destructive frenzy caused by the Tyken's Rift. He is found catatonic and brought aboard the USS Enterprise-D, where Dr. Beverly Crusher treats him for catatonia linked to crew-wide REM sleep failure. Counselor Deanna Troi monitors his condition and attempts telepathic probes, extracting fragmented utterances—references to doubles, twins, and eyes in the dark—that hint at a trapped intelligence broadcasting distress. Neurotransmitter monitors track his unresponsive state, and his condition reveals the toll of extended sleep deprivation and psychological trauma on Starfleet personnel under crisis.
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Hagan is a Betazoid who serves as Science Advisor aboard the USS Brattain. His empathic abilities expose him acutely to psychic disturbances, and he survives his crew's self-destructive frenzy caused by the Tyken's Rift. He is found catatonic and brought aboard the USS Enterprise-D, where Dr. Beverly Crusher treats him for catatonia linked to crew-wide REM sleep failure. Counselor Deanna Troi monitors his condition and attempts telepathic probes, extracting fragmented utterances—references to doubles, twins, and eyes in the dark—that hint at a trapped intelligence broadcasting distress. Neurotransmitter monitors track his unresponsive state, and his condition reveals the toll of extended sleep deprivation and psychological trauma on Starfleet personnel under crisis.