10 Biggest Feuds In Star Trek History

3. Ronald D. Moore And Brannon Braga

Ronald D Moore
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Ronald D. Moore had joined Star Trek: The Next Generation with his script for The Bonding, which he pitched as a freelancer. He was hired and quickly established himself as the authority on the Klingon Empire behind the scenes. He also struck up a strong working relationship with fellow writer, Brannon Braga.

Together, they worked on many scripts. While Moore went to work on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Braga remained solely on The Next Generation during its run. They collaborated on All Good Things, which is generally regarded to be in the top episodes of the entire franchise.

Once The Next Generation wrapped, Braga would end up on Star Trek: Voyager. Moore had remained with Deep Space Nine, and went to work on Voyager, believing that he would enjoy the same relationship with Braga that they had shared on The Next Generation. That, however, was not to be the case.

Despite the success of their shared stories, Moore was quickly frustrated with the atmosphere in the writers' room for Voyager. He ended up only writing two episodes before leaving.

A long period of silence followed this departure, but the two men have reconciled in the intervening years. They came together to record a commentary on their film, Star Trek: Generations, settling the fallout once and for all.

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