Star Trek: Every Redshirt Death Ranked From Worst To Best
11. Crewman Compton
He was one day away from retirement!
Episode: Wink Of An Eye (S3E11)
Cause Of Death: Rapidly aged to death
The villains in this episode are aliens are equipped with a technology that allows them to move so quickly, they can't be seen and their voices sound like the buzzing of a fly.
So not only are they evil, they're annoying. But when these bad guys start explaining to Captain Kirk why Crewman Compton’s cells have rapidly decayed, the audience is left thinking “Wait, what?”
Trying to discern the actual scientific explanation of why Crewman Compton rapidly aged to death may cause you yourself to also rapidly age to death, so... don’t.