Combining a life-long fascination with “Star Trek” with a passion and talent for the written word, writer and producer Ronald D. Moore became one of the most prolific and acclaimed practitioners of science fiction on television in the 1990s. After sneaking a script to Gene Roddenberry while touring the sets for “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (Syndicated, 1987-1994), Moore launched a writing career that allowed him engage the characters and themes he grew up with. He spent several years on “The Next Generation,” before moving on to the darker, more ambitious “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”