ung - ho , ▁angry ▁and ▁violent ▁with ▁a ▁path ological ▁hat red ▁of ▁the ▁K ling on - like ▁" G org ons ", ▁while ▁the ▁much ▁more ▁m ild - mann ered ▁Jean ▁person ality ▁is ▁s tere ot yp ically ▁femin ine ▁and ▁dem ure , ▁pac if istic ▁and ▁a ▁bit ▁of ▁a ▁cow ard . ▁He / she ▁will ▁frequently ▁switch ▁personal ities ▁with ▁no ▁warning , ▁and ▁usually ▁at ▁the ▁worst ▁possible ▁time . ▁ ▁F icus ▁P and or ata ▁( Rich ard ▁Kel ton ) ▁is ▁Qu ark ' s ▁Spo ck - like ▁science ▁officer ▁and ▁is ▁a ▁" V eg eton ", ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁a ▁race ▁of ▁sent ient ▁plant ▁life ▁( F icus ▁p and or ata ▁or ▁p and ur ata ▁is ▁better ▁known ▁as ▁F icus ▁lyr ata , ▁the ▁fiddle - leaf ▁fig ). ▁He ▁is ▁of ▁completely ▁human ▁appearance ▁although ▁he ▁tends ▁to ▁sh ri vel ▁up ▁when ▁he ▁gets ▁de h yd r ated . ▁While ▁he ▁is ▁extremely ▁intellig ent , ▁observ ant ▁and ▁always ▁calm ly ▁rational , ▁he ▁is ▁in cap able ▁of ▁any ▁sort ▁of ▁human ▁em otion , ▁including ▁both ▁fear ▁and ▁tact . ▁He ▁frequently ▁finds ▁the ▁behavior ▁of ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁crew ▁difficult ▁to ▁understand , ▁his ▁curiosity ▁leading ▁him ▁to ▁have ▁philosoph ical ▁deb ates ▁about ▁the ▁human ▁condition ▁with ▁Qu ark , ▁usually ▁at ▁the ▁most ▁in o pport une ▁moments . ▁Kel ton ▁died ▁of