N'Vek was a Romulan male featured on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Face of the Enemy.
He was portrayed by Scott MacDonald.
A member of Romulan Empire's military, N'Vek was an officer on board the IRW Khazara under the command of Commander Toreth. He later became a member of the reunification movement led by Ambassador Spock.
In 2369 N'Vek arranged for the kidnapping of Enterprise-D Starfleet officer and Counselor Deanna Troi. N'Vek had her surgically altered to appear as a Romulan and placed on the IRW Khazara. N'Vek had Troi pose as Tal'Shiar officer Major Rakal. Spock's contacts arranged for cargo pods to be placed on board the Khazara containing the defecting Vice-proconsul M'ret and his two top aides.
Initially the plans were to transfer the pods to a freighter and have Troi take the pods to the Starfleet headquarters. However when Troi sensed the freighter Captain had no intention of honoring the agreement Spock's people made N'Vek destroyed the freighter. This drew the attention of the Enterprise to the area.
Working with Troi he was able to beam the defectors to safety on board the Enterprise. When Toreth realized what N'Vek did Toreth told the bridge crew that N'Vek and Rakal were traitors. N'Vek went for his weapon but was killed by the pilot of the Khazara. The crew of the Enterprise beamed Troi to safety before the Khazara could leave. After her appearance was restored Troi told Jean-Luc Picard that N'Vek sacrificed himself to save the lives of her and the defectors.
The success of the defections led to the creation of a pipeline that allowed a large number of Romulan dissidents to defect from the Empire.
