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{{Character Infobox
|name=Hedril
|image=Hedril.png
|dept=Science
|rank=Ensign
|position=Junior Counselor
|species=Medusan
|age=22
|gender=Female
|orientation=Bi-Curious
|birthplace=Cairn
|height=
|weight=
|hair=
|eyes=
|face=Kirsten Dunst
|writer=NPC
|interests=
|education=2375-2379: [[Starfleet Academy]]
|servicerecord=2379-Pres: Junior Counselor,<br />
:::''[[USS Enterprise-F]]'' NCC-1701-F
|decorations=None
}}Hedril (pronounced "HEAD-ril") was a female Cairn, the daughter of Maques. Her mother died when she was young, and her father raised her alone.

==Biography==
In 2370, Hedril and Maques visited the [[USS Enterprise-D]] as part of a diplomatic mission. The Cairn were a telepathic species that had no concept of spoken language. She met Lwaxana Troi when Lwaxana served as an interpreter between the Cairn and the [[Federation]] and reminded Lwaxana of her deceased daughter, Kestra, triggering the release of painful memories that Lwaxana had suppressed for years. This caused Lwaxana to lapse into a coma.

Deanna Troi met with Hedril, who said that she knew she made Lwaxana sad. When Troi entered into her mother's mind, she found Hedril in her subconsciousness. Troi encountered Hedril a second time and discovered that she represented her sister Kestra who died in an accident for which Lwaxana blamed herself. (TNG: "Dark Page")

Hedril attended [[Starfleet Academy|Starfleet academy]] in 2375 where she became a Diadic partner to the Medusan [[Larrant]]. Upon her graduation in 2379, she was assigned as a junior counselor aboard the [[USS Enterprise-F]]. (TNG novel: Q & A)

==Appearances and references==
*TNG episode: "Dark Page"
*TNG novel: Q & A