Shortly thereafter, Picard agrees to enlist the U.S.S. Enterprise's resources to help save the inhabitants of Drema IV. When Data loses contact with Sarjenka, he beams down to the planet to guide her to a place where she can wait safely until the U.S.S. Enterprise launches probes which will save her homeland.

But soon, realizing that Sarjenka's planet will tear itself apart more quickly than anticipated, Data has the girl beamed aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise for safekeeping. After Sarjenka witnesses the launching of torpedoes which will prevent a geological disaster, she is beamed back to her now safe home.

Was a background character on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)'s pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint". He had a semi-recurring role. His character was eventually given a name and rank (transporter chief Miles Edward O'Brien). He was made the engineer of DS9 on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) in 1993.

His role and rank in the Star Trek series took several years to evolve. Beginning as a crewman in "The Next Generation", the character of Miles O'Brien then graduated to the transporter room and was briefly a Lieutenant before being made a Chief Petty Officer thus joining one of the very few recurring enlisted roles in Star Trek (Mr Leslie and Yeoman Rand being two others from the originial series). Transferring to "Deep Space Nine" in 1993, the O'Brien character mutated the first two seasons between a Warrant Officer and an "Ensign Junior Grade" before again becoming enlisted as a Senior Chief Petty Officer around the fourth season. In the last seasons of Deep Space Nine, the rank of Senior Chief was once and for all confirmed and O'Brien became the first ever Star Trek enlisted character to be given an enlisted rank insignia collar pin.

Along with 'Patrick Stewart (I)',and 'Armin Shimerman' he is one of only three actors to appear in the pilots of two different "Star Trek" series: "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) for Patrick and Colm. Armin appeared in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) and "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995).

Along with Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn and Jeffrey Combs, he is one of only six actors to appear in the finales of two different "Star Trek" series. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993))

Is the only actor to appear in fourteen different seasons of "Star Trek", more than any other actor ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) Seasons One through Seven and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) One through Seven).

Played the same character, Chief Miles Edward O'Brien, on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) for twelve consecutive years from 1987 to 1999. The only other "Star Trek" actor to do this is Michael Dorn.

Both he and his "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) co-star Rene Auberjonois appeared in "Stargate", playing the leader of a human civilisation on another planet whose population lived under the surface. In both cases, the main characters of the series in question attempted to form an alliance and arrange an exchange of technology before learning that this civilisation could not be trusted. Meaney played Cowen, leader of the Genii in the "Stargate: Atlantis" (2004) episodes 'Underground' and 'The Storm'; Auberjonois played Alar, leader of the Eurondans in the "Stargate SG-1" (1997) episode 'The Other Side'.