IIRC the real life reason has something to do with needing to pay the author of the TNG episode where Alexander is introduced every time his name is mentioned.
The same reason Tom Paris is definitely not Cadet Locarno, even though they are played by the same person and have the same back story.
I thought it was because the writers considered making him Locarno but felt that Locarno was beyond redemption, so they created a new character instead.
IIRC the real life reason has something to do with needing to pay the author of the TNG episode where Alexander is introduced every time his name is mentioned.
The same reason Tom Paris is definitely not Cadet Locarno, even though they are played by the same person and have the same back story.
I thought it was because the writers considered making him Locarno but felt that Locarno was beyond redemption, so they created a new character instead.
That may have been part of it but I feel like they would have given him a different back story were that the case.