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* JustForPun: One of her favorite pastimes.
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The father of Captain John Harriman of ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' (in)fame. An uncompromising and strong willed man, he was a prominent admiral within Starfleet Command in the late 23rd and very early 24th centuries.
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The father of Captain John Harriman of ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' (in)fame. An uncompromising and strong willed man, he was a prominent admiral within Starfleet Command in the late 23rd and very early 24th centuries. He was noted for not being a fan of James T. Kirk or the senior staff of the ''Enterprise'' under Kirk's command.
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* OverrankedSoldier: Inverted. Despite being in the service over eight decades Vaughn is still a Commander even though his security clearances are higher than most Admirals. Being a mid-level line officer allows him to keep a lower profile.
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* OverrankedSoldier: Inverted. Despite being in the service over eight decades Vaughn [[LimitedAdvancementOpportunities is still a Commander Commander]] even though his security clearances are higher than most Admirals. Being a mid-level line officer allows him to keep a lower profile.
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* HalfHumanHybrid: Being half-human and half-Vulcan qualifies.
* HumanMomNonhumanDad: Her mother is human, while her father is Vulcan.
* HumanMomNonhumanDad: Her mother is human, while her father is Vulcan.
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* HumanMomNonhumanDad:Her mother is human, while her father is Vulcan.
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* MirrorCharacter: There have been a few scenes that compare ([[{{Foil}} and contrast]]) her with the previous president, Min Zife. A few of them can potentially be read as warnings of how easy it might be for someone of Bacco's integrity to slip nonetheless into less-than-moral conduct. A scene in ''[[Literature/StarTrekTyphonPact Zero Sum Game]]'', in which Bacco is confronted by Federation Council members wary of her potentially questionable decisions, announcing their intention to veto a bill only to be outmaneuvered, recalls a scene in [[Literature/StarTrekATimeTo ''A Time to Heal'']], where President Zife faced a similar confrontation. Where Zife deflected criticism by appealing to humanitarian arguments, while actually up to his neck in illegal activities, Bacco attacks with information on the support she has from other councillors, seemingly convinced that she's on the right side of the moral line. As both novels were written by the same author, the similarities (and contrasts) between the two scenes are likely entirely deliberate.
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* NotSoDifferent: There have been a few scenes that compare (and contrast) her with the previous president, Min Zife. A few of them can potentially be read as warnings of how easy it might be for someone of Bacco's integrity to slip nonetheless into less-than-moral conduct. A scene in ''[[Literature/StarTrekTyphonPact Zero Sum Game]]'', in which Bacco is confronted by Federation Council members wary of her potentially questionable decisions, announcing their intention to veto a bill only to be outmaneuvered, recalls a scene in [[Literature/StarTrekATimeTo ''A Time to Heal'']], where President Zife faced a similar confrontation. Where Zife deflected criticism by appealing to humanitarian arguments, while actually up to his neck in illegal activities, Bacco attacks with information on the support she has from other councillors, seemingly convinced that she's on the right side of the moral line. As both novels were written by the same author, the similarities (and contrasts) between the two scenes are likely entirely deliberate.
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* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: His childhood history on Berengaria VII; he was apparently mauled by a dragon at one point. It was established as early as the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Original Series]] of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' that Berengaria VII is home to dragons, and Vaughn had previously been said to originate there. Eventually, the two bits of trivia made an inevitable linkage. Since Vaughn is the sort of character with a highly adventurous background, it's no surprise he apparently had dragon bites where other children had bruised knees.
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: His childhood history on Berengaria VII; he was apparently mauled by a dragon at one point. It was established as early as the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Original Series]] of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' that Berengaria VII is home to dragons, and Vaughn had previously been said to originate there. Eventually, the two bits of trivia made an inevitable linkage. Since Vaughn is the sort of character with a highly adventurous background, it's no surprise he apparently had dragon bites where other children had bruised knees.
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* ItsPersonal: One of the reasons she wants to join Picard on his hunt for the Borg. Her previous ship, the ''Rhea'', was attacked and seemingly assmilated, and she only escaped by means of a DeusExMachina, so T'Ryssa is strongly motivated to fight them for {{revenge}}. Picard's own Borg experiences are one of the factors that eventually lead him to take her on board the ''Enterprise'' and under his wing.
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* ItsPersonal: One of the reasons she wants to join Picard on his hunt for the Borg. Her previous ship, the ''Rhea'', was attacked and seemingly assmilated, (seemingly) assimilated, and she only escaped by means of a DeusExMachina, so T'Ryssa is strongly motivated to fight them for {{revenge}}. Picard's own Borg experiences are one of the factors that eventually lead him to take her on board the ''Enterprise'' and under his wing.
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A half-human/half-Vulcan Starfleet officer who tries to distance herself from her Vulcan heritage by acting as distinctly un-Vulcan as possible. Not exactly a ''model'' officer, but with lots of potential. Recently joined the crew of the [[Literature/StarTrekTheNextGenerationRelaunch ''Enterprise'']] as a contact specialist. Captain Picard is now guiding her, as a sort of {{Mentor}}.
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A half-human/half-Vulcan half-human, half-Vulcan Starfleet officer who tries to distance herself from her Vulcan heritage by acting as distinctly un-Vulcan ''un-Vulcan'' as possible. Not exactly a ''model'' officer, but with lots of potential. Recently joined the crew of the [[Literature/StarTrekTheNextGenerationRelaunch ''Enterprise'']] ''[[Literature/StarTrekTheNextGenerationRelaunch Enterprise]]'' as a contact specialist. Captain Picard is now guiding her, as a sort of {{Mentor}}.{{mentor}}.
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* BornLucky: As of 2380 she's the only known person to have been injected with Borg nanoprobes and escaped Assimulation twice. In addition the first of these incidents saw her come into contact with Picard and get taken under his wing which resulted in her stalling Starfleet career suddenly turning around.
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* TheAtoner: Her motivation for being on the ''Enterprise'' in the first place. She hadn't been supposed to be on the landing party from the ''Rhea'' that led her to escape the Borg attack, but she swapped places with another officer due to a desire to ditch a very boring duty shift. Fearing [[SurvivorsGuilt she is personally responsible]] for that officer being killed or worse, she's desperate to stop the Borg and to find and, if possible, save the ''Rhea'' and its crew. At the end of the book, it turns out that due to the boring, low-priority nature of the duty she avoided, the officer who took her shift was in one of the last areas of the ship the Borg reached and was never even scratched by them. As her taking the away mission saw her come into contact with the means to save the ''Rhea'' in the first place, she realizes that it all worked out in the end.
* BornLucky: As of2380 2380, she's the only known person to have been injected with Borg nanoprobes and escaped Assimulation twice. assimilation ''[[BeyondTheImpossible twice]]''. In addition addition, the first of these incidents saw her come into contact with Picard and get taken under his wing wing, which resulted in her stalling Starfleet career suddenly turning around.
* BornLucky: As of
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* EthicalSlut : A notorious maneater in her first appearance but eventually settles down after dealing with her many issues.
* EleventhHourSuperPower : Combines with DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength. T'Ryssa inherited her fathers Vulcan telepathy but having done her best to supress and forget about it all her life she is as shocked as everyone else to discover she still has those powers and can use them to communicate with an alien species. Picard has to give her a few lessons (inherited from Sarek) so she can use her abilties properly.
* {{Main/Foil}}: To [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock]]. Like Spock, T'Ryssa has a Vulcan father and a human mother, but where Spock did everything he could to be as Vulcan as possible, T'Ryssa is trying to go the other way.
* GenkiGirl: She's fully aware of it and is doing it intentionally to be different from the Vulcans.
* HalfHumanHybrid
* HumanMomNonhumanDad
* ItsPersonal: One of the reasons she wants to join Picard on his hunt for the Borg. Her ship the Rhea was attacked and seemingly Assmulated and she only escaped by a DeusExMachina as such T'Ryssa is strongly motivated to fight them. With his own Borg experinaces this is one of the reasons Picard eventually takes her on board and under his wing.
* EleventhHourSuperPower : Combines with DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength. T'Ryssa inherited her fathers Vulcan telepathy but having done her best to supress and forget about it all her life she is as shocked as everyone else to discover she still has those powers and can use them to communicate with an alien species. Picard has to give her a few lessons (inherited from Sarek) so she can use her abilties properly.
* {{Main/Foil}}: To [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock]]. Like Spock, T'Ryssa has a Vulcan father and a human mother, but where Spock did everything he could to be as Vulcan as possible, T'Ryssa is trying to go the other way.
* GenkiGirl: She's fully aware of it and is doing it intentionally to be different from the Vulcans.
* HalfHumanHybrid
* HumanMomNonhumanDad
* ItsPersonal: One of the reasons she wants to join Picard on his hunt for the Borg. Her ship the Rhea was attacked and seemingly Assmulated and she only escaped by a DeusExMachina as such T'Ryssa is strongly motivated to fight them. With his own Borg experinaces this is one of the reasons Picard eventually takes her on board and under his wing.
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* EthicalSlut : EthicalSlut: A notorious maneater in her first appearance appearance, but eventually settles down after dealing with her many issues.
*EleventhHourSuperPower : EleventhHourSuperPower: Combines with DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength. T'Ryssa inherited her fathers father's Vulcan telepathy telepathic abilities, but having done her best to supress suppress and forget about it all her life life, she is as shocked as everyone else to discover she still has those powers and can use them to communicate with an alien species. Picard has to give her a few lessons (inherited from Sarek) so she can use her abilties abilities properly.
*{{Main/Foil}}: {{Foil}}: To [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock]]. Like Spock, T'Ryssa has a Vulcan father and a human mother, but where Spock did everything he could to be as Vulcan as possible, T'Ryssa is trying to go the other way.
* GenkiGirl: She's fully aware ofit it, and is doing it intentionally to be different from the Vulcans.
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HalfHumanHybrid: Being half-human and half-Vulcan qualifies.
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HumanMomNonhumanDad: Her mother is human, while her father is Vulcan.
* ItsPersonal: One of the reasons she wants to join Picard on his hunt for the Borg. Hership previous ship, the Rhea ''Rhea'', was attacked and seemingly Assmulated assmilated, and she only escaped by means of a DeusExMachina as such DeusExMachina, so T'Ryssa is strongly motivated to fight them. With his them for {{revenge}}. Picard's own Borg experinaces this is experiences are one of the reasons Picard factors that eventually takes lead him to take her on board the ''Enterprise'' and under his wing.
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* NakedOnArrival: In an opening scene to the first novel she appears in. Turning it into a joke, as she does with nearly everything, she then asks if her old boyfriend lives nearby; Middle-Eastern appearance, name of Adam...
* NoodleIncident: In homage to the original NoodleIncident, she has the Tubegrub Incident.
* ParentalAbandonment
* TheAtoner: Why she wanted to be on the Enterprise in the first place. She hadn't been supposed to be on the landing party that led her to escape the Borg attack but she swapped places with another officer due to a desire to ditch a very boring duty shift. Fearing she is personally responsible for that officer being killed or worse she's desperate to stop the Borg and to find and if possible save the Rhea and its crew. At the end of the book it turns out that due to the boring, low priority nature of the duty she avoided the officer was in one of the last areas of the ship the Borg reached and was never even scratched by them. As her taking the away mission saw her come into contact with the means to save Rhea in the first place she realises that it all worked out in the end.
* TheRunaway: Ran away at age 7, after learning of the Vulcan ''kahs-wan'' survival rite that usually takes place then. She signed onto a freighter as ship's cook (the captain didn't particularly care that she was a young child) before being retrieved.
* ScrewYouElves: She greatly resents the attitude of those Vulcans who seem to believe that her Vulcan blood requires her to embrace Vulcan stoicism. Notably this has also led to her doing all she can to ignore her Vulcan Telepathic powers, as such she's as surprised as everybody else when she's the only one able to communicate with the alien lifeforms at the climax of "Greater than the Sum."
* NakedOnArrival: In an opening scene to the first novel she appears in. Turning it into a joke, as she does with nearly everything, she then asks if her old boyfriend lives nearby; Middle-Eastern appearance, name of Adam...
* NoodleIncident: In homage to the original NoodleIncident, she has the Tubegrub Incident.
* ParentalAbandonment
* TheAtoner: Why she wanted to be on the Enterprise in the first place. She hadn't been supposed to be on the landing party that led her to escape the Borg attack but she swapped places with another officer due to a desire to ditch a very boring duty shift. Fearing she is personally responsible for that officer being killed or worse she's desperate to stop the Borg and to find and if possible save the Rhea and its crew. At the end of the book it turns out that due to the boring, low priority nature of the duty she avoided the officer was in one of the last areas of the ship the Borg reached and was never even scratched by them. As her taking the away mission saw her come into contact with the means to save Rhea in the first place she realises that it all worked out in the end.
* TheRunaway: Ran away at age 7, after learning of the Vulcan ''kahs-wan'' survival rite that usually takes place then. She signed onto a freighter as ship's cook (the captain didn't particularly care that she was a young child) before being retrieved.
* ScrewYouElves: She greatly resents the attitude of those Vulcans who seem to believe that her Vulcan blood requires her to embrace Vulcan stoicism. Notably this has also led to her doing all she can to ignore her Vulcan Telepathic powers, as such she's as surprised as everybody else when she's the only one able to communicate with the alien lifeforms at the climax of "Greater than the Sum."
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* MotorMouth
MotorMouth: On a regular basis.
* NakedOnArrival: In an opening scene to the first novel she appears in. Turning it into a joke, as she does with nearly everything, she then asks if her old boyfriend lives nearby; [[Literature/TheBible Middle-Eastern appearance, name ofAdam...
Adam]] ...
* NoodleIncident: In homage to the original NoodleIncident, she has theTubegrub Incident.
"Tubegrub Incident".
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* TheAtoner: Why she wanted to be on the Enterprise in the first place. She hadn't been supposed to be on the landing party that ledParentalAbandonment: By her to escape the Borg attack but she swapped places with another officer due to a desire to ditch a very boring duty shift. Fearing she is personally responsible for that officer being killed or worse she's desperate to stop the Borg and to find and if possible save the Rhea and its crew. At the end of the book it turns out that due to the boring, low priority nature of the duty she avoided the officer was in one of the last areas of the ship the Borg reached and was never even scratched by them. As her taking the away mission saw her come into contact with the means to save Rhea in the first place she realises that it all worked out in the end.
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* TheRunaway: Ran away at age7, seven, after learning of the Vulcan ''kahs-wan'' survival rite that usually takes place then. at that point. She signed onto a freighter as ship's cook (the -- the captain didn't particularly care that she was a young child) child -- before being retrieved.
* ScrewYouElves: She greatly resents the attitude of those Vulcans who seem to believe that her Vulcan blood requires her to embrace Vulcan stoicism.Notably Notably, this has also led to her doing all she can to ignore her Vulcan Telepathic telepathic powers, as such she's so she is as surprised as everybody else when she's the only one able to communicate with the alien lifeforms at the climax of "Greater than the Sum."Sum".
* NakedOnArrival: In an opening scene to the first novel she appears in. Turning it into a joke, as she does with nearly everything, she then asks if her old boyfriend lives nearby; [[Literature/TheBible Middle-Eastern appearance, name of
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* TheRunaway: Ran away at age
* ScrewYouElves: She greatly resents the attitude of those Vulcans who seem to believe that her Vulcan blood requires her to embrace Vulcan stoicism.
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--->"He's not the first hundred-year-old I've met who could go up against holographic opponents, or even real ones. Most people don't give it much thought, but there are actually a lot more active centenarian humans in Starfleet than is generally known. One of the benefits of an ever-lengthening life span. Just the same, I'm glad Vaughn's on our side."
--->"He's not the first hundred-year-old I've met who could go up against holographic opponents, or even real ones. Most people don't give it much thought, but there are actually a lot more active centenarian humans in Starfleet than is generally known. One of the benefits of an ever-lengthening life span. Just the same, I'm glad Vaughn's on our side."
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* BornLucky: As of 2380 she's the only known person to have been injected with Borg nanoprobes and escaped Assimulation twice. In addition the first of these incidents saw her come into contact with Picard and get taken under his wing which resulted in her stalling Starfleet career suddenly turning around.
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* EthicalSlutEthicalSlut : A notorious maneater in her first appearance but eventually settles down after dealing with her many issues.
* EleventhHourSuperPower : Combines with DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength. T'Ryssa inherited her fathers Vulcan telepathy but having done her best to supress and forget about it all her life she is as shocked as everyone else to discover she still has those powers and can use them to communicate with an alien species. Picard has to give her a few lessons (inherited from Sarek) so she can use her abilties properly.
* EleventhHourSuperPower : Combines with DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength. T'Ryssa inherited her fathers Vulcan telepathy but having done her best to supress and forget about it all her life she is as shocked as everyone else to discover she still has those powers and can use them to communicate with an alien species. Picard has to give her a few lessons (inherited from Sarek) so she can use her abilties properly.
* ItsPersonal: One of the reasons she wants to join Picard on his hunt for the Borg. Her ship the Rhea was attacked and seemingly Assmulated and she only escaped by a DeusExMachina as such T'Ryssa is strongly motivated to fight them. With his own Borg experinaces this is one of the reasons Picard eventually takes her on board and under his wing.
* TheAtoner: Why she wanted to be on the Enterprise in the first place. She hadn't been supposed to be on the landing party that led her to escape the Borg attack but she swapped places with another officer due to a desire to ditch a very boring duty shift. Fearing she is personally responsible for that officer being killed or worse she's desperate to stop the Borg and to find and if possible save the Rhea and its crew. At the end of the book it turns out that due to the boring, low priority nature of the duty she avoided the officer was in one of the last areas of the ship the Borg reached and was never even scratched by them. As her taking the away mission saw her come into contact with the means to save Rhea in the first place she realises that it all worked out in the end.
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* ScrewYouElves: She greatly resents the attitude of those Vulcans who seem to believe that her Vulcan blood requires her to embrace Vulcan stoicism.
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* ScrewYouElves: She greatly resents the attitude of those Vulcans who seem to believe that her Vulcan blood requires her to embrace Vulcan stoicism. Notably this has also led to her doing all she can to ignore her Vulcan Telepathic powers, as such she's as surprised as everybody else when she's the only one able to communicate with the alien lifeforms at the climax of "Greater than the Sum."
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[[folder: Nanietta Bacco]]
As of the conclusion to ''Literature/StarTrekATimeTo'', Bacco serves as President of the United Federation of Planets. She holds that office through the events of ''Literature/StarTrekArticlesOfTheFederation'', ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny'', ''Literature/StarTrekTyphonPact'' and ''Literature/StarTrekColdEquations''. An elderly human woman, she is charged with guiding [[TheFederation the Federation]] through a period of great instability. She's a bit of an EnsembleDarkhorse: from her introduction as part of a novel's C-plot, she was quickly promoted to a character carrying [[Literature/StarTrekArticlesOfTheFederation her own book]]. Since then, her role only expanded further. [[spoiler: She was assassinated part way through her second term]].
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* ArchEnemy: Politically, Bacco and Tholian Ambassador Tezrene were almost certainly Arch Enemies. Their first real political tussle occurs in ''Literature/ASingularDestiny'', in which Tezrene came out on top. Bacco won the next round in ''Literature/StarTrekTyphonPact - Zero Sum Game'', before Tezrene once again triumphed in ''Paths of Disharmony'', when her people succeeded in causing further political chaos in the Federation. Bacco eventually started referring to "that bitch Tezrene."
* DeadpanSnarker: Pretty much her primary language outside of public speeches or diplomatic meetings.
* GondorCallsForAid: In the ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny'' trilogy, Bacco calls for aid from all other major powers in the Alpha and Beta quadrants, but their response is tepid and the combined fleet is annihilated within minutes anyway. All that her efforts really accomplish is to [[SequelHook antagonize the Tholians]].
* GunboatDiplomacy: She resorts to this on occasion, but usually only to scare an AssInAmbassador into negotiating in good faith.
* ISayWhatISay: When Bacco is temporarily duplicated in ''Literature/StarTrekDepartmentOfTemporalInvestigations'' (long story), the two presidents respond to a compliment with a simultaneous (somewhat sarcastic) "oh, please!" Amusingly, they also snark at each other for making the exact sort of grumpy, sarcastic comments that Bacco always makes.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: As of ''The Fall'']]
* MustHaveCaffeine
* NotSoDifferent: There have been a few scenes that compare (and contrast) her with the previous president, Min Zife. A few of them can potentially be read as warnings of how easy it might be for someone of Bacco's integrity to slip nonetheless into less-than-moral conduct. A scene in ''[[Literature/StarTrekTyphonPact Zero Sum Game]]'', in which Bacco is confronted by Federation Council members wary of her potentially questionable decisions, announcing their intention to veto a bill only to be outmaneuvered, recalls a scene in [[Literature/StarTrekATimeTo ''A Time to Heal'']], where President Zife faced a similar confrontation. Where Zife deflected criticism by appealing to humanitarian arguments, while actually up to his neck in illegal activities, Bacco attacks with information on the support she has from other councillors, seemingly convinced that she's on the right side of the moral line. As both novels were written by the same author, the similarities (and contrasts) between the two scenes are likely entirely deliberate.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* SeriousBusiness: Baseball. She even rearranged an entire "whistlestop tour" of the Federation to ensure she would be on Cestus III on Opening Day to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
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[[folder: Samaritan Bowers]]
"Sam" Bowers served on station Deep Space Nine, and later as Ezri Dax's first officer aboard the starship ''Aventine''.
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* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional: Insisted when he came aboard the ''Aventine'' that bridge operations would be spit-and-polish in comparison to the looser style on Deep Space Nine. He does drop ranks when behind closed doors with Ezri.
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[[folder: Hugh Cambridge]]
The (second) counselor aboard the relaunched starship ''Voyager''.
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* TheCynic: He even mentions that the first thing he does when reporting aboard a starship is locate the nearest Escape Pod to his quarters.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Most people find Cambridge to be an insufferable jerk upon first meeting him, but most of those people eventually realize that he's intensely loyal and sympathetic to his friends. It just takes a lot to punch through the facade he puts up.
* TheShrink: Definitely a type three - the "tough love" subtrope.
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[[folder: T'Ryssa Chen]]
A half-human/half-Vulcan Starfleet officer who tries to distance herself from her Vulcan heritage by acting as distinctly un-Vulcan as possible. Not exactly a ''model'' officer, but with lots of potential. Recently joined the crew of the [[Literature/StarTrekTheNextGenerationRelaunch ''Enterprise'']] as a contact specialist. Captain Picard is now guiding her, as a sort of {{Mentor}}.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: After her father finally makes contact after a ''long'' absence, looking for information on her mother (specifically, if she survived the [[Literature/StarTrekDestiny Borg invasion]]):
-->"Did you try to contact her after the ''Odyssey'' went boom? Did you try to find her any time during the entire Dominion War? No, this is about you. You had a near-death experience when the Borg hit Vulcan, and by some miracle, you lived. You managed to get rescued, fixed up, and flown to a hospital on the other side of the planet, where you got a lot of time to just lie there and think about how close you came to being just more sand piled on the Forge. Now you've got this big second chance, so now you want to reach out to all those you've hurt and make amends for all your wrongs."
* EthicalSlut
* {{Main/Foil}}: To [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock]]. Like Spock, T'Ryssa has a Vulcan father and a human mother, but where Spock did everything he could to be as Vulcan as possible, T'Ryssa is trying to go the other way.
* GenkiGirl: She's fully aware of it and is doing it intentionally to be different from the Vulcans.
* HalfHumanHybrid
* HumanMomNonhumanDad
* JustForPun: One of her favorite pastimes.
* MotorMouth
* NakedOnArrival: In an opening scene to the first novel she appears in. Turning it into a joke, as she does with nearly everything, she then asks if her old boyfriend lives nearby; Middle-Eastern appearance, name of Adam...
* NoodleIncident: In homage to the original NoodleIncident, she has the Tubegrub Incident.
* ParentalAbandonment
* TheRunaway: Ran away at age 7, after learning of the Vulcan ''kahs-wan'' survival rite that usually takes place then. She signed onto a freighter as ship's cook (the captain didn't particularly care that she was a young child) before being retrieved.
* ScrewYouElves: She greatly resents the attitude of those Vulcans who seem to believe that her Vulcan blood requires her to embrace Vulcan stoicism.
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[[folder: Jasminder Choudhury]]
A spiritual woman from the Deneva colony who embraces Buddhist philosophies. She served as Chief of Security on Picard's ''Enterprise'' for several years. She also had a sexual relationship with Worf.
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* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* MartialPacifist
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[[folder: Nancy Conlon]]
Originally a member of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, then Chief Engineer on the USS ''da Vinci'', later Chief Engineer on ''Voyager'' during its [[spoiler: return to the Delta Quadrant]].
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[[folder: Domenica Corsi]]
A tough-as-nails Starfleet officer who served as Chief of Security aboard the USS ''da Vinci''. Became first officer when Captain David Gold retired and Sonya Gomez was promoted to replace him.
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* BreakTheCutie: Corsi was a lot more easy-going and fun as a junior officer. But after she was forced to kill her insane lover (who had Christine Vale as a hostage), she became the stoic, by-the-book "Core-Breach" Corsi that serves aboard ''da Vinci''.
* DefrostingIceQueen: It takes a lot to break through her cold exterior. Her lover Fabian Stevens eventually convinces her to open up to him.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Corsi is nicknamed "Core-Breach" for her temper. We don't see if often, but that's mainly because the crew are extremely careful about setting her off.
* SurvivorsGuilt: Experiences this after the Galvan VI incident, in which many of the ''da Vinci'' crew died while she, the security chief, was unconscious and helpless.
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[[folder: Sarina Douglas]]
Genetically enhanced like her eventual lover Dr. Julian Bashir; a Lieutenant Commander in Starfleet, Deputy Chief of Security on Deep Space Nine and a Section 31 operative actually working against the group.
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* TheBusCameBack: A love interest of Bashir in the second of her two television appearances, she joins the main cast of the Deep Space Nine novels in ''Literature/StarTrekTyphonPact'', resuming her relationship with Bashir.
* FeedTheMole: Section 31 is well aware that she and Bashir want to bring them down from the inside, so they allow the pair to think they've successfully infiltrated so they can use them for their own purposes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: David Gold]]
Captain of the USS ''da Vinci'', until his retirement. An elderly man of Jewish heritage, he has a massive extended family.
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: He feels responsible for the deaths of his crew at Galvan VI, and either visits or personally contacts their next of kin to express his condolences.
* AFatherToHisMen: Gold often treats his subordinates as he would his children or grandchildren, and when one of them breaks the rules he tends to express quiet disappointment rather than chewing them out.
* InformedJudaism: Averted. The short story "An Easy Fast" in ''Tales From The Captain's Table'' occurs while Gold is observing Yom Kippur, and another involves him and his rabbi wife trying to figure out how to conduct a joint Jewish/Klingon wedding for his granddaughter.
* JurisdictionFriction: Though he is commander of the ''da Vinci'', he understands that Commander Gomez reports to the Corps of Engineers and that sometimes his role is as a glorified taxi driver. However, he is ''not'' happy when he gets LockedOutOfTheLoop on one mission when Gomez's orders prevent her from talking to him about the ''real'' objective.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: John "Blackjack" Harriman]]
The father of Captain John Harriman of ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' (in)fame. An uncompromising and strong willed man, he was a prominent admiral within Starfleet Command in the late 23rd and very early 24th centuries.
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* PetTheDog: Despite being an awful father and a questionable role model in general, he was apparently largely responsible for promoting the Alonis as potential Federation members; they indeed wind up joining.
* WellDoneSonGuy: He views his son's command style to be improper at best and is always quick to criticize him for the slightest offense. It's clear that the only reason the younger Harriman listens to him at all is because he's a superior officer.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Miranda Kadohata]]
Replaced Data as second officer and Operations Manager on the ''Enterprise-E''. Happily married, with a husband and two children who live on Cestus III
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* AntiMutiny: Led one in ''Before Dishonor'', but eventually changed her mind when she realized she couldn't win. She even stayed aboard (and earned a promotion!) when the other two leaders of the Anti-Mutiny chose to transfer off after the crisis was resolved.
* BeleagueredAssistant: Picard admits part of the problem that led to the Anti-Mutiny was expecting Kadohata to perform the same responsibilities (Second Officer, Ops Manager and Chief Science Officer) as Data, even though Data could only perform all those tasks because he was an android.
* GameOfNerds: Follows the Cestus Baseball League, and occasionally makes baseball references.
* PutOnABus: She left the ''Enterprise'' in ''Losing the Peace'', and hasn't yet returned.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Gabriel Marshall]]
A recurring character in the Literature/StarfleetCorpsOfEngineers stories, who plays the classic role of "pushy Federation diplomat", as established in Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries.
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* AssInAmbassador
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[[folder: Phillipa Matthias]]
A Starfleet councillor aboard Deep Space Nine.
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* HappilyMarried: To her Bajoran husband.
* OutOfFocus: She has a major role in only two of the Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch novels.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Esperanza Piñiere]]
Former Starfleet Commander, serves as Chief of Staff and best friend to President Nanietta Bacco.
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* HypercompetentSidekick: When you work for the Federation President, you have to be or else you won't last long in the job. It helps that Esperanza knows President Bacco's idiosyncrasies, and can think fast on her feet.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Margaret Sinclair-Alexander]]
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* AscendedExtra: The captain of the USS ''Saratoga'' in ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Fabian Stevens]]
Enlisted Starfleet Engineer who served under Chief O'Brien on Deep Space Nine, then transferred to the Starfleet Corps of Engineers detachment aboard the ''da Vinci''. Later transferred to the SCE detachment on the ''U.S.S. Musgrave''.
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* HappilyMarried: To [[spoiler: Domenica Corsi]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Prynn Tenmei]]
Daughter of Elias Vaughn and Ruriko Tenmei, Prynn is the primary flight controller of the ''Defiant''.
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* AcePilot: Of the Tom Paris "fly by the seat of your pants" style.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Had a hard time with Vaughn's life as an intelligence officer, and the two have been estranged since Ruriko's death (which Prynn believes was Elias' fault).
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Christine Vale]]
A former peace officer from the human colony Izar, Vale joined Starfleet after being inspired by one of its security officers (Domenica Corsi of Literature/StarfleetCorpsOfEngineers). After serving on Picard's ''Enterprise''-E as Security Chief, Vale was offered the position of First Officer aboard ''[[Literature/StarTrekTitan Titan]]'' when Will Riker was given command. [[spoiler: After Riker gets promoted to the Admiralty in ''The Fall'', she takes over as ''Titan'''s commanding officer.]]
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* RankUp: Starts out a Lieutenant and Chief of Security on the ''Enterprise-E''. Gets promoted to Lieutenant Commander prior to the start of the ''Titan'' series, then to full Commander when she takes the First Officer slot. [[spoiler: In ''Sight Unseen'' she finally gets promoted to Captain after serving as ''Titan'''s acting CO for several months.]]
* RousingSpeech: She's not very good at them, actually.
-->"But let's remember, people, it was our pure exploration that found the Caeliar and saved the whole damn Alpha Quadrant. And...and Beta. You guys from Beta know what I mean".
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Elias Vaughn]]
A Starfleet officer with a long history and the deceptively low rank of Commander, Vaughn was introduced in the ''Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch''. By this point, he was over a century old, with eighty years experience in Starfleet Intelligence, Special Operations and Tactical. Vaughn was a critical player in several crucial events in Federation history, among them the [[Literature/StarTrekTheLostEra Tomed Incident]], the [[Literature/StarTrekTheLostEra Betreka Nebula Incident]], and the [[Literature/StarTrekTheBattleOfBetazed liberation of Betazed from the Dominion]]. [[spoiler: Vaughn was eventually promoted to Captain and given command of the ''U.S.S. James T. Kirk'', suffered catastrophic injuries during the Borg Invasion, and eventually died from them in 2383.]]
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* TheAtoner: For the death of his wife and his failures in raising their daughter.
* BadassGrandpa
--->"He's not the first hundred-year-old I've met who could go up against holographic opponents, or even real ones. Most people don't give it much thought, but there are actually a lot more active centenarian humans in Starfleet than is generally known. One of the benefits of an ever-lengthening life span. Just the same, I'm glad Vaughn's on our side."
* BeenThereShapedHistory: That well-known but as-yet-unexplored historical event? Vaughn will probably have been involved. Some readers certainly feel this trope got over-used.
* CoolOldGuy
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DeadpanSnarker: An example from [[Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch ''Demons of Air and Darkness'']], after he handles a hostage situation by simply shooting the hostage taker, because he realizes his own phaser will fire with this level of radiation but the hostage-taker's won't:
--->'''Julian Bashir''': Why didn't you say that's what you were planning in the first place?
--->'''Vaughn''': Because, Doctor, when you become a commander, they take the bone out of your head that makes you explain orders.
* HeroicSacrifice: He tries one in [[Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch ''Twilight'']], in order to save an extra-dimensional life-form from an eternity of loneliness.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: His childhood history on Berengaria VII; he was apparently mauled by a dragon at one point. It was established as early as the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Original Series]] of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' that Berengaria VII is home to dragons, and Vaughn had previously been said to originate there. Eventually, the two bits of trivia made an inevitable linkage. Since Vaughn is the sort of character with a highly adventurous background, it's no surprise he apparently had dragon bites where other children had bruised knees.
* ItNeverGetsAnyEasier: Particularly notable at the conclusion to ''Literature/StarTrekTheBattleOfBetazed''.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* OverrankedSoldier: Inverted. Despite being in the service over eight decades Vaughn is still a Commander even though his security clearances are higher than most Admirals. Being a mid-level line officer allows him to keep a lower profile.
* PapaWolf: In [[Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch ''Warpath'']], when he believes his adult daughter has been murdered by a rogue colleague.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Giancarlo Wu]]
The hyper-competent aide to Ambassador Worf (and later Ambassador Rozhenko).
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* TheReliableOne
[[/folder]]
As of the conclusion to ''Literature/StarTrekATimeTo'', Bacco serves as President of the United Federation of Planets. She holds that office through the events of ''Literature/StarTrekArticlesOfTheFederation'', ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny'', ''Literature/StarTrekTyphonPact'' and ''Literature/StarTrekColdEquations''. An elderly human woman, she is charged with guiding [[TheFederation the Federation]] through a period of great instability. She's a bit of an EnsembleDarkhorse: from her introduction as part of a novel's C-plot, she was quickly promoted to a character carrying [[Literature/StarTrekArticlesOfTheFederation her own book]]. Since then, her role only expanded further. [[spoiler: She was assassinated part way through her second term]].
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* ArchEnemy: Politically, Bacco and Tholian Ambassador Tezrene were almost certainly Arch Enemies. Their first real political tussle occurs in ''Literature/ASingularDestiny'', in which Tezrene came out on top. Bacco won the next round in ''Literature/StarTrekTyphonPact - Zero Sum Game'', before Tezrene once again triumphed in ''Paths of Disharmony'', when her people succeeded in causing further political chaos in the Federation. Bacco eventually started referring to "that bitch Tezrene."
* DeadpanSnarker: Pretty much her primary language outside of public speeches or diplomatic meetings.
* GondorCallsForAid: In the ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny'' trilogy, Bacco calls for aid from all other major powers in the Alpha and Beta quadrants, but their response is tepid and the combined fleet is annihilated within minutes anyway. All that her efforts really accomplish is to [[SequelHook antagonize the Tholians]].
* GunboatDiplomacy: She resorts to this on occasion, but usually only to scare an AssInAmbassador into negotiating in good faith.
* ISayWhatISay: When Bacco is temporarily duplicated in ''Literature/StarTrekDepartmentOfTemporalInvestigations'' (long story), the two presidents respond to a compliment with a simultaneous (somewhat sarcastic) "oh, please!" Amusingly, they also snark at each other for making the exact sort of grumpy, sarcastic comments that Bacco always makes.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: As of ''The Fall'']]
* MustHaveCaffeine
* NotSoDifferent: There have been a few scenes that compare (and contrast) her with the previous president, Min Zife. A few of them can potentially be read as warnings of how easy it might be for someone of Bacco's integrity to slip nonetheless into less-than-moral conduct. A scene in ''[[Literature/StarTrekTyphonPact Zero Sum Game]]'', in which Bacco is confronted by Federation Council members wary of her potentially questionable decisions, announcing their intention to veto a bill only to be outmaneuvered, recalls a scene in [[Literature/StarTrekATimeTo ''A Time to Heal'']], where President Zife faced a similar confrontation. Where Zife deflected criticism by appealing to humanitarian arguments, while actually up to his neck in illegal activities, Bacco attacks with information on the support she has from other councillors, seemingly convinced that she's on the right side of the moral line. As both novels were written by the same author, the similarities (and contrasts) between the two scenes are likely entirely deliberate.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* SeriousBusiness: Baseball. She even rearranged an entire "whistlestop tour" of the Federation to ensure she would be on Cestus III on Opening Day to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Samaritan Bowers]]
"Sam" Bowers served on station Deep Space Nine, and later as Ezri Dax's first officer aboard the starship ''Aventine''.
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* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional: Insisted when he came aboard the ''Aventine'' that bridge operations would be spit-and-polish in comparison to the looser style on Deep Space Nine. He does drop ranks when behind closed doors with Ezri.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Hugh Cambridge]]
The (second) counselor aboard the relaunched starship ''Voyager''.
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* TheCynic: He even mentions that the first thing he does when reporting aboard a starship is locate the nearest Escape Pod to his quarters.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Most people find Cambridge to be an insufferable jerk upon first meeting him, but most of those people eventually realize that he's intensely loyal and sympathetic to his friends. It just takes a lot to punch through the facade he puts up.
* TheShrink: Definitely a type three - the "tough love" subtrope.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: T'Ryssa Chen]]
A half-human/half-Vulcan Starfleet officer who tries to distance herself from her Vulcan heritage by acting as distinctly un-Vulcan as possible. Not exactly a ''model'' officer, but with lots of potential. Recently joined the crew of the [[Literature/StarTrekTheNextGenerationRelaunch ''Enterprise'']] as a contact specialist. Captain Picard is now guiding her, as a sort of {{Mentor}}.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: After her father finally makes contact after a ''long'' absence, looking for information on her mother (specifically, if she survived the [[Literature/StarTrekDestiny Borg invasion]]):
-->"Did you try to contact her after the ''Odyssey'' went boom? Did you try to find her any time during the entire Dominion War? No, this is about you. You had a near-death experience when the Borg hit Vulcan, and by some miracle, you lived. You managed to get rescued, fixed up, and flown to a hospital on the other side of the planet, where you got a lot of time to just lie there and think about how close you came to being just more sand piled on the Forge. Now you've got this big second chance, so now you want to reach out to all those you've hurt and make amends for all your wrongs."
* EthicalSlut
* {{Main/Foil}}: To [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock]]. Like Spock, T'Ryssa has a Vulcan father and a human mother, but where Spock did everything he could to be as Vulcan as possible, T'Ryssa is trying to go the other way.
* GenkiGirl: She's fully aware of it and is doing it intentionally to be different from the Vulcans.
* HalfHumanHybrid
* HumanMomNonhumanDad
* JustForPun: One of her favorite pastimes.
* MotorMouth
* NakedOnArrival: In an opening scene to the first novel she appears in. Turning it into a joke, as she does with nearly everything, she then asks if her old boyfriend lives nearby; Middle-Eastern appearance, name of Adam...
* NoodleIncident: In homage to the original NoodleIncident, she has the Tubegrub Incident.
* ParentalAbandonment
* TheRunaway: Ran away at age 7, after learning of the Vulcan ''kahs-wan'' survival rite that usually takes place then. She signed onto a freighter as ship's cook (the captain didn't particularly care that she was a young child) before being retrieved.
* ScrewYouElves: She greatly resents the attitude of those Vulcans who seem to believe that her Vulcan blood requires her to embrace Vulcan stoicism.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Jasminder Choudhury]]
A spiritual woman from the Deneva colony who embraces Buddhist philosophies. She served as Chief of Security on Picard's ''Enterprise'' for several years. She also had a sexual relationship with Worf.
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* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* MartialPacifist
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Nancy Conlon]]
Originally a member of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, then Chief Engineer on the USS ''da Vinci'', later Chief Engineer on ''Voyager'' during its [[spoiler: return to the Delta Quadrant]].
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[[/folder]]
[[folder: Domenica Corsi]]
A tough-as-nails Starfleet officer who served as Chief of Security aboard the USS ''da Vinci''. Became first officer when Captain David Gold retired and Sonya Gomez was promoted to replace him.
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* BreakTheCutie: Corsi was a lot more easy-going and fun as a junior officer. But after she was forced to kill her insane lover (who had Christine Vale as a hostage), she became the stoic, by-the-book "Core-Breach" Corsi that serves aboard ''da Vinci''.
* DefrostingIceQueen: It takes a lot to break through her cold exterior. Her lover Fabian Stevens eventually convinces her to open up to him.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Corsi is nicknamed "Core-Breach" for her temper. We don't see if often, but that's mainly because the crew are extremely careful about setting her off.
* SurvivorsGuilt: Experiences this after the Galvan VI incident, in which many of the ''da Vinci'' crew died while she, the security chief, was unconscious and helpless.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sarina Douglas]]
Genetically enhanced like her eventual lover Dr. Julian Bashir; a Lieutenant Commander in Starfleet, Deputy Chief of Security on Deep Space Nine and a Section 31 operative actually working against the group.
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* TheBusCameBack: A love interest of Bashir in the second of her two television appearances, she joins the main cast of the Deep Space Nine novels in ''Literature/StarTrekTyphonPact'', resuming her relationship with Bashir.
* FeedTheMole: Section 31 is well aware that she and Bashir want to bring them down from the inside, so they allow the pair to think they've successfully infiltrated so they can use them for their own purposes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: David Gold]]
Captain of the USS ''da Vinci'', until his retirement. An elderly man of Jewish heritage, he has a massive extended family.
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: He feels responsible for the deaths of his crew at Galvan VI, and either visits or personally contacts their next of kin to express his condolences.
* AFatherToHisMen: Gold often treats his subordinates as he would his children or grandchildren, and when one of them breaks the rules he tends to express quiet disappointment rather than chewing them out.
* InformedJudaism: Averted. The short story "An Easy Fast" in ''Tales From The Captain's Table'' occurs while Gold is observing Yom Kippur, and another involves him and his rabbi wife trying to figure out how to conduct a joint Jewish/Klingon wedding for his granddaughter.
* JurisdictionFriction: Though he is commander of the ''da Vinci'', he understands that Commander Gomez reports to the Corps of Engineers and that sometimes his role is as a glorified taxi driver. However, he is ''not'' happy when he gets LockedOutOfTheLoop on one mission when Gomez's orders prevent her from talking to him about the ''real'' objective.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: John "Blackjack" Harriman]]
The father of Captain John Harriman of ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' (in)fame. An uncompromising and strong willed man, he was a prominent admiral within Starfleet Command in the late 23rd and very early 24th centuries.
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* PetTheDog: Despite being an awful father and a questionable role model in general, he was apparently largely responsible for promoting the Alonis as potential Federation members; they indeed wind up joining.
* WellDoneSonGuy: He views his son's command style to be improper at best and is always quick to criticize him for the slightest offense. It's clear that the only reason the younger Harriman listens to him at all is because he's a superior officer.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Miranda Kadohata]]
Replaced Data as second officer and Operations Manager on the ''Enterprise-E''. Happily married, with a husband and two children who live on Cestus III
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* AntiMutiny: Led one in ''Before Dishonor'', but eventually changed her mind when she realized she couldn't win. She even stayed aboard (and earned a promotion!) when the other two leaders of the Anti-Mutiny chose to transfer off after the crisis was resolved.
* BeleagueredAssistant: Picard admits part of the problem that led to the Anti-Mutiny was expecting Kadohata to perform the same responsibilities (Second Officer, Ops Manager and Chief Science Officer) as Data, even though Data could only perform all those tasks because he was an android.
* GameOfNerds: Follows the Cestus Baseball League, and occasionally makes baseball references.
* PutOnABus: She left the ''Enterprise'' in ''Losing the Peace'', and hasn't yet returned.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Gabriel Marshall]]
A recurring character in the Literature/StarfleetCorpsOfEngineers stories, who plays the classic role of "pushy Federation diplomat", as established in Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries.
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* AssInAmbassador
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Phillipa Matthias]]
A Starfleet councillor aboard Deep Space Nine.
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* HappilyMarried: To her Bajoran husband.
* OutOfFocus: She has a major role in only two of the Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch novels.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Esperanza Piñiere]]
Former Starfleet Commander, serves as Chief of Staff and best friend to President Nanietta Bacco.
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* HypercompetentSidekick: When you work for the Federation President, you have to be or else you won't last long in the job. It helps that Esperanza knows President Bacco's idiosyncrasies, and can think fast on her feet.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Margaret Sinclair-Alexander]]
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* AscendedExtra: The captain of the USS ''Saratoga'' in ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Fabian Stevens]]
Enlisted Starfleet Engineer who served under Chief O'Brien on Deep Space Nine, then transferred to the Starfleet Corps of Engineers detachment aboard the ''da Vinci''. Later transferred to the SCE detachment on the ''U.S.S. Musgrave''.
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* HappilyMarried: To [[spoiler: Domenica Corsi]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Prynn Tenmei]]
Daughter of Elias Vaughn and Ruriko Tenmei, Prynn is the primary flight controller of the ''Defiant''.
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* AcePilot: Of the Tom Paris "fly by the seat of your pants" style.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Had a hard time with Vaughn's life as an intelligence officer, and the two have been estranged since Ruriko's death (which Prynn believes was Elias' fault).
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Christine Vale]]
A former peace officer from the human colony Izar, Vale joined Starfleet after being inspired by one of its security officers (Domenica Corsi of Literature/StarfleetCorpsOfEngineers). After serving on Picard's ''Enterprise''-E as Security Chief, Vale was offered the position of First Officer aboard ''[[Literature/StarTrekTitan Titan]]'' when Will Riker was given command. [[spoiler: After Riker gets promoted to the Admiralty in ''The Fall'', she takes over as ''Titan'''s commanding officer.]]
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* RankUp: Starts out a Lieutenant and Chief of Security on the ''Enterprise-E''. Gets promoted to Lieutenant Commander prior to the start of the ''Titan'' series, then to full Commander when she takes the First Officer slot. [[spoiler: In ''Sight Unseen'' she finally gets promoted to Captain after serving as ''Titan'''s acting CO for several months.]]
* RousingSpeech: She's not very good at them, actually.
-->"But let's remember, people, it was our pure exploration that found the Caeliar and saved the whole damn Alpha Quadrant. And...and Beta. You guys from Beta know what I mean".
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Elias Vaughn]]
A Starfleet officer with a long history and the deceptively low rank of Commander, Vaughn was introduced in the ''Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch''. By this point, he was over a century old, with eighty years experience in Starfleet Intelligence, Special Operations and Tactical. Vaughn was a critical player in several crucial events in Federation history, among them the [[Literature/StarTrekTheLostEra Tomed Incident]], the [[Literature/StarTrekTheLostEra Betreka Nebula Incident]], and the [[Literature/StarTrekTheBattleOfBetazed liberation of Betazed from the Dominion]]. [[spoiler: Vaughn was eventually promoted to Captain and given command of the ''U.S.S. James T. Kirk'', suffered catastrophic injuries during the Borg Invasion, and eventually died from them in 2383.]]
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* TheAtoner: For the death of his wife and his failures in raising their daughter.
* BadassGrandpa
--->"He's not the first hundred-year-old I've met who could go up against holographic opponents, or even real ones. Most people don't give it much thought, but there are actually a lot more active centenarian humans in Starfleet than is generally known. One of the benefits of an ever-lengthening life span. Just the same, I'm glad Vaughn's on our side."
* BeenThereShapedHistory: That well-known but as-yet-unexplored historical event? Vaughn will probably have been involved. Some readers certainly feel this trope got over-used.
* CoolOldGuy
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DeadpanSnarker: An example from [[Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch ''Demons of Air and Darkness'']], after he handles a hostage situation by simply shooting the hostage taker, because he realizes his own phaser will fire with this level of radiation but the hostage-taker's won't:
--->'''Julian Bashir''': Why didn't you say that's what you were planning in the first place?
--->'''Vaughn''': Because, Doctor, when you become a commander, they take the bone out of your head that makes you explain orders.
* HeroicSacrifice: He tries one in [[Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch ''Twilight'']], in order to save an extra-dimensional life-form from an eternity of loneliness.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: His childhood history on Berengaria VII; he was apparently mauled by a dragon at one point. It was established as early as the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Original Series]] of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' that Berengaria VII is home to dragons, and Vaughn had previously been said to originate there. Eventually, the two bits of trivia made an inevitable linkage. Since Vaughn is the sort of character with a highly adventurous background, it's no surprise he apparently had dragon bites where other children had bruised knees.
* ItNeverGetsAnyEasier: Particularly notable at the conclusion to ''Literature/StarTrekTheBattleOfBetazed''.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* OverrankedSoldier: Inverted. Despite being in the service over eight decades Vaughn is still a Commander even though his security clearances are higher than most Admirals. Being a mid-level line officer allows him to keep a lower profile.
* PapaWolf: In [[Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch ''Warpath'']], when he believes his adult daughter has been murdered by a rogue colleague.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Giancarlo Wu]]
The hyper-competent aide to Ambassador Worf (and later Ambassador Rozhenko).
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* TheReliableOne
[[/folder]]
