Daniels In the
Star Trek universe, Daniels is an operative in the cross-history conflict called the
Temporal Cold War. Daniels is from the 31st century, c. 3064
CE. He is first seen in "
Cold Front" as a member of Archer's crew. Soon after, he was killed during a
Suliban incursion aboard
Enterprise. His quarters, which contained several time travel-related devices, was locked down and banned to all crew members, except in cases of emergency involving the Temporal Cold War. Daniels explained little of the nature of his organization, preferring to keep the group's nature, organization and abilities mostly unknown, to keep Captain
Archer from learning too much about the future. His method of transporting others through time was unusually subtle, lacking any obvious visual effects or disorientation. Typically, Archer would walk through a door on the
Enterprise and suddenly find himself in an unfamiliar location and time period; Daniels would then appear to talk to him. Daniels pulled off a similar feat on a much larger scale in the episode "
Storm Front": When the
Enterprise returned to Earth after the battle with the Xindi, the crew discovered that they had arrived during
World War II. How Daniels survived being vaporized in "Cold Front" was never explained. Daniels continued to make occasional appearances in the series. In the first-season finale, "
Shockwave", Daniels transported Archer to an altered version of the 31st century in which the
United Federation of Planets had never existed. Daniels, apparently the only other person besides Archer left on Earth who knew about the main timeline, helped the captain restore the original timeline. In the third-season episode "
Carpenter Street", he sent Archer and T'Pol back to the year 2004 to investigate why some Xindi Reptilians were on Earth in that time period. He was also seen in the episode "
Azati Prime", in which he transported Archer into the future—placing him aboard a future starship called the
Enterprise-J, to inform him about the
Sphere Builders and their relationship to the
Xindi. He later transported Archer to the year 2161 ("
Zero Hour"), giving him a glimpse of the inauguration ceremony for the United Federation of Planets (which occurred in a later episode, in "
These Are the Voyages..."), warning Archer that allowing the Xindi to change history would result in the destruction of the UFP before it even existed. In his final appearance in the fourth-season premiere, "
Storm Front", he was apparently extremely ill: parts of him were more than a hundred years old while other parts were almost at a fetal stage. He used his last remaining strength to transport Archer and the
Enterprise to Earth in the year 1944 to stop an alien race from changing history and allowing the
Nazis to win
World War II. After warning T'Pol that the Temporal Cold War had exploded into a full-fledged conflict, Daniels apparently died, but with the collapse of the Temporal War, Daniels reappeared and returned Archer to his original timeline. At this point, Archer told Daniels in no uncertain terms he never wanted to see him again. In ''
Star Trek: Discovery's
series finale "Life, Itself", set in the 32nd century, the mysterious Doctor Kovich (in his 10th appearance in that series) is revealed to be an older Daniels, introducing himself to Michael Burnham as "Agent Daniels of the USS Enterprise''—and other places." Crewman Daniels is not to be confused with another Starfleet officer, Lieutenant Daniels (played by
Michael Horton), who was the tactical officer on the
USS Enterprise-E during the events of
Star Trek: First Contact and
Star Trek: Insurrection.
Degra In the
Star Trek science fiction franchise
, Degra (2103–2154) is a primate of the species
Xindi. He is a representative in the
Xindi Council but also a weapons designer, on the third season story arc. He was first seen in "
The Xindi" and referred to by name in "
Rajiin". He was played by
Randy Oglesby. Vice Admiral Forrest (often referred to in dialog as just "
Admiral") was in frequent contact with
Jonathan Archer during the
Enterprise's missions. During the 2140s, then-
Commodore Forrest oversaw the NX Program, Earth's attempt to develop a
starship with
warp drive faster than
warp 2. It was on his orders that the
Enterprise's missions began. Admiral Gardner succeeded him in his post at Starfleet Command.
Mirror Universe A
Mirror Universe version of Forrest, who achieved the rank of captain and became commanding officer of the Imperial Star Ship
Enterprise, appears in "
In a Mirror, Darkly". In this universe, Forrest's first name was Maximilian, not Maxwell. Forrest fell victim to a
mutiny led by his first officer, Jonathan Archer. Later, Forrest was released from the brig by his loyal officers and tried to retake the ship. However, Forrest was forced to trust Archer when the Imperial
Starfleet ordered
Enterprise to cross into
Tholian space and claim the USS
Defiant, which the Tholians recovered from the "normal" universe. The Tholians attacked; Forrest fought back aboard the
Enterprise, ordering the crew to abandon ship. The Tholians destroyed the ship, killing Forrest.
Major Hayes Major J. Hayes, played by
Steven Culp, first appeared in the third-season premiere, "
The Xindi". Hayes' first name was not revealed in the TV series, although his first initial "J" was embroidered on his uniform. Licensed spin-off media give contradictory first names;
Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin's non-
canon novel
Last Full Measure indicates Hayes' given name is Joss, but in the expansion set "These Are the Voyages..." for the
Star Trek Customizable Card Game his card features the name Jeremiah. The episode "
Hatchery" reveals that Hayes graduated from the
United States Military Academy at West Point. The character was introduced as the leader of the elite Military Assault Command Operations (MACO) team assigned to
Enterprise when the ship was sent to the
Delphic Expanse. Subsequent episodes featured a running rivalry with
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed over shipboard security. Hayes and Reed resolved this rivalry in the episode "
Harbinger". In the penultimate third-season episode, "
Countdown", Hayes and three MACO soldiers beam onto a Xindi ship to rescue
Ensign Hoshi Sato. A malfunction did not allow everyone to beam back at once, so Hayes sent everyone ahead of him first. Hayes is killed after being shot and fatally wounded by a
Xindi-Reptilian as he was being
beamed back to
Enterprise.
Erika Hernandez Captain
Erika Hernandez, portrayed by
Ada Maris, is introduced in the fourth-season episode "
Home". Hernandez is the second
Starfleet captain given command of a
starship in Earth's
Warp 5 program, and is assigned to
Columbia (NX-02), the sister ship of
Enterprise (NX-01). "Home", which takes place in 2154, establishes that some years earlier Hernandez and
Enterprise captain
Jonathan Archer were in a relationship, which is briefly rekindled during a therapeutic holiday Archer takes following the
Xindi mission. Their relationship apparently ended because they realized that their jobs would get in the way of a serious relationship, but they remain on good terms afterwards. In the episode "
Affliction", Hernandez accepts the transfer of
Enterprise chief engineer
Charles Tucker, though she has to withstand complaints from her engineering crew, including requests for reassignment, due to Tucker's hard-driving manner of working.
Reception In 2016, Erika was ranked as the 52nd-most-important character of
Starfleet within the
Star Trek science fiction universe by
Wired magazine.
Jannar Jannar is an arboreal (similar to a
sloth) representative of the multi-species race
Xindi in the Xindi Council. Previously known as
Narsanyala. He was played by
Rick Worthy in the third season of
Star Trek: Enterprise. When the Council learned that humans were going to destroy them in the 26th century, Degra was assigned to build a weapon to destroy Earth. Jannar agreed that the humans had to be destroyed, even though his race is most likely
pacifist. Like several other council members, Jannar voted against the creation of a
bioweapon. Late in the weapon's construction, Degra started to have second thoughts about building it. Jannar kept assuring Degra that it was necessary. However, he also started having second thoughts shortly afterwards. He and Degra went aboard
Enterprise, when
Captain Archer began to tell them they were manipulated to attack Earth. Although Jannar didn't seem to believe Archer, he still admitted that his evidence is intriguing. Eventually, he became a close ally of humans and Archer.
Mallora Mallora was a
Xindi primate, played by
Tucker Smallwood. The character was never named onscreen, but is called "Mallora" in
The Expanse by
J.M. Dillard, the novelization of
Star Trek: Enterprise episodes "The Expanse" and "The Xindi". Smallwood came up with his own name for his character, "Depac", based on the celebrity
Deepak Chopra. This is the name he puts on convention autographs. Mallora was the chairman of the
Xindi Council. He was also a friend of
Degra for many years. Circa 2150, the Xindi Council were told that humans were going to destroy them in the future. Degra was assigned to be the head of the
planet-destroying weapon project. Mallora, like several other council members, rejected Reptilian scientist Damron's proposal to construct a
bioweapon. Late in the weapon's construction,
Degra and
Jannar were shown evidence that if they destroyed Earth, it would only ensure their own extinction. Mallora was skeptical that the humans manufactured the "evidence" to save their world. Later, he became a close ally of the humans, and helped them destroy the superweapon. He later assured
T'Pol that Captain
Jonathan Archer's sacrifice would not be forgotten, and that the Xindi Council would reconvene. Smallwood explained in an interview that the makeup used on him created serious eye problems, as the extensive paste and spray used to apply the makeup clogged his
tear ducts.
Thy'lek Shran '''Thy'lek Shran'
is a recurring character in Star Trek: Enterprise. Shran is an Andorian. He was played by Jeffrey Combs, who has played numerous characters in three other Star Trek series. Shran is a highly capable and decorated officer in the Andorian Imperial Guard. He holds the rank of commander, and when first seen was the commanding officer of the starship Kumari
. His first name was revealed from computer records of the USS Defiant'' in the episode "
In a Mirror, Darkly (Part II)". He is emotional, quick to anger, prone to risk, xenophobic, daring and excitable, as well as being fiercely loyal to friends and those he feels he owes—the antithesis to the Vulcans. Shran's first contact with humans—who, like most Andorians, he refers to as "pink-skins"—came in 2151, when Shran led a commando team in a raid on the
Vulcan monastery at
P'Jem. Shran and his people were convinced that the Vulcans were secretly using P'Jem to spy on the Andorians—a suspicion which later proved true when Captain
Jonathan Archer exposed a secret Vulcan listening post at the monastery. Shran was indebted to Archer for this, and later returned the favor by rescuing Archer and his officers from a terrorist attack on the world of Coridan. Shran, like most Andorians, did not trust Vulcans, believing them to be duplicitous and sneaky. Shran and his team led an attempt to reclaim the planet Weytahn, which the Andorians had colonized but which the Vulcans also claimed as their own. Captain Archer was the only person whom Shran felt he could trust to mediate the dispute. Later, Shran repaid this debt as well, by leading his starship into the
Delphic Expanse to help Archer and his crew steal a prototype super-weapon constructed by the
Xindi. Shran, however, had his own agenda—his superiors had ordered him to steal the prototype and claim it for
Andoria. Shran obeyed, but when his military tried to bestow a medal upon him, Shran angrily refused, regretting the fact that he had been forced to double-cross a trusted ally. Shran later returned to aid Archer and Earth by helping to destroy the real Xindi superweapon before it could do the same to Earth. In 2154, when
Romulan spies threatened to start a war between Vulcan and Andoria, Shran captured Vulcan ambassador
Soval and reluctantly tortured him to verify the location and strength of the Vulcan fleet, which Soval had leaked to him, believing it necessary to avert all-out war, but Shran distrusted this seemingly incredible information, suspecting that it could be a provocation or deliberate misinformation. When Soval refused to change his statements, lie, and thereby end the torture session, Shran found a new respect for the ambassador. Later, Shran's help was invaluable in exposing Romulan attempts to infiltrate the Vulcan government, and war was averted. Shortly after this, Shran became romantically linked with his tactical officer Talas. She initiated the pairing; Shran later told Jonathan Archer that he had the choice between arresting her and mating with her. He chose the latter. In 2154, Shran was devastated when the
Kumari was destroyed by a remote controlled Romulan prototype ship, disguised as a
Tellarite vessel. Nearly Shran's entire crew were lost, and his lover,
Talas, later died from wounds she received in a firefight that occurred when Shran attempted to coerce a confession from the Tellarite ambassador. To avenge the deaths of his crew and Talas, Shran demanded to fight the ambassador in a ritualistic form of combat known as an Ushaan, but Captain Archer claimed the right to substitute himself in the Tellarite's place. Shran considered Archer a close friend and did not want to fight him, but Archer insisted, and fought Shran nearly to the death. Though Archer declined to kill Shran, the ritual was completed when Archer sliced off one of Shran's antennae, incapacitating him, and Shran's desire for revenge was satisfied. Later, Shran helped Archer contact an offshoot race of the Andorians, the
Aenar, which led to the destruction of the Romulan prototype. On his way back to his homeworld, Shran wondered whether he would ever get another starship command, as the Andorian military tends to come down hard on any commander whose ship is lost. Computer records taken from the USS Defiant (NCC-1764) reveal that Shran eventually reached the rank of General. While initially resentful of the "pink-skins", Shran found that he actually admired and respected humans, particularly Captain Archer. He also has warmed to Vulcans, particularly Soval and
T'Pol, whom he considers honorable people. Shran even made Archer an honorary member of the Andorian Guard, sometime after Archer became Earth's ambassador to Andoria. The final episode of
Enterprise, entitled "
These Are the Voyages...", takes place a few years in Enterprise's future, where Shran has a wife, Jhamel (an Aenar whom Shran had earlier befriended) and a daughter, Talla. In 2161, Shran once again enlists Captain Archer's aid when Talla is kidnapped by criminals who think Shran has stolen a priceless artifact from them. This request comes as a surprise to Archer, as Shran was believed killed several years earlier. Shran later reveals that he had faked his own death in part to protect his family from criminal elements Shran had worked for after leaving the Andorian military. Talla is successfully rescued from Rigel X, but the kidnappers later attack and board Enterprise;
Commander Tucker sacrifices his own life to stop them. The USS
Shran, a
Federation Starfleet vessel named after him, is part of the Battle at the Binary Stars depicted in the
Star Trek: Discovery episode of the same name.
Apocrypha In the novel
The Good That Men Do (by
Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin), Shran has a significant role. He is not, as "These Are the Voyages..." suggests, married to Jhamel (the events of that episode are said to be largely faked), although he has a latent telepathic bond with her. They do not have any children, although by the end of the novel Shran joins Jhamel's bonding group, so Talla could conceivably be born "for real" sometime later. Shran aids
Enterprise crew in recovering a group of Aenar who had been kidnapped for use as slaves by the
Romulans (the episode's use of Talla as a substitute in the holographic coverup is to prevent the exposure of
Section 31's mission into Romulan territory to recover the Aenar). Shran's telepathic bond with Jhamel is employed to search for the Aenar and recover them from Romulan custody. Unlike in the episode, the criminals who board
Enterprise are not looking for Shran, and do not think he has stolen anything from them; the pirates were actually hired by Archer to fake
Trip's death, by giving Trip an excuse to sacrifice his own life to stop the pirate "attack". Shran's ultimate fate is unknown, although the novel leaves open the possibility that he could rejoin the Andorian military (as the series itself suggested). Also, in the novel, Shran has a different full name: '''Hravishran th'Zoarhi'
. This was done in order to give Shran a name more in line with those used by Andorian characters in other Trek novels. In the novel The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor's Wing
, also by Michael A. Martin, the word Thy'lek'' is said to be the Aenar form of Shran's name.
Manny Coto, showrunner for
Star Trek: Enterprise in its fourth season, has said that if the show had survived to a fifth season, Shran would have joined the crew of the
Enterprise (NX-01).
Reception In 2018,
CBR ranked Shran the 16th-best recurring character in all of Star Trek.
Silik Silik was a high-ranking official in the
Suliban Cabal during the
Temporal Cold War—a secretive war fought between various alien factions using "temporal agents" to change historical events for self-seeking purposes. During the Temporal Cold War, Silik received his orders from an enigmatic humanoid from the future. To aid in his fight, Silik and his cohorts from the Suliban Cabal were granted valuable genetic enhancements including more heightened senses and the ability to
shape-shift—features that would become prodigiously exploited by Silik (and which could be taken away as punishment for failure). Silik is killed in "Storm Front".
Arik Soong Dr. Arik Soong appeared in a three-episode final-season
story arc consisting of "
Borderland", "
Cold Station 12", and "
The Augments". He was portrayed by
The Next Generation regular
Brent Spiner. He is the great-grandfather of 24th century
cyberneticist Dr. Noonien Soong, who created the androids
Data,
Lore,
B-4 (all portrayed by Spiner), and Juliana Tainer. Arik Soong believed genetic engineering was a
panacea to humanity's problems. As a result, he questioned humanity's abandonment of genetic engineering in debates with
Jonathan Archer and
Phlox. Although he lamented the deaths of thirty million humans during the
Eugenics Wars, Soong believed the Earth government and humanity in general was using the conflicts as an excuse for their irrational phobia of genetic engineering. He maintained that he himself and humanity in general had learned the lessons of the Eugenics Wars and should not continue hiding behind those events when there was progress to be made now that the technology had matured and was much more practicable. While director of the
Starfleet Medical facility Cold Station 12, Soong stole nineteen
genetically enhanced Augment embryos placed in
stasis after the end of the
Eugenics Wars. Soong took the embryos to a remote and secluded planet, where he raised them and taught them they were superior to other humans.
Starfleet caught up with Soong when he was off on a side trip, and imprisoned him ten years after the theft, leaving the Augments stranded with just his teachings and the physical necessities for survival. As they grew up alone, they became violently committed to the formation of a genetically engineered race of superhumans, believing themselves to be the future of humanity. Twenty years after the theft, and ten years into Soong's prison sentence, his Augments stole a
Klingon Bird-of-Prey.
Enterprise was tasked with finding them to avert a war with the
Klingons, and took along Soong to make the search easier. The Augments freed Soong from the
Enterprise's brig and proceeded to Cold Station 12, where the remaining 1,800 genetically-enhanced embryos were stored. Soong found, to his dismay, that his Augments had taken his teachings to an extreme, and he escaped from the Bird-of-Prey to help
Enterprise stop them from starting a war with the Klingons. Ultimately failing to prove that improved humans could peacefully co-exist with the rest of the galaxy, Soong, upon returning to prison, admitted that perfecting humanity may not be possible. He vows to find perfection by creating artificial life through cybernetics, noting that it might take "a generation or two", a vision apparently passed on to his progeny, specifically Noonien Soong.
Soval Soval is the
Vulcan ambassador to
Earth in the 22nd century where he often takes the role of advising and representing Vulcan interests to Earth's
Starfleet Command.
Jonathan Archer, Captain of the Starship
Enterprise, is not particularly fond of the Ambassador as he appears to play a major role in the
Vulcan discouragement of Earth's deep space program. He objected to Archer's command of the Enterprise. Soval places
T'Pol on board the
Enterprise, though she becomes one of Archer's most trusted officers. Soval continues his criticism of
Enterprise's mission, particularly after the crew, along with a group of
Andorian commandos led by Commander
Shran, discover a listening post beneath the Vulcan sanctuary of P'Jem which is being used to spy on the Andorians. Soval reluctantly agrees to work with Archer when they are dispatched to mediate a dispute over a planetoid claimed by both the Vulcans and Andorians. The situation is jeopardized early on when their shuttle is shot down while en route to meeting with Shran. Archer is able to defend the Ambassador and discover that Andorian soldiers acting against Shran's order are responsible. After initial talks between Soval and Shran prove promising, Soval concedes that Archer's service has been useful. After a
Xindi attack on Earth kills seven million humans, Archer claims that a mysterious figure from the future who was allied with the
Suliban gave him information on the rationale for the attack, and more vitally, the name of the alien race responsible for the attack. Soval is skeptical of this claim, and discourages
Enterprise from entering the
Delphic Expanse, the mysterious region of space the Xindi call home. Soval comes to appreciate Archer's efforts in saving Earth, and his attitude toward humans warms considerably after the man in charge of
Starfleet Command,
Admiral Forrest, sacrifices himself to save the Ambassador during a bombing inside the Earth Embassy on Vulcan ("
The Forge"). It is subsequently revealed that Soval developed a deep affinity and even affection for humans and that his earlier actions were more to protect them than to hinder them. Nonetheless, after Archer and his crew help to prevent a war between Vulcan and Andoria and expose corruption within the Vulcan High Command ("
Kir'Shara"), Soval agrees with the decision for Vulcan to stop looking over Earth's shoulder in space exploration matters. Soval represents Vulcan at initial talks held in 2155 aimed at forging an alliance of worlds including Earth, Vulcan,
Andoria and the
Tellarite homeworld, an organization that, in 2161, will become the
United Federation of Planets. Although Soval initially opposed
Jonathan Archer's mission, when Archer gives a key speech at the start of the 2155 summit, it is Soval who leads the applause. Soval is secretly one of the persecuted 3% of Vulcans born with the ability to instigate
mind melds, an act considered taboo amongst Vulcans of the 22nd century. To extract information about the bombing of Earth's embassy on Vulcan, Soval initiates a mind-meld between himself and an ailing human MACO security guard at the embassy who witnessed the attack. This mind-meld is considered to be the first between a Vulcan and a human. After the confession of his mind-melding abilities, Soval is forced to resign from the Vulcan High Command. He consequently joins the Enterprise crew to prevent a Vulcan preemptive strike based on falsified information against
Andoria. After V'Las is exposed and the Vulcan High Command is dissolved, he is reinstated to his original position. He later represented Vulcan during the Coalition of Planets conference. In the
Mirror Universe, Soval's counterpart is an enlisted crewman in
Starfleet, serving as a science officer aboard the ISS
Avenger. This version of Soval attempts to start a rebellion against the Terran Empire, but is killed when the
Avenger is destroyed by the mirror Jonathan Archer.
Talas Talas was a female of the
Andorian species, a lieutenant on the Andorian starship
Kumari under the command of Commander
Shran. She was played by Molly Brink. Shran and Talas served together on the
Kumari for many years. Later, Talas developed a romantic interest in Shran, who eagerly returned Talas' affections. (Andorian females are known for their sexual aggressiveness, and Talas was certainly no exception.) Shran felt especially honored to be chosen by Talas, who came from a privileged, wealthy family on their homeworld. Talas had the freedom to choose any career she wished, but chose the military—endearing her to Shran as a soldier. She could also have any man she wanted, but chose Shran—endearing him to her as a lover. Talas died in the line of duty in late 2154 when she was shot by the aide of a
Tellarite ambassador. Andorian and Tellarite delegations had been at each other's throats aboard
Enterprise, while trying to negotiate a peace treaty. Captain
Jonathan Archer had confined all delegates to their quarters, but the Andorians—mistakenly believing that a Tellarite starship had destroyed the
Kumari—escaped and broke into the Tellarite quarters, and a fight quickly broke out. After
Enterprises MACOs had taken control of the situation and the Andorians had stood down, the Tellarite ambassador's aide grabbed Talas' weapon and shot her in the shoulder. At first, the wound did not appear to be life-threatening, but Talas' condition quickly worsened.
Andorians are especially vulnerable to infections from laser fire, and Talas sickened and died before Dr.
Phlox could devise a treatment. Talas' death devastated Shran, who demanded the right to ritual combat with the Tellarite who killed her. At the last minute, Captain Archer substituted himself in the Tellarite's place; while Shran was reluctant to fight his friend Archer, the combat proceeded without incident (ending when one of Shran's antennae was sliced off, incapacitating but not killing him), and Shran's revenge was satisfied.
Commander Williams Commander Williams was a 22nd-century human United Earth Starfleet officer during the 2150s. He, along with Admiral Forrest and Admiral Leonard, was part of the group from Starfleet Command that dealt with the
Klingon Klaang's crash-landing on Earth and its consequences about how to proceed with the injured Klingon in April 2151. In 2152 he defended Captain Jonathan Archer after Ambassador Soval accused him of
abducting Subcommander T'Pol by not meeting a rendezvous with a Vulcan ship as ordered. Later that year, he accompanied Admiral Forrest to the Arctic Circle to
investigate a missing research team. He had owed Drake, one of the members of the team, a bottle of scotch. Williams was also involved in
debriefing Archer after his successful mission to the
Delphic Expanse to destroy the Xindi superweapon. Williams was played by Jim Fitzpatrick and was named after
William Shatner, the Original Series actor who played
James T. Kirk. ==See also==