Number One

The enigmatic Number One was born on Ilyria IV and served as the first officer of the USS Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike.

In 2250, she was posted to the USS Yorktown as executive officer, under Christopher Pike, who called her "Number One" as a sort of joke; it being an old term for executive officer. She transferred with him to the USS Enterprise in 2251, even though she had hoped for command of a science vessel or medical frigate.


 * According to Vulcan's Glory'', the two had served together for four years; the novel occurs in 2254.

In 2254, her father died; she was consoled by Spock on his loss. She was offered command of the USS Nelson in 2255, but turned it down, preferring to remain under Pike on the Enterprise. At the end of the Enterprise's third five-year mission in 2262, she was promoted to captain.

She harbored fantasies for Pike for some time, and these were exposed to him by the Talosians in 2254. Normally, however, Number One was strictly logical, masking her emotions. One area of obsession for her was computers. In 2254, she assisted Lieutenant Spock in installing computer upgrades that made it voice-interactive. They used her voice as a base pattern, something which later carried over to all Starfleet computers.

The Name
Since the character of Number One was never given a "real name" in "The Cage," what her name is has remained a point of inconsistency in the fiction. Several alternatives exist:
 * Vulcan's Glory states that her name actually is "Number One."
 * In The Rift, Pike states her name to be unpronouncable.
 * In Jerry Oltion's stories Where Sea Meets Sky and "Conflicting Natures", she is named "Lefler," apparently intended to tie in to the character of Morgan Lefler from Star Trek: New Frontier.
 * According to the Early Voyages comics, her last name is Robbins. Pike starts to say her first name once, but is interrupted, getting as far as "Eure--".
 * Supposedly, the character of Admiral Timothea Rogers in A Flag Full of Stars was intended to be Number One as well, though this is not directly stated in the finished version of the novel.


 * more on the way as I progress through the Early Voyages... -- 8of5 17:43, 26 July 2006 (UTC)