Gilaad Ben Zoma

The Stargazer
Gilaad Ben Zoma was a Human first officer of the USS Stargazer. Ben Zoma was serving as the Stargazers chief of security in 2333 when ship's captain Daithan Ruhalter was killed, and first officer Stephen Leach were put into a coma in battle with the Nuyaad.

Ship's second officer and good friend of Ben Zoma, Commander Jean-Luc Picard assumed command of the Stargazer and elevated Ben Zoma to the position of First Officer. (TNG novel The Valiant).

Ben Zoma served loyaly as Picard's first officer for over 20 years until being promoted to captain. (Star Trek: Stargazer series TNG novels Reunion, Requiem, The First Virtue)

Captain Ben Zoma
Captain Ben Zoma took command of the USS Lexington (NCC-61832) in the early 2360s. Serving under Ben Zoma was former Stargazer chief of security, Peter "Pug" Joseph, who served in the same position onboard the Lexington.

In 2367, Ben Zoma and Joseph were traveling on board the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) to the planet D'aav, to attend the coronation of Morgen, the hereditary ruler of D'aav, and former Stargazer crewmate.

During the voyage, attempts were made on the lives of both Ben Zoma and Morgen. Enterprise security chief Worf investigated the matter, and discovered that the would-be killer was the former chief medical officer of the Stargazer, Carter Greyhorse, who was attempting to eliminate all of those whom he believed to be responsible for the death of his lover, Lieutenant Gerda Asmund. (TNG novel Reunion)

The Dominion War
In early 2374, in the early days of the Dominion War, Ben Zoma was undercover as part of an anthropological study of the people of the planet Illarh, when the planet was taken by the Jem'Hadar. Ben Zoma, who was surgically altered to appear as a native, distracted the Vorta commander, Sejeel, with the tale of "dream" that Ben Zoma claimed to have had about the defeat of the Jem'Hadar.

Ben Zoma's distraction worked, ant the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) managed to take out the Dominion's shield generator, and re-take the world from the Dominion. (Short story "What Dreams May Come" from the anthology Tales Of The Dominion War)

(:Special thanks to Michael Schuster, who provided the drawing and maintains an informative and detailed Stargazer website. Michael is also co-author of the SCE e-book, The Future Begins.)