Marta Batanides

Marta Batanides was a human female in Starfleet in the 24th century. She graduated from Starfleet Academy in 2327, in the same class with Jean-Luc Picard. (TNG episode: "Tapestry") That year, while at Starbase Earhart awaiting her first assignment, Batanides met and befriended then-Commander Rachel Garrett.

By 2336, Batanides had risen to the rank of Commander, and had been assigned to Starfleet Intelligence. One of Batanides' concerns at this time was the criminal cartel Asfar Qatala. One of her operatives, Lieutenant Laura Burke, was captured and killed by a Qatala operative, allowing the assassin to falsify orders in Batanides' name to remove an officer from the USS Enterprise-C. Eventually the real Batanides was able to contact Enterprise Captain Garrett and foil the criminal plot. (TLE novel: Well of Souls)

Batanides was promoted to the rank of Admiral in late 2370, shortly after the recovery of the USS Pegasus. In 2373, she was part of the Federation team sent to Chiaros IV to calm hostilies between the government and rebel factions, and to oversee a vote on whether the planet would join the Federation or the Romulan Star Empire. During that mission, her fiance, Ambassador Aubin Tabor, was killed, and also revealed as an agent of Section 31. With confirmation of this shadow group's existance, Batanides vowed to bring it down. (TNG novel: Section 31: Rogue)

Batanides was a friend of Benjamin Sisko's, and was one of the officials, along with Admiral William Ross, to whom he admitted his culpability in the death of Romulan Senator Vreenak. (DS9 novel: Hollow Men)

Batanides had a special fondness for Andeluvian chocolate and "splitter" music, a style popular on 22nd century Earth. (TNG novel: Section 31: Rogue)


 * The Memory Alpha article on Batanides also mentions appearances in the Marvel Comics' Star Trek: Starfleet Academy series.