Shiboline M'Ress

Shiboline M'Ress was a Caitian female Starfleet officer who served aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) under Captain James T. Kirk in 2269, and, following a temporal incident in 2296, she served onboard the USS Trident (NCC-31347) under Captain Elizabeth Shelby from 2376 until at least 2379.

Early Life
During her school days, M'Ress specialised in History, sociology and anthropology, but found difficulty with spatial engineering. Her main hobby all her life was poetry. (TAS novelisation: The Ambergris Element).

Starfleet
M'Ress attended Starfleet Academy as its youngest ever entrant, aged just sixteen in December 2260 and was the roommate of a Human female called Lena Goldblum. After her graduation - in which M'Ress came 22nd highest out of 400 cadets graduating - M'Ress was assigned to USS Hood (NCC-1703) as a Third-Shift Communications Officer with the rank of Ensign. When the ship's entire bridge crew were later killed in a Kzinti attack, M'Ress was the highest-ranking communications officer left and took initiative in deceiving the Kzin long enough for the Hood to summon help. (TAS novelisation: The Ambergris Element).

M'Ress later served on the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) under Captain James T. Kirk in 2269 and 2270 (TAS). She would again serve under Kirk, this time on the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) in 2286 and 2287. (DC Comics first series 37-56)

The 24th Century
Via a time portal, not dissimilar to an Iconian Gateway, M'Ress found herself in the late 24th century. Strangely enough her old shipmate aboard the Enterprise, Arex, was similarly displaced in time and both were posted on the USS Trident under Captain Elizabeth Shelby. (NF novel: Cold Wars)

The Gleau incident
In 2376, the Selelvian Gleau, also serving on board the USS Trident, mentally assaulted M'Ress. When she told the superior officers, they didn't believe her. Only Mueller and Janos beleived her. When Gleau was murdered, she was one of the suspects. The evidence, though, supported the theory that her close friend and lover Janos, instead was the person who so brutally killed the selelvian. (NF novels: Gods Above, Stone and Anvil)