Gary Mitchell

Gary Mitchell was a human Starfleet officer, who gave his life in the line of duty in 2265, while serving aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701).

Early Life
Gary Mitchell, the son of Thomas and Dana Mitchell, was born in the city Eldman, Earth on stardate 1087.7 in 2234. A few years later the Mitchell family moved to New York City.

In 2249, Mitchell, aged 15, lost the New York State raquetball singles championship.

(TOS episode: "Where No Man Has Gone Before"; and novel: My Brother's Keeper, #1: Republic).

Starfleet Academy
In 2251, Mitchell entered Starfleet Academy, and his roommate at the academy was Karl-Willem Brandhorst.

Shortly after entering Academy he met his future best friend, Second Year Cadet James T. Kirk. Kirk taught Federation History to the first year cadets, with Mitchell as one of his students. The two had different viewpoints on many issues.

Aboard the Republic
A few weeks later Kirk and Mitchell are two of many cadets assigned to the USS Republic (NCC-1371), under the command of Captain Rollin Bannock, on a two-week sensor sweep of the Klingon Neutral Zone. During the patrol the cadets are ordered to their quarters, while the Republic ' s senior staff complete a secret mission. Being ever curious, Kirk and Mitchell attemped to access classified sensor logs, and are both reprimanded by Bannock.

Following this the Republic left for a survey mission to Alpha Varangis, before being diverted to the Beta Bora system for a diplomatic mission which would see the end of centuries of warfare on Heir'tzan. Bannock agreed that the cadets would boost the planet's security forces at the peace briefings on the planet.

Mitchell, Kirk, and Cadet Phelana Yudrin successfully foil an assassination attempt and an attempted kidnapping to end the peace talks. During the mission Kirk learned a lot from Mitchell about taking risks, and the two became closer friends.

(TOS novel: My Brother's Keeper, #1: Republic).

Aboard the Constitution
Following graduation from the Academy in 2255, Ensign Mitchell was assigned to the USS Constitution (NCC-1701), under the command of Captain Augenthaler, as junior navigator.

(TOS novel: My Brother's Keeper, #2: Constitution).