Characters in Star Trek: Vanguard

The following is a list of all characters appearing or referenced in Star Trek: Vanguard, expanded from a mini-pedia at the end of Reap the Whirlwind.

Command Staff

 * Commodore Diego Reyes. Commanding officer, Starbase 47, 2265-2266. Flag officer with authority over Starfleet operations and Federation civilians in the Taurus Reach. Previous postings included command of the USS Dauntless and junior postings on the USS Belleau Wood and the USS Helios, under Captain Matuzas.
 * Rear Admiral Heihachiro Nogura. Commanding officer, Starbase 47, 2266-2268. Flag officer with authority over Starfleet operations and Federation civilians in the Taurus Reach.
 * Commander Jonathan Cooper. Executive officer, Starbase 47. Married to Jen Cooper, their son is Jake Cooper.
 * Lieutenant commander Briv, Tellarite male, unusually slim for his species. Sensor-control officer, Starbase 47.
 * Lieutenant Commander Raymond Cannella, fleet operations manager of Starbase 47. A big guy, he is balding and has a New Jersey accent.
 * Lieutenant Judy Dunbar. Senior communications officer aboard Starbase 47. She twirls her hair as nervous habit and has a photographic memory.

Starfleet Intelligence

 * Lieutenant Commander T'Prynn, Vulcan female, born 2191, daughter of Sivok and L’Nel. Starfleet Intelligence liaison to Starbase 47, 2265-2266. She is haunted by the katra of Sten, and plays jazz piano at Manon's Caberet.
 * Commander Serrosel ch'Nayla, Andorian chan. intelligence liason to Starbase 47, 2266-2268. Killed in the rescue of Diego Reyes.

Medical

 * Doctor Ezekiel Fisher, chief medical officer
 * Doctor Jabilo M'Benga, medical officer

Station Security

 * Lieutenant Haniff Jackson, security chief
 * Lieutenant Beyer, female security officer on Starbase 47. Escorted envoys out of a diplomatic summit held by Ambassador Jetanien in 2265.

Engineering

 * Lieutenant Chris Ballard, original chief engineering officer, Starbase 47. Was part of the team that built Deep Space Station K-5. Flummoxed by systemic failures caused by Shedai Carrier Wave. Killed by the self-destruct function of a Rigelian scrambler-transmitter that had been insinuated into Starbase 47’s comm relays. Replaced by USS Lovell engineer Isaiah Farber.
 * Lieutenant Isaiah Farber, chief engineer

JAG Office

 * Captain Rana Desai, JAG officer
 * Lieutenant commander Holly Moyer, JAG officer

The Vault/Operation Vanguard personnel

 * Lieutenant Ming Xiong, archaeology & anthropology officer, head of all research and deployment concerns of Operation Vanguard.
 * Bohannon, member of research team studying the Shedai artifact on Erilon. Killed by the Shedai Wanderer. His autopsy yielded valuable information about the Shedai meta-genome.

USS Endeavour

 * Captain Zhao Sheng, captain until 2265
 * Commander Atish Khatami, first officer until 2265.
 * Lieutenant Commander Katherine Stano, first officer from 2265
 * Commander Bersh glov Mog, chief engineer until 2268. Died in the defense of Starbase 47.
 * Ensign Stephen Klisiewicz, chief science officer in 2265, promoted to Lieutenant in 2266.
 * Lieutenant Marielise McCormack, navigator
 * Lieutenant Neelakanta, helmsman
 * Lieutenant Hector Estrada, communications officer.
 * Doctor Anthony Leone, chief mediecal officer.
 * Doctor Bruce Griffin, assistant CMO
 * Doctor Catera, medical doctor who provided medical care to the research team on Erilon.
 * Lieutenant Commander Paul Norton, beta shift
 * Lieutenant Jeanne La Sala, security guard
 * Lieutenant Nauls, security guard
 * Lieutenant Stegbauer, engineer
 * Lieutenant T'Pes
 * Lieutenant
 * Lieutenant Bernstein, botanist
 * Ensign Bonnie Malmat, senior geologist
 * Ensign Karen LaMartina
 * Ensign Halse
 * Ensign th'Shendileth
 * Ensign sh'Dastisar
 * Chief Nelson
 * Nurse Sikal
 * Paul McGibbon, security guard
 * Faran, engineer's mate

USS Sagitarius

 * Commanding Officer: Captain Adelard Nassir
 * First Officer: Commander Clark Terrell
 * Second officer: Lieutenant Commander Bridget McLellan
 * Chief Medical Officer: Doctor Lisa Babitz. Blonde, blue-eyed, tall, pretty, germophobic.
 * Navigator and helmsman: Lieutenant Celerasayna zh'Firro
 * Security Chief: Lieutenant Sorak
 * Field scout: Lieutenant Niwara
 * Science officer: Ensign Vanessa Theriault,
 * Medical technician: Ensign Nguyen Tan Bao
 * Chief Engineer: "Master Chief": Mike "Mad Man" Ilucci
 * Field scout: Senior Chief Petty Officer Razka
 * Senior Engineer's Mate: Petty Officer First Class Salagho Threx
 * Engineer: Petty Officer Second Class Karen Cahow. Average height and build, blond hair, phobic about being on planetary surfaces.
 * Engineer: Crewman Torvin
 * Tactical officer: Lieutenant Faro Dastin (from 2268)
 * Recon scout: Ensign (from 2268)

USS Bombay

 * Captain Hallie Gannon, commanding officer
 * Commander Vondas Milonakis, First officer.
 * Lieutenant Thanashal ch'Shonnas, Science officer
 * Lieutenant Susan Nave, Communications officer
 * Lieutenant Oriana D'Amato, Helmsman
 * Ensign Daniel Berry, Navigator
 * Lieutenant Commander Kevin Judge, Chief engineer
 * McCarthy, Assistant chief engineer
 * Lieutenant Nem chim Loak, Assistant impulse engineer supervisor
 * Ensign Brett Anderson, engineer.
 * Ensign Tory Castellano, engineer.

Ship Staff

 * Captain Daniel Okagawa, commanding officer
 * Commander Araev zh'Rhun, first officer
 * Lieutenant Donovan Adams, search party leader on Gamma Tauri IV. KIA.

SCE Team

 * Lieutenant Mahmud al-Khaled, commanding officer of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers contingent. Promoted to lieutenant commander during mission to Gamma Tauri IV.
 * Ensign Jeff Anderson, member of S.C.E. team on the Lovell. Lost right arm in action against Shedai sentinels on Gamma Tauri IV. Best friend of Ensign Brian O’Halloran.

Federation Diplomatic Corps, Starbase 47

 * Ambassador Jetanien, senior Federation diplomat
 * Anna Sandesjo, aka Lurqal, Federation diplomatic attache/Klingon spy (-Reap the Whirlwind)
 * Akeylah Karumé, Federation diplomatic attache

Starbase 47

 * Tim Pennington, journalist. Married until 2265 to Lora Brummer.
 * Cervantes Quinn, trader
 * Iman al-Jazaar, religious leader on Starbase 47
 * Matt Romano, owner and operator of Café Romano, an outdoor eatery in Stars Landing.

Aboard the Omari-Ekon

 * Ganz, Orion merchant-prince
 * Neera, an Orion mistress
 * Zett Nilric, Nalori assassin for Ganz ('-')
 * Morikmol, Tarmelite enforcer in the employ of Ganz, "right-hand" of Zett Nilric
 * Sakud Armnoj, accountant to Ganz; transported from his home on Yerad III by Cervantes Quinn and Tim Pennington. Assassinated by Ganz after delivering potentially incriminating records.

Other criminals

 * Broon, human crime boss, a rival of Ganz. He tried to assassinate Cervantes Quinn for Ganz, failed because of T’Prynn’s intervention. Subsequently captured Quinn, Tim Pennington, and Sakud Armnoj near the Jinoteur system, but the trio escaped and framed him for their piracy on a Klingon sensor probe. Broon’s ship (no name given) was captured by the Klingons and impounded at Borzha II.

IKS Zin'za

 * Captain Kutal, commanding officer
 * Commander BelHoQ, first officer
 * Lieutenant, second officer
 * Lieutenant Tonar, tactical officer
 * Lieutenant Kreq, communications officer
 * Lieutenant Ohq, chief engineer
 * Qlar, helmsman
 * Urgoz, cargo chief

Klingon High Council

 * Chancellor Sturka, leader of the Klingon Empire
 * Councillor Gorkon, member of the Klingon High Council
 * Councillor Alakon, member of the Klingon High Council in 2265, commoner-born, ascended through honorable combat.
 * Councillor Argashek, member of Klingon High Council in 2265. Allied with Councillors Grozik and Glazya.

Borzha II

 * Bohica, Borzhan administrator of the Klingon-occupied spaceport facility in orbit of Borzha II.

Aboard Vanguard

 * Ambassador Seserene, Tholian ambassador to Vanguard

Tholian Ruling Concave

 * Azrene (The Violet)
 * Ezthene, member of the Tholian political elite

Tholian Military

 * Nezrene, tactical specialist of the Lanz't Tholis

Bloodied Talon

 * Sarith, commander of the Bloodied Talon

Romulus

 * Vrax, Praetor of the Romulan Star Empire
 * Anitra, Junior member of the Romulan Senate.
 * D'Tran, member of the Romulan Senate

Shedai

 * Shedai Maker, oldest of the Shedai Serrataal.
 * Shedai Apostate, Second-oldest of the Shedai, leads opposition movement against the Maker. Source of first contact, with Ensign Vanessa Theriault. Destroyed the Jinoteur system, believed to have been lost with it. Discovered again in 2268 by Lieutenant Commander Bridget McLellan and Cervantes Quinn, when he died.
 * Shedai Wanderer
 * Shedai Adjudicator, member of the Serrataal. Ally of the Maker.
 * Shedai Avenger, member of the Serrataal; allied with the Maker.