Hoshi Sato

Serial Number: SA-037-0198-CL

Rank at retirement: Lieutenant Commander

Former Assignement: Communications and Protocol Officer, Enterprise NX-01

Birthplace: Kyoto, Japan, Earth

Hoshi Sato served as translator, and protocol and communications officer on Starfleet's first warp five starship, Enterprise NX-01. Born in Kyoto, Japan on July 9th, 2129, she was the second child in a family of three. After leaving Starfleet in her late thirties, Sato created the linguacode translation matrix, which is still in use aboard Federation starships today.

Psychological Profile
Hoshi was a spirited, intelligent woman with an extraordinary gift for alien languages who also served as translator aboard the Enterprise NX-01 -- a vital role when making first contact. A "white-knuckle" space farer, Hoshi reluctantly gave up her teaching job after being convinced by Captain Jonathan Archer to join Starfleet.

Biographical Overview
Whereas other crew members were often eager for alien contact and to explore strange new worlds, Hoshi gradually became accustomed to the challenges, unusual experiences and potential dangers of space exploration. Still, her courage and confidence have grown over the first two years of Enterprise's voyage, and she's ready for the new challenges presented by the crew's dangerous mission to the Delphic Expanse.

Beginning with their very fist mission, Hoshi discovered that being a linguist involves quick thinking on one's part in situations where the saftey of the crew is at stake. When the Klingon warrior Klang regained consciousness en route to the Klingon homeworld Qo'noS, it was her job to not only glean any information that might help the mission, but to calm him down and let him know that he was not among enemies. Later, once Klang was rescued from the Suliban and returned to Qo'noS, Hoshi was able to facilitate enough communication between the Klingons and Archer to complete the mission without incident.

Death
Tragically, Hoshi and her family were among the four thousand people who died on Tarsus IV in 2246 when a food shortage caused by an exotic fungus threatened the colony's population. Governor Kodos ordered the deaths of Sato and the others in order to save the rest of the colony. She was buried in Kyoto with her husband, Takashi Kimura.