Derek Fried

Derek Fried was a male human and was the shipmaster of the Palombo - a ship given to the governor of Cestus III. Governor Nanietta Bacco was the seventh consecutive governor that Fried had served under. In 2379 Fried took Bacco and her campain crew to Earth to begin campaigning for the special election for President of the United Federation of Planets. Upon arrival at Earth, Fried informed Bacco that she had a message from Admiral William Ross. (TNG novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace)