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WARNING! This article contains MAJOR spoilers for the recently released novel Unworthy. Caution is advised. |
Afsarah Eden was a Human female serving in Starfleet in the late-24th century. She was an ebony-skinned, lithe woman who looked much younger than her fifty-plus years.
At some point Eden married Willem Batiste, but, as early as the first day of their honeymoon, began to lower her expectations of the marriage. The couple divorced sometime in 2376.
Upon the return of the USS Voyager from the Delta Quadrant in 2377, Eden was assigned to Project Full Circle and was involved in debriefing the crew.
In 2381, Project Full Circle was given a new brief as an exploratory task force, to return to the Delta Quadrant. Following Captain Chakotay's "failed" psychological evaluation, Eden was assigned command of USS Voyager, by her ex-husband and Full Circle fleet commander, Admiral Batiste. Publicly the two seemed to maintain a cordial working relationship, but privately they often clashed. Batiste was particularly critical of Eden's decision to allow Chakotay, Seven of Nine, B'Elanna Torres and Miral Paris to remain aboard Voyager.
When evidence of sabotage was discovered Eden began to believe that Batiste had been correct, and suspected Chakotay, however she soon realised that the saboteur was Batiste himself. Confronting him, she learned that he was actually a member of Species 8472, who, years earlier, had been sent to the Federation as a reconnaissance agent. Rather than commit suicide, as per his orders, he wished to return home. Eden was deeply hurt by the revelation, especially the confession that their marriage was a part of the assignment. Nevertheless she agreed to help him and, along with Chakotay, was able to secure his return to fluidic space.
Following communication with Admiral Montgomery, Eden was reassigned as commander of the Full Circle fleet. Her first acts in that capacity were to offer command of Voyager back to Chakotay, and to create a position of Fleet Chief Engineer for B'Elanna Torres. (VOY novel: Full Circle, VOY novel: Unworthy)
Secret information
Though Eden passes as a human (apparently even through Dominion War-level anti-Changeling identity screenings), she is not actually a human but a member of an as-yet undisclosed species with ties to the Delta Quadrant. She arrived in Federation space with her brothers while she was young, and does not know anything about her native species except that she recognized some artifacts encountered by the crew of the Voyager during its trek to return home. (VOY novel: Full Circle)
Preceded by: Chakotay |
Commanding Officer, USS Voyager 2381 |
Succeeded by: Chakotay |