J. Mia Colt

J. Mia Colt was a human female from Oregon or New York City who served in Starfleet during the 23rd century. Colt joined Starfleet for adventure, and enjoyed encountering various aliens her travels. Her service number was 765874.

Colt attended Starfleet Academy with Alex Dumant, whom she dated for some time. They planned to serve on the same ship, but Colt broke this promise to obtain a berth on the USS Tiberius; she subsequently served on the USS Hawking. Dumant was later killed on the USS Crazy Horse in a Tholian attack at the Battle of Kakrafoon.

Colt transferred from the Hawking to the USS Enterprise where she was assigned as captain's yeoman after Yeoman Dermot Cusack's death in 2254. She was attracted to Captain Christopher Pike, considering the captain unreachable until the Talosians caused her to reevaluate her position shortly thereafter. Later that year, she played host to an Eremoid observer, an Aronnian ambassador, and a Devernian pilot on the Enterprise, all of whom were physically attracted to her.

In 2255, Lieutenant Jose Tyler expressed romantic feelings for her and the two dated for a time. On one of their dates, Colt experimented with an Algol keepsake and was flung into the year 2293. The heroic efforts of the crews of the Enterprise-A, Bounty, and Excelsior returned Colt to 2255, setting the timeline on a new course.

After the conclusion of the Enterprise's second five-year mission under Pike, she was promoted and assigned to the USS Bozeman, NCC-1941, as chief science officer. Captain Pike pulled several strings to get her the assignment.

References

• TOS episode: "The Cage"
• TOS novel: Where Sea Meets Sky
• TOS short story: "Conflicting Natures"
• EV comic: "Nor Iron Bars a Cage"
• EV comic: "The Fallen"
• EV comic: "Futures"
• EV comic: "Future Tense"
• EV comic: "Past Imperfect"
• EV comic: "Now and then"

Notes

Colt's first name was never stated on screen. The credits for "The Cage" refer to her as J.M. Colt; in Early Voyages, she is given the first name of Mia. It seems a reasonable assumption that Mia is a middle name she prefers to go by.

Though Hompaq expressed concern over Colt's assignment to the Bozeman in Where Sea Meets Sky, it is uncertain whether she was still on the vessel when it entered a temporal rift in 2278 that flung it to 2368. She does not make an appearance in TNG novel: Ship of the Line, but that novel does mention that the ship's science officer died shortly before the novel. This could be her.

Early Voyages says that Colt is from New York; this is completely irreconcilable with "Conflicting Natures", which states she is from Portland.