Admiral Komack was a Starfleet flag officer, and was the head of Starfleet Command for Sector 9 in the 2260s.
In late 2266, Komack was one of the four flag officers making up the court martial of Commodore Diego Reyes on board Starbase 47. (VGD novel: Open Secrets)
In 2267, Komack ordered the USS Enterprise to proceed to Omicron Ceti III and determine the fate of the colony that was established on the planet. When Captain James T. Kirk reported that the colonists had survived, Komack ordered Kirk to evacuate them to Starbase 27. (TOS episode: "This Side of Paradise").
A few months later, Komack denied Captain Kirk's request to divert from Altair VI to Vulcan. However, following a request from T'Pau, Komack granted the request. (TOS episode: "Amok Time").
In early 2268, Komack ordered the Enterprise to planet NGC 667, in order to retrieve Dr. Revati Jendra, who was suspected of violating the Prime Directive. (TOS short story: "First, Do No Harm")
Later that year, Komack ordered the Enterprise away from the starship Yonada, when Captain Kirk was initially unable to move Yonada from its direct course for Daran V. (TOS episode: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky").
Following first contact with the people of Elysia, Komack ordered the USS Lovell and the USS T'Saura to find a safe passage into and out of the Delta Triangle. (SCE eBook: Where Time Stands Still)
In 2293, Komack spoke at Captain Kirk's memorial service in the grounds of Starfleet Academy, and stated that his days as head of Sector 9 was fraught with challenges and filled with rewards, because Kirk reported to him. (TOS - Crucible novel: The Fire and the Rose)
Alternate timelines
In the alternate reality created by Nero, Admiral Komack was among the high-ranking officers who presided over Lieutenant James T. Kirk's Starfleet Academy hearing for cheating during his Kobayashi Maru scenario in 2258. Later, after Kirk took command of the USS Enterprise and helped save Earth and Captain Christopher Pike from Nero, Komack was present at Kirk's promotion to captain of the Enterprise. (Star Trek (2009))
In an alternate timeline, Komack was an admiral and the direct superior of Captain Christopher Pike of the UESS Enterprise.
In 2264, he ordered the Enterprise to return to Earth from Vega colony immediately. Once on Earth Pike met Komack along with Admiral Garth and Prime Minister Carter Winston who ordered Pike to escort a mission to talk with the Interstellar Coalition. (Star Trek: Myriad Universes novel: A Less Perfect Union)
Background
Actor Byron MorrowMA played Admiral Komack (no first name given) in TOS episode: "Amok Time" and he also appeared as an admiral in "For the World is Hollow...". In the latter episode, the character's name was never spoken, but identified in the credits as "Admiral Westervliet". The TOS - Crucible novel: The Fire and the Rose gives Komack's name as Westervliet ("Wes") Komack was clearly an attempt on the part of author, David R. George III, to explain the apparent contradiction.
However, in Where Time Stands Still, Admiral Komack is given the first name Byron, while in Open Secrets, his name is Franklin. The 2009 movie, Star Trek gives Komack's first name as James.
External link
- James Komack article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.