Shaxs

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"Phasers locked onto their warp core, captain. Please, please let me shoot their warp core! I have been very good this month!"

—Shaxs, 2380

Shaxs
Species:	Bajoran
Gender:	male
Hair color:	grey
Born:	24th century
Affiliation:	Federation, Starfleet
Career
Occupation:	security division officer
Assignment:	security chief, USS Cerritos
Rank:	lieutenant
Insignia:

Shaxs was a 24th century Bajoran man, an officer of Starfleet in the 2380s decade. (LD episode: "Second Contact")

Biography

Shaxs was assigned to the Federation starship USS Cerritos as a lieutenant by the year 2380. He served as security chief under Captain Carol Freeman.

During a viral outbreak stardate 57436.2, Lieutenant Shaxs, and Ensigns Barnes and Sam Rutherford assisted the rest of the senior staff in retaking the ship.

Shaxs's uniform shirt was torn during the incident. He carried Ensign Brad Boimler, covered in Galadonian spider slime, to sick bay. Doctor T'Ana derived the cure for the Galadonian rage virus from Boimler's slime.

After the situation aboard had returned to normal, Shaxs joined Captain Freeman and Commander Jack Ransom for a drink in the mess hall. (LD episode: "Second Contact")

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Appendices

Background

Commander Shaxs with a drink.

• In the last scene of the pilot episode "Second Contact", Shaxs wears a commander rank insignia, even though the rest of the series portrays him as a lieutenant.

Appearances and references

Appearances

2380

• LD episode: "Second Contact"
• LD episode: "Envoys"
• LD episode: "Temporal Edict"
• LD episode: "Moist Vessel"
• LD episode: "Cupid's Errant Arrow"
• LD episode: "Terminal Provocations"
• LD episode: "Much Ado About Boimler"
• LD episode: "Veritas"
• LD episode: "No Small Parts"

External link

• Shaxs article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.