- "Phasers locked onto their warp core, captain. Please, please let me shoot their warp core! I have been very good this month!"
- —Shaxs, 2380[src]
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
Connections
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Arjun • Asif • Barnes • Baumer • Billups • Bingston • Boimler • Casey • Castro • Cody • Dahae • Durga • Escher • Fletcher • Freeman • Honus • Karavitus • Kayshon • Kimolu • Kowalski • Kula • Lemonts • Levy • Logan • Lundy • Manhaver • Mariner • Matt • Merp • Migleemo • O'Connor • Palmera • Hamper • P'jok • Darra • Prachett • Ramsey • Ransom • Rose • Ross • Rutherford • sh'Reyan • Shaxs • Stevens • T'Ana • Tendi • Vaarza • Vendome • Volis • Warren • Westlake • unnamed | ![]() |
see also: Personnel roster |
Background

- 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.
- This recurs during a briefing scene in the fourth episode "Moist Vessel".
Appearances and references
Appearances
- 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.