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USS Defiant (NCC-1764) personnel

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The following personnel served aboard the USS Defiant in 2268:

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[edit] Unnamed crewmembers

The Defiant's captain

[edit] Captain

The Defiant's captain was a 23rd century Human Starfleet officer. In 2268, he had his neck broken by an operations division crewman on the bridge, in front of his command chair. (TOS: "The Tholian Web"; ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")

In "The Tholian Web", the Defiant's captain was played by original series stunt performer and stand-in Paul Baxley; in "In a Mirror, Darkly", the captain was portrayed by Eric Warfield. [1]
According to a novel of Pocket Books' Star Trek: SCE series, he was named Captain Blair.


Lieutenant killed on deck 9

[edit] Command division Lieutenant

A blonde lieutenant in the command division was found dead on deck 9, near section 4A.

After the Defiant was pulled back and into the mirror universe, Commander Archer and a MACO stepped over her body while trying to find Slar, a Gorn hiding nearby. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")

The lieutenant was played by Nicole Malgarini. [2]


The Operations division mutineer (right)

[edit] Operations division mutineer

This operations division crewman broke the captain's neck, but also succumbed due to sabotaged environmental conditions on the bridge, or another attacker. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")

The mutineer was played by an unknown actor.


Crewman killed by phaser fire belowdecks

[edit] Operations division lieutenant

A lieutenant of the operations division was killed by phaser fire belowdecks. His body, and a discarded phaser pistol, were discovered by Malcolm Reed and Jonathan Archer when they beamed aboard Defiant, after the ship had been transferred to the mirror universe. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")

This lieutenant was played uncredited by extra Curtis Wong. [3]
This was the first glimpse of the Defiant assignment patch, an insignia similar to the pennant on the sides of TOS starships and seen as a set decoration on starbases of that era. A stylized version of this shape makes up the 2150s Earth Starfleet insignia. Sharp eyed fans watching "The Tholian Web" have noted that the original series producers weren't so attentive to detail – a few Defiant crewpeople have Enterprise assignment patches.


Sussman posing before filming an appearance as a corpse

[edit] Operations division crewmember

This crewman was one of many who perished in the lower decks.

This particular body was played by ENT writer/producer Mike Sussman. Sussman's costume was reused from David Gerrold's appearance in DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations".
The Star Trek Customizable Card Game gives his name as Crewman Sussman, in acknowledgment of the actor who portrayed him.


A dead redshirt

[edit] Operations division crewman (1)

A dead Guman ensign aboard the USS Defiant. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")

While Mike Sussman was filming his "red shirt" scene, Scott Bakula mistook this actor for him. This redshirt was played by Matt Lavine.


[edit] Apocrypha

According to a comic issue of DC's TOS volume 1 series (#56), Tonia Barrows eventually earned a promotion to lieutenant, and served aboard Defiant, although she was injured and left the vessel before it met its fate.

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