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Connor Trinneer

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• 1 Early career
• 2 Star Trek: Enterprise
• 3.1 Stargate Atlantis
• 3.2 Other television work
• 3.3 Podcasting
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Early career [ ]

Trinneer attended Pacific Lutheran University on a football scholarship, graduating with a BFA in acting. He then attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), where he obtained an MFA in Acting and Directing. His grandparents on his mother's side were all from southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, and provided the inspiration for the southern accent for his role as Trip Tucker.

Before signing aboard Enterprise , Trinneer guest-starred in a number of other television shows. The first of these was a 1998 episode of Pensacola: Wings of Gold titled "Trials and Tribulations", which also featured his future Enterprise third season co-star Tucker Smallwood . He followed this with an appearance in an episode of ER called "Sharp Relief", which aired only three days after his Pensacola episode and also guest-starred Clancy Brown and Eric Pierpoint , both of whom would go on to guest star on Enterprise .

His other TV appearances include an episode of Sliders (created by Tracy Tormé and starring Jerry O'Connell ), an episode of FreakyLinks (a series starring Dennis Christopher ), and an episode of Gideon's Crossing with Tracy Middendorf . He also appeared in two made-for-television movies in 2001. The first was the acclaimed baseball drama 61* , in which he and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guest star Dell Yount played a couple of writers. The movie also co-starred Bruce McGill , Christopher McDonald , Bob Gunton , Seymour Cassel , and Charles Esten . The second was Far East , a drama in which Trinneer had a supporting role opposite Bill Smitrovich .

Star Trek: Enterprise [ ]

Recording a new audio commentary for the Enterprise Blu-ray release in 2013

Trinneer worked on Enterprise from 2001 through 2005 , appearing in all 98 episodes. His character was killed in the series finale, " These Are the Voyages... ", an episode with which he, like his co-stars, was disappointed. Although his character "went out with a bang", he was saddened that he and his castmates were not able to share a memorable on-screen farewell together. However, he remains optimistic that his character can return should the need arise. [1]

Linda Park said in an interview with Star Trek: Communicator  issue 147 that Trinneer pitched a story idea similar to Pulp Fiction , in which we'd see a situation from the aliens' point of view, and the Enterprise crew's language sounds like gibberish until they can find a way to communicate.

Post- Enterprise [ ]

Stargate atlantis [ ].

Following Enterprise 's demise (and that of Trinneer's character) in 2005 , Trinneer had a recurring role as the vengeful Wraith-Human hybrid named " Michael " on the Sci-Fi Channel 's Sliders (TV series) Stargate: Atlantis}}. His character's creation was the result of a "retrovirus" created by Dr. Carson Beckett , played on the series by Paul McGillion . Among Trinneer's co-stars on this series was Voyager actor Robert Picardo , who became a regular on the series in its fifth and final season. Voyager guest actress Claire Rankin worked alongside Trinneer in his first appearance on the series, in the second season episode " Michael " (2006).

Trinneer appeared in a total of nine episodes of Atlantis , though his character actually appeared in ten. According to the Stargate Atlantis Season 2 DVD Commentary, Trinneer could not play the "Michael" in the character's second episode, " Allies ", due to scheduling conflicts (the birth of his first child); the role was instead played by actor Brent Stait from Gene Roddenberry 's Andromeda . Trinneer did, however, provide "Michael"'s voice for the episode. Trinneer's last episode was 2008's " The Prodigal ", in which his character is knocked off Atlantis' central tower to his apparent death.

Other television work [ ]

Trinneer's first television role after Enterprise was an innocent fugitive in an episode of Numb3rs called "Toxin", with Star Trek: Voyager guest actor Mark Harelik . He also guest-starred as a defense attorney in an episode of Close to Home called "Privilege", which aired in January 2006. This episode was directed by Star Trek: Voyager actress Roxann Dawson , who had previously directed Trinneer in several Enterprise episodes, from " The Andorian Incident " to " Awakening ". Besides series regular John Carroll Lynch , "Privilege" also featured Trek veteran Thomas Kopache in a guest role as a judge who had a few scenes with Trinneer's character.

Trinneer was also seen in the 2006 NCIS episode "Jeopardy" alongside Voyager star Tim Russ . Also in 2006, Trinneer played the coach of a missing high school basketball star in an episode of CBS ' Without A Trace . Star Trek: The Next Generation star Marina Sirtis played the boy's mother, but she shared no scenes with Trinneer. In addition, Without a Trace stars Trinneer's one-time Enterprise co-star Enrique Murciano .

In 2007 Trinneer's voice was briefly heard in the "Road to Rupert" episode of Seth MacFarlane 's Family Guy , in which he voiced an unfortunate victim of Sharon Stone . Trinneer had previously worked with MacFarlane when the latter made cameo appearances in two episodes of Enterprise .

In 2008 Trinneer starred in a Sci-Fi Channel movie Star Runners as a "space smuggler" with a beautiful woman as his cargo. Incidentally, this is similar to the Enterprise episode " Precious Cargo ", which revolves around Trinneer's "Trip Tucker" character aired in 2009.

Also in 2008, Trinneer guest starred in "Criminal Minds" season 4 episode 'Minimal Loss' as Dan Torre.

In 2009, Trinneer guest-starred on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as a sheriff. Thomas Dekker was a regular on this series. Trinneer was also seen in the 23 March 2009 episode of the Fox Network series 24 , in which he portrayed Port Authority guard Carl Gadsen. He is the second Star Trek: Enterprise cast member to appear on the show during its seventh season, after John Billingsley . Enterprise show runners Brannon Braga and Manny Coto were writers and producers on the series; Jeffrey Nordling and Annie Wersching were among the regular cast.

Trinneer reunited with Enterprise co-star John Billingsley on a 2010 episode of The Mentalist entitled "Red Moon." In the episode, Trinneer plays a deputy assisting in the investigation of a triple homicide, while Billingsley portrays a faux psychic.

Podcasting [ ]

In 2022 , Trineer and fellow Enterprise co-star Dominic Keating started a podcast called The Shuttlepod Show . In 2024 , the podcast ended and was replaced with The D-Con Chamber . [2]

Personal [ ]

Trinneer married stage actress Ariana Navarre on 29 May 2004, following the conclusion of Enterprise 's third season. The two have one child, a son named Jasper, born on 11 October 2005. In 2022, during a broadcast of the webcast "The Shuttlepod Show", Trinneer revealed he and Navarre had divorced that year. ( citation needed • edit )

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External links [ ]

• Connor Trinneer at Wikipedia
• Connor Trinneer at the Internet Movie Database
• Connor Trinneer at the Internet Broadway Database
• 2012 interview with Connor Trinneer at TrekCore
• Connor Trinneer at StarTrek.com
• " The one from Las Vegas with Connor Trinneer and Anthony Montgomery " at MissionLogPodcast.com , a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast
• Connor Trinneer at the Criminal Minds Wiki
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Whatever Happened To Connor Trinneer, ‘Trip Trucker’ From Star Trek: Enterprise?

By Nick Lee | December 9, 2022

Connor Wyatt Trinneer was born in Walla Walla, Washington, on March 19, 1969. This film, stage, and television actor is best known for his roles in science fiction franchises. Trinneer, who measures in at 5’ 11” (1.8 m), has been active in the industry since 1996.

Trinneer spent his childhood in Kelso, Washington. While there, he attended elementary and middle schools and graduated from Kelso High School. Following that, he would attend Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.

While there, he played football for a time but discovered acting and would graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting. He would later obtain a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

How did Conner Trinneer get into acting?

Trinneer took an interest in acting in college, discovering sports was not his passion. He would achieve degrees in acting and then would move into acting professionally.

He would make his debut in a production of Arcadia with the Huntington Theater Company in Boston. He would then transition to off-Broadway productions, including Hamlet and The Tempest.

However, his time in New York wouldn’t last, and he would make his way to Los Angeles.

Early Career

When he moved to Los Angeles, he began extensive work with the Circle X Theater Company in Hollywood. He would also begin to appear on television.

Like many actors, his early television career started with single-episode roles in existing series. His first credited role would be in the daytime drama One Life to Live in a 1996 episode of the series, which had been running continuously since 1968.

Trinneer would make several appearances in significant series in 1998, including ER, Touched by an Angel, and Sliders. Sliders , in particular, would be notable because it was Trinneer’s first brush with science fiction television that would define his career. He appeared in the episode “Prophets and Loss.”

However, in 2001, Trinneer would land his most crucial role, attached to one of television’s most significant science fiction franchises.

Notable Acting Roles

Star trek: enterprise.

In 2001, Connor Trinneer would be cast as Cmdr. Charles “Trip” Tucker III in the Star Trek series Star Trek: Enterprise.

Star Trek: Enterprise was a science fiction series that ran from 2001 to 2005 and was set in the distant past of the original Star Trek series from the 1960s. 

The character of Trip Tucker was the chief engineer on the Enterprise and was notable for being a character involved in canon-firsts, such as being the first human to be in a relationship with an alien and the first human male ever to become pregnant.

Trip was romantically paired with the Vulcan, T’Pol, played by Jolene Blalock . Trip was generally a pleasant, down-to-Earth figure who Trinneer played as an auto mechanic in space. Trip Tucker would be a fan favorite character in the series and continue the Star Trek tradition of a “triumvirate” of characters.

When Trinneer auditioned for the show, he had no idea that the franchise was as big as it was or how difficult the audition process would be. His auditioning process was the most difficult among the cast.

Trinneer continued to appear in other series while he was working on Star Trek: Enterprise, where he would appear in 97 episodes across the run of the show. He would appear in series such as Numb3rs and Close to Home.

Following the cancelation of Star Trek: Enterprise, he would land a role in another cult sci-fi franchise, though he was initially hesitant to join another science fiction series.

Stargate: Atlantis

Trinneer would be cast as the character of Michael Kenmore across ten episodes of Stargate: Atlantis from 2006 to 2008. The character would also be known as Lastlight and was a Human-Wraith hybrid.

Trinneer proved popular with the fans and production team of the show because he would be invited back in the Stargate prequel series Stargate Origins in 2018. He would play the character of Professor Langford, the father of the lead character Catherine Langford, played by Ellie Gall.

What is Connor Trinneer doing now?

Connor Trinneer is still an active actor, having landed many one-off appearances and recurring roles, such as The Purge television series in 2019. From 2018 to 2022, he appeared in several episodes of the series 9-1-1. He also recently appeared in the movie The Baby Pact (2022).

In The Baby Pact, Connor stars in the movie alongside notable Star Trek alumni, Cirroc Lofton and Chase Masterson .

Shuttlepod Show

Despite his reluctance to embrace sci-fi early in his career, his time with Star Trek as a franchise has provided him with many opportunities. One of which is an ongoing podcast series called the Shuttlepod Show , where he and Dominic Keeting (who played Lt. Malcolm Reed on Star Trek: Enterprise) discuss their careers and the impact of their roles.

As part of the podcast, he also developed the Star Trek Enterprise: 20th Anniversary Table Read .

Conventions

Beyond his projects, he is also available to meet fans through frequent convention appearances . In 2022 alone, he has appeared in Germany, Las Vegas, London, and a Stargate Tribute in Illinois.

Star Trek Cruise

He is also a headlining “crew member” aboard the Star Trek Cruise , an experience for fans to sail with their favorite Star Trek actors. The next cruise is set to take off in 2023.

Additionally, Connor Trinneer operates a Cameo account where fans can request personalized messages for $100.

Personal Life

Connor Trinneer was married, for a time, to Ariana Navarre. Not much is known about her. They would be married in May 2004 but would divorce in 2022 .

Connor Trineer is currently in a relationship with Jackie Smith, who appears to be a real estate agent for luxury properties.

Connor Trinneer had a child with Ariana Navarre named Jasper. Jasper Trinneer was born on October 11th, 2005.

Connor Trinneer can be found on social media through Twitter , Instagram , and Facebook .

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Published Aug 9, 2011

Connor Trinneer Revisits His Enterprise Days, Part 1

Connor Trinneer is light years removed from Star Trek: Enterprise , but the show, its cast and crew and fans, and the experience will remain with him forever. It was, the actor notes, the kind of opportunity every actor hopes to have at least once in his or her career. StarTrek.com recently caught up with Trinneer for an exclusive two-part interview in which he recounted his days playing Charles “Trip” Tucker and filled us in on what he’s doing now, which includes recovering from knee surgery and appearing at this week’s Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas . Below is part one of our conversation, and check back tomorrow at StarTrek.com to read part two.

How much do you miss Enterprise: the work, the character, the people, the steady paycheck, all of it?

Trinneer: All of that, definitely. To this point in my career, that has been the most satisfying experience for me, that and Stargate . It’s funny that they’re both sci-fi shows. But I loved both characters, and they were so drastically different from one another, as were the two shows. Do I miss Enterprise ? You don’t really want to miss things. You don’t really want to go back. You want to look forward to what’s next. But it was an extremely satisfying experience that we’d all have loved to have lasted longer. It didn’t. That’s life. We’re actors. Get over it. Move on. But it’s nice to know that I was involved in something that gave a lot of satisfaction – and continues to give a lot of satisfaction – to people. As a storyteller, look, that’s kind of what you’re out there to do. If you succeed in that, then that’s even better.

Let’s ignore Trip’s death for a moment and assume that wouldn’t have happened had Enterprise been renewed for a fifth season. How much of Trip’s story had we gotten and what was still left to learn about the guy?

Trinneer: It’s hard to say. I thought we got a lot out of him because they gave him a lot of rope to hang himself with. I think that they would have explored that relationship with T’Pol more. I think there was a lot to harvest in that one and I think you would have seen a lot more of that. There probably would have been more of this evolution of that Vulcan -human relationship and maybe them trying to have children. That would have been pretty powerful for people. Every year, we’d have these meetings at the beginning of each season, and they’d ask, “What would you like to see? Where do you see the character going?” Every year I ended up saying to Rick (Berman) and Brannon (Braga) , “Look, you guys throw me so much stuff that’s beyond my own imagination. Keep doing it. I can’t really say, ‘I want to go this or that direction. I like what you’ve done. I like where you’re going with it. Let’s keep pushing the edges.’” I think that would have continued to happen. But anything else, it’s so hard for me to say, because he went in so many different directions.

You were not a fan of the Mirror Universe episodes, right?

Trinneer: A lot of people liked those Mirror, Mirror episodes, which I hated. And you might have seen more of that, those throwback episodes, because people liked them. I tell a story about that in the Q&A’s at the conventions. I walked in and did my take on how this guy was supposed to be and the director ( James Conway ) said, “I want him to be a little gruffer.” I said, “You mean, like a pirate?” And he said, “Yeah, do it like a pirate.” So I was like, “Arrggghh, arrrgghhh, arrrggghhh.” I did the scene and he went, “Cut. Print.” I said, “No, I was kidding.” He said, “No, it’s great. That’s what we’re doing.” So, the entire time I was like, “That’s not what I meant.” I’d say, “Come on, Jim!” But I think you would have seen more of that throwback stuff.

OK, let’s get to Trip’s demise and the series finale as a whole. Were you annoyed, frustrated, accepting of the fact that they killed him off and that the whole of Enterprise seemed to be wrapped into a TNG story thread?

Trinneer: Well, look, the show was over, so as far as I was concerned, whatever we did to get it done, we got it done. Then, when I read the script, basically half of it was about the death of Trip and his role in continuing on this necessary event that was to occur. I was totally satisfied with it. I know other people weren’t, but I was satisfied with it as an actor because there was a lot to do, a lot going on. They were talking about their feelings about that character and all that. I know that people had their opinions about bringing in The Next Generation people. Hell, I loved working with Jonathan Frakes and I wished I could have done it more. I loved the guy. I didn’t care in regard to how they were going to sew it up. I was really happy with my involvement as a character in it, if that makes sense.

There’s some debate over whether or not you’d submitted story ideas to the show and whether or not you were on the track toward directing an episode. Can you clarify those two things, please?

Trinneer: I did offer storylines. My wife, who is a writing partner of mine, and another friend of mine who’s a writer, we did pitch some ideas that they didn’t take. And it was out there that I was interested in directing. I did want to have that tool in my toolbox by the end of it. I would have loved to have directed. But the political situation at the studio and at the network was what it was, and there were some directives sent down. It’s not by chance that nobody got to direct. There’s a reason why, actor-wise, nobody on our show got to direct, because they didn’t let us. We wanted to. Several of us wanted to. Dominic definitely wanted to. He spent a lot of time in the editing bay and following the track you’re supposed to take to direct, but they weren’t going to do it. Had the show gone on, we probably would have gotten the opportunity.

Who from the cast are you still in touch with?

Trinneer:  Dominic and I used to live right near each other, but my wife and I moved to be closer to our son’s school. But I’m in contact with Dominic all the time. I talk to Linda (Park) every now and then. I see her every now and then. I see John (Billingsley) and (his wife) Bonnie on occasion. I think the last time I saw Anthony (Montgomery) was in Las Vegas. The last I heard from Jolene (Blalock) , she’d gone to see a play I did. I haven’t seen her in quite some time, so I don’t really know what’s going on with her. Scott (Bakula) has a Christmas party every year, so we all get together then. Unfortunately, I missed it this year because we were all sick. The good thing is that maybe we weren’t together long enough to get annoyed at each other. So when we see each other, it’s nice to see everybody.

Tomorrow, in part two of our interview with Connor Trinneer, he talks about the fate of Enterprise and its reputation, and fills us in on what he’s doing these days.

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Star Trek: Enterprise's 20 Best Episodes, Ranked

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• Star Trek: Enterprise was a prequel series set a century before Star Trek: The Original Series, with dwindling ratings leading to its cancellation after season 4.
• The main characters of Star Trek: Enterprise included Captain Jonathan Archer, Sub-Commander T'Pol, Commander Trip Tucker, Lieutenant Malcolm Reed, Ensign Hoshi Sato, Ensign Travis Mayweather, Dr. Phlox, Admiral Maxwell Forrest, Ambassador Soval, and Shran.
• Streaming services have helped renewed appreciation for Star Trek: Enterprise among fans, despite criticisms that the show recycled concepts and didn't explore darker stories like other Star Trek series.

Star Trek: Enterprise introduced a host of new characters who would become pivotal players in Star Trek 's 22nd century . The 4th Star Trek show developed by executive producer Rick Berman, the series was originally titled simply Enterprise in its first two seasons, and it was a prequel set a century before Star Trek: The Original Series. By season 3, the show was retitled Star Trek: Enterprise , but despite a creative shakeup and a more serialized format, the series delivered dwindling ratings for the UPN Network and was canceled after season 4 in 2005.

Infamous for Star Trek: Enterprise 's aligned theme song "Where My Heart Will Take Me" sung by Russell Watson, the prequel depicted the pioneering voyages of the NX-01 Enterprise commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula). Enterprise provided origins and explanations for various Star Trek tropes, but it leaned towards recycling concepts such as a primary trio made up of the Captain, a Vulcan, and a Southerne r. Enterprise also eschewed potentially darker and more harrowing stories, preferring to stick to more familiar Star Trek tales that, unfortunately, felt like a shadow of those seen in Star Trek: The Next Generation and its other spinoffs. However, Star Trek: Enterprise has found a renewed appreciation among fans thanks to streaming services and binging. Here are the main characters of Star Trek: Enterprise .

Star Trek: Enterprise's 20 best episodes use darker themes and moral ambiguity as Captain Jonathan Archer and crew explore the stars.

Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer

Captain of the nx-01 enterprise.

Considered "the greatest explorer of the 22nd century," Captain Jonathan Archer commanded the NX-01 Enterprise , the first Starfleet ship capable of warp 5 travel. As the first human Starfleet Captain to explore deep space, Archer faced serious challenges, from time-traveling Suliban to Klingons to the multi-species aliens called the Xindi. Archer played a major role in the initial formation of the United Federation of Planets , and he served as the first Federation President after the events of Star Trek: Enterprise . Archer's loyal beagle Porthos also joined the NX-01 Enterprise's voyages, going where no dog has gone before. Scott Bakula is a beloved actor best known for his starring role in Quantum Leap.

Jolene Blalock as Sub-Commander T'Pol

Vulcan science officer and first officer of the nx-01 enterprise.

T'Pol served as Science Officer and First Officer of the NX-01 Enterprise. Originally a liaison representing the Vulcan High Command, T 'Pol gradually shifted her loyalties to Captain Archer and Starfleet. T'Pol was a source of calm, experience, and logic among the NX-01 Enterprise's human crew, and she developed an unlikely romantic relationship with Commander Trip Tucker. T'Pol predates Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy/Ethan Peck) by a century as the first Vulcan to canonically serve on the Enterprise. Jolene Blalock also appeared in Starship Troopers 3: Marauder and Stargate SG-1 .

Connor Trinneer as Commander Trip Tucker

Chief engineer of the nx-01 enterprise.

Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III was the Chief Engineer of the NX-01 Enterprise. Trip completed the core command trio with Archer and T'Pol, and he is an old friend of Jonathan's. A good ol' Southerner in the mold of Star Trek: The Original Series ' Dr. Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Trip kept Enterprise's engines running and personally experienced many of the wonders and dangers of deep space exploration. Trip and T'Pol also became a romantic item for a time before he was killed off in Star Trek: Enterprise' s controversial series finale . Connor Trinneer also starred in Stargate: Atlantis and The Fabelmans, and he is cohost of The Shuttlepod Show podcast.

Dominic Keating as Lieutenant Malcolm Reed

Armory officer of the nx-01 enterprise.

Lt. Malcolm Reed was the tactical and armory officer of the NX-01 Enterprise. The British Reed developed many of the tactical procedures Starfleet would later adopt, and his "Reed Alert would evolve into "Yellow Alert" and "Red Alert." Reed also had an affiliation with Section 31 prior to serving on Enterprise. Dominic Keating also appeared in Sherlock Holmes and The Host.

Star Trek: Enterprise stars Dominic Keating and Connor Trinneer brilliantly reenacted "Shuttlepod One" on their podcast, The Shuttlepod Show.

Linda Park as Ensign Hoshi Sato

Communications officer of the nx-01 enterprise.

Ensign Hoshi Sato was the Communications Officer of the NX-01 Enterprise. A talented linguist who can speak 40 languages, including Klingon, Sato's work would eventually lead to the development of the universal translator. Star Trek: Enterprise 's series finale revealed that Hoshi served on the Enterprise for a decade. In the Mirror Universe, however, Hoshi cunningly installed herself as the first Empress of the Terran Empire. Linda Park also appeared in Crash and For All Mankind.

Anthony Montgomery as Ensign Travis Mayweather

Helmsman of the nx-01 enterprise.

Ensign Travis Mayweather was the conn officer, navigator, and helmsman of the NX-01 Enterprise. Mayweather was a "boomer" who grew up on cargo ships in deep space before he joined Starfleet. Travis was perhaps the most underdeveloped character among Star Trek: Enterprise' s main cast, and he has been injured, incapacitated, or even "killed" more times than any other character. Anthony Montgomery also stars in Greenleaf and All The Queen's Men.

John Billingsley as Dr. Phlox

Chief medical officer of the nx-01 enterprise.

Dr. Phlox was the Chief Medical Officer of the NX-01 Enterprise. As a Denobulan, Phlox was on Earth as part of the Interspecies Medical Exchange before he was called to serve on Enterprise. Phlox was knowledgeable and tolerant of other alien species, and he was another source of experience about the perils of deep space for Enterprise's human crew. Phlox had unusual physical characteristics as a Denobulan , and he utilized offbeat methods of medicine in his Sickbay, including live alien species . John Billingsley also starred in Intelligence, Turn: Washington's Spies, and The Orville .

Vaughn Armstrong as Admiral Maxwell Forrest

Captain archer's commanding officer.

Admiral Maxwell Forrest was Captain Jonathan Archer's friend and superior officer. Forrest oversaw Starfleet's NX Program, which was Earth's successful attempt to develop a warp 5 engine. Forrest was a recurring character on Star Trek: Enterprise who gave Archer orders, and he was an ally regarding Starfleet's thorny dealings with the Vulcan High Command. Forrest was killed on Vulcan during a terrorist bombing in Star Trek: Enterprise season 4. Prior to Enterprise , Vaugh Armstrong portrayed numerous alien characters on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager .

Gary Graham as Ambassador Soval

A vulcan who lived too long among humans.

Soval is the Vulcan Ambassador to Earth in the 22nd century. Although disliked by Captain Archer, who saw him as the spokesman for the Vulcan hindrance of Starfleet, Soval eventually revealed himself to be quite fond of humans, and his actions were intended to protect humanity. Soval was also one of the rare Vulcans of his era capable of mind-melds. Soval represented Vulcan in the alliance of worlds including Earth, Andoria, and the Tellarite homeworld that would lead to the founding of the United Federation of Planets. Gary Graham is best-known for the Alien Nation franchise, and he also appears in The Expendables.

Jeffrey Combs as Shran

Enterprise's andorian ally.

Thy'lek Shran is an Andorian who was a popular recurring character on Star Trek: Enterprise . Shran was a Commander in the Andorian Imperial Guard whom the NX-01 Enterprise first encountered when a Vulcan listening station that spied on Andoria was discovered on the moon, P'Jem. Although initially disliking humans, who he called "pink-skins," Shran eventually became a trusted ally of Captain Archer, and he gained respect for Vulcans like T'Pol. Had Star Trek: Enterprise received a season 5, Shran would have likely joined the main cast in a bigger role. Jeffrey Combs has played numerous characters in the Star Trek franchise, including Weyoun and Liquidator Brunt.

Star Trek: Enterprise is available to stream on Paramount+.

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Connor Trinneer didn’t understand Trip’s death

By rachel carrington | aug 6, 2021.

Trip Tucker’s death was a bone of contention

The series finale of Star Trek: Enterprise after four seasons still stands out sixteen years later and not for good reasons. Most everyone disliked the inclusion of characters Will Riker and Deanna Troi from Star Trek: The Next Generation as well as the jump forward in time and the holodeck simulation. Overall, few fans have “These Are the Voyages” on their to-be-watched-again list. And faithful viewers who had grown attached to all of the characters on Enterprise were livid at the death of Chief Engineer, Charles “Trip” Tucker, III.

Trip had gotten out of a lot of situations in his time as the chief engineer, including almost dying from dehydration in the desert, almost dying aboard a shuttlepod in the freezing cold with Lt. Reed, and being trapped on a planet with an enemy who kept trying to kill him. That was another situation where he almost died from heat exposure. On top of those, Trip had helped get the Enterprise out of some pretty gnarly situations without dying. So what ends up killing him is his decision to blow up intruders on the ship? A fact Connor Trinneer said was “scripted somewhat arbitrarily because “I’ve gotten out of much worse scrapes than that”.”

Trip’s death just didn’t make sense

In reality, Trip was killed because, according to Trinneer, someone was going to die, and he just happened to get in the way.

"“They were going to kill somebody and I just happened to get in the way!”"

But the simple fact was the death was just thrown in with no lasting effects whatsoever. Less than three days later, Hoshi, Reed, and Travis were having a conversation like nothing had happened. Not one of them mentioned Trip. In fact, after Captain Archer’s short conversation with T’Pol in Trip’s quarters, he wasn’t spoken of again. Even Dr. Phlox seemed particularly jovial once the Enterprise had returned to Earth. We didn’t even get a death scene for Trip like they gave Sim in “Similitude.”

A beloved crew member died for no reason. The Enterprise’s crew would have been more than capable of handling the intruders who, by the way, shouldn’t have been able to catch up with the Enterprise and board her without any advance notice anyway. It was a flimsy reason to kill a character, and it’s no wonder it didn’t make sense to Trinneer or any of the rest of us.

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Every Enterprise Captain In Star Trek, Ranked

There is no ship more venerated in Star Trek than the Enterprise, and many officers have served as captain, but how do they rank against each other?

There have been many captains and leaders in the Star Trek universe over two dozen films and series across its six-decade history. However, there is no more storied command than those who get to captain the USS Enterprise. However, not all captains are created equal, and some who've earned that position has done it better than others.

For some of the Starfleet officers on this list, the vast majority of their heroics and adventures remain only in the imaginations of fans. Some were only seen on their worst days, and others have iconic Star Trek episodes or films made about their best days. In ranking the captains of the USS Enterprise, the focus will remain on those who were given official command.

10 Fleet Admiral Elizabeth Shelby Had Ambition and a Short Tenure in the Center Seat

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Admiral Elizabeth Shelby doesn't really rate highly, but her time commanding the USS Enterprise-F was significant. Introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation 's "All Good Things," she was an ambitious, career-driven expert on the Borg who clashed with Commander Will Riker, especially after his captain was assimilated into Locutus of Borg . Naturally, he was saved from that fate, and Shelby went onto a successful career in Starfleet.

Fans didn't see her again until Frontier Day, the anniversary of the launch of the NX-01 Enterprise in Star Trek: Picard Season 3. Ironically, her desire to network all the Starfleet vessels in operation allowed the Borg to more successfully assimilate Starfleet than they ever had before. The last anyone saw of her, she was seated in the captain's chair of the Enterprise-F shot multiple times by phaser fire . According to showrunner Terry Matalas, however, "she might be alright."

9 Captain Edward Jellico Was a Unique Leader, but a Wrong Fit for the Enterprise

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One of the fiercest Star Trek fan debates is whether Edward Jellico was actually a good captain or not. He took command of the USS Enterprise-D when Captain Picard was sent on a deep-cover, top-secret mission investigating Cardassians. This led to the famous "There are Four Lights!" episode , after all. However, good captain or not, he wasn't particularly good for the crew of the Enterprise .

As captain, Picard kept an open-door policy, often willing to hear the complaints and suggestions of his crew. Jellico was no such leader. In fact, he couldn't stand Will Riker. He took wild risks, and his confidence bordered on arrogance . Yet, his strategy successfully prevented a Cardassian invasion and, at the very least, he got Deanna Troi in her Starfleet uniform instead of her civilian attire.

8 John Harriman's Best Act as Captain Was Asking for Help

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Like Captain Jellico, John Harriman was another USS Enterprise captain in the shadow of one far greater than he could ever be. As the first commanding officer of the USS Enterprise-B, an Excelsior class ship , he had to follow in the footsteps of none other than James T. Kirk. The shakedown cruise for the Enterprise-B was a media event, with Kirk, Scotty and Chekov on the bridge to mark the occasion, in Star Trek: Generations . The movie was about passing the "torch" to Star Trek: The Next Generation's cast, but this cruise was all about Harriman.

Once the Enterprise-B got a distress call about passenger vessels trapped in what fans soon learned was "the Nexus," it was clear he was out of his depth. Unlike Jellico, who did things his own way, Harriman was not too confident (or arrogant) to ask for help . In allowing Captain Kirk to spring into action, the ship was able to rescue some of the survivors. However, for the rest of Harriman's time in command, he would be known as the captain who got James T. Kirk killed .

7 Captain Seven of Nine and the USS Enterprise-G Has Yet to Be Told

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Even though her story as USS Enterprise captain hasn't been told yet, Seven of Nine's legacy in Star Trek is a big one. First introduced in Season 4 of Star Trek: Voyager , Seven of Nine is Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek ideal personified . She was "born" from the most vicious and intransigent enemy Starfleet ever knew, and is now the captain of the ninth Starfleet vessel to bear that storied name. In other words, she's the "seventh of the ninth."

While Paramount's financial future is questionable, they should still immediately greenlight Star Trek: Legacy , the spinoff series that would follow Seven of Nine's command. Through Voyager , Picard and even in her expanded universe stories, Seven of Nine is a remarkable character. She's survived more than most Starfleet officers. Even though she lost faith in the organization (as they lost faith in her), she remains committed to its highest ideals . As Captain Shaw said in his holographic message, "the book she writes" will be one every Star Trek fan will read until the pages crumble from the bindings.

6 Christopher Pike Was a Good Leader, but Couldn't Hold on to His Ship

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Other than his time in the Kelvin Timeline, Christopher Pike was a reluctant captain . In both the first failed Star Trek pilot and the pilot of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , Pike doesn't really want to be the captain. He felt the weight of responsibility, both for the lives of the crew and, later, his own life, too heavily. However, Captain Pike also represented the best of Starfleet and was quite good at his job .

The character as seen in Star Trek: Discovery and Strange New Worlds is where he's been most defined. He's deferential to his crew more so than any other captain, save perhaps for Jean-Luc Picard. Unlike his 24th Century counterpart, Pike knows better than most how the whole of Star Trek 's future hangs on his every decision. Yet, with honor and bravery, he and the crew of the USS Enterprise still boldly go towards the unknown, ready to face whatever problems they find.

5 Jonathan Archer Made Mistakes, but Showed the Best of Humanity, Too

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It was a long road getting from Star Trek: The Original Series to Enterprise , the prequel series about the first Starfleet vessel to bear the name. A ship with so much potential needed a captain of equal measure who could stand and face the unknown in the galaxy without fear. That was Captain Jonathan Archer, and though he wasn't perfect, he was the leader the future Federation needed.

During Archer's time as the Enterprise's captain, there was no blueprint for his job, no one whom he could ask for advice or orders. He made many mistakes, particularly when the NX-01 Enterprise went to war in Season 3. Yet, he was also the leader who showed the larger galaxy that humanity belonged among the stars and helped to create the United Federation of Planets .

4 Starfleet's Red Lady, Rachel Garrett, Understood the Burden of Command

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While not the first woman to captain a ship on-screen, Rachel Garrett was the first woman to command one named USS Enterprise. In Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 15, "Yesterday's Enterprise," she accidentally found her way into the 24th Century face-to-face with her successor. This episode, more than any others, explains how time travel works in Star Trek , because the moment she arrived everything changed.

Yet, for all she did before becoming captain (some of which fans will see in Michelle Yeoh's Star Trek movie ), she earned her place among the legends in what she did next. Knowing she would likely face certain death, she chose to go back to where she belonged on the off chance it would make for a better future . However, she never got the chance to find out for sure.

3 Richard Castillo Was a Starship Captain for 12 Minutes, and He Saved the Future

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Another Starfleet officer lost from his own time, Richard Castillo began "Yesterday's Enterprise" as a Lieutenant. He ended the episode as the captain of the ship, and he knew he was taking the USS Enterprise-C into certain destruction . It was the last order of Captain Garrett, but he had the courage and strength of character to follow it.

While audiences don't really know what happened when the Enterprise-C made it back to her time, they can guess. The timeline reverted to what it had been, meaning he and the ship did her job. They sacrificed themselves for a future they'd never get to see, because the future they did wasn't one worth saving.

2 Jean-Luc Picard Was Never Better Than on the Bridge of the Enterprise

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In all but two episodes of the revival series Star Trek: Picard , the titular hero is not in command of a starship. While this series has its merits ( even Picard Season 2 ), Jean-Luc Picard is only truly at his best when in command of the USS Enterprise. Over the seven seasons of The Next Generation to the four films that followed, almost no one was better suited for command. While he did resign in protest from Starfleet twice (in Insurrection and before Picard Season 1), he did so because the organization failed to live up to its own ideals.

What makes Captain Picard perfect for the job is both his wits and ability to strategize his way out of a problem. It's also how willing he is to delegate responsibility . Unlike most Star Trek series lead captains, he doesn't have to go on every away mission. Yet, when it is time for the captain to stand up and do the job, he's the one who will make sure history never forgets the name "Enterprise."

1 Captain James T. Kirk Was the Original and Best for a Reason

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From talking no fewer than four computers to death to risking his career and making Starfleet an enemy just to save Spock , there is no one like Captain James T. Kirk . In "Naked Time" (an episode in Season 1 of Star Trek: The Original Series) , the episode ends with Kirk professing his love for the USS Enterprise. "Never lose you," he swears, "never," but of course, he does

In Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , he has to self-destruct the ship. Immediately filled with regret, Dr. McCoy reminds him that he turned certain "death into a fighting chance to live." Even in newer stories, like the 2009 Star Trek movie or even Strange New Worlds , the USS Enterprise needs Kirk on the bridge.

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With Reed and Hayes fighting over a training program and Trip seemingly making T'Pol jealous, Enterprise discovers a dying alien in a pod with technology similar to the Spheres. With Reed and Hayes fighting over a training program and Trip seemingly making T'Pol jealous, Enterprise discovers a dying alien in a pod with technology similar to the Spheres. With Reed and Hayes fighting over a training program and Trip seemingly making T'Pol jealous, Enterprise discovers a dying alien in a pod with technology similar to the Spheres.

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• Trivia This episode contains the first Star Trek female nude scene presented in a sexual context. Numerous episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) showed or implied nudity, but in strictly non-sexual contexts (e.g. art classes, nudist living, torture, streaking in protest, etc.), and Who Mourns for Morn? (1998) (which featured Quark being seduced by a lady in a bathtub) came as close as being sensual. This episode aired in the United States on 11 February 2004 during the height of controversy over Janet Jackson inadvertently exposing a breast during the Super Bowl halftime show, on a network owned by CBS (which was taking heat for the incident). As a result, the scene in which T'Pol's rear end is exposed was censored in the USA by zooming in on the scene, and keeping her buttocks just out of frame. Canadian broadcasts, however, were uncensored, as were later DVD and streaming editions.
• Goofs Jolene Blalock 's real eyebrows can be seen curving down under T'Pol's make-up.

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Captain Jonathan Archer : You tried to destroy my ship. Why? Answer me!

The Alien : When the Xindi destroy Earth, my people will prevail.

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Weird Star Trek Novels That Are Enjoyable To Read

I n February 1970, Bantam Books published the first original Star Trek novel. James Blish's Spock Must Die! received mixed reviews from critics, but it laid the foundation for many hundreds of further novels . Perhaps the golden era of Star Trek prose was under Pocket Books, who produced an ambitious continuation of TNG and DS9 long before Star Trek: Picard .

Some of the tie-in novels are good, some are bad, and some are just plain strange. From vanity projects to starship-sized plot holes, Star Trek's authors went where no one had gone before (and sometimes where they shouldn't have gone). Though they may be on the stranger side, here are a few books that fans of the franchise will doubtless enjoy.

The Enterprise War - John Jackson Miller

John Jackson Miller's 2019 novel answers a pertinent question: where was the Enterprise during Star Trek: Discovery 's Federation–Klingon War? Miller shows Pike's Enterprise caught in a different war between the Boundless and the Rengru, aliens who hope to use the starship to tip the scales in their favor.

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The Enterprise War has an exciting plot, but stumbles slightly when it comes to reconciling the Pike era with the rest of contemporary Trek. Spock's references to Michael Burnham seem out of place alongside obscure characters from Star Trek 's failed pilot, while the Enterprise 's saucer separation recalls TNG rather than TOS or Discovery . Miller's novel walks a fine line between anachronisms and tropes. The result is a weird blend of eras, but one that readers are sure to enjoy.

The Good That Men Do - Andy Mangels & Michael A. Martin

Few fans were impressed when Star Trek: Enterprise ended by killing off one of its crew. In terms of both scriptwriting and direction, the noble sacrifice of engineer Trip Tucker is an anticlimax. This shortcoming inspired authors Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin to consider an alternative: what if Tucker's death was a hoax?

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The Good That Men Do (2007) claims that Tucker never died; instead, he left the Enterprise to work for Section 31 . This coverup allowed him to investigate a new threat posed by the Romulans. The book holds a strange place in Star Trek canon: it is as much an apology as it is a novel, although the Romulans' machinations make for an entertaining read.

Disavowed - David Mack

While the Star Trek Relaunch series provided fans with some franchise highpoints, it had started to stumble by the time of David Mack's Disavowed (2014). Six years earlier, Mack had torn up the status quo with his Destiny trilogy, focusing on a massive Borg invasion . The trilogy is excellent—but its fallout left subsequent novels unsure of where to take the series.

Mack's story, centered on Julian Bashir, reinvents the Star Trek novel as a tense espionage thriller as the Starfleet doctor and Section 31 operative travels to the Mirror Universe to halt a scheme by the evil Breen. Mack's prose is propulsive, but Disavowed represents the Star Trek world at a crossroads. The book's weirdness lays not in its writing, but in its attempt to reinvigorate the series with a focus on espionage rather than exploration.

Broken Bow - Diane Carey

Star Trek 's writing has been the subject of parodies aplenty, from shows like The Orville to movies like Galaxy Quest . In 2020, the franchise itself got in on the fun, with cartoon series Lower Decks spoofing on Star Trek 's tropes. Yet Lower Decks was not the first time that Star Trek' s own writers took a swipe at the franchise. The 2001 novelization of "Broken Bow" derided the Star Trek: Enterprise episode it was meant to retell.

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Author Diane Carey wrote extensively for Star Trek 's novels (the hero of her 2000 novel Challenger was written to resemble Enterprise 's Scott Bakula, though the book predated his casting). Yet when it came to novelizing Bakula's first real adventure, Carey was so unimpressed with the script that she used the characters' internal monologues to criticize the story's plot. The author was allegedly blacklisted for her mischief, but she turned an otherwise by-the-numbers novelization into a sneaky practical joke.

A Singular Destiny - Keith R.A. DeCandido

Readers might expect a sequel to TNG and DS9 to feature a hero like Captain Picard, or a fan favorite like Kira Nerys. Yet although Keith R.A. DeCandido's 2009 novel does feature DS9 's Ezri Dax, its star is diplomat Sonek Pran, a wholly original character. This stylistic deviation allows A Singular Destiny to interrogate the state of the Relaunch universe . The Borg may be gone, but a new threat is rising in the form of the Typhon Pact, an alliance of several hostile states including the Breen and the Gorn.

Despite the scope of its universe, Star Trek can become bogged down by revisiting the same characters and tropes. DeCandido's novel bucks this trend, making this immersive political thriller an essential chapter in the Relaunch saga.

Fearful Symmetry - Olivia Woods

Viewers of DS9 may recall the episode "Second Skin," in which Bajoran Kira Nerys was disguised as a Cardassian. Fearful Symmetry claims that the woman that Kira impersonated, Iliana Ghemor, was also altered to look like Kira, but fell into the clutches of Gul Dukat , who imprisoned and abused her. Driven mad, the impostor plots her revenge in Olivia Woods' 2008 novel.

While it's odd that Dukat never mentioned his prisoner, the novel's true weirdness is its two-in-one physical format. Fearful Symmetry is made up of two narratives: the front cover depicts Kira, while the rear is an alternate cover showing Ghemor. Starting the book in one direction shows Kira's investigation into her duplicate, while starting in the opposite direction provides the troubled life of Ghemor. This parallel structuring allows the novel's form to mirror its content, a clever gimmick.

Killing Time - Della Van Hise

The possibility of a deeper, potentially romantic bond between Kirk and Spock has intrigued fans for decades (the term "slash fiction" is attributed to stories about the pair), but Star Trek 's writers were unwilling to offer any confirmation. Father of the franchise Gene Roddenberry was particularly opposed to the idea. He was displeased, to say the least, when author Della Van Hise snuck suggestive material into her 1985 novel.

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First editions of Killing Time (which involves the Romulans altering history to try and defeat the Federation) were recalled and destroyed, although some were purchased by fans. A revised edition removed the offending content. Rumors circulated that an even more explicit version existed, although Van Hise denied these claims. If nothing else, Killing Time demonstrates the importance of checking a book before it's sent to the printers.

The Return - Garfield Reeves-Steven & William Shatner

Actor Leonard Nimoy was so impressed by Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , in which his character died, that he asked for Spock to return from the dead . William Shatner, on the other hand, was so unimpressed by Kirk's death in Star Trek: Generations that he decided to take matters into his own hands, co-writing a series of novels in which a resurrected Kirk continues the fight against evil.

The resulting Shatnerverse (comprising ten novels by Shatner and Judith and Garfield Reeves-Steven) is generally considered non-canon even by novel fans, with some regarding it as an ego trip for Shatner. Kirk's transition into a quasi-Messianic figure certainly has all the hallmarks of a vanity project, as does his role in the total defeat of the Borg in 1996's The Return . The Shatnerverse novels may not fit into any version of canon aside from their own, but they represent an interesting diversion for those who like their books heavy on fan-service and light on common sense.

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