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Ensign Beckett Mariner was a female Human Starfleet officer who lived during the 2380s.
Both of her parents served in positions of command in Starfleet. Her mother (and later captain), Carol Freeman, kept a close eye on her activities. Her father was a Starfleet admiral.
Starfleet career
Mariner prided her ability to think for herself in critical situations, having noted "I have seen stuff" and having served aboard five different Starfleet vessels, including the USS Quito. There was a time when she was interested in advancing in rank, though her views regarding promotion and the importance of the senior staff had become somewhat jaded by 2380.
On one harrowing occasion, she was trapped in a sentient cave for weeks, describing it as "a dark place that knows things." She also noted that she had almost been decapitated by a singing crystal, and held in a Klingon prison where she had to fight a yeti for her shoes. (LD: "Envoys")
She kept additional battle scars from a fight with a tentacled man that stabbed her with a barnacle blade in the chest, a fight on Magus III that left a scar on her right shoulder, a scar on her left bicep from Nanibia Prime, and a scar on her hip from a fight in Scottsdale. (LD: "Temporal Edict")
At some point, she befriended and blood bonded with General K'orin. The two had worked together on Jaxxa Prime, Vulcan, and Earth. Years later, she recalled that she and K'orin had done some "off the books, grey-ops stuff, back in the day." (LD: "Envoys")
Starfleet Academy
Mariner excelled at Starfleet Academy, getting the best grades in her class. She was often noted as being a bit of a role model for her class, and that she always made sure her class kept up with her. Many predicted that Mariner would be the first of her class to get promoted to captain. (LD: "Much Ado About Boimler")
USS Quito
Mariner during her time aboard the Quito
While aboard the Quito she participated in establishing first contact with the Galardonian High Council in 2379. During her tour aboard the Quito, she spent time in the brig on many occasions and was eventually demoted to ensign and transferred to the USS Cerritos, under the command of her mother, Captain Carol Freeman. (LD: "Second Contact")
USS Cerritos
Her friend and fellow command division officer Brad Boimler noted that she hated to give the orientation liaison tour, but offered to provide a tour to Ensign D'Vana Tendi to get her to help moving shore leave contraband.
In 2380, while supporting second contact efforts with the Galardonians, Captain Freeman asked Ensign Boimler to monitor Mariner's activities. He eventually believed he had caught her selling Federation weapons, but she had actually been providing farming equipment to local farmers in an effort to bypass Starfleet bureaucracy. (LD: "Second Contact")
Mariner's greatest horror is ranking up.
Aboard the USS Cerritos, Mariner's assigned bunk was A12001. (LD: "Envoys") For a brief time, she received another promotion to lieutenant and, as such, received her own quarters, before being demoted back to ensign. Her promotion was actually a scheme to get her to resign to another ship after she disrespected Captain Freeman in front of Captain Durango. (LD: "Moist Vessel")
Personal relationships
Both Mariner and her mother attempted to conceal their familial relationship from the general public, though Brad Boimler became aware of it by accident. (LD: "Crisis Point")
Mariner was good friends with Ensign Sam Rutherford, and closely followed his dating life.
Though Mariner had thought Brad Boimler "a boring worker drone" and "ambitious little weasel", after a year of serving together, he came to believe that "Starfleet was better with [her] in it." As a show of friendship, Mariner decided to become Boimler's new mentor with the intention of getting him into a captain's chair. (LD: "Second Contact")
Appendices
Background information
Beckett Mariner was voiced by Tawny Newsome.
Apocrypha
In Star Trek: The Next Generation - Warped by Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan, Mariner was stationed on the lowest deck of the USS Enterprise-D as a cadet circa stardate 48035.3. Worf found her and another cadet "joined at the cellular level with a trash can."
External link
- Beckett Mariner at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works