The following Starfleet personnel served aboard the USS Defiant in 2268:
Bridge crew []
Captain []
The captain was a 23rd century Human Starfleet officer of the Defiant.
In 2268, he had his neck broken by an operations division crewman on the bridge, in front of his command chair. He was discovered there by the landing party from the USS Enterprise, where Dr. McCoy announced the injury he had suffered. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")
He was again discovered in the mirror universe by the landing party from the ISS Enterprise in 2155, where it was again indicated by T'Pol that captain's neck was broken. He and his assaulter's corpses were later dragged aside by Jonathan Archer, Charles Tucker III and Travis Mayweather, so as to access the Defiant's helm. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")
Archer later took over the captain's quarters as his own, and found and changed into one of his uniforms from the captain's wardrobe. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")
Operations ensign []
This ensign served in the operations division aboard the Defiant.
In 2268, he broke his captain's neck, but also succumbed due to sabotaged environmental conditions on the bridge, in front of the command chair. He was discovered there by the landing party from the USS Enterprise, where it was indicated that he broke the captain's neck. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")
He was again discovered in the mirror universe by the landing party from the ISS Enterprise in 2155, where it was again indicated that he broke the Captain's neck. His and the Captain's corpses were later dragged aside by Archer, Tucker and Mayweather, so as to access the Defiant's helm. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")
Engineering crew[]
Command crewman 1 []
This command division crewman died in the main engineering and was seen there by Ensign Pavel Chekov. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")
Operations engineers []
These engineers and technicians were found dead, by Ensign Pavel Chekov, in emergency manual monitor and main engineering, proper. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")
Sciences crew woman in engineering []
This sciences division crew woman died in main engineering, where she was apparently strangled by the insane engineer lying next to her. She was seen by Ensign Chekov there. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")
Sciences crewman in engineering []
This sciences division crewman died in the main engineering, and was seen there by Ensign Pavel Chekov. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")
Sickbay personnel[]
Medical surgeon []
The medical surgeon was responsible for investigating what was happening to the Defiant's crew.
When the ship was boarded by the landing party from the Enterprise, Dr. McCoy accessed the ship's log. Based on McCoy's observations, the crew "killed each other," and that for as far as he could tell "even the medical surgeon down here didn't really know what was going on." (TOS: "The Tholian Web")
Medical technician 1 []
This medical technician, affected by the insanity caused by the spatial interspace, strangled an operations division crewman in sickbay. He lied next to his victim, found dead by Doctor McCoy. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")
Medical technician 2 []
This medical technician died in the sickbay of the Defiant. When the ship was caught in the interspatial rift, his body began to disintegrate. When Doctor Leonard McCoy touched him, his hand passed through his back. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")
Operations crewmen in sickbay []
These crewmen were confined to biobeds in sickbay, where they later died, only to be discovered there by Doctor Leonard McCoy. One was strangled by a medical technician. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")
Sciences crew women in sickbay []
These sciences division crew women died in sickbay, where they were discovered by Doctor McCoy, who came to the conclusion that they had all killed each other. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")
Sciences crewmen in sickbay []
These sciences division crewmen died in sickbay, where they were discovered by Doctor McCoy, who came to the conclusion that they all killed each other. One was confined to a biobed. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")
Crew in corridors[]
Command 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 Jonathan Archer and a MACO stepped over her body while trying to find Slar, a Gorn hiding nearby. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")
Command crewman 2 []
This crewman experienced hallucinations, and insanity due to spatial interphase which caused him and the rest of the crew to kill each other. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")
Operations lieutenant []
This lieutenant served in the operations division as an engineer aboard the Defiant.
He was killed in 2268 by phaser fire below decks, and his body, along with a discarded phaser pistol, was the first discovered by Malcolm Reed and Jonathan Archer after they beamed aboard Defiant, after the ship had been transferred to the mirror universe. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")
Operations crewman 1 []
A dead Human crewman aboard the USS Defiant. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")
Operations crewman 2 []
This crewman was one of many who perished on deck 9, near where Jonathan Archer discovered the stowaway Gorn, Slar. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")
Sussman's costume was reused from David Gerrold's appearance in DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations". [6]
Sciences lieutenants []
These lieutenant began to have hallucinations, shortly after entering a region of spatial interphase space, and eventually madness. They were killed when the crew turned on each other. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")
Captured in mirror universe[]
After the death of the crew, the Defiant traveled through an interphasic rift to the year 2155 of the mirror universe, where it was captured by the Tholians who used slaves to salvage it. It was subsequently commandeered by the Jonathan Archer of that universe and his crew, who consisted of the following:
- Commander / Captain Jonathan Archer
- Commander T'Pol
- Charles Tucker III
- Phlox
- Sgt. Travis Mayweather
- Lieutenant / Empress Hoshi Sato
- Major Malcolm Reed
Apocrypha[]
According to a comic book 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.
External link[]
- USS Defiant personnel roster at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works