"Don't let them tell you you're crazy."
– Jaya, 2369 ("Frame of Mind")
In 2369, Jaya was a character in an illusion created by the neurosomatic technique used by Suna in an effort at extracting strategic information from Commander William T. Riker. She was a patient at the Tilonus Institute for Mental Disorders on Tilonus IV and believed that she was Commander Bloom of the USS Yorktown. She attempted to contact the Yorktown with a spoon as a communicator. (TNG: "Frame of Mind")
Jaya was played by actress Susanna Thompson.