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For the alternate reality counterpart, please see Kyle (alternate reality).
For the mirror universe counterpart, please see Kyle (mirror).
For additional meanings of "Kyle", please see Kyle.
"No, not Chief Kyle. He's so mean."
– Ensigns Christina and Zier, 2259 ("Spock Amok")

Mister Kyle was a male Starfleet officer who served during the latter half of the 23rd century.

Starfleet career[]

USS Shenzhou[]

Kyle had served on the USS Shenzhou prior to its abandonment at the Battle of the Binary Stars in 2256. He honored those lost on that ship on Starfleet Remembrance Day in 2259. (SNW: "Memento Mori")

USS Enterprise[]

2259[]

By 2259, he was assigned to the operations division as a transporter chief aboard the USS Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike.

Kyle was on duty in the transporter room when Pike transported aboard the Enterprise from the Stamets. He later worked out a way to beam a gene therapy salve directly into Spock's eye so he could pass a retinal scan, something transporters had previously never been used for. (SNW: "Strange New Worlds")

During the Enterprise's mission to the Persephone system, he transported Lieutenants Spock, George Samuel Kirk, La'an Noonien-Singh and Cadet Nyota Uhura down to the comet C/2260-Quentin. (SNW: "Children of the Comet")

Kyle rescued most of the landing party from the Illyrian colony of Hetemit IX despite an incoming ion storm, although when it became too strong, he refused to try bringing Pike and Spock back, fearing they'd be lost. (SNW: "Ghosts of Illyria")

During the Gorn attack, Kyle was present on deck 22 before it collapsed, but was saved by another crewmember. (SNW: "Memento Mori")

When Ensigns Christina and Zier were caught playing Enterprise bingo by Commander Chin-Riley and Lt. Noonien-Singh, their punishment was to micro-clean the transporter pads under Chief Kyle's supervision. Both ensigns claimed that he was "mean". (SNW: "Spock Amok")

Kyle was in the transporter room when Elder Gamal left sick bay with the First Servant to be transported off of the Enterprise. Pike intercepted Gamal in the transporter room, but before the two could argue the point, Gamal and the first servant were beamed off the ship. Pike confronted Kyle about the sudden transport, but Kyle stated that he had not transported the pair, and that someone else had locked on to the signal.

He attended Lieutenant Hemmer's funeral following the Enterprise's mission to Valeo Beta V. (SNW: "All Those Who Wander")

He was on duty when Captain Marie Batel beamed aboard with a couple of security officers to take Commander Chin-Riley into custody. (SNW: "A Quality of Mercy")

2267[]

Kyle, 2267

Lieutenant Kyle in 2267

Eight years later, Kyle had become a Starfleet officer. As a lieutenant, he served under Captain James T. Kirk, where he worked in both the operations and sciences division as a transporter chief.

After the Enterprise was accidentally hurled back in time to the year 1969, Kyle was threatened in the transporter room by John Christopher when he, a United States Air Force pilot, pointed a phaser at Kyle and demanded to be beamed down to Earth. Captain Kirk disarmed Christopher and prevented the escape. After an airbase staff sergeant was inadvertently beamed aboard, Kyle served him chicken soup from a food synthesizer in the transporter room, before the Enterprise made a return voyage to 2267. (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday")

Khan incapacitates Kyle

Khan attacking Kyle

Kyle was in the same room when Lieutenant Marla McGivers threatened him with a phaser on stardate 3141.9. He was rendered unconscious by Khan Noonien Singh while Khan, a 20th century despot, enacted a plan to hijack the Enterprise. Kyle later recovered from this ordeal. (TOS: "Space Seed")

Later that year, he was assaulted in the transporter room by a cordrazine-crazed Doctor Leonard McCoy. After Lieutenant Galloway discovered Kyle unconscious on the floor, he was revived. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")

Kyle beamed aboard a dead Lieutenant Jackson during a mission to Pyris VII. (TOS: "Catspaw")

He later assisted First Officer Spock in finding a weakness in Apollo's force field, on stardate 3468.1. (TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?")

He beamed a damage control party over to the USS Constellation and returned them safely to the Enterprise during battle with a "planet killer" on stardate 4202.1. (TOS: "The Doomsday Machine")

He was later too sedated to work the transporter controls, so Kirk and Spock had to beam a Redjac-possessed Hengist out into deep space themselves. (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold")

Kyle aided Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott in loosening Vaal's hold on the Enterprise on stardate 3715.3. (TOS: "The Apple")

He inadvertently beamed aboard the mirror universe counterparts of Kirk, McCoy, Scott and Lieutenant Nyota Uhura when an ion storm on the Halkan homeworld disrupted the transporting process. (TOS: "Mirror, Mirror")

2268[]

Kyle, 2268

Kyle at the helm

In 2268, Kyle served in the command division, when on stardate 4307.1, he served as the Enterprise's helmsman when the ship investigated the loss of the USS Intrepid and discovered a giant space amoeba. (TOS: "The Immunity Syndrome")

2269[]

The next year, he returned to operations, when he sent a landing party over to planetoid Memory Alpha. He later beamed them safely back after the planetoid was attacked by non-corporeal Zetarians. (TOS: "The Lights of Zetar")

Kyle, 2269

Kyle with a mustache

Later that year, Kyle grew a mustache.

He transported Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Scott over to an insectoid starship on stardate 5221.3. He locked onto them when explosions erupted aboard the alien vessel and returned them safely to the Enterprise. (TAS: "Beyond the Farthest Star")

He transported a cosmic cloud's villi into Scott's force field box to regenerate the ship's antimatter reserves on stardate 5371.3. (TAS: "One of Our Planets Is Missing")

He also beamed aboard an alien disguised as long-lost philanthropist Carter Winston, not realizing that the newcomer was, in fact, an impostor. (TAS: "The Survivor")

After temporarily succumbing to the effects of Harry Mudd's love crystals, Kyle transported Kirk and Spock down to a planetoid to rescue Nurse Christine Chapel. (TAS: "Mudd's Passion")

Hikaru Sulu injured

A shrunken Kyle coming to Sulu's aid

He was on the bridge on stardate 5577.3 as the ship approached Terra 10. After he became miniaturized, he assisted the other bridge crew when Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu broke a leg in a fall. (TAS: "The Terratin Incident")

He was on the bridge as the ship approached the Delta Triangle. (TAS: "The Time Trap")

This appearance was recycled footage of his prior bridge appearance.

On stardate 7403.6, in 2270, he beamed down a landing party, with Pandronian representative Ari bn Bem, on a scouting mission to Delta Theta III. (TAS: "Bem")

USS Reliant[]

By 2285, Kyle, who now sported a goatee, rose to the rank of commander when he served aboard the USS Reliant, under the command of Captain Clark Terrell, as the ship's communications officer.

While in orbit around Ceti Alpha V, on stardate 8130.4, he was unable to communicate with Terrell and Commander Pavel Chekov on the planet surface, not realizing that they had encountered Khan and his followers.

Kyle was ultimately stranded on the planet when they hijacked the Reliant. After Khan was defeated in the Battle of the Mutara Nebula, Kyle and the rest of the Reliant crew, on stardate 8141.6, were rescued by the Enterprise when the ship arrived at Ceti Alpha V and recovered them. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)

Alternate timelines and realities[]

Kyle, Pike, George and James Kirk, alt 2266

Kyle in an alternate 2266

In an alternate timeline where Captain Christopher Pike remained in command of the Enterprise and avoided the accident that exposed him to delta radiation, Kyle was still transporter chief in 2266. (SNW: "A Quality of Mercy")

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Appearances[]

Background information[]

Kyle was a recurring character played first by English-born actor John Winston in Star Trek: The Original Series, and later by André Dae Kim in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. He first appeared in "Tomorrow is Yesterday" and was given onscreen credit as "Transporter Chief". He had no set identity until Spock addressed him as "Lieutenant Kyle" in his fifth appearance, "Who Mourns for Adonais?".

Kyle was originally set to appear in "The Tholian Web", but Winston was not available at the time the episode was filmed, so the character was replaced by O'Neil (Sean Morgan). (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Three, p. 499)

For the Animated Series, he had a mustache and was voiced by James Doohan. The script for "Beyond the Farthest Star" mentioned that the character had to be voiced with a British accent. Winston wore a goatee when he reprised the role of Kyle for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Apocrypha[]

Kyle was born on Earth. According to the comic book "Who's Who in Star Trek 1", he was born in Adelaide, Australia and his father was a sales representative for one of Earth's largest transportation companies. The novel Traitor Winds established his birthplace as Sydney, Australia. The video game Star Trek: Starship Creator mentioned that he was born in Sheffield, England in 2241.

"Who's Who in Star Trek" stated that he attended Perth Engineering College. His personnel file in Star Trek: Starship Creator noted that he graduated from Starfleet Academy in 2263. He was assigned to the USS Bull Run as a transporter technician. He was promoted to lieutenant junior grade after receiving his starship pilot certificate in 2264. He was transferred to the Enterprise as a lieutenant and was estranged from his wife, Rebecca, and his two daughters, Susan and Dawn, who lived in New Berlin, Luna.

According to Star Trek: Starship Creator, he was assigned to the USS Bozeman in 2278 and became the senior helmsman. He was awarded the Citation for Bravery in 2280 for piloting a shuttle and clearing a safe path for the Bozeman out of a Tholian minefield. He was promoted to lieutenant commander in 2281 and named second officer of the Bozeman. He was transferred to the USS Reliant in 2284 at the request of Chekov and became second officer.

"Who's Who in Star Trek" stated that he was assigned to the USS Hood after his service aboard the Reliant.

The novel The Fire and the Rose mentioned that he attended Kirk's memorial service at Starfleet Academy in 2293 during the events of Star Trek Generations.

There were disagreements with regards to Kyle's first name. In "Who's Who in Star Trek", his first name was Thomas. The novels Present Tense and The Fire and the Rose state that it was John – another apparent tribute to the actor who portrayed him. According to FASA's Star Trek: The Role Playing Game, it was Winston – an apparent reference to John Winston.

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