Matt was a beluga whale who served as a Starfleet sciences division officer during the 24th century. Matt specialized in navigation.
In 2381, he served aboard the USS Cerritos in Cetacean Ops as a lieutenant junior grade alongside fellow lieutenant junior grade Kimolu. (LD: "First First Contact")
Ransom and his besties
Along with Honus and Westlake, Commander Jack Ransom described Matt as one of his "besties". Ransom had a photograph of himself with the three of them on his PADD, which showed them hanging out in Cetacean Ops. (LD: "Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus")
During his interview with FNN reporter Victoria Nuzé, he explained that when he and Kimolu were not stellar mapping aboard the Cerritos, they were partying. By that time, he had been promoted to full lieutenant. Lieutenant junior grade Beckett Mariner later noted that "they also throw really crazy parties" while explaining the two whales to Commander Kassia Nox, (LD: "Trusted Sources", "Starbase 80?!")
On the orders of T'Illups, Matt was "Tuvixed" with Steve Stevens, forming the hybrid Swhale Swhalens. (LD: "Twovix")
In 2382, Matt was possessed by an anaphasic lifeform named Clem during an away mission on Piskes IX, leading to navigation problems on the Cerritos which were misdiagnosed as a processor failure and an escalating issue with Clem's possession spreading to the rest of the crew through their combadges, until the possession was discovered and Clem was forced out of him. The problems forced the Cerritos to dock at Starbase 80. (LD: "Starbase 80?!")
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The subtitles indicating when Matt was speaking were presented in yellow lettering.
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- Matt at StarTrek.com