Rachel Garrett

Multiple realities

(covers information from several alternate timelines)

Species:	Human
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet Section 31
Rank:	Captain
Occupation:	Commanding officer, USS Enterprise-C
Status:	Deceased (KIA) (2366)
Born:	c. 2290-2300
Died:	2366 (alternate timeline, USS Enterprise-C bridge) 2344, over Narendra III (original timeline) (as recorded by history)
Played by:	Tricia O'Neil Kacey Rohl

"We'll make it one for the history books."

– Rachel Garrett, 2366 ("Yesterday's Enterprise")

Rachel Garrett was a 24th century Human female who served as a Federation Starfleet officer.

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What significant event led to Rachel Garrett becoming the captain of the Enterprise C?

In the 24th century, Rachel Garrett, a Federation Starfleet officer, ascended to the rank of captain and took command of the newly launched USS Enterprise-C. Her significant leadership was exemplified in 2344 when she led the Enterprise-C in response to a distress call from a besieged Klingon outpost at Narendra III.

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How did Rachel Garrett respond to the distress call from the Klingon outpost at Narendra III?

Rachel Garrett, as captain of the Enterprise-C, responded to a distress call from the Klingon outpost at Narendra III under attack by Romulan Warbirds. She commanded her ship to engage the attackers, leading to a temporal rift from weapon discharges. The Enterprise, severely damaged, drifted through this rift to the year 2366. Despite her injuries, Garrett sent another distress call, answered by the Federation ship, the USS Enter.

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What resulted in the creation of a temporal rift during the battle at Narendra III?

A photon torpedo's detonation during the Narendra III battle led to the formation of a temporal rift. This event propelled the USS Enterprise-C, commanded by Captain Rachel Garrett, into the future by twenty-two years, thereby creating an alternate timeline. The rift was a result of superstring material immersed in intense energy discharges from weapons fire as the Enterprise-C defended a Klingon outpost from a Romulan assault.

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Is there any connection between Rachel Garrett and Section 31?

Rachel Garrett, a Federation Starfleet officer, commanded the Ambassador-class USS Enterprise-C in the 24th century. Her notable actions include responding to a distress call from a besieged Klingon outpost. Despite her significant role, there's no evidence linking her to Section 31.

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What was Rachel Garrett's rank in the Federation Starfleet by 2344?

In 2344, Rachel Garrett held the rank of captain in the Federation Starfleet. She commanded the Ambassador-class USS Enterprise-C, responding to a distress call from a Klingon outpost under attack.

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Starfleet career

She joined Starfleet prior to Stardate 1292.4 and during her early career, Lieutenant Garrett served as a science officer. (Star Trek: Section 31)

Section 31 service

Rachel Garrett while undercover for Section 31.

In the early 24th century, Lieutenant Garrett was assigned to provide Starfleet oversight of a Section 31 team. On a high-stakes mission on the Baraam, where they sought to prevent the sale of a bioweapon by Dada Noe. This mission led Garrett to collaborate with former Terran Emperor Philippa Georgiou , who had taken refuge in the prime universe.

Operating under deep cover, the team discovered that the weapon in question was the Godsend, an apocalyptic device from the Mirror universe capable of quadrant-wide devastation. Their pursuit of the weapon was complicated by sabotage within their own ranks, revealing a mole working with San, a former slave and lover of Georgiou. The mission culminated in a confrontation in the Crescent Nebula, where Garrett's team intervened just before the Godsend was detonated within a spatial anomaly to prevent its use.

Following the mission's success, Garrett was promoted to Lieutenant Commander and continued her work with Section 31, balancing her official Starfleet duties with covert intelligence operations. (Star Trek: Section 31)

Commanding the USS Enterprise-C

Captain Garrett was given command of the USS Enterprise-C.

By 2344, Garrett had obtained the rank of captain and was given command of the USS Enterprise-C. The Enterprise responded to a distress call from the Klingon outpost at Narendra III, which was under attack by four Romulan Warbirds. Garrett ordered the Enterprise to engage the attackers. While defending the outpost, the weapons discharges resulted in the creation of a temporal rift, through which the badly damaged Enterprise drifted into the fissure.

Alternate timeline

Captain Garrett speaking with an alternate Captain Jean-Luc Picard about the state of the Federation in an alternate 2366.

Arriving in the year 2366. Garrett had been badly injured, but managed to send a distress call. To her surprise, a Federation ship did answer the call – the ship's immediate successor, the USS Enterprise-D. Garrett was taken to its sickbay while Lieutenant Richard Castillo managed repairs. As she recovered, Jean-Luc Picard informed her that the Federation was at war with the Klingon Empire, and on the brink of defeat.

Initially, Garrett was prepared to remain and assist the Federation's war efforts, but it was eventually discovered that the Enterprise-C's journey through time had resulted in the creation of an alternate timeline, and that, if they wished to restore the proper flow of history, the Enterprise-C would have to return through the rift, in the middle of the battle with the Romulans.

Garrett initially balked at this idea, noting that they were hopelessly outmatched by the Romulans, but Picard pointed out that if a Federation starship were to sacrifice itself in defense of a Klingon outpost such an act would be seen as extremely honorable by the Empire, and perhaps avoid the war altogether. Garrett eventually conceded, and prepared to take her ship back through the rift.

Captain Garrett, killed in a Klingon attack

However, before the Enterprise-C could depart, both ships came under attack by three Klingon Birds-of-Prey, resulting in Garrett's death. Lieutenant Richard Castillo took command of the Enterprise-C.

He would return the ship back through the rift to 2344, restoring the timeline. (TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise")

Ironically, Captain Garrett would die at the hands of Klingons in 2366 while she was attempting to return through the rift to render assistance to them in 2344.

Legacy

The Rachel Garrett statue

In 2401, a dedication ceremony for a statue of Garrett at the Starfleet Recruitment building on M'talas Prime was scheduled as part of the pre-Frontier Day recruitment drive. Garrett's statue itself, dubbed by covert forces with the code name "Red Lady", was the site of a terrorist attack which obliterated the building and the statue along with it. (PIC: "The Next Generation")

Key dates

• 2344: participates in the Battle of Narendra III
• 2366: Dies on the bridge of the Enterprise-C in an alternate timeline

Appendices

Appearances

• TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise"
• PIC: "The Next Generation" (statue)
• Star Trek: Section 31

Background information

Rachel Garrett was played by actress Tricia O'Neil in TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise"; stunts for Garrett's death scene in that episode were performed by stunt double Donna Garrett. A younger version of Garrett was played by actress Kacey Rohl in Star Trek: Section 31.

According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, 2nd ed., p. 116, the last name "Garrett" was chosen by story co-writer Trent Christopher Ganino, who took the name from a pizzeria in San Diego, Ganino's hometown.

In an early draft of the script, the captain was named Richard Garrett.

Captain Garrett is the only female captain of a USS Enterprise until Seven of Nine was named captain of the USS Enterprise-G. (PIC: "The Last Generation") (Demora Sulu was captain of the USS Enterprise-B in Star Trek novels.)

In the final draft of the script, Rachel Garrett is described as "a tall, handsome woman that commands respect instantly."

A biographical readout, written by Michael Okuda, in the PC game Starship Creator Warp II stated that Rachel Garrett was born in 2300. If so, and the date is taken along with her history from the novels, she was admitted to Starfleet Academy at a very young age.

According to Rick Sternbach, the fatal shrapnel was a wing from a VF-1 Valkyrie .

Apocrypha

The Lost Era novels – The Art of the Impossible and Well of Souls – and the Starfleet Academy novel The Haunted Starship, add the following non-canon details:

• 2303 – Her sister Sarah Garrett is born
• 2311 – Entered Starfleet Academy
• 2316 – Met, and married, the Betazoid xenoarcheologist Ven Kaldarren, while a Lt. JG on the USS Argo
• 2324 – Their son Jason is born; Garrett and Kaldarren subsequently divorce and Jason raised off-ship by his father
• 2328 – As a commander she is first officer of the USS Carthage, and is involved in the Betreka Nebula Incident
• 2332 – Promoted to captain and given command of the newly launched USS Enterprise-C
• 2336 – Garrett's long-time friend and first officer, Nigel Holmes, is killed by Klingon renegades

According to the video game Star Trek: Starship Creator, Rachel Garrett was born in Madison, Indiana to parents Judith and David Garrett. She has a brother named Robert James Garrett.

External links

• Rachel Garrett at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Rachel Garrett at the Star Trek Online Wiki