Planetfall Uhura

Officer · PLANETFALL

One could be forgiven for assuming that the role of a starship’s comms officer is one of the more comfortable assignments on the ship. Officers assigned to Security are trusted to deal with any and all threats presented to the ship, while those assigned to Navigation must execute piloting maneuvers through exceptionally hazardous territory. Meanwhile, a typical challenge presented to a comms officer could mean nothing more than tackling the intricacies of xenolinguistics from the comfort of their station. However, for Ensign Nyota Uhura, this was not to be the case.

When the comet C/2260-Quentin entered the Persephone system, simulations indicated that the comet would soon collide with the M-Class planet, Persephone III - a catastrophe which would result in the annihilation of the Deleb, a pre-warp civilization. It was further noted that the comet potentially contained alien life, which necessitated a landing party to study the comet’s topology from its very surface. As she was a highly-gifted polyglot and translator, Captain Pike noted the importance of Uhura’s skillset, and assigned her to the landing party that would investigate the comet. Although the challenge was initially daunting for this young ensign, Captain Pike imparted words of wisdom that would remain with Uhura for the rest of her career - “You wanted to speak alien languages. Go where the aliens are.”

Released in

M96 · S1E1 Outbreak Battlelines

Group

PLANETFALL

Class

Science

Rarity

Rare

Faction

Federation