Vice Admiral Haden was a 24th Century Starfleet Command flag officer based at the starbase on Lya III. In 2366, Haden was Starfleet's liaison officer between the Federation Council and the USS Enterprise-D regarding the defection of Romulan Admiral Jarok. (TNG: "The Defector")
The next year, he confirmed to Captain Picard, that Cardassian allegations of a Starfleet ship attacking Cardassian installations were indeed true and that this ship was the USS Phoenix under Benjamin Maxwell. He ordered Picard to stop Maxwell from provoking a new war at all cost. (TNG: "The Wounded")
- Admiral Haden was played by Stack Pierce.