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{{aquote|No, not Chief Kyle. He's so mean.|Ensigns {{dis|Christina|Ensign}} and [[Zier]]|2259|Spock Amok}}
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[[Mister]] '''Kyle''' was a [[male]] [[Starfleet]] [[officer]] who served during the latter half of the [[23rd century]].
   
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== Starfleet career ==
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[[Lieutenant]] '''Kyle''' was a [[23rd century]] [[Starfleet]] [[operations division]] [[officer]]. He was a [[Human]] of [[British]] origin, and spoke with a strong [[English]] accent.
 
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=== USS ''Shenzhou'' ===
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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}})
   
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== The five-year mission ==
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=== USS ''Enterprise'' ===
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==== 2259 ====
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During the mid-[[2260s]], Kyle served aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} under [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]]. He served primarily as [[transporter chief]], but also functioned as an [[engineer]]ing assistant, and relief [[helmsman]]. He was also trained to operate the [[science station]]. ({{TOS|Who Mourns for Adonais?}})
  
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By [[2259]], he was assigned to the [[operations division]] as a [[transporter chief]] aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} under [[Captain]] [[Christopher Pike]].
   
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In [[2267]], Kyle was on duty as transporter chief after the ''Enterprise'' was accidentally thrown back into [[Earth]]'s [[20th century]]. He was in the [[transporter room]] when [[John Christopher]] entered, pointed a [[phaser]] at him, and insisted to be beamed back to Earth. Christopher was immobilized by Kirk before he could carry out his demand.
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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}})
   
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During the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s mission to the [[Persephone system]], he transported [[Lieutenant]]s [[Spock]], [[George Samuel Kirk]], [[La'an Noonien-Singh]] and [[Cadet]] [[Nyota Uhura]] down to the [[comet]] [[C/2260-Quentin]]. ({{SNW|Children of the Comet}})
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Kyle later stood by in the transporter room while Kirk and Sulu beamed down to the airbase to retrieve the US military's data on the ''Enterprise''. After inadvertently beaming up an Air Police sergeant, Kyle was given the duty of watching the officer. After beaming down a second landing party, Kyle asked the sergeant if he was hungry, and got him some [[chicken soup]] from the [[food slot]]. ({{TOS|Tomorrow is Yesterday}})
  
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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}})
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During the [[Gorn]] attack, Kyle was present on deck 22 before it collapsed, but was saved by another crewmember. ({{SNW|Memento Mori}})
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When [[Ensign]]s {{dis|Christina|Ensign}} 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}})
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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.
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He attended Lieutenant [[Hemmer]]'s funeral following the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s mission to [[Valeo Beta V]]. ({{SNW|All Those Who Wander}})
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He was on duty when Captain [[Marie Batel]] beamed aboard with a couple of [[security officer]]s to take Commander Chin-Riley into custody. ({{SNW|A Quality of Mercy}})
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==== 2267 ====
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[[FIle:Kyle, 2267.jpg|thumb|Lieutenant Kyle in 2267]]
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[[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.
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After the ''Enterprise'' was accidentally hurled [[time travel|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 [[beam]]ed down to [[Earth]]. Captain Kirk disarmed Christopher and prevented the escape. After an [[US military personnel air policeman 3|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}})
   
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[[File:Kyle, 2269.jpg|thumb|Lieutenant Kyle in [[2269]]]]
  
 
[[File:Khan incapacitates Kyle.jpg|left|thumb|Khan attacking Kyle]]
  
[[File:Khan incapacitates Kyle.jpg|left|thumb|Khan attacking Kyle]]
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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}})
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Kyle was also on duty in the transporter room when he was approached by [[Marla McGivers]], who pointed a phaser at him and told him to move away from the transporter console. As he moved away, [[Khan Noonien Singh]] came up from behind and incapacitated him. ({{TOS|Space Seed}}) He was later incapacitated by [[Leonard McCoy]] after the delusional McCoy received an accidental overdose of [[cordrazine]]. ({{TOS|The City on the Edge of Forever}}) Kyle was also manning the transporter when Kirk, McCoy, [[Montgomery Scott|Scott]], and [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]] were beamed up in the middle of an [[ion storm]]. His [[mirror universe]] counterpart was also at the controls. ({{TOS|Mirror, Mirror}})
  
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Later that year, he was [[assault]]ed 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}})
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Kyle beamed aboard a [[death|dead]] Lieutenant {{dis|Jackson|Lieutenant}} during a mission to [[Pyris VII]]. ({{TOS|Catspaw}})
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He later assisted [[First Officer]] [[Spock]] in finding a weakness in [[Apollo]]'s [[force field]], on stardate 3468.1. ({{TOS|Who Mourns for Adonais?}})
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He beamed a [[damage control party]] over to the {{USS|Constellation|NCC-1017}} and returned them safely to the ''Enterprise'' during battle with a "[[planet killer]]" on stardate 4202.1. ({{TOS|The Doomsday Machine}})
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He was later too [[sedative|sedated]] to work the [[transporter]] controls, so Kirk and Spock had to beam a [[Redjac]]-[[possess]]ed [[Hengist]] out into [[deep space]] themselves. ({{TOS|Wolf in the Fold}})
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Kyle aided [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Montgomery Scott]] in loosening [[Vaal]]'s hold on the ''Enterprise'' on stardate 3715.3. ({{TOS|The Apple}})
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He inadvertently beamed aboard the [[mirror universe]] counterparts of {{mu|James T. Kirk|Kirk}}, {{mu|Leonard McCoy|McCoy}}, {{mu|Montgomery Scott|Scott}} and Lieutenant {{mu|Nyota Uhura}} when an [[ion storm]] on the [[Halkan homeworld]] disrupted the transporting process. ({{TOS|Mirror, Mirror}})
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==== 2268 ====
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[[File:Kyle, 2268.jpg|thumb|Kyle at the helm]]
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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|NCC-1631}} and discovered a giant [[space amoeba]]. ({{TOS|The Immunity Syndrome}})
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==== 2269 ====
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[[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 lifeform|non-corporeal]] [[Zetarian]]s. ({{TOS|The Lights of Zetar}})
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[[File:Kyle, 2269.jpg|thumb|left|Kyle with a mustache]]
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Later that year, Kyle grew a [[mustache]].
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He transported Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Scott over to an [[insectoid starship]] on stardate 5221.3. He [[transporter lock|locked]] onto them when explosions erupted aboard the [[alien]] vessel and returned them safely to the ''Enterprise''. ({{TAS|Beyond the Farthest Star}})
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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}})
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He also beamed aboard an alien disguised as long-lost [[philanthropist]] [[Carter Winston]], not realizing that the newcomer was, in fact, {{dis|Carter Winston|impostor|an impostor}}. ({{TAS|The Survivor}})
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After temporarily succumbing to the effects of [[Harry Mudd]]'s [[love crystal]]s, Kyle transported Kirk and Spock down to a planetoid to rescue [[Nurse]] [[Christine Chapel]]. ({{TAS|Mudd's Passion}})
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[[File:Hikaru Sulu injured.jpg|thumb|A shrunken Kyle coming to Sulu's aid]]
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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}})
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He was on the bridge as the ship approached the [[Delta Triangle]]. ({{TAS|The Time Trap}})
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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}})
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=== USS ''Reliant'' ===
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By [[2285]], Kyle, who now sported a [[goatee]], rose to the rank of commander when he served aboard the {{USS|Reliant|NCC-1864}}, under the command of Captain [[Clark Terrell]], as the ship's [[communications officer]].
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While in [[orbit]] around [[Ceti Alpha V]], on stardate 8130.4, he was unable to [[communications|communicate]] with Terrell and Commander [[Pavel Chekov]] on the [[planet]] surface, not realizing that they had encountered Khan and his [[Augment|followers]].
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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. ({{film|2}})
   
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== Later career ==
  
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[[File:Kyle, 2285.jpg|thumb|Commander Kyle in [[2285]]]]
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[[File:Kyle, Pike, George and James Kirk, alt 2266.jpg|thumb|Kyle in an alternate 2266]]
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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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In the [[2280s]], Kyle was promoted to the rank of [[commander]] and was assigned as the [[communications officer]] aboard the {{USS|Reliant}}, under Captain [[Clark Terrell]].
 
   
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In [[2285]], Kyle was stranded on the surface of [[Ceti Alpha V]] when [[Khan Noonien Singh]] commandeered the ''Reliant''. He and the rest of the ''Reliant'' crew were later saved by the USS ''Enterprise'' following the latter ship's escape from the [[Mutara Nebula]]. ({{film|2}})
  
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* Prior to [[2256]]: Assigned to the {{USS|Shenzhou}}
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* [[2259]]: Assigned to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}
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* Between 2259 and [[2267]]: Achieves the rank of [[lieutenant]]
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=== Background information ===
  
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Kyle was a [[recurring characters|recurring character]] played first by English-born actor [[John Winston]] in {{s|TOS}}, and later by [[André Dae Kim]] in {{s|SNW}}. 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?".
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[[File:Kyle as helmsman, 2268.jpg|thumb|right|170px|Kyle as he appears in "The Immunity Syndrome"]]
  
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Kyle was played by actor [[John Winston]] in ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' and {{film|2}}. His first appearance was in "Tomorrow is Yesterday", wherein he is credited as "Transporter Chief."
  
   
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Kyle was originally set to appear in {{e|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)
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In "The Immunity Syndrome", Kyle serves as helmsman and, as such, he wears a yellow tunic for the first and only time in TOS. This was done in order to match him with stock footage of [[William Blackburn]]'s shoulder in viewscreen shots.
  
   
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For the ''Animated Series'', he had a mustache and was voiced by [[James Doohan]]. The script for {{e|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 {{film|2}}.
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Despite the fact that Kyle was the second most-featured recurring character with dialogue (the first being [[Christine Chapel]]), virtually no background was established for him during ''The Original Series''.
  
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In the script for TAS: "Beyond the Farthest Star", no mention is given to the fact that Kyle had previously featured in episodes of TOS and the character is not described, though the script does dictate that he was to be voiced with a "British accent". In that installment and others of ''The Animated Series'', Kyle was voiced by [[James Doohan]]. Recycled footage of Kyle from "Beyond the Farthest Star" was often used during close-up shots of Scotty operating the transporter controls. Instances of this occurring include: "More Tribbles, More Troubles", "The Eye of the Beholder" and "Once Upon a Planet".
  
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[[Ronald D. Moore]] notes in his afterword of the [[Trials and Tribble-ations (novel)|novelization]] of {{e|Trials and Tribble-ations}} that the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' art department created a sign for Kyle's quarters on the recreated ''Enterprise'' set.
  
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[[Chris Doohan]] stated on Twitter that he played Kyle in his cameo in the film {{film|11}}. [http://twitter.com/Chris_Doohan/status/6323614979]
  
   
 
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Kyle was born on Earth. According to the {{comic}} "[[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 [[games|video game]] ''[[Star Trek: Starship Creator]]'' mentioned that he was born in Sheffield, [[England]] in [[2241]].
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In spite of the limited [[canon]] information about Kyle, [[Michael Okuda]] later wrote a [[personnel file]] for the character, which appeared in the ''[[Star Trek: Starship Creator]]'' [[games|video game]].
  
   
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"[[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 [[daughter]]s, Susan and Dawn, who lived in [[New Berlin]], [[Luna]].
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In ''Starship Creator'', Okuda used the actor's first name, John, as Kyle's first name, and established that he was born in Sheffield, [[England]], [[Earth]] in [[2241]]. Kyle had previously been married, but was apparently divorced from his wife, Rebbecca, with whom he had two daughters, Susan and Dawn, all of whom were residents of [[New Berlin]], [[Luna]].
  
   
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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.
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The profile further elaborated that Kyle graduated in [[2263]], after which he was assigned as a transporter technician aboard the USS ''Bull Run''. He was later promoted to [[lieutenant junior grade]], after receiving his starship pilot certificate in [[2264]]. He subsequently transferred to the USS ''Enterprise'' as a lieutenant.
  
   
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"Who's Who in Star Trek" stated that he was assigned to the {{USS|Hood|NCC-1703}} after his service aboard the ''Reliant''.
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Following his assignment aboard the ''Enterprise'', Okuda wrote that he transferred to the {{USS|Bozeman}} in [[2278]] as the senior [[helmsman]]. He was given the Citation for Bravery in [[2280]], after he volunteered to pilot a shuttle ahead of the ''Bozeman'' to clear a safe course out of a [[Tholian]] [[minefield]]. In [[2281]], he was promoted to [[lieutenant commander]] and named [[second officer]] of the ''Bozeman''.
  
   
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The novel ''[[The Fire and the Rose]]'' mentioned that he attended Kirk's memorial service at Starfleet Academy in [[2293]] during the events of {{film|7}}.
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The ''Starship Creator'' profile also established that Kyle transferred to USS ''Reliant'' in [[2284]], at the request of Pavel Chekov. He was then promoted to commander in [[2285]] and named communications officer and second officer.
  
   
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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 &ndash; another apparent tribute to the actor who portrayed him. According to [[FASA]]'s ''{{dis|Star Trek: The Role Playing Game|FASA}}'', it was Winston &ndash; an apparent reference to John Winston.
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In addition to his appearances in TAS, Kyle also features in the [[novels|novelization]] of {{e|The Lorelei Signal}} (as published in ''[[Star Trek Log 2]]''). In that adaptation, he transports a landing party to the surface of [[Taurus II (Taurean system)|Taurus II]], despite being noticeably distracted by an [[hallucination]]-evoking signal that also affects the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s other male crew members and emanates from the planet. It is said that, by this point, Kyle has performed the same procedure of beaming a landing party to a planetary surface "several thousand times before." Upon Uhura later gathering an all-female security team in the transporter room, however, Kyle is referred to as having become too incapacitated to even handle the transporter. He returns to the transporter room by the end of the installment, whereupon he helps Scott use the transporter to return the landing party members, who have aged at an extraordinary rate while on Taurus II, back to their former selves. He also mans the transporter in the novelization of {{e|The Infinite Vulcan}} (as published in the same volume). Despite appearing in recycled animation in "Once Upon a Planet", Kyle is not mentioned in that episode's novelization (as published in ''[[Star Trek Log 3]]'') until one point near the end of the adaptation, when M'Ress tells Kirk she will have Kyle beam him back from the [[Shore Leave Planet]].
  
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The novel ''[[Present Tense]]'' (cover blurb only) also gives Kyle's first name as John, as does the TOS 40th anniversary trilogy ''[[Crucible]]''. Additionally, stories appearing in the [[DC Comics]] versions of ''Star Trek'' give Kyle's first name as Thomas. Some of the [[FASA]] products give his first name as "Winston".
  
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According to DC Comics' "[[Who's Who in Star Trek 1]]", Kyle was born in Adelaide, [[Australia]], and attended Perth Engineering College. His father was a salesman for one of Earth's largest transportation companies. Following his rescue from [[Ceti Alpha V]] ({{film|2}}), Kyle was promoted to commander and transferred to the {{USS|Hood|NCC-1703}}.
  
   
 
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Multiple realities
(covers information from several alternate timelines)

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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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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