Template:Sidebar character Rear Admiral Norah Satie was the daughter of renowned Starfleet judge and civil liberties advocate Aaron Satie.
When she was a child, her father posed a question for her and her brothers to debate at every dinner. Her father loved it when she outsmarted them with a subtle point of logic, which she did many times. (TNG: "The Drumhead")
In 2363, Rear Admiral Satie issued Captain Jean-Luc Picard's orders to take command of the USS Enterprise-D. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
In 2364, she uncovered a conspiracy by neural parasites to invade and conquer the Federation.
- The events of which were seen in "Conspiracy", though she was not mentioned in that episode.
In 2367, she was a member of a Starfleet panel investigating an explosion in the Enterprise-D's warp core. She uncovered a Klingon spy, J'Dan, who was on the ship as part of the Officer Exchange Program. She also revealed that Simon Tarses was part Romulan.
Convinced there were more spies on board, she revealed herself and criticized the starship's operations, in particular the command style and even questioned Picard's loyalty to the Federation. She also reminded him of the eleven thousand people killed and the thirty-nine starships destroyed at Wolf 359 when he was abducted by the Borg and assimilated into Locutus. This prompted Captain Picard to remind Satie of her family lineage and what her father thought in support of free speech and thought, which she was now fighting against.
In reaction, Satie began raving about Picard insulting her and stated her intention to destroy him personally. Admiral Thomas Henry, who was invited to observe the questioning, became so disgusted with this behavior that he suspended the inquiry and disbanded the investigations panel, destroying Satie's credibility once and for all. (TNG: "The Drumhead")
- Admiral Satie was played by actress Jean Simmons.