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For crew of the USS Defiant, please see USS Defiant (NX-74205) personnel.
USS Defiant undergoing interphase, remastered

USS Defiant trapped in spatial interphase (2268)

The following Starfleet personnel served aboard the USS Defiant in 2268:

Bridge crew []

Captain []

Defiant captain, 2268

The Defiant's captain, as discovered by James T. Kirk.

The captain was a 23rd century Human Starfleet officer of the Defiant.

In 2268, he had his neck broken by an operations division crewman on the bridge, in front of his command chair. He was discovered there by the landing party from the USS Enterprise, where Dr. McCoy announced the injury he had suffered. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")

He was again discovered in the mirror universe by the landing party from the ISS Enterprise in 2155, where it was again indicated by T'Pol that captain's neck was broken. He and his assaulter's corpses were later dragged aside by Jonathan Archer, Charles Tucker III and Travis Mayweather, so as to access the Defiant's helm. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")

Archer later took over the captain's quarters as his own, and found and changed into one of his uniforms from the captain's wardrobe. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")

In "The Tholian Web", the Defiant's captain was played by Paul Baxley; in "In a Mirror, Darkly", the captain was portrayed by Eric Warfield. [1]
The script for "The Tholian Web" described him as "an older man wearing captain's stripes"; similarly the script for "In a Mirror, Darkly" described him as simply "the ship's captain", adding that "Archer eyes the gold tunic of the commanding officer."
According to the novel Interphase, Part One in the Star Trek: SCE series, he was named Thomas Blair. According to the video game Star Trek Online, he was named Gil Morrison. According to the book Star Trek: Federation - The First 150 Years he was named Daniel Staley.

Operations ensign []

Defiant captain, 2155

Operations division mutineer, as discovered by Jonathan Archer.

This ensign served in the operations division aboard the Defiant.

In 2268, he broke his captain's neck, but also succumbed due to sabotaged environmental conditions on the bridge, in front of the command chair. He was discovered there by the landing party from the USS Enterprise, where it was indicated that he broke the captain's neck. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")

He was again discovered in the mirror universe by the landing party from the ISS Enterprise in 2155, where it was again indicated that he broke the Captain's neck. His and the Captain's corpses were later dragged aside by Archer, Tucker and Mayweather, so as to access the Defiant's helm. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")

This character was portrayed by two different unknown actors in either of his two appearances.
The script for "The Tholian Web" described him as "a dead junior officer"; similarly the script for "In a Mirror, Darkly" described him as "a red-shirted Ensign."

Engineering crew[]

Command crewman 1 []

Defiant command crewman 1

A dead command crewman

This command division crewman died in the main engineering and was seen there by Ensign Pavel Chekov. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")

Played by an unknown performer.

Operations engineers []

These engineers and technicians were found dead, by Ensign Pavel Chekov, in emergency manual monitor and main engineering, proper. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")

All were portrayed by unknown performers.
The first crewman pictured also portrayed an Enterprise lieutenant in several episodes, as well as an Ekosian SS trooper.

Sciences crew woman in engineering []

Defiant sciences crew woman 1

A dead sciences crew woman

This sciences division crew woman died in main engineering, where she was apparently strangled by the insane engineer lying next to her. She was seen by Ensign Chekov there. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")

Played by an unknown performer.

Sciences crewman in engineering []

Defiant sciences crewman 1

A dead sciences crewman

This sciences division crewman died in the main engineering, and was seen there by Ensign Pavel Chekov. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")

Played by Frank da Vinci.

Sickbay personnel[]

Medical surgeon []

The medical surgeon was responsible for investigating what was happening to the Defiant's crew.

When the ship was boarded by the landing party from the Enterprise, Dr. McCoy accessed the ship's log. Based on McCoy's observations, the crew "killed each other," and that for as far as he could tell "even the medical surgeon down here didn't really know what was going on." (TOS: "The Tholian Web")

This character was only mentioned in dialogue.

Medical technician 1 []

Defiant sciences technician 1

A dead medical technician

This medical technician, affected by the insanity caused by the spatial interspace, strangled an operations division crewman in sickbay. He lied next to his victim, found dead by Doctor McCoy. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")

Played by an unknown performer.

Medical technician 2 []

Defiant sciences technician 2

A dead medical technician

This medical technician died in the sickbay of the Defiant. When the ship was caught in the interspatial rift, his body began to disintegrate. When Doctor Leonard McCoy touched him, his hand passed through his back. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")

Played by an unknown performer.

Operations crewmen in sickbay []

These crewmen were confined to biobeds in sickbay, where they later died, only to be discovered there by Doctor Leonard McCoy. One was strangled by a medical technician. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")

These crewmen were played by unknown actors.

Sciences crew women in sickbay []

These sciences division crew women died in sickbay, where they were discovered by Doctor McCoy, who came to the conclusion that they had all killed each other. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")

All were played by unknown actresses.

Sciences crewmen in sickbay []

These sciences division crewmen died in sickbay, where they were discovered by Doctor McCoy, who came to the conclusion that they all killed each other. One was confined to a biobed. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")

All were played by an unknown performer.

Crew in corridors[]

Command lieutenant []

Defiant command lieutenant

Lieutenant killed on deck 9

A blonde lieutenant in the command division was found dead on deck 9, near section 4A.

After the Defiant was pulled back and into the mirror universe, Commander Jonathan Archer and a MACO stepped over her body while trying to find Slar, a Gorn hiding nearby. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")

The lieutenant was played by Nicole Malgarini. [2]

Command crewman 2 []

Defiant command crewman 2

A dead command crewman

This crewman experienced hallucinations, and insanity due to spatial interphase which caused him and the rest of the crew to kill each other. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")

The crewman was played by an unknown actor.

Operations lieutenant []

Defiant operations lieutenant

Crewman killed by phaser fire belowdecks

This lieutenant served in the operations division as an engineer aboard the Defiant.

He was killed in 2268 by phaser fire below decks, and his body, along with a discarded phaser pistol, was the first discovered by Malcolm Reed and Jonathan Archer after they beamed aboard Defiant, after the ship had been transferred to the mirror universe. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")

This lieutenant was played by background actor Curtis Wong who received no credit for this appearance. His uniform was previously worn by Charles S. Chun in DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations". [3]
He was described in the script as "A dead engineer is splayed face-down on the deck. An old-style phaser still in his hand. He's weaking a Kirk-era Original Series uniform."
This was the first appearance of the Defiant assignment patch, which was noted in a script note as "his uniform should sport a unique Starfleet emblem, reminiscent of the familiar arrowhead." A stylized version of this shape makes up the 2150s Earth Starfleet insignia.

Operations crewman 1 []

Defiant operations crewman 1

A dead redshirt

A dead Human crewman aboard the USS Defiant. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")

Played by an Houston, TX UPN news reporter Matt Lavine. [4] [5]

Operations crewman 2 []

Defiant operations crewman 2

Operations crewman

This crewman was one of many who perished on deck 9, near where Jonathan Archer discovered the stowaway Gorn, Slar. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")

Mike Sussman as a redshirt

Sussman posing before filming an appearance as a corpse

This particular body was played by ENT writer/producer Michael Sussman, who noted that "There was a longer shot our director Martin Rush [sic] did where you could see me much more clearly, but it was cut for time."
Sussman's costume was reused from David Gerrold's appearance in DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations".
[6]
The Star Trek Customizable Card Game gives his name as Crewman Sussman, in acknowledgment of the actor who portrayed him.

Sciences lieutenants []

These lieutenant began to have hallucinations, shortly after entering a region of spatial interphase space, and eventually madness. They were killed when the crew turned on each other. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")

These lieutenants were played by Larry Krask and James Ward. [7]

Captured in mirror universe[]

Jonathan Archer (mirror) speaks to crew

Archer speaks to the new crew of the Defiant

After the death of the crew, the Defiant traveled through an interphasic rift to the year 2155 of the mirror universe, where it was captured by the Tholians who used slaves to salvage it. It was subsequently commandeered by the Jonathan Archer of that universe and his crew, who consisted of the following:

Apocrypha[]

According to a comic book issue of DC's TOS volume 1 series (#56), Tonia Barrows eventually earned a promotion to lieutenant, and served aboard Defiant, although she was injured and left the vessel before it met its fate.

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