Jonathan Archer (mirror)

Commander Jonathan Archer was a Terran who served aboard the ISS Enterprise as first officer. Although seemingly unambitious, he secretly desires the captaincy for himself. 

Before In a Mirror, Darkly
Archer also served as helmsman and was often sent on diplomatic missions by Captain Forrest just to get him off the ship and be rid of him for a while. He was also one of the few senior officers to associate with Chef (ISS Enterprise NX-01). On January 23 2153, Archer was on the bridge and initiated contact with a Vissians starship just before Forrest arrived. While several Vissians visited Enterprise, Archer spent some time in a stratopod with the Vissian captain, Drennik. Afterwards, Archer and Commander T'Pol met Commander Tucker in the first officer's quarters to discuss Tucker's interactions with a Vissian cogenitor. He intended to protect Tucker as best he could from further punishment, but then witnessed the cogenitor swear allegiance to the Terran Empire. With no choice but to protect the cogenitor, Archer and Forrest tried to make Drennik and the other Vissians let the cogenitor go peacefully, but this proved unsuccessful. Archer steered the ship when Enterprise fled to its assault fleet to deal with the Vissians head on. When Starfleet finally captured the Vissian ship, Tucker gloated that this served them right as they refused to allow the cogenitor to read, which Archer and Reed agreed with, though with some reluctance. (Before In a Mirror, Darkly)