Styles

Captain Styles was a Starfleet line officer on active duty in the 23rd century. 


 * Styles had no canon given name. The Star Trek: Excelsior novel Forged in Fire gives him the first name of Lawrence and a middle initial, H.

Styles was a commanding officer with a conservative and supercilious style of command. He was known to carry a swagger stick, allegedly a Klingon artifact. He had previously served on the USS in the 2260s.

Styles commanded USS during initial trials of its transwarp drive propulsion system. After several members of the crew of USS attempted to escape from Earth Spacedock in 2285, Excelsior attempted pursuit but her systems had been sabotaged — by the newly appointed Captain of Engineering, Montgomery Scott.

Forged in Fire

 * The following contains spoilers for the novel Star Trek: Excelsior — Forged in Fire, which was released in late December of 2007.

Despite the embarrassment of the incident, Styles retained command of Excelsior but was forced to accept Commander Hikaru Sulu as his first officer. The latter served together through the end of 2289 when Styles was one of those killed by saboteurs at the Korvat peace conference. ( novel: )