DeSalle

Vincent DeSalle served as the assistant chief engineer and navigator aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) during Captain Kirk's original five year mission. He was trained in many skills, including biology.

In 2267, on stardate 2124, DeSalle was one of three people who beamed down to the planet Gothos in search of Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Sulu, who had been abducted by the powerful alien Trelane.

Later that year, on stardate 3417, DeSalle accompanied Captain Kirk on a landing party to the Omicron colony on Omicron Ceti III. DeSalle discovered that, anomalously, the colonists themselves had been the only animal beings to survive exposure to the planet's berthold rays. He also performed an analysis on the crops grown by the colonists. Like the rest of the Enterprise crew, DeSalle fell under the influence of the Omicron spores and mutinied, though he later recovered thanks to a subsonic transmitter.

On stardate 3018, DeSalle was placed in command of the Enterprise while the rest of the command staff was off the ship, and spearheaded an effort to pierce the alien barrier erected by Korob to prevent the Enterprise from sending help to the landing party trapped on Pyris VII. The Enterprise crew were close to escaping the field when Korob removed it himself, as part of his effort to help the Starfleet explorers escape Sylvia's attention.

In an alternate timeline in 2268 DeSalle served as the helmsman aboard the USS Farragut (NCC-1647). Incredibly, he successfully piloted the ship through the atmosphere of the planet Gateway into the Guardian Of Forever dispite the huge cliffs and windsheer. (Star Trek: New Voyages "In Harm's Way").

Not long afterwards he was placed in command of the Enterprise while docked at Earth during a personell transfer. He reluctantly returned to the helm after Lieutenant Commander Sulu took command. He then piloted the ship out of the drydock, however, due to fatigue he accidentally switched a plus and a minus in the basic navigation equation and set the ship on a direct course for the sun. He and Sulu quickly managed to stop the ship from colliding however Captain Kirk was not at all impressed with the event. (Star Trek: New Voyages "Center Seat").

Appearances

 * Star Trek: The Original Series
 * The Squire Of Gothos
 * This Side Of Paradise
 * Catspaw


 * Star Trek Fan Films
 * Star Trek: New Voyages
 * In Harm's Way
 * Center Seat