Aeris

Captain Aeris was the commanding officer of the USS Zephyra in the late 24th century. She commanded a crew that was comprised almost completely of females. She previously commanded the USS Xena (NCC-92382) before it was destroyed in 2390.

Aeris was close friends with the Captain of the USS Phoenix-X (NCC-75948) and Commander Seifer. She regularly helped them whenever possible. 

History
In 2374, Aeris led her ship into the Tiloniam system to rescue the crew of the USS Phoenix (NCC-65420) from being destroyed by a Jem'Hadar attack. After this mission, her first officer was transferred to the Phoenix-X. ("The Tiloniam System", "The Links' Traitor", "The Tilonian System")

Later that year, while visiting the Phoenix-X, she was swept into the Gamma Quadrant with the rest of the crew when Dawn Relic hijacked the ship. Aeris returned safely with the crew when the situation was resolved. ("Crash Bandicoots")

Two years later, she and her crew were kidnapped by a Gordarion egg-ship so that they could be medically experimented on. Fortunately, they were saved by a skeleton crew from the Phoenix-X before it would be too late. ("Experimentalism")

A few months later, Captain Aeris was entrusted with Klokian's timeship by Captain Daniel of the Phoenix-X. Since the vessel was small enough to fit in the Xena`s shuttle bay, she would keep it secret for as long as possible. Aeris kept the timeship a secret from Starfleet Command, who never found out about it. ("Fight, Part III")

Relationships
When Gotens was temporarily transferred to the Xena in 2376, they became close and Gotens planned to propose to her. After Daniel was rescued from peril, Gotens was transferred back to the Phoenix-X and both Aeris and Gotens decided to end things. ("Experimentalism")

Background information

 * Aeris was named after from the video game, who was also known as Aeris Gainsborough in the English translation of the game.