Melissa Sturdevant

Melissa Jonatha Mendenhall Sturdevant (02 February 2222-January 2290) was a Starfleet line and flag officer in the 23rd century. (Star Trek: Avenger: "Reaching Taurus"; Star Trek: Shadowstar Station: Operation Blackjack)

Sturdevant was born 02 February 2222 in the Christopher's Landing colony on Titan, a satellite of Saturn (Sol VI).

USS Accord

In 2256, Lieutenant Commander Sturdevant transferred to the newly-commissioned USS Accord to become its second officer. She met Lieutenant Commander Nikolai Barstow for the first time; though 7 years her junior, he was the ship's first officer. (Star Trek: Accord: "Year One")

Senior officers of the starships Accord
	CO	XO	SO	SCI	ENG	HELM/NAV	COMM	CMO
NCC-1842:	Ibañez Anbinder J.C. Cohen Devine	N. Barstow Ramjattansingh Shappe Kinne J.C. Cohen Rose Beshures	Sturdevant Mitchell Kindermann	Ramjattansingh Gray | Kinne Devine	Sigurdsdottir Shappe Valentine	Kindermann Corwin | Avram ben Eliezer | Janek | Farkas | G. Benteen	Clark Beshures	Mangubat Ayelet ben Eliezer
Marshall-class | Sadat-class | NCC-0542 | NCC-1842 | NCC-63781 | NCV-2561842

USS Avenger

Cmdr. Sturdevant transferred to the Surya-class frigate USS Avenger as its new first officer in 2261, replacing Commander Nathan Michener. A year later, Sturdevant was promoted to captain and placed in command of Avenger for the last two years of her predecessor's four-year mission. (Star Trek: Avenger: "Early History of the USS Avenger [FR/FH 1860]")

During her tenure as captain, Avenger aided survivors of an attempted coup d'état on Yogyakarta Baru. (Star Trek: Shadowstar Station/Star Trek: Avenger: Time, See What's Become of Me)

Sturdevant was promoted to the rank of fleet captain in December, 2271. She relinquished command to her exec, Raymond Jellicho, a month later.

Senior officers of the starships Avenger
	CO	XO	SO	OPS	SCI	ENG	COMM	SEC	MED
NCC-1860:	Wesley Sturdevant Jellicho Thalazar Rosenzweig Maldonado Waidlich D. Lynch Elbrun	Michener Sturdevant Reichardt Jellicho Thalazar M. Cohen Vosseller Lane Johnson Maldonado Se'ele Uhma Waidlich T'HoD Setak	Shepherd Buonocore Dimick R. Fillmore Warren Jennings Pearson Gor | Kagan Waidlich Tyrune Courtesan	Newman Bell A. Wilson Graevyn Becker Meadows Underwood Milan S'H'l Van Houten Wyndham Sobek	Devereaux Lane Wiener R. Fillmore DiMaio Dimick Ciufo Mackay Antrim | Setak Vyerdei Parker-MacKenzie Elbrun LoreSeeker Masters	M.-J. Betancourt Thalazar Cook Newcome Shappe Padovan Zulkowski M. Rielly Courtesan	Shepherd Vosseller Gorgas A. Ellkins Wiener Anbinder Klufas Rhea Pearson T'HoD Kagan Fortier J. Lynch	D. Paris Roussell McHenry Johnson Romano Colgan Csuti rRham Jennings Gor Bergeron Sexton Horton Imahara	T'Raav M. Cohen Graulau Lindemann Levy DeMono W. Fillmore Urbanavage A.-M. Reilly Vyerdei Arudis Parker-MacKenzie Draxum Solan Sugimoto Chec Aldredge
NX-09 (mirror) | NCC-1860 | NCC-12060 | NCC-69925 | NCC-75461 | NCC-82540

Shadowstar Station

Sturdevant was the first commanding officer of Shadowstar Station, originally established to serve as a customs house for traffic in and out of the Triangle. In 2288-2289, the station would be the site of coordination for Operation Blackjack. (Operation Blackjack)

In January of 2290, Vice Admiral Sturdevant died of Sakuro's disease a month before her 68th birthday. In recognition of her contributions to Starfleet, she was posthumously promoted to full Admiral. (Time, See What's Become of Me; Star Trek: Avenger: "Nobody, Not Even the Rain, Has Such Small Hands")

Senior officers of Shadowstar Station
	CO	XO	JAG	OPS	ENG	SEC	WCDR	CFTO
SFR-721:	Sturdevant | N. Barstow | H.H. Velasco | M. Rowley	N. Barstow	Lawrence	Ibernerra	D. Betancourt	Arismunandar | Kel-Qrex	Boone | D'Gron	H. Sastrowardoyo
SFR-721

Background information

The character was named for the singer-songwriters Melissa Etheridge and Jonatha Brooke.