• The Captain - a veteran of deep space travel in his mid-forties. Modelled after Christopher Pike and Scott Glenn's character on The Hunt for Red October.
  
• Chief Medical Officer - an older physician who's been friends with the captain for a long time. Modelled after Philip Boyce.
  
• Executive Officer - Middle-aged woman. Think Brenda Strong or Marg Helgenberger. Bound for a command of her own in a few years. Has a husband and family back on the homebase colony.
  
• Science Officer - A tall Vulcan woman. Think actress Bridget Moynahan.
  
• Weapons/Tactical Officer - A lean and fiery latina. Modelled after actress Tia Texada (Third Watch).
  
• Chief Engineer - a brilliant and introverted geeky guy. Modelled after actor Jeff Goldblum.
  
• Junior Officers - rotating bridge officers for helm, navigation, communications and officer on deck, including a young Andorian ensign. They will also be used for landing and boarding parties.

• Marine Commander - a no-nonsense black man, good friends with TAC. Think actor Don Franklin (Seven Days, SeaQuest DSV).
  
• Marine commandos

• Intelligence Operative - Outside the normal chain-of-command, he's somewhat disillusioned but has some knowledge of the new territories the ship is visiting. Clashes often with TAC. Think actor Michael Biehn.

• The Governor General - not the normal obnoxious Starfleet brass, but a sympathetic, yet tough man. Modelled after Admiral Chegwidden (John M. Jackson) on JAG.
  
• The Captain of the USS Ariel - a tough female commander on a smaller Starfleet destroyer that encounter and helps the Hibernia from time to time. Modelled after the Angelina Jolie character on Sky Captain. Has a previous history with the Captain of the Hibernia. Could be played by Jolene Blalock.
  
• The Husband of the XO - he's an executive of an agricultural corporation.

Rigil Kent

6 Aug 2008, 17:45

I actually had an idea for a bridge series between ENT & TOS many moons back (unsurprisingly, set aboard the NX-06 Endeavour) though I've since raided that idea rather significantly for characters and the like for the more recent END fics.

• CAPTAIN NATHANIEL HAYES: CO (in his mid-60s). Son of the MACO Major killed during the Enterprise's journey in the Expanse, Hayes joined Starfleet following the death of his father (and was subsequently disowned by his MACO family). Seeing a situation nearly identical to his own, Malcolm Reed became Hayes' unofficial sponsor and surrogate father. Hayes has turned down several promotions to remain a Captain; he has no desire for flag rank. Missing his left arm (from elbow down) so he generally sends Kent on Away missions instead of going himself. He served as CPT Travis Mayweather's XO and blames himself for Mayweather's death; as a result, he tends to cover LT JG Mayweather's ass more often than he should.
  
• COMMANDER AIDAN JASON KENT: XO (technically First Officer, but Hayes refers to him as "XO"). A 29-year old Augment (potentially freeborn), Kent was raised on Vulcan by Koss and T'Lin. His adopted mother, T'Lin, was a scientist in the Vulcan Science Directorate and was part of an expedition that encountered a new "batch" of Augments that had been birthed at the behest of Terra Prime terrorists. T'Lin discovered the newborn among the T.P. facility and, suffering from severe emotional imbalances brought on by back-to-back miscarriages, promptly adopted him as her son, Turak. Unable to convince his wife of the illogical nature of her actions, Koss acquiesced and grew to see the child as his own also; when T'Lin died fourteen years later during her attempt to attain kolinahr, Turak blamed his father and fled Vulcan. He spent five years with a human named Aidan Cross who was an ex-Starfleet officer (and secretly an operative for Section-31.) It was Cross who created the AJ Kent identity and, following his death, "AJ" joined Starfleet. His Augment heritage is a secret but it is unlikely that Starfleet Command is entirely unaware of it. (He is unaware that his adopted father spent the entire five years he was away from Vulcan pursuing him.) NOTE: He is the main character, not the captain, and suffers from extreme anger management issues; in most ways, he's more Vulcan than the Vulcan character in the show, though his facade cracks a lot around his best friend, LCDR Li. I'd also be very tempted to actively go after Alec Newman to portray this character, thus implying the character's genetics are based on Newman's ENT Augment character.
  
• LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ALLISON LI: Primary tactical officer (WEPS) and third-in-command, she is CDR Kent's "go to gal" in tense situations as the two have an unlikely rapport during combat situations. Explosively outgoing, she is of Australian and Chinese descent (Aussie accent, mildly oriental appearance.) She has known Kent for her entire Starfleet career (having roomed with him at the Academy for her first three years) and served with him aboard the Intrepid; like MCPO Sulu, she secretly knows he is an Augment but honestly doesn't care. May or may not be in love with him.
  
• DOCTOR T'LESSA: CMO. Daughter of Commanders T'Pol & Tucker, T'Lessa (or "Lizzie" as her father calls her) spent much of her early years with the Denobulan doctor Phlox (who was directly responsible for helping her parents conceive a viable infant) and his influence on her early childhood eventually led to her becoming a medical physician. She is not a member of Starfleet but is a member of the Vulcan Medical Directorate; as Starfleet is suffering from a lack of qualified physicians, she was accepted aboard the as the CMO. She holds an unofficial rank of Lieutenant-Commander but does not fall into the chain of command. Her half-Human heritage is a closely guarded secret, though there are numerous hints at her ties to Trip & T'Pol (tastes in food, choice of clothes, appreciation of jazz, etc.) NOTE: I originally intended for her to be the Elizabeth of Terra Prime fame, but decided against it. Eventually, we would learn that Tucker's death was faked because of TP threats in 2161 (ala TATV) and that he retired to Vulcan with T'Pol.
  
• LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER DRAHN: Chief engineer, he is the first Andorian to have joined Starfleet. Like T'Pol before him, he suffered a great deal of prejudice from the members of his race when he decided to join. He has something of a chip on his shoulder despite being an excellent engineer; ironically, he also suffers from what Captain Hayes refers to as a the Tucker syndrome while on Away missions (i.e., always getting injured, captured, etc.)
  
• LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR-GRADE) KARI MAYWEATHER: Helm. Granddaughter of Travis Mayweather, she is CPT Hayes' preferred pilot (much like Travis was Archer's). A brash pilot, she is firmly convinced that there is nothing she cannot fly. So far, she appears to be correct. She is very much a Starbuck-type of character who is often getting into trouble because of a short temper. Unfortunately, this puts her at odds with the XO a great deal of time and CDR Kent has no difficulties in disciplining her. NOTE: Her resemblance to "Kara Thrace" is accidental; I had the name and characterization picked out long before nuBSG's mini-series came out. Looking back, however, I'd obviously have to change her personality and trouble-making tendencies significantly, and I'd also seriously consider eliminating her link to Travis Mayweather, though I do like the link it gives her to Hayes.
  
• LIEUTENANT PILAR BENITEZ: Comm officer. Hispanic descent. Secretly involved in a clandestine romance with LT-CDR Drahn. A wide-eyed optimist, she has a fascination with all things alien. An actual person of Hispanic origin with an actual Hispanic accent should play this character.
  
• LIEUTENANT ALESSANDRO EL-HAMADI: Science officer, he is of Italian and Arabian descent and is the "prettiest" man aboard. He has turned seduction into a science. Quite brilliant but a a bit on the arrogant side. Like Benitez, someone not of American ancestry should play this character.
  
• MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER HISANO SULU: Chief of the Boat (COB), senior enlisted man aboard the and longtime friend of Captain Hayes. Married with children although he doesn't often see his family. One of the few people aboard the who is aware that Kent is an Augment (although the XO is not aware that Sulu knows); he initially loathed Kent but the younger man has earned his respect in the three and a half years Kent has been aboard the ship. NOTE: In retrospect, I'd probably eliminate the "Sulu" to his name because of the "fanwank" connections already present.
  
• ENSIGN ROBERT APRIL: Replacement security officer, he is one of the newest aboard the and is 3rd-generation Starfleet. Eventually replaces LT CDR Li upon her death. Initially, he is little more than a background character but he grows in prominence as the series progresses and ultimately becomes a Main Character. The series would ultimately end with his transfer off of Endeavour to a bigger ship - it couldn't be the -1701, because that ship isn't launched until 2245 and this show begins around 2201 or so, but the final episode might be a flash-forward to CPT April becoming the commander of the 1701.

• The Outlands flares up as the Orion Syndicate begins making moves to reclaim their authority, which prompts the Federation to move more ships into the region. This prompts many to question whether the Federation is a liberating force or an occupying one. At the same time, Romulans begin exercising a discreet presence in the Outlands and we eventually learn they are behind the Orions decision to make a move against the Federation.
• LCDR Li is recruited into Section 31. She eventually transfers off the ship and gets involved in a covert operation to uncover traitors leaking secrets to the Orions; during this mission, she sees a Romulan, recognizes what this means, but is betrayed and murdered by her partner who is ostensibly a Vulcan.
• Soval guests as he mediates over a bloody war zone. He is killed, but transfers his katra to AJ (who is the only one available). Due to some head trauma, there is a bit of psychic leakage and AJ never fully gets rid of Soval's mental presence.
• AJ & T'Lessa become good friends. Because of his upbringing, whenever they converse, they usually do so in Vulcan. After Li dies, this friendship becomes something more.