#ensign hoshi sato

[misterparadigm]

The SIXTH in a series of full Star Trek cast pieces is complete! Star Trek: Enterprise, featuring Captain Jonathan Archer, Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III, Commander T'Pol, Dr. Phlox, Lieutenant Malcolm Reed, Ensign Hoshi Sato, one of the Sphere Builders, Crewman Daniels, Commander Shran, Admiral Forrest, Xindi-Primate Scientist Degra, and Xindi-Reptilian Commander Dolim.

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ENT FINAL

[bumblingbabooshka]

Star Trek Enterprise episode where the ship has to investigate something happening on a planet that's basically just Earth in the early 1900's so Archer, Trip and Malcolm are the only ones to go down (T'Pol says all three of them shouldn't go down and they say 'where's your adventurer's spirit??' as per usual) but then we just spend the majority of the episode on the ship with Hoshi, Travis and T'Pol as they investigate an entirely separate matter and also talk/bond about feeling like they don't quite fit in with everyone else. They're trying to find the source of some sort of noise on board. Travis is talking about how this sort of noise is actually pretty common to hear on spacecrafts, his father told him a story about it when it scared him as a kid! T'Pol's like "That story is illogical." and reveals that the Vulcans know what that is - some sort of pest common aboard spacecrafts. She starts making plans to find and remove it (the process of finding it includes several hijinks) but Hoshi stops them at the last minute and is like WAIT I think it's trying to communicate with us! It's not an animal- or, if it IS an animal it's sentient enough to try to speak with us! And then they have to deal with it all from there. Anytime we have a check in with les garçons blancs it's through a phone call and they're in an increasingly ridiculous scenario which we only get a glimpse of before the communicators get cut off (the pest is chewing through the wires etc) so Hoshi's like "Do you think they'll be alright???" and Travis & T'Pol are like "Yeah, they'll be fine."

[thresholdbb]

What kinda linguistic mega genius is this?

[deadheaddaisy]

Dealer's choice!

Cute/funny - "Do you know that your eyes actually have three different colours?" "You're very close."

Sweet/romantic - because physical touch is the other's love language and they deserve all the love

Go as the muse moves you! 🥰

Since you answered my ask so swiftly, and I managed to get this one out in an hour - a possible record for me! - here goes!

Hoshi leaned back and avoided the foot that was heading for her face, missing it by millimetres. “Too slow,” she teased, whirling in a standing cartwheel to swing her own foot at Malcolm as they let the capoeira direct their limbs in a freestyle series of kicks and punches. 

“I wouldn’t like to make contact with your face anyway,” was his rejoinder, “bare-foot or not. It’d hurt, and we don’t want that.”

“Yep, and smelly feet aren’t my thing,” she riposted, a sly smile on her face as she turned and jumped, kicking out from a standing position.

“Smelly feet?” Malcolm stopped for a moment, outraged - long enough for her to hook a foot around his ankle and pull, sending him tumbling to the mat. 

Even as he went down, she was moving, pushing her shoulder against his leg, bringing it up while she threw her weight laterally across his torso and lifted, pinning his shoulders in a cradle move. Although he tried to kick out, she managed to hold him down for three seconds before releasing him, turning swiftly to lay her entire body the length of his and grab his wrists, pinning them beside his head. 

“Got you down fair and square that time!” she panted, her grin of victory blazing bright. 

Malcolm grinned back up at her. “Square, yes. Fair?” he winked, managing to raise a sceptical eyebrow at the same time. 

“Hey, not my fault if you were distracted by me insulting your feet!”

He laughed. “I’m not sure another opponent would take you seriously if you said their feet smelled,” he teased, content to let her pin him for the moment. 

Laughing in return, she lowered her head and bumped his nose with hers. “I’ll be sneakier against other opponents,” she chuckled. “Besides, I haven’t gone up against anyone else I want to get down to the mat and hold there.”

“Is that so, Ensign Sato?”

“It is indeed, Lieutenant Reed. And as I recall, you promised to let me kick your - ‘arse’, was it? - at least once a session. So I’m taking advantage of that.” Hoshi winked, satisfaction in her gaze. 

He smiled and tugged gently at his wrists, with no real intention of getting free. It was fun when Hoshi insisted on pinning him so she could feel in control despite his superior strength. He’d never let anyone else use this hold on him.

Then she focused on his eyes, leaning over his and moving her legs to straddle him so she could get closer. “Did you know,” she said conversationally, staring at his irises from millimetres away, “that your eyes actually have three colours? A greenish-grey, some pale gold, and a little amber around the pupil. Oh, and a tiny speck of - hmm, maybe blue? - in your left eye.” 

Malcolm chuckled. “I did know,” he told her. “But you have to be very close to see it. Otherwise they just look grey. Or sometimes green, depending on the light.”

“Well then,” she smirked, “It’ll be our little secret. Unless Phlox gets up close and personal with your eyes, I guess.” Her eyes twinkled at him, and suddenly he twisted his wrists out of her grasp, surged upward and rolled so she was the one pinned. 

“Hmm, let’s see,” he murmured, straddling her and getting up close to her eyes in turn. “Shades of brown, ranging from dark chocolate to black coffee and a bit of amber. Nice.” He booped her nose gently with his own. “Also some shades of irritation, I see,” he teased. “Can’t help it if I want to be on top, Ensign. It’s a command imperative.”

“God, stop it, you’re so full of nonsense!” she exclaimed, trying to buck him off, but failing. Trying to look annoyed, she started giggling as he booped her nose again, then released her and rolled off, jumping to his feet and holding out a hand to help her up. 

“Let’s take this nonsense back to my quarters, then, shall we? I think the time is ripe for some massages and extra cuddles, minx.”

Taking his hand, she jumped to her feet in turn, and bumped his hip with hers. “You’ve got it, hero. Let’s go.”

[naeviaas]

'Ensign, if we don't serve something soon we're gonna have a riot on our hands.' Hoshi Sato in 2.09 Singularity

[fancoloredglasses]

Enterprise (A prequel that looks FAR more advanced than its future)

[All images are owned by Paramount. Please don’t sue me]

With the release of First Contact, it was established that mankind would achieve faster than light travel in 2063, 67 years from when the film premiered (or 39 years from now. Come on Cochrane, get a move on!) However, it would be almost 90 years from then that Earth would truly begin exploring space.

(Thanks to Rui Cruz)

Enterprise (produced by Rick Berman and (sigh...) Brannon Braga) is the final Star Trek series until Paramount+ went online. It follows the early space exploration done by Earth ten years before the founding of the United Federation of Planets (so the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) is the first Federation starship to bear the name, while this Enterprise is an Earth vessel)

Speaking of…

Enterprise (NX-01) is the first Earth vessel capable of achieving Warp 5 (125 times the speed of light), and the first capable of deep space exploration (though it will take a few weeks between systems) Despite being about 100 years technologically inferior to the USS Enterprise, it looks much more advanced (great continuity there, Braga!), but surely the interior looks more clunky, right?

OK, it does look a lot more cramped, but still looks like it was designed later than the 1960s.

Now, onto the uniforms

(Thanks to The Hollywood Reporter)

The standard Starfleet (what NASA would become after the invention of the warp drive) uniform is much like that of NASA flight suits: a blue jumpsuit. However, the color coding is still there (and following the colors for TOS) on the shoulder pads.

You will no doubt notice the two non-humans among the main cast. I’ll get to those later. Now, onto the legendary crew of this historic vessel that would help usher in the formation of the United Federation of Planets…

The Commanding Officer is Captain Jonathan Archer (played by Scott Bakula, formerly the star of the original Quantum Leap) Archer pretty much has the weight of Earth on his shoulders, as the success or failure of humanity’s journey to the stars depends on him. Too bad he doesn’t trust any of Earth’s allies. He also brought his beagle (Porthos) along for the journey (hope he’s starship-broken)

Speaking of allies, his First Officer and Science Officer is Sub-Commander T’Pol of the Vulcan High Command (played by Jolene Blalock), who was assigned to Enterprise in exchange for the Vulcans’ star charts after Enterprise blundered into Klingon space.

The Vulcans felt humans were not ready for interstellar travel and held back technology until they felt Earth was ready for it. Many on Enterprise initially feel that T’Pol was sent to spy on them for the Vulcans. She eventually leaves the Vulcan High Command to become an official member of Enterprise’s crew.

The Chief Engineer is Commander Charles “Trip” Tucker (played by Connor Trinneer) and is an old friend of Archer’s. He is responsible for upgrading and debugging the new technology Enterprise has equipped. Later in the series, he has a relationship with T’Pol.

The Head of Security and Tactical/Armory Officer is Lt. Malcolm Reed (played by Dominic Keating) Reed’s family was all Royal Navy, but Malcolm is aquaphobic, so he joined Starfleet. As a member of a military family, he understands the need for discipline and attempts to instill it on Enterprise (with mixed results)

(Thanks to Sipping Kanar with Dukat)

The Communications Officer is Ensign Hoshi Sato (played by Linda Park), who is an expert linguist that learns languages quickly, which is important as the Universal Translator (the device that makes everyone speak perfect English) hasn’t been developed at the start of the series.

The Helmsman is Ensign Travis Mayweather (played by Anthony Montgomery), who was born in space and knows many of the races along Earth’s trade routes.

The ship’s doctor (not Chief Medical Officer as he’s not officially part of Starfleet, but is just along for the ride) is Dr. Phlox (a Denoubulan played by John Billingsly), an expert in xeno-medicine, able to treat the crew when they encounter something that Earth medicine hasn’t yet encountered.

Of course, it wouldn’t be Star Trek without other races to butt heads with.

It also wouldn’t be Star Trek if the Klingons weren’t somehow involved (yes, in this prequel the forehead ridges are around, then somehow disappear in tome for TOS, then reappear in time for The Motion Picture. Can someone explain this please?

(Thanks to Vladimir)

Thanks, Braga Worf!

Also, there should be Romulans.

Fortunately, someone informed Braga that no one knows what the Romulans look like until TOS.

We also see the first contact with the Andorians, who are more than a bit wary of Enterprise since they are allied with the Vulcans (who they are at war with)

We also see a brand new enemy starting in season 3: the Xindi (When I first heard the name advertised, I was hoping I heard the Kzinti, but no luck) The Xindi are an alliance of several species (primate, insectoid, reptilian, and amphibian)

However, Brannon Braga’s lackadaisical approach to continuity reared its head in two major continuity errors with two factions that should not have been seen for another 200 years or so:

The Ferengi

...and the Borg, both of which had (thankfully) only one appearance.

The series ran for four seasons before being cancelled due to low ratings (the first since TOS to end prematurely) However, they got a proper final sendoff…

(Thanks to April 5, 2063)

If you would like to watch the series, it’s available on Paramount+ or behind your favorite paywall. If there is an episode you would like me to review, please let me know!

[spacefinch]

Finch rambles: Star Wars/Star Trek

I was just thinking about Commander Jun Sato from Star Wars Rebels (CRIMINALLY underrated character), and I thought, "hey, he would be equally at home in the Star Trek universe."

So, without further ado, I present my headcanons (all set during the TNG/DS9 era):

In the Star Trek AU, his rank is Captain, since that's the highest rank for a starship. (The starship he commands is called the USS Liberator-- the same name as his blockade runner in Star Wars canon.)

Great (or great-great) grandson of Hoshi Sato (the linguist in Star Trek enterprise).

Says he doesn't like children. Is actually great with children.

Often goes on away missions with his crew.

Sato's nephew Mart Mattin joins the crew as an acting ensign after the events of "The Best of Both Worlds."

(Note: In this AU, Mart's parents were killed in the battle of Wolf 359. Having no other living relatives, Mart then went to live with his uncle Jun.)

Both uncle and nephew have a deep-seated hatred for the Borg.

More notes:

More action than talk. (His speeches are short and to the point.)

Doesn't get much sleep.

Tea-drinker (but not earl grey, since that's Picard's thing).

Seems like a stickler for rules, but he will not hesitate to break the Prime Directive in order to save lives.

During the events of Star Trek TNG, he's in his early 40s. He has never married or had kids. (He's aroace.)

Literature nerd.

Also likes ancient video games, such as "Pokemon" and "The Legend of Zelda." He and Mart got their hands on some old consoles and fixed them so they could play video games together.

Friends with Captain Sisko and the DS9 crew.

Several of the younger crew members have called Captain Sato "Dad." He doesn't mind, and in fact likes it. (And then calls Sisko, whose crewmates do the same thing to him.)

[best-star-trek-character]

Round Two

[whirligig-girl]

Isabel Guz! In the 22nd-And-A-Half Century!

Image ID: Digital drawing of a Eaurp Guz and Hoshi Sato in the NX-01 starship Enterprise mess hall. Guz is a green slimegirl, Hoshi Sato is a japanese human woman. They are both wearing navy-blue united earth starfleet jumpsuits. Hoshi's uniform has blue lining and Guz's uniform has red lining. They both have ensign's pips. Guz looks a little flustered and melty, while Hoshi just looks happy. Guz is eating soup. Hoshi has a sandwich and some beans. There is a purple and blue nebula visible out the window.  End ID.

pre-ent-season-1 Introduction to Isabel Guz under the cut:

Ensign Guz was in the 602 club, enjoying a fruity beverage and talking to Ensign Reed about Titan V missiles. Guz was in uniform--her navy-blue jumpsuit with red stripes, but Reed was wearing a polo shirt and shorts. Reed spotted his crewmates from across the room and waived them over to the booth.

"Uh, Isabel, this is, ahem, Lieutenant Tucker and Commander Archer, from Project Enterprise."

"Please, call me Trip."

Guz's eyes went wide. "Wow! Howdy, I'm, uh, Ensign Isabel Guz, nice to meetchy'all."

Trip cocked his head to the side. "Ensign, where you from?"

"No clue sir, but I was raised in Greensboro."

"Ah, one of them reclaimation project towns?" Trip said.

Guz nodded. "There weren't much uh the city left after the 2nd civil war, but that meant it wasn't one of the targets during world war three."

Commander Archer chuckled to himself, then cleared his throat. "I think you and Trip have a lot in common. He was raised in Panama City."

"A real life Florida man...," Guz marvelled.

"In the flesh," Trip said.

"Have you ever made it out to Cape Canaveral? I know it's mostly a crater reclaimed by swamp at this point but I've heard the historical society opened the ruins of the VAB to visitors! I've always wanted to go, but I never found the time, and--"

"Calm down Ensign. I've done better than that. I've seen the preserved Saturn Five booster in Huntsville, Alabama."

"No... way..." Guz said.

"Forgive me for prying but, what's with the, uhh..." Archer said, gesturing vaguely at Guz's whole deal.

“The slime? The Vulcan scientists said I came to them as a cylinder of biomimetic compound salvaged from a Zaldan Empire ship. They didn't get any records, so I dunno what planet I'm from. Ain't like it matters; as far as I'm concerned, I'm from North Carolina."

"Zaldans?" Archer said

"They're at a similar level of development to Earth, but with much wider infrastructure. That's all the Vulcans told me about them.”

“So are you like, some kinda shapeshifter?” Trip said.

“If you want to learn all about me, feel free to read the Vulcan paper, Development and Maturation of a Biomimetic Mold Organism. If you can read Vulcan, that is. You’ll learn all about my shapeshifting abilities, or lackthereof; my fluidity, material structure, sentience profile… pain response.”

The table went silent. Guz looked down awkwardly, more upset that she’d made things awkward than about what the Vulcans did to her all those years ago.

“Hey, ma’am, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to--”

Guz feigned cheering up. “It’s ok. We all know how Vulcans can be!”

The waitress came up to the table. “The usuals, gentlemen?”

“Thanks, Ruby,” Archer said.

“How ‘bout Isabel?” Trip said.

“You’ve already guessed that one,” Ruby said.

“Damn,” Trip said, snapping his fingers.

“Wh-what was that about?” Guz said.

“Ruby said she’ll marry the first guy who guesses what she wants to name her kids.”

Guz muttered under her breath, “or maybe the first slimegirl…”

Archer furrowed his brow and pursed his lips, a little surprised.

Ruby came back with some drinks, and Archer continued in his small talk. “So, Ensign, where are you assigned?”

“I’m on Captain Jeffries’ engineering team.”

“Oh, damn, is he overworking you?” Trip said.

“I can handle the workload,” Guz said. “But I’m hoping to actually get… you know, out there some day. I’m hoping to get on one of those Freedoms, or maybe an Intrepid--”

[trip-tuckers-hyperspanner]

The Time the Friends Got Involved - 2

5 Times Trip Was Dumb + 1 Time He Wasn't

Hoshi Sato and Malcolm Reed stood side-by-side in the situation room, listening to three very powerful figures raise their voices over a situation involving a comet, an alien man with very sticky fingers, and three barrels of some kind of seaweed. One of them wished everyone would quiet down; the other one was watching his friends get a little too involved in all the fighting.

Charles “Trip” Tucker III slammed his hands down on the table. “I’m telling you, it doesn’t make sense what you’re saying! He weaseled us out of a month’s supply of rations!”

“Commander, if you simply looked at the benefits of this situation, you would see we are perfectly capable of gaining back what we have lost,” Sub-Commander T’Pol said in her steely voice. Her head was raised higher than usual. 

“Would you two stop fighting for once?” Archer snapped. “Let’s figure out a way to do this correctly! The last thing we need is another torpedo to hit our port nacelle.”

Malcolm sucked in a sharp breath. His fingers curled into a fist, tucked right underneath his chin. His poor port nacelle. He would never be able to recalibrate it in time…

“Maybe if we just talked to the Merian government?” Hoshi offered up. “I’m sure they’d love to negotiate with us. Besides, we had no idea he was a prisoner! If we just returned Fraydik —”

“If we returned Fraydik, we would lose our command codes,” T’Pol said. “Until we’ve retrieved them, we cannot let him go.”

“She has a point,” Malcolm told Hoshi softly.

“Then why not override them?” Trip snapped. He moved in closer to the Sub-Commander. Their noses were barely a hair’s breadth away. “We’ve got an entire planetary government down there with all of their guns pointed straight for us. That’s how crazy they are to get this guy!”

A charge filled the room. Captain Archer turned away and pinched his nose. Shockingly, he was the only one who seemed to be unaware of the volcanic, electric energy that was radiating off of his two most senior officers. Hoshi and Malcolm shared a small look. It didn’t take an armory officer or a translator to understand there were weapons being used that couldn’t be seen and words being shared that couldn’t be heard. 

“Commander, I understand your frustrations, but taking this out on me will not solve your problems.” T’Pol took a deep breath in and very gently pushed Trip away from her.

Trip, who usually took any excuse to be as stubborn as a mule, suddenly backed down. “You’re right,” he said, breathing out slowly. “You’re right; I’m sorry. I am frustrated. This isn’t your fault, is it? It’s Fraydik’s.”

“Now can we start talking like civilized people?” Jonathan Archer pleaded. 

T’Pol barely moved, but it was apparently enough for the Chief Engineer. Trip nodded, gestured for the Sub-Commander to take a seat, and even pulled her chair out for her. She sat down without question.

Malcolm and Hoshi were making faces at each other now. This was highly unacceptable! This had never happened before! What happened to the bickering that was happening not even moments ago? Was there some sort of telepathic oddity they missed out on? What was this… this… anomaly?

The rest of the meeting went smoothly. Fraydik would be used as a bargaining chip and their command codes would be switched. Hoshi would navigate the negotiations; Malcolm would watch for any weapons being fired; Trip would be down by the warp core waiting to take off at the first sign of trouble. It was a relatively simple plan. It was a relatively brilliant plan. It had been mostly devised by Commander Tucker and Sub-Commander T’Pol once they had gotten over their little spat. 

It still frightened the lieutenant and the ensign how flawlessly the two had gotten over their differences. It had never happened in the years they had known each other and been friendly; when they fought, the whole ship knew about it. Sometimes they wouldn’t speak for days!

As they walked out of the situation room together, Hoshi and Malcolm were silent until Trip and T’Pol made their own way down the corridor together. They had moved on to talking about something else entirely, chit-chatting and seemingly happy together. Well… as happy as a Vulcan could possibly be, anyway.

“Oh, God,” Malcolm muttered. “There’s no possible way.”

“What do you mean?” Hoshi asked, furrowing her brow. “You mean… them?”

“Of course, I mean them! He’s in love with her,” he continued. He had a sour taste in his mouth. “He’s got to be! There’s no other reason for him to be following her around like a puppy, is there?”

“It does seem like it, doesn’t it? I mean… They do everything together,” she agreed. Ensign Sato crossed her arms. “He did ask me to teach him Vulcan recently.”

“See? That’s all the evidence you need.” Malcolm mirrored her pose. “Trip’s fallen in love with the one woman who can’t love him back.”

Hoshi bit her lip. “Don’t say it like that. It makes it sound sad,” she said. “But he could also just be her friend. Look at us, Malcolm; we do everything together. It doesn’t mean we’re in love.”

“We don’t do everything together.” He met her eyes, frowning. “Do we?”

A beat passed.

“Nevermind that now,” he said, clearing his throat. “I think we ought to tell Trip what he’s getting himself into. It’s not right for him to be pining after T’Pol.”

“But he’s also the only person she’ll let get that close to her,” Hoshi added. “Maybe she’s got feelings for him. Maybe we’ve got it wrong.”

“Us? Wrong? About relationships?” Reed scoffed. “Since when?”

She only rolled her eyes. “Come on, Malcolm.”

They started walking toward Engineering, hoping against hope that T’Pol would already be gone by the time they caught up to Trip. She wasn’t horrible or anything — in fact, most of Archer’s inner circle loved T’Pol very much. It was just that it would be pretty awful for her to hear how much Malcolm and Hoshi disapproved of anything more than friendship between them. It wasn’t really their place to say anything, but that was what friends did for friends — they told each other who they should and shouldn’t get involved with. 

When they managed to find their way into Engineering, they were lucky enough to find Trip all by himself. 

“Oh, thank God,” Malcolm whispered. He took Hoshi’s hand. “Come on, old girl, let’s go break lover boy’s heart.”

“Hey, guys,” Trip called when he saw them approaching. He slipped behind the warp core. “Whatcha up to?”

“We have something we think you should know,” Hoshi started before quickly ducking behind Malcolm. “It’s kind of important.”

“It’s very important,” Malcolm corrected. “Honestly, mate, we wouldn’t be saying anything unless we didn’t really care about you, so please don’t —”

“— Be mad that you two are together? Finally?” Trip beamed, tinkering around in some kind of compartment. He ducked his head out just enough to see them and their conjoined hands. “That’s real sweet, you know. I’ve been saying to T’Pol it’ll be nice to see you two try it out.”

“T’Pol knows?” Hoshi squeaked. Malcolm quickly dropped her hand. This was not going to plan at all! “What did she tell you? Aren’t you two… you know?”

“Of course, she does,” he laughed. “She’s smart, remember? Besides, I practically spend all day with her, anyway, now that you two spend a lot of time together. It’s cute, though; I think you’re both very lucky. It’s not every day your friend becomes your special friend, you know?”

“Trip, that’s actually not what we were going to —”

“Don’t be bashful!” Trip chided. He ducked back behind the warp core. “Everyone saw it coming a mile away…”

Hoshi and Malcolm looked at each other and sighed. “Trip, what we came here to tell you was —”

“Archer to Lieutenant Reed.”

“Here, sir,” Malcolm said obediently. He did his best not to roll his eyes at the third interruption in a row. How was Captain Archer to know they were trying to discourage their friend’s obvious romantic feelings for a Vulcan? It wasn’t as if it was put in everyone’s daily news feed. 

“I need you and Hoshi to report to the Bridge as soon as possible, please. We’re about to start negotiations with the ambassadors, but they’d prefer it if we kept it on our own territories for the first half.”

“Understood, sir. We’ll be there right away.” Reed huffed shortly. “Let’s go, Hoshi.”

“Bye, guys!” Tucker said happily. It was like nothing bad ever happened to him. 

Trip had no idea there was anything going on between him and T’Pol. It was as if the thought had never even graced his brain! Meanwhile, Sato and Reed had to deal with the now-circulating rumor that they were together…

“That went well,” Hoshi said sarcastically.

“It could have been worse,” Malcolm reasoned. “Besides, if we’re going to be together now, we might as well let whatever’s happening between the two of them play out. Who knows? We might just like it.” His own sarcasm had slipped in.

“You don’t like me?” 

He stopped. “Of course, I like you. Only, I — I didn’t — I thought you —” Malcolm finally did roll his eyes, sauntering like a child. “Oh, if you don’t want to be my girlfriend, just say so, and let’s get this over with.”

“I may be a little slow, but I’m not Trip,” she smirked. “Let’s just stick with ‘girlfriend’ and see what happens.”

[nebulouscoffee]

For the character ask game: Hoshi Sato, Seven of Nine, and Wesley Crusher!

Hahaha thanks for being my no.1 enabler as usual and sending me such a great triple ask! Prepare for Essay <3

Hoshi

one aspect about them i love

Her whole multilingual thing and having to figure it all out without the Universal Translator was so, so cool to me. Honestly, when I think back to what worked from Enterprise's whole "early days" pitch, it's the first thing that comes to mind. And gosh her backstory with the isolation she felt as a gifted child who spent most of her time in classes... all those languages, and no one to speak to. Really makes her presence on Earth's first deep space mission Hit Different!

one aspect i wish more people understood about them

Well, that she's actually quite a three-dimensional character! Yes, they often didn't know what to do with her and her screentime got reduced later on, but she's more than just the "naive young ensign" archetype- in fact, one of my favourite things about her is how uniquely real she feels (that scene where she had to settle a dispute with some aliens they'd accidentally pissed off and she didn't even speak their language and was straight up on the verge of tears while talking to them, but then gradually gained confidence? That sort of stuff with her was so good!)

one (or more) headcanon(s) i have about this character

Personally I will never be over the fact that in like season FOUR or something they just randomly dropped that she was originally discharged from Starfleet (!!) for getting into a fight (!!!?) over an illegal poker game she was running (iirc??) and breaking her commanding officer's arm (??!?) because apparently she has a black belt in Aikido (!!??!) Good lord, how many other secret skills does she have then? She's literally a prodigy who grew up with no friends I bet there's dozens lmaooo I bet she can pick locks and yodel and swing from a trapeze

one character i love seeing them interact with

She and Phlox have a sweet dynamic- you get the sense that her curiosity and open-mindedness and friendliness really make him feel more at home, as one of the only aliens on the ship

one character i wish they would interact with/interact with more

T'Pol!! T'Pol, T'Pol- the show gave them little to no scenes together, but it really could've been something so interesting, especially in the context of cultural exchange and nonwestern frameworks. And yes, they make for a wonderful ship too- but judging by the state of our dms lately I certainly don't need to tell you that😂

one (or more) headcanon(s) i have that involve them and one other character

She and Phlox have a whole mini zoo of secret and illegal pets.

Seven

one aspect about them i love

The entire premise of her character is fantastic imo, and Jeri Ryan is terrific in the role. Her quest to discover personhood as an adult while also reckoning with all the violence she inflicted on such a mass scale (which itself was a result of horrifying violations of her own body and mind that she can barely remember) while also trying to reconcile the grief of all those lost years... wow

one aspect i wish more people understood about them

... I mean, I wish the showrunners had understood that Seven works best as part of an ensemble, and "ensemble" means occasionally giving the others something to do?😂😂 And that the whole deal with her biosuit and conventionally feminine hotness just didn't match the character; she should've been allowed to look and act WAY more weird and off-putting I think

one (or more) headcanon(s) i have about this character

Ignoring ST: Picard canon (which I always do), I think after Voyager returns to the AQ, Seven would dig deeper into the concept and pursuit of "perfection"- the show painted it as a quasi-religious thing for her, and then never brought it up again! I think now, abruptly ripped from her home and family and confronted with a big scary quadrant to explore, she'd try on spirituality, at least for a little bit- try to reconcile it with her very scientific algorithms of thought, if only so for a brief while she can make the universe make sense

one character i love seeing them interact with

Many answers (Janeway, Tuvok, etc) but I'm going to highlight one I actually didn't notice much on first watch- she and Neelix have kind of an interesting dynamic! They have more scenes together than I remembered, and they give each other some really good advice

one character i wish they would interact with/interact with more

B'Elanna. Their supposed "rivalry" never really made sense to me lol, they could've come up with a legitimately interesting conflict between them, or just made them friends- as is, it just sort of comes off like they're fighting because... women be like that, I suppose? Lol, don't get me wrong- some of their scenes together are great ("We difficult patients need to stick together") but I wish we'd gotten more

one (or more) headcanon(s) i have that involve them and one other character

She and Tuvok sometimes hang out in the mess hall at night, when the whole ship is dark, and quiet, and they can just stare at the stars, help alleviate each others' loneliness, while also giving each other a break from the exhausting ordeal of conventional socialising. Four hours in and not a single word spoken😌

Wesley

one aspect about them i love

Apart from being generally very sweet and helpful, Wes (and Alexander too) is what makes the crew feel like a family to me- like, this kid just has so many sets of parents! (Bev & Picard are his Parents parents, Data & Geordi are his work parents, Riker & Guinan are his weird parents, Deanna & Tasha are his fun parents, and Worf is... ok Worf can just be Worf lol the poor man has more than enough on his plate already)

one aspect i wish more people understood about them

That he's literally just a child, I suppose. Like- he's fourteen, of course he does and says stupid things on occasion! It generally doesn't bother me when people dislike characters I like but a lot of the Wesley hate I've seen across platforms feels distinctly anti-children in a weirdly malicious way

one (or more) headcanon(s) i have about this character

Starfleet Academy must've been a WILD transition for him, I mean sure it's a high-pressure environment and very competitive and everything- but he was on the literal bridge of the flagship of the Federation! All his bffs were highly intelligent and competent (sometimes superhumanly so) adults at the tops of their fields. How much experience does he even have socialising with kids his age? Does he ever feel like he just can't relate to any of them? Probably??

one character i love seeing them interact with

Ooh lots of answers here; I do think he brings out the best in Picard, and I love his dynamic with several others too- but I'm gonna go with Geordi. I know I called him one of Wesley's parents earlier but that was just a joke lol, truthfully Geordi has this extremely chill and almost like brotherly friendship with him, and he always respects Wesley's opinions and hears him out and never really condescends to him and I just think it's neat!

one character i wish they would interact with/interact with more

Lmao, Beverly. It's really weird how little the show seems to care about their relationship! I mean they obviously do have a positive one, and Bev is very loving and protective of him, but they don't actually share all that much screentime per se. So that means I have to headcanon slightly less positive things, like-

one (or more) headcanon(s) i have that involve them and one other character

what if Beverly's absence during such a crucial year in his life (S2) sort of left a gap in their relationship they never quite managed to patch up? No resentment exactly, just... less connection than before. She's still very important to him of course, but not the first person he'd go to with good news. (I don't mean this in a negative way towards Beverly btw! I actually do like that the show wanted to give her more storylines beyond just being Wesley's Mum)

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