List of Star Trek: Enterprise characters


This is a list of recurring characters from the live-action science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise, which originally aired on UPN between 2001 and 2005. The television show takes place in the 22nd century of the Star Trek universe and takes place on a starship exploring space. Characters are ordered alphabetically by family name, and characters who played a significant recurring role in the series are listed here; the entire cast is also listed at List of Star Trek: Enterprise cast members.
Some of the reoccurring guest actors include Jeffrey Combs, Vaughn Armstrong, Randy Oglesby, Rick Worthy, and Scott MacDonald.

Main

Malcolm Reed, portrayed by Dominic Keating, was, at different times, the tactical officer and armory officer aboard the starship Enterprise. He held the rank of Lieutenant.
Reed, born 2117, is English. Reed's parents are Stuart and Mary, and he has a sister, Madeline. They appeared on-screen in the episode "Silent Enemy" while communicating with Enterprise. In addition to his parents and sister, other known relatives are an Uncle Archie and "two spinster aunts."
Reed's great-uncle was in the British Royal Navy on Earth, but was killed in action while chief engineer of HMS Clement. Reed has a strong appreciation for his uncle, not only because of the heroics of this relative but also because they both share a common condition: aquaphobia, or the fear of drowning. He is one of the few men in his family who did not join the Royal Navy, a fact that led to some friction with his father, who is also a Royal Navy veteran. Reed is also an Eagle Scout, obtaining 28 merit badges, two more than his commanding officer, Jonathan Archer.
Reed is responsible for the development of or contributing to the development of procedures that are used throughout the Star Trek timeline. In the episode "Singularity", Reed develops what would be known as the Tactical Alert which would bring the ship to battle readiness at a moment's notice. This was jokingly referred to by Commander Tucker as the "Reed Alert". Reed initially liked the idea but then decided it was "a bit narcissistic". The Tactical Alert would evolve into the condition "Red Alert" and "Yellow Alert" used in all other Star Trek series.
Reed has an almost suicidal sense of self-sacrifice, and can also be consumed at times with regret over paths not followed in his love life, due to his inability to "get close" to women; he and Charles Tucker III have at least one ex-girlfriend in common. In one alternate timeline seen during the Xindi mission, in which Enterprise becomes a generational ship unable to return to Earth, Reed dies without leaving any heirs, having been unable or unwilling to find a mate. The episode "Shuttlepod One" revealed that Reed has an apparent crush on T'Pol, but this was never expanded upon further, he even went so far as to state to Trip that " T'Pol has an awfully nice bum!". It is worth noting that Keating intentionally played him as gay, and stated so multiple times.
The episode "Divergence" revealed that in 2149, Reed, then an Ensign, had been recruited as an operative for a mysterious offshoot of Starfleet Intelligence, which in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine would be identified as Section 31. He believed he had left Section 31 behind when he was posted aboard Enterprise in 2151; however, in 2154, he was reactivated as an agent during a mission to recover Phlox, who had been kidnapped by a group of Klingons trying to stop a genetically engineered virus running rampant in the Empire. Part of his mission involved sabotaging a piece of evidence that might have assisted Enterprise in tracking down the Klingons faster. For this, Reed was temporarily relieved of duty and incarcerated in the brig by Archer, although Archer later reinstated Reed after determining that he had been placed in what Archer called "an impossible situation" by his Section 31 superior, Harris.
Following the Klingon mission, Reed demanded that Harris never communicate with him again. Harris, however, replied that Reed had committed himself to a cause he could never simply walk away from. Indeed, Reed would later re-establish contact with Harris under orders from Archer during the Terra Prime incident.

Reception

In 2018, The Wrap ranked Reed as the 31st-best character of Star Trek overall, noting he developed the Tactical Alert of Star Trek lore. In 2016, the character was ranked as the 29th-most-important character of Starfleet within the Star Trek science fiction universe by Wired magazine.
Den of Geek recommended the following episodes for the character, "Singularity" and "Affliction". They were "fascinated" by the character's development of starship security.

Recurring

Daniels

In the Star Trek universe, Daniels is an operative in the cross-history conflict called the Temporal Cold War. Daniels is from the 31st century, c. 3064 CE. He is first seen in "Cold Front" as a member of Archer's crew. Soon after, he was killed during a Suliban incursion aboard Enterprise. His quarters, which contained several time travel-related devices, was locked down and banned to all crew members, except in cases of emergency involving the Temporal Cold War.
Daniels explained little of the nature of his organization, preferring to keep the group's nature, organization and abilities mostly unknown, to keep Captain Archer from learning too much about the future. His method of transporting others through time was unusually subtle, lacking any obvious visual effects or disorientation. Typically, Archer would walk through a door on the Enterprise and suddenly find himself in an unfamiliar location and time period; Daniels would then appear to talk to him. Daniels pulled off a similar feat on a much larger scale in the episode "Storm Front": When the Enterprise returned to Earth after the battle with the Xindi, the crew discovered that they had arrived during World War II.
How Daniels survived being vaporized in "Cold Front" was never explained. Daniels continued to make occasional appearances in the series. In the first-season finale, "Shockwave", Daniels transported Archer to an altered version of the 31st century in which the United Federation of Planets had never existed. Daniels, apparently the only other person besides Archer left on Earth who knew about the main timeline, helped the captain restore the original timeline. In the third-season episode "Carpenter Street", he sent Archer and T'Pol back to the year 2004 to investigate why some Xindi Reptilians were on Earth in that time period. He was also seen in the episode "Azati Prime", in which he transported Archer into the future—placing him aboard a future starship called the Enterprise-J, to inform him about the Sphere Builders and their relationship to the Xindi. He later transported Archer to the year 2161, giving him a glimpse of the inauguration ceremony for the United Federation of Planets, warning Archer that allowing the Xindi to change history would result in the destruction of the UFP before it even existed. In his final appearance in the fourth-season premiere, "Storm Front", he was apparently extremely ill: parts of him were more than a hundred years old while other parts were almost at a fetal stage. He used his last remaining strength to transport Archer and the Enterprise to Earth in the year 1944 to stop an alien race from changing history and allowing the Nazis to win World War II. After warning T'Pol that the Temporal Cold War had exploded into a full-fledged conflict, Daniels apparently died, but with the collapse of the Temporal War, Daniels reappeared and returned Archer to his original timeline.
At this point, Archer told Daniels in no uncertain terms he never wanted to see him again.
In Star Trek: Discovery's series finale "Life, Itself", set in the 32nd century, the mysterious Doctor Kovich is revealed to be an older Daniels, introducing himself to Michael Burnham as "Agent Daniels of the USS Enterprise—and other places."
Crewman Daniels is not to be confused with another Starfleet officer, Lieutenant Daniels, who was the tactical officer on the USS Enterprise-E during the events of Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection.

Degra

In the Star Trek science fiction franchise, Degra is a primate of the species Xindi. He is a representative in the Xindi Council but also a weapons designer, on the third season story arc. He was first seen in "The Xindi" and referred to by name in "Rajiin". He was played by Randy Oglesby.
Degra was also a scientist and engineer. He studied the mysterious spheres in the Delphic Expanse. Degra helped to design the power systems on the Xindi-Reptilian warships, and developed several theories for planet-destroying weapons. Circa 2152, the Xindi Council learned from the Sphere Builders that humans were going to destroy them in the 26th century. Degra agreed to design a planet-destroying weapon, completing the prototype in 2153.
He was married with two children. When the first weapon arrived in the Sol System, Degra and the other council members watched as the Reptilian pilot fired the weapon, killing seven million people. As he watched the telemetry, Degra asked himself, "How many of those seven million were children?"
Several months afterwards, Degra and his colleagues constructed the second weapon and planned to test it in the Calindra system. The test appeared to be successful, but the weapon failed to destroy one of the system's moons. Degra's hope to see what went wrong was dashed when the weapon was taken by an unknown ship.
Shortly afterwards, Degra and his crew were captured by the starship Enterprise. While on board, Captain Archer launched an elaborate ruse to trick Degra to reveal the location of the weapon. Degra gave them the coordinates of the star system Azati Prime, but he was tipped off. Archer then launched another ruse, making it seem that the Enterprise reached Azati Prime. Degra protested, claiming that the Xindi defense perimeter would destroy the Enterprise—and accidentally exposing the location of the weapon. Right afterwards, Degra and his crew's memories were erased.
Three weeks later, Captain Archer reached Azati Prime on a suicide mission to destroy the weapon, but was captured. He tried to convince Degra that the weapon's purpose was false. Three days later, Degra and Janar boarded the Enterprise to find evidence that they were misled by the Sphere Builders. During this time, a Reptilian warship arrived and demanded that Degra undock. Degra and the Enterprise succeeded in disabling the ship. However, to prevent the exposure of his new alliance with Archer, Degra destroyed the Reptilian ship, killing all 22 crew members.
This incident led to the end of Degra's life in February 2154. When Archer confronted the Council, the Primates, Arboreals, and Reptilians voted and agreed to postpone the weapon launch. Shortly afterwards, Commander Dolim met Degra in his quarters and stabbed him. As Degra died, Dolim vowed that "when the humans have been eliminated, when the Council is replaced by Reptilian rule," he would find Degra's family and kill them. Dolim was killed by Jonathan Archer before this threat could be carried out.
In 2005, The Digital Fix praised the character Degra, as the "surprise star of the entire season" and noting that "Degra rises above the other anonymous members of the council to become a fully rounded individual."