Erica Ortegas
A Colombian-born Starfleet pilot who served with distinction in the Klingon War and then flew the Enterprise under Captain Pike from 2259. She survived a Gorn captivity in 2261 that left her injured and withdrawn, helped carry the ship back from the Cretaceous in 2262, and later became a captain and flight instructor.
Timeline 7
- 2233 Ortegas is born in Barranquilla, Colombia.
- 2256 Ortegas serves on the front in the Federation-Klingon War near the Prospero system.
- 2259 Ortegas is assigned as alpha shift pilot of the Enterprise under Pike.
- 2261 Captured by the Gorn over Parnassus Beta, she flies a stolen Gorn hunter ship to freedom despite severe wounds.
- 2261 At the Federation Day Centennial on Starbase 1 she reunites with her brother Beto.
- 2262 The Enterprise is thrown 65 million years back, and Ortegas joins an away mission to Cretaceous Earth.
- 2263 Ortegas leaves the Enterprise, is promoted to captain and becomes a flight instructor.
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Allied with
Joseph M'Benga, Christopher Pike, Christine Chapel, Montgomery Scott
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