Valeris

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Valeris
Species	Vulcan
Gender	female
Home planet	Vulcan
Affiliation	Starfleet
Posting	USS Enterprise-A helmsman
Rank	Lieutenant commander
Portrayed by	Kim Cattrall
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Valeris is a fictional character in the fictional Star Trek universe. A Vulcan navigation officer of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A, she appeared in the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, played by Kim Cattrall.

1 Overview
2 Errata
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Overview

Valeris was the first Vulcan to finish at the top of the graduating class at Starfleet Academy. As her character is introduced in the movie, she is apparently being groomed by Mr. Spock to be his successor as science officer following his pending retirement.

However, Valeris is revealed to be involved in a plot to assassinate the president of the United Federation of Planets in order to sustain hostilities between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, which is making overtures of peace. Valeris is directly involved in the assassination of Chancellor Gorkon, and once implicated, she undergoes a forced mind-meld conducted by Spock which forces her to identify her fellow conspirators.

When the script for Star Trek VI was first written, the traitor was to have been Saavik, a character introduced in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and played by Kirstie Alley. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry requested a new character be created instead, as Saavik had become a beloved part of the Star Trek universe.

Kim Cattrall chose the Eris element of the character's name, for the Greek goddess of strife, which was Vulcanised by the addition of the 'Val' at the behest of director Nicholas Meyer.^[1]

[edit] Errata

Valeris's uniform throughout the movie has many errors: she wears a red turtleneck normally worn by cadets, yet wears a jacket with grey wrist and shoulder straps worn by navigation and communications personnel (neither of these colours is correct: as helmsman, both the straps and turtleneck should have been yellow ochre). Also, Valeris is consistently referred to as "Lieutenant" yet wears the rank insignia of a lieutenant commander.