The Classified Starfleet Database on Commander Elias Vaughn

In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Parallels", Worf discovered an almost un-ending array of alternate timelines, complete with an Enterprise and all of its crew that he knew so well.

I invite you to visit one of those parallel universes and the adventures of one of its inhabitants as created by the talented folks at Pocket Books.

Commander Elias Vaughn is a Starfleet officer with eighty years experience in Starfleet Intelligence and Tactical.

Despite his low rank (kept to maintain a low profile), Vaughn is on a first name basis with most of the Admiralty and has a higher security clearance than some.

Vaughn was a critical player in several crucial events in Starfleet history. Among them, The Tomed Incident, The Betreka Nebula Incident, the disaster at Arvada III, the civil war on Beta 3 and the liberation of Betazed from the Dominion to name a few.

Then, after a chance encounter with the Bajoran Orb of Memory, Vaughn decided to pursue his lost dream of being an explorer.

After taking the vacant First Officers position at Federation starbase Deep Space Nine at age 102, Elias Vaughn commanded the U.S.S. Defiant on a three-month mission of exploration in the Gamma Quadrant and continues to contribute to Starfleet.