First Star Fleet officer of German descent?

[Thefallguy]

http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Keyla_Detmer

Hey,
I just startet reading David Mack's tie in novel "Desperate Hours", albeit in German ("Gegen die Zeit"). I noticed that helmsman Leyla Detmer (the red haired woman on the shenzou bridge) is described as from Düsseldorf (the german city). I'm wondering if that is just a thing in the german translation or if its also in the original novel? That would mean, that we have the first star fleet officer of German descent (at least I can't remember another) after so many other nationalities were portrayed.

Second question: There's also a red haired woman on the discovery bridge in some promo pictures, wearing this cyber connection thingy on the head. Is it the same character?

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

You know, I've been wondering about that second question, myself. I think it is her, but I haven't gotten a lengthy enough look to confirm. Also, I wasn't even sure whether or not it was the Discovery's bridge I was looking at.

 

[seigezunt]

I'm pretty sure there have been Germans in other novels.

 

[Thefallguy]

I think it was a pic with Captain Lorca in it. So I'm pretty sure its the Discovery.

@seigezunt Yes, I'm sure you're right about that (although I have no information handy to prove or disprove it), but this is not a novel character, but a real onscreen character from an episode.

It's no big thing, just something I noticed and I liked...

 

[Lieut. Arex]

there was carl Jaeger, Enterprise meteorologist in The Squire of Gothos

 

[Timo]

...The "novel" thing here would be a tie-in book actually establishing that a character with a German-sounding name in fact comes from Germany. I don't think that ever happened with Jaeger.

Also, I don't think onscreen Trek has ever established a German character. Names can be deceiving (says Captain Georgiou, and smiles sagely).

Timo Saloniemi

 

[seigezunt]

Spoiler: second episode spoiler

Did she survive the wreck of the Shenzhou?

If so, I eagerly await her ordering some Königsberger Klopse from a replicator.

 

[Thefallguy]

Spoiler: 2nd episode

At least she’s not dying onscreen and there are a lot of evacuation capsules getting away ;-)

 

[Bad Thoughts]

...The "novel" thing here would be a tie-in book actually establishing that a character with a German-sounding name in fact comes from Germany. I don't think that ever happened with Jaeger.

Also, I don't think onscreen Trek has ever established a German character. Names can be deceiving (says Captain Georgiou, and smiles sagely).

Timo Saloniemi

I guess we don't know that Bashir is Middle-Eastern, only that he is English. (Or is he?)

 

[Bad Thoughts]

I noticed that helmsman Leyla Detmer (the red haired woman on the shenzou bridge) is described as from Düsseldorf (the german city).

If she ever orders an Alt,we'll know, but I suspect she's really a Koelsch girl.

 

[Thefallguy]

For someone from Düsseldorf, this would be treason! And why would anyone drink such thing as Koelsch?

 

[dahj]

Second question: There's also a red haired woman on the discovery bridge in some promo pictures, wearing this cyber connection thingy on the head. Is it the same character?

Not sure which pictures you're referring to but there's a redhead cadet serving on on the Discovery, Tilly.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

For someone from Düsseldorf, this would be treason! And why would anyone drink such thing as Koelsch?

Because the parties and techno are better, and she'd fit in at Rosenmontag.

(Too be fair, Alt and Koelsch are both great, but you can drink Koelsch all day long. I know: I suffered through the 2003 heatwave.)

 

[DigificWriter]

Outside of Georgiou, Doctor Nambue, Danby Connor, I doubt we're going to be seeing much of the Shenzou's crew again.

And I'm 99.9% sure that the redheaded crewmember we see on Discovery is Cadet Tilly, played by Mary Wiseman.

 

[Timo]

I guess we don't know that Bashir is Middle-Eastern, only that he is English. (Or is he?)

An Armenian? A Greek? No one knows. All that is known is that he is one of the richest men in London.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Thefallguy]

That’s the pic I’m speaking of (bad quality, sorry)
https://goo.gl/images/bbttR1

And that’s Cadet Tilly.
https://goo.gl/images/jL4rWG

I would say, that is not the same person.

 

[DigificWriter]

^ They look like the same character to me.

 

[BillJ]

Outside of Georgiou, Doctor Nambue, Danby Connor, I doubt we're going to be seeing much of the Shenzou's crew again.

Saru is seen aboard Discovery in previews for next week's episode.

 

[dahj]

That’s the pic I’m speaking of (bad quality, sorry)

Found a better one:

Yeah, that looks like Detmer.

 

[Fandango831]

Found a better one:

Yeah, that looks like Detmer.

Pretty sure that is Detmer just with prosthetic enhancements probably due to the Battle of the Binary Stars. Aside the shaved head/ metal enhancement you can see her left eye is a different color than her right (replacement eyeball?).