Then id go with Leigh Hudec as the characters name...
Give Number One a Name Already
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That's what I've heard too and I quite like that. Leaves room for explanation how she could be so old (or was there one in NF?) and why she doesn't appear to age. :-)
Morgan Primus can't be Number One, at least not if you accept the Barret/Fontana backstory for Number One. Morgan is several centuries old (so not from any Earth colony) and her immortality is magic (not the product of anything understandable).
Arrg. Somewhere along the line I knew that (once upon a time, I'd used her as "Commodore Hudec" in a ST role-playing game (from whence the "emperorkalan" name also comes)).
Apparently somewhere in the back of my head her name collided with Grace Lee Whitney's.
Guinan's people, the "species of listeners," wound up with the formal name El Aurians. Perhaps Number One's actual name is Numero Uno.
Reminds me of some of the early Legion of Super Heroes origins. For example, the real name of Ultra Boy, who gained his powers when he was swallowed by a space whale, is "Jo Nah." Oh, and Matter Eater Lad, who can digest anything, comes from a planet called Bismoll.
Long Live the Legion!
{ProfJonathan}
Two possible responses to that:
1) As Number Two, she tried harder!
or
2) Yeah, but once she became Number One, she really pissed people off.
Okay, I'll stop now. {ProfJonathan}
Who is Number One?
You are, Number Six.
You are, Number Six.
Why not? Illyria could have been one of Earth's earliest colonies, which would make it centuries old by the TNG timeframe. Scientists might have been quick to take up residence there and freely experiment with genetic engineering since such practices were outlawed on Earth. And Primus does mean "Number One" after all.
Because, if nothing else, Morgan's immortality is a mystery. And, as I recall, she's from Earth.
I personally never cared for the Fontana/Barrett backstory. It tries to explain something that needs no explanation. She was called "Number One" because that is a common naval nickname for the ships First Officer.
I was thinking....Sapphire.
Harold.
No, wait, that one's taken, isn't it? Hmpf.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
No, wait, that one's taken, isn't it? Hmpf.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
"Sapphire"?! That's just crazy talk.
Oh...wait. I forgot where I was for a minute.
"Sapphire"?! That's just crazy talk.
Oh...wait. I forgot where I was for a minute.
It can't be any worse than say, Apple.
How about "SyFy"?
Yes... I know...
(insert evil, black hat laughter here with a good amount of mustache twirling)
If it's true Byrne work, you'll get that every issue - He's got this rule (Byrne has many "rules"), that toys have to go back in the box in the form you found them - you don't change anything, so I wouldn't expect her to get a name...
