Confirmation that it's Christine Vale in "The Hive"

[NStephenH]

Hello, I am wondering if there's any "word of god" confirmation that the character seen to the left of Riker in The Next Generation - The Hive is supposed to be Christine Vale. It's used as her memory beta picture, but I am looking for a source of someone stating that that was the intent.

I've found people talking about it on this forum but I'm looking for a more direct source instead of second-hand sources, since it could just be assumptions.

The only character introduced in the novels who appears in the Titan scene in Hive is Christine Vale. They show her, Riker, maybe Deanna, Tuvok, and at least one other character in either the con or ops chair who doesn't match up with anyone from the novels.

They are also featured in the interior illustrations too.

Thanks!

EDIT:
My bad, I should have looked a bit deeper. There is in fact confirmation:

Artist Joe Corroney confirmed on Sean Tourangeau's Facebook page that it is indeed meant to be Vale.

 

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So asked and answered in the OP? I guess we can close this, then.