Artim Ibanya
From Hidden Frontier
| Artim Ibanya | |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Species: | Ba'ku |
| Born: | 2363, Ba'ku |
| Hair Color: | -- |
| Eye Color: | -- |
| Height: | -- |
| Marital Status: | -- |
| Affiliation: | Starfleet, Federation |
| Assignment: | Chief Flight Control Officer, USS Helena |
| Rank: |  Lieutenant, junior grade |
| Service Number: | -- |
| Security Clearance: | -- |
Lieutenant, j.g. Artim Ibanya (Beau Christian Williams) is the son of Sojef Ibanya and Alysen Ibanya, and a native of the planet Ba'ku who joined Starfleet after making a connection to Data of the USS Enterprise-E ("Insurrection," TNG) and Jason Munoz (To The Stars).
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Personal History
During a tense encounter with a rogue Breen officer, Artim and the counselor of Deep Space 12, Katherine Moss, were kidnapped, and when the Breen attempted to kill Counselor Moss, Artim took on the blast instead. He died in Sickbay of the USS Independence, but Munoz took him back to Ba'ku, and the metaphasic radiation not only restored him to life, but healed his injury as well. He also found out that the mother whom he had been told had died early in his life, had actually willingly left Ba'ku, to join Starfleet, and this sealed his decision to join up as well, despite only being 14.
Starfleet Career
Starfleet Academy
Artim, as a gifted student, was able to enter StarFleet Academy at age 14. He finished the Academy in a record two years, graduating at the age of 16. When he arrived on DS12 as part of the medical science team investivating Ba'ku, he still had a few supplemental courses outstanding to finish. The mental discipline all Ba'ku natives learn naturally may have helped in his academic progress, as Artim not only excelled in scientifics studies, but became a very proficient pilot as well.
Ba'ku Science Team
After graduating from the Academy, Artim first was assigned back to his native planet of Ba'ku to study the planet's unique metaphasic rings (Refugees). The Starfleet initial science team disbanded several months later after a breakthrough in their research. The the rest of the analysis duties were turned over to Starfleet Medical. Artim was then offered a science position on Danula II, and he considered it, until he realized he wanted to be working in space, exploring, not stuck planet-side. He requested, and was granted, a position aboard the USS Excelsior.
Aboard the USS Excelsior
Captain Knapp assigned Artim to the Excelsior's helm detail, with a notation to split his time with the Science Department (To The Stars). A year later, Artim began to work with Commander Tolian Naros because of his helm and science experience. He assisted in various classified Starfleet missions (Modus Operandi), including an excursion that lead the Excelsion to a planetary system in the Briar Patch that contained a Dyson Sphere, in which the Grey resided. When Siroc began searching for a subspace current that would lead him to the Grey's Dyson Sphere, Artim was assigned elsewhere, in case Siroc came looking for Artim to use his previous knowledge, since he had been there with Naros and Counselor Elbrey.
Aboard the USS Helena
Prior to his disappearance at the end of the Tholian/Breen conflict that concludes the Hidden Frontier series, Tolian Naros had been preparing to request that Artim be permanently assigned to Helena as a Helm/Ops officer. After taking command of the ship, new Captain Theresa Faisal followed up on a number of Naros's crew recommendations, including the one regarding Artim.
First Appearance
- Star Trek: Insurrection - played by Michael Welch
- Refugees - played by Beau Christian Williams
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