Star Trek New Frontier: First Officer Elizabeth Shelby

While Commander Elizabeth Shelby is the first office for much of the Star Trek New Frontier series, her inclusion in our Star Trek Chronology is important for several different reasons. First, her history along the Star Trek TNG timeline, and later if we decide to start including Star Trek Fan Fiction and other short stories into this chronology. All I can say about that is we will deal with that on a case by case basis when it becomes time too.

So we first see Shelby at the end of Star Trek TNG's third season. She appears in the episode Best of both worlds part one. The star date for this episode is 43989.1. She would also appear in the fourth season premier Best of both worlds part two. The given star date for that episode is 44001.4. The actual year appears to be 2366.

From the New Frontier series we learn that she entered the academy in year 2354, and while there entered into a relationship with future Captain of the USS Excalibur (NCC 26517) Mackenzie Calhoun. Since I have yet to decide if we will include information from Star Trek Computer games, we will skip ahead a bit.

By 2366 Shelby is a full Lieutenant and the Chief Engineer on the USS Yosemite (NCC 19002). We know from New Frontier short stories that she had decided by that point to transfer from engineering to a command track and was disappointed in her apparent inability to do so.

By Star Date 50000.0 Shelby has taken her assignment as first officer aboard the USS Excalibur. We also learn that Shelby previously served as first officer of that ship under Captain Korsmo.

Through the course of the New Frontier series, we also learn that Shelby is eventually promoted to Captain of the USS Trident (NCC 31347) and past that eventually is promoted to Admiral and placed in command of Starfleet’s Bravo Station.