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Commander Charles Tucker III, (''. Tucker is the chief engineer on the NX-01 ''Enterprise'' and also briefly served as chief engineer of the ''Columbia'' (NX-02). He is played by Connor Trinneer . BIOGRAPHY Charles Tucker first met Jonathan Archer about a decade prior to the launch of ''Enterprise'' when the two worked together on an early Warp 2 prototype vessel. While a very knowledgeable engineer, he can be rash and "illogical", a fact that early on caused friction between Tucker and ''Enterprise's'' Vulcan science officer, T'Pol . During the first year of ''Enterprise's'' mission, Tucker found himself coping with situations no Starfleet engineer had ever coped with, and was a key player in the vessel finally achieving its then-record breaking speed of Warp 5. Tucker also had to contend with a more dubious honor when he become the first pregnant human male, in the episode "Unexpected" (an event T'Pol continued to tease him about months later). Tucker was also not against enjoying the occasional romantic liaison, including one with an exotic alien princess (as seen in the second season episode "Precious Cargo"). When challenged about these dalliances, Tucker's stock phrase was "I was a perfect gentleman." The death of his sister Elizabeth in the Xindi attack on Earth left Tucker emotionally scarred and unable to sleep without experiencing vivid Nightmare s. At the request of Dr. Phlox , he agreed to undergo Vulcan neuropressure treatments with T'Pol. Although the treatments required very intimate contact between the two, there was no signs at first of anything beyond a professional relationship developing between the officers. At a crucial point during the Xindi mission, Tucker suffered a potentially fatal injury. The only way to save his life was to create a clone in order to harvest needed brain cells. The clone, named Sim , grew to adulthood over only a few days and many of the crew became fond of him, in particular T'Pol who actually kissed Sim after he confessed to being attracted to T'Pol — but adding that he was uncertain whether those feelings were his own or Trip's. Against Sim's objections, Archer ordered him to undergo the medical procedure to extract the needed cells in order to save Trip's life, even though this proved fatal to Sim. (The episode in which this occurs, " Similitude ", is one of the most controversial in all of ''Star Trek'' history). As the Xindi mission progressed, Tucker found himself growing closer to T'Pol, and the two briefly became lovers (an event T'Pol later dismissed as an experiment, though the real cause was a side-effect of her addiction to the substance Trellium D which affected her emotional judgement). Later, however, the two found themselves continuing a somewhat clandestine relationship. Tucker realized he was in love with T'Pol during a trip to Vulcan with her after the Xindi mission, during which she decided to marry Koss in an arranged marriage. Although T'Pol's mother encouraged Trip to express his feelings to her daughter, Trip chose not to do so. Later, following the annulment of her marriage to Koss, Trip considered becoming involved with her again, however T'Pol told him that she was not interested in reviving their relationship. In "Observer Effect", T'Pol expressed great concern for Trip, suggesting her feelings for him remained strong, despite her claims to the contrary. In 2154, during a mission to prevent a Romulan automated marauder from starting a war, Trip determined that his emotional attraction to T'Pol was negatively affecting his ability to do his job. After the mission he requested, and received, a transfer to the new Warp 5 starship, the ''Columbia'' (NX-02) under the command of Captain Erika Hernandez . Within two days of his assignment to the vessel, several of ''Columbia'''s engineering crew request transfers. During this period, Tucker began experiencing vivid Daydream s involving T'Pol, not realizing that she was actually unintentionally communicating with him via a newly discovered mental ability that was unlocked when she began performing mind melds. In the episode "Bound", it was revealed that Tucker and T'Pol had somehow psychically bonded when they had made love a year earlier, although this link didn't apparently manifest itself right away. During the events of the episode "Divergence", Tucker was temporarily reassigned to ''Enterprise'' in order to facilitate repairs following a run-in with the Klingon s. He subsequently submitted a request to Captain Hernandez asking to return to ''Enterprise'' full-time, a request that was presumably granted. Not long after, Tucker and T'Pol reestablished their relationship. Tucker served as Archer's chief engineer for a full decade, and prepared to transfer to one of the newly-built Warp 7-capable starships following the decommission of ''Enterprise'' in 2161, which was to coincide with the signing of the United Federation Of Planets charter. The finale episode "These Are the Voyages..." revealed that Trip and T'Pol ended their romantic relationship at some point after the events of "Terra Prime", for reasons as yet unrevealed. Despite this, the two remained close and Trip had to reassure T'Pol that the decommissioning of ''Enterprise'' and their reassignment to different vessels, would not have any bearing on their friendship. During a brief mission prior to the decommissioning of ''Enterprise'', Tucker gave up his life in order to prevent Archer from being killed by a group of aliens that had invaded the ship. He was the only member of the original NX-01 command crew not to survive to see Archer sign the charter of the United Federation Of Planets .
FAMILY In 2153, Tucker lost his sister, Elizabeth, in the Xindi attack on Earth which destroyed his hometown of Panama City, Florida . In a first season episode, "Fusion," Tucker revealed he had a brother who he practiced "dancing with," although we never saw him. His parents survived the attack and later relocated to Mississippi; they were invited to attend the signing of the UFP treaty in 2161, and kept their promise to attend even after Trip's death. T'Pol requested the opportunity to meet them at this occasion, but it's not known if she did. Little is known of Trip's parents except Archer described them as being "eccentric." At least three offspring have — directly or indirectly — been linked to Tucker: In 2151, Tucker was accidentally impregnanted by a ") In an alternate timeline shown in the episode "E2", at some point following an incident that sent ''Enterprise'' back to the year 2037, Tucker and T'Pol marry and have a son, Lorian, whose fate after the restoration of the timeline has yet to be revealed. In 2155, in the episode " Demons ", Tucker learns that he has a six-month-old daughter, the mother apparently being T'Pol. It was revealed that the daughter was cloned using Trip and T'Pol's DNA stolen from the ''Enterprise'' by an infiltrator. The cloning procedure was improperly executed, however, and the daughter — whom T'Pol named Elizabeth after Trip's sister — died soon after being rescued. The child's death left Tucker emotionally devastated as T'Pol — herself emotionally drained — tried to comfort him. ALTERNATE TIMELINES In the alternate timeline seen in "Twilight", Tucker becomes the captain of ''Enterprise'' following the incapacitation of Jonathan Archer and the resignation from Starfleet of T'Pol. He is killed when ''Enterprise'''s bridge is destroyed soon before Archer resets the timeline. As stated above, the episode "E2" takes place in another altered timeline, however except for the fact that Lorian is the son of T'Pol and Trip, little else is revealed of the alternate Trip except that he is long deceased (the cause apparently was a tragic one, but not specified in the episode) by the time Lorian's version of ''Enterprise'' rendezvous with its namesake. MIRROR UNIVERSE In the Mirror Universe , Tucker is the chief engineer of the ISS ''Enterprise'', but is badly disfigured because of heavy Delta Ray radiation emanating from his ''Enterprise'''s engines. This version of Tucker has an ongoing sexual relationship with the Mirror T'Pol , who once exploited this relationship in her attempt to sabotage the ''Enterprise'' - she used a Mind Meld to implant a post-hypnotic suggestion in Tucker's mind. It is implied this isn't the first time she has used him in this way. Tucker is subsequently caught and tortured in the Agony Booth , but vehemently denies any wrongdoing, insisting that he has always been loyal. This version of Tucker, along with much of the ISS ''Enterprise'' crew, travels to the USS Defiant (NCC-1764) - which had been discovered in the Mirror Universe - and tries to get the ship working to further the Mirror Jonathan Archer 's attempt to take over the Terran Empire . Trip successfully foils a plot by the mirror Phlox to sabotage key systems aboard the ''Defiant''. NOVELS In the final pages of the ''Enterprise'' novel, ''The Last Full Measure'', officially released in May 2006 but available for purchase in April, it is revealed that Tucker did not actually die in the events of "These Are the Voyages", but survived and lived to be over 120 years of age (Trip meets the young James T. Kirk and family). The whys and wherefors of this are expected to be addressed in the planned "Enterprise Relaunch" series of novels which are expected to be published beginning in 2007. As with most Star Trek books, this is not considered canon. TRIVIA
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