 Quick Facts:
- Rank: Ensign
- Assignment: Communications
Officer, Enterprise NX-01
- Previous Assignment:
Taught exo-linguistics at Amazon University, Brazil
- Full Name: Hoshi Sato
- Marital status: Single
Complete Bios:
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Whereas other crew members are
chomping at the bit for alien contact and to explore strange new
worlds, Hoshi is gradually becoming accustomed to the
challenges, unusual experiences and potential dangers of space
exploration. Still, her courage and confidence have grown over
the first two years of Enterprise's voyage, and she's ready for
the new challenges presented by the crew's dangerous mission to
the Delphic Expanse.
Beginning with her very first mission, Hoshi discovered that
being a linguist involves quick thinking on one's feet in
situations where the safety of the crew is at stake. When the
Klingon warrior Klaang regained consciousness aboard Enterprise
en route to the Klingon homeworld of Q'onoS, it was her job to
not only glean any information that might help the mission, but
to calm him down and let him know he was not among enemies.
Later, once Klaang was rescued from the Suliban and returned to
Q'onoS, Hoshi was able to facilitate enough communication
between the Klingons and Archer to complete the mission without
incident.
Not long after, Enterprise made the grisly discovery of a ship
filled with alien corpses, drained of fluids. Hoshi's immediate
reaction was terror, which disturbed her in terms of her own
professionalism. She considered the possibility that she simply
isn't cut out for deep space exploration, but was able to
overcome her own fears and insecurities enough to re-board the
eerie ship and decipher the controls to send out a distress call
to the victims' fellow beings. When they arrived, she was able
to break the language barrier and make first contact with this
new race, the Axanar, and communicate that humans were not
responsible for the massacre, aiding in establishing favorable
relations with another new race.
Along with her communications duties, Hoshi is also able to keep
an eye on other vital systems. For example, when the Suliban
Silik had infiltrated Enterprise disguised as a religious
pilgrim, it was Hoshi who noticed when he attempted to bypass
the lockout codes in Shuttlepod Launch Bay One.
Implicitly trusted by Captain Archer, Hoshi was entrusted to do
some research into the private life of Malcolm Reed,
specifically his favorite foods for a planned surprise birthday
celebration. She methodically approached the task like a
detective, discreetly contacting his loved ones and even subtly
trying to get information directly out of Reed, which led to a
temporary misunderstanding, as Reed misinterpreted her enquiries
as romantic overtures. In the end, thanks to help from Dr.
Phlox, she successfully was able to deduce Reed's favorite food
(pineapple) and satisfy Archer's request.
As her first year in deep space progressed, Hoshi's initial
trepidation ebbed substantially. For example, when she was
stranded along with Reed and T'Pol aboard a derelict Klingon
vessel sinking slowly into a Class-9 gas giant, she was rattled,
but able to maintain her cool enough to focus on the task at
hand: deciphering the ship's logs, controls and readouts so that
they could get the ship running under its own power.
In another unusual circumstance, Hoshi's skills were applied to
communicating with a strange creature that had taken up
residence in a Shuttlepod Bay and had trapped several crew
members, including Captain Archer. In addition to attempting to
learn a new language, the organism communicated almost
telepathically, forcing Hoshi to improvise a solution, saving
not only the crew members, but the creature as well.
Hoshi also has contributed to Starfleet missions in other ways,
such as selflessly donating use of her personal quarters to a
visiting Vulcan ambassador during her first year on board
Enterprise. She views new languages as a challenge — and on her
visit to Risa, she discovered some additional benefits to
learning new languages.
Though she has an undeniable facility with languages, that's not
all there is to Hoshi. She has demonstrated a willingness to
pitch in wherever needed time and time again. She filled in for
an ailing Chef once, preparing her grandmother's family recipe
of oden from scratch. She also confronted her fear of the
transporter firsthand when Reed had trouble re-integrating her
matter stream — during the few seconds that it took for Hoshi to
re-materialize, she had a vision in which she saved the ship
from invading aliens by overcoming her transporter phobia.
Hoshi has also formed bonds with several of her crewmates,
particularly Dr. Phlox, who she says has taken care of her on
many occasions. Phlox is currently teaching her Denobulan —
according to his wife Feezal, Hoshi's accent is very good. When
Phlox was infected by the mysterious nanoprobes from hostile
cybernetic beings, Hoshi offered to keep him company while he
worked on a cure.
As Hoshi continues her tenure aboard Enterprise, she almost
mirrors humankind in taking the initial steps into the
intergalactic community: tentative and concerned at first, but
more and more sure of herself as time goes on. While ready to
take whatever action is necessary to help the crew and
Starfleet, her accomplishments in communication also provide an
example of how tense situations can be diffused through
diplomatic means. |
