Name: Uhura
Rank: Commander
Born: 2339  Origin: Human
Place of Birth: United States of Africa, Earth
Assignment: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A
Last Ship: Old City Station Transporter Platform
Academy Class: 2361  94th Percentile
Achievements: G5 Expert Classification in code-breaking; Federation Cross for Scientific Achievement, 2264; Ph.D Subspace Communications technology, 2278; Featured lecturer at Starfleet Academy since 2292
First assignment after Academy was as junior communications officer, U.S.S. Potemkin, 2261-64.  In 2263, helped team of Starfleet cryptologists break early Klingon codes, 2263. Promoted to junior lieutenant, 2264. Received commendation for her personal efforts in breaking Tholian codes, 2264.
In 2265, transferred to U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701)  as chief communications officer. Promoted to lieutenant, 2266.  Served with distinction.  In 2267, memory erased during encounter with errant space probe Nomad in 2267. Began lengthy re-education process, but made swift, full recovery by mid-2268. 
Remained aboard Enterprise as communications officer through both five-year missions under Captain Kirk. Promoted to lieutenant commander, 2271, following the V'Ger crisis.
Remained aboard Enterprise as an instructor under command of Captain Spock, after the ship retired from exploratory service and assigned to Starfleet Academy as a training vessel. In 2278, Uhura promoted to commander, after earning Ph.D in subspace comunications technology. After Project Genesis incident, 2285, accepted a planetside duty assignment at Starfleet Command's Old City Station transporter hub, San Francisco, Earth.
Helped Admiral Kirk and crew hijack the damaged Enterprise from spacedock, 2285, and subsequently fled in exile to Vulcan with her shipmates. Returned to Earth aboard stolen Klingon bird-of-prey with Enterprise senior officers to face charges, 2286; became involved in time-travel mission to bring 20th-century whales to 23rd-century Earth to avoid the planet's destruction by an alien probe. Part of her mission involved covert removal of high-energy photons from the nuclear reactor of the 20th-century ocean vessel U.S.S. Enterprise, docked in Alameda Bay.
All charges against Lieutenant Commander Uhura dropped by the Federation Council, 2286. Continued to serve as a lecturer and teacher at Starfleet Academy, 2286-93. At request of Captain Kirk, returned to starship duty aboard U.S.S. Enterprise-A for historic diplomatic mission to escort Klingon Chancellor Gorkon to peace conference on Earth. Assisted in thwarting violent disruption of Khitomer Peace conference by preventing asssasisination of Federation President.
Family: Mother, M’Umbha, resident, United States of Africa, Earth
Interests: Music, comparative religion and philosophy, African history, Rigellian modern art,  Andorian theater