Assistant An assistant was an individual who functioned as an associate who assisted a lead associate in a particular occupational task , typically in the fields of science , engineering , and administration ( namely business and politics ) . The term could also apply to any individual , such as a junior officer , who holds a position that places them as next - in - line to the chief of that same position , or who last the full training required to become fully hold said position under a mentor . ( ( ; ) The term flunky could be applied to an assistant as an insult . ( ) Administration . In the Dixon Hill series , the character Felix Leech was described as the assistant to the gangster Cyrus Redblock . ( ) Arne Darvin , a Klingon spy who infiltrated the Federation ranks , served as the assistant to Undersecretary Nilz Baris during his stay at Deep Space Station K - 7 in 2268 . One of Darvin ' s assumed duties was to help protect the supply of quadrotriticale stored at the station , and as such , had for some time kept Cyrano Jones , a trader laid over at the station , under close surveillance in effort to observe his actions . ( ) In 2268 , Krodak , a member of the Gideon Council on the planet , was described as the assistant to Ambassador Hodin . ( ) In 2367 , Nellen Tore functioned as an assistant to Admiral Norah Satie , responsible to taking notes of all conversations Satie participated in . ( ) Quark described his brother , Rom , as his assistant , when explaining who repaired Deep Space 9 ' s replicator s . ( ) When Quark was chosen to conduct negotiations for acquisition of tulaberry wine with the Dosi in 2370 , it was suggested that he may need someone to work with him to take the blame of a potential failure . At first Rom suggested that he be chosen as a consultant help him , however , Quark instead chose Pel , not as a partner , but as an assistant , at the agreed rate of 20 percent of the profit s . ( ) Jadzia Dax once stated that she had a female friend at Starfleet Intelligence who had a male friend who had a male cousin who was married to the female assistant of one of the members of the Federation Medical Council . ( ) In finding a function for the former Ramuran security operative to serve aboard the , Tuvok once joke d that " " Mr . Neelix could use an assistant in the mess hall . " " ( ) Engineering . During the visit to Plexicorp made by Leonard McCoy and Montgomery Scott , in a ruse devised to acquire a supply of plexiglass , Scott portrayed the role of a professor from Edinburgh there to study their methods of manufacturing . McCoy , who attempted to clear up the confusion , with the plant manager Doctor Nichols , that they intentionally created regarding a non - existent appointment , was referred to by Scott as his assistant . Upon given the dubious title , McCoy told his partner in the ruse " " Don ' t bury yourself in the part . " " ( ) Lieutenant Charlene Masters had an engineer who worked as her assistant while she reamplified the ship ' s dilithium crystal s , and later to assist her as she prepared an experimentation chamber in Engineering . ( ) In 2268 , Engineer , Grade 4 John B . Watkins was described as chief engineer Montgomery Scott ' s assistant . ( ) In 2364 , the Traveler was considered to be the assistant to Mr . Kosinski , a Starfleet propulsion expert . According to Kosinski , was " " in order to save time my assistant is going to lay in my base formulas more rapidly than any Human being possibly could – even myself . " " ( ) Neela was described as Chief of Operations Miles O ' Brien ' s assistant in 2369 . ( ) In 2371 , the Doctor experienced a series of illusions , including one in which Reginald Barclay appeared , claiming The Doctor was really Lewis Zimmerman and the crew of were merely hologram s . While working as Zimmerman ' s assistant , Barclay claimed to be the one who programmed the holograms . ( ) Science . Doctor worked as an assistant to archaeologist Dr . Roger Korby , up to and during their mission to Exo III , during the early 2260s . ( ) Doctor Simon Van Gelder was a psychologist and director assigned to the Tantalus Penal Colony , served there as an assistant to Dr . Tristan Adams during the mid - 2260s . ( ) Tayna functioned as the assistant to Doctor Nel Apgar on the Tanuga IV research station during his research on Krieger wave s . During a visit by the to the station in 2366 , she showed Geordi LaForge the records on the project while Apgar tended to Commander William T . Riker . It was during this exchange Apgar assumed that LaForge was there as Riker ' s assistant . ( ) Tova Veer was a young Voth scientist who was the assistant to Professor Forra Gegen on his work on the Distant Origin Theory from 2367 to 2373 , a role he considered to be a " privilege " . When it was determined that the was a key component in proving the theory , Veer suggested contacting the Circle of Archeology to see if they could spare a research vessel and more " perhaps a few assistants . " ( )