0718 Lieutenant 0718 was a sciences division Starfleet officer . He was serving on the bridge of the in 2259 . 0718 was present during the ship ' s mission to Nibiru , its confrontation with the and later embarkation on a five - year mission . Following the " Vengeance " s attack on the " Enterprise " , he reported that the latter had sustained major hull damage . Later , he counted down and ' s distance from the " Vengeance " in meter s as they approached the starship in thruster suit s . Finally , at the orders of Commander , he gave the order to evacuate the " Enterprise " as it began its descent into Earth ' s atmosphere . ( ) Appendices . Background information . 0718 was played by Joseph Gatt . He didn ' t audition for the part but read for two other roles in " Star Trek Into Darkness " . " " I had two further meetings , " " he said , " " and then … silence . After another couple of weeks I got the call from my manager checking my availability for January ( 2011 ) and that casting had offered me the role ! " " Despite the actor having been sent portions of the film ' s script ( to prepare for the two roles he auditioned for ) , details about 0718 weren ' t disclosed to Gatt until he arrived on the set of " Star Trek Into Darkness " . " " All I knew before reaching the set was that I was a bridge officer , that I ' d be wearing a blue shirt , and that I ' d been contracted to work for six weeks at Sony studios . " " 0718 was regarded as a Human who graduated from Starfleet and was augmented with advanced cybernetic implants before becoming a science officer on the " Enterprise " bridge . " " He is NOT an android or robot of any kind , " " Joseph Gatt noted . He imagined additional facts about the character , which he referred to as " " stuff that I ' ve had to come up with , as an actor , to help fill in the gaps and play my role effectively . " " The actor ' s main thoughts , during production on " Star Trek Into Darkness " , were that his character ' s primary assignment on the bridge of the " Enterprise " " " is augmenting the work of Spock and Uhura , mainly managing the science and engineering systems in the bridge . " " Although 0718 represents significantly advanced technology in relation to the time period of " Star Trek Into Darkness " , Gatt didn ' t overly concern himself with matching earlier canon or timelines from other " Star Trek " productions , due to the fact the movie is set in the alternate reality . " " Not a huge amount of details were decided about the character on set unless they were deemed absolutely necessary to the shoot at that time . Due to the scope of the character , I was free , as an actor , to work out as much of this unstated background as I needed . None of this is canon or set in stone . They are the educated thoughts and developments which I did to help my work as an actor and to fulfill my inner geek . . . a little . I knew the basics [ . . . ] Technically , my humanity acts as a firewall against the [ potential ] hacking threat . Because I ' m still a Human , with a cybernetic implant , I can ' t be hacked . My humanity will always know what ’ s right and wrong and is always in control over the cybernetic implant part of me . This means that , even if there is a hacking threat to the ship ’ s main computer or to me directly , it won ' t get through the Human firewall and the ship will always be safe . " " Makeup Supervisor David LeRoy Anderson took a photograph of the bridge ' s ceiling to duplicate onto Joseph Gatt ' s head , because the ceiling would not be shown in the film . Gatt said , " " One of my cybernetic augmentations is on the back of my head . The concept is that it ' s a miniature version of the ship ' s main computer which puts me in direct telepathic connection with the ship ' s systems at all times . " " " " During November and December 2010 , I had a few meetings with David LeRoy Anderson [ . . . ] at his AFX Studio in Burbank . These were primarily to take a head cast to help them begin designing my character . Apart from the appliance to the back of the head , there were also ideas of other digital / electronic effects on my face and side of head . When these ideas where brought to ( creature designer ) Neville Page and [ Director ] J . J . [ Abrams ] , they decided that they loved the way I looked without anything at all and decided that a ' less is more ' approach would work best for this character . J . J . really just wanted something special to accent 0718 . Then different ideas about eyes started being thrown around and many different types were ordered and tested for J . J . and camera . In the end , again , J . J . wanted to keep things as simple as possible , settling on the full white sclerals . " " While Joseph Gatt and Costume Designer Michael Kaplan were having 0718 ' s blue Starfleet uniform shirt fitted , Gatt kept requesting that it accentuate his physique by being made tighter and more fitted . " " I thought that would be awesome for 0718 , " " Gatt remarked , " " since there has never really been a muscular officer character on the bridge . But word kept coming back from production to keep the shirt loose fitted to slim down my physique as much as possible . " " Gatt suspected this was because some of the other actors preferred not to be " upstaged by a muscular cyborg , " which Gatt found funny . On set , this character was initially known as GATT2000 and then GATT5000 . These in - joke names originated as a nickname which David LeRoy Anderson used to refer to Joseph Gatt , on the set . Because J . J . Abrams often names characters according to their actor names or other important names or dates in his own life , Gatt began to believe – unlike he would ' ve done if he had been on any other production – that one of the originally in - joke names might actually turn out to be his character name . About two weeks before the release of " Star Trek Into Darkness " , Paramount Pictures gave Gatt permission to reveal this would be the case . He was then informed , around a week prior to the film ' s release , that his character name was Science Officer 0718 . He later admitted that 0718 is " a very significant number to J . J . [ Abrams ] . " This number , 0718 , also happens to be the NCC designation for the which was shown in the scene where the " Enterprise " departs for Qo ' noS . The name and designation of the " Biddeford " were also used in a deleted scene showing Admiral Marcus ' office where a model of a ship that resembles a prime reality version of the hung atop the room with the name and designation clearly visible . Joseph Gatt deemed the early character names of GATT2000 and GATT5000 as " kind of funny . " He thought Paramount giving him permission to use the latter name " was a little strange , but cool . " He was at first slightly irritated by the name change to 0718 but gradually became more accepting of it . " " It does , however , seem like a very inhuman name , " " he reckoned . " " One of the most frustrating things was that we ' d already established that the character was Human , with cybernetic implants . So , why does he have a number and not a name ? Did he have a name before the implants ? I didn ' t answer these questions at the time because there was no name and no need for a name , but now it makes me wonder . " " Joseph Gatt has speculated that might unveil the truth about 0718 ' s designation . The actor has also considered he might be given a tighter shirt to wear in that film than the one he wore in " Star Trek Into Darkness " . On , however , Gatt confirmed that 0718 would not be returning for " Star Trek Beyond " , due to script rewrites eliminating his role from the story . The portrayal of 0718 was extremely influential . " " [ He ] made a big impact in just a few scenes of the movie thanks to Joseph Gatt ' s performance , " " remarked comics writer Mike Johnson . ( " Top 50 Alien Species ! " , " " issue # 50 , " Live Evil , Part 1 " ) The virtual collectible card battle game " " used a behind - the - scenes shot of Gatt for card # 18 , " Science Officer 0718 " . , an alien crewman seen in , sports a similar cybernetic implant on the back of his head , although this was not visible on screen . Apocrypha . 0718 was the protagonist of " I , " Enterprise " ! " Parts 1 and 2 , two issues of IDW Publishing ' s " " , which reveals he was created in the medbay by a mysterious alien sphere that took control of the ship . Gatt commented that he loved the backstory depicted ; " " I am the humanoid version of the " Enterprise " . That is pretty exciting . I feel kind of privileged . " " Mark Johnson admitted he was " " So glad we got to expand on the story of 0718 . " " ( " Top 50 Alien Species ! " , " " issue # 50 , " Live Evil , Part 1 " ) " I , Enterprise " revealed that 0718 preferred to spend his off duty hours in the botanical lab . According to the character list from " The Q Gambit , Part 2 " , 0718 was " online as of stardate 2260 . 314 " . It is unclear what this date refers to , since all the Human characters are given birth years , but 0718 obviously existed in 2259 while the comic is set in 2261 . In " Star Trek Online " , 0718 appears in the third expansion , " Agents of Yesterday " , with Joseph Gatt reprising his role . While serving on the " Enterprise " , 0718 developed a tactic to combat the Sphere - Builder s in this universe ' s version of the Delphic Expanse , destroying one of their spheres . He was reassigned to the USS " Yorktown " by 2260 , working to spread this knowledge throughout that dimension ' s Starfleet . The player captain , tasked by Agent Daniels to preserve the timelines , travels to the alternate universe , teaming with 0718 to save the " Yorktown " and destroy another sphere to prevent the formation of the Expanse . 0718 is also a bridge officer for players who purchase the Temporal Agent Starter Pack or Temporal Special Agent Pack for the game . He was also included as part of a July 2016 Loot Crate promotion .