USS Excelsior personnel This is a list of personnel who served aboard the Federation starship . Unnamed . Alien crewman . This humanoid Starfleet crew member was on the bridge next to Dimitri Valtane when the ship was hit by a subspace shock wave caused by the explosion of Praxis . He was also on the bridge when Captain Hikaru Sulu bade farewell to his friends on the after helping to save the Khitomer Conference . ( ; ) Bridge crewmembers ( 2285 ) . These bridge crewmembers were on duty on the bridge of the " Excelsior " in 2285 when the ship was ordered to pursuit the " Enterprise " . They buckled on their seatbelt s when Captain Styles ordered to engage the transwarp drive but had to witness the malfunctioning new technology . ( ) Bridge crewmembers . These eight Starfleet crewmen served on the bridge of the " Excelsior " when the ship was hit by a subspace shock wave in 2293 . They ' ve tried to stabilize the " Excelsior " and were thrown through the bridge . After the ship left the shock wave they analyzed the actions and found out that the Klingon moon Praxis exploded . They stood in a row on the bridge when Captain Sulu bade farewell to the crew of the " Enterprise " - A . ( ) Bridge crewmembers . These Starfleet officers served aboard the " Excelsior " in 2293 . They were on duty on the bridge when the " Excelsior " discovered the Azure Nebula and met the Klingon Commander Kang , after the " Excelsior " was hit by the shock wave which was created after Praxis exploded . ( ) Bridge security officers . These two security officers were on duty aboard the " Excelsior " in 2293 . They answered a call from Captain Sulu when he saw Kathryn Janeway on the bridge , due to the mind meld with Tuvok . Because of her uniform Sulu thought Janeway was an intruder and called for security . ( ) Deltan officer . This Deltan officer served on the bridge of the " Excelsior " during the ship ' s early warp trial periods . She was on the bridge at the time the " Excelsior " was ordered to prevent the " Enterprise " from being stolen from spacedock . ( ) Engineering crewman . This engineer was working in engineering and was passed by Montgomery Scott who went to the turbolift . ( ) First officer . The first officer was a Starfleet commander serving as number one to Captain Styles . He sat at the helm in 2285 , when the ship ' s propulsion systems were sabotage d by Scotty , an act which prevented the " Excelsior " from pursuing the " Enterprise " out of spacedock . ( ) Helmsman . The female helmsman was a Starfleet crewman who served at the helm of the " Excelsior " , when the starship attempted to pursue the " Enterprise " from spacedock . She coordinated with the executive officer during the ship ' s failed attempt to engage its transwarp drive . ( ) Navigator . This male navigator was a Starfleet officer who served at the navigation console of the " Excelsior " when the starship made its foray into the Azure Nebula . ( ; ) Night - shift communications officer . The communications officer was a Starfleet junior lieutenant who served in the communications department of " Excelsior " in 2293 , during Captain Sulu ' s off hours . In that year , he woke the captain to inform him of a communiqué from Starfleet Command requesting the whereabouts of starship immediately prior to the Khitomer Conference . Captain Sulu ordered this officer to reply in the negative about " Excelsior " being in contact with " Enterprise " - A . ( ) Security personnel . These two security officer s beam ed down to Camp Khitomer , along with Captain Sulu , just as Admiral Cartwright attempted to leave the conference prematurely . ( ) Sleeping crewmembers . These six Excelsior crewmembers were off duty and sleeping in their crew quarters when the ship was hit by the shock wave . They fell off their bed s . ( ) Tuvok ' s roommates . These two Starfleet officers shared their quarters on deck 7 aboard the " Excelsior " with Ensign Tuvok and Dimitri Valtane in 2293 . All four officers were part of the gamma shift . ( ) Background information . Engineer . Scene 9 of the final draft script of " Star Trek VI " included the engineer of the " Excelsior " . In this short scene in engineering of the ship , the engineer contacted the bridge and asked what was going on up there after the ship was hit by the subspace shock wave . Actor Michael Bofshever received credit for this part in the of the film but this scene ended on the cutting room floor . According to the call sheet , Bofshever and five background " Excelsior " crewmembers filmed this scene on Wednesday on Paramount Stage 9 on the same set which was also used as engineering of the .