Gannet Brooks Gannet Brooks was a Human news reporter who lived on the planet Earth in the mid - 2150s . History . Travis Mayweather . Gannet Brooks had been romantically involved with Travis Mayweather prior to the launch of . In an attempt to keep Mayweather from accepting a position aboard " Enterprise " , Brooks claimed that space exploration was the " last vestige of colonial impulse " . Eventually , she and Mayweather made a mutual decision to end their relationship . Brooks was present at one of the initial talks for the formation of the Coalition of Planets . When she met Ensign Mayweather at the ceremony , she claimed that she had been busy reporting news since the Xindi attack in 2153 . When Brooks stated that she wanted her relationship with Mayweather to continue , the Starfleet officer was initially hesitant . However , Brooks commented that if she and Mayweather waited another four years to resume their relationship , they would have too much catching up to do . Mayweather agreed and Gannet Brooks soon joined the ensign aboard " Enterprise " , claiming that she had been assigned to do a news story about the starship . The report would include an insight into the missions which the crew were assigned , their life in space and the perils they met there . Brooks interviewed Mayweather , who gave her a guided tour of some locations aboard " Enterprise " , including the launch bay and the interior of a . She revealed that she had learned that one of the starship ' s shuttlepods had penetrated a sphere in the Delphic Expanse , and commented that the shuttlepods were beautiful . In " " , Brooks revealed that she was still attracted to Mayweather and began kissing him . After the couple spent a time in the shuttlepod , they returned to Mayweather ' s quarters . There , Brooks revealed that she would never " settle down " , although she would not be averse to entering a serious relationship under the right conditions . Suspected Terra Prime involvement . The crew of " Enterprise " later discovered that Brooks had reconfigured her universal translator at the conference on Earth to record messages from all the other translators and had been spying on the delegates there . Ensign Hoshi Sato claimed that Brooks had accidentally triggered an identification protocol in the network , which Sato had tracked back to the source . Most of the Starfleet officers suspected that Brooks was a member of the xenophobic organization Terra Prime . However , Ensign Mayweather believed that Brooks may have simply been doing undercover research for a news report . Captain Jonathan Archer argued that Brooks had recently made several visits to the Orpheus Mining colony on Luna , the headquarters of Terra Prime . Brooks claimed that she had been assigned there by her news agency and knew nothing about two officers from " Enterprise " who had disappeared on Luna . Realizing her predicament , Brooks demanded to speak with a lawyer , shortly before Captain Archer impatiently accepted her request and ordered her arrest . ( ) Starfleet Intelligence . In " Enterprise " s brig , Brooks requested to speak with Travis Mayweather . When the ensign arrived , she complained that she had not yet spoken to her lawyer . She also revealed that she was actually working for Starfleet Intelligence , not Terra Prime . Mayweather found her story hard to accept , however . He believed that Brooks would be able to quickly arrange her own release if she were employed by Starfleet Intelligence . In an attempt to explain why she had not already done so , Brooks replied that she was aware that a Terra Prime agent could possibly be operating on board " Enterprise " . Her own identity would be compromised if she were to attempt to contact the head of her division . Mayweather warned Brooks that he would inform Captain Archer of her true identity . However , she and Mayweather speculated that the captain would probably not believe Brooks ' story . Brooks knew that Captain Archer was planning to find the leader of Terra Prime , John Frederick Paxton , on Mars . She worried that if a Terra Prime agent was working aboard " Enterprise " , Paxton may have already prepared for the arrival of the Starfleet officers . Mayweather refused to accept Brooks ' story and continued with the mission without informing any of the other officers about her claim . Earth . Shortly thereafter , Paxton was arrested and the Terra Prime spy aboard " Enterprise " , Ensign Masaro , committed suicide . Brooks was released from imprisonment and learned that peace conferences were continuing on Earth . She believed that , due to the work of Mayweather and others , the Coalition of Planets would eventually be formed . Mayweather agreed with her that , like him , Brooks had just been doing her job . She suggested that she and Mayweather should learn to " get along " like the Vulcan s and Andorian s , two members of the potential Coalition of Planets who were renowned for their discordant relationship . Mayweather commented that he and Brooks had much to discuss and accompanied her back to Earth in a shuttlepod . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Brooks was played by Johanna Watts . The surname of this character is taken from the " Demons " script , where she was described as " an attractive woman in her mid - 20s " . The character ' s name may have been a homage to the , a North American news syndication service . According to the audio commentary of , she started out as a man ( with the same name ) , associated to Hoshi rather than Travis . The writers also were not sure if she was really with S . I . until writing the end of the episode . As shown in the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction , Watts ' costume was composed of earrings by Kenneth Cole , a waist belt by Eddie Rodriguez , a Carlson brand blue blouse , and black leather heel boots by Franco Sarto .