Bailey Ensign Bailey was a security officer within the operations division aboard the between 2366 and 2369 . She also worked temporarily as relief tactical officer . Service history . 2366 . Bailey manned the tactical station when the nanite s flooded the bridge with nitrogen oxide . ( ) She passed Captain Picard and Nuria in front of the transporter room shortly after the Mintakan was beamed aboard . ( ) She replaced Lieutenant Worf at the tactical station when he joined Captain Picard and beamed down to Delta Rana IV ( ) and again when Worf was part of the away team which beamed over to the Promellian battle cruiser . ( ) She was ready to take over for Worf while the ship was in orbit of Galorndon Core and Worf was called to sickbay by Doctor Crusher . ( ) Bailey had a drink in Ten Forward and left the bar bugged by the advances of Ferengi DaiMon Goss . ( ) She replaced Worf at the tactical station when the security chief took care of the Romulan defector Alidar Jarok . ( ) Bailey served at the tactical station on the bridge of the " Enterprise " - D in 2366 . She was replaced by Worf shortly before Kyril Finn and an Ansata terrorist beamed directly on the bridge and abducted Captain Picard . ( ) Later that year she replaced Worf again at the tactical console when he faced the charges of the Klingon High Council against his father Mogh . ( ) 2367 . Bailey served as tactical officer on the battle bridge when the " Enterprise " - D was separated to engage the Borg cube in Sector 001 . ( ) She manned the tactical station on the bridge when Worf joined the away team which beamed down to the underground city of Turkana IV . ( ) She also worked as relief tactical officer when Worf cared for his son Alexander after K ' Ehleyr brought the boy aboard . Later , Worf was ready to replace her but was called into the Captain ' s ready room and Bailey remained at the station . ( ) A holographic duplicate of Bailey was part of an illusion created by the alien Barash on Alpha Onias III . In this illusory 2383 , Bailey served as tactical officer on the bridge when Ambassador Tomalak , Admiral Picard and Deanna Troi visited the ship and its captain , William T . Riker . ( ) She passed Lieutenant Commander Data in front of the transporter room , shortly before the Vulcan Ambassador T ' Pel was beamed aboard . ( ) Bailey was carrying a case when she passed Doctor Leah Brahms in front of Geordi La Forge ' s quarters . ( ) She replaced Worf on the tactical station when the Klingon joined the away team to Tarchannen III . ( ) In 2367 , when Admiral Norah Satie was aboard the ship , she was ordered by security chief Worf to track together with Crewman Marcus Simon Tarses ' movements for the previous five year s when he was on trial . Later she manned the tactical station on the bridge . ( ) Ensign Bailey replaced Worf at the tactical station when the Klingon escorted Ambassador Odan , possessing Commander Riker ' s body , to his quarters ( ) and when Worf led the investigations regarding the replicated Federation weapons on Krios Prime . ( ) 2369 . In 2369 Ensign Bailey accompanied Lieutenant Worf to the quarters of Morag where he was held imprisoned . ( ) She served as relief tactical officer on the bridge while Worf had lunch with Geordi La Forge in the replimat aboard Deep Space 9 . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Ensign Bailey was portrayed by recurring background actress Natalie Wood who later also worked as make - up artist on several " Star Trek " projects . Her name is from the script of the fourth season episode " The Drumhead " . On the call sheet for the episode " Galaxy ' s Child " and " The Drumhead " she is listed under full last name , Winwood .