Demora Sulu Demora Sulu was a Starfleet ensign serving aboard the under the command of Captain John Harriman in 2293 . The daughter of Hikaru Sulu , she carried on her father ' s legacy as helmsman of the " Enterprise " . In 2293 , during the christening ceremony for the " Enterprise " - B , Demora met one of her father ' s former commanding officer s , James T . Kirk , for the first time since 2281 , when she had been a little girl . Kirk expressed surprise at how fast time had gone by and congratulated her on her posting . Later , Demora participated in a rescue attempt for two El - Aurian transport vessel s which had become trapped in a severe gravimetric distortion emanating from an energy ribbon . She was also present when , at the conclusion of this incident , Kirk supposedly died while saving the " Enterprise " - B from destruction . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Identity . Demora Sulu was played by Jacqueline Kim . The character was the only daughter of any of the main characters from and the associated films . Origins . Demora ' s lines in the script for " Star Trek Generations " were originally written for Hikaru Sulu . ( " " ) In a draft of the " Generations " script , the helmsman of the " Enterprise " - B wasn ' t labeled with a name for scripted dialogue ( in common with all other officers serving under Harriman ' s command ) but was addressed as " Mr . Brooks " once in dialogue . The writers of " Generations " considered making the character Pavel Chekov ' s daughter before settling on the relationship with Sulu . ( " " ) Hence , in revision pages ( dated ) for the third draft of the film ' s screenplay , the navigator of the " Enterprise " - B was introduced as " Demora Chekov " by her father , Pavel Chekov . Furthermore , in the fourth draft ( dated ) , the " Enterprise " - B navigator was introduced by McCoy ( since he , Kirk , and Spock were the only visitors to the ship in that draft ) as " Demora Chekov " . In the final draft of the " Generations " script ( initially dated ) , the character was again a helmsman and was introduced by Chekov but was now listed as " Demora Sulu " , as these details remained from then on . In the same draft of the screenplay , the character was described as " a young , ( mid - twenties ) attractive , Asian female Ensign named Demora . " This character description was subsequently added to ( the only revision in an entire revised page of the screenplay , dated 24 March of that year ) . The newly added text stated , " " She ' s youthful , enthusiastic , and she clearly has a close friendship with Chekov . " " Other changes to the portrayal of Demora Sulu in the final draft screenplay of " Generations " were in her conversation with Kirk and Chekov . Demora was initially to have thanked Kirk for expressing that the " Enterprise " wouldn ' t be the same without a Sulu at the helm and then offered to show Chekov the new inertial guidance system , before she and Chekov walked away from Kirk together . In the aforementioned revision ( the one dated 24 March 1994 ) , she thanked Kirk for his comment , then " beam [ ed ] a wide smile at Chekov , " who remarked that Sulu was surely extremely proud of her ( a comment retained in the final version of the film ) . She replied , " " I hope so , " " then offered to show Chekov the new inertial guidance system and walked away alone , leaving Chekov to remark to Kirk about her youthfulness ( another remark which also made the transition to the screen ) . She was then joined by Chekov . Portrayal . Demora Sulu was the second Hollywood role which Jacqueline Kim acquired . " " I just auditioned and I was called back . . . I got an offer for that , " " she said . ( ) The actress filmed her scenes as Demora Sulu on . An initial two hours were allocated for her make - up to be applied . Kim felt that a particular poise and serenity which Demora projects was a reflection of the actress ' own personality , rather than a deliberate performance decision she made . Kim found her brief stint of playing Demora was a challenge . " " It was one of my first featured roles in a film , " " she continued , " " and I was so inexperienced that I was convinced that my make - up and hair people existed to just ruin my concentration . They ' re supposed to do your make - up and hair right before your close up , and I didn ' t know that . . . I thought that they always just showed up whenever I needed to concentrate . So it was very funny . " " Despite finding it hard to concentrate on Demora ' s close - ups , Kim enjoyed working on her part with Director David Carson and especially liked playing Demora in the moments when the " Enterprise " - B was being shaken , saying of the latter , " " It was fun . " " ( ) Reception . In an article entitled " George Takei " which appeared in , Takei talked about Demora Sulu , discussing his take on his character having a daughter . He expressed an interest in finding out how Demora had been conceived by Sulu and an unnamed woman , as well as wanting to learn who her mother was . " Star Trek Generations " Director David Carson approved of the Demora Sulu role . He remarked , " " I thought having Sulu ' s daughter on the bridge of the " Enterprise " - B was a wonderful way of continuing the generations and speaking about mortality " [ . . . ] " To have a child of one of the originals on board the ship actually makes a greater point than producing everybody from the last series . " " ( " " , p . 316 ) Apocrypha . Demora is central to the plot of the following : She was also referenced in William Shatner ' s novel " Dark Victory " . In " Star Trek Online " , the 25th century Starfleet officer Akira Sulu names Demora as his grandmother . According to him , Demora Sulu eventually became captain of the " Enterprise " - B .