Malcolm Reed Lieutenant Malcolm Reed was a 22nd century Human Starfleet officer who served as armory officer on board under the command of Captain Jonathan Archer . Early life and family . Malcolm Reed was born on September 2 , 2117 , into an English family with a strong naval tradition . His grandfather was an ordnance officer in the Royal Navy and his father and great - uncle ( who had died in the line of duty aboard ) had served as well . Reed wanted to serve aboard a seafaring vessel as a child , but his aquaphobia rendered him unable to follow in the footsteps of his family . ( ) Reed was allergic to dust mite s , oak pollen , tropical grass es , and plant enzyme s , including bromelain . Reed had one sister named Madeleine , an uncle named Archie , and at least two unmarried aunts . Reed had a rather distant relationship with his parents , claiming he could never get close to them . ( ) Reed was an Eagle Scout , holding twenty - eight merit badges , including one in exobiology . ( ) Starfleet . Unable to follow his family ' s tradition , Reed decided to join Starfleet . As a young ensign , he was recruited into Section 31 through former Starfleet Security officer . At the time , Reed was a fresh officer , excited to be in " covert operations . " However , he later left the organization . ( ) Reed took a rather serious and traditional approach to his position as a Starfleet officer , finding it , for instance , rather improper to socialize with senior officer s . When Captain Archer invited him to dine with him once , he felt rather awkward and uncomfortable , and as a result could not relax in the captain ' s presence . ( ) While Reed had been romantically involved with a number of women on Earth , such as , a waitress at the 602 Club who had also dated Trip Tucker at some point , Reed did not get particularly close to anyone while on board " Enterprise " . When , in 2155 , the " Enterprise " encountered a future version of itself , Reed discovered that throughout his tenure aboard the ship , he remained single , prompting him to begin questioning his attitude towards his life . ( ) Reed mostly kept to himself aboard " Enterprise " and generally appeared a private person who had a hard time opening up to people . He was not very close to his parents and , in fact , never even had informed them about his assignment aboard " Enterprise " . When asked about his favorite food s , his parents conveyed that Malcolm rarely expressed personal preferences , normally eating whatever food was put in front of him . ( ) He did not follow the sport of soccer , or football as it was known in England . ( ) " Enterprise " . The first year . Reed was the senior armory officer aboard " Enterprise " . He helped complete the ship ' s first mission , which was intervening in a Suliban plot to cause civil war in the Klingon Empire . ( ) His quarters aboard " Enterprise " were located on B Deck . ( ) Reed was a master of adapting to difficult situations . In an early battle , during the mission an alien force attacked and attempted to capture the crew so they could drain them of their bodily fluids . After " Enterprise " s weapons failed to penetrate the enemy ' s shields , he cooperated with an Axanar vessel to drive off the enemy . ( ) He was part of the away team that landed on Terra Nova , a lost colony of Earth settlers who believed that Earth had poison ed their air . The Novan s attacked the party and Reed was shot in the leg and held hostage . He was released after Archer was able to reason with the Novans . ( ) He led a rescue attempt on P ' Jem when Archer was caught in a dispute between the Andorian s and Vulcan s . He and his team planted bombs behind the wall where the hostages were held . When the walls collapsed , his team was able to rescue Archer , T ' pol , and Tucker . He also helped to expose P ' Jem as a spy station . ( ) He and Travis Mayweather became two of the first Humans to walk on a comet . They were stranded , and the Vulcans saved them by the use of tractor beam technology . ( ) Later that year " Enterprise " was attacked by an unknown enemy . The weapons on " Enterprise " were not powerful enough to deter the enemy . Reed and Tucker led the team that built phase cannon s so that the ship would be prepared in case of another attack . The weapons of " Enterprise " had no effect on the enemy , until Reed recreated a power surge and transferred it to the weapons . The blast disabled the enemy ship and it retreated . ( ) He and Hoshi Sato boarded a disabled Klingon ship that was losing orbit and falling into a gas giant . The crew had been disabled by a toxin . They became trapped , and in order to push the ship to a higher orbit so they could be rescued , Reed fired the ship ' s torpedo es , which pushed the vessel into higher orbit . ( ) He and Tucker attempted to rescue Archer from Coridan rebels . They were captured by the Andorians , who had become involved in the civil war . Shran set Reed and Tucker free , and helped in the rescue effort . ( ) When " Enterprise " came upon a Kantare settlement on a planet after crash landing , Reed discovered that there was no way the settlement could survive with so many people . It was discovered that the settlement was a hologram , as were all the people except for two . ( ) Reed and Tucker , while on a shuttlepod mission , were cut off from " Enterprise " and , seeing debris , believed that the ship had been destroyed . As they lost life support , they were contacted by " Enterprise " . They were not aware that the shuttle was damaged , but Reed and Tucker jettisoned their impulse drive and imploded it as a signal to " Enterprise " . With air running out , Tucker decided to leave the shuttle and seal himself in the airlock , so Reed could survive . Reed argued him down and even pointed a phase - pistol at him , though it was set to stun . Reed would have both of them dead than one . They were rescued . ( ) Reed , in the disguise of a Suliban infiltrated a Tandaran concentration camp where Archer was being held along with innocent Suliban . Detonating explosives , Reed knocked out the guards , while creating a way to freedom . He helped disarm the commander Grat and released Archer and the other prisoners . ( ) Archer , Tucker , and three others were captured by a symbiotic being that was trying to integrate them into one being so it could survive . Reed and his security team fired EM radiation at the creature . The organism writhes in pain , but when the bio - signs of the trapped crewmembers become erratic , Dr . Phlox orders Reed to stop firing . The organism was absorbing the crewmembers ' nervous systems into its own . Reed installed an experimental EM force field to limit its growth . Once Hoshi Sato communicated with the creature and found that it only wanted to go home it released Archer , Tucker , and the other three crewmembers . T ' Pol , Sato , Reed and Phlox take it to the planet ' s surface . During a vacation on Risa , Reed and Tucker made dates with two exotic females . The females turned out to be morphs who robbed the two and left them half - naked , tied up in a cellar . ( ) The second year . Silik and the Suliban Cabal took over " Enterprise " after Archer was transported to the future by , a temporal agent . Reed used a piece of equipment that Daniels had left behind in a previous visit to help Archer return to his timeline , and retook the ship . ( ) In 2152 " Enterprise " became trapped in a Romulan minefield . When one of the mines attached to " Enterprise " , Reed went out in an EV suit to try to disarm it . During an attack by the Romulans , the mine was jostled and a metal spike from the mine pinned Reed ' s leg to the hull . Archer went out to help Reed , who talked Archer through the disarming of the mine . Reed was rescued when Archer used a torch to cut him free , despite Reed attempting to commit suicide with the intent of compelling Archer to leave him behind . During a stop at an automated repair station , Reed ' s leg was healed by the station . Reed participated in covert exploration of the station at the urging of Tucker . The station was discovered to be a parasitic cyborg harnessing humanoid brains for use in its computer core . ( ) Reed also helped a mining colony defend itself from Klingons who were stealing their deuterium . He taught them self - defense and target practice . He almost was executed by a pre - warp society that he and Archer visited . Reed left his communicator and when they went back to retrieve it , they were captured . The general who captured them believed they were super soldiers developed by his enemies . They were ordered to be executed , but saved by " Enterprise " . ( ) After " Enterprise " gave asylum to Takret men fleeing the military , everyone had to take refuge in the catwalk to escape a deadly radiation storm . The Takret military boarded the ship to capture the refugees . Thinking the ship is empty , they tried to restart the warp engines which were shut down during the storm . This endangered the ship and crew and Reed left the catwalk , shut down the engines and saved the ship . ( ) Reed discovered that a ship found by " Enterprise " was from the future and could hold the key to the Temporal Cold War . He also led a rescue party to free Archer from a penal ship . ( ) Reed ' s personal emphasis on starship protocol caused him to notice the inefficiency of " Enterprise " s crew when reacting to combat situations . This prompted him to devise a state of Tactical alert , which he saw as a means of improving readiness . Captain Archer approved of his idea , and it was quickly implemented . ( ) " Enterprise " encountered a large vessel unlike any the crew has seen before . Reed along with Archer and Tucker take a shuttlepod into the ship for exploration . An alien wisp takes over Tucker ' s body and informed Archer that that it wants to peacefully explore Humanity . Reed is overtaken and attempted to mate with T ' Pol . Phlox was able to rid Reed and the rest of the crew from the aliens who really wished to keep their Human bodies . ( ) In the latter part of the year , he encountered the Borg , although he did not know what species they were . While pursuing the Borg , Reed and Archer boarded the transport and fought off these lifeforms , attaching several charge s to the ship ' s EPS manifold , then transporting back to " Enterprise " . The resulting explosion crippled the transport , which was then destroyed by a few torpedoes . ( ) He met a Vissian who used a Cogenitor to get pregnant . He also helped rescue Archer from bounty hunter s . ( ) The third year : the Xindi mission . In the early days of the mission to stop the Xindi from destroying Earth , Reed accompanied Archer to a mining planet to interrogate a Xindi . They were imprisoned by the foreman of the miners who intended to use them as slave labor . They rescued the Xindi , but he was killed in the escape attempt . He managed to give " Enterprise " the coordinates of the planet before he died . ( ) Reed was part of an away team that boarded a stranded Vulcan ship in the Expanse . The crew had gone mad and tried to kill the team . After escaping , the ship was destroyed by " Enterprise " . ( ) He was a part of an away mission on a planet whose population was extinct . However , the Loque ' eque had left behind a virus that would change other humanoids into their species . Reed became one of them , but was cured by Phlox . ( ) Reed subsequently met with a merchant , B ' Rat Ud , who could sell him trellium - D , a substance that could protect the ship from spatial anomalies which were a common feature in the Delphic Expanse . During this visit to the Xanthan homeworld , he helped Archer rescue Rajiin , a woman who was being sold by a slave trader . She turned out to be an agent of the Xindi . ( ) Much like the rest of the crew , Reed ' s nerves were on edge during the hunt for the Xindi . One night he heard some clicking noises in his quarters and , for a moment , thought he was seeing a Xindi - Insectoid in the shadows . ( ) He , Major Hayes , and Archer infiltrated a Xindi industrial facility to examine what the Xindi weapon would be powered by . They tried to persuade the Xindi - Arboreal that Earth was no threat to them . The Xindi gave them a canister of the power source . ( ) " In the alternate timeline where Earth was destroyed , Reed grew a goatee . In 2165 he was promoted to captain of " Intrepid " , but died in a Xindi attack before he could assume command . " ( ) Reed and the MACO s retook " Enterprise " after it was hijacked by religious zealots who wanted to use it against another religious faction . ( ) During the mission to find the Xindi weapon , Reed was unhappy with the assignment of Major Hayes and his team of MACOs to " Enterprise " . He felt that Hayes was trying to subvert his authority in an attempt take over security on the ship . This caused Reed to react poorly when Hayes suggested a series of training sessions for the senior officers with his team . A " training session " between Hayes and Reed ended up as little more than a fist fight , and both were chastised by Captain Archer . This had the effect of clearing the air between them , so much so that Hayes told Reed that he and his people no longer felt like outsiders . ( ) Though Reed was fortunate enough to escape injury in the Xindi attack in the Azati Prime system , two days later he suffered from severe exposure to heat when helping Commander Tucker close down a leaking plasma conduit that was creating a huge plasma fire . Fortunately , he recovered quickly . ( ) Reed helped stage a mutiny to take the ship from Archer , who had been affected by an Insectoid toxin and was endangering the mission . ( ) " In a different timeline where a subspace corridor stranded " Enterprise " in 2037 , Reed was the only senior officer to die unmarried , a fact which left him slightly distressed . " ( ) During the final days of the mission , he led a team that boarded a sphere in order to get information about the Sphere - Builder s , the aliens who were behind the plot to destroy Earth . During this action one of the MACOs , F . Hawkins , was killed by the sphere ' s defenses . This had a profound effect on Reed . After Major Hayes was killed in the attempt to rescue Hoshi Sato , Reed took over the MACOs . He led them on the final mission aboard the weapon and helped to successfully destroy it . ( ) The fourth year . Reed aided in restoring the timeline after aliens tried to change it by aiding the Nazi s in conquering America . He also defended Phlox in a bar fight against a group of xenophobic Humans . ( ) During the Augment incident he , along with Archer , tried to retake Cold Station 12 where Augment embryo s were stored . He was also part of a rescue team along with Mayweather when they attempted to rescue T ' Pol and Archer from the The Forge before the Vulcan High Command attacked the religious sect hiding there . ( ) Along with Mayweather , his body was taken over by an Organian observer who wished to experience Human customs and ways . While teaching the inhabited Mayweather how to play chess , he revealed he was the ship ' s champion . ( ) When the Romulans sent a ship with " chameleon " - like capabilities to further destabilize Andorian and Tellarite relations by attacking their ships , Reed and Tucker boarded it and became stranded when " Enterprise " s transporter went off line . Their oxygen supply was running low but they continued to investigate and were shocked when they found no one on the alien ship . It was a remotely - controlled drone ship . They began to sabotage the drone ship as it engaged in a fire fight with " Enterprise " . After damaging the ship , Reed and Tucker ejected themselves out into space where " Enterprise " transported them back to the ship . ( ) Reed had not had contact from Section 31 since he joined the crew of " Enterprise " . This affected his loyalties during a crisis involving the Klingon Empire . The Klingons had attempted to develop their own Augments using DNA from their contact with Malik and the other augments developed by Arik Soong . The Human DNA caused a virus that threatened to wipe out the Klingons . Reed was contact by , an agent of Section 31 , who had a job for him . At first he refused , but was told if he did not cooperate , Phlox , who was kidnapped by the Klingons , would die . He covered up the fact that the Rigelian ship that kidnapped Phlox was destroyed by Klingons . When Archer found out Reed lied to him , he was relieved of duty and put in the brig . After Augment Klingons sabotaged " Enterprise " , Reed was released and helped Tucker repair the ship . Archer found out about Reed ' s involvement with Harris and demanded answers . Harris contacted him and told him that Section 31 shut down a security grid on Earth that allowed Phlox to be kidnapped . They believed that if Phlox did not find a cure , the Klingons would react with all - out war , which would have grave implications for many worlds . Reed felt his loyalties were with Archer and he informed Archer the location of the base where Phlox was held . Phlox did cure the virus and Reed , along with Archer , rescued him . Reed contacted Harris once more and told him never to contact him again . ( ) Reed contacted agent Harris to acquire information about the terrorist group Terra Prime – despite his previous attempt to withdraw from Section 31 , Archer , now that he knew of Reed ' s involvement , decided to use that connection to get better answers than those he had received from Earth political figures . In a rescue attempt to free Tucker and T ' Pol from the group on Mars , his shuttle was sabotaged and he had to return to " Enterprise " . ( ) Later years . Reed was still serving aboard " Enterprise " with the rank of lieutenant when the ship was decommissioned in 2161 . He participated in the crew ' s final mission to rescue Shran ' s daughter , Talla , from alien kidnappers on Rigel X . Although the mission was a success , his friend and crewmate , Trip Tucker , sacrificed himself shortly thereafter in order to save Captain Archer . Afterward , Reed was in attendance at the founding ceremony for the United Federation of Planets . Prior to Archer ' s speech , Reed conveyed his desire to continue working with Captain Archer on the latter ' s next assignment , believing Archer was not yet ready for the Admiralty . ( ) Personal interests . Technical advances . Reed was frustrated that " Enterprise " left space dock before all the ship ' s planned weaponry was installed and tested . Reed has had to improvise against hostile aliens with superior weaponry many times . The " Enterprise " crew was nearly captured to be drained of their fluids after the ship ' s torpedoes failed to penetrate an enemy ship ' s defenses . It took cooperation between Reed and an Axanar captain to destroy their common foe . Reed would lead his team in building phase cannon s from scratch while in mid - space , after being attacked by an unknown race . The weapons that " Enterprise " had did not affect the alien ship . While the first deployment of the phase cannons was less perfect , they were successful in warding off the aliens by disabling their shielding which allowed Reed to fire two spatial torpedo es , blowing a hole in the ship . Even then he showed ingenuity , by overloading the phase cannons to boost their power . Malcolm Reed is the man the crew turns to for weapons training and target practice . It was Reed who presented Captain Archer with the crew ' s new hand weapons called phase - pistol s , and training the crew in their use . Although Reed was initially skeptical about using the newly approved bio - transport platform , he has used the transporter probably more than anyone on the crew because of its tactical advantage . When Archer and other crew members were taken hostage in their first encounter with Andorians at the Vulcan sanctuary P ' Jem , Reed led a munitions team to the surface via the transporter , to mount a rescue attempt which he accomplished . He has made technological strides in other ways , such as perfecting a stable EM barrier , also known as a force field . When a strange , growing organism invaded " Enterprise " and tried to absorb several crew members , Reed needed a way to stop the creature from spreading and capturing more people . He used a prototype based on specs in the database and found a way to control the particle density , something which hadn ' t been accomplished before . ( ) Another accomplishment was a " tactical alert " that saved " Enterprise " at a crucial moment . Because of this , Archer recommended that the alert and accompanying protocols be made standard procedure . ( ) He had also boosted the phase - pistol and phase rifle power to 10 megajoule s when " Enterprise " was being attacked by the Borg . ( ) Personal relationships . Friends . Jonathan Archer . Malcolm Reed ' s best friend at Starfleet Academy was Mark Latrelle . When Hoshi Sato contacted him to find out what Malcolm ' s favorite food was , all he could remember was that Malcolm liked to go to a seafood restaurant on the Embarcadero in San Fransico because he " had a thing " for Maureen , one of the waitresses . He also recalled that Malcolm hated fish . ( ) However , it would appear that Malcolm liked Chilean sea bass . ( ) Reed kept to himself much of the time , preferring to work rather than socializing with his crew mates . He came to view the crew of " Enterprise " as his family . ( ) Still , he was somewhat uncomfortable when Archer invited him to breakfast so that they could get to know each other better , as he had been trained not to fraternize with his superior officers . ( ) He later became best friends with Trip Tucker . They bonded together after both almost died in a shuttlepod accident . After that they were very close , even spending shore leave together on Risa , although that vacation turned sour . Unfortunately , he suffered from poor health – this is shown in an incident where he was the only crewman on board to catch a head cold , apparently from a virus lurking inside a case of plasma coolant . He also suffered from a number of allergies including dust mites , oak pollen , tropical grasses , and various plant enzymes , including bromelain . For several years he took injections to treat this condition , as he was very fond of pineapple , which contained bromelain . Once , when his crewmates presented him with a pineapple cake for his birthday , he was quite impressed . ( ) Romance . Prior to the launch of " Enterprise " Reed had a relationship with , a waitress at the 602 Club on Earth , and a number of other women , among them former girlfriends named Deborah , Rochelle , and Caitlin . However , all those relationships ended because Reed was never able to get close to any of the women . ( ) Reed also had feelings for T ' Pol , telling Tucker he found her attractive . He also dreamed that after he was rescued from a shuttlepod , that T ' Pol then made advances toward him . When he was taken over by an alien wisp , the alien in control of his body tried to mate with T ' Pol . ( ) When " Enterprise " encountered the Vissian s , Reed and the Vissian ship ' s tactical officer Veylo became attracted to one another . ( ) It is stated that T ' Pol knows of his feelings towards her , as when she prematurely starts her " pon farr " , she corners him and asks when was the last time he had sex , and that she has seen the way he looks at her . ( ENT : " Bounty " ) Memorable quotes . " Us ? Not interesting ? " ( ENT : " Silent Enemy " ) " Sometimes I think you North Americans read nothing but comics . And these ridiculous science fiction novels . " ( ENT : " Shuttlepod One " ) " If only Dr Cochran had been a European , the Vulcans would ' ve been far less reticent to help us . " ( ENT : " Shuttlepod One " ) " An officer at his best is always well groomed . " ( ENT : " Shuttlepod One " ) " What ' s more important - - my leg or your ship ? " ( ENT : " Minefield " ) " Deception and surprise can be just as potent as brute force . " ( ENT : " Marauders " ) " I ' m afraid I haven ' t started following [ a sport ] since breakfast . " ( ENT : " Minefield " ) " Reed alert . Not bad . " ( ENT : " Singularity " ) " It ' s a chair . . . " ( ENT : " Singularity " ) Appendices . Background information . Malcolm Reed was played by actor Dominic Keating . Originally , Reed ' s rank was supposed to be lieutenant commander , but it was changed to lieutenant before the pilot aired . Another early concept for Reed was that he was a major in the Starfleet Marine Corps . This concept was later reused in the mirror universe episodes and . The character of Reed was invented by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga , who imagined him as a multifaceted Brit . " " We wanted our armory officer to be a character who was rather shy and staid , " " Berman commented . ( ) In the series bible for , Reed was characterized thus ; " " British , male , late twenties . Armory Officer . In the new age of humanity ' s enlightenment , Reed is a bit of a throwback . He ' s a 22nd century ' soldier , ' all spit and polish and by - the - book . His hair is cut razor - short . He maintains a rigorous daily schedule ; when he isn ' t on duty , he ' s working out on a futuristic exercise apparatus he keeps in his quarters , or toiling in the munitions lab , perfecting some new kind of torpedo [ . . . ] Reed is always trying to expand his weapons inventory , storing ammunition in parts of the ship designated to Engineering [ . . . ] Reed is filled with contradictions . Despite his near - obsession with regulations and munitions , he ' s also soft spoken , shy , and awkward around women . When testing a new photon weapon , he ' s liable to put on a pair of space age ear - plugs because he doesn ' t like loud noises . " " In a character breakdown sheet sent from Paramount to talent agents upon seeking an actor to play Reed , the character was described thus ; " " Armory Officer . British . Late 20s - early 30s . In the new age of humanity ' s enlightenment , Reed is a bit of a throwback . He ' s a 22rd Century ' soldier ' , all spit and polish and by - the - book . Reed is filled with contradictions . Despite his near - obsession with munitions , he ' s soft - spoken , shy and awkward around women . When testing a new weapon , he ' s liable to put on a pair of space - age earplugs because he doesn ' t like loud noises . " " Dominic Keating later recalled , " " Reed was described in the breakdown as ' buttoned - down wry , dry , and shy around women . " " ( ) When Reed was introduced in the script of ENT pilot episode ( in both the second draft and revised final draft of the script ) , he was described thus ; " " Reed is a buttoned - up Englishman in his 30 ' s . " " Rick Berman noted about the part , " " There was just something about it that screamed out for an English actor . " " ( ) When Dominic Keating auditioned for a role in , Rick Berman suspected he had found the right actor to play Malcolm Reed . Berman and Brannon Braga were meanwhile in the very early stages of development on the script for " Broken Bow " . Though Reed wasn ' t cast for VOY , Berman felt sure Keating was ideal to portray Reed , so Berman put the actor ' s photograph and resume on his desk . ( " Broken Bow " audio commentary , ENT Season 1 DVD / Blu - ray ) The photo remained on Berman ' s desk for longer than a year . ( ) " " I said to Brannon , ' I saw [ . . . ] the guy to play Malcolm Reed , " " Berman continued . " " And he came in ; he was the first person who came in to read for us when it was time to cast the role of Reed , and he was perfect for it . " " ( " Broken Bow " audio commentary , ENT Season 1 DVD / Blu - ray ) Keating initially had other ideas , though , with some objections to how Reed was described in the character breakdown sheet , such as the references to him being " soft - spoken , shy and awkward around women . " " " I thought , ' I ' m " so " not like that ! " " the actor exclaimed . The part nonetheless went to Keating . " " When they ' d given me the role , " " he reflected , " " I sat with Brannon and Rick and said , ' I ' m thrilled to get the job ; I ' m really happy – just please don ' t make him the English guy on " Star Trek " ! Brannon said , ' What , you don ' t want us to write things like ' My dear old mum ? ! " " ( ) Shortly after the start of ENT Season 1 , Brannon Braga postulated that the character of Reed might become more appealing to write stories for during the course of the season , Braga speculating , " " By the end of the season , we could discover that Reed is really jumping off the page . It ' s hard to say . " " ( " " , paperback ed . , p . 253 ) Dominic Keating felt there was " plenty of time for us to look at Reed down the line . " ( ) Later in the first season , Braga observed about Reed , " " He ' s had some great stuff to do in terms of action . But we ' re only now at this point starting to dig a little deeper , and I ' m not sure exactly where we ' re going to take him . " " ( ) Upon originating the role of Lieutenant Reed , Dominic Keating tried to see more similarities between the character and his own personality . For example , he admitted that , like Reed , he himself could occasionally be shy around women . Keating believed another likeness between them was that he , at the age of seventeen , planned to leave school and join the army . " " That ' s who Reed is , " " Keating remarked . " " He ' s slightly naive going into space ; he ' s exactly as I was . The more I look at him , the more I see that I can actually " be " him . " " ( ) When asked , Dominic Keating did not specify where Lieutenant Reed ' s quarters on " Enterprise " were , but in , it is implied that Reed ' s quarters were on B Deck . Keating also stated , when asked about Reed ' s romantic life , that " " God knows I played him gay ! " " but it is rather difficult to tell if he was serious or joking . In , the producers hinted that the familiar " red alert " often used in the rest of " Star Trek " likely is a further development of Reed ' s idea of introducing a " tactical alert " , for which initially suggested the name " Reed alert " . The Suliban costume Keating wore as Reed in was sold off on the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction on eBay . Reception . In , Mark Jones and Lance Parkin , writers of the review reference book " Beyond the Final Frontier " ( pp . 363 & 365 ) , commented therein that , in episodes such as " Silent Enemy " and " Shuttlepod One " , the depiction of Reed made them feel as though the ENT writing staff were " desperately trying to figure out Reed . " Apocrypha . In the novel " Last Full Measure " , a flashback reveals that Reed ' s aquaphobia was caused by a traumatic experience with a school bully when the bully nearly drowned Reed in a school fountain , with Reed briefly attempting to take revenge before the look in the bully ' s eyes forced him to realize that he had sunk to the bully ' s level . In the novel " A Choice of Futures " , following the Romulan War , Reed serves as T ' Pol ' s first officer on the USS " Endeavour " before being promoted to captain of the USS " Pioneer " , during which he also worked with Doctor Tobin Dax to carry out various modifications to the ship .