Nyota Uhura (TOS)

Nyota Uhura was a character in the original Star Trek television series and subsequent media - including books, comic books, movies, and video games. A younger version of Uhura was introduced in the new series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Uhura was portrayed by the late in the original series, and is currently played by in Strange New Worlds. Also portrayed in Japanese Dub , voiced by Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist series, and Tōshirō Hitsugaya from Bleach series.
She was born on Kenya on Earth. Uhura discovered she had a talent for languages, having learned 37 languages by 2259. Initially she planned to attend the University of Nairobi where her parents taught, but after they and her brother were killed in an accident Uhura found she couldn't attend the school as it reminded her too much of her lost family. Uhura moved in with her grandmother, who had served in Starfleet as a young woman and told Uhura about her experiences in Starfleet. This inspired Uhura to apply to Starfleet Academy, and she was accepted.
As a cadet, her first deep space assignment was on the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) in 2259, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike. 
After graduating from Starfleet Academy Uhura had several positions in Starfleet, both in outposts and Starships before being posted back to the Enterprise in 2262 under the command of Captain Pike. She remained on the Enterprise after James T. Kirk took command and became good friends with him and the rest of the senior staff - including Spock, Sulu, Chekov, Leonard McCoy, and Montgomery Scott. She would often be seen in the rec room performing music with Spock. Except for a three month period in 2264 when she took on a temporary reassignment Uhura would remain on the Enterprise until 2270 when the ship returned to Earth after a successful five mission.
While the Enterprise was undergoing a major refit Uhura took an assignment teaching at Starfleet Academy. Upon completion of the refit in 2271 she was posted back to the Enterprise as a Lieutenant Commander, working for Captain Willard Decker. Uhura assisted Decker with recruiting a diverse crew comprised of a large number of different species for another five year mission. She remained on the Enterprise through another five year mission under the command of Admiral Kirk before taking a position at Starfleet Academy in 2277. She would often travel on the Enterprise when the vessel undertook training cruises for the Academy. After the disastrous encounter with Khan she took an Earth based assignment at a transporter station, saying peace and quiet appealed to her, but the real reason for taking the assignment was to ensure that Kirk and the senior staff would have a means of boarding the Enterprise in order to retrieve Spock's body against Starfleet orders. Uhura was then granted asylum on Vulcan where she witnessed the refusion of Spock's Genesis Planet regenerated body and his katra.
Uhura traveled back in time to 1987 with the senior staff of the late Enterprise to retrieve two humpback whales to answer the Cetacean Probe that was devastating Earth. In the past she helped retrieve high energy protons to regenerate the failing Klingon dilithium crystals on the captured Klingon Bird of Prey they were using. Returning to 2286 the humpback whales successfully got the probe to leave Federation space.
After the Federation council dropped all charges against her, Uhura and her colleagues were posted to the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A). She remained on the Enterprise until after the opening sessions of the Khitomer Conference in 2293. She was initially recruited by Starfleet Intelligence after these sessions and agreed to work with SI.
Uhura took a job in the private sector for several months before returning to Starfleet. In 2300 Uhura was a Captain and in command of the USS Hermes. Transferring to intelligence she worked her way up the ranks of the department to become the head of SI in the mid 24th century. Uhura maintained the rank of Captain in order to ensure a lower profile, but by the 2350s accepted a promotion to the rank of Admiral. She continued working in SI throughout and past the Dominion War.
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