Peeples

dutiful anxious suggestible

Peeples serves as an ensign in Starfleet aboard the USS Brattain. He handles bridge duties and coordinates with visiting engineers like Geordi La Forge during crises. Competent in routine operations, he falters under psychological strain from isolation, hearing phantom sounds and raising alarms that expose crew vulnerabilities. Peeples balances diligence with fear, reporting threats despite uncertainty and retracting claims when reassured by superiors. His experiences mark him as a typical junior officer navigating the mental demands of deep-space duty.

3 appearances

Starfleet Bridge Operations

Peeples's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

3 moments

S4E17 · Night Terrors

Peeples hears phantom sounds on Brattain

A spiral from terrified conviction to humiliated retreat—his fear of the unknown gives way to shame at his perceived weakness, though the underlying dread of the Brattain's horrors lingers.

Ensign Peeples is deeply engrossed in his diagnostic work at the Brattain's bridge workstation when the hallucinatory clung sound intrudes, shattering his focus. His body language shifts from concentration to …

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S4E17 · Night Terrors

Data witnesses Geordi’s cognitive collapse

Unnoticed but likely anxious—aware of the crisis but powerless to intervene.

Peeples works silently in the background of Engineering, his presence barely acknowledged by Data or Geordi. His lack of interaction suggests he, too, may be affected by the Rift’s psychological …

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S4E17 · Night Terrors

Peeples attacks Geordi in Engineering

Fully unhinged, driven by paranoia and a deep-seated fear that the crew is being betrayed. His emotional state is a direct result of the Rift's psychological effects, leaving him incapable of rational thought or behavior.

Ensign Peeples, once a reliable and composed crew member, is now a stark embodiment of the Tyken's Rift's psychological toll. His approach to Geordi is stealthy, his mind fractured by …

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Affiliation

Starfleet

Federation Starship Command, Classified Intelligence, and Hierarchical Operations