What did Winona Kirk do in Starfleet?

[JonnyQuest037]

IIRC, the writers of ST09 have said that Winona Kirk was a Starfleet officer like her husband George, but as far as I know, they've never stated exactly what she did on the Kelvin and what division she was in. We know that she was off-planet again by the time young James T. Kirk stole his stepfather's car, so she was presumably off on another deep space assignment.

So what do you think Winona Kirk did? Command, Engineering, Sciences? What rank was she? If I had to guess, I would only surmise that she likely wasn't in the medical division. Otherwise she might have been a bit more calm during the birthing scene in ST09.

What do you folks think?

 

[Tenacity]

Regardless of what the writers said on the side, it's not obvious from what was presented on screen that Winona was in Starfleet.

Being a alternate universe, Starfleet could already be placing family members aboard starships. So Winona in that case would be a civilian.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Get knocked up.
Seriously though, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk goes into some detail about his parents' careers and mentions Captain Robau having a fit when he found out she was pregnant.
Weirdly, it doesn't mention what Winona did except for mention the ships she served on. Her and George met when he was teaching her Introduction to Federation History class.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Get knocked up.
Seriously though, The Autobiography of James T. Kirk goes into some detail about his parents' careers and mentions Captain Robau having a fit when he found out she was pregnant.
Weirdly, it doesn't mention what Winona did except for mention the ships she served on. Her and George met when he was teaching her Introduction to Federation History class.

In the book, it's hinted at that she might be an agricultural scientist, or some sort of scientist, because she's stationed on Tarsus IV to work on a new food supplement.

 

[Timo]

Being a alternate universe, Starfleet could already be placing family members aboard starships. So Winona in that case would be a civilian.

Pike's ship had two civilian-clad youngsters aboard in "The Cage". That we met none in TOS may be due to Kirk's special deep space assignment, setting his ship apart from most of Starfleet in that respect.

If I had to guess, I would only surmise that she likely wasn't in the medical division. Otherwise she might have been a bit more calm during the birthing scene in ST09.

A doctor would have a better idea of all the things that can go wrong there, and quite possibly be more inclined to scream...

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Tenacity]

because she's stationed on Tarsus IV to work on a new food supplement.

Great, so she caused the famine.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Great, so she caused the famine.

No. There was a fungal contamination in the food supply that destroyed a majority of it, according to the book.

Pike's ship had two civilian-clad youngsters aboard in "The Cage". That we met none in TOS may be due to Kirk's special deep space assignment, setting his ship apart from most of Starfleet in that respect.

It was never stated they were civilians. It's more likely they were off-duty personnel in civvies.

 

[C.E. Evans]

I tend to think that Winona was a civilian scientist assigned to the Kelvin or working on a scientific project the ship was assigned to. Kind of like how Dr. Paul Stubbs was on the Enterprise-D for a scientific project in TNG's "Evolution." The Kelvin--carrying a very due Winona Kirk--may have been assigned to a lengthy scientific mission that was interrupted by the discovery of a lightning storm in space. The Kelvin may even have been en route back to Earth at the time, and in the original timeline, Winona gave birth to James Kirk in Iowa instead of during a deep-space starship battle...

 

[JonnyQuest037]

It was never stated they were civilians. It's more likely they were off-duty personnel in civvies.

Pretty short and young-looking for off-duty personnel.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Pretty short and young-looking for off-duty personnel.

They seem to be adults and of average height.

 

[Avro Arrow]

IIRC, the writers of ST09 have said that Winona Kirk was a Starfleet officer like her husband George, but as far as I know, they've never stated exactly what she did on the Kelvin and what division she was in.

She was the temporal sensor officer, who made sure the Kelvin avoided temporal disturbances and anomalies. Too bad she was otherwise occupied that day.

Pretty short and young-looking for off-duty personnel.

Yeoman Tina Lawton was supposedly seventeen.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Winona was actualy the XO. George was just filling in.

 

[The Wormhole]

Pretty short and young-looking for off-duty personnel.

They look to be in the 23-25 age range to me.

 

[Timo]

The telling bit is where they fail to acknowledge or even recognize Pike...

Anyway, the more primitive the era, the greater likelihood of there being random civilians and other passengers aboard - deep space warp engines of the day wouldn't have been good enough or plentiful enough to provide alternative (human) means of transportation for them.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

It's awfully hard to tell when she's clad only in a hospital gown.