Lieutenant Keyla Detmer
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Name: Keyla Detmer
Rank: Lieutenant
Position: Chief Helm Officer USS Discovery

Starfleet History
pre 2256: Assigned to USS Shinzou as Chief Helm Officer
2256: Promoted to Lieutenant and reassigned to USS Discovery

Personal History
Detmer earned her pilot's license at age 12. Detmer attended Starfleet Academy in San Francisco, and had fond memories of studying under a particular tree As a lieutenant junior grade, Detmer served aboard the USS Shenzhou under Captain Philippa Georgiou as the starship's helmsman in 2256. She was injured at some point between the Battle of the Binary Stars and Michael Burnham's arrival on the USS Discovery. Six months after the destruction of the Shenzhou, Detmer was promoted to full lieutenant and was assigned to serve as helm officer under Captain Gabriel Lorca on the USS Discovery, by which point she appeared to have cranial and ocular implants. Upon seeing mutineer Michael Burnham for the first time on the Discovery, she chose not to speak to her. Detmer was responsible for initiating the Discovery's spore drive, and was at the helm when the ship made attempts to reach Corvan II, both an initial abortive attempt, which saw her maneuver the ship out of the gravity well of an O-type star, and a second attempt, during which Detmer brought Discovery to a halt over the mining colony. After Discovery found itself in the mirror universe, Lieutenant Detmer was left in charge on the bridge while Lorca, Saru and Tyler participated in a briefing in engineering. Detmer called Lorca to the bridge when Discovery was approached by the ISS Cooper. After Lorca had the crew to assume their mirror identities, an alternate helmsman took over on the bridge, as Detmer's mirror counterpart was not aboard the Discovery, but the ISS Shenzhou. Detmer was having a meal with R.A. Bryce in the mess hall when Ash Tyler entered. Though the entire mess hall was initially cold towards Tyler, revealed to have been a hybrid of the Klingon Voq with the memories of the real Tyler, Detmer and Bryce soon followed Cadet Sylvia Tilly's lead in accepting and speaking to Tyler.

Unfortunately the ship ended up in another parallel universe and the year 2380 with no way to return to their home universe. The Crossfield class Discovery was replaced by a Prometheus class ship and command was given to Rodney Washington with Detmer continuing her duties as helm officer.

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