Travis Mayweather
Travis Mayweather is a male television character who features in Star Trek.
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Biography
Travis Mayweather
As a child, Mayweather took great interest in the mystery surrounding the Terra Nova colony and he promised his father to see this place someday. (ENT: Terra Nova) During his youth aboard the Horizon, Mayweather locked himself in a cargo container, an embarrassing incident that he did not live down for many years. On another occasion, he and Nora deactivated the grav-plating aboard the Horizon and jumped on the bed, which lead to them being grounded. (ENT: Horizon) In 2141, the Horizon encountered a group of Deltans. Mayweather, who was 15 years old at the time, described them as 'very attractive' and 'very open'. His father had Mayweather join him in hard workouts to keep his mind and body occupied. (ENT: Bound) During flight studies, Mayweather memorized a statement Chuck Yeager had said, which inspired Mayweather to overcome fear of tense piloting situations; he never allowed himself to become afraid in such scenarios, but instead concentrated on the flying. (ENT: Demons) With Mayweather having grown up on cargo ships, though, Malcolm Reed once suspected that he 'must've felt like having lead in his boots' when he arrived on Earth, due to the comparatively heavier gravity on the planet, especially as Mayweather's father had liked to keep the artificial gravity low. (ENT: Broken Bow)
When the Enterprise first encountered an unresponsive alien vessel, Mayweather was at the conn, and he dutifully followed Captain Archer's orders to pilot their ship to investigate. Later, he joined the away team, along with Archer and Lieutenant Reed, to board the derelict alien ship. After forcing their way through a hatch, the team discovered the bodies of the alien crew, hanging upside down with tubes harvesting their fluids. Mayweather and the others were visibly disturbed by the gruesome sight, and he retreated with the rest of the away team as ordered, though he took no independent action during this portion of the mission. He was not directly involved in the tense negotiations or the final confrontation with the attackers that ensued after Captain Archer decided to return to the ship. Instead, his primary contribution remained at the helm, where he ultimately navigated the Enterprise through the dangerous encounter and helped secure the ship's safety. (ENT: Fight or Flight)
During one of Starfleet's first explorations of a new world later known as Archer IV, Mayweather was a member of an Enterprise away team that stayed overnight on the surface of the planet. He was accompanied by Sub-Commander T'Pol, Commander Charles Tucker III, Crewman (First Class) Cutler and crewman Ethan Novakovich. Mayweather was along more for the adventure than the research, as was Tucker. Over a campfire, Mayweather attempted to frighten his colleagues by narrating a 'ghost story' concerning George Webb, a character who supposedly was a friend of Travis' uncle. Because of a sudden storm, the party retreated inside a cave for protection. Later, the team was infected by the pollen of some plant life on the planet. This caused extreme paranoid and delusional behavior, to the point where Mayweather believed the other members of the away team were trying to kill him. (ENT: Strange New World) Mayweather also was part of a landing party on Terra Nova, a lost Earth colony which had had no contact with Earth for many years. The landing party was greeted with hostility by the Novans. Mayweather analyzed a communications tower which contained a message indicating that the colonists blamed Earth for an attack that had poisoned their atmosphere. The crew was able to convince them otherwise, and relocated them due to the fact that their underground water supply was also contaminated. (ENT: Terra Nova) Together with Malcolm Reed, Mayweather became one of the first two Humans to walk on a comet. He and Reed became stranded, and were saved by the Vulcans, who had tractor beam technology. (ENT: Breaking the Ice)
Enterprise intervened when a freighter manned by Humans sought revenge against Nausicaan pirates. The ship was extremely similar to the one Mayweather had grown up on. He gave a tour of Enterprise to one of the crew, Matthew Ryan, in order to show how far he had come. Instead, Ryan chastised Mayweather for leaving his family ship in order to seek glory. Despite this, Mayweather was later able to convince Ryan to halt his attempted attack on a Nausicaan ship by pointing out that his actions would actually endanger other freighter crews by encouraging the Nausicaans to seek vengeance for Ryan's attack. (ENT: Fortunate Son) Mayweather was also arrested and jailed with Archer in a Tandaran prison camp for the Suliban. They were accused of collaborating with the Suliban against the Tandarans, who were at war with the Suliban. The Suliban who were being held were detainees, and innocent of any crimes or acts of war. Mayweather's preconceptions of the Suliban were changed because of the time he spent with them in the camp. He was beaten up by the Tandaran guards but he and Archer then helped the heretofore imprisoned Suliban escape. (ENT: Detained) When some of the crew were captured by a mysterious entity that had slipped on board from a Kreetassan ship that had recently docked with Enterprise, Mayweather was the only senior staff member available to apologise to the Kreetassans for the crew's "offense" of eating in public in the mess hall, assuring the Kreetassan captain that the Humans had no idea that such an action would be offensive to their visitors. The Kreetassan captain accepted his apology, and provided Enterprise with coordinates for the entity's homeworld. (ENT: Vox Sola)
During a rest stop on Risa, Mayweather was injured in a rock climbing accident at Galartha where the cliff face changes pitch while you climb. He almost died when given medication by the planet's doctors. After being shuttled back to Enterprise, Dr. Phlox cured him. (ENT: Two Days and Two Nights) He and Archer aided T'Pol in the capture of a Vulcan rogue agent named Menos who had become an arms dealer. When Menos proclaimed that he was innocent, Mayweather discovered Menos was hauling large containers of bio-toxins hidden by a force field. (ENT: The Seventh) In 2152, Mayweather's skills as a pilot came in handy when he had to traverse a deadly Romulan minefield in space. A mine had attached itself to the hull, and when Malcolm Reed tried to disarm it, a spike punched out of the mine and through Reed's leg, pinning him to the ship's hull. Mayweather had to pilot the ship through the minefield, but as gently as possible, while Archer attempted to free Reed. He also had to avoid a Romulan ship that was attacking Enterprise. (ENT: Minefield) After the Starfleet vessel was damaged by the minefield, its crew took Enterprise to an automated repair station. Mayweather was found dead, during the course of repairs. While conducting an autopsy on the corpse, Phlox discovered that the body was not actually Mayweather, but a duplicate. Searching the station, the crew found Mayweather suspended from harnesses with electrodes in his brain. The station was using his synaptic pathways, along with those of other humanoids, as part of its program. The crew was able to free him and escape the station. (ENT: Dead Stop)
Near the end of the year, Mayweather paid a return visit to the Horizon, the ship he had been born and raised on. There, he came into conflict with his brother, Paul. Their father had just died and Travis' brother, Paul, had taken over as captain. The ship was being attacked by pirates who had attached a homing device to it. Paul intended to dump some of the cargo and try to make it to their next stop. Without Paul's knowledge, Travis made upgrades to the ship, including to its weapons system. When the alien ship arrived, it not only wanted the cargo but the ship, also. With the new upgrades, the Horizon was able to defeat the pirates and protect itself. The two brothers then reconciled their differences. (ENT: Horizon)
Immediately before entering the Delphic Expanse, Enterprise was pursued by a Klingon Bird-of-Prey. Mayweather used a fearless maneuver to position Enterprise behind the Klingon ship, which Enterprise destroyed, before continuing on its mission. (ENT: The Expanse)
Travis continued to serve aboard Enterprise until 2161, when the ship was decommissioned shortly before the signing of the Federation Charter. During this time, he was seen to still be wearing the rank insignia of an ensign. While en route to Earth, Enterprise took a brief detour to Rigel X to rescue Talla, the daughter of Shran, an Andorian and former member of the Imperial Guard who the Enterprise crew had crossed paths with, many times before. Mayweather was among the participants in the rescue efforts, which were a success. However, soon after he and his shipmates returned to Enterprise, Commander Tucker was forced to sacrifice himself to save Captain Archer when Talla's kidnappers boarded the ship. A few days later, Mayweather was in attendance at the historic founding ceremony of what would become the United Federation of Planets. He had been offered an assignment by Captain Stillwell but had postponed accepting the offer, pending Captain Archer's next assignment. (ENT: These Are The Voyages...)
Mayweather's template was used as part of an historical holodeck program depicting the final voyage of Enterprise NX-01 and her crew, a program that was available for use aboard Federation starships in the 24th century. Commander William T. Riker accessed this program aboard the USS Enterprise-D in 2370, in hopes that it would help him through a moral dilemma. In the program, Riker assumed the role of a MACO and joined Mayweather and the other crew members on the mission to rescue Shran's daughter. Riker also assumed the identity of the Enterprise chef and interacted with the holographic Mayweather, in order to learn more about Commander Tucker, whose sacrifice helped Riker realize the choice he had to make with his own dilemma. (ENT: These Are The Voyages...)
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Travis Mayweather was a fit young man of medium build, with short-cropped black hair and a smooth, clean-shaven face. His Starfleet uniform consisted of the standard NX-01 navy-blue jumpsuit, featuring division-colored piping and patches designating his service role. On duty, he was most often seen at the helm console.
Mayweather was characterized by optimism, curiosity, and a quiet confidence in his skills. As a 'boomer', he had grown up in the stars, giving him a perspective broader than many of his fellow officers. This upbringing left him adaptable, resilient, and respectful of different cultures, but also instilled a yearning for stability and camaraderie that Starfleet provided. He was cheerful, approachable, and dependable, often serving as a grounding presence for more senior officers during tense situations.
Prior to his assignment to Enterprise, Mayweather had seen snow only twice in his entire life. (ENT: Breaking the Ice)
Mayweather was also known to play practical jokes from time to time. He once tricked Hoshi into attempting to communicate with strawberry gelatin by telling her it was a gelatinous lifeform. (ENT: Dead Stop)
In contrast to some of the crew, Mayweather expressed curiosity about the possibility of going through a transporter for the first time, speculating about the reported feeling of being in two places at once when the subject was mid-transport. (ENT: Fortunate Son)
Travis' mother, Rianna, was the medic and chief engineer aboard the Horizon. She often acted as "referee" between Travis and his brother, Paul, when the two got into arguments. (ENT: Horizon)
Travis' father became captain of the Horizon when he was a year younger than Paul was in 2153. Travis was expected to carry on as the freighter's captain and his father was not happy with his son's decision to join Starfleet. The two ended up parting on bad terms. That, however, did not prevent the father from whole-heartedly recommending Mayweather for the helm position on Enterprise. Nonetheless, the two barely spoke with each other, since Travis left in 2149. Travis' father passed away in late 2152, about six weeks before Travis visited his family's ship while on leave from his tour of duty on Enterprise, in January 2153. That visit was the first time he had seen his family in four years. During the visit, Travis came into conflict with his brother, now captain, as the ship was attacked by pirates. Paul felt slighted when Travis attempted to make upgrades to the ship's systems without his permission. Travis felt that Paul was not ready to be captain. The dangerous encounter with the marauding aliens forced the brothers to work together and brought them closer. (ENT: Horizon)
Another family member Travis alienated by joining Starfleet was his brother, Paul. He believed Travis had abandoned his family to serve with Starfleet, leaving despite the fact that their father was ill. (ENT: Horizon)
Travis Mayweather's grandfather held the record of most number of simultaneous jobs aboard the Horizon: five, including two bridge positions. (ENT: Horizon)
One of Mayweather's childhood friends, while growing up on the Horizon, was Nora. In their youth, the two of them got into trouble, on at least one occasion, for turning off the ship's gravity plating and jumping on their beds in their quarters. (ENT: Horizon)
Powers and abilities
During his service onboard the NX-01 Enterprise, Mayweather's primary duty was that of Helm Officer, overseeing the ships' helm control and navigation. He was responsible for preparing navigation reports for the ship's captain as well as any upgrades made to the navigation sensors and helm equipment. In 2152, while under the influence of a singularity which heightened anxiety and spawned obsessive behaviors, Mayweather became horrified that he would not be able to perform upgrades to the ship and would receive either a reprimand or court martial as a result. (ENT: Singularity)
Despite his young age and experience, Mayweather held qualifications in every area of the NX class starship, many of these being the result of years of service on a J class cargo ship and learning ship system's from a very young age. By the time of his entry into Starfleet, Mayweather was already a fully qualified bridge duty officer, a fact he was reminded of when he took command of the bridge in 2151, much to the bemusement of his technically senior officer Malcolm Reed. (ENT: Cold Front)
Mayweather was also knowledgeable about engineering matters and understood the operation of the warp five engine to the point where he could trace systems in the NX-01's catwalk in order to reroute helm control to the nacelle tubes. (ENT: The Catwalk)
Mayweather was also slightly familiar with other branches of Starfleet, and had a general understanding of how Starfleet Intelligence was structed and operated. (ENT: Terra Prime)
On the Enterprise, Mayweather's quarters were located on C Deck. (ENT: Shockwave, Part II)
Notes
- Travis Mayweather was portrayed by actor Anthony Montgomery where he featured in the setting of Star Trek: Enterprise.
Alternate Versions
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