Valeris (played by Kim Cattrall), was a Vulcan navigation officer of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A in the fictional Star Trek universe. She appeared in the 1991 film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Overview
Groomed by Mr. Spock to be his successor as science officer following his pending retirement, Valeris instead becomes involved in a plot to assassinate the president of the United Federation of Planets in order to sustain hostilities between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, which is making overtures of peace. Valeris is directly involved in the assassination of Chancellor Gorkon, and once implicated, undergoes a forced mind-meld conducted by Spock which forces her to identify her fellow conspirators.
When the script for Star Trek VI was first written, the traitor was to have been Saavik, a character introduced in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry requested a new character be created instead, as Saavik had become a beloved part of the Star Trek universe.
Valeris's uniform throughout the movie had many errors: she wore a red turtleneck normally worn by cadets, yet wore a jacket with grey wrist and shoulder straps worn by navigation and communications (neither of these colours are correct: as helmsman, both the straps and turtleneck should have been orange). Also, Valeris was referred throughout Star Trek VI by the rank of "Lieutenant" yet appeared to wear the insignia of a Lieutenant Commander. Post production releases indicated that Valeris's rank was a script error and that she was intended to be a Lieutenant Commander.
Kim Cattrall was allowed to choose the name of her character in the film. She chose 'Valeris' which incorporated the name Eris - the Greek goddess of strife - hinting at Valeris' role in the events.
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