Star Trek: 10 Characters Who MUST Return (2024)
9. Lily Sloane
Though history tends to deify Zefram Cochrane for breaking the warp barrier, not least in the entire amusement park (complete with statue and replica Phoenix in Bozeman, Montana), there has been a person who has been quietly erased from that same history. There was more than one seat in that cockpit, so how has the world forgotten Lily Sloane so quickly?
Lily was brought to life by Alfre Woodard in Star Trek: First Contact, quickly establishing herself as one of the best guest stars in the film franchise. Her exchange in the Observation Lounge with Picard is now a thing of legend, but her place in Trek’s history deserves more acclaim.
Star Trek: Lower Decks may seem the best place to bring the character back to life. With the park already in existence in the show, another quick trip to Bozeman to rectify this wrong would be a simple thing. Sloane quite literally saved humanity, not simply from the Borg, but from the trauma they inflicted on a bitterly hurt captain who needed a guiding hand. Could she be our ‘tough love’ counsellor for a new batch of recruits?