Paul Stamets (Star Trek)

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Paul Stamets is a male television character who features in Star Trek.

History

Paul Stamets was a male human who lived in the 23rd century where he was a citizen of the United Federation of Planets. By adulthood, he came to train as an astromycologist and became an expert in the field. Prior to 2256, Stamets and his research partner, Straal, were working on an experimental propulsion technology known as the spore drive. This made use of prototaxites stellaviatori spores linked to the so-called mycelial network and could theoretically allow a starship to travel great distances instantaneously. Stamets and Straal worked on the project together for nearly twelve years, but failed to achieve decisive results. When the war started, Stamets and Straal were co-opted by Starfleet to develop military applications for the technology. Stamets and Straal were assigned to the Crossfield-class starships USS Discovery and USS Glenn respectively, experimental vessels that were the first to be built around spore drive technology. (DIS: Context Is for Kings)

While aboard the Discovery, Stamets shared quarters with his husband, Lieutenant Commander Doctor Hugh Culber. He was uncomfortable with his work being co-opted for military purposes, and regarded his commanding officer, Captain Gabriel Lorca, as a warmonger. Despite six months of research, by late 2256 both the Discovery and the Glenn were still unable to make spore drive jumps greater than intervals of Speirin 12 for the former and Speirein 240 for the latter. Stamets remained in regular correspondence with Straal, who by the end of the year was ready to consider a spore drive jump of Speirein 900, which Stamets felt was unsafe. (DIS: Context Is for Kings)

At this time, Stamets met Michael Burnham after her disabled prison shuttle was rescued by the Discovery at Captain Lorca's direction. Despite being a convicted mutineer, Lorca assigned Burnham to work under Stamets in the hopes that her predictive mind and determination would help him make the spore drive viable. Initially affronted by this, Stamets was soon forced to confront other issues when a distress call was received from the USS Glenn. Stamets and Burnham were part of the team sent aboard to investigate, and discovered that the ship was a derelict with the entire crew having been severely mutilated, including Straal. Stamets deduced that the Glenn had been destroyed by an accident with its spore drive, and the team was soon ambushed by an immense creature. With the aid of Burnham, the creature was captured and brought aboard the Discovery. (DIS: Context Is for Kings)

Overview

Personality and attributes

Stamets was good friends with his research partner Straal and was distressed when Straal was killed aboard the USS Glenn. (DIS: Context Is for Kings)

Powers and abilities

Notes

• Paul Stamets was portrayed by actor Anthony Rapp where he featured in the setting of Star Trek: Discovery.
• The character's name was an allusion to Paul Stamets who was a self-taught mycologist that advocated the ecological benefits of mushrooms.

Appearances

• Star Trek: Discovery:

External Links

• Memory Alpha Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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