Lia Burke was a female human Starfleet officer in the 23rd century. During the mid-2270s, she held the rank of lieutenant commander and served as a head nurse aboard the USS Enterprise. Burke worked closely with Dr. Leonard McCoy. She had red hair.
In 2276, she participated in the raid against the Romulan outpost at Levaeri V. She later served aboard the USS Enterprise-A. (TOS novel: My Enemy, My Ally; TOS comic: Who Killed Captain Kirk?)
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Background[]
- Lia Burke was created by Diane Duane, and first appeared in The Wounded Sky. She and fellow Duane creation Harb Tanzer would go on to appear in many TOS novels, even those written by other authors, and in Duane's issues of the DC Comics Star Trek series.
- Her appearance in the comics seems to have been modeled on Debbie Reynolds.
External links[]
- Lia Burke article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.