Bryce Shumar was a male Human in the 22nd century, and one of the first starship captains in the Federation Starfleet.

Shumar was the First Officer aboard Excalibur NX-03 when it was stationed at Starbase 1 unofficially expecting a Romulan attack. When a Romulan fleet did appear, Fleet Captain Erika Hernandez ordered Excalibur to flee and warn Starfleet while she stayed to defend the base aboard Columbia. Excalibur fled, but was too slow to outrun the Romulans. Shumar escaped the ship on a Shuttlepod and later warned Starfleet of the attack, although Excalibur was destroyed. (ST reference: Federation: The First 150 Years)

Shortly thereafter, Shumar served aboard a science vessel. During one of these missions, he had to navigate the Galendus Cluster in Sector 275 (ST novel: Starfleet: Year One)

Earth-Romulan WarEdit

With the start of the Earth-Romulan War, his science ship was commandeered for military duty, and Commander Shumar was assigned as commanding officer of Earth Base 14. (ST novel: Starfleet: Year One)

At some point during the war, he was given command of the SS Intrepid, and lead a fleet into battle against the Romulans in the Battle of Sol. Shumar pressed the attack very aggressively, taking satisfaction in the battle. (ST reference: Federation: The First 150 Years)

The book Federation: The First 150 Years mentions that Shumar was "newly promoted" to Captain when he was given command of the Intrepid; this contradicts the Starfleet: Year One promotion information.

By 2156, Shumar was commanding officer of the Daedalus-class USS Essex and took part in a war game with one of Enterprise's shuttlepods. This test allowed Starfleet to determine what was wrong with the warp detection grids installed in many star systems. After the war game, Shumar had dinner with the other participants in the game, Captains Archer, Hernandez, Narsu, and Ramirez. (ENT novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)

At some point, he returned to command Earth Base 14. He served in that position until the end of the war, at which time he resigned his commission. (ST novel: Starfleet: Year One)

Federation StarfleetEdit

Before he could formally leave the service, however, he was approached by an old friend, Clarisse Dumont, an adviser to President of United Earth Lydia Littlejohn. She convinced Shumar to instead accept a promotion to Captain, and to help guide the nascent Federation Starfleet into a combined military and scientific service.

Shortly after the creation of Starfleet, Shumar was given command of the Christopher-class vessel Peregrine. During this command, he was instrumental in the investigation of the attacks on Oreias V and Oreias VII, determining the human colonists there had inadvertently disturbed the sacred burial grounds of the alien Nisaaren. (ST novel: Starfleet: Year One)

In 2167, he and his crew were killed after being caught in a massive electromagnetic storm while in orbit of a moon of planet Mab-Bu VI.

Centuries later, an alien intelligence imprisoned on that moon claimed to be Bryce Shumar, in an attempt to escape aboard the USS Enterprise-D. (TNG episode: "Power Play")

External linkEdit

• Bryce Shumar article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.