Ensign Fouton was a Starfleet security officer, a member of a humanoid species alien to Humans.

Fouton's two sole desires were to be a security officer and serve under Captain James T. Kirk; he achieved these goals when he was assigned to the USS Enterprise-A in 2287 following its relaunch after the Nimbus III incident.

Despite Fouton's weak appearance which made many question his suitability as a security officer, he proved to be very powerful and was known to outwit many opponents. When Fouton signed aboard, Commander Pavel Chekov doubted his abilities as a security officer, and during testing Chekov was knocked to the floor by a round-house kick which temporarily disorientated him. (TOS comic: "The Return!")

Fouton was responsible for escorting the Nasgulian refugee Argus from the transporter room to the bridge, and he held himself personally responsible when Argus was killed by the Salla, even though there was nothing he could have done about it. (TOS comics: "The Return!", "The Sentence")

USS Enterprise-A personnel
	Arex • Allocca • Arons • Bearclaw • Benson • Bloemker • Boyajian • Bryce • Bob • Bull • Burke • Chapel • Chekov • Chip • Clev • Codobach • Coletti • Connors • Davis • Dax • Delaney • Devereaux • Dietrich • Finney • Flaherty • Fouton • Fucci • Hazzard • Hunter • Isenberg • Jackson • Kaminsky • Kirk • Kitty • Konom • Laria • Lawlor • Lee • Li • Ludlo • McCoy • McIntyre • McMurphy • Meyer • M'Ress • M'yra • Naraht • Newman • Paul • Popov • Rasche • Romaine • Saavik • Samno • Scott • Sherwood • Spock • Staci • Sterno • Sulu • Tooch • Tuchinsky • Uhura • Valeris • Wetherell • D. Wise • unnamed USS Enterprise-A personnel