BIOGRAPHY
Kirsten Cruzen
Full Name:	Kirsten Cruzen
Gender:	female
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet
Career
Assignment:	Security, USS Enterprise-E

Kirsten Cruzen was a female security guard and detonations specialist who served aboard the USS Enterprise-E in 2379. Cruzen was part of the search and rescue team which beamed aboard the Klingon ship the IKS Taj after it had been severely damaged by the nadion-pulse cannons of Tezwa. (TNG novel: A Time to Kill)

A short time later, Cruzen assisted in the investigation into the downing of the shuttle Heyerdahl, and was ordered to confiscate recording equipment from a Federation News Service reporter. She was also part of the boarding team who secured the freighter Venezia's engineering section and cargo bay after its impounding by the Enterprise. (TNG novel: A Time to Heal)

Cruzen continued to serve through 2381, being aboard the Enterprise during the Borg Invasion of 2381. After the Enterprise and the USS Aventine traversed a subspace tunnel from the Azure Nebula ending up near the Carina Arm near the meridian of the Gamma and Delta Quadrants, they were attacked and boarded by a group of Hirogen. Cruzen was one of the ten security officers assigned to protect the Bridge and Captain Jean-Luc Picard, but the Captain refused to leave; second officer Miranda Kadohata ordered Cruzen, Braddock and Mars to surrender their TR-116 rifles and depart the Bridge, an order Cruzen seemed relieved to obey. (ST - Destiny novel: Mere Mortals)

Kruzen and fellow Enterprise security officers Randolph Giudice, Peter Davila, Bryan Regnis, T'Sona, and Jarata Beyn were amongst the forces temporarily transferred to the Aventine when the vessel plotted to attack and capture a Borg scout, hoping to secure its vinculum. T'Sona and Jarata implanted self-sealing anchor bolts so that the other four could grapple across the gap to the central core. While the other three officers took cover, the detonation specialist removed a malleable chemical explosive with a binary chemical detonator and a shaped charge from her backpack and used it to gain entry. The explosion gained the attention of the Borg drones protecting the inner core, and the four fired rounds from their TR-116 until they clicked empty, six drones shy. Giudice denied her request to use grenades as it might damage the vinculum, instead painting the advancing attackers with green splatters, allowing friendly sharp shooters to finish the assault. (ST - Destiny novel: Lost Souls)

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) security & tactical personnel
	Chiefs: L. Addison • P. Daniels • Rowan • R. McAdams • B. Leyoro • C. Vale • S. Nave • L. Battaglia • Z. Leybenzon • J. Choudhury • A. Šmrhová
	Aiken • J. Allen • Almonte • A. Balidemaj • A. Braddock • Brennan • G. Carmona • Carr • A. Chang • Chell • N. th'Chun • Clemens • Cobbins • Craycroft • K. Cruzen • P. Davila • H. de Lange • Dey • R. Duncan • S. Fillion • Floyd • R. Giudice • J. Gonzales • T. Gracin • E. Grigsby • Jarata B. • Korban • J. Jurot • Kelly • ch'Kerrosoth • E. Laird • Lightner • Le Roy • J. Lofgrin • Lopex • Liryn • F. McEwan • R. Mars • Melo • A. Munro • T. Murphy • Obarakeh • Parminder • J. Peart • Razka • B. Regnis • Sanders • N. Sirhc • S. Stockman • N. Stolovitsky • J. Struhlem • K. Thompson • J. Travis • T'Sona • Velex • M. Vogel • F. Wriede
see also: Senior staff • Engineering • Flight Control • Medical and Counseling • Operations • Science • Security • Misc. • Unnamed