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Lance Cartwright was a human Starfleet officer in the late 23rd century. He served as Commanding Officer, Starfleet Command, and the Starfleet liaison to the Federation Diplomatic Corps.

In 2268, Cartwright held the rank of Rear Admiral, and was assigned as an administrator on Starbase 29. That year, he ordered Captain James T. Kirk to obtain a Romulan cloaking device. Even early on, Kirk always voiced his suspicions to Spock about the admiral having a secret agenda. This was later revealed to be a small part of a larger scheme planned by the rogue intelligence agency known as Section 31. (TOS episode: "The Enterprise Incident"; TOS novel: Cloak)

In 2286, Cartwright succeeded Harold Morrow as Commander, Starfleet following the Genesis Incident. He oversaw Starfleet operations during the Cetacean Probe crisis on Earth. (TOS movie: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)

By 2290, he served simultaneously as Chief of Starfleet Operations and the Starfleet liaison to the Federation Diplomatic Corps. (TLE novel: Excelsior: Forged in Fire)

In 2293, Cartwright strongly opposed the Federation's plans to negotiate a peace treaty with the Klingon Empire and became part of a conspiracy to prevent this. He was exposed by Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise-A, and was arrested at Khitomer. (TOS movie: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

Following his arrest, Cartwright was convicted for his role in the conspiracy and was sent to prison. Cartwright died in 2298 from what appeared to be a respiratory infection. Starfleet Intelligence operative Darius Miller however harbored doubts that Cartwright died of natural causes, and that one or more of the man's many enemies may have had Cartwright eliminated. (TOS novel: Cast No Shadow)

Alternate TimelinesEdit

In an alternate timeline, Cartwright was killed when the Cetacean Probe wasn't stopped and ravaged Earth. (Star Trek: Myriad Universes novel: The Chimes at Midnight)

For Cartwright's Mirror Universe counterpart, see Lance Cartwright (mirror)

Commanding Officers, Starfleet Command
	Robert L. Comsol • Heihachiro Nogura • Harold Morrow • Lance Cartwright • Leonard James Akaar

Known members and associates of Section Thirty-One
31	Julian Bashir • Lance Cartwright • Cole • Dietz • Matthew Dougherty • Sarina Douglas • Enderby • Harris • Jedburgh • Bendes Kettaract • L'Haan • Peter Lawrence • Ethan Locken • Roberta Luke • Erovan M'Rill • Tinh Hoc Phuong • Tomas Roeder • Luther Sloan • Aubin Tabor • Malcolm Reed • William Ross • Connaught Rossa • Charles Tucker III • Vasily Zeitsev • Cortin Zweller • Franklin Drake	31