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For the mirror universe counterpart, see Styles (mirror).

Lawrence H. Styles was a Starfleet officer in the 23rd century. Throughout his career he became known for his pompous and self-righteous attitude. He also became known for the swagger stick that he once took from a Klingon in personal combat. (TOS novel: Prime Directive)

Career historyEdit

USS FarragutEdit

By the mid-2250s, Styles was serving aboard the USS Farragut under the command of Captain Garrovick. Also serving aboard at the same time was Ensign James T. Kirk, and the two had a very keen dislike of each other. When the Farragut was attacked by the dikironium cloud creature in orbit of Tycho IV in 2257, Styles was one of two hundred crewman who survived. (TOS novel: Prime Directive)

USS Monitor and Talin IVEdit

By 2269, Lieutenant Styles was serving aboard the USS Monitor, when he was reassigned to take temporary command of the USS Enterprise to oversee the refit of her engines following the Talin IV disaster. He became an annoyance to Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott for his arrogant attitude, proclaiming himself to be a 'real' captain compared to Kirk, and attempted to wreck Kirk's chance at clearing his name. However, after Kirk discovered evidence that outside intelligences had been responsible for escalating the Talin IV disaster, Styles ruined his image when he vehemently protested to his superiors when they agreed to give Kirk the Enterprise- Kirk pointing out that the Enterprise was not currently warp-capable in the Talin system as her new nacelles needed to be tested outside of a gravity well to prevent the ship hitting a wormhole- despite Styles's belief that the ship was his. Although Styles promised that he would catch up to Kirk some day, Kirk simply amusedly noted that the important thing was that some day was not today. With Kirk having officially regained command, Styles was sent back to the Monitor. (TOS novel: Prime Directive)

Great experimentEdit

By 2285, Styles had risen to the rank of captain and was assigned command of the prototype transwarp vessel, USS Excelsior. He took great pride in his command and was determined that he would break the speed records of the USS Enterprise and all other starships. He even managed to poach Captain Scott as his chief engineer as the Excelsior was getting prepared for trials.

However the triumph was short lived, when Admiral Kirk and his command staff plotted to hijack the Enterprise from Spacedock in order to retrieve the body of Captain Spock. Knowing that the Excelsior would be the only threat to the Enterprise, Kirk had Scott sabotage the Excelsior's transwarp engine so they could not pursue. (TOS movie: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)

Styles was humiliated by the Excelsior's engine failure, which was magnified by others in the fleet who had taken to calling the man "Styles Without Substance" as well as "Drydock Styles."

Mirror invasionEdit

A few weeks after the Spacedock incident, the Excelsior was ordered to the Regula 1 Space Laboratory to collect Admiral Kirk and his command staff and bring them and their stolen Klingon bird-of-prey back to Earth to face trial for their actions. Styles relished marching Kirk through the corridors of the Excelsior clapped in irons and certainly exercised his active dislike of Kirk. However, en route back to Earth, the Excelsior was ambushed by the ISS Enterprise, which had crossed over from the Mirror Universe. The mirror James T. Kirk and his crew were able to take over the Excelsior and place her command crew in the brig. However, the primary Kirk was able to engineer and escape and began an attempt to recapture the ship, his first action was to place Styles in an escape pod so that he could warn Starfleet Command of the incursion from the Mirror Universe.

While his assignment was successful, he was given command of a Starfleet armada, with at least four refit Constitution-class and at least three Miranda-class vessels, ready to repel invades from the mirror universe with the Refit Constitution-class starship USS Christopher Pike as his flagship. Starfleet were able to repel an invasion from the Mirror Universe, the assignment also cost Styles his command. In response to his efforts to once again save the Federation, Kirk was assigned command of the Excelsior. (TOS comic: "The Mirror Universe Saga")

USS ExeterEdit

By 2287, Styles was in command of the Constitution-class starship, USS Exeter. Admiral Karl Tomlinson ordered Styles and the crew of the Exeter to test the Lamver unit interdimensional gateway device, which had been delayed since the test system at Claneia was found to be home to the Worthy, who had been stranded there by Apollo. (TOS comics: "Great Expectations", "Tomorrow Never Knows")

Styles was killed in 2289 during a peace conference at Korvat Colony in an attack by the Albino. (ST novel: Excelsior: Forged in Fire)

Styles was not given a first name on screen. He is named Lawrence in FASA RPG module: Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update and in Forged in Fire, while Decipher RPG module: Starships gives his name given as Robert.

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ConnectionsEdit

USS Farragut personnel
USS Farragut (NCC-1647)	Akanke • Ayers • K. Bogle • A. Chenowyth • Crane • A. Drake • Galt • Garrovick • Gilhooley • Hasegawa • Hellund • Kelly • Keyes • J.T. Kirk • Konerko • McKone • G. Mitchell • F. Morgan • D. Morwood • Ojibwe • Pavano • Piniella • Poquette • N. Rabin • Smiley • L.H. Styles • Tolan • Vosberg • Yu • unnamed personnel
USS Farragut (NCC-1729)	Bogle • P. Ellis • J. Gustavus • Phillips • R. Lee • D. Rodrieguez after being renamed USS Centurion: G. Aldus • J. Apius • C. Caecus • M. Secondus • L. Sejanus • J. Sicania • M. Volcinius
USS Farragut (NCC-2582)	W. Ross

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) senior staff
commanding officers	C. Rasmussen • R. April • Pike • D. Vlasidovich • J.T. Kirk • Zarlo • Styles • Decker • Spock	first officers	G.S. Kirk • Shundresh • Simon • Number One • Spock • Sonak • Decker • Sulu
second officers	Mohindas • Spock • G. Mitchell • Scott	chief medical officers	S. April • Boyce • McCoy
chief engineers	Brownell • Kursley • Fourrier • Pitcairn • Grace • Barry • Burnstein • Scott	security chiefs	Tuval • Hardin • Giotto • Tomson • Chekov • Matlock • Richardson
science officers	Allinsky • Davies • Spock • Sonak • Decker	communications officers	Van Fleet • Dabisch • Garrison • Nano • Uhura
helmsmen	Florida • Ferrara • Mohindas • G. Mitchell • Sulu	navigators	Tyler • Kelso • Chekov • DiFalco
see also: administrative personnel • communications personnel • engineering personnel • medical personnel • pilots & flight control personnel • security & tactical personnel • sciences personnel • unnamed

Excelsior personnel
USS Excelsior (NCC-1718)		LaLiberté (CO)
USS Excelsior (NCC-2000)	2280s	J.T. Kirk (CO) • L. Styles (CO) • H. Sulu (XO) • Henreid (XO) • M. Darby (XO) • M. Scott (CENG) • L.H. McCoy (CMO) • N. Uhura (COMM) • P.A. Chekov (CSEC) • W. Bearclaw • E. Braun • N. Bryce • L. Burke • Carver • Edwards • Harburg • H. Keith • J. Kerasus • Konom • T. Krejci • Lahra • R. Marquez • M. Morelli • Naraht • N. Orsini • M. Rebovich • D. Renyck • Richardson • Saavik • C. Schulman • E. Sherwood • T. Spiro • H. Tanzer • Thimon • G. Wilhelmson
	2290s	H. Sulu (CO) • P. Chekov (XO) • M. Cutler (XO) • J. Rand • (XO) • L.J. Akaar • V. Bays • Berger • C. Chapel • S. Focus • P. Gavin • Grey • B. Hans • Henrey • T. Henry • J. Klass • Lojur • R. Marquez • S. Pastur • R. Roose • N. Schmidt • Sencus • N. Svenson • Tuvok • D. Valtane
	24th century	H. Sulu (CO) • Crajjik (CO)
ISS Excelsior		Hikaru Sulu • Grey • Tuvok • Styles • Blaine

USS Exeter personnel
USS Exeter (NCC-1672)	Andreoni • Carter • B. Mendez • D. Newman • K. Riley • R. Tracey
USS Exeter (NCC-1712)	Pérez • Stephanoff • Stockdale • L.H. Styles
USS Exeter (NCC-26531)	L. Ap'Bolan • T. Augustine • N. Basner • K. Clark • C. Carroll • C. Dunn • A. Garbeck • Hodgkiss • K. Jutkiewicz • K. Kahn • D. Kosa • T. Lamb • A. Lee • M. MacGibbon • A. MacMurrian • Mankowski • T. Paris • E. Shelby • C. Tulley • James Venes • G.S. Wagner • P. Wynats • S. Wynats

External linkEdit

Styles article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

BIOGRAPHY
Lawrence Styles
Captain Styles on the bridge of the Excelsior (2285).
Known aliases:	Robert Styles
Species:	Human
Gender:	male
Born:	23rd century
Died:	2289 (Korvat colony)
Affiliation:	Federation, Starfleet
Career
Occupation:	officer
Previous Assignment:	CO, USS Excelsior
Final Assignment:	CO, USS Exeter
Rank:	captain
Insignia:

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