Sonak was a Vulcan Starfleet commander who was appointed as science officer aboard the USS Enterprise on the recommendation of Admiral James T. Kirk in 2273.

Unfortunately, Sonak was killed, along with Lori Ciana, during a transporter accident while trying to beam aboard the Enterprise. (TOS movie & novelization: Star Trek: The Motion Picture)

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) sciences personnel
under Charles Rasmussen & Robert April	Allinsky • Griggs • Osterman • Ramirez	under Christopher Pike	Cayman • Davies • Spock • T'Pris • Viola • Yu
under James T. Kirk (first five-year mission)	Ackroyd • Alden • Amstel • Aristeides • Avitts • Berkeley • Berganza • Boma • Berry • Brent • Calloway • Charvat • D'Amato • Darnell • Erickson • Errgang • Follett • Freeman • Harrison • Hernandez • Irizarry • Gilden • Jaeger • Jaramillo • Lowrey • Mason • McGivers • Mendoza • Nelson • O'Shea • Owens • Phillips • Romaine • Spock • Sulu • Sydney • Tamboline • Watley • Weinberg
subsequent missions under Kirk & Spock	Amaar • Bolek • Haley • Nakashima • Naraht • Saavik • Spock • Tenaida • Theras • Whitehorse
see also: administrative personnel • communications personnel • engineering personnel • medical personnel • pilots & flight control personnel • security & tactical personnel • senior staff • unnamed

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

External linkEdit

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