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W.M. Jefferies
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| W. M. Jefferies | ||
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| Species: | Human | |
| Gender: | male | |
| Affiliation: | United Earth Earth Starfleet | |
| Career | ||
| Occupation: | engineer | |
| Assignment: | NX Program | |
| Rank: | captain | |
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Captain W. M. Jefferies was a male Human Earth Starfleet engineering officer in the 22nd century. He was married to Jennifer Anne MacIntyre in 2137. (TOS novel: Home is the Hunter)
He was in charge of the engineering team working on the NX Program in 2143. Charles Tucker III was on Jefferies's team. (ENT episode: "First Flight")
He was still working on the Program when the NX-01 Enterprise was launched in 2151; he had occasion to argue with Captain Jonathan Archer over how heavily armed the NX-class should be. Archer was against increased armament, but after the Xindi crisis began to think Jefferies may have been right. (ENT episode: "Home")
He was the father of Benjamin McDonald-Jefferies and the grandfather of Frederick William Jefferies, who went on to design the Jefferies tube. (TOS novel: Home is the Hunter)
Captain Jefferies was honored with a holoframe in the Tucker Memorial Building. (SCE eBook: The Future Begins)
- His full name was given as "George William Jefferies" in the TOS novel: Home is the Hunter and he was called "George" in ENT novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing.
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- W.M. Jefferies article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.