Joseph M'Benga is a male human Starfleet officer and physician. He is the chief medical officer aboard the USS Enterprise under the command of Christopher Pike.

He has a daughter, Rukiya, whose incurable cygnokemia forced him to allow her to join a sentient non-corporeal lifeform they met in the Jonesian Nebula so that she could live on despite her body's degeneration.

During the Klingon War, he was stationed on the moon of J'Gal and witnessed terrible war crimes committed by the Klingon generals.

He is considered one of the crew's best hand-to-hand combatants, training in a variety of disciplines.

He likes to fish when on shore leave.

Joseph M'Benga Quotes

M’Benga: Erica! Everything all right?
Ortegas: No. The Butcher of J’Gal is in there and everyone’s acting like he’s the frickin’ Dali Lama.

M’Benga: Careful. Deltan parsley in excessive amounts.
Pike: And in small amounts, delicious.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Quotes

Pike: Send someone else. You don't want me in command of that ship.
April: You're getting us confused. You don't want you in command.

No matter how many stars there are in the sky. No matter how many galaxies swirl beyond our own. No matter the mathematical probabilities or the number of times we say, 'We are not alone in the universe,' our first visit from the stars is always the province of children's stories and science fiction. First contact with aliens always lives squarely in the impossible. First contact is just a dream until one day, it isn't.

Una