Christine Chapel is a human medical officer serving aboard the USS Enterprise in the role of nurse to Dr. Joseph M'Benga.

She had served with M'Benga during the Klingon War and their trust in each other is a strong bond.

She has a very curious mind and has demonstrated incredible skill as both a scientist and clinician.

She has had numerous romantic relationships but has never been serious about anyone until developing feelings for Spock.

Christine Chapel Quotes

Ortegas: Hey, what’s the future like? Do you have jet packs or what?
Chapel: We have jet packs now.
Ortegas: I know, but, like, smaller jet packs.

Chapel: Relationships, at least for humans, can be quantum things. Like Schrodinger’s Cat. They exist or they don’t depending on who’s observing them.
Spock: That is…
Chapel: … not how quantum superposition actually works? Yeah, I know. It’s a metaphor, Spock. A messy one. Just like whatever this is.

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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