Admiral Alynna Nechayev: Starfleet Admiral whose jurisdiction oversaw the Cardassian Border, and frontier colonies, and later the Federation Colonies along the Demilitarized Zone.
As Vice Admiral in 2369 she was responsible for reassigning Picard to a covert mission into Cardassian Space, and installing Captain Jellico as Enterprise’s new captain. Picard, Lt. Worf and Doctor crusher were to go to Celtris III where it was believed the Cardassians were testing a metagenic weapon with a new delivery system that Picard was uniquely qualified to assess and destroy. Meanwhile Jellico would meet with the Cardassians at the border in an attempt to defuse the situation. She had more trust in Jellico than Riker to complete that mission. When it appeared Picard had completed his mission, she was updated on the situation by Captain Jellico.
Admiral Nechayev’s next interaction with Captain Picard came at the end of the year with the Borg incursion at the Starfleet Outpost on Ohniaka III. The Admiral redeployed several starships and made the Gorkon her flagship. She raked Picard over the coals on his decision to allow Hugh to return to the collective without wiping them out. While the other starships had false alarms and no one had any further dealings with the Borg the Enterprise faced off the rogue drones and resolved the situation away from the other colonies.
At some point in 2370 Vice Admiral Nechayev was promoted to Fleet Admiral. She relayed to Picard the status of the negotiations between the Federation and the Cardassians, including the creation of a Demilitarized Zone and the forced relocation of several colonies. Picard was to assist in the relocation or removal of the colony on Dorvan V, settled by North American Indians. Picard and Nechayev had their reservations and moral objections to the orders (which Nechayev had already argued in front of the Federation council) but Picard would follow them. The mission deteriorated rapidly and Picard’s solution with Anthwara, the colony leader, was to leave the colonists in place but with the understanding that they would fall under Cardassian rule, they would no longer be Federation citizens. Admiral Nechayev supported Picard’s decision at the time.
Weeks later as the situation boiled over in the colonies culminating in the destruction of the Bok’nor and the capture of Gul Dukat, she travelled to Deep Space 9 to keep a closer an eye on Sisko’s progress in the recovery operation, and reiterate the need to find the Maquis and establish a dialogue with them, remind them to preserve the treaty with the Cardassians.
The Maquis grew bolder as the Cardassians were caught supplying weapons to their colonists the DMZ, the Maquis stepped up their attacks, disabling a Cardassian warship before the Enterprise chased them off. Admiral Nechayev returned to the Enterprise to enlist the help of Picard in stopping the Maquis threat before the entire DMZ turned to open conflict. To that end they drafted the newly returned Lt. Ro Laren to infiltrate the Maquis ranks, and be their operative on the inside. The mission was a failure as Ro joined the Maquis cause in earnest.
In 2371 Admiral Nechayev was kept up to date on the progress of the Jem’Hadar youth recovered by Odo, and expressed disappointment when the boy ran off to before Starfleet could arrive and claim him.
Admiral Nechayev appeared in TNG’s “Chain of Command Pt. 1″, “Descent Pt. 1″, “Journey’s End” and “Preemptive Strike”. She also appeared in DS9′s “The Maquis Pt. 2″ and mentioned in “The Abandoned” additionally she appeared in DS9′s “The Search Pt. 2″ but was only a simulation generated by the Dominion to test the captured Defiant’s crew’s response to the Jem’Hadar being ceded control of Deep Space Nine. Admiral Nechayev was played by Natalia Nogulich.
