Menao Sheme

Menao Sheme was a minor hero from the Star Trek game Judgment Rites.

Sheme was the son of Vakada Sheme, who had earlier assisted James T. Kirk in exposing a plot by Vardaine Science Council head and anti-Federation extremist Doctor Ies Bredell. This plot resulted in Bredell getting dismissed from his posting. The elder Sheme later tried to warn the Federation about the Vardaine anti-Federation faction building their own Constitution-class starships but was caught and executed by Bredell's faction.

The younger Sheme and his surviving family had to deal with the fallout from his father's sacrifice. Sheme became a security officer, and in a cruel twist of fate the was assigned to Bredell's security detachment on Espoir Station.

When Captain James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy were captured by Bredell and James Whittaker Munroe they were put in a cell guarded by Sheme. After Sheme introduced himself to Kirk, Spock, and McCoy Kirk asked if he was related to Vakada Sheme. Kirk shared the good memories of his friend with Sheme, who decided to release the landing party, and gave them access to their equipment. McCoy made a quick medical scan that revealed that Sheme like all the Vardaine was the result of heavy genetic modified

Freed from confinement the landing party was able to convince the rest of the security forces to turn against Bredell before destroying Bredell's superweapon.

Following the ending of Bredell's mad plot to destroy the Federation, Menao Sheme applied to and accepted into Starfleet Academy. Kirk felt that he would someday make a fine Starfleet officer.

Trivia

 * As an alternate scenario Kirk can attempt to break out of the cell either without speaking to Sheme or in being unsuccessful in getting him to help. Sheme will then see what Kirk is doing and deactivate the force field to go in and stop Kirk, whereupon he will be neck pinched by Spock.  In this case Sheme will not join Starfleet following the conclusion of the mission.