| rdfs:comment | - Steven A. Garrovick was a Starfleet security officer, then line officer, on active duty in the 23rd century. One of his earliest assignments, after Starfleet Academy and Security School, was aboard the USS Enterprise under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. In Orion Press continuity, he was named David C. Garrovick. (Orion Press: "The Cost of Freedom", "Return to Xantharus"). In other continuities, including that of Pocket Books, his given name is often (mis?)spelled Stephen.
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| abstract | - Steven A. Garrovick was a Starfleet security officer, then line officer, on active duty in the 23rd century. One of his earliest assignments, after Starfleet Academy and Security School, was aboard the USS Enterprise under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. In Orion Press continuity, he was named David C. Garrovick. (Orion Press: "The Cost of Freedom", "Return to Xantharus"). In other continuities, including that of Pocket Books, his given name is often (mis?)spelled Stephen. Garrovick's late father was the commanding officer of the Constitution-class heavy cruiser USS Farragut (TOS: "Obsession"). The younger Garrovick's cousin, John Quincy Garrovick, was the commanding officer of the Exeter, of the same class of starship. In 2265, on planet Argus X, Ensign Garrovick encountered the same dikironium cloud creature that had been responsible for the deaths of his father and 200 crew members of the Farragut 11 years earlier. Garrovick sighted the creature but became startled and did not immediately fire his phaser. Kirk held Garrovick responsible, believing that he could have somehow prevented the deaths of two additional men. It was later proved that phasers and photon torpedoes were ineffective against the creature, and that nothing Garrovick could have done would have made any difference. Later, on the surface of planet Tycho IV, Kirk and Ensign Garrovick attempted to set a trap, which consisted of a container of red blood plasma and an antimatter bomb, for the creature. However, before the trap could be set, the creature devoured the plasma. Kirk ordered Garrovick to beam back to the Enterprise. Garrovick, out of a sense of heroics, and not wanting to see his Captain sacrifice himself, attempted (unsuccessfully) to knock Kirk out. After a brief struggle, both men come to their senses. As the creature approached, they both beamed back aboard the Enterprise as the bomb detonated, destroying the creature. (TOS: "Obsession") By 2279, Garrovick had risen to the rank of commander and was first officer of the Oberth-class USS Gagarin. After Gagarin's captain self-destructed the ship rather than let her fall into Klingon hands, Garrovick and about two dozen Starfleet officers were prisoners-of-war for eight years. (TOS novel: In the Name of Honor)
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