Arex

AREX

Real Name: Arex

Class: Extraterrestrial (Edoan)

Occupation: Starship navigator

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: U.S.S. hood, formerly U.S.S. Enterprise

First Appearance: (television) Star Trek: The Animated Series: “The Infinite Vulcan” (October, 1973), (DC Comics) Who’s Who in Star Trek #1 (March, 1987)

Powers: Arex was a skilled starship navigator. Like all Edoans Arex had three arms and three legs and extremely good hearing.

History: (Who’s Who in Star Trek #1) - After the U.S.S. Enterprise discovered the planet Edoan it was soon offered membership in the United Federation of Planets. Arex was among the first Edoans to join Starfleet Academy, and after graduation was assigned as navigator to the U.S.S. Enterprise serving under Captain Kirk. Arex’ s understanding of three-dimensional mathematics and dexterity made him a natural. His enhanced hearing rmade life on the Enterprise difficult until Mr. Spock, who initially had the same problem, gave him instructions on ignoring distracting sounds. After Kirk’s five year mission was complete Arex was assigned to the U.S.S. Hood.

Comments: Created by Walter Koenig.

Arex, along with the rest of the characters from DC Comics run on Star Trek, were not part of the mainstream DC Universe. To simplify matters, I refer to these characters as inhabiting Earth-Star Trek. Surely, somewhere out there in the DC multiverse, there's a Star Trek universe, or there would be if DC still had the rights to make comics about Star Trek.

Arex received a profile in Who's Who in Star Trek #1, a summary of his television appearance.