I cannot fathom anything even remotely as urgent as this."
"And I intend to keep it that way.General Diatta Ndoye and Kovich
Doctor Kovich was an alias assumed by Daniels, a Federation official, during the 32nd century.
His professional expertise included a background in cognitive science with a specialty in artificial sentience and intelligence. (DIS: "...But to Connect")
As Kovich, his exact position in Federation hierarchy was mysterious, but he had access to extremely clandestine information and held great power as he was able to order a Red Directive and at least at that moment was able to give orders even to Starfleet's commander in chief Fleet Admiral Vance and supersede even his authority. However, Kovich privately showed a degree of frustration with the secrecy with which he was forced to operate, allowing Sylvia Tilly to hack the information so that Kovich could share it with Vance and Burnham. (DIS: "Red Directive")
He later revealed that "Kovich" was actually a code name, and he was really the temporal agent Daniels from the Enterprise NX-01 "and other places." Kovich also noted that he had lived many years and many lives with his collection of historical objects implying connections to the events of the 24th century, specifically the crews of the USS Enterprise-D and Deep Space 9. (DIS: "Life, Itself")
Appendices
Appearances
- DIS:
- "Die Trying" (Season 3)
- "Terra Firma, Part 1"
- "That Hope Is You, Part 2"
- "All Is Possible" (Season 4)
- "The Examples"
- "...But to Connect"
- "The Galactic Barrier"
- "Red Directive" (Season 5)
- "Whistlespeak"
- "Life, Itself"
Background information
Kovich was portrayed by David Cronenberg. Kovich's name was revealed in promotional materials for Star Trek: Discovery, but was not confirmed in dialogue until DIS: "All Is Possible".
Though Kovich doesn't wear a Starfleet uniform, his tricom badge suggests a rank of commodore, according to concept art outlining the 32nd century rank system. (TRR: "Scavengers")
StarTrek.com published an article describing Kovich as a "Federation agent". [1]
External link
- Kovich at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works