David Gold
- Full Name: David Gold
- Born: ~2304 (SCE Short Story: "Fatal Error")
- About seven years younger than Scotty's biological age in 2376 by "Fatal Error"; Scotty would biologically be 79 in 2376 (154 years since 2222 - 75 years in transporter stasis)
- Wife: Rachel Gilman ( - 2364 - Present)
- Son: Daniel Gold
- Granddaughter Ruth from an unspecified child (SCE Short Story: "Cold Fusion")
- Species: Human
- Gender: Male
- c.2321: Cadet, Starfleet Academy command track (SCE Short Story: "The Belly of the Beast")
- Upperclassman when Jean-Luc Picard was a freshman, 2323-2324
- c.2325: Ensign, Starfleet; USS Gettysburg (SCE Short Story: "No Surrender")
- By 2355: Active, Starfleet (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
- By 2376: Captain, commanding officer, Starfleet; USS da Vinci (SCE)