Saru

• Full Name: Saru
• Species: Kelpien
• Gender: Male
• "Rescued from certain death" by Starfleet officers (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
• c.2244: Cadet, Starfleet Academy, command track (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • First Kelpien in Starfleet (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
    • Only Kelpien in Starfleet as of 2255 (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • Date by Saru having been, in 2255, in Starfleet "nearly twice as long" as Michael Burnham (6 years) by Desperate Hours
• By 2255: Lieutenant, chief science officer, Starfleet; USS Shenzhou (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
• May 2255: Lieutenant commander, second officer, chief science officer, Starfleet; USS Shenzhou (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
• By November 2256: Commander, executive officer, Starfleet; USS Discovery (DIS: "Context is for Kings")