| File:Andrew Stiles.jpg | |
| Andrew Stiles in 2266 | |
| Race: | Human |
| Gender: | Male |
| Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Actor: | Paul Comi |
Andrew Stiles was a Lieutenant and navigator aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) in 2266. He was on bridge duty when the Enterprise responded to the destruction of several Earth outposts on the Federation side of the Romulan Neutral Zone.
Stiles evidently comes from a family with a long history of space service; he mentions a captain, two commanders and several junior officers who all served during the Earth-Romulan War -- and who were all lost in that war. These family losses left him with an inherent hatred of Romulans that was perhaps greater than that of most other officers. It also made him suspicious that the outposts' attacker would be Romulan -- a suspicion that turned out to be accurate.
When it was learned the Romulans were externally identical to Vulcans, Stiles transfered his hatred to Spock, making a number of thinly veiled insinuations that eventually drew Kirk's ire; Kirk remarked that bigotry had no place on the bridge.
During battle with the Romulan ship, close range detonation of a nuclear device left the forward phaser control room manned only by Specialist Robert Tomlinson, with no standby crew. Since Stiles' first assignment had been weapons control, he left the bridge to assist Tomlinson. When the phaser coolant line developed a fault, Stiles and Tomlinson were overcome before they could escape. Fortunately, Spock was nearby and was able to rescue Stiles before the gas could kill him -- an act that possibly defused Stiles' bigotry. (TOS: "Balance of Terror")