Commander Ellen Landry was a female Human Starfleet officer who lived during the mid-23rd century. She served as the chief of security aboard the USS Discovery in 2256. (DIS: "Context Is for Kings")
Landry was killed by an alien tardigrade she named "Ripper" when she attempted to sedate it. (DIS: "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry")
Alternate realities and timelines[]
In an alternate timeline, Paul Stamets discovered that the Discovery that he, Burnham and Commander Rayner had time cycled back to was still under Gabriel Lorca's command. However, Lorca was off of the ship on an away mission with Landry at the time of their visit, leaving Airiam in charge. (DIS: "Face the Strange")
Memorable quotes[]
"This is the USS Discovery. My name's Commander Landry. I'm Chief of Security here. I see we're unloading all kinds of garbage today. Even Starfleet's first mutineer. On me."
- -Ellen Landry, introducing herself and her comments on Burnham and the other prisoners (DIS: "Context Is for Kings")
"Vulcan martial arts, huh?"
"Suus Mahna."
"Vulcans should stick to logic."
- - Ellen Landry and Michael Burnham on her fighting style (DIS: "Context Is for Kings")
"Is he shushing you?
- - Ellen Landry, after a Klingon shushes Tilly (DIS: "Context Is for Kings")
"Mutineers don't get phasers'"
- - Ellen Landry to Michael Burnham after she asks for a phaser (DIS: "Context Is for Kings")
"It's amazing how much I hate Vulcan proverbs. You're new here, so let me share a piece of wisdom. Lorca isn't interested in what you are. He's interested in what you can do for him. And if he needs us to make that thing useful in his war effort, that's what we're gonna do."
- - Ellen Landry, to Michael Burnham on everybody's usefulness to Gabriel Lorca (DIS: "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry")
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Background information[]
Ellen Landry was played by Rekha Sharma. According to Ted Sullivan on episode 12 of After Trek, at some point Landry served as first officer on the USS Buran under Captain Lorca, although she was obviously not killed during the vessel's destruction.
Apocrypha[]
Landry appears in the 2019 "Rise of Discovery" expansion to Star Trek Online, with Rekha Sharma returning to voice the role. In the mission "The Plausibility of the Possible", Landry is the first officer of the Buran under Captain Lorca, and is engaged to the Buran's chief of security, Amna Patel. In the follow-up mission "The Impossibility of Reason", after the destruction of the Buran, Lorca, Landry, Patel, and the player character are stranded on an icy moon of Priors World, where Patel sacrifices herself to allow the others to escape. Patel's sacrifice ultimately inspires a vengeful Landry to take the post of security chief when she joins Lorca aboard the Discovery.
External link[]
- Ellen Landry at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works