Welcome back to Character Insight! This week, we wish everybody in America a Happy Thanksgiving and follow up with another augment character from Enterprise related to Malik, who we covered last week. This week's subject is Persis.
Persis is one of 20 human augments raised by Arik Soong, the great grandfather of Noonien Soong, who would perfect artificial lifeforms. As this elder Soong did not have the technology available for such innovations, he had to rely on human augments like Persis and genetic engineering, which he had access to as a chemist working on Cold Station 12.
Persis was beautiful and used that to put herself in a position close to power, by being the consort to augment leader Raakin. However, she proves in what we see in this series of episodes that she is cunning and has high intellect, allowing her to be a natural leader herself. She plays a key role in overthrowing Raakin when she decides to side with Malik, who she had also fallen in love with. She goads Raakin into making a first move against Malik, leading to his capture and later death.
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Persis also leads the assault on the Enterprise to rescue Soong, who was being held by the Enterprise crew to try and lure and trap these augments. She succeeds in returning Soong to the augments, where Soong and Malik begin plotting to steal another 2000 augment embryos from Cold Station 12. While Persis helps Malik again in taking command back from Soong, who had taken over, she ends up releasing Soong and hiding his escape path by disabling internal ship sensors. Malik kills Persis for this betrayal once he figures it out.
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Persis also leads the assault on the Enterprise to rescue Soong, who was being held by the Enterprise crew to try and lure and trap these augments. She succeeds in returning Soong to the augments, where Soong and Malik begin plotting to steal another 2000 augment embryos from Cold Station 12. While Persis helps Malik again in taking command back from Soong, who had taken over, she ends up releasing Soong and hiding his escape path by disabling internal ship sensors. Malik kills Persis for this betrayal once he figures it out.
Persis first appears as just a pretty face and a consort to a male leader, but we quickly see that she is the one pulling the strings to shift the balance of power when she deems it necessary. Her character has more depth than the savagery of Malik, which makes it sad to see her get killed in this storyline. Arik Soong believed that augments could be much better members of society than Khan, and in the case of Persis, he may have had a perfect example.
Persis was played by Abby Brammel, who continues to act today in small roles, mostly on television. Her most notable recurring role outside Trek was on The Unit in the late 2000s, but she can more recently be seen as a recurring character on the popular Fox drama 9-1-1. Brammel turned 40 just this year and has recently had her first child, so we can likely expect more out of this actress as the years go on.
Persis was played by Abby Brammel, who continues to act today in small roles, mostly on television. Her most notable recurring role outside Trek was on The Unit in the late 2000s, but she can more recently be seen as a recurring character on the popular Fox drama 9-1-1. Brammel turned 40 just this year and has recently had her first child, so we can likely expect more out of this actress as the years go on.
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