Ashley Donovan

Starfleet and later Section 31 officer who was USS Explorer Captain Andy Baxter's first person he ever made love to. The two 'got it on' in the cargo bays of the USS Secondprize, an experience Captain Baxter still vividly remembers. When she was inducted into Section 31, she gave a certificate to Captain Baxter stating that the sex never took place. ("Shine On You Crazy Cult Pt. 1" [VEX]). During her years as a Section 31 field operative, she became good friends with Banshee Captain Jad Vorezze, as the Banshee was often the ship she would report to on her work in the field. Donovan is a strong believer in justice and thinks that Section 31 actually does quite a good job, although it's methods may seem a bit harsh at times. For more than a year, she had been assigned to monitor a group known as the Society for the Pursuit of Truth. Their leader, Arigo Kolem, dedicated his life to exposing Section 31. When the wreckage of the bridge module destroyed in combat with the Voran warship Triaxis turned up in SPT hands, a PADD found in Vorezze's old ready room pointed out Donovan's identity as a Section 31 spy. Rather than make her capture known, the SPT forced her to order the Banshee to Saranta II, claiming that she was in need of a Section 31 database computer for reference. When Captain Vorezze, Captain Velorn and Commander Burns arrived to give her the computer and some supplies, Donovan promptly warned them that it was a trap. Charlotte was given time to escape with the computer when Vorezze and Donovan distracted the guards. ("The Truth is Out There, Part One" [BAN]). Although she considered herself conservative with her body, Donovan nonetheless used her sex appeal on a female SPT guard after Captain Vorezze's attempts failed. The two managed to escape from their cell and jam the subspace broadcast of Kolem Arigo forcing Velorn to tell all about Section 31. After realizing that the broadcast wasn't sent, Kolem went insane and tried to kill Donovan, but she, Vorezze and Velorn were beamed out by the Banshee before they were harmed. With the SPT disbanded Donovan started working on new assignments, but was given one stipulation by Captain Jad Vorezze; never require him to bail her out again. ("The Truth Is Out There, Part Two" [BAN]). After spending some time out in the seclusion of Section 31 Headquarters, Donovan was assigned to go to Sytarnan Three to monitor the activity of the Starshine Kids. This backfired worse than her previous assignment when she was 'assimilated' by the Starshine Kids. After three crewmembers from the Banshee failed to retrieve her, the USS Explorer was called in to rope in her newly given identity, Bonita Montagnieu, who was now being used to do PR work for the Starshine Kids. ("Shine On You Crazy Cult Pt. 1" [VEX]). Donovan had previously been studying the Transference Ray worked on by Dr. Tulson and when she was captured, her knowledge of the device led the Starshine Cult developing a method to convert entire planets over. Upon being rescued and de-converted by Tilleran and J'Hana of the Explorer, she began to wreak havoc on Sesil Abramowitz's flagship, the Starshine. She was rescued by Captain Andy Baxter aboard the Escort, who also captured Sesil in the encounter. After going to Earth, where a fleet of Starshine warships was squaring off against an armada of Section 31 starships, Donovan was beamed back aboard the Banshee after she said her goodbyes to Baxter. ("Shine On You Crazy Cult Pt. 2" [VEX]).