Carol Marcus

The Basics

Carol Marcus is an epic science officer in the Auxiliary Controls crew, and unlike the rest of that crew, she’s useful off the station. While in the prime universe, Carol Marcus was Kirk’s ex, the mother of David Marcus, and one of the scientists in the Genesis project; her Kelvin universe counterpart is a weapons specialist and the daughter of Admiral Alexander Marcus.

Carol Marcus shards can be obtained from Ultra Recruiting chests, 30-day loyalty chests, and transporter patterns.

Captain’s Ability

Applied Science – When defending in battle against a player, Carol decreases the Weapon Damage from opponents by 40%.

Carol’s captain’s ability is defensive, which means she’ll be great defending – and doubly so on a Saladin, Centurion, or Bortas with their defensive abilities. So if you can bait a larger ship into attacking you on any of those ships, you’re going to give your attacker quite a surprise. Pair this with some of the anti-faction officers (like Krell, Yuki Sulu, or Mirek) tailored to your opponent for more effect.

Officer Ability

Weapons Expert – Carol increases the Weapon Damage by (20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%)

This damage ability makes her a favorite for Armada crews. Paired with Kirk and Spock for their defense, Carol can give you quite a counterpunch. She’s also a great below decks officer with any officer whos ability requires health. You might also want to try pairing her with Decius for an increasing damage amount, or your Augment base-cracking crew.

She’s a great 3rd officer with just about any crew you can think of, with the possible exception of hostile crews with Pike.

She is definitely an officer worth spending officer badges on.

 

Carol’s Alternate Universe British Accent, Explained

 

Alive Eve Trivia

Alice Eve was born in 1982, the same year that The Wrath of Khan was released. Her father, actor Trevor Eve was in the 1979 version of Dracula with Frank Langella, and guested on Murder, She Wrote, and also appeared in a great number of British film and television. Her mother, actress Sharon Maughan was in Another Stakeout. Both of her parents have also had extensive stage careers.

While at Oxford University she was in a production of the Marx Brothers’ Animal Crackers. That bit of trivia is, I believe my favorite thing I’ve seen since I started this site. She played Arabella Rittenhouse in the production, which received excellent reviews.

Eve has appeared in television dramas such as the BBC‘s The Rotters’ Club, Agatha Christie’s Poirot, and Hawking and starred in the film Stage Beauty.

In 2006, she starred in two comedy films: Starter for 10 and Big Nothing. She spent the early part of 2006 in India working on the drama mini-series Losing Gemma about backpackers.

In 2010, Eve played the female lead role in the romantic comedy She’s Out of My League, in which her parents play the roles of her character’s parents. She also played the role of Erin, Charlotte‘s Irish nanny, in Sex and the City 2. During 2011, Eve had a recurring guest role in season 8 of Entourage. In 2012, she played the younger 1969 version of Agent O in the sci-fi comedy Men in Black 3, the older version being played by Emma Thompson.

And Eve has two different colored eyes.

 

Bibi Besch Trivia

And it wouldn’t be right to do an article on Carol Marcus without mentioning the late Bibi Besch, who originated the role in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Bibi Besch was born Bibiana Maria Köchert in Vienna, Austria in 1940, the daughter of a Wehrmacht officer and an Austrian actress. She emigrated to the United States after World War II. Her stepfather was Joseph Besch, a radio executive, and a former U.S. Army captain. She grew up in Chappaqua, New York. She made her screen debut in 1964 as Hypatia in a production of Robin Hood for NBC Children’s Theatre.

She was a regular guest star on TV shows throughout her career, with appearances on Street Hawk, The Edge of Night, The Secret Storm, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, The Rockford Files, Dallas, The Golden Girls, Murder, She Wrote, Somerset, Backstairs at the White House, It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, Date with an Angel, ER and Melrose Place, 

She also had an active film career, highlighted by appearances in Victory at Entebbe, The Promise, The Day After, Who’s That Girl, Steel Magnolias, Tremors, and Betsy’s Wedding.

She received Emmy nominations for guest appearances on Doing Time on Maple Drive and Northern Exposure.

Sadly, Bibi Besch lost her battle with breast cancer in 1996.

Besch’s daughter is actress Samantha Mathis, who has been active in TV and movies since 1988.

Really Obscure Trivia

From the Oracle of Bacon, Bibi Besch and Alice Eve are separated by two steps, and one actor. Of all people, Ray Liotta.