Casey (Ensign)
Ensign Casey was a Human male command division Starfleet officer who lived during the late 24th century. He served aboard the  during the 2380s.

History

2380
In 2380, he was at the conn while the ship was in orbit of Galardon when Brad Boimler was called up to the captain's ready room to speak with Captain Freeman. After the rage virus had been neutralized aboard the ship, he was again at the conn as the ship continued on to its next destination. ()

A simulated version of Casey appeared in two holoprograms run by Commander Jack Ransom: Command Trainer 43 and Command Trainer 4. In the first advanced simulation he reported to "Captain" Sam Rutherford that the ship was "being drawn into a temporal rift." In the second basic simulation, he reported to Rutherford that the ship was "directly in the path of a small asteroid," and inquired "should we move to avoid?" When Rutherford ordered the Janeway Protocol, he questioned the order, and moments later they were struck by the asteroid in question. ()

He was at the conn when Captain Freeman was talking with a Klingon captain and the ship became inundated with Beckett Mariner's disruptive musical performance. Over a week later, after the Temporal Edict had been implemented, he was at the conn when he had trouble entering his security code while the ship was in orbit of Gelrak V. Unable to unlock it, he apologized to the impatient Captain Freeman, explaining that "there's something wrong with the console", before she shoved him back and told him she'd do it herself. ()

He was again at the conn during the mission to tow the alien ancient generation ship, where he reacted to Commander Jack Ransom's comment about cleaning the holodeck biofilter. ()

He was on the bridge during the Cerritos confrontation with the Drookmani ship over the salvage of the freighter NCC-502. ()

He was once again at the conn when the Cerritos temporary captain, Amina Ramsey came aboard. ()

He was at the conn position the bridge when Q appeared there. ()

He was on the bridge when the Cerritos received a partial distress call from the  in the Kalla system, which he reported to Captain Freeman. When the Cerritos arrived at Kalla and was attacked by a Pakled Clumpship, Freeman ordered him to send another distress call, to which Casey replied that the Pakleds were jamming them. Casey's console exploded when the ship's port nacelle was torn off, knocking him unconscious. ()

2381
In 2381, a recovered Casey was at the conn when Commander Ransom was affected by strange energy on Apergos, and subsequently reported to Captain Freeman that there was "a giant head approaching the ship". ()

He was on the bridge when the Cerritos fell victim to a scam that appeared as if they had accidentally destroyed the Ladyjane. ()

Casey was the head of the Redshirts club, and invited Boimler to join the club when they had an opening. With Boimler's service aboard the , Castro was interested in learning about William T. Riker, and offered Boimler the chance of becoming an acting captain on the bridge in exchange for information. He and the other Redshirts began to teach Boimler everything they knew about being a Captain, but it became apparent to Boimler very quickly that their experience was limited to copying the personas of other Starfleet captains. Casey also angered Boimler when he belittled Boimler's friends, saying that they didn't work in Starfleet, rather than worked for Starfleet. 

Casey ended up kicking Boimler from the club when Boimler took initiative to save Ensign D'Vana Tendi, who had been transformed into a scorpion-like creature. Boimler deliberately made himself look foolish by slathering himself with messy food, which made Tendi laugh. Casey said that the act made him look like a fool, and that he didn't belong in the club. Boimler was not bothered by this, saying his club was wasting their time, and that rather than copying other captains, they should be their own. While Casey was undeterred by this, Boimler's words and actions were enough to cause the other members of the Redshirts to leave, intent on focusing more on their duties. In response, Casey nominated himself to Ransom to be acting captain and was given it. His time, however, was incredibly brief, as when he was given the conn, Shaxs arrived with a new duty shift, and demanded Casey to get out of the chair, before having him go clean out Airlock 17, as their recent Pakled visitor in Rumdar had mistaken it for a bathroom, and "did something unspeakable in there." ()

He later participated in the training drills presented by Shari yn Yem. ()

Later that year, after the Cerritos rescued the  and made first contact with the Lapeerians, Casey joined the rest of the crew in celebrating Captain Freeman Day in the mess hall. ()

Memorable quotes
"Captain, there's a giant head approaching the ship."
- Casey, after strange energy-affected Commander Ransom detaches his head and floats toward the Cerritos in orbit ()

"We work with Starfleet. They work for Starfleet."
- Casey, looking down on the "less promotable" lower deckers ()

"Sorry, you can't come with us. That move you pulled in the mess hall proves you don't belong in the Redshirts."
"Hey, my friend was in trouble."
"You made a fool of yourself to make a bug laugh. It was shameful."
"Alright, you know what's shameful? Trying to build a persona by copying other captains. You think Riker did that? You guys are wasting your time on this Redshirt stuff. Be your own captains!"
"Cute speech. I'm sure it'll play great on the lower decks."
- Casey and Boimler, on what it means to be an officer ()

"Fine. I'll try to remember you when I'm boldly going and you're not!"
- Casey, after the rest of the Redshirts ditch him to focus on their duties ()

Appendices

Appearances

Background information
Casey's holographic duplicate in "Envoys" was voiced by Tom Kenny, while the real Casey was voiced by Neil Casey in his subsequent appearances.

His name was initially revealed in the closed captioning for "Strange Energies". He was later identified by name on-screen in "The Spy Humongous".
Humans
Starfleet command personnel
USS Cerritos personnel