Alternate reality
""Lieutenant, Where's Helmsman McKenna?"
"He has lungworm, sir. He couldn't report to his post.""
"He has lungworm, sir. He couldn't report to his post.""
Helmsman McKenna was the conn officer assigned to the USS Enterprise for its launch in 2258.
As a result of developing lungworm, he was replaced at the helm by Hikaru Sulu. (Star Trek)
Appendices
Background information
This character was only mentioned in dialogue.
Since lungworm is a real species that does not infect Humans, McKenna might not be (completely) Human. Alternately, McKenna might have contracted an alien species known by this name.
Apocrypha
McKenna's first name was revealed to be Kyle in the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy novel The Gemini Agent. The IDW Star Trek: Ongoing comic book Red Level Down revealed that he had a sister at Starfleet Academy named Amy (β), a member of Red Squad, who had also come down with the same condition.
External link
- Kyle McKenna at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works