Unnamed Ten-Forward Bartender/Waiter

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The Unnamed Bartender anchors Ten-Forward’s daily commerce and social rhythm through calm, professional service. They stand behind the bar, attending customers with unobtrusive efficiency, provisioning drinks and sustaining the lounge’s conversational flow. Their neutral, steady presence smooths moments of tension and frames interpersonal beats—here, waiting on a patron while Riker and Wesley negotiate a pivotal exchange—making the bartender a quiet logistical and social linchpin aboard the Enterprise.

8 appearances

Shipboard Hospitality

Also known as: Ten-Forward server, shipboard waiter, the waiter, bar attendant, Ten Forward waiter, bartender, bar waiter, a waiter, waiter, Ten-Forward bartender, restaurant waiter

Unnamed Ten-Forward …'s Journey

A timeline through the narrative

8 moments

S2E15 · Pen Pals

Ten-Forward Lesson: Wesley Chooses to Command

Neutral and focused on service duties, unconcerned by the officers' private conversation.

Present in the background, waiting on a customer at the bar; provides social and logistical continuity to Ten‑Forward while the mentoring exchange unfolds.

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S3E5 · The Bonding

Measuring Loss — Data Questions Riker on Grief

Calm, unobtrusive attentiveness—maintaining the lounge's normalcy while sensitive to the subdued mood.

Stationed behind the bar as background presence in Ten‑Forward; provides ambient service and quietly anchors the space while the conversation unfolds, remaining unobtrusive as patrons and Riker speak.

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S3E5 · The Bonding

Comms Break: La Forge Brings a 'Souvenir'

Calm professional neutrality; mildly alert as the lounge's tone tightens.

Working quietly in the background of Ten-Forward, the bartender maintains the room's ambient normalcy; the comm interruption makes the bar fall slightly still, altering the atmosphere around their usual service.

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S3E9 · The Vengeance Factor

Parthus, Confession, and the Interrupted Intimacy

Professional neutrality; attentive to patrons but emotionally detached from patrons' politics.

The Ten-Forward bartender serves Brull a drink when he arrives, performing neutral service duties that enable social interaction among principals without drawing attention.

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S3E9 · The Vengeance Factor

Ten-Forward: Tradition, Service, and a Quiet Challenge

Professional neutrality; emotionally detached from the political meanings unfolding nearby.

Performs service duties unobtrusively; pours a drink for Brull at the bar and creates the neutral background in which the principal exchanges occur.

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S3E9 · The Vengeance Factor

Brull's Unexpected Tenderness

Neutral and businesslike; focused on duty rather than moral judgment.

The Ten-Forward bartender performs a brief, functional duty: serves Brull a drink at the bar as he enters, then recedes into background service, enabling Brull's approach to Wesley without drawing …

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S3E13 · Deja Q

Ten Forward: Q Humiliated and Revealed

Indifferent and businesslike — more focused on service execution than the social stakes of the moment.

Responds to Q's extravagant order with professional indifference; shrugs, returns to the replicator, and later brings a tray bearing ten hot fudge sundaes to Q and Data without commentary, maintaining …

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S3E13 · Deja Q

Guinan's Fork: The Humiliation of Q

Neutral and procedural—slightly amused but focused on fulfilling the order rather than participating in the moral drama.

Receives Q's improbable order for ten hot‑fudge sundaes with professional bemusement, shrugs, and carries out the replicator request; later returns with two waiters bringing the tray and places it before …

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