Daneeka was a member of Starfleet who served under Captain Leyton aboard the USS Okinawa when Benjamin Sisko was the ship's XO. In 2372, Leyton, now an admiral, reassigned Daneeka to Facilities, Starfleet Command on stardate 49264 as part of his preparations to launch a military coup. (DS9: "Paradise Lost")
- This character was named after Doc Daneeka, a character in Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22. The Star Trek Customizable Card Game also gives him the name of Daneeka, however did not mention his background with Leyton, but suggested that Daneeka was an enlisted technician aboard the USS Enterprise-D.