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In the [[Pocket TOS]] novel ''[[Prime Directive (novel)|Prime Directive]]'', a younger [[Lieutenant]] Styles is the annoying nemesis to [[Lieutenant Commander]] Scott (and a discharged Kirk) when he is given temporary command of the damaged USS ''Enterprise'' during its refit. He regards himself as superior to Kirk, stating that, with him in charge, ''Enterprise'' would have a 'real' captain. However, he loses his position after Kirk is allowed to take the ''Enterprise'' to investigate the possibility of foul play; Styles, outraged at this, told a superior officer that he couldn't do that. This also reveals that Kirk and Styles once served together on the [[USS Farragut|''Farragut'']], and developed a keen dislike of each other. He picked up his swagger stick from a Klingon that he beat in personal combat. In the novel, Scott, mightily annoyed by the behavior of Styles, breaks the stick on his knee.
 
In the [[Pocket TOS]] novel ''[[Prime Directive (novel)|Prime Directive]]'', a younger [[Lieutenant]] Styles is the annoying nemesis to [[Lieutenant Commander]] Scott (and a discharged Kirk) when he is given temporary command of the damaged USS ''Enterprise'' during its refit. He regards himself as superior to Kirk, stating that, with him in charge, ''Enterprise'' would have a 'real' captain. However, he loses his position after Kirk is allowed to take the ''Enterprise'' to investigate the possibility of foul play; Styles, outraged at this, told a superior officer that he couldn't do that. This also reveals that Kirk and Styles once served together on the [[USS Farragut|''Farragut'']], and developed a keen dislike of each other. He picked up his swagger stick from a Klingon that he beat in personal combat. In the novel, Scott, mightily annoyed by the behavior of Styles, breaks the stick on his knee.
   
Styles also makes a brief appearance in the novelization of [[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]] by [[Vonda McIntire]]. Here, still in command of ''Excelsior'', he is ordered by Starfleet Command to intercept and destroy the whale probe before it reaches earth. However, he never even makes it out of [[Spacedock]] before the probe's transmission render his ship and the massive space station around it completely useless.
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Styles also makes a brief appearance in the novelization of [[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]] by Vonda McIntire. Here, still in command of ''Excelsior'', he is ordered by Starfleet Command to intercept and destroy the whale probe before it reaches earth. However, he never even makes it out of [[Spacedock]] before the probe's transmission render his ship and the massive space station around it completely useless.
 
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File:Styles, Star Trek 3.jpg
Caption: Captain Styles in 2285.
Gender: Male
Species: Human
Affiliation: Federation Starfleet
Actor: James B. Sikking

Captain Styles was a Starfleet officer in the late 23rd century. He was known to carry a swagger stick, as well as an attitude that could be viewed as self-righteous and even pompous.

By 2285, Captain Styles was placed in command of the USS Excelsior which was, at that time, a testbed for the experimental transwarp drive. He had the utmost pride in his assignment, believing his ship would be able to break the warp speed records of the legendary USS Enterprise.

When Admiral James T. Kirk hijacked the Enterprise from Earth Spacedock in 2285, Styles was ordered to stop him. Although confident of his ship's capabilities, he did not succeed, as the Excelsior had been sabotaged by Styles' own captain of engineering, Montgomery Scott. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)

By 2290, Styles had been replaced as Excelsior's captain by Hikaru Sulu. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

Styles was played by James B. Sikking.

Apocrypha

In the Pocket TOS novel Prime Directive, a younger Lieutenant Styles is the annoying nemesis to Lieutenant Commander Scott (and a discharged Kirk) when he is given temporary command of the damaged USS Enterprise during its refit. He regards himself as superior to Kirk, stating that, with him in charge, Enterprise would have a 'real' captain. However, he loses his position after Kirk is allowed to take the Enterprise to investigate the possibility of foul play; Styles, outraged at this, told a superior officer that he couldn't do that. This also reveals that Kirk and Styles once served together on the Farragut, and developed a keen dislike of each other. He picked up his swagger stick from a Klingon that he beat in personal combat. In the novel, Scott, mightily annoyed by the behavior of Styles, breaks the stick on his knee.

Styles also makes a brief appearance in the novelization of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home by Vonda McIntire. Here, still in command of Excelsior, he is ordered by Starfleet Command to intercept and destroy the whale probe before it reaches earth. However, he never even makes it out of Spacedock before the probe's transmission render his ship and the massive space station around it completely useless.