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Ayala

Ayala was a Human male and a former member of the Maquis. He first boarded the U.S.S. Voyager NCC-74656 with Chakotay and Tuvok shortly after both Voyager and the Maquis were stranded in the Delta Quadrant.^[1] After the Maquis crew was integrated into Voyager, Ayala became a tactical officer, and occasionally filled in for Tuvok on the bridge.^{[1, 2, 3, 6, 7]} Ayala was temporarily left in command of Voyager when the ship encountered a distortion ring.^[3] Ayala missed his sons, who were back in the Alpha Quadrant.^[8] Ayala introduced the “Insurrection Alpha” holodeck program to Harry Kim in 2373.^[12] A few months later, he was promoted to lieutenant.^[14] Portrayed by Tarik Ergin.