The Chief Science Officer of the U.S.S. Magellan, Commander Elida Danta is a brilliant and sharp-minded Orion woman with medium-length red hair and a long line of commendations in her Starfleet file. She has worked closely alongside Captain Rushing for several years, and is one of his most trusted senior officers.

It is widely known that Commander Danta regularly uses a biochemical suppressant to neutralise her naturally potent pheromones. She rarely explains why, but the decision appears to have been hers, and one that she began long before she entered Starfleet.