Alynna Nechayev is a Vice Admiral and later Admiral for Starfleet who has many dealings with the Cardassian Union. She is a firm believer in Federation security.She is the direct superior to Enterprise-D Captain Jean-Luc Picard, although the two do not have a good working relationship, in part because she believes he should take a firmer stance when dealing with the Cardassians. at one point she replaces him as captain of the Enterprise with Edward Jellico, who has more experience dealing with the Cardassians.She has a weakness for Bularian canap