A pirate captain who posed as Starfleet Counselor Aspen to free their imprisoned lover, Sybok.
Angel is a nonbinary pirate captain who commands the Serene Squall. Posing as Dr. Aspen, a Starfleet counselor, they traveled aboard the Enterprise to a colony under pirate attack, then revealed themself and seized the ship while Pike's boarding party was away. They were played by Jesse James Keitel.
Angel contacted T'Pring and demanded the release of a Vulcan prisoner she was trying to rehabilitate, their lover, in exchange for Spock's life. Spock foiled the scheme, Pike regained control of the Enterprise and Angel escaped, and Spock revealed that the prisoner was his half-brother Sybok.