A young Vulcan woman who competes with Wesley Crusher, Oliana Mirren and Mordock for a single Starfleet Academy place at Relva VII in Coming of Age.
T'Shanik is a Vulcan from Vulcana Regar and one of four finalists sitting the Starfleet Academy entrance examinations at Relva VII. She appears in the first-season episode Coming of Age.
Only one of the four can be admitted that year. Under the eye of Tac Officer Chang she takes the same battery of tests as Wesley Crusher, the human Oliana Mirren and the Benzite Mordock, including the hyperspace physics paper and the dreaded psych test, in which each candidate is made to face a personal fear.
She performs with characteristic Vulcan composure, but the place goes to Mordock, who becomes the first Benzite in Starfleet. Like Wesley, she is told she may apply again.