Lt. Lillian Crusher

Lt. Lillian Crusher is the Chief Medical Officer aboard the USS Valiant. She is the only daughter of Captain Crusher.

Background
Lt. Crusher was born to Capt. Crusher and an unknown mother. Her father raised her along with her godfather and uncle, Cmdr. Jonathon McCloud. Her grandmother is a also a doctor, inspiring her to go into medical school after graduating from High-Guard Academy.

ST: Resurrection
Lillian first appeared as a 13-year-old with brown hair, when Cmdr. Alexandra Laren first came abord the SS Victory. In Where no team has gone Before, Lillian becomes an acting junior officer of the bridge of the Victory. In the second season, while her father was "away", Lillian becomes a helmsman, she changes her hair color to blonde. Around the same time, she meets new officers, Cmdrs. Lauren Johannson and Kaycee Horton. In a later episode, she falls for the next leader of Penthar 5, but the romance was short-lived. Lillian's father, Captain Crusher returns to the Victory in the third season, she is shown to be 15-years-old. She helps the Victory crew rescue her fathee when he is kidnapped by terrorists. At the end of the season, she is promoted to Ensign due to her hard work, making her the youngest High-Guard officer on board. In the season three finale, her first serious mission as a High-Guard offficer, Lillian's father was kidnapped by cyborgs and he was assimuated, Lillian is shocked and devastated by her father's transformation. In part 2, Crusher is rescue by the Victory crew.

Lillian went through almost losing her father throughout season four, when he was sucked in an alternate universe. In Last Mission, where it was Mika Boorem's last episode as a regular, Lillian was accepted to High-Guard Academy, for her last mission aboard the Victory, she accompanied an admiral to an conferrence when their shuttle crashed on a unknown planet where it was hot. Lillian is shown to have a bruise on the corner of her forehead and a split bottom lip. While stranded, Admiral Santiago is injured by fallen rocks, saving Lillian. She her skilled she earned from the past three years to help her survive her dangerous mission until she and Santiago were rescued by the Victory.

The Return of Lillian Crusher

Lillian returned to the Victory, on vacation, with short hair and wear a High-Guard cadet uniform and is surprised by the crew's appearence, her father has long hair, her Uncle John has a haircut, Cmdr. Horton's hair is blonde, Laren's hair is much straighter and their was a father/daughter bond between Capt. Crusher and Lt. Cmdr. Sega. Lillian finds the crew addicted to a new game and Sega being the only one on board who has tried it. She learned that the crew tried to kill Sega while a alien tries to capture the Victory.

Lillian finds herself in hot water again, in Trust No One, when a High-Guard cadet is killed and she gets caught in the middle. Her friend and fellow cadet, Callie Higgins was secretly invovled in the incident. To save her future at High-Guard Academy, she had to frame Lillian for it. When Lillian was accused of being involved in the incident by her father, she soon discovers the plot and gives Callie an order to tell High-Guard officials what happened or she does. Callie confesses and apologizes to Lillian for dragging her in this scheme. Callie is expelled and Lillian is cleared. But she has to learn about trusting and not trusting people when it comes to being a High-Guard officer.

After graduating from High-Guard Academy, Lillian had trouble telling her father that she was posted to the Victory's sister ship, SS Sundance, commanded by Capt. Allison Earhart, her father's girlfriend. With her father's blessing, Lillian leaves the Victory and joins the Sundance crew.

Red Squad
Four years after leaving the USS Victory, 22-year-old Lillian Crusher, now ranked Lieutenant, is being transferred from the USS Sundance to the USS Valiant, a rogue starship, piloted by a fresh-faced crew of High-Guard cadets, all in the same age as Lillian. But these aren't just any cadets, they're Red Squad cadets: the best of the best. Lillian was assigned to this opportunity to mentor them, because of her experience of being a High-Guard officer at 15. Admiral Livingston assigned her to this mission, where originally for Cmdr. Kaycee Horton, but was rejected for being "Too Old." The Valiant was commanded by Captain Timothy Walters, a former classmate of Lillian's. It was revealed that Lillian graduated from High-Guard Academy a year before he did. Lillian becomes friends with Chief Stacie Collins and Cmdr. Karen Ferris.

Romance with Captain Walters

While serving on board the Valiant, Lillian develops strong romantic feelings for Captain Tim Walters, but denies it, due to her policy of getting involved with a commanding officer. When Walters sees her with engineer Lopez, he orders her not to talk to him anymore, they get into a argue about why Walters was being arrogant about her relationship. Walters reveals that he is attracted to her. In shock, Lillian leaves his office. He visits her in her quarters and both Lillian and Walters start kissing each other, realizing that she is also attracted to him. But the two kept their attraction a secret from the crew and resuming their work relationship.

Shot in a line of duty

While treating wounded Gamma 12 residents, Lillian was shot by an unknown shooter.

Trivia

 * Lillian is nicknamed "Lilly" by Riley Shepard
 * Lillian and her commanding officer, Tim Walters were the third High-Guard couple to get married. The others were John & Lauren and Jake & Michelle.
 * Lillian was the third medical officer in the franchise to be in her 20's. The first was Kaycee Horton and the second was Zander Farrell.
 * Lillian was the only who actually did a C-section on Lauren Johanson-Mcleod.
 * Lillian was the second to be almost raped, the first was Lauren Johanson.