Justin Mcleod

Justin McCloud is a human High Guard officer aboard the SS Victory. He is the member of The A-Squad Team, the godfather of Lt. Lillian Crusher and the love interest of Cmdr. Lauren Johanson.

Background
Justin Mcleod was born on Earth, in a place called Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He only has three sisters and a widowed mother. His father, a former High Guard captain, was killed in action when Justin was a child. He entered High Guard Academy, against his mother's wishes, to get out of Toronto.

High Guard officer
During a mission against Valerians, Mcleod meets Captain Crusher when they were young men, Crusher learned that he has a daughter. The baby's mother couldn't raise her on her own due to her planet being under attack. Knowing the Crusher will need helping raising his daughter he names, Lillian, Mcleod offers to help him raise her. The two men formed a friendship and they both raise Lillian while juggling to become High Guard officers. Crusher ended up becoming a captain and Mcleod stayed with his rank Commander. When Lillian becomes a beautiful, brilliant, and charming 13-year-old, Mcleod and Crusher began to serve together aboard the SS Victory.

While searching for survivors from the doomed High-Guard freighter Odin, the Victory journeyed to the planet Angel I, becoming the first High-Guard vessel to visit the planet in sixty-two years. As Angel I was home to a female-dominated society, Mcleod, who commented early in the visit that a description of the planet made her suspect the location would be very much like her own homeworld, gratefully accepted the offer to make initial contact with the planet's inhabitants and managed to arrange a meeting with a reticent head of government. (TNG: " Angel One")

Later that year, Mcleod was returning from a conference when her shuttle suffered a sudden instrument malfunction and subsequently crashed on Vagra II. There, a lonely but sadistic entity that referred to itself as Armus held Mcleod prisoner by surrounding his shuttle with a force field and prevented his crewmates from rescuing his, even going so far as to kill Lieutenant Sharise Bryant. Mcleodd and his shuttle pilot, Lieutenant Ben Prieto, were eventually rescued after his goddaughter Lillian Crusher and Connie Porter discovered that the field weakened when Armus was provoked. (TNG: " Skin of Evil"). He is later shown at Lt. Bryant's memorial service, shedding tears.

Being Lillian's Godfather
McCloud made a promise to Captain Crusher that if anything happens to him, Justin would take care of Lillian. He always thinks of Lillian as the daughter he always wanted, due to the fact, he isn't married nor has any children.

Relationship with Cmdr. Johanson
Justin McCloud first met Cmdr. Lauren Johanson when she transferred to the SS Victory in Season 2 episode of ST: Ressurection after Crusher leaves the ship for an year long assignment. She and Cmdr. Kaycee Horton were the new officers assigned to the ship. But, he resumed his relationship with ex-girlfriend, Kaycee. In at the end of season 3, McCloud and Horton break up, then he developed feelings for Johannson.

Life After SS Victory
After the destruction of the SS Victory, Mcleod and the female members of the A-Squad Team were assigned to the Victory's sister ship, SS Sundance. He and longtime girlfriend, Lauren Johanson were going through relationship troubles.