Carol Marcus

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Doctor Carol Marcus was a female Human who was one of the leading scientists in the United Federation of Planets.

During the late 2250s, Carol Marcus became involved with James T. Kirk. At the time she was stationed at Starbase 1, while Kirk was the first officer of the USS Farragut. Although their long-distance, off-and-on-again relationship was described as "complicated", Carol eventually became pregnant with Kirk's son, David.

Carol felt that she and Kirk had no basis for a lasting relationship, with Kirk traveling around the universe while she worked in a lab, so she asked that Kirk leave her alone to raise the child. That they both cared more for their careers than they did for each other was never disputed. As Carol saw it, she and Kirk lived in entirely different worlds, and she wanted her son to be raised in hers.