dr-kandimba-1 — 9 years ago(October 12, 2016 11:06 AM)
For the same reason why she is barely in any movie, or in any episode. Rodenberry liked to brag about how he put a black woman on the bridge but he failed to explain why she was a totally irrelevant character.
They probably couldn't figure out what to do with her. Chekov is kinda just there in the movie too so imagine if they had both characters on the ship traveling to Genesis.
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