John Matheson

John Matheson
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Blue
Psi rating	P6
Relatives	Unknown (raised by Psi Corps)
Affiliation	Earth Alliance Earthforce Psi Corps (Former member) Psionic Monitoring Commission
Rank	Lieutenant
Portrayed by	Daniel Dae Kim

John Matheson was an Earthforce officer, formerly of Psi Corps, rated P-6, he was one of the first telepaths to integrate into Earthforce.

He served as Captain Matthew Gideon's second in command for several years while they were assigned to an Explorer class ship. After the Drakh attacked Earth, Gideon was given command of the Excalibur and insisted that Matheson continue to serve as his XO. John was considered to be a role model among human telepaths since at that time no other has advanced so far in Earthforce. Telepaths have only recently been able to serve in the Earthforce Military since the Earth Senate Dissolved the Psi Corps.

Psi Corps

He had been a member of the Psi Corps for most of his life. During the Telepath War, he was ordered by Bruder, one of his superiors, to interrogate a captured leader of the Telepath Resistance, Alison. She convinced him to leave the facility he was in, as it was about to be attacked.

Excalibur

XO

He served as second in command to Gideon on board this Explorer class ship. He was allowed on board the Excalibur after Gideon said he wouldn't go without him. Matheson helped find out where the distress signal from the IPX team led by Max Eilerson was coming from.

Attempted Alien Takeover of Excalibur

Gideon sent Matheson to find out what happened to a ship that was floating in space. He found the entire crew dead except for one person and a lot of strange writing on the walls. When the ship started getting taken over he objected to Gideon putting himself in harm's way. He also figured out, with the help of a clothes designer, that the aliens would do anything to save themselves. He then helped to kill the aliens.

Apparent Interference With An Alien Culture

He and Gideon made first contact with a new species. The two aliens grabbed one of the guards and held up a gun. Matheson used his telepathic abilities to disarm and capture him. The Aliens claimed the Earth has been interfering with their planet for years. Later when another alien comes aboard to apprehend the other two he helped Gideon locate the aliens homeworld.

Medical Test to Develop a Cure

When then senator told them their mission they went to Earth. On the way they found a distress beacon but they couldn't stop. So, Gideon told Matheson to go and capture the ship in the docking bay and use the gravitational deflectors to slow it down. They captured the ship that had Elizabeth Lochley on board. Then when the Drakh attacked he helped out by firing the defense grid.

Scan by Mr Jones

During a mission spearheaded by Galen to locate the Well of Forever, Matheson was later scanned by a Mr Jones, a telepathic observer, according to the new regulations, but the observer looked into private sections of his mind too. The telepathic observer then told Gideon that Matheson would have to go back to Earth for an inquiry. Gideon said he was needed on the Excalibur but the observer said he had to go back. Then Gideon managed to get him to stay on the Excalibur by having Dureena Nafeel think about planting a bomb on the ship when she was in the vicinity of the observer. When the observer came to Gideon to report the threat, Gideon revealed it was all a fake out and that if he didn't let Matheson stay on board he would report Mr Jones' invasion of Dureena's privacy to the Earth Senate.

Appearances

Crusade "War Zone" "The Long Road" "Appearances and Other Deceits" "The Memory of War" "The Needs of Earth" "Racing the Night" "Visitors from Down the Street" "Each Night I Dream of Home" "The Path of Sorrows" "Patterns of the Soul" "Ruling from the Tomb" "The Well of Forever" "To the Ends of The Earth" (Unfilmed) "Value Judgements" (Unfilmed) "End of the Line" (Unfilmed)

External Links

• John_Matheson at The Great Machine