Rick Tolson

Rick Tolson was a junior officer on Walker. He was given command of a captured Grik vessel which was renamed to Revenge. He and his ship had sunk numerous Grik ships before his final confrontation with the Grik Armada and Revenge was destroyed. He and his crew went down with the ship.

Trivia:

There was a ship named HMS Revenge which served in the battle line of Lord Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar.

The name USS Revenge might be a a reference to the ship HMS Revenge or it could be coincedence that USS Revenge and HMS Revenge had the same name