Helene Behrns is Communications officer of the Odyssey. A native of Verdonia, she is an upper level telepath. She has the ability to communicate telepathically over vast distances. Telekinesis is also among her abilities. She finds herself in the middle of a lovers' triangle. In love with B'rel and discovering she still has feelings for a former lover aboard ship, Jared Augustine. Several months prior she had been engaged to him until the wedding was called off.