Joan Redding

Reporter for the Associated Worlds Network headquartered on Waystation. Redding made a bad impression on Captain Lisa Beck soon after her arrival when she hacked into the station's OpsNet system, which gave her privileged information about events occurring on board. Her zealous pursuit of stories about the Multeks nearly caused a galactic incident when she first ambushed Wuddle during one of his visits to Waystation and then when she convinced Hypple to take her into Multek space. Yeoman Tina Jones and Lieutenant Commander Craig Porter pursued them in the Runabout USS Roanoke, and Redding opened fire on them without Hypple realizing what was happening. Jones and Porter were able to stop Redding's ship, and Jones flattened Redding with a swift punch to the jaw. Phillip Harper, the owner of AWN, arrived at Waystation soon afterward and promised to rein in Redding. (News At Eleven [WAY])

Redding developed an interest in Porter and began sending him signals to that effect, signals that the man was completely oblivious to. She finally got Porter to ask her to dinner, using the threat of another intrusion on one of Wuddle's visits to get Porter to act.