Eric Stiles was a Human Starfleet officer in the 24th century. As an ensign, Stiles was in command of a Starfleet Special Security Evacuation Squad in charge of evacuating the Federation Diplomatic envoys, including Ambassador Spock) from the planet PojjanPiraKot. During their escape Ensign Stiles rammed his one-man ship into a Pojjan A/I and then crash landed into a mountain on PojjanPiraKot.