Ex-Wife to Admiral Robert Lyon.  At the end of their second week of training, at a formal party at the Flight School in Pensacola, Helen had met young Ensign Lyon, and almost immediately fell in love.  The two saw a lot of each other over his liberties throughout his training; each time they got together was more passionate than the last.  After a year in flight school, Lyon graduated, Rob and Helen married.  Shortly after their honeymoon at Angel Falls in Venezuela, he was assigned as a pilot aboard starship Seattle.

     While aboard Seattle, Lyon kept in constant touch with his wife, but it was difficult for them to be separated constantly.  Nine months into his first deep-space mission, Helen had told him that she bore a son, named Joshua on June 21, 2332.  The news had filled Lyon with great happiness, lifting his spirits from the recent loss of his wingman, "The Enforcer."  Lyon desperately wanted to see his son, but his assignment on Seattle kept him away.  Lyon was promoted to lieutenant, junior grade in 2334.  In 2335, Seattle returned to Earth Spacedock for the first time in four years.  Lieutenant Lyon saw his son for the first time, but his relationship with Helen was very strained.  Since his required time of service was nearly over, Helen had wanted him to resign his commission in Starfleet to pursue a civilian career where they could be together.  Lyon felt that Starfleet was his home, and that he would feel out of place doing anything else.  Lyon had lived with his wife and son for a year on Earth while Seattle underwent refit and overhaul.  In 2336, Seattle returned to deep space, and Lyon was promoted to squadron leader, earning the rank of full lieutenant.  His wife only wrote once in a great while, and Lyon's heart sank.      In 2337, Lieutenant Lyon was ordered to Starbase 74 to serve as a squadron leader, filling a vacancy resulting from the tragic death of his predecessor.  This new assignment was not without cost.  Upon arriving at Starbase 74, Lyon sent for his wife and son to live with him on the base.  Shortly thereafter, Lyon received divorce papers from Helen on his thirty-first birthday.  He had desperately tried to negoiate his relationship with her, even offered to resign his commission, but it was far too late.  Lyon, knowing it was over, could do nothing but sign the papers.  Lyon was so heartbroken that he would never remarry.