Redshirt (stock character)
A "redshirt" is a stock character in fiction who dies soon after being introduced. The term originates from the original Star Trek television series in which the red-shirted security personnel frequently die during episodes. Redshirt deaths are often used to dramatize the potential peril the main characters face.
Kirk and Spock discover dead redshirts in the Star Trek episode "Obsession" (1967).
Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship USSĀ EnterpriseĀ (NCC-1701) and its crew. It acquired the retronym of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began.
The original starship Enterprise
William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in action, from the episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before", 1966
Spock, Kirk and the Enterprise, 1968
"Spock's Brain" was the first episode of the third season.