Joe Wilder was a male human in Starfleet in the 23rd century. He was born circa 2240, and attended Starfleet Academy. While there, he studied Sun Tzu's book The Art of War, which he would adopt as a guide for much of the rest of his life. He would go on to become a combat officer, and would develop a disdain for "starshippers", or starship-based Starfleet personnel.