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LT Megan O'Connell- Chief Engineer, USS Endeavor
- Player: Van Der Maas, Greg
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- Last Updated: SD 2261.123
PLAYER INFORMATION: Player Name: Greg Van Der Maas Player Email: mad_black_dog@hotmail.com Player ICQ: 8504206 / mad_black_dog ------ CHARACTER INFORMATION: Character Name: Megan "Midge" O'Connell Current Rank: Lieutenant Current Assignment: Engineer, USS ENDEAVOR Species: Human Gender: Female Age: 27 Standard Years Place of Birth: Amberly, Scotland, Earth (but moved to New Glasgow Colony before her 1st birthday) Physical Description: 1.55m tall, 52kg, green eyes, fair complexion with freckles and shocking red hair. Family: Father: Thomas O'Connell (deceased); Mother: Lucy O'Connell (deceased); Brothers: Simon O'Connell (deceased); Gray O'Connell (declared deceased) Hobbies: Midge's favorite past time is her work. When dragged away from that she enjoys building things and has been putting together Motor Vehicle Combustion Engines from Earth's history (circa 1970's) for the last few years. She can drink almost anybody under the table -though not sure whether that counts as a hobby! ----- STAR FLEET HISTORY: Graduated Star Fleet Academy -- Full ratings: - Warp Core - Transporters - Flight Control -- Partial ratings: - Weapon Systems - Sensor Array - Replicators - Medical Bays Qualifications -- Engineer Achievements -- None Reprimands -- One (Conduct unbecoming an Officer) Assigned USS Mayflower -- Warp Core Engineer -- Assigned Ensign -- Promoted to Team Leader -- Field Promotion to Lieutenant Junior Grade Reassigned USS Endeavor -- Chief Engineer -- Promoted to full Lieutenant ----- BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Midge (don't ever call her Megan) grew up on the remote New Glasgow Colony. Unlike Earth's other colonies -New Glasgow shunned the modern technological advancements that had made early colonies so popular with Scientists and Researchers. Instead New Glasgow's early settlers were more likely to be farmers or trades people able to turn their hand to anything that the frontier colony required. Midge's family was amongst its first inhabitants and they settled into a remote valley on the smaller second continent -dominated by the mountainous region that reminded early cartographers of the Scottish Highlands -and had in a large part contributed to the name of the new colony. Life was tough for the early settlers but Midge loved her childhood and enjoyed being part of a tight knit family group comprising of her parents and two older brothers. Fixing a field generator rapidly became as important as correspondence school work and Midge came to enjoy working with technology. Since much of the technology was old and second-hand she got particularly good at coaxing the best out of it. This trait continues today and Midge will happily spend hours trying to rebuild old engines. Despite the inattention given to education Midge easily passed her subjects with distinction -courtesy of a natural high intelligence and a genuine curiosity about the world around her. At seventeen Midge was sent to New Glasgow's capital city to take the final standardized tests which would be used for submitting College applications to institutions back on earth. Midge went reluctantly -having already decided that her future lay with the Colony and not some fancy University education. After finishing her final exam Midge was pulled out by one of the senior adjudicators and told that her family's farm has been located near the epicenter of a massive earthquake. Despite protests from higher-up Midge's stubbornness finally won out and she was allowed back into the area where she immediately joined one of the Search and Rescue teams. The SAR team located the body of her oldest brother almost immediately. The family house had been swallowed by a massive mud slide caused by the seismic activity and it took them a week to dig out the structure. When they did they located the bodies of her parents in what remained of the kitchen -her father's body sheltering her mother's in what was ultimately a futile gesture. The body of her next older brother was never found. After the funeral Midge wanted to stay at the Colony and rebuild the farm. At only seventeen though she was considered a minor and was sent to live with her mother's distant family in Scotland. She hated being on Earth and spent her days manipulating and improving farm equipment in preparation for returning. A week before her 18th birthday Midge learnt the ongoing unstable nature of the Southern Continent meant that it was being permanently closed off to colonists. Her family's land was now worthless and she had nowhere to go. Despairing of being forced to stay on Earth the rest of her life Midge submitted an application to Star Fleet Academy's Engineering program. She was accepted and finally graduated - having been held back a year due to 'personal issues'. Her final billeting request listed 'anything except earth'. Midge got her wish and was assigned to the USS MAYFLOWER. The irony of being assigned to a ship whose namesake was one of Earth's most famous colony vehicles was not lost on her. Aboard the MAYFLOWER Midge's primary responsibility was the Warp Drive -but her ability to turn her hand to anything made her invaluable and she was soon taking on more responsibility. She was promoted to Team Leader within six months and given a field promotion of Lieutenant Junior Grade. These actions had not gone unnoticed and Star Fleet have decided to promote her early to Chief Engineer on their newest star ship -the USS ENDEAVOR. Brass are interested to see what Midge can achieve with an entire Department at her disposal. Or alternatively give her enough rope to hang herself. ----- PERSONALITY INFORMATION: Fiercely independent Midge has a temper that easily matches the fiery red of her hair. She can be stubborn to a fault but is immensely loyal. She doesn't trust easily but is quick to make friends. Her distaste of Earth often means that she is more comfortable around non-Terran races than those that she shares a genetic history with. ----- STRENGTHS: Midge's best and only strength simply remains her ability to fix anything that is thrown her way -even if all she has to work with is a stick of gum and a plasma torch. Somewhat of an insomniac she sleeps very little but this does not seem to affect her performance. She work exceptionally well under pressure and can juggle multiple tasks with ease. ----- WEAKNESSES: Midge is not a great team player and is easily easily frustrated when forced to work with those that she feels are not as adept at her. Somewhat idiosyncratic for an Engineer, Midge has an aversion to some technologies -for example synthohol (doesn't see the point!) and she keeps an old fashioned note book where she jots down many of her ideas. She will only use technology when there is no alternative -such as the main computer when she needs its processing ability.