ORIGINS: Wraith Storm

LT Wraith Storm- Chief Engineer, USS Republic

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Lt. Wraith Storm              Chief Engineer
(played by Matthew Bull     Officer.wolfe@googlemail.com)
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I. Personal Data
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Full Name: 	Wraith
Surname: 	Storm
Nickname: 	The Spark of Sirius, The Sirius survivor.
Current Rank: 	Lieutenant (O-3)
Current Billet: Chief Engineering Officer, USS REPUBLIC NCC 1371
Species: 	Homo Sapiens Sapiens
Gender/Sex:	Male
Age: 		27 (unconfirmed-determined by bio scanner)
DOB: 		Unknown - Guessed to be around 2234
POB: 		Sirius System. Failed Colony Lupin, 4th planet from the sun.
Parents: 	DNA confirms parents as Michael Storm and Lindsay Coleman.
		Both reported MIA, Lupin colony, 2248.
Siblings: 	Unknowm
Spouse: 	Long term relationship with Vivien Goodyer
Children:	None


A. Physical Description

HT: 		6'3
WT: 		196 lbs
EY: 		Brown
HR: 		Black
SK: 		Caucasian
Blood Type: 	AB-
Religion: 	Unknown
Citizenship: 	Earth-granted 2258
Languages: 	Federation standard


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II.  Educational Background
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A. Academic Institutions Attended

Recieved private tutoring on board the USS L'ORIENT by the various
department heads and Captain Goodyer.


B. Service Schools Attended

  -- Star Fleet Engineering Corps Officers School


C. Qualifications (MOS/MOCs)

  -- MOC:  Engineering officer
  -- MOC:  Warp Theory and Impulse Systems
  -- MOC:  Advanced Damage Control Procedures
  -- MOS:  Subsystems and Transporter Management and troubleshooting
  -- MOS:  Shuttle pilot
  -- MOS:  Hand to hand combat techniques


D. Star Fleet Academy Record


Honours: 	Maxima cum laude
Academic: 	N/A Educated on board the L'ORIENT
Major: 		Advanced Warp theory. Advanced subspace geometry.
Class Rank: 	2/312
Reprimands:  	17 - All reprimands given for arguing and disrespectful
		behaviour towards superior officers/teachers.
Commendations: 	4 - Given for outstanding academic achievements in the
		subject of warp theorem and impulse drive formula.
Athletics:  	N/A
Activities: 	Engineering clubs anything mechanical.


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III. Biographical Notes
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A. Chronology (tabular form)

0-14 	Grew up in the failed Lupin colony, Sirius system.

14-19	Rescued by the USS L'ORIENT. Spent the next 5 years on board as
	L'ORIENT continued her mission of deep space discovery.

19-23	Enrolled into Starfleet academy.

23-  	Presently serving in Starfleet


B. Background Summary


DISCOVERY

Before Wraith was 14 he'd lived a harder life than most people ever
lead. Although the details are very sketchy, it is believed that
Wraith existed on his own since he was four years old. His parents had
been part of the Terra forming team involved in the Lupin colony,
Sirius.

For reasons which to this day are still unknown, the colony failed and 
all the colonists with the exception of Wraith perished. The Lupin 
colony had been a personally backed venture by the people who became the
colonists. They banded together to buy a old freighter (the SARA),
some terraforming equipment and enough food and supplies to last them
four years while they started to cultivate the land. They set off for
Sirius in 2232 two years before Wraith's suspected birth. As it was a
private venture, Starfleet had no real say in the colony. Hence it was
not until 2248 that the first Starfleet vessel, L'ORIENT, paid a visit.

Captain Goodyer had only recently taken the centre seat on L'ORIENT
and he and his crew were only 3 months into a 5 year mission of deep
exploration when they came to Sirius. Goodyer had received
instructions from Starfleet to 'look in' on the Lupin colony and see
how the colony had come along. What he found was that it had never
took off.

The first away team found the ruins of a small settlement on the
southern continent. Estimates indicated that it had been empty for 5 to 
7 years. Shrubs and vines covered the walls and floors. No signs of life
were found, but there was evidence that someone or something was
visiting the site. Just outside on a low hill the team found what
appeared to be a graveyard. SARA had left Earth in 2237 with 87
colonists, in the graveyard were 91 graves. So all colonists were
accounted for, and some new additions too. The question was, who had
buried the last colonists? Whomever it was obviously still lived nearby 
as the graves had all been kept tidy and a couple of graves had received
extra attention with what looked like offerings laid about them. A
small away team stayed planet side and continued to study the site.
When they woke in the morning they found that various tricorders, food
packs and even clothing had been ransacked from their tents while they
slept feet away.

With a now, apparently bigger mystery on the cards, Goodyer took a
away team down and began a immediate search of the surrounding
countryside. He led a three day fruitless search. Every night the
team pitched camp and sentries were set. Still, every morning more
equipment went missing. Stories of the 'Wraith' began to circulate
amongst the crew much to Goodyers chagrin: stories of a ghostly figure
who could sneak amongst the living and steal items at its will.

Unwilling to believe in such a thing, Goodyer hatched a plan to catch
this "wraith". He and his team dotted the colony site and surrounding
area with a complex system of hidden sensors designed to detect and
track movement around the site. The trap set, Goodyer and his team
returned to L'ORIENT and played a waiting game.

Later that same night Goodyer got his answers. They tracked a human
figure enter from the SW of the site. The pattern of footprints around
the site showed how it entered cautiously, always doubling back,
cutting it's own route to ensure nothing followed it. It checked the
ruins before continuing to the graveyard where it stayed for a hour.
Then as it was heading back towards the SW. Goodyer acted fast. Running
to the transporter room he had himself beamed directly to the surface
only moments after the 'Wraith' had left the sensor net.

As he materialised on the surface, he saw, no more than 100 yards in
front of him a teenage male dressed in ill fitting clothes running
away to the SW. He gave chase. The 'Wraith' was oblivious to being
followed. They ran for what Goodyer estimated to be a good 6 miles
before the 'Wraith' slowed and entered a valley cut deep into the
surface. Pulling his tricorder, Goodyer quickly scanned the valley and
ascertained that the route the 'Wraith' had taken was the only way
in. He also noted that the 'Wraith' did not show on his sensors:
another mystery. He made his way back towards the colony before being
beamed back on board L'ORIENT.

The next morning, Goodyer and a hand picked away team entered the
valley. It was time to catch themselves a ghost. On reaching the valley 
floor they found more than they had bargained for. They found the old 
freighter SARA.

Goodyer and his team cautiously entered the aging freighter. They
were dumbfounded, the SARA was still fully functioning. All doors,
computers, and monitors still worked. All the surfaces were clean and
further exploration of the ship found a recently slept in bed with
faded pictures of the colonists stuck onto the walls. After checking
the bridge the crew made their way to the engineering deck and there
in the glow of a fully functioning warp core they found the 'Wraith'.

Scared, confused, the young 'Wraith' froze in panic. Goodyer used the
opportunity to speak with boy, but with no one to speak to for ten
years the 'Wraith' was only able to use hand gestures and point. After
much gesturing and a well placed smile here and there, Goodyer gained
the trust of the young 'Wraith' who then allowed himself to be scanned
by the Dr, after he turned his bio dampener off!

Goodyer asked the 'Wraith' where he got such a item and he thumped his
chest proudly, he then threw his arms open wide and in that one
gesture Goodyer knew that this young boy hand single handedly kept the
SARA running. It then dawned on Goodyer that the boy must read even if
he couldn't speak the words, otherwise he wouldn't be able to
interface with the computers, and sure enough he could. Slowly
the away team began to form a picture of how a young boy at the age of
four years old was left to fend for himself when all the colonists
were mysteriously wiped out and how he gained an amazing talent for
engineering and managed to survive to this day.

Goodyer returned to the L'ORIENT with his team and a young boy who was
quickly given the name Wraith by the crew. Goodyer informed Starfleet
of his findings in the Lupin colony and informed them of his intention
to take Wraith with him and have the senior officers school him. It
was approved, and so began Wraiths new life amongst his own aboard the
L'ORIENT.

L'ORIENT

On board his new home Wraith struggled at first to settle. Never being
amongst people, he found it difficult to be in a room with more than a
few people. The language problem left him at a disadvantage to start
with too, but within 3 months he could get by and it was then Wraith
blossomed as a human being.

Regular schooling had revealed him to be a very intelligent young man.
In the skills of engineering, Captain Goodyer reckoned that no one
could touch him, even his Chief engineer. He spent most of his time in
engineering, talking to the Chief, making repairs, and doing lots of 
tinkering. He had a magic touch which helped the L'ORIENT out of many 
a scrape in the five years he was on board.

So when the L'ORIENT returned to Earth after her long mission, Wraith
found himself uneasy as to his future. A DNA scan had given him his
parents names, and he had taken his fathers surname as his own and so
in 2253 Wraith Storm returned to the land of his ancestors.

ON EARTH

In the three years on board the L'ORIENT, Wraith and Captain Goodyer
had become very close and a father and son relationship had delevoped
between the two. So on returning to Earth, Wraith lived with the
Goodyers on the outskirts of York, England. Captain Goodyer had no
sons of his own, but he did have a daughter, Vivien Goodyer.

Wraith had had little contact with the female sex and never anyone who
was his own age. But an attraction soon found itself between the pair
and this later led to a full blown romance. Wraith stayed at the
Goodyers for four months before deciding to join Starfleet officially
and going to the Academy in San Francisco. He was blessed by having
the senior staff of the L'ORIENT vouch for him to the Academy
hierarchy as he had no recognized qualifications.  He was accepted.

AT THE ACADEMY

Wraith completed the Academy in three years instead of the usual four.
He was helped in no small part by living on the L'ORIENT for three
years and that in his field of engineering no one could touch him.

He excelled at his schooling coming 2nd in class and receiving honours
for his Engineering work. He once again found it difficult to interact
properly and so kept to his own company most of the time except if
required to join in. Although he came 2nd, it was noted he would of
probably came first if he had not argued with his teachers so much.

It was noted on his official record that if he thought he was right,
Wraith would argue until he was blue in the face, and if the teacher
still disagreed he would go out to prove himself right. This led to a
number of small reprimands throughout his time at the academy.

IN STARFLEET

Upon graduation, Wraith served his cadet cruise as a Ensign on the
aging frigate UTOPIA, as a engineering officer. He once again showed
himself to be a able officer and earned himself a sterling report from
the Captain. He was promoted to Lt.jg and reported as assistant Chief
Engineer aboard the CHEROKEE, a ship on patrol in the neutral zone.
During his year on board the CHEROKEE he was arrested for striking a
superior officer namely the XO.

The incident arose when a drunken first officer came storming into
engineering demanding more power from the warp core to the nacelles.
It was Wraith's shift and he was in charge and he politely told the XO
that the CHEROKEES engine were running at peak efficiency, having been
calibrated by Wraith himself. Not satisfied the XO started to
re-calibrate the engines right then, Wraith watched emotionless as
Klaxons started to sound off, a core breach was imminent. Somehow
through the XO's meddling with Wraith's perfect calibration and
balancing of the engines, he had brought the system into meltdown.

Stepping forward and pushing the XO out of the way of the console,
Wraith solved the intermix problem in seconds avoiding the core
breach. He then calmly turned to the XO and nailed him with one punch,
sending the officer down to floor in a unconscious heap. Storm then
made his way slowly to the security department and handed himself in.

On returning to Earth, Wraith was hauled up for court martial. Deemed
to have acted with extra ordinary calmness in solving the core breech he
was also said to be reckless in his dealing with XO. He was busted
back down to Ensign and served 6 days in a Starfleet prison on the
moon, Luna 2.

On release from prison Wraith was recruited by the design team on
Starbase 6. Although his record was now marred, his academic
achievements were beyond doubt. His primary role was to oversee the
fitting and calibration of the new USS REPUBLIC warp engines and
core: a job he threw himself into. By the time Wraith was done with
Republic he had been promoted twice in rank and in the design team he was
now second in overall charge of the REPUBLIC build.  So far
simulations had showed that REPUBLIC was so tight that she was
reckoned to be 7% quicker than any of her Constitution sisters and 4% 
faster at manoeuvring compared to their own launching specs: a truly 
stunning piece of engineering given that she all the same parts as her 
sister ships.

Unable to bear being parted from his mechanical masterpiece, Wraith
applied for the Chief Engineer's post on the REPUBLIC.  Captain Paulson 
accepted his request immediately.



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IV. Official Star Fleet Record
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2253.215 Entered Starfleet Academy year 1.
2254.216 Entered Starfleet Academy year 2.
2255.215 Entered Starfleet Academy year 3.
2256.295 Cadet cruise USS UTOPIA.
2257.314 Assigned Asst Chief Engineer USS CHEROKEE.
2259.287 Imprisoned in Starfleet prison facilities, Luna 2 penitentiary.
2260.106 Released and assigned as Warp technician aboard Starbase 6
	 working on the latest Constitution class vessel REPUBLIC.
2261.217 Assigned Chief Engineer USS REPUBLIC.


A. Promotion History


2253.215 Enrolled Starfleet, Cadet.
2256.225 Promoted Ensign.
2257.300 Promoted Lt.Jg.
2259.287 Was due to be promoted to Lt. But due to court martial demoted 
	 back to Ensign.
2260.254 Promoted Lt.Jg.
2261.174 Promoted Lt.


B. Service History


USS L'ORIENT unofficial passenger
USS UTOPIA engineering officer
USS CHEROKEE asst Chief Engineer
STARBASE 6 assigned to design team USS REPUBLIC


C. Medals and Commendations


Grankite Order of Tactics
Daystrom Medal
Cochrane Warp Theorem Award


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V. Skills Profile
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A lot of people back at the Academy are expecting the name Wraith
Storm to become almost a legend in the field of Engineering. He has
already done things with a warp core that beforehand many thought 
impossible. The 'Bright Spark of Sirius' continues to delve deeper
into the mysteries of subspace and has even spoke to some of being
able to 'transwarp' a ship instantly anywhere in the galaxy. A very
great boast.

Others skills Wraith has are in hand to hand fighting and survival
techniques. Many were learned in seclusion in the Lupin colony.


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VI. Recent Fitness Reports
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Mr Storm appears to be in a reasonable state of health and fitness.
Exam reveals sevearl of old scars. History indicates several badly set 
bones from his orphan days surgically reset.  

-- Dr. Martin Baker
       Staff Attending, Starbase 6


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VII. Psychological Profile
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When performing a report on Mr Storm it is important that his past is
mentioned. Having been on his own for so many years has undoubtably
shaped and hardened the man we see today. I notice immediately the Mr.
Storm does not enjoy large crowds, nor does he engage in idle banter
or small talk. If he wants some thing he asks for it, if he requires
nothing then you will get nothing but silence as he goes about his
business.

We know that he has a great affinity for the engineering lifestyle he
has chosen for himself, almost to a point of insubordination. As his
records show he does not like his work to be tampered with and will
act defensively if he feels threatened or undermined.

I know Mr Storm to be in a long-term long-distance relationship, but I 
think as for close friends he could probably count them on one hand.  
He comes across as a very distant character, someone who enjoys his 
own company rather than being social with others.


-- LCDR Maria Sturgeon
       Staff Psychologist, Starfleet Academy


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VIII. Current Recreational Interests
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Anything mechanical. 
Reading.


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