Name: Michael Howard Birthplace: San Francisco, Earth Age: 30 Race: Human Gender: Male |
Service Record: CO, Lt. Cmdr., USS Paladin |
Physical Description: Height: 6'1" Weight: 165 lbs. Hair: brown Eyes: brown Appearance: Michael is in good shape for his age, owing to his tactical background. He has the "look of the eagles" about him during combat situations. |
Bio:
Michael was born in San Francisco, but for reasons that were not clear to him until he was older, his family moved to a small colony on the edge of Federation space. He grew up fairly normal, listening to his father's romantic stories about space. His father was a retired trader who loved the Federation. This was one of the biggest factors in getting Michael to join Starfleet, which he excelled in. In his second year Michael got the news that his father's shuttle had been destroyed by pirates, and his father had died. It was now that his mother told him the truth of his father. He was a pirate who had sold out his ship and many other pirates to the Federation in exchange for a safe place for his family to live. Michael was born when his father was giving the Federation information, and that is why they left Earth so soon after his birth. He took time off after this news, but came back to Starfleet and managed to scrape together a passing grade. He was assigned to the USS Buenos Aires as Tactical Officer. He was given the rank of ensign. He was awarded the Cross of Valor for his attempt to save an away team including the ship's CO and XO from a potentially hostile creature. The Buenos Aires' CTO soon resigned, and Michael was promoted to ATO. After two uneventful years, Michael was promoted to Lt. JG and sent to Deep Space 6 to serve as CSO. He soon found the entire security staff to be corrupt, and had them all prosecuted and replaced if found guilty. In doing so he ended a major crime ring that centered around Deep Space 6. For his actions in cleaning out his security staff, Michael was promoted to full Lieutenant. When the Dominion War began, there was a need for experienced tactical officers and Michael was reassigned to the USS Edinburgh as CTO. He was involved in minor skirmishes, but the Edinburgh was too old to be sent to the front, so it was a relatively calm period despite the war. A rogue Dominion Ship managed to confront the Edinburgh after the official end of the war, and the ship was severely damaged, including the loss of the CO and XO. Michael found himself in command of the ship, and brought it to SB 361 for repairs. When the ship arrived, it had a new CO and XO waiting for it, but Michael was praised for his command skills and promoted to Lt. Cmdr. He was then assigned to the USS Buenos Aires-B as XO, the first ship had been destroyed in the Dominion War. Michael was praised for his bravery several times, and at the end of his stay on the ship, actually saved a 5-man engineering team when a plasma leak blocked them in a room. He sustained several injuries in doing so and had to take 6 months off to recupirate. When he returned to his post he was promoted to Cmdr. He served for another 2 years onboard the Buenos Aires before being offered a command post of his own. |