Carlito Herrera

Even as a child, Carlito Alejandro Yadriel Herrera was fascinated in the built – environment and what made things work. Raised in San Juan on the island of Puerto Rico, Carlito came from a large catholic family and hold family values close to his heart.

Carlito enrolled into Starfleet Academy in San Francisco in 2388 – as this was the logical pathway for him to pursue his talents and aspirations as a professional Engineer.

Graduating in 2392, Carlito placed third in his graduating class and wone the Zephram Cochrane Award for Engineering Excellence for his final year dissertation on “Reverse – phase flow extrapolation in Electro-Plasma System integration.”

A quiet man with a passion for Engineering and practical sciences, Carlito Herrera relishes the challenges presented by the non-integrated systems typical to the New – Orleans class of starships and contemporary technologies.

Despite his unarguable good – looks, Carlito Herrera is unassuming and not given to egotistical behavior.

His first passion is Engineering – his analytical mind naturally drawn to mechanical reasoning and problem solving.

His second passion is the sport of Soccer, and the Puerto Rican likes to spend his off-duty hours either attending famous matches of the past or participating alongside of some of history’s greatest players.

A bachelor, Carlito is guarded about his personal life and does not confirm any preferences. Socially he is pleasant company without being gregarious and is well liked by his peers.

A gifted Engineer, Herrera is respected by the Engineers serving under him and values consultation and group participation when troubleshooting technical issues – letting his people exercise their own analytical skill and working the problem.

Whilst young for a Chief Engineer, like so many of his peers Carlito Herrera has had to step up to the responsibilities of running a Starfleet department a lot earlier than is typical – such was the level of decimation that depleted the ranks of the 4th Fleet after the events of Frontier Day.

With exposure to Tachyon Radiation – Carlito affectively lost 22 years of his life – span and the incident impacted him deeply. Although he is undergoing gene – therapy to repair the damage at a cellular – level, the incident understandably affected him mentally and he is attending therapy sessions with the Ship’s Councilor to address bouts of depression and anger issues.