Kat Donovan

Early Life

Starfleet Academy

Kat entered Starfleet Academy in 2383 with an emphasis in security and tactical. She wasn’t the best student,  but kept her grades up enough to graduate in the middle of her class. For the most part her Academy experience was fairly uneventful.  There wasn’t a skeet shooting team so she joined the soccer team.  It wasn’t a sport she was particularly good at and she spent most of her four years as a backup.

During their junior year cadets were assigned to their training cruises.  For the most part cadets were assigned to one of three Academy ships.  However, Kat wasn’t chosen to serve on a training ship. As luck woukd have it she was shipped off to deep space aboard the Defiant-class USS Gallipoli. Despite being separated from her friends and having to do her Academy courses via sub-space Kat gained valuable experience.  The captain even gave her a chance to experience every department on the ship but she still felt more comfortable in the Security/Tactical departments.  However,  she did get EMT certified during her medical department rotation.   Kat often credits her time on the Gallipoli as part of the reason for her success.

USS Antietam

Kat joined the USS Antietam after graduation as a security officer in 2387.  She worked the first few years on the night shift earning a reputation of being a hard worker and capable leader and was rewarded with a swing shift tactical officer position on the bridge and promotion to lieutenant.

In 2390 the Antietam was dispatched through the Barzan Wormhole as part of the supply effort to reinforce Federation units in the Gradin Belt. While visiting the Markonian Outpost Kat got a chance to flex her detective skills when both the Security Chief and Assistant Chief of Security were arrested by local authorities under suspicion of murder.  During her investigation she discovered a plot by the Malon Cooperative to undermine the Federation’s presence and exploration efforts in the region.  A Malon, named Palik, loosely affiliated with several key officials, had framed the Starfleet officers. Kat proved their innocence by tracking down the trace radiation left by Palik.

In 2391 she was promoted to assistant tactical officer where she was involved in the events surrounding the Sovereignty of Kahless. As Federation worlds fell to the Sovereignty, Starfleet initiated a massive counter offensive to retake those worlds.  At Galundun Kor, Kat led teams from the USS Antietam and the USS Coral Sea  to secure several key objectives including the outpost being built by Klingon forces.  The three day battle pushed Kat nearly to the breaking point.  On the second day she took a bat’leth to the shoulder.  Refusing medical evacuation she  continued to lead her officers and crew with the use of the non-dominant right arm. They suffered nearly sixty percent casualties mostly coming from hand to hand fighting on the second day.  However, they held their ground and on the third day they received reinforcements and pushed the Klingons off the planet. The captured Klingons spoke with respect of the Starfleet officers and the “Red-headed demon” that led them.

In 2395 the USS Antietam was one of several ships tasked with the diplomatic delegation with opening trade with the Cardassian Union.  While the Antietam wasn’t directly involved in the negotiations it was there as a show of force in case the Dutopa Council or Central Command had other plans.  While there wasn’t a full treaty signed trade was resumed between the two powers and it was considered a success.

For the next four years the Antietam performed border patrol and contraband interdiction along the Cardassian border fighting pirates and renegades.  For the most part the assignment was long periods of boredom punctuated with brief moments of sheer terror.  But over that time Kat was directly or indirectly involved in the search and or capture of over 200 ships.  The Antietam had minimal encounters with the Hunters of D’Ghor being assigned to the Cardassian border, and as such Kat did not participate in the Battle of Archanis in 2399.  Unfortunately she had several Academy friends who did. A former teammate and close friend Lt. Commander Ashley Harrison was killed in that battle.

2400 & The Century Storm

Early in 2400 the USS Antietam was dispatched to Gathor Colony a few light years from the Paulson nebula as part of the Fourth Fleet’s response to the Century Storm. While evacuating colonists Kat and her team got cut off from the ship.  Unable to contact the Antietam and with the storm bearing down on them she organized her team and engineers amongst the colonists to construct emergency shelter in the basement of a building.  The trick worked and they emerged six days later dehydrated, hungry and more than a little ripe but all 120 people survived a storm that many thought impossible. Kat spent three days in sickbay after the ordeal.

The Antietam had been dispatched to run cargo to the far side of the Federation later that year, and were not in a position to take part in the Sundered Wings fleet mission.

Outpost Houtman

In 2400 Kat took the opportunity to take on a senior officer role with the newly established outpost and transferred off the only assignment she knew. It was a completely new assignment from what she was used to going from ship based to “boots on the ground” but the opening on Houtman presented a unique opportunity to advance her career. While, it may not have been the assignment she would have precisely chosen it moved her into a senior staff position which would help her get her third pip and eventually the fourth one which was her ultimate goal.

Family

Father: Miles Galen Donovan

Mother: Heather Elaine Donovan née Frasier

Siblings: None

Other Family:

• Simon Frasier, the 11th Lord Lovett (grandfather)
• Emily Frasier née MacDonald (grandmother)
• Edward Donovan † (grandfather)
• Victoria Donovan née Conner  (grandmother)

Biographical Data:

Born:

• May 5, 2363
• Edenborough, Scotland, UK, Earth

Languages:

• English
• Scots Gaelic

Degrees:

• Bachelors of Arts: History

Service/branch:

• Starfleet, United Federation of Planets

Service:

• 2388-present

Battles/Wars:

• Klingon Border Conflicts
• Cardassian Border Conflicts

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