Helena Dread

Early Life (2356-2374)

Helena Dread was born to Gerald and Trilene Dread on Betazed.  She was half human and half Betazoid.  She was empathic to a point.  Testing shows she was more human, thus limiting her access to the abilities of her mother’s side.  She attended a traditional human school while experiencing a Betezoid school as well.  She became dissatisfied with her experience and resented her mother, who resented her inabilities.  She left with her father in 2370 to emigrate to Earth, where she completed high school in Spokane, Washington.  Her interest in medical studies pushed her to apply to Starfleet Academy.  She was accepted.

Starfleet Academy (2374-2378)

Helena earned her nickname here, first as ‘Hell On Wheels” and then simply ‘Hella.”  Her inner passion and emotions exploded outwards during her freshman and sophomore years.  She’s known to party and is on disciplinary review in her junior year. Dread focused on herself and graduated as a medical officer at the top of her class in 2378.  She decides to pursue her dream of being a medical doctor.  She was accepted into the program on Starbase One in cooperation with Johns Hopkins University.

Starbase One (2378-2384)

While working as a medical officer on the expansive Starbase One, she attended classes through Johns Hopkins University.  Her first two years were spent studying hard, and she had little social life.  In her third year, she began working on her clinical rotation, finding emergency medicine as her favorite area.  She spent her fourth year focusing on emergency and station medicine.  Her two years of residency were spent on Starbase 1, Starbase Bravo, and Starbase 72.  She received high marks on each station and position.  Upon graduation, she is promoted to Lieutenant.

Starfleet (2384-2401)

She was assigned to the USS Lionheart, an Olympic Class starship from 2384-2388, as Assistant Chief Medical Officer.  During an attack on the ship in June of 2387, the Chief Medical Officer is killed, and she was field promoted to his position as well as a promotion to Lieutenant Commander.

Dread was then assigned to the USS Jackson’s Lake, an Excelsior class ship, in 2388 as Chief Medical Officer. She served with distinction from 2388 to 2394. During this time, she was awarded several commendations for working under fire on the ship and away teams.

She was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in 2394 as she transferred to the USS Gunnison, where she was both Chief Medical Officer and XO.  She became an excellent XO and was awarded several commendations for her actions and performance.  She applied for the XO role aboard the USS Peregrine Falcon, an aging Excelsior Refit ship, and was accepted in 2398.  She is promoted to commander.

She serves as the XO and worked well with her CO.  In 2399, the ship came under heavy attack.  Due to her extensive training with the crew and her self-sacrifice, the ship was saved in time for reinforcements to arrive.  However, her captain was lost.  She received a field promotion to Captain and was given temporary command of the ship to get it home.  Upon returning home, her promotion was made permanent.  She returned to Starbase Bravo to work within the medical department as both a trainer and mentor to medical cadets.

She serves as XO on the USS Olympic with Peter Crawford as CO from 03.01.2401 March 1st, 2401, to July 15th, 2401.

Dread was assigned to the USS Daedalus, Rhode Island class to support the Mackenzie Squadron on July 15th, 2401. In a surprise reassignment, Dread and her crew are assigned to the Constitution III USS Douglas on September 15th, 2401.