Ash

Born on Andoria to an Ensign Ash’Talier, he was raised by her, as the father, one Lieutenant Danvers, disappeared six months prior. As a toddler, he was given his mother’s old toy, a plushie Deadalus model. This toy may have been the start of his fascination with history. During the Dominion War, his mother left him on Andoria with a friend. She never came back, going down with her ship in the second battle of Chin’Toka.

He went through a moody phase after that. It was during this time that he got his hands on the Phase Pistol from the NX-02, which he used whenever he got in a fight with the local bully, one Bivas Ch’tonnith. Eventually, they both got in a fight with some Naussicans in a bar. During this fight, Bivas took a hit for Ash. He did survive, and this experience acted as a bonding moment for the two. After that, they were inseparable.

Both applied to Starfleet Academy and managed to get in, though it was by the skin of the teeth. Ash did not make many friends during his time in the Academy, often preferring to work on his assignments and meet up with Bivas, who in contrast made many friends.

Fresh out of the Academy, Ash served aboard the USS Dust Devil, a Freedom Class. However, this did not last long, as the Dust Devil was retired 2 years later.
His second posting was to the USS Bradford, an Excelsior Class. He spent the better part of 5 years on the Bradford. During this time, he met and fell in love with Lydia Statten, an Engineer on the same ship. They married just before being transferred to the USS Gilligan, Centaur Class.

A short 3 years later, and he has transferred to the Command division, while keeping his Engineering background. However, the Gilligan is being retired, and he applies to head the restoration team for Starfleet’s Legacy Fleet (a series of old Starfleet ships kept in service to act as a mobile museum and final line of defense. It was actually called into service for the evacuation of Romulus, but we all know how that went.)