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|Affiliation=United Federation of Planets

|Name= Tyra "Ty" Crawford

|Rank= Captain

|Position= Commanding Officer

|Height= 5’9”

|Weight= 165 lbs

|Hair Color= Auburn

|Hair Style= On-duty: Loose bun with sweeping bangs, Off-duty: Long and loose

|Place= New Berlin, Luna

|Marital= Married to [[Grayson, Thomas|Thomas Grayson]]

|Mother= Tonya Crawford

|Father= Jeremy Crawford

Her anger gradually subsided but it left a defiant and rebellious teenager in its wake. She tried to stay as busy as possible with sports and friends, and would often disappear when possible. As much as her family tried to support her, she just saw them as trying to pity her. She wanted to get away from her family at all costs, and in her eyes, the easiest way to do that was to join Starfleet, even though it was the organization she’d resented for years.

Because of her advanced studies, she graduated from high school at 16, and immediately applied for Stafleet Academy as an engineering cadet – it was the field she’d excelled at in her studies so far. While the review board was hesitant to accept her due to her age and how recently her trauma had occurred, her test scores and general aptitude balanced the review board in her favor, and she was accepted. However, shortly after being accepted, she changed her course of study to security without giving any sort of reason. It surprised her family, but they were supportive of her, even if they, particularly her mother, weren’t thrilled.

Her years at the Academy were well spent and allowed her to grow up. While she was known to be a challenging student at times, she was well liked by her peers and instructors, developing a fairly out-going personality that contrasted her actions prior to joining the academy. Her only black mark during those years was for an altercation between her and an ex-boyfriend of hers. With a broken nose and cheekbone, he attempted to press charges but was persuaded otherwise – it wouldn’t have looked good on him. Regardless of this stumble, she graduated in the top 5 of her class with honors as the top marksmen to graduate that semester at the age of 20. She was subsequently assigned to the USS Gettysburg as a security officer.

After only a few months, she was promoted to Ensign for exemplary leadership abilities and excellent training performances. Her first mission with the USS Gettysburg required security to provide support and defense for personnel on Ecauri after a number of kidnappings had been committed. It was a trying mission at times, but she also became close to two of her fellow security officers, Mihar Kata and Joe Abila, during it. At the end of the mission, she was promoted to Lt [JG], much to her surprise.

Her last mission as COS of the Getty was by far one of the more memorable, and not for good reasons. The Battle at Starbase 157 is fairly infamous – a lot of damage was done, and seemingly undone there. Tyra has distinct memories of the battle occurring a specific way before seemingly resetting. She remembers the ship being taken over by Romulan special forces, and she also remembers being blown to bits in a corridor during the defensive before winding up back in her office in one piece. Apparently, it was something experienced by most people present, and it gave her something to think about after they’d won the battle. While 157 didn’t affect her too adversely, she did watch it rip apart members of her department, including Midshipman Loken Abaddon. He was a very promising young man before snapping, which lead him to almost mauling a prisoner to death and then assaulting his DH. She handed him off to Grant to deal with because she couldn’t make herself deal with him.

After Starbase 157, it came as quite a surprise when she was informed of her impending transfer to the Drake. She’d met Alanna prior to the battle, but hadn’t felt that the encounter warranted a selection as her First Officer. It was a difficult transition as she’d never served anywhere other than the Getty and was quite attached to her crewmates and department. However, she did make attempts to adapt to her new ship and position.

Her first mission with the Drake was a disaster after she and Alanna were abducted by an insectoid race that was curious to learn about their race. The problem was they felt they needed to dissect them to discover information on them. While Tyra came away from the mission unharmed, Alanna wasn’t so lucky – it was something Tyra felt immensely guilty over. However, neither allowed the mission to effect their performances.

Part way through the next mission, she was transferred off the Drake, before she could fully adapt to her position. She found herself on Earth, assigned as an expert on Romulan Tactics for Security’s Strategy Development department. Being on the sidelines annoyed her greatly but between taking on additional responsibilities, such as teaching an Academy class, becoming the supervisor for Sector 001’s SAR team assigned to Earth and SBA, and also taking on a parental role at home kept her busy.

She probably would have been content to remain on Earth for a while longer, where she had a chance at a normal, stable life, had Admiral Derrick Grant, her former CO on the Getty, not requested her for the COS position on his new vessel, the USS Nova. It was a difficult decision to make but she still felt that her experience would be put to better use in that position.

Before her first mission on the Nova, the Nova made a stop at Carraya IV, where a large conference was being held to discuss a major issue involving the Romulans. While she was very busy providing a security detail for Grant, she did find some free time to explore the local area, during which she met [[Grayson, Thomas|Thomas Grayson]].. Despite the wide disparity in age and rank, she felt an immediate connection to him, and greatly enjoyed their time together on Carraya. As luck would have it, shortly after leaving Carraya, Thomas arrived on the Nova to replace Grant as CO, and they began a serious relationship. She couldn’t be happier.

Her first mission on the Nova was a disaster. What was supposed to be a diplomatic mission to contact the Gondwanans really put them in the middle of a social civil war between the Monarchy and a group of outcasts with some sort of mutation. During the diplomatic talks, Tyra served as the head of security detail for the diplomatic team, including Admiral Grayson and a number of other senior officers in the flotilla. It was the only reason she wasn’t on the Nova went it was disabled by a rebel attack, forcing its evacuation to other ships.

She never returned to the Nova because Ristone was given the CO position on the Pegasus, and requested she move there as COS. After conferring with Thomas and realizing that the COS position on the Nova would become more administrative, she agreed to the move.

During the second mission after her departure from Earth – her first full mission on the Pegasus--, she encountered the worst situation she has ever been thrown into. The flotilla was sent to respond to a situation developing on Carraya IV, involving Klingons. It seemed like Carraya was undergoing a coupe, which was complicated by Klingon forces in the area.

Instead of returning to Delta as was planned, she and Thomas took an unexpected and unplanned trip to Earth. It went extremely well with her family, and much to her surprise, Thomas proposed to her while there. The only problem was that their trip had caused some trouble for Thomas with the CinC, which made Tyra feel guilty, but it was taken care of before they returned to Delta. Regardless, even with the positive changes in her personal life, she struggled with the aftermath of the Carraya for a long time.

The next mission on the Pegasus wasn’t exceedingly better than the previous one. They were tasked with exploring the Dalmatia system along with a task force of vessels. The Pegasus was assigned to the planet Weyden, and when they arrived, they were unable to contact the natives, which forced them to send down an away team, including Tyra. Due to numerous factors, the team did not have a successful first contact with the natives , the Snainoci,– they returned to the ship twice without finishing any sort of diplomatic talks.

Once Cooper, Azernal and Edwards were removed from the bridge, and the antidote developed by Schwicker had taken affect, Tyra took control of the bridge until Commodore Dramar appeared and relieved the away team of duty until further notice. The six day journey to Starbase Delta was spent mostly confined to quarters, which left Tyra with far too much time to think. It was difficult for her to accept that they’d been controlled by the natives of Weyden, or to come to terms with how Starfleet might react to the situation.

While the mutiny still weighed heavily on Tyra, Starfleet had cleared the crew of any wrong doing and had allowed them to resume their normal activities, which included attending the Chin’toka’s launch ceremony. It was suppose to be a routine formal gathering with the normal amount of brass, but it quickly evolved into a major FUBAR.

The meeting with Draev had a rather unexpected outcome. He wanted her to take out the USS James Madison to examine the Chin’toka’s yacht, which had been abandoned lightyears from Delta. It was a very difficult decision but after speaking to the doctors and having a brief and slightly lucid conversation with Thomas, she decided to take the opportunity. It was an important enough mission that it needed to be done correctly and she didn’t trust anyone else to do it.

While Tyra was in no way comfortable with being in command of a ship, especially a ship as small as the Madison, she was determined enough to make it work. She requested and was granted permission to bring along Crissy Fiore as her FO. For the most part, the transition went well and Tyra had no difficulties with the crew.

Tyra was happy to return to Delta, where she was reunited with a mostly healed Thomas. Shortly after her arrival, she returned to Earth with Thomas for a business trip. She spent the shoreleave with her family before being notified by Starfleet that she could either accept the position as First Officer of the newly accepted USS Avenger or be given a frontline combat position. It appeared that Grant had selected her to replace his deceased first officer, and while Tyra had no interest in command and Thomas wasn’t particularly enthusiastic about the position, she accepted it as the best option.

Tyra’s first mission as the Avenger’s First Officer was a discrete, communication silence mission into the Gamma Quadrant. Because of the Avenger’s Jem’Hadar and Vorta, the ship was the best to attempt to negotiate with the Dominion for Ketracel White and possibly their help against the Krynar. Grant gave Tyra that task of taking the James Madison on a covert mission to acquire the Ketracel White from a refining facility, if negotiations with the Dominion broke down.

When Tyra woke up, there had been an encounter with a Ferengi salvage company, which had laid claim to the Dominion refining facility. The marines and security team that had entered the facility had confirmed that it seemed someone was moving everything out. During the operation, the Ferengi attacked the asteroid facility, killing one of the marines -- they also lost 3 of the 4 Jem’Hadar they had brought for the operation -- but Shelmer, who was acting CO while she was incapacitated, was able to recover the team before fleeing both the Ferengi and the Krynar that had been patrolling the area. However, the Madison was forced to run as quickly as possible back towards the wormhole and their rendezvous point with the Avenger. On the bright side, they were able to acquire the needed supplies and technology to begin making Ketracel White, though their complement of Jem’Hadar had been significantly reduced by their operational losses.

Following the Avenger’s difficult mission to the Gamma Quadrant, the Avenger’s crew returned to Starbase Delta for a much deserved shore leave. While this shore leave was expected to be standard for Tyra, it ended up including one of the most important events of her life to date. Although they had originally planned on waiting until the war had ended, impatience got the better of Tyra and with a little push, she and Thomas got married in a beautiful ceremony on Delta. Thanks to Peter O’Malley, they were even able to have a honeymoon without drastically impacting everything.

Due to the sudden decision to get married, most of her family was unable to attend. While none of them were pleased by this, they were placated by the promise of a second, less rushed wedding on Earth once the war ended.

Following a short honeymoon, Tyra returned to Delta in time for the Avenger’s next mission. The Avenger was assigned to a basic patrol along the Tholian border, an attempt to blend the two crews into one united front. During a pass near the Halless system, the Avenger picked up the distress signal of a probe that was orbiting Halless I. Captain Grant decided that this would be a good bonding mission for the senior members of the crew, as well as his daughter Katie, and ordered the James Madison to launch to retrieve the probe.

Upon return to the Avenger, Doctor Ristone insisted on examining Tyra for any injuries and discovered that the planet’s water source had not only healed all of her injuries but had rejuvenated her physically. According to scans, her physical age was five years younger than it should have been, an effect that has remained even as time has passed.

Following the Halles I debacle, the Avenger was ordered to report to Rigel in order to remove the Avenger from service for a refit, which would include a transfer for all members of the crew. Under these orders, Crawford would have been transferred to the USS Nova, her husband’s flagship. However, Grant did not take the orders well, accusing Tyra of blindsiding him when she was not aware of the orders herself, and despite protests from his first officer, decided to delay the Avenger’s arrival at Rigel by taking the time to repair the Avenger.

Upon arriving at the rally point, the Avenger was assigned to assist in attempting to liberate Tellar from the Krynar. Due to the quick thinking of the crew, the Avenger survived the battle and saw it to its successful completion but was forced to endure an attempt at Enlightenment. It left numerous individuals dead at the hand’s of their peers and much psychological damage. It did restore Tyra’s trust in Azernal, who had once been a close friend, because he was not susceptible to the Enlightening and was able to guide her through it.

Following the battle at Tellar, the Avenger and the rest of the attack force was directed to Alpha in preparation for the next step in the fight against the Krynar. It allowed the crew some much needed R&R and due to Grayson’s recent reassignment to Earth, Tyra was able to have some much needed family time with him.

This act of genocide was difficult for Tyra to stomach, especially given her role and that of her husband’s. However, upon her return to Delta -- where Thomas had returned as Fleet Commander --, she learned that the plan enacted by the battle group and Vice Admiral Bay was not the plan her husband had submitted for approval. It was difficult to stomach that he was being blamed for the essential genocide of an entire race and even harder to watch him be shunned by his peers. It was a difficult time, though being promoted permanently to Captain and Commanding Officer of the Avenger upon her return to Delta was a very small comfort.

Following the Krynar’s defeat, the Avenger was assigned a rather boring patrol mission, or so it seemed to be. In the days following the ship’s return, Sienna Tam had been reassigned to the 2nd Fleet, much to Tyra’s displeasure. However, she was assigned a new FO, Sophia Rush, who seemed to be a very well suited match. It was very important that Rush be a good match as shortly after launch, Tyra began to suspect that she could possibly be pregnant, though she didn’t want to confirm the suspicions until she was back with Thomas on Delta.

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