Hydish, Altairi

PRC	STAR FLEET PERSONNEL COMMAND FILE  SECURITY RATING 3, CONFIDENTIAL

Altairi Hydish
Career Occupation
Position:	Chief Engineer
Assignment:	USS Yeager, NCC-60097
Rank:	Lieutenant
Time on Site:
Biographical Attributes
Species:	1/2 Ktarian, 1/2 Human
Gender:	Male
Height:	165 cm (5 ft. 5 in.)	Weight:	55.3 kg (122 lb.)
Eye Color:	Yellow
Hair Color:	Dark Brown
Physique:	Incredibly average, nothing too special.
Complexion:	Honey
Voice:	The higher range of tenor
Affiliation:	United Federation of Planets
Birthplace:	Ktaris
Born:	19910.07	Age:	24
Familial Relationships
Father:	Mianta Hydish
Mother:	Elizabeth Lin
Status of Parents:	Both are alive and continue to reside on Ktaris, where they maintain monthly communications with Altairi.
Siblings:	None
Marital Status:	Single

Personal History

As the child of two former Starfleet Engineers, Altairi would grow up with tales of his parents’ exploits, and more importantly, a need to follow in their footsteps. With the build-up of ambition would come years of studying textbooks and the knowledge set forth by some of the most prestigious engineers in the service. All the while, the young Ktarian began to surround himself with others; some with similar goals in life and who quickly became his closest confidants. Though, his bubbly and social personality would not be enough for many to see past his own hybrid nature.

Despite a supposed age of enlightenment in the populace of the century, there were those on Ktaria who treated Altairi’s very existence as a threat to their own heritage. As such, his human roots would paint him as a target amongst others, and would make it very clear that he would never truly belong. But, the realization also served to provide all the more reason to find a posting elsewhere. And despite his own struggles, the aspiring engineer persisted in his studies, and in time, he mustered the theoretical knowledge comparable to a sophomore engineering cadet. Though, Altairi maintained far less practical knowledge and experience than the latter.

On his seventeenth birthday, Altairi made the long-awaited decision to send in his application for Starfleet Academy; days later, being overjoyed when he was accepted. Half-nervously, the soon-to-be cadet made his final goodbyes to his friends known, finally stopping with an especially tearful goodbye to his parents. And, at that point, he received the most cherished late-birthday present in his life, a custom-made cadet uniform specially requested by his mother and father. From then on, with all goodbyes said, and all other business tended to, Altairi found himself climbing the steps toward a full career faster and faster.

As an academy student, the cadet took care to build connections, and otherwise establish failsafes to guarantee his success. However, he struggled very little on account of years of preparation, and his own befriending of the majority of the people he met with little fear of his once-mocked hybrid nature being used against him. Alongside, Altairi took on an interest in holodeck programming, the one subject that always had seemed to mystify him. But, in time, even such bewilderment began to vanish.

When he graduated, the now Midshipman Hydish received his first posting aboard the USS Nikola Tesla, quickly finding that his academy experience prepared him for little of the emotional stresses that came with the job. At first, he figured an embarrassing failure to report in professionally would be the end of his struggles, but Altairi’s worldview soon began to falter; and he soon found himself aboard the dilapidated USS Nightingale. And even though the Tesla eventually brought the medical vessel back to relative life, and safely escorted her from the Romulan neutral zone, it would be at the cost of much of the ship’s crew, memories of corpses souring the once idealistic officer’s perception.

When all came to a close, Altairi seemed to return more or less to relative peace, though the sudden disappearance of the Tesla’s former chief engineer, and the reassignment of the ship’s captain and chief of the boat kept him further from returning to more familiar and social behavior. Just prior to the launch of his next assignment, the USS Philadelphia, Altairi was called to the office of his new C.O., Captain Jennifer Braggins. Between Starfleet’s failure to assign the ship a qualified chief engineer, as well as the unwillingness of his fellow officers to claim the mantle, the Ktarian found out that he was the only candidate for the position. Reluctantly he agreed, serving as chief engineer to the Philadelphia, and later the USS Aquila.

The engineer’s first mission aboard the Aquila saw him participate in the search for a group of Ferengi merchants who had disappeared into the Gamma Quadrant. Aboard one of the ship’s shuttles, he and the away team were able to locate and board the merchants’ derelict vessel, only to trigger its emergency detonation subroutine. Altairi was able to successfully engage the emergency transporters and ferry most of the away team to safety. With time till detonation decreasing rapidly, however, they would be forced to leave one petty officer behind. An unpleasant addition to the knowledge of her death, Altairi would later learn of the disappearance of the shuttle that had ferried him there, with the rest of the team aboard.

While the Aquila’s mission would conclude with the discovery of both the Ferengi and a colony of Dominion War survivors, a triumph he was able to witness in person, Altairi would go on to be haunted by the memory of his near-death experience, and by the faces of those who didn’t make it.

What followed was Altairi’s reassignment to the Philadelphia, marking his third ship-to-ship transfer and his second term aboard the vessel.

With his new assignment now designated a key player in Operation Ursa Major, Altairi would be dispatched to the Parhelia system in search of the captured USS Callisto. When Starfleet attempted to rescind the mission, citing concerns over a possible war with the Cardassians, Altairi joined a crew of mutineers led by Captain Braggins and assisted in the hijacking of the USS Yeager.

Following the conclusion of Ursa Major, and the subsequent judgement of Starfleet command, Altairi’s fourth official transfer would place him aboard the next vessel to bear the name Yeager.

Personality Profile

Academy Major(s): Engineering
Academy Minor(s): Lcars Programming, Intermediate Electronics
Hobbies and Pastimes: Reading, tinkering
Short-Term Goals: To keep his colleagues alive
Long-Term Goals: To prove himself worthy of his position as Chief Engineer
Personality: While a social butterfly in the right circumstances, a rocky tenure has made Altairi less comfortable talking to new people.
Sense of Humor: Bubbly, under the right circumstances.
Phobias: Moderate monophobia
Likes: Escapism (holonovels, sleeping)
Dislikes: Bullies
Pet Peeves or Gripes: Nosiness
Bad Habits or Vices: Altairi has a tendency to beat himself up over things otherwise out of his control.
Achievements: Was appointed Chief Engineer
Disappointments: Was appointed Chief because he felt the captain was desperate
Illnesses: Nothing too out of the ordinary.
Strengths: Intelligence, Friendliness. Being someone you can talk to and who will listen.
Weaknesses: Relatively inexperienced. Aforementioned tendency to blame himself
Fears: Watching more people die. Dying alone in space.
Prejudices: Cardassians, Ferengi
Off Duty Clothing Tastes: Long sleeved shirts with collars
Distinguishing Features: Exo-cranial ridges similar to that of Naomi Wildman
Pets: None
Friends: Most of his engineering colleagues

Personal Paradigm Shifts

Most Painful Experience: Spending a childhood bullied for being half-human.
Best Time: Receiving a custom-made uniform from his parents when he left for the Academy.
Most Crucial Experience: Being lost on a mountain range at the age of 8. It took 3 hours for his parents to find him.
Role Model: Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, renowned chief engineer of the Enterprise NCC-1701

Career History

Position	Assignment	Date(s)	Event
Cadet	Star Fleet Academy	22012.25	Star Fleet Academy Graduate Ribbon
Engineer	USS Nikola Tesla, LE-20004	22012.25	Midshipman
Engineer	USS Nikola Tesla, LE-20004	22102.01	Role Player of the Month
Engineer	USS Nikola Tesla, LE-20004	22103.01	Ensign
Engineer	USS Nikola Tesla, LE-20004	22103.01	Role Player of the Month
Engineer	USS Nikola Tesla, LE-20004	22105.01	Role Player of the Month
Engineer	USS Nikola Tesla, LE-20004	22106.01	Role Player of the Month
Engineer	USS Nikola Tesla, LE-20004	22106.01	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Engineer	USS Philadelphia, NCC-66053-A	22107.01	Transferred to USS Philadelphia
Chief Engineer	USS Philadelphia, NCC-66053-A	22107.18	Promoted to Acting Chief Engineer
Chief Engineer	USS Philadelphia, NCC-66053-A	22205.01	Role Player of the Month
Chief Engineer	USS Aquila, NCC-76853	xxxxx.xx	Promotion, Transfer
Chief Engineer	USS Aquila, NCC-76853	22306.01	Star Fleet Achievement Medal
Chief Engineer	USS Philadelphia, NCC-66053-A	22307.01	Full Crew Transfer
Chief Engineer	USS Yeager, NCC-60097	22405.01	Full Crew Transfer

Medals Tally:

Service Medals Awarded
Image	Description	Qty.
	Star Fleet Academy Graduate Ribbon	1
	Star Fleet Achievement Medal	1
Achievement Medals Awarded
Image	Description	Qty.
	Role Player of the Month	5

Contact Information

E-Mail: sango.levonian@gmail.com

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