Chief Petty Officer John Blake, Engineer's Mate
Species
Human
Gender
Male
Age
41 (biological) 44 (official)
Hair
Black
Height
1m68 / 5' 6"
Skin Tone
Caucasian
Slim Build
Description
Fit but does not look after his body
Family
Wife
Debra
Blake Civilian Engineer (ship design)
Mother
Jill
Blake Chief Engineer Transport Ship Shadow
Father Unknown
Special Notice
Personal Profile
Traits, Quirks
Mumbles to himself when working.
Interests
Tinkering and designing, on the holo-deck engineering in history esp. 1960’s earth(what he thinks is history is based of films like grease and such like.)
Ambitions
To be challenged and enjoy life, no real long team ambitions John's just living for the present
Likes
Engineering (carving models, fixing oddments he picks up on his travels and inventing); music with feeling, especially jazz.
Dislikes
Being told what to do by non-engineers; being quoted rules and regulations that he knows to be floored or incorrect.
Strengths
Natural feeling for engineering, John can thing through engineering problems and simulate possible solutions in his head in a lot more detail than others.
Limitations
Workaholic, feels uncomfortable being ordered around by superiors who have yet to prove themselves to him. John often uncountable around other people as he was brought up with little company. He has an additive personality. He is not an academic man.
Skills
Fixing things. John has an above average IQ and mental mathematics. He has experience with other races star ship equipment.
Languages
Federation Standard, English.
Personal History
Before Starfleet
John
grew up on the transport ship Shadow, his mother was the CE and is unsure
of who his father is. He grew up spending most of his free time in engineering
helping his mother due to his interest of engineering and the closest
person to his age was 8 years older. He gained a feel for engineering,
not a by the book knowledge a real feeling of engineering.
John moved to Earth. He could not really get settled in as he was an outsider, with his rough attitude and bad sense of dress. The high security meant that he could not continue his doggy dealings. John lasted for just less than a year before in moved on.
Starfleet
After 6 month training John started working for Starfleet as a designer working on the power distribution. He worked mostly on starship design but helped in troubleshooting other projects. John slowly gained the respect of his bosses and some of the rules where relaxed for him. John ended up one of the characters of the design teem, despite him preferring to work alone nearly everyone knew who he was. After working closely together for some time he got romantically attached to Debra Cross, a computer system analyst. Their relationship worked as they where both alike. They hardly saw each other as they both worked hard. After his contract was over he decided to enrol in Starfleet proper for a challenge and something new.
In February 2385, while serving aboard the USS Swiftsure, John married civlian ship designer Debra Cross.
Career Summary
John
has been a bit of a ‘fish out of water’ during his career, his lack of
discipline nearly got him through out of Starfleet on several occasions.
He did not get well in training as he sometimes knew as much as the instructors.
His excellence in engineering, did not come out until he came to the USS
Arizona, that had a more relaxed engineering department, he demonstrated
his skill and devotion on the job.
After a long stint on the USS Swiftsure, John was reassigned to the USS Poseidon NCC 89515 and finally to the USS Avalon NCC 76262-A.
Medical Profile
Medical Report
Although
John is not partially fit he is relatively healthy except for his lack
of sleep and too much caffeine. John could do with looking after himself
better. I’ve seen him working aches and pains that would at least slow
down most people. I don’t know that he has a fear or medical personnel
or just has problems asking for help so I suggest an eye is kept on him
during times of stress I also passed this on to his DH.
Psychological Report
John is a workaholic with slightly limited social skills. He turns to work to block things out which could cause the problems to get bigger as he does not confront the problem. John need a real out let to get away from everything but he has not taken to any of my suggestions. I can foresee the possibility of serious problems if his work is ever a problem. I suggest forever monitoring, obvious despite his dislike of counsellors.
Service Record
2372-75
Works as Civilian Design Contractor for Utopia Planetia Fleet Yards.
2376
Basic Training (Starfleet Academy), Advanced Engineering Training (Starfleet Academy).
2377
Completes Training Cruise aboard USS Churchill.Assigned to USS Arizona as Engineer’s Mate, Crewman.
2378
Transferred to USS Bismarck-B. Promoted to Petty Officer 3rd Class.
2379
Promoted to Petty Officer 2nd Class. Transferred to USS Swiftsure NCC 26543 as Engineer’s Mate.
2380-2382
The USS Swiftsure is reported missing with all hands early in 2380. The ship reappeared early in 2383 in orbit of Earth after a temporal jump of 3 years. **Details classified**
2383
Promoted to Petty Officer 1st Class
2385
Transferred to the USS Poseidon mid 2385. Promoted to Chief Petty Officer on stardate 10910.08
2386
Transferred to the USS Avalon NCC 76262-A mid 2386.
