Lieutenant Nile Rutherford

Chief Engineer, USS Venture

Species;          Human, Siddaran Colony

Sex;                Male                                

 Age;                30                                                                                                                      

Service History           

2365 - 2368 - Starfleet Academy -Majored Advanced Research Engineering Program.

2368 - 2369 - Cadet Cruise as a Junior Diagnostic Engineer, McKinley Station.

2369 - 2371 - USS. Swift (NCC-75801) Lt. (jg), Junior Engineer.

2371 - 2376 - USS. Eclipse (NCC-75808), Lt. Engineer.

2373 - Promoted to Shift Lead Engineer and Engineers Mate.

2377 - USS. Venture, NCC-71854, Chief of Engineering.

Character History;

Nile Rutherford was born in 2347 on Siddaran (sid-Dar-an), a colony world settled by several Federation races (including Trill and Bolians) in 2304. Siddaran is a pleasant Class-M world located roughly two-thirds of the way from Earth to Bajor. The region Rutherford grew up in was rugged and heavily forested and he spent a fair portion of his childhood hiking and climbing both the local mountains as well as the 200+ meter native trees called Siddaran Spires.

As a teenager, Rutherford spent school breaks helping his father maintain the computer systems that comprised the planetary datanet. This, combined with a love of engineering in general, spurred Rutherford on toward applying to Starfleet Academy and eventually a career working with the finest technology in the Federation.

In the years that followed, Rutherford proved himself to be a highly capable engineer. He studied a number of technical disciplines and, combined with an in-built flair for engineering, became something of a jack-of-all-trades. Rutherford was largely happy with his situation until the advent of the Dominion War. He saw the innocent suffer a great deal and it left him a changed man. Rutherford took it upon himself to step in where necessary to help those who could not help themselves. Seemingly in return, he found he had developed a new focus when problem solving which rendered him, in the words of one crewmate, "blindingly single-minded".

After the War, Rutherford began to consider where his career was headed. On the one hand he was comfortable in his duties and his posting. On the other hand, he wondered if greater command responsibility was the way ahead. His commanding officer decided to subtly nudge the hesitant engineer by recommending him for the first suitable Deputy Chief Engineer position that became available. In this way, Rutherford could have a taste of command to see if he liked it. Rutherford is understandably nervous about leaving the Eclipse for the Venture but he is also excited about serving aboard a Galaxy-class Starship.

Appearance;

Rutherford is fairly average in height and weight. He has dark, short- cropped hair as well as a closely trimmed beard and moustache. His eyes are blue bordering on grey. Usually while working, Rutherford will push up the sleeves of his duty uniform.

Personality;

At first glance, Rutherford seems to be a stereotypical engineer, someone who understands, or even enjoys, technology better than people. He likes to read technical journals in his spare time and greatly enjoys "shooting the breeze" with fellow engineers but these activities do not consume him. Rutherford also enjoys climbing, both real and simulated, running and developing holo-programs both for him and others. (He became well known aboard Eclipse for the programs that he gave as presents to mark special occasions). While usually reserved at first in new situations, Rutherford is generally relaxed and prefers not to stand on ceremony (protocol permitting).

Game Stats

Attributes;

Fitness 3

Co-ordination 3, Reaction +1

Intellect 3, Logic +2

Presence 3, Willpower +1

Psi 0              

Skills;

Administration (Starship Administration) 1 (2)

Athletics (Climbing) 2 (3), (Running) (3)

Command (Starship Command) 1 (2)

Computer (Simulation/Modelling) 2 (3)

Culture (Human) 2 (3)

Dodge 1

Energy Weapon (Phaser) 1 (3)

Engineering, Material (Starship Design) 2 (3)

Engineering, Propulsion and Powerplant (Impulse) 1 (3), (Warp Drive) (3)

Engineering, Systems (Diagnostic) 2 (4), (Computer) (4), (Transporter/Replicator) (3), (EPS) (3)

History (Federation) 1 (2), (Human) (2)

Languages; Federation Standard 3

Law (Starfleet Regulations) 1 (2)

Personal Equipment (Tricorder) 1 (3)

Planetside Survival (Forest) 1 (2)

Sciences, Physical (Physics) 1 (3)

Ships Systems (Operations) 2 (3), (Engineering) (3)

Vehicle Operations (Shuttlecraft 1 (3)

World Knowledge (Siddaran) 1 (2)                        

Advantages/Disadvantages;

Commendation (Prentares Ribbon of Commendation) +1, Curious +1, Department Head +4 (Engineering), Engineering Aptitude +3, Innovative +1, Rank (Lt.) +4, Resolute +3, Code of Honour (Defender) -3

Courage:         7

Resistance:      3

Renown:          13

Aggression +0, Discipline +2, Initiative +6, Integrity +0, Luck +1, Openness +1, Skill +3

XP Awarded;   52        XP Spent;        45