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MCBM John Astor- Chief of the Boat, USS Constellation
- Player: Bedford, Roger
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- Last Updated: SD 2260.170
Character name: Astor, John Jacob Species: Human Gender: Male Height: 1.94 meters Weight: 99 kg. Parents: Mary and Jonathan Astor civilian colonists on Sigma Upsilon Three. Now deceased, no siblings. John was sub-space schooled to age 13 on his parent's sheep ranch on Sigma Upsilon Three. Having shown an aptitude for machinery and mechanical repairs from early childhood [at age nine he disassembled a combine freed a damaged gear, hammered it back to true and reassembled the machine before the farm collective mechanic could respond to the breakdown] he was sent to the engineering trades school on Gaulcian Prime at 13 and remained in that program for four years. Upon graduation, he went to the Starfleet recruiting station with a friend who was intent on enlisting to "see the universe". John decided to take the aptitude test as a lark and scored a ninety-nine on it. Two days later, he was on a fast troop transport to Earth to attend the enlisted basic training school at Great Lakes Illinois. From there he was sent to the Machinists Mate A school in Biloxi and upon graduation was sent to the Starfleet Linguistics academy in Bari Italy. There he studied Vulcan and acquired sufficient ear and tongue for the language that his finishing school for Starfleet service was the preparatory school for the Vulcan Science Academy. By the time he finished these schools, John Astor knew sub atomic molecular transportation theory, and transporter technology as well as any other human serving in Starfleet. His first tour of duty, aboard the USS Huron, was spent tending to the cargo handling transporters on delta shift. As the vessel was primarily a science and exploration ship, there were many rock, soil and life form samples that passed across Astor's pads in the three years he was aboard Huron. His next tour was aboard the USS Edson, a light escort starship, convoying civilian warp one freighters near the Klingon borders and neutral zone. He honed his skills on the personnel pads transferring ships officers between the convoy and Edson for meetings and conferences. His third star tour, aboard USS Indianapolis, won him the Starfleet Cross with Nebula cluster for valor when under combat conditions he was able to recalibrate a sabotaged transporter system, freeing its circuitry of lubricants dumped into them by a spy posing as a Starfleet officer, in time to extricate the ship executive officer and chief of security from a hostage situation on the planet below. Astor had beamed down grabbed the two wounded officers, and beamed the three of them up onto one pad. This was a feat of calibration never before accomplished. Petty Officer First Class Astor then found himself assigned to the Transporter Technician A school as an instructor. Three years into a five-year commitment at the school Astor was seconded to a research and development project which was to become the transporter system for the Constellation class Starship. Astor was promoted to Senior Chief Petty Officer and assigned to USS Constellation following the successful completion of the transporter systems project. He now finds himself aboard the class name ship as its inaugural Chief of the Boat, as well as its Transporter Chief. Vices: Only two, Rum, and felines. Astor has received several captains' reprimands for sneaking cats on board after a night of serious drinking ashore. Virtues: Will do anything with in his power to protect his crewmen and his ship. Will carry out an order to a level better than expected by the giver one hundred ten per cent of the time. Personal: Parents' deceased. No spouse girl or boy friend.
