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| Jedediah "Jeb" Smith, Chief of Engineering |
If it weren't for sonic handwashers, "Jeb" Smith would always have grease-stained hands and grey gunk under his fingernails.
Smith was born and raised on a United Earth colony so hard to get to that most of the Federation has never even heard of it. Being tucked away in a nebule does that for a planetary settlement. There was little in the way of trade, so the place had to make do. Whatever was running had to keep running and whatever broke down had to be fixed - no replacements were coming in. Still, the views at night were amazing.
Starfleet sends a starship out once a year to check on things. Smith applied and was off to the Academy. Engineering came naturally to him. Most of his Starfleet career has been in the bowels of a ship or station. He did his part during the Dominion War. Smith even took command when the bridge of the ship he was serving on took a hit and he was the most senior officer left standing.
Smith enjoys figuring out how technology works. He likes tuning things until they work better even more. Fixing things is alright, but why go to the trouble when the best solution is preventative maintenance. Now, getting something humming after it gets so broken down that nobody believes that it will ever run again? That's the kind of challenge that brings a smile to his face.
Smith gets along with his fellow officers just fine. He gets the sense that something's going on under the surface. Maybe he's just out of the loop from all the time he spends down in Main Engineering? It's something to discuss with Mitchel next time they go bar hopping on leave.
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