Post by Odan Thos on May 10, 2009 4:36:30 GMT -6
Name: Odan Thos
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Race: Andorian
Desired Posting: Chief Engineer
Physical Description or Picture: Odan Thos is an Andorian with some of the darkest blue pigmentation of any Andorians; being cobalt blue in color. He stands one point eight meters tall and weighs around ninety kilograms. Odan prefers to keep his silver hair cut short, only a few millimeters in length.
Background: Odan Thos was born in the main hospital on the capital of Andoria. His father, a tunnel engineer, would later say that Odan was the happiest baby he ever seen and his mother, an art teacher at the Andorian Academy, said the twelve hours of labor where worth it once she got to hold him in her arms. As Odan grew older his parents tried to have more children; however, it after five years of trying they came to the realization that Odan was going to be there only child.
In his childhood years Odan was a very active child. He climbed the ice cliffs in the Northern Waste when he was sixteen years old and was captain of the ushaan-tor dueling teams when in grade school. The true potential was in his own home. Odan would go around taking things apart and seeing how they worked. Nothing in his parents’ house was safe, tablets, vacuum cleaners, computers, even the stove fell victim to his curiosity.
After graduating grade school he applied to Starfleet Academy. Odan seemed to be blessed with a natural ability to get things working again and went into the engineering program in Starfleet. He specialized in warp theory and impulse drives. He excelled while in the Academy and befriended many of the students and faculty. When he graduated third the spring class of 2268, he was assigned to the hottest assignment, the NCC-1701… USS Enterprise.
Meeting the ship at Deep Space Station K-7, Odan was assign to work under Montgomery Scott in engineering. Odan started out by working during the gamma shift, spending much of his time working as hard as he could to get jobs done ahead of schedule. Within two months, his hard work paid off when he was transferred to alpha shift and worked under Scotty.
This was the best time for Odan, he worked side by side with the Miracle Worker. He learned many important lessons during the last two years of the five year mission, including the secret of working miracles and getting a starship repaired with nothing. When the Enterprise underwent refit, Odan stayed on to assist Scotty, having now been promoted to Lieutenant. His primary focus on the warp drive, seeing that he was specialized in that. This was a little strange, because it was at this time that Scotty was treating him as an equal, rather than a commander. The two of them worked for months to get the hyperdrive working, but the intermix levels were throwing both of them for a loop. It was only when Spook and that Vulcan mind of his arrived that Odan understood what he was doing wrong.
Once the planet was saved from the threat, Odan was transferred to another ship much like the rest of the senior crew of the enterprise. Odan was assigned to the USS Moscow; a science vessel studying gaseous anomalies. It was a good position, but he still had not made chief engineer.
But he would never make chief engineer. Before he could, he was requested to teach warp theory at the academy. Odan accepted, not out of desire, but filling obligated to pass on what he had learned. He did not care for the teaching, having always been a hands on person; but he did what he could. Odan would constantly apply for transfer to ships heading out into space, but each time he was rejected, stating he was serving the Federation better at the academy, have become the foremost expert in high warp theory and warp design.
However in 2291, Odan once again told he was to be transferred. He was ordered back to San Francisco in order to become the chief engineer of the USS New Orleans; having been personally recommended by both Kirk and Scotty. This with his experience in deep space exploration made him an excellent choice and Odan was happy just get on a ship which might offer him a challenge.
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Race: Andorian
Desired Posting: Chief Engineer
Physical Description or Picture: Odan Thos is an Andorian with some of the darkest blue pigmentation of any Andorians; being cobalt blue in color. He stands one point eight meters tall and weighs around ninety kilograms. Odan prefers to keep his silver hair cut short, only a few millimeters in length.
Background: Odan Thos was born in the main hospital on the capital of Andoria. His father, a tunnel engineer, would later say that Odan was the happiest baby he ever seen and his mother, an art teacher at the Andorian Academy, said the twelve hours of labor where worth it once she got to hold him in her arms. As Odan grew older his parents tried to have more children; however, it after five years of trying they came to the realization that Odan was going to be there only child.
In his childhood years Odan was a very active child. He climbed the ice cliffs in the Northern Waste when he was sixteen years old and was captain of the ushaan-tor dueling teams when in grade school. The true potential was in his own home. Odan would go around taking things apart and seeing how they worked. Nothing in his parents’ house was safe, tablets, vacuum cleaners, computers, even the stove fell victim to his curiosity.
After graduating grade school he applied to Starfleet Academy. Odan seemed to be blessed with a natural ability to get things working again and went into the engineering program in Starfleet. He specialized in warp theory and impulse drives. He excelled while in the Academy and befriended many of the students and faculty. When he graduated third the spring class of 2268, he was assigned to the hottest assignment, the NCC-1701… USS Enterprise.
Meeting the ship at Deep Space Station K-7, Odan was assign to work under Montgomery Scott in engineering. Odan started out by working during the gamma shift, spending much of his time working as hard as he could to get jobs done ahead of schedule. Within two months, his hard work paid off when he was transferred to alpha shift and worked under Scotty.
This was the best time for Odan, he worked side by side with the Miracle Worker. He learned many important lessons during the last two years of the five year mission, including the secret of working miracles and getting a starship repaired with nothing. When the Enterprise underwent refit, Odan stayed on to assist Scotty, having now been promoted to Lieutenant. His primary focus on the warp drive, seeing that he was specialized in that. This was a little strange, because it was at this time that Scotty was treating him as an equal, rather than a commander. The two of them worked for months to get the hyperdrive working, but the intermix levels were throwing both of them for a loop. It was only when Spook and that Vulcan mind of his arrived that Odan understood what he was doing wrong.
Once the planet was saved from the threat, Odan was transferred to another ship much like the rest of the senior crew of the enterprise. Odan was assigned to the USS Moscow; a science vessel studying gaseous anomalies. It was a good position, but he still had not made chief engineer.
But he would never make chief engineer. Before he could, he was requested to teach warp theory at the academy. Odan accepted, not out of desire, but filling obligated to pass on what he had learned. He did not care for the teaching, having always been a hands on person; but he did what he could. Odan would constantly apply for transfer to ships heading out into space, but each time he was rejected, stating he was serving the Federation better at the academy, have become the foremost expert in high warp theory and warp design.
However in 2291, Odan once again told he was to be transferred. He was ordered back to San Francisco in order to become the chief engineer of the USS New Orleans; having been personally recommended by both Kirk and Scotty. This with his experience in deep space exploration made him an excellent choice and Odan was happy just get on a ship which might offer him a challenge.