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Fleet Profile: Grace Merrick
First Name: Grace
Last Name: Merrick
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Past Assignements: Security USS Farragut,
Computer
Sys. Specialist USS Enterprise-E
Part
of Starship computer research team
at Star Base 74
Race: 22nd
Century Terran Cyborg
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 120 lb
Gender: Female
Eye Color: White (from optics implants)
Birthplace: Earth, New York
Mother: Unknown
Father: Unknown
Siblings: None
Spouse: None
Personality: She is generally all business. This is not
to say that she doesn’t have a sense of humor but it’s not something
that makes a regular appearance. She takes her job seriously
and does not let her guard down unless off duty. Off duty she
may be found to be personable with those she feels comfortable
with but it is not easy gaining her trust.
Strengths:
Cybernetic Ehancements:
- Reinforced bone structure for dealing with the extra stresses
of having cybernetically enhanced muscles.
- All cybernetic systems are heavily shielded against magnetic
fields.
- Optics: (Improved by Commander Maddox) The improved optics
have the same capabilities as Geordi LaForge’s Optic Implants
circa Star Trek First Contact. This includes magnification,
light from visible to all across the electromagnetic spectrum
including infrared and radio waves and recording capabilities
and makes her eye color white. Her optics allow her to have
“smart gun” capabilities making her aim very very accurate.
- Aural implants: Digital input and recording from all audio
input.
- Her strength is 3.3 times that of a normal man and she is
capable of moving faster than is possible for a normal human.
- Her main CPU can be accessed for downloading or uploading
data by two data access ports located on the inside of either
of her wrists.
Due the Grace’s ability to “jack into” the computer systems
she is ver adept at repairing them and keeping them in running
order. Her cybernetic implants make her extremely dexterious
and her skill with hand held weapons of all kinds is top notch.
Her previous military training makes her very knowledgeable
in security as well.
Weaknesses:
- Although her systems operate efficiently she is required to
return to the Daystrom Institute every six months for what in
layman’s terms would be a “tune-up.” If this doesn’t happen
her systems will begin to slowly degrade to the point of complete
shut down which means death.
- The cybernetic implants are responcible for causing extreme
mood swings and anger. to control this Grace must take a dopamine
enhancer drug (DED) once every day. If the DED is not taken
her mood swings and temper will begin to worsen much like what
would happen to a drug addict when they cannot get a fix.
- Grace does not trust easily, even fellow crew members. She
finds it hard to trust anyone until they have proved themselves
to her.
- Although her systems are generally protected from Magnetic
fields, exposure to strong magnetic fields can cause system
malfunctions that could range from small “tics” to major malfunctions.
- Although she is a cyborg she is still made of flesh and blood
and blood loss will affect her in the same way as anyone else.
Her flesh is just as susceptible to wounds as the wounds of
anyone else.
Family and Pre-Star Fleet Academy History
Grace Merrick was born Feb. 20th
2133. She was abandoned as an infant and spent most of her childhood
in various orphans homes. At age 17 in the year 2150 she applied
to the Earth Forces Defense Force and was accepted. She quickly
took to the military lifestyle and by the year 2154 had reached
the rank of Sergeant Major. At this time she volunteered for
a top secret program involving the use of cybernetics to enhance
soldiers for the purpose of making them more deadly, called
M-COS (Military-Cybernetic Operating System) . In 2156 the Romulan
Wars begin and she is pressed into service before full tests
of her new Cybernetic implants can be made, gaining the rank
of lieutenant. During this war a virus was introduced main cpu
that rendered the cyborgs non-operational. Most died because
of massive systems shutdowns. Luckily for Grace, she was one
of the very few that survived. But she only survived because
the scientists were able to get her into a stasis pod before
the virus had totally currupted her systems.
The Technicians and Scientists labored in vain to find a fix
for the lethal virus that had invaded her CPU but it was to
no avail. This was 2158. Two years later the Romulan Wars ended
and the M-COS program was discontinued. The main research station
for M-COS was on Mars and was so top secret that very few even
knew of its existence. Because of this it was soon forgotten.
As the base was designed to be self sufficient because of it's
secret nature, it continued in minimal operational status; which
was enough to maintain the stasis pods.
It would be 200 years before anyone entered the base again.
In 2366 a mining crew accidently discovered the M-COS base and
it was immediately turned over to Star Fleet. Three stasis pods
were found but only one was still functioning, that of Grace
Merrick. Her pod was transferred to the Daystrom Institute where
a team from the cybernetics division lead by Commander Bruce
Maddox immediately began working on the problem of the virus
and on re-awakening the Lieutenant. It was not long before the
virus problem was solved and the Lieutenant was revived. Over
the next two years, Commander Maddox would work on replacing
her systems with a modern CPU and with some positronic systems
that he had learned about from his study of Commander Data.
Star Fleet Academy
In 2368 Grace decides to enter Star Fleet Academy. While there
she specialized in computer systems and in security eventually
graduating with honors in both areas one year early in 2371.
While there she did not make any real friends because of the
her own reluctance to trust and because of the other cadets
nervousness around her because of her cybernetic implants.
USS Farragut
The Ensign’s first assignment was the USS Farragut NCC - 60591.
Her service aboard the Farragut was for the most part uneventful,
until later that year they were ordered to proceed to Veridian
III to rescue the stranded crew of the Enterprise- D whose saucer
section had crash landed on Veridian III. It was here that a
chance meeting between the Ensign and Commander Data took place.
Because of obvious mutual interests, (i.e. her cybernetic implants)
she and Commander Data struck up a quick friendship and because
of his recommendation she was transferred to the New Enterprise-E
when it launched in 2372.
USS Enterprise-E
During her time on the Enterprise her friendship with Commander
Data increased. The Commander was able to make improvements
on various areas of her cybernetic and positronic systems. It
was a year later in 2373 that the USS Enterprise-E took part
in the defense of sector 001 (The Sol Sector) against the Borg
Cube. In an extreme case of irony, Ensign Merrick was among
the away team that beamed down to 21st
century earth 70 years before she was born, to assist in the
repairs on the Phoenix that was due to make it’s historical
flight with Zefram Cochrane the next day. For her actions during
this battle she was promoted to Lieutenant j.g. She still to
this day, considers participating in the mission to “raise the
Phoenix” as the most proud moment in her career. In 2374 she
was reluctantly transferred to Star Base 74 to assist and research
for computer upgrades for Star Ships.
Star Base 74
At Star Base 74 Merrick proved a great asset in helping in the
improved Starship computer research there. She was a part of
the team that would make improvements in the computer systems
that went into all new Starships. It was on account of her good
work here that she was given, as a reward, the transfer she
had been hoping for. In 2377 she was given transfer orders to
one of the new ships that she had helped work on the computers
for. She was on her way to report as XO for the USS Laffey.
USS Laffey
During an attack on a Breen Outpost, Merrick's arm was assimilated
into the bio ship while she was attempting to interface with
the ships cpu. This necessitated her arm having to be cut off
to save herself from complete assimilation by the ship. As a
result of her actions on this mission she was promoted to full
Lieutenant. After the mission on Stardate 54311.20 she returned
to the Daystrom Institute to have a fully mechanical arm attached
to replace the one she had lost. As a result most of her left
arm is now complete mechanical instead of machine surrounded
by flesh.
Career Review:
48534.2 - Graduated from Star Fleet Academy with honors in
security and computer systems.
48583.6 - Security Officer Rank Ensign aboard the USS Farragut
49139.3 - Transfer to USS Enterprise-E
50276.7 - Promotion to Lieutenant Junior Grade
51030.1 - Transfer to Star Base 74 as part of Starship computer
research team
54131.5 - Transfer to USS Laffey as XO
54310.72 - Promotion to Full Lieutenant
54322.66 - Received Purple heart
Awards
Mission MVP award for "Outpost"
mission.
Purple Heart for injuries received during
"Outpost"
Crew Evaluations
(for crewmember only)
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