Grax

Appearance
Grax stands at 5 ft. 8 in. (172.72 cm). Grax typically has a relaxed posture, and only stays upright if ordered to. Unlike most Bolians, his eyes match his light-blue skin. His darker ridges on his head weren’t as defined as other Bolians.

Personality
Grax is all about what is easier, and groans when there is anything monumental thrown before him. He was all about fun outside of work, and would love action adventure situations, as long as there were not any consequences.

Grax loves to be friendly, and is easily approachable. He will be blunt at times, and usually in the worse places possible. Grax will also become more quiet when there is a superior officer who starts acting toxic in anyway, including belittling his thoughts or pushing him around.

Ambitions

 * Increased Knowledge in Engineering
 * Not being noticed too much

Morals

 * Help Out Others
 * Leave No One Behind

Early Life
Grax, originating from Bolarus IX, was born to parents Krul and Hrath while out at the Lolsara Ocean on their way back to the family home in the city of Bolsetu on the Rasara continent. Krul spent all of his life sailing on Bolarus IX’s oceans ferrying various scientists, and other personnel. Hrath spent her time as a marine biologist on Bolarus IX.

The family stayed at their beach house up until Grax becoming seven. His mother exposed Grax to a variety of instruments used to monitor ocean PH, and various other properties once he reached the age of five. When one of these devices broke down, Hrath decided to allow Grax the chance to take them apart to play around with the components. He took to tinkering like a fish takes to water, and was encouraged at any point possible to take apart a broken device before the technicians had a chance to work on it.

Grax was not the most academic during his primary education. Any sort of kinetic project, or other massive project was where Grax shined in his academics. Anything requiring intensive memorization caused him to stumble, and he had to repeat several years early on.

He was picked on for much of his primary education, because many of his fellow classmates picked up on concepts quickly, while he was the sole student in each class who didn’t pick up the concepts until there was outside help. Grax did end up making a childhood friend, a Bolian from several classes above him, by the name of Julath. She was an after-hours tutor who assisted keeping Grax with his current group of classmates, even though he was at this point three years older than his classmates.

This lasted until Julath was forced to transfer due to her mother’s posting on board a New Orleans class starship, the U.S.S. Shran – B. Grax was curious, and checked out what the New Orleans class starship was. It started off a pursuit for a technical career so that he could venture out into the stars.

Grax’ father was against any sort of pursuit outside of Bolarus IX jobs, as the community built within the planet was all he knew. Hrath was exposed to more cultural encounters than her husband, and pushed for his attendance to an advanced technical program in his primary schooling. This led to a divorce, and Grax would live with his mother.

Krul had no interest in maintaining contact with Grax, so Hrath obtained sole custody of Grax. Her support of education started to shape Grax’ future and she would push Bolestu’s educational board to consider Grax for placement in their accelerated engineering program. Grax had to appear before the board and prove his worthiness for their program, and ended up fixing a dead digitizer on one of their computer consoles.

Upon the approval of Bolsetu’s educational board, Grax was accepted into an accelerated engineering program in his final five years in the primary educational system. The engineering classes are not the problem, it was everything else. One place Grax did excel in was in creative writing. It was one of the few subjects the program set aside for his humanity electives in his final years of primary education.

Grax ended up completing the engineering courses with flying colors, but the rest of his classes brought him down to slightly below average in the metrics. No starship would consider Grax because he wasn’t well rounded enough. He ended up assisting his mother in maintaining a personal craft so she could continue her marine biology career.

Pre-Starfleet
He spent two and a half years helping his mother maintain her boat out at sea. It was a hand-me down from Hrath’s grandfather, and required constant work. There were numerous times where the entire navigational matrix had to be reconstructed over multiple weeks. Grax learned a lot about mechanical systems at this time, and working with problems without any reference material.

One day a Starfleet Vulcan Lieutenant Scientist was on Bolarus IX to work on a comparative study of Bolarus marine life compared to life found on Tempest by Meskeen scientists. The boat broke down in the middle of the ocean, and they were without access to communications. Grax ended up having to use diving equipment to fix the rotors and engines.

Upon the completion of repairs, this Vulcan officer would mention how these types of skills are valued in Starfleet. Grax was excited, and expressed how they wished to be on board a starship. An offer was given to enter into the enlisted recruitment program for Engineering.

Grax accepted the offer, and left with this Starfleet Lieutenant to head back to Earth Space Dock. After traveling for a couple of days, Grax enrolled into the Engineering enlistment program, and was instantly thrown into their crash course program. He had to adapt to the flood of information thrown at him, but took to Starfleet Engineering principles like a fish to water.

He was able to complete this program within six months, which is outside of the expected training window. This impressed several Engineering departments, and Grax had to choose between them. He picked an assignment on board a Defiant class ship by the name of U.S.S. Archangel.

U.S.S. Archangel
Grax became an integral part of the Gamma Shift on board the U.S.S. Archangel. He was learning how to maintain engines, and other supporting systems on board a distinguished warship. No situation was serious when Grax started on board. Perhaps the odd EPS Conduit would fail, or their limited waste processing facilities would become clogged requiring Grax’ presence in each of those situations.

He was always skittish during his duty shifts, and would not put forth his ideas during this time. His superior officer, Ensign Chris Krollt, would push Grax around constantly, and belittle Grax. Despite this, Grax would find some fun in his Engineering work, and would eventually make a friend with Ensign Johnson Frax.

The three of them would work together for quite some time within the Gamma Shift. Grax didn’t receive any recognition for work he was involved with, as Ensign Krollt would consistently take credit for his work. This didn’t faze him, as Grax focused on pleasing his superiors and focusing on the work.

Ensign Frax would start to become his best friend, both on board and of all time. They would hang out going over hypothetical adventures, and having debates over hypothetical match-ups with various famous figures, starships, or just simple what would be better questions. It would be difficult to separate this dynamic duo.

Upon the new senior staff entering the ship, the U.S.S. Archangel started off going after Borg operating within the Alpha and Beta quadrants. Grax was more on edge with the seriousness of the ship’s operations, and would become more paranoid while on board. It didn’t help that Ensign Krollt was still in command.

His life on board the U.S.S. Archangel would change when a power drain was detected within the science lab. Grax was unable to detect the power drain, and it forced Ensign Krollt to step in. During this process Deck Two sustained decent EPS damage, and his former shift boss would be confined to quarters for the duration of his time onboard.

Grax would be in a more cheerful mood during his duty shifts, as Ensign Frax became his shift manager. This led to better repair work, and his ideas being introduced into the solutions on board. U.S.S. Archangel would operate smoothly up until their mission to Minato IV.

A Borg Tactical cube appeared above Minato IV, and the order was given to abandon ship. Grax found Ensign Frax within lower engineering, and the pair agreed to search for other crew members before finding the escape pods. He was instrumental in assisting Ensign Todoroki and Crewman Thaan off the ship, while Commander Dija directed them to the pods.

The group made it off the ship, and Crewman Grax was deeply affected by the few members of the crew who didn’t make it. Grax assisted the U.S.S. Everest in finding ration packs for the Achangel survivors. The feelings from this moment quickly subsided, as he was involved in assisting Ensign Frax to hold down Crewman Alborz during a Five Forward drinking contest with Admiral O’Neil, which followed having to both cleanup the new carpeted floors, and replace the bits of carpet that were destroyed from a giant keg being dragged over the carpeting on their brand new ship, the U.S.S. Arcadia.

U.S.S. Arcadia - First Posting
The fun banter between Ensign Frax and Grax continued for a little time on board the Arcadia. The crew was on their way towards Breen space as their first mission in this newly commissioned ship. Grax’ feeling would be shattered during this mission, as the crew was diverted to Soukara.

The crew was tasked with assisting finding a cure for a disease running rampant on a Cardassian colony. Initially Grax was involved in early efforts to break through the transport scattering field in place over Soukara, but ultimately failed. He was involved with duties normally associated with the operations department, in filling out supply requisition orders. This was something he hated, and would rather be fixing something on board instead.

Commander Dija’s death upon completion of this mission caused Grax to consider transferring to other ships. By the time Dija’s funeral arrangements were set for a service on Bajor, Grax accepted an engineering post on the U.S.S. Aurora, which would start after the funeral service. This was painful, as he would be leaving behind his friends Ensign Frax and Crewman Thaan, but Grax couldn’t process the tragedy associated with the crew he became a family with.

U.S.S. Aurora
Upon arrival on the Aurora, a ship formerly in command by Captain Yagi, Grax immediately was assigned to a science lab maintenance schedule. This was a welcome change, as it exposed him to a variety of wild research, as the Aurora was finishing up their exploration tour. Not much would occur during this time, other than becoming a vital member of the engineering team in the short couple of months on board.

Early on Q transported Crewman Grax on board the U.S.S. Arcadia following Q’s Haunted Mansion tomfoolery in which a version of Grax died. He missed seeing Ensign Frax in person, but requested to be sent back to the Aurora quickly. Q did snap Grax back onto the U.S.S. Aurora, in the middle of a conference room briefing. He was ordered to take a couple of days off for full debriefing after encountering Q, with the express orders to never speak about this entity.

After a month, the U.S.S. Aurora was ordered to join a task force to defeat Borg presence in the Reegunion system, and Crewman Grax was ordered to maintain primary sickbay systems due to the high probability of causalities given the Borg threat. It placed him on edge, and his nervous paranoia emerged before the fight.

Upon the U.S.S. Kingston’s destruction in the Reegunion system, Grax was recalled to assist in Engineering. He was placed near systems monitoring consoles. During the combat the Aurora’s Chief Engineer informed the staff about a Borg Trans-Warp gate before their demise.

The situation deteriorated quickly as their shields lowered upon receiving the first blow from the Borg Chiliagon, and members of the crew were beamed out by the remaining ships. Crewman Grax was transported onto the U.S.S. Harris within Transporter Room One. The battle spiraled quickly, and the Harris quickly had a warp core breach in progress.

He was beamed out to the U.S.S. Arcadia, and would proceed to rush towards the Arcadia’s engineering to assist in any way possible. It didn’t take long for Borg to board the Arcadia, with their shields down, and start materializing into lower engineering. He joined Ensign Frax and Cadet Yalah in charging the Borg drone with a nearby spanner. They were successful, and attempted to keep the ship together but was thrown into the thirty-second century.

It seems fate has kept Crewman Grax entangled with the U.S.S. Arcadia and he resigned himself to the being a permanent member of the crew. He would stick with the Arcadia, if they wish to accept him back into their small little family.

Core Courses

 * ADMIN101: Star Fleet Operations
 * ADMIN110: Chain of Command and General Protocol
 * DIPL101: General
 * ENG221: LCARS Programming 1
 * ENG231: Computer Memory and Personnel Interfaces
 * ENG232: Replicators, Transporters, and Holodecks
 * ENG233: Sensors, Communications, and Helm Systems
 * HIST101: Birth of the Federation
 * LANG101: Federation Standard
 * LANG110: Major Species (Elementary) - Cadet's Choice
 * LAW101: Federation, General
 * MATH101: Concepts
 * MED101: First Aid and Field Medicine
 * PHYS101: Concepts
 * PILOT101: Runabouts and Shuttles
 * SURV101: Starship Emergencies
 * SURV110: Environmental Suits and Zero-G Training
 * TAC101: Combat, Unarmed
 * TAC110: Combat, Small Weapons
 * BIO101: Concepts
 * XEN101: General

Majors

 * ENG101: General Electronics
 * ENG111: Intermediate Electronics 1
 * ENG112: Intermediate Electronics 2
 * ENG121: Colossal Failures in Engineering
 * ENG311: Starship Engineering
 * ENG330: Bio-Neural Components
 * PHYS350: Thermodynamics

Minors

 * ENG211: Introduction to Material Engineering
 * ENG212: Mechanics
 * ENG215: Introduction to Nanotechnology
 * PHYS201: General Physics 1
 * ASTRO101: General Astrophysics

Trivia

 * Grax is a single child.
 * He will feint at the drop of a hat when there is something that is unexpected or unpleasant going on.
 * Grax sticks to his friend groups, and it is very difficult for him to connect with others.

Likes

 * Adventure
 * Safe Situations
 * Fixing Problems
 * Fun Galore

Dislikes

 * Monumental Tasks
 * Risky Situations
 * Seeing His Friends In Trouble