John is human, all male, with white European ancestry, mainly Scottish and English, though he has lived on Alpha Centauri for most of his childhood, and so has an indeterminable accent. He was a little over five feet ten inches tall, about 154 pounds, has broad shoulders and is of a muscular build. He has striking deep blue eyes, no noticeable disabilities and a Romanesque nose. He still retains a full head of fair hair. Though there had been stories of a cosmetic hair transplant by a Ferengi surgeon on Riga, this was actually merely a rumour, most likely started by his old balding friend from the Academy, Commander Tom Webb. Tom Webb spent some time at Earth Station McKinley.

His father was called James and his mother was Eunice.

He has a brother, Samuel, known as Sam, who has two sons. He has a sister, Janice Hopkins, who has a daughter, Faith. Faith is John’s yeoman aboard the Merrimack. John rescued Faith from a cult that her mother had got involved with.

He is human of white European (British/Scottish) decent. He was born on Alpha Centauri. Back on Alpha Centauri he used to be a member of the chapter of the Gaelic Isles Society. Some were Scottish, some were of Scottish descent, and some were just interested in various areas of Scottish culture.

He enlisted as a pilot and then quickly moved into Command posts. In the Academy he studied Optics, and he knows next to nothing about biochemistry and geochemistry.

He has had an interest in archaeology, at the very least he wonders about all these civilisations that were present in the galaxy before we even ventured into space.

His service record shows USS Yorktown - Ensign /USS Hathaway - Lieutenant/ served in the Academy as a Lieutenant / USS Sirius – XO and Commander/ USS Merrimack – CO and Captain.

He took over the Merrimack following the murder of Captain Bordeaux by Klingon assassins. His first Captain aboard the USS Yorktown was also killed by Klingons.

Although he often claims to be married, he was never married to Dr. Andromeda du Astra, the mother of his son, Iain. Iain was conceived after a single night of passion. Andromeda left the Merrimack after the birth of their son and went to live with her mother in France, Earth. Glen has never seen Andromeda or Iain since.

He has had several other old girlfriends: Antonia, Ruth, Carol, Susan, Charlotte, Miriam, Sofia. Some of them had been quite serious. After a holiday with Antonia, which they spent as typical tourists; walking among the hanging gardens of Ekkaia, stopping by the Museum of Izurite Antiquity and visiting the Crystal Mountains, she had wanted him to propose to her, but she was a spoilt brat whose diplomat father had always let her have her own way. Angrily, she had accused him of stringing her along for a year, and caused a scene in their hotel, even bringing up the subject of Faith Hopkins yet again.

His very first assignment as an Ensign aboard the USS Yorktown involved relocating a small segment of natives from a primitive alien culture on a dying planet.

Later he was charged with dealing with the leader of a colony on planet Theta VII called Caleb Nattrass who was a mass murderer and only taken power by force. A disease rife on the planet was found to really be a biogenic weapon that he had developed himself, but had neglected to develop enough antidotes.

He once had to transport six Orion slave girls for two weeks.

Glen once had to negotiate in a hostage situation. A Tellarite had taken an Andorian hostage at Starbase 16. He knew the Starfleet procedures, but he knew also that they rarely worked precisely according to plan. His solution was risky but novel.

He has a cat aboard ship called Ginger. Faith Hopkins feeds and cares for it. It generally is to be found sleeping in the Warp Coils.

An inventory of his possessions would include seven cases of strong Andorian Ale, some assorted examples of Tellarite glass sculptures, two peace travel mugs, a book entitled "First and Last Romulans", miscellaneous old suitcases in various states of repair, a set of crystal wine glasses, overflowing crates of old printed leaflets, a worn horse riding saddle, an antique music player and some "Rolling Stones" albums, two watercolour Vulcan landscape paintings, twenty-four data memory cards, a book entitled "Three Men in a Boat", two racquetball rackets, an antique fencing sword, two egg cups in the shape of chickens, a 3D Chess set missing a black pawn, a baseball hat, a map of Risa, a carry-case for a domestic cat, a "welcome home" banner, a book entitled "Cooking for Starfleet Cadets", a dead potted plant, a Korean hat, a cuddly toy, and a wide variety of other small items.