Hsull

Authored by David Stiles

Character Biography

Position: Tactical Officer, USS Dresden
Rank: CWO4
Species: Caitian
Weight: 190 lbs
Height: 6’ 1”
Age: 41 Terran Years

Previous Assignments : Starfleet Academy - Tactics/Operations/Small Craft Operations, USS Prometheus - Small craft pilot/ tactical crewman, USS Andromeda - Small craft/fighter pilot, acting Tactical JO, USS Worthington - Acting Tactical Officer/CO Small craft operations, Promoted CWO1, Star Fleet Advanced Tactics/Operations School, USS Agamemnon - Tactical Officer, Promoted CWO2, Star Fleet Academy - Tactics and Small Craft/Fighter Ops Instructor, Promoted CWO3, Star Base Alpha - Tactical Officer/ Acting CO Fighter Detachment (Wounded in Action against unidentified attackers) Promoted to CWO4 while recuperating from wounds at Star Fleet Medical Facilities, Received orders to current assignment USS Dresden.

Personal History : Born on Cait, one of five children, two older sisters and two younger brothers. Father taught philosophy at Caitian University, mother was an artist, sculptor and painter. Older sisters both bonded with families of their own. Both younger brothers involved in the arts and sciences. Since he was the middle child he was always a bit of a rebel and though his parents hoped he would settle and choose a “noble” profession, he discovered he loved to fly, and due to an old family friend who ran a freighting company and just happened to own a couple of old fighters, he was able to indulge his passion. Much to his parents chagrin. He finally convinced them to let him enlist in Star Fleet, and as they say, “the rest is history.”

Growing up, he was teased quite a bit as due to a genetic deformity he had just a stub of a tail rather than the long prehensile appendages of his siblings and fellow classmates. Later on he found that this was actually an advantage as when you are crammed into an exposure suit while operating a fighter, there isn’t really anywhere to put a long tail except down a pants leg, which is uncomfortable at best. Hsull was a bit taller and heavier than most of his kind and was covered in a golden brownish colored fur. His ears were pointed and tipped with longer black hair as were the ends of his prominent mustache. Friends told him he resembled an extinct Earth creature called a Lynx, and after seeing a picture of one he tended to agree. Like most of his kind he seldom wore footwear, except when flying fighters, he preferred to be able to use his claws to grip when needed.

Due to the wounds he had received he walked with a slight limp which was improving with therapy and had received a cloned heart and his right eye was a bionic implant colored to match the bright blue of his left one. The military was his life and space was where he belonged. He seldom returned to his home planet, only when whatever ship he was on happened to pass close, though he did contact his family fairly regularly by subspace communication. He was tired of the inactivity of the medical center and the constant attention of the medical staff, he was looking forward to this next assignment.