John Gordon

Authored by Christopher Bennett

Character Biography

John Gordon was born on the Luna Colony of New Berlin in 2359. He was the first of his family in two generations to graduate from Star Fleet academy. His uncle, Michael was also in Star fleet and currently serves as the Command Master Chief on the USS Saracen.
John graduated in the middle of his class, but show incredible aptitude for flying. He served in Nova Squadron as well as other flying squadrons. After graduation in 2381, Gordon was assigned to shuttle runs and other piloting duties. Often labeled as one of the best pilots in his generation until his piloting career was cut short during the Romulan evacuation. Rogue elements of the Romulan empire attacked a convoy of refugees that Gordon was escorting. Gordon was wounded during the attack and was unable to continue flying.
After taking a couple years to regroup, Gordon went into engineering field. In 2390, Gordon completed advanced engineering courses at the academy and was assigned to the USS intrepid as the assistant chief engineer.
Gordon has a limp in his left leg and lots of scars on the left side of this face. The skin on the left side of his face look like at one point it was badly burned. Gordon had refused any corrective surgery to fix his appearance.