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Starfleet Command Personnel File
Lieutenant Senior Grade Gerhard Murray
USS Agincourt NCC-81762

Name: Murray, Gerhard Saffir "Saf"
Rank: Lieutenant Senior Grade
Service Number: SC-7287468S
Current Assignment: USS Agincourt NCC-81762
Position: Engineering
Species: Human, Male
Height: 1.8288 meters
Weight: 87.09 kilograms
Place of birth: Torrington, Connecticut, North America, Earth
Year of Birth: 2361
Parents: Stephen and Katrina Murray
Marital Status: Single
Education: Starfleet Academy 2379-2383


Starfleet Career Summary:
Stardate 9105.10: Graduated from Starfleet Academy as an engineer
Stardate 9105.14: Assigned to USS Orbach as security officer
Stardate 9205.25: Promoted to lieutenant junior grade.
Stardate 9302.02: Transferred to USS Hartford as senior security officer as full lieutenant
Stardate 9310.20: Right arm partially severed in accident aboard runabout USS Susquehanna
Stardate 9310.22: Arm successfully reattached and mechanically repaired
Stardate 9310.24: Enters post-traumatic counseling
Stardate 9311.22: Takes medical extended leave of absence to reacquaint self with new arm
Stardate 9708.19: Returns to Starfleet and enters Starfleet Marine Corps
Stardate 0105.03: Resigns standard Starfleet commission
Stardate 0105.05: Completes Marine training with rank of private
Stardate 0106.30: Assigned to USS Luther Marine vessel
Stardate 0304.04: Promoted to corporal
Stardate 0503.03: Resigns Marine commission and transfers to USS Agincourt as an engineer
Stardate 0504.30: Remains on Pax Primus with an away team to prepare it for repair by Starfleet Corps of Engineers
Stardate 0509.21: Promoted to lieutenant, junior grade
Stardate 0509.21: Caught in the bombing of the Versailles Diplomatic Center
Stardate 0509.28: Returns to duty on the USS Agincourt
Stardate 0603.01: Promoted to lieutenant.
Stardate 0605.02: Assigned to USS Luther as chief engineer with Marine rank of Captain
Stardate 0609.20: Reassigned to USS Agincourt as assistant engineer
Stardate 070x.xx: Promoted to lieutenant senior grade
Stardate 0901.21: Seconded to tactical officer on a temporary basis
Stardate 0904.29: Returned to engineering duties


Background:
Murray was born in 2361 to Stephen and Katrina Murray. He grew up in the suburban outskirts of Torrington in western Connecticut. Murray, not an outgoing person, made friends with the neighbor child down the street, Andrew. It was Andrew's father, a science officer on the USS Nova, combined with the influence of his own father, a retired Starfleet engineer, that propelled Murray into Starfleet.

Murray graduated from Starfleet Academy as a promising engineer. Unfortunately, a clerical error at the personnel office caused him to be assigned as a security officer. Not having the patience to go through the red tape and making the correction, Murray started out his career as a security officer, following in the footsteps of cousin Wimbley. Aboard the Orbach, he received several awards for good conduct and was praised by his superiors for his initiative and its results; he was promoted to lieutenant junior grade in relatively short order.

The Orbach was decommissioned in 2385 and Murray transferred to the USS Hartford at the request of Captain Phillip Klondike, the former first officer of the Orbach, as the senior security officer, with the chief of security his only departmental superior. Klondike, understanding the engineer/security officer's department plight, allowed both departments to make use of him as needed. Later that year, Murray was the senior security officer and junior engineer on the away team aboard the USS Susquehanna. The runabout was severely damaged by a two-century-old defensive system on an asteroid in the Delta Nu system. Murray's right arm was partially severed by flying debris in the cabin. The Hartford rescued the away team, barely saving his life. After being stabilized on the Hartford, the doctors at Starbase 403 were able to successfully reattach his arm, using few prosthetic and mechanical devices. Nevertheless, his arm was significantly changed; his right arm can bench press 20 kilos more than his left and can move marginally faster. After a number of post-traumatic counseling sessions, Murray took a medical extended leave of absence to get used to the new arm and to come to terms with what the situation.

After spending a year at home, Murray felt the cosmos calling to him. He left Earth and traveled to the Klingon Empire. He spent almost three years roaming the Empire, learning its culture and language.

In 2387, Murray returned to Earth with a renewed life. He entered the Starfleet Marine Corps, hoping to put his knowledge of engineering, tactics, and security to use. After undergoing training, Murray graduated with the rank of private. Unfortunately, Starfleet would only allow one commission at a time; Murray was presented with the difficult choice of career paths. After much consideration, Murray chose to stay in the Marines and was subsequently assigned to the USS Luther.

After four rather uneventful years on the Luther, Murray was approached by his friend and superior Lieutenant Colonel Marissa Ipswich. Ipswich had been informed of a non-Marine position on the newly commissioned USS Agincourt, the position of an assistant engineer. Murray realized that his career was going nowhere with the Marines and accepted the transfer to the department he had originally trained for. Having resigned his standard Starfleet commission years earlier, he was at the low end of the totem pole again, back to an ensign. Still, it did not matter to him; he was back in his element.

Murray's first mission as an engineer took him almost immediately off the Agincourt. He was assigned to oversee the protection and repair of the joint communications array at Pax Primus. The array was practically destroyed by Romulan terrorists who opposed the peace treaty with the Federation and Klingon Empire. Murray was left with a team of science officers and engineers to protect the array from further destruction and to prepare it for repair by Starfleet Corps of Engineers. This mission was successfully completed after more than a month, followed by several months of shore leave for the team. Following the completion of the mission, Murray was reassigned to the engineering division aboard the Agincourt.

On stardate 0605.02 Murray transferred back to the Marine vessel USS Luther as chief engineer to carry out an investigation into potential Romulan spies, collaborators, and defectors. Details of this mission are still unclear as most of the information remains classified.

Due to his prior assignment on the USS Hartford, Murray was seconded to the bridge to serve as temporary tactical officer while the Agincourt awaited the assignment and arrival of new crew. The assignment lasted for a brief period before he returned to engineering duties. While it felt good to return to his roots as a security officer, he was glad to be able to return to his regular duties in engineering.


Notes:
Mr. Murray's social tendencies depend on his mood. He tends to be antisocial and independent, but is not unknown for him to be the life of a party. He has become known throughout the ship for his jokes and bad puns. He gets a perverse pleasure out of watching people cringe and groan at his puns.

During the mission on Pax Primus, Murray befriended three non-commissioned engineers that were assigned to his team. Crewmen Nicole Dickinson, Jayson Williams, and Nora Brady had all recently finished their technical training and had received their first assignments on the Agincourt. Murray, in his relaxed manner, helped the trio overcome the shyness and uncertainties of their first mission. He has since taken charge of the trio as his engineering team and has continued to aid in the development of their skills and careers.

Murray's hobbies vary widely. He is an avid listener of classical music and is a tuba player (though he laments the fact that life on an exploratory warship makes it difficult to find the downtime to play). He is also an amateur athlete, enjoying pickup games of flag football, soccer, and lacrosse, among others; Murray also frequently picks up oars for a canoe down a quiet river or raging rapids. He is probably best known amongst his shipmates for his enjoyment of pastries and deserts, particularly doughnuts. He takes time out of every week to make a baked good from scratch using fresh ingredients he obtains from merchants and suppliers at starbases and layovers, eschewing replicated items as much as possible.

UPDATED STARDATE 0910.17

This file will be updated as deemed necessary.

This post has been edited by WxMurray: Oct 17 2009, 12:33 PM