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Dash_Andrews

Dash Aaron Andrews

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(Picture from Starfleet Academy File)

 

 

NAME: Dash Aaron Andrews

AGE: 28

HEIGHT: 6' 2"

WEIGHT: 200 lbs.

HAIR COLOR: Dark Brown

FACIAL HAIR: Beard - Dark Brown

EYES: Green - Silver Visor worn at all times

Characteristics: Walks with a Duranium Alloy (silver) Cane favoring his right leg.

 

Dash Andrews - Combat Medic/Frontier Doctor

 

Born on Europa (one of the 12 Jupiter moon colonies), Andrews was a child of the Federation. His father was an archaeologist working on site as the lead researcher for the Federation Mining Consortium on Europa. His mother was a Linguist in Starfleet who spent much of her time aboard the Federation Defense and Custom's Station orbitting Jupiter. The rotating shift of two months on two weeks off kept her away from Dash during much of his childhood. His father tried to make up for the lack of her presence but his work pulled him away from the boy nearly as much.

 

Dash spent much of his time with his head in a book, or his mind in space. He was as imaginative as one my think a boy who grew up so alone might be. He dreamed of leaving Europa, joining Starfleet and travelling the far reaches of the universe. Those dreams stuck with him through his teenage years, and at the age of 17, against his father's wishes but with his mother's support, he joined Starfleet Academy. It was there that he found a passion for Exobiology and Alien Psychology. He kept his grades high and his goals the same. He was accepted into the Academy's Pre-Med program and was fast on his way to becoming a Doctor with a future aboard a Star Cruiser.

 

It was in this pre-medical program that he met the love of his life, Illiana Zuniga, the two formed a fast friendship as lab partners and after school study mates. After a few weeks it became abundantly clear to both of them that they were falling in love with each other. Weeks turned to months and months to a full year and the two were never apart. The following May, just before the end of their second year in the Academy, and one month after their one year 'dating anniversary' Dash proposed to Illiana. When she said yes he felt as though all his dreams were beginning to come true.

 

Dreams took a backseat however, when the training vessel Dash and Illiana were aboard came under fire by Rebel Colonists outside Andorian space. The small frigate sized Miranda class vessel, full of third year cadets and below, was no match for the lightning fast pirate fighters used in the surgical strike. The ship was nearly blown to shreds before even half of the crew could reach the life boats. Andrews was one of the lucky ones, but he did not escape without severe trauma. He and Illiana, among others were carrying wounded to the escape pods on deck 11 when a torpedo struck the un-shielded hull two decks below. The emergency bulkheads were rendered useless and Dash watched as the wall before him was crushed like a tin can then erupted inward with a force that knocked him unconcious, but it also knocked him to safety. He had been nearest to the life boat when the hull was breached, and he had been thrown inside it... no one else on deck 11 survived.

 

Starfleet retrieved the survivors only a few hours later, the pirates having been long gone. Dash was found nearly lifeless, his eyes blinded by the flash of the torpedo as it discharged it's anti-matter. His Right Leg was mangled and much of the ligaments and muscle had been eaten away by the hot white cinders of plasma undoubtedly thrust upon him from the blast. His chest and arms were also burned with second to third degree wounds covering 35% of his body. Andrews was taken care at Starfleet Medical's Emergency Trauma unit at the Luna Colony. Many of the burns to his chest and arms were repaired immediately and very little scarring remained. His leg however had to be contained and kept in stasis, his comatose state prevented them from repairing the leg fearing his vital signs would drop too low during the procedure. His eyes could not be replaced with prosthetics either, as the ocular tissue was too inactive, by passing the ocular nerves the doctors were able to fit him with an ocular visor, a device that was considered outdated for the time, but was the only way to repair the damage done. Had they waited for him to wake the nerves may have degraded to far beyond repair.

 

Andrews remained in a coma for the next two months. A steady regimen of neural stimulation sessions seemed to pay off in the end. When he awoke he remembered everything, which is quite rare in cases as traumatic as his. Upon realizing what had happened, and the fate of his beloved, he refused final treatment of his leg. He would take no prosthetic, no artificial tissue, no scar regineration treatment... nothing... he felt that if he erased the scars on his body, he would be erasing her memory as well.

 

Before a Board of Inquiry pretaining to his re-admittance, Andrews stood, leaning upon his duranium alloy cane, and recounted what had transpired from his point of view. The board ruled that he would only be allowed to rejoin the Academy if he agreed to undergo the treatment to repair his leg fully and if he agreed to visit with a counselor three times a week for the remainder of his years in training... he refused on both counts.

 

After leaving the Academy with a Medical Discharge he ventured to the far reaches of the Federation. Perhaps fleeing as far from her memory as he could. But never truly leaving her behind. He found a home in Bull's Head, and worked as a Medic in a small town between jobs aboard freighter vessels and various unsavory postings with pirates. He no longer cares what the job is as long as he stays on the move and keeps busy. He continues to study medicine all the while... as he searches for a new life that will provide him with a sense of purpose, and perhaps fill the void her loss left behind.

 

For the past few months he has been aboard the QoB, serving as their chief medical officer, their former medical officer was promoted to XO when their previous commander lost his life in battle... It is here he seems to be finding a sense of calm... and perhaps he just might stay a while.

Edited by Dash_Andrews

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