Name: Andrew "Drew" Verdun
        Rank: Lieutenant
        Current Position: Chief Engineer, USS Marakesh

        Previous postings: Engineering XO, USS Yeager Saber Class 2yr
        Engineering Team Leader, USS Surveyor Intrepid Class 2yr
        Engineering Team, USS Brandenburg Oberth Class 2yr

        Capsule History: Andrew, or Drew to those who know him was born on
        Aldebaran (formerly Aldebaran Colony) thirty years ago to Starfleet
        parents (Michelle and Walter, both retired). Shortly after he was
        born, they moved back to Earth as they both served in Starbase
        Operations Division. Most of his childhood was spent in the Mojave
        settlement, a sprawling metroplex that occupied a former desert region.
        He spent most of that time entrenched in building model starships, and
        old naval vessels. He was captivated by not only how things worked,
        but how they we assembled, spending hours and hours just to make
        certain things were "just right". This love lead him to pursue
        engineering pre-classes during his education. He was a shoe in for
        Starfleet Academy, and enrolled shortly after his 20th birthday. He
        was kind of a late starter as he had decided to take a two year
        apprenticeship with a construction yard that orbited Mars. From his
        vantage point, he could often see the huge Utopia Planitia Yards, both
        orbital and surface facilities and would spend most of his off hours
        just looking over the vast facilities and getting acquianted with how
        the Starfleet approach to ship building worked.

        He graduated fourth in his class four years later and was assigned to
        the Engineering Team for the Brandenburg, an Oberth class vessel
        assigned to cataloging the Atrim sector. He served with distinction
        aboard the vessel, and when his Team Leader was promoted to Engineering
        XO aboard the Surveyor, he transferred to that ship as well.

        The Surveyor was an earlier model of Intrepid captained by Morgan
        Bateson, a Starfleet officer from the 23rd century who had been trapped
        in time for nearly 80 years by a spatial anomaly. He found the captain
        very approachable and manager to spend some time hearing stories from
        the captain about "how things were". He lead his particular Team to be
        the most efficient team on the ship, being sometimes compared to Cmdr.
        La Forge. In fact, his unofficial nickname aboard the Surveyor was
       'Geordi'. Within his tour, he began to be anxious for more
        responsibility and was able to successfully transfer to the Yeager, who
        was looking for an Engineering XO.

        The ship was a mess when he found it, having been caught in a raid by
        the Breen. She needed major work, but within 11 months, was
        spaceworthy once again. He served proudly aboard the vessel until it
        was diverted to Bajor Sector to help with the relief efforts, and Lt.
        Maxwell, his Chief Engineer, suggested to him that he might consider
        going for the "big chair". He had put Drew's credentials past Admiral
        Ross of Sector Command and within three weeks of arriving in the Bajor
        Sector, he was bidding his crewmates and ship farewell, posted to the
        USS Marakesh as her chief engineer, to replace one that was killed in
        some kind of explosion.
 

        He is interested in the 23rd century, particularly the events that
        occured during the era of Kirk (not a Kirk worshipper, but is intrigued
        by the events of the day).
 
        Has a fiance (Lela Latimer, an engineer on Starbase 375) that he hopes
        to marry within the next year. They havent decided who's going to quit
        when they do get married (the whole "working for your spouce" issue).
        He fancies himself a bit of a Kal-Toh player. He's good, for a human.