<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Science Officer</span></div><br/>Full Name: Keval "Val" th-Zarth<br/>Current assignment: Pilot / Science Officer<br/>Rank: Lieutenant jg<br/>Age: 29<br/>Gender Identity: Male<br/>Species: Andorian<br/>Marital status: Single<br/>Sexual Orientation: Straight<br/>Children: None<br/>Place of Birth:  Andoria<br/>Hair:  White<br/>Eyes:  Dark brown<br/>Height:  6'3"<br/>Weight:  170 lbs<br/><br/>Languages:<br/>English, Romulan, Bajoran<br/><br/>Professional Assessment: Report of Captain Conrad Smith, Starfleet Command<br/>His science specialty is high energy plasma physics.  This works well with his piloting skills given that high energy plasma runs the ship systems from its engines to weapons, he has a unique perspective of practical application of scientific theory.  In science things should have a purpose, something to do with the discovery.  As such many purists of science do not consider him much more than a scientific opportunist building on pure science for practical application with respect for the purity of previous research.  While he can lead very well he is a rogue at heart and prefers to work alone or with a very small group of trusted people (of which there are few).<br/><br/>He is a good pilot with excellent reflexes and instincts, however in the cockpit he is driven by instinct with a sprinkling of intellectual tactics.  This has held him back in many situations as he finds it harder to work in a large coordinated effort that requires more thought.  He is the wild card, will rush in where angels fear to tread, and fly off half cocked if given half a chance to.  He is honorable though and does respect the chain of command (though he does not trust it).  This conflict gives rise to the fact that he finds he hard to tell where to speak his mind and where not to.<br/><br/>He is known to have worked on a suspected smuggling ship but the fact that the ship isn't a major smuggler leaves the questions small and quick.  He has always claimed innocence of any illegal activities during this short period of his life.<br/><br/>He was first stationed on patrols out of the Jupiter defense station during his pilot training and for the first section of his career.  Served on the USS Bozeman after it was retrofit from being recovered from somewhere in deep space by the USS Enterprise. Served on the USS Intrepid during its 2nd shakedown cruise after its initial prototype refit as an assistant plasma specialist.<br/><br/>Psychological Profile: Report by Counselor Angela Dickers, Starfleet Counseling<br/>Keval, like most Andorians, is very emotionally volatile.  His emotions swing very quickly and in no small way.  While he has learned to control such swings in professional settings, personally he tends toward allowing these swings to flow naturally through a personal encounter.  To humans this makes him appear slightly unstable at times, Vulcans tend to shy away from him, while he gets along well with Bolians, Bajoran, Romulans, and even Cardassians (though he does not count any as friends).  He reserves his trust and to those he does trust he expects a lot from.<br/><br/>Medical File: Report by Dr. Xriston, Starfleet Medical<br/>Physically he is very well toned, athletic, muscled.  His eyes are strong and striking in a dark brown color, his antennae come off the forward region of the top of his skull, he has never lost an antennae.  He is taller than the average human but just barely.<br/><br/>Family History:<br/>Kevel's first father was in the imperial guard and quite a bit of strife was created when he announced that he was going into Starfleet instead of the guard.  Kevel's mothers (both of them) were scientists (high energy quantum physics and biochemistry) and were temporarily supportive at first but when it became clear that he was serious the stress in the house peaked with neither pair of parents really speaking to the young Kevel.  Finally, this forced him away from his home world.  He was as yet not eligible for entry into Starfleet but for the short time while he waited he signed on as a hand on a cargo ship that ran from the Andoria region, out to the area near Bajor, and then back to Earth.<br/><br/>Personal History:<br/>After leaving home he spent just under a year serving on a freelance cargo ship running goods from Earth to Andoria and Bajor. Of course there was smuggling but he was never involved in anything serious. Though, he is able to deal with the Ferengi a bit more than most due to the fact that often they were involved in the ships less scrupulous encounters. The Captain had earned his trust in a very short time, perhaps the only person who had his trust when he joined Starfleet, they were close.  On joining Starfleet he was questioned very briefly about his experience with the captain and almost did not get into the academy because of the fact that he had refused to disclose any information of knowledge of the ships illicit activities.<br/><br/>Hobbies:<br/>Botany, specifically herbs and spices.<br/><br/>Other Information:<br/>it is rumored that he made a rather insulting comment under his breath about a commanding officer on the USS Intrepid assignment and that is why he was transferred.<br/><br/>Val has an older and modified Type 7 Shuttlecraft that he won quite unexpectedly in a game of blackjack with a Ferengi defunct arms dealer that was trying to gain money and associations with cargo captains to restart his destroyed smuggling operation.  At the time of the game his primary 'fleet' was a pair of Type 7 shuttles that he traded services to a Federation outpost for.  It is unknown to Val if the other shuttle was used in any crimes and all the details he had on that vessel were handed to the authorities when he took his newly won shuttle to Deep Space 9 for inspection and verification.  It turned out that this shuttle was indeed properly registered as coming from the outpost and had nothing that would stop Val from owning it.  This was, of course, while he was still with the cargo vessel doing its various low key runs and he kept the ship.  The ship is called the Crann (pronounced krAWN).<br/><br/>Played by: titanshadow