Michael Maloney

Ensign Michael Maloney is an engineer on the USS Odyssey.
== Background ==
As a child Michael had always dreamed of the stars, seeing Starfleet ships fly in and out of his city, it was a wonder to behold. He knew one day he wanted to become a captain of a ship, to do humanity proud. So at the age of 16 he joined the Starfleet cadet program, he cried as he left his family for only a brief moment before realising his dreams were about to come true.
After many years in the academy, he was brought aboard the U.S.S. Homeland (non canon) and sent on an expeditionary mission into the Alpha Quadrant, where coming upon a multitude of Borg cubes proved fatal for the ship and its crew, those who weren't killed by the onslaught of Disruptor beams and torpedo's were assimilated into the Hive Mind and the U.S.S. Homeland was destroyed completely. Five years later, the cube Maloney was on was Liberated by Seven of Nine and the other Liberated Borg, along with a few federation ships, given the choice of where to go and having regained his memories, he was taken to earth in a program to help him grow accustomed to being a human again. After 2 years, due to his knowledge, and his past in the starfleet ranks, he was assigned to the Odyssey as an Engineering Ensign.
== Appearance ==
What remains of his humanity lies in his face. The human flesh had all but been assimilated on his head, not to mention the 85% of him that had been turned cybernetic, making it difficult for him to break free from the hive mind. He is built like a mountain, surprising for a borg. The cybernetics modelled around his human body frame when he weighed almost 240lbs at 6'4. A massive vertical scar ran down his right eye, a mark from when he decided to fist fight a gorn during his time under assimilation.
== Personality ==
Michael Prefers the violent approach to any scenario, almost as if he had been a klingon. Though he will calculate the outcome and choose the more desirable path instead of always committing heinous acts of violence.
== Psych Evaluation ==
After being Liberated from the Borg collective, Michael struggles with some of the memories that come back to him from when he was assimilated, the things he did, and the individuals he killed. Otherwise, he is in optimal mental condition, usually shutting off that part of his mind as to fulfill his duties aboard the ship.
Due to him not having been assimilated for an extreme period of time, he was able to regain his memories and be able to continue his life unlike some of the other Liberated Borg that had escaped the clutches of the Borg Queen.
== Medical ==
An alcove is required to Regenerate his cybernetic body.
== Cybernetic Augmentations ==
Almost 85% of his body has been converted into cybernetics and his nerve endings can be turned off due to the exoskeleton. Resulting in the loss of physical pain/feeling, though his brain remained intact, allowing for emotional feeling. Through utilizing his augments attached to his brain and wired through his body, he can reactivate the nerves in parts of his bio-cybernetic exo-skeleton to provide the ability to feel/touch things. This ability is utilized often during conflict to allow him to have a wider capability of moves/proficiency even with relatively fatal amounts of damage done to his body.
Some Borg drones are fitted with disruptor weapons, built into their cybernetic bodies to allow for ranged combat, Michaels knowledge in cybernetics/Robotics, and Beam technology has given him the ability to modify/repair his own inner and outer exoskeletal body. He has a Disruptor built into his right forearm, it can be detached if need be.
== Other information ==
* Likes: Alone time.
* Dislikes: Klingons, the thought of Re-Assimilation.
Category:Former Characters