Sprug Bav Skeek

### In their own words:

*"I'm Ltn. Commander and Chief Engineer Sprug Bav Skeek, call me Skeek, your completely unlovable Tellarite engineer. I wear that coat they put on B'Elanna to hide she was pregnant in real life because it's cold on starfleet vessles for a Tellarite and to cover my proud gut. I do what you say, usually right after you hang up I monologue all the things that will probably go wrong with the command I'm following to the rest of Engineering. If you keep comms open too long after giving me an order that was your mistake and I'll be clear to point that out in the moment. Survivor of a very close call, the previous incarnation of the vessel we're serving on was almost destroyed. The bridge was wiped out and defacto I was the only person left that could pilot the ship from Engineering to safety. You could say I know every inch of her and am now very protective."*

## Background

### Friends/colleagues

Skeek has an older brother on Tellar Prime. His dad and mom live in whatever traditional Tellarite way. He isn’t allowed to wear a starfleet uniform in their house. In his family are many members of the Tellarite fleet, but none entered star fleet. His brother Harch is a captain of a prominent Tellarite vessel. Skeek and Harch actually see eye to eye and like each other well enough, but Skeek not following the familiar path did drive a wedge between the parents and as a result the whole family has kinda fallen out of contact. Skeek tells them what’s going on when convenient. They have family gatherings out of necessity. A Tellarite family meal, just on their nature, is very confrontational already. It’s a show of respect to clash on ideas and passions. The Skeek family have what other Tellarites call “quiet meals”, it is the height of disrespect.

Coming to Star Fleet the exact same thing happened. He was looking for people like him and there were none. Eventually a classmate explained a little about how to hide his criticisms in sarcasm. Humans and other races can handle “havin ther chops busted a bit, yuno?”. His name was Clyde Scaramuchi from Quincy, MA. He now works in the academy teaching astrometrics, Skeek tries to chat and catch up with Tony when he can. They have a few side friends, Klexa, Sp’eela, Dotti, but they’re just spacefacebook friends.

The first ship Skeek served on was the Argama. Starting as an Ensign on Conn and quickly being moved as far away from the bridge as possible by the old Captain, Skeek settled in Engineering where he criticized and cut down every head of Engineering’s ideas until eventually proving the only person willing to work above him is him. Skeek knows every person’s name and station but that’s it. If he could just have 5 more of him instead he would.

### Quirks

A goofy jacket with some things in his breast pocket. He likes “classical music”, usually Diss tracks and battle rap through the ages. It reminds him of ancient Tellarite senate recordings. He has a chair in the corner of the engineering bay by the warp core he has insulated to reflect excess heat radiation and keep him warmer.

### Shore Leave

Before the destruction of the last ship Skeek is usually at the top of his voice in a bar somewhere or choosing a random team sport to root for in the local system to scold and belittle the rival teams. The sport for him is Fan on Fan, not even about the teams playing. He is a gambler when he can be and loves to have some inside info. After the disaster- He does not leave the ship during shore leave, or hasn’t yet since

## USS Argama

Skeek's first post right out of the Academy was onto the USS Argama. His original posting was on the bridge as Flight Controller.

#### -Some time passed-

Things we know happened: Skeek met an alien and he got good at alien tech.

Skeek became Chief Engineer

#### And Finally

The USS Argama simple scouting vessel. Equipped with an advanced warp drive for quick and efficient travel. It was tasked with taking readings from the Helaspont nebula. On its return trip, the vessel slowed to impulse to investigate strange sensor readings.

Down in engineering, feeling they were adrift and unable to contact any command staff, Lt Commander Bav **Skeek** diverted emergency controls to engineering and began to pull the ship back. Through the sparks and debris field, he saw the distinct shape of an Orion vessel phasing in and out of a cloaking field, ready to implode. In full emergency response mode, he shifted to full impulse while gliding his hands across the LCARS, deploying forcefields as needed. He limped what was left of his crew, and a skeleton of his former ship back to Starbase 621 and watched the Orion vessel explode in the distance.

Upon returning to Starbase 621, the leadership claimed no hails were received. Furthermore, the claims from Lt Commander Skeek, though corroborated by the doctor’s account, were deemed impossible. Their concerns were dismissed as hysteria due to the horrific nature of the ship’s damage. No weapons fire could be detected on the hull, nor trace metals from a so-called “Orion impact”. The Orion’s do not possess cloaking technology, and the computer system had been completely fried in the wreckage. No scans or monitoring views were available to be reviewed. The incident was deemed a run in with a gravimetric anomaly, corroborated by the abnormal sensor readings that caused the ship to drop out of warp. Starfleet Command ordered the surviving crew on a six-month shore leave, prescribing mandatory PTSD screening and counseling for Dr. McHenry and Chief Engineer Skeek. During this time, the ship has been rebuilt. A new bridge was installed, and an advanced medical suite including an EMH.

With the new upgrades, Starfleet warned that the USS Nightingale would be the number one call when a medical relief effort was needed. Noting that perhaps she could be used for quick medical evacuations due to her advanced warp drive