Krasei Neumann

**Krasei Neumann** is a Federation Starfleet Officer in the Engineering Division. He was originally cloned by the Romulan Tal Shiar for the purpose of infiltrating the Federation, but was smuggled out of the Romulan Free State and into the Federation whilst still being grown.

# Biography

## Cloning

NukKraseir Faehe Ih'lonhae (Romulan: *23rd Sample, Defective*) was created in a Tal Shiar-backed research facility in the territory of the Romulan Free State at some point during the first half of 2397. The exact stardate is unknown. His DNA profile matches that of a high ranking Federation scientist with a high security clearance.

Defects in the cloning process led to several impairments that made the sample unsuitable for its intended purpose. The embryo would have been discarded, were it not for the efforts of a Romulan scientist who intended to defect to the Federation. Instead of destroying the defective samples, she hid them away, to provide physical evidence of Tal Shiar Covert Operations against the Federation.

Her escape was discovered, and she was pursued by a Tal Shiar interceptor as she made her run for Federation space in a stolen shuttlecraft. The shuttle was intercepted by the U.S.S. Vega (NCC-79521), but not before the Tal Shiar managed to purge the shuttles’ databases and kill the scientist on board. The organic samples, including the 23rd, were protected by their containers. They survived the attack and were brought aboard by the crew of the Nova-class vessel.

Starfleet studied the clones, and considered that it would be unethical to dispose of them at their current stage of development. When the Federation scientist with whom NukKraseir Faehe Ih'lonhae shared his genetic code communicated that he had no interest in raising his clone "child", a foster home was found for him on Earth, in the city of Bremen, where he would come to live with the Neumann family.

## Childhood

After his adoption, he was given his foster families’ surname and his first name was shortened to the less derogatory Krasei (meaning: 23). While he was raised in a loving family of childless educators, his earliest experiences and health problems made it more difficult for him to connect to his peers. These health problems manifested as he grew up, and included photophobia and sensory sensitivity, poor eyesight and sterility and vulnerability to radiation on a cellular level. He also displayed the same streak of lone, obsessive genius as his ‘father’.

As a child, Krasei grew to be more interested in machines and systems than in people. This interest was initially directed at the various medical devices and imaging equipment used to monitor his health and mediate genetic deficiencies, but quickly grew to include all manner of systems. He had initially been keen to become a Starfleet Officer and work on a Starship, but felt his health conditions would make it very difficult to be accepted into the Academy. He instead began to pursue plans to become an Aquatic Urban Architect, to work on designing undersea cities, after graduating from secondary education.

## Starfleet Academy

The Iconian War broke out when Krasei had turned 18 (or at least, when his 18th birthday had been celebrated, based on the day of his arrival in his adoptive family). He changed his plans and volunteered to join Starfleet, managing to pass the entrance exams for the Operations discipline of the Academy.

While at Starfleet Academy, Krasei took a particular interest in engineering classes related to Electro-Plasma Power Systems, Modelling and Design and Computing technologies. He also did well in the Starfleet Protocol and basic science classes, whilst struggling with the physical requirements and security training. His final thesis made suggestions for standardisation to increase the modularity of utilities and EPS systems in prefabricated modular buildings in colonial environments.

## Posting to U.S.S. Veritas

He graduated from the Academy in 2418 and requested a posting as an engineer on a Starship. He was assigned as Junior Engineering Officer with the rank of Ensign to the U.S.S. Veritas NCC-95241, which was then under the command of Rear Admiral Jay Hayes.

During his initial years serving on Veritas’ lower decks, he proved to be a cautious and precise engineer with a commitment to established Starfleet engineering practices and guidelines. He was very adept at using the ships’ systems - especially the computer - to do his work, though with a tendency to get lost in the process of intensely scrutinising what other engineers might believe to be irrelevant details, or deviations that fall well within acceptable parameters.

His attention to detail did improve or indirectly save the ship a few times, albeit in ways that didn’t make headlines, or played any major role in bridge operations. This earned him a promotion to Lieutenant (Junior Grade) in 2421. When a new Chief Engineer had to be chosen to replace Laila Jian, he was reluctantly put forward by the rest of the engineering staff as the most technically capable among them, though it was simultaneously made clear that his management and people skills would be a point of development.

# Dates of Rank

* Cadet 2415
* Ensign 2419
* Lieutenant (Junior Grade) 2421
* Lieutenant 2423

# Health Record

Krasei Neumann still needs regular treatment in sickbay to compensate for genetic defects and the effects of replicative fading. While his sterility cannot be reversed, there are treatments to maintain his eyesight and mitigate his photophobia and sensitivity to sensory stimuli. He is regularly screened for cancer and other adverse effects of exposure to harmful radiation.

He still prefers dark or dimly lit environments and has a health recommendation to lower ambient light levels and reduce ambient stimuli when it does not interfere with ongoing ship operations or the duties of other Starfleet officers. In brightly lit environments he may prefer lenses or protective eyewear.

# Personal Life

Krasei Neumann is single, though he has had several brief relationships with both men and women during his Starfleet Academy days. He has a few friends among the engineering staff and plays host to two weekly games of "Bat'leths & bIHnuchs", the Klingon-based board game that is popular with a few of the lower decks engineering staff.

He spends a lot of time in the holodeck, and has been known to trade extra shifts for holodeck time. Some of this time is spent creating impressive holodeck recreations of hypothetical buildings and settlements, pulling on his love of architecture and hobby of designing urban environments more broadly.