Ee'Uc Aptaz

Acting Chief of Engineer

Acting Chief Engineer of the U.S.S. Odysseus.

## Appearance

Ee’Uc is average height for a Keropterian, standing at 5’4” at full height (not counting the ears). Her fur is a deep maroon red and usually a little mussed up. Ee’Uc isn’t the best at maintaining her wrist hooks, so they’re not uniform in length. Most of her face is covered by her breathing mask. It wraps around her jaw, then rises up the top of her head to ensure her nose is covered as well (similar coverage to Bane’s mask from Dark Knight). The mask looks almost like something she pulled out of a scrapyard, having been built and upgraded by her using parts she steals recycles. Her wings are tattooed with the markings of her birth colony. Elegant blue curves swirling atop jagged black lines. Stark contrast to the light brown of her wings, and visible on either side.

## Personality

Ee’Uc is, in a word, prickly. She’s gruff and rude to most people, assuming that anyone seeking her out is doing so to waste her time. Anything that pulls her away from her engine, her ship, is an annoyance at best. Anyone that breaks her ship? May the Rot Mother have mercy on them, because Ee’Uc will not.

Of course, this is how she acts to people she doesn’t really care too much about. Freeloaders on her ship. If a person manages to make friends with her, they’d be hard pressed to find a better one. When with friends, Ee’Uc is social, cheerful, and helpful.

## Trivia

* Ee’Uc got her name from the death of a well respected Tender. The social pressure of that left a mark.
* Aptaz is not a family name, but instead refers to the number of times the Ee’Uc name has been recycled. 9852 times.
* Ee’Uc has a breathing apparatus that allows her to eat, similar to the ones Benzite’s wear. WIth how much she moves around, though, it has trouble maintaining a breathable atmosphere when she’s in motion. So she uses the mask.

### Likes

* Her ship
* People letting her do her job
* Inventing
* Cold and dark spaces
* Crunchy food

### Dislikes

* Bright lights
* The heat
* Mushy food
* Formality
* Official functions
* Captains (they like to break her ship)

### Ambitions

Just leave her alone in her engine room and she’ll be happy.

### Morals

My people have one thing right. You shouldn’t just throw something out. Fix it. If it can’t be fixed, find a new use for it.

## Starfleet Courses

### Core Courses

* ADMIN101: Star Fleet Operations
* ADMIN110: Chain of Command and General Protocol
* DIPL101: General
* ENG221: LCARS Programming 1
* ENG231: Computer Memory and Personnel Interfaces
* ENG232: Replicators, Transporters, and Holodecks
* ENG233: Sensors, Communications, and Helm Systems
* HIST101: Birth of the Federation
* LANG101: Federation Standard
* LANG110: Major Species (Elementary) - Cadet's Choice
* LAW101: Federation, General
* MATH101: Concepts
* MED101: First Aid and Field Medicine
* PHYS101: Concepts
* PILOT101: Runabouts and Shuttles
* SURV101: Starship Emergencies
* SURV110: Environmental Suits and Zero-G Training
* TAC101: Combat, Unarmed
* TAC110: Combat, Small Weapons
* BIO101: Concepts
* XEN101: General

## History

### From death, springs life

Ee’Uc was born from a death, as is the way of her people. Minutes before her birth, the most respected tender in generations, Ee’Uc Ahtoch, passed. The newborn was given the name Ee’Uc, as was traditional. And with that name came expectations. She was born from the death of a hero, a legend. Surely she would be a great Tender as well!

### Lofty Expectations

Except Ee’Uc Aptaz was hopeless when it came to growing. She could fight well enough, but the part of the job that was most important, tending to the fungus that was the lifeblood of their people… she was a disaster. Living things were squishy, weird, unpredictable. What worked one day would kill a plant or mushroom the next. Ee’Uc didn’t last a year in her Tender studies.
Now firmly a disappointment, Ee’Uc was free to explore things she could wrap her brain around. She spent her days wandering the scrapyards of Raynsilt, following the wires and tubes, seeing where it all fit together. Machines made sense to the young Ee’Uc. Parts always fit together, they always did what they were supposed to. If a bolt and screw were the same size, they’d go together every time. She went from wandering the scrapyards to following around the scant few engineers of their colony. Watching them work, learning from them. The engineers, all but shunned by their people despite their value, were just happy for the company. Though they tried to warn Ee’Uc away from this path, they each knew the glint in her eyes when she saw an engine. Ee’Uc would be an engineer, there was no helping that. So, her family made sure that at least she’d be the best damn engineer on Raynsilt, teaching the eager child everything each of them knew.

### Coming of age

When Ee’Uc came of age, and it was time for her to leave home to join a new colony, her auncles came to her with a plan. Instead of going out, joining a different colony, and living an unappreciated life like them, she could take a different path. One that would still help their people, but give her the freedom and recognition she could never get on Raynsilt. Join Starfleet, join their Engineering division. It was Starfleet, after all, that protected them from the same fate as their long lost siblings in the Klingon Empire. So aiding them was aiding their people!
Ee’Uc eagerly agreed, going to the Tenders of her colony with her plan. They agreed to allow her to go as a representative of her birth colony. Starfleet Academy would serve as her trial. Should she graduate, she would be an honored member of her colony. Should she fail, she would become a Lonely. Her wings were tattooed, a celebration was thrown, and Ee’Uc was on a transport to Earth within the week.

### Starfleet Life

Ee’Uc found the rigidity of Starfleet difficult. There were rules and regulations everywhere she looked. On Raynsilt, there were no rules for the engineers save those they made for themselves. The Tenders didn’t care enough to make rules for them, so long as they didn’t cause problems. Ee’Uc’s attitude quickly soured through her years at the academy. She became cynical, seeing how often “replace it” was the recommended repair. She became lonely, not being around her people anymore. But more than that, she became one hell of an engineer. Ee’Uc learned the all important skill of keeping her mouth shut, and was able to quiet her attitude long enough to let her skills shine. She did graduate, with fantastic grades in her engineering courses. Demerits for poor attitude and poor grades in other areas prevented her from topping her class or receiving a dream posting. But she did graduate, and found herself assigned to a Nova Class ship with a habit of finding itself in difficult situations. A home for misfits and outcasts like her. Perhaps she can find a new family here. Or perhaps she can get everyone to leave her alone so she can fix the holes they keep putting in her ship!