Ethan Sharpe

## Personal Life

Born on Luna and into a family with a long tradition of Starfleet and old Earth Military service, Ethan was always expected to one day join Starfleet and ‘do his part’.  While his older brother and sister showed a keen interest in carrying on the family tradition, It was of some concern to his family that growing up Ethan turned out to be something of a free spirit expressing little to no interest in signing up himself.

More interested in pursuing extreme sports, especially Alpine sports and free climbing, Ethan drifted fairly aimlessly through his initial education with little to no expectations or direction towards a full time career.  Academically he was bright, but lacked a clear focus.  It wasn’t until his 18th Birthday that events conspired to steer him towards his eventual career in Starfleet.  His birthday itself had been a happy occasion, however the joy of the occasion was soured when news began to arrive on Earth that the Iconians had been found and begun an attack.  Overnight, most of his family were mobilized with his parents, retired Starfleet Officers, being re-activated and assigned stations in the Sol system, and his siblings both being rushed through the academy and posted to front line positions.   Forced to live with his grandparents, Ethan felt utterly helpless and somewhat guilty that his whole family were putting their lives at risk while he was at home in relative safety.  This wasn’t enough to change his free spirited nature, but it did give Ethan the resolve the join Starfleet.

Once he had joined Starfleet and actually entered the Academy, Ethan was once again at a loss regarding his future.  He was still a free spirit but had no idea what branch of Starfleet would suit him best.
It was a chance meeting at a social club specializing in Snowboarding that set Ethan on his Starfleet career path. The meeting in question was with a leading member of the newly re-formed Red Squadron who while sharing Ethan’s love for Alpine sports was particularly impressed by his daredevil nature.  Ethan was in short order introduced to and fell in love with piloting – at last he seemed to have found his niche in Starfleet.
He proved to be an apt student and with his new friend from the Snowboarding club taking him under her wing, he was soon invited to join Red Squadron.

## Career

Graduating from the Academy with honor’s in Advanced Flight Mechanics and Maneuvers, Advanced Atmospheric Flight & Fighter Tactics, Ethan was initially posted to Starbase DS-12 as part of the 3rd Defense Wing.  This first posting was largely successful with Ethan rapidly integrating into the team and earning the callsign 'Predator'. Ethan would have gladly stayed on with the 3rd Defense Wing for a second tour, however ever the wild spirit, he was caught in a rather compromising situation with a visiting Captain's daughter in the zero-gravity training facility on the station - his explaination that he was mearly teaching her formation flying techniques somehow didnt wash with his superiours.

In no small part to his indiscretion, he was assigned to the USS Bright primarily as 2nd Helm Officer. He retained his fighter pilot status however and served double duty as a Shuttle/Fighter pilot as needed with the small flight wing on the Bright. His tour on the Bright was successful if somewhat uneventful and was followed by another shipboard posting to the USS Wrexham.

On the USS Wrexham. he was assigned the lead Helm Officer slot, while again retaining his shuttle/fighter pilot status on board with the Wrexham's flight group.  The Wrexham, being a larger ship with a larger flight wing, offered Ethan more opportunities to demonstrate his talents, and in the end the tour on the Wrexham was actually very successful, with Ethan greatly impressing the Wrexham’s Captain who wanted to keep him with the ship when it was deployed on a second tour.  However, as much as Ethan had enjoyed the helmsman position, he knew he wanted to go back into front line fighter service.  He therefore, somewhat reluctantly, turned down the Wrexham’s Captain and applied for a posting to a front line fighter squadron.  His request was quickly accepted and Ethan was posted to the 207th Strike Fighter Squadron deployed with JTF Bellerophon.

## Pilot Qualifications

In addition to certification on all current Federation fighter and shuttle craft, Ethan also retains full helmsman/bridge officer qualifications from his time spent on the USS Bright & USS Wrexham. His fighter of choice is however the Valkyrie class tactical fighter. His personally assigned fighter has been named 'Apex Predator', partially from his callsign and partially from the custom graphics Ethan has placed on the ship including a shark logo on the canopy and distinctive sharks teeth on the nose.