MCPO Iron Forge

Background
Iron Forge was born among aliens in 2328, even on its homeworld, as both its parents worked as liaisons of various kinds to the Federation. Its initiating parent Forge Ebony(equivalent of mother) was the administrator of the Federation Consulate to the Northern Islands of The Roving, and its quickening parent Great Iron(father, but I don't want to describe their mating process) was an ambassador to the Federation. They both expected Iron Forge to follow them into diplomacy, but it was more technically minded, and had a habit of speaking its mind, which the First Breed had quickly learned not to do in interspecies diplomacy. In its early life it was a research engineer in the Roving Spacecraft Research and Development Program, but when as part of a cultural exchange a few places in Starfleet were opened to the First Breed Iron Forge applied immediately, as this was a chance to work with much more advanced technology. It passed the entrance requirements, and while it experienced severe culture shock upon leaving the Roving for Starfleet, it overcame this.

It joined the fleet as an Engineering Crewman on the USS Stargazer in 2351. After two years it was promoted to Crewman, First Class, and when the Stargazer was abandoned it was transferred to the Fleet Operations centre in 2355, being assigned as a PO3 to Section Sixteen of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers and later to the USS Archer under Lieutenant Skul of Vulcan until that vessel was destroyed in 2356 near the start of the Federation-Cardassian War. Iron Forge was then transferred to the Excelsior-class USS T'kovac in 2356 where it continued to fight in the War. While on the T'kovac it was promoted to PO1 in 2360, later being promoted to CPO in 2366 and becoming that vessel's First Assistant Engineer for two years before transferring off. It taught Warp Theory and Practical Maintenance at Starfleet Academy for four years before transferring to Starbase 43 near the Klingon Border when the Klingon War began in 2372 as an SCPO. Despite finding its work there menial, and much more boring than starship engineering, it served as that station's Chief Maintenance and Damage Control Coordinator and Technician until 2380, when it returned to ship operations on the Nova-class USS Serpens, having been promoted to MCPO and offered a position as that ship's Executive NCO. However, it was unsuited for such a role among humanoids, as the role of Executive NCO requires a good understanding of humanoid psychology, which Iron Forge has never had, and so it requested removal from this position three months later after a series of bad performance reviews, taking an assignment as Chief Engineer on the Serpens' sister ship, the USS Perseus. In 2385 it was assigned to help rebuild the Martian colony after the Synthetics attacked it on April 5. In 2390 it returned again to the Academy to teach its Practical Maintenance and Field Repair And Upgrade classes, before being assigned to the prototype USS Odyssey in 2399 as its Chief Engineer. Following seven years of testing that ship, it has been reassigned as the Chief Engineer of the USS Olympia for its ten year mission.

Previous postings
-F.B.C.V.102 (First Breed cargo vessel), Engineer(2341)

-F.B.C.V.043 (Likewise), Engineer(2341-2343)

-F.B.C.V.231 (Likewise), First Assistant Engineer(2343-2351)

-USS Stargazer, Engineer(2351-2355)

-Research Technician, Starfleet Corps of Engineers Section Sixteen(2355-2356)

-USS Archer, Third Assistant Engineer(2356)

-USS T'kovac, Third Assistant Engineer(2356-2360)

-USS T'kovac, First Assistant Engineer(2360-2366)

-USS T'kovac, Chief Engineer(2366-2368)

-Starfleet Academy, Teacher of Warp Theory and Practical Maintenance(2368-2372)

-Starbase 43, Maintenance and Damage Control Coordinator and Technician(2372-2380)

-USS Serpens, Executive NCO(2380)

-USS Perseus, Chief Engineer(2380-2385)

-Mars Colony, Transport Infrastructure Engineer(2385-2390)

-Starfleet Academy, Teacher of Practical Maintenance and Field Repair And Upgrade(2390-2399)

-USS Odyssey, Chief Engineer(2399-2406)

-USS Olympia, Chief Engineer(2406-)

Appearance
62cm tall and weighing 23kg, Iron Forge looks like the typical First Breed. It has brown eyes, and white/dark grey patterned fur (white legs, face, tip of tail, chest and abdomen, grey everywhere else)

It looks like a Siberian Husky to the untrained eye, except for its graspers, and those are only visible when extended. Its appearance is pretty distinctive.

Personality overview
Iron Forge lives to serve Starfleet; most First Breed live to serve some organisation or other, as they were designed to be happy as slaves. It is congenial, but doesn't properly understand the social mores of other cultures - it always speaks its mind, and so often comes across as brash and rude. It is dedicated to its work; you'll need a tractor beam to take it off duty while it's on shift.

Iron Forge is more technically minded than the average First Breed; it loves to make things work, and to make them work better. Outside of its work as a Starfleet Officer, it enjoys learning about other cultures and receiving and telling stories of different worlds. It has a hobby as a holoprogrammer, but its works are not generally appreciated outside the First Breed.

Iron Forge believes that the Roving should join the Federation, and so wants to do everything it can to ensure there are no factors that would prevent this. It also believes strongly in the rights of the individual, since its ancestors were enslaved.

Iron Forge is very close to its parents and siblings, and still keeps in contact with them. There aren't many other people with which it shares a bond, though it looks up to Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the Captain of its first ship, despite never having spoken with the man or even seen him in the flesh.

Iron Forge always has trouble talking to those who are not First Breed, due to the difference in their cultures. It often comes across as too eager to please, because it is.

Life on the Olympia
MCPO Iron Forge was assigned to the USS Olympia in 2406 as its Chief Engineer, for its mission of deep space exploration.

In that time