Matt Collins
Name Matt Vernon Collins
Position Civilian
Second Position Civilian
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Species | Human | |
| Age | 30 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 5'9" | |
| Weight | 180 lbs | |
| Hair Color | black | |
| Eye Color | brown | |
| Physical Description | Matt is a physically fit human male. His quick brown eyes and infectious grin hide a talented mind and a knack for Starfleet engineering, particularly in energy manipulation fields. |
Family
| Spouse | Lisa Coutore, finace | |
| Father | Jeremiah Collins | |
| Mother | Elizabeth Collins | |
| Brother(s) | none | |
| Sister(s) | Jordana | |
| Other Family | Jim Holbridge Major David Lorenz MCPT Quentin Harrison Sam Elliott |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Matt is a young man who enjoys all aspects of life, whether it's tinkering with new gadgets or tri-orbital jumps. Matt lives life to the fullest. | |
| Strengths & Weaknesses | STRENGTHS Brilliant engineer Above average hand-to-hand combatant Quiet manner instills a feeling of confidence in others WEAKNESSES Impatient when having to explain his technically complex ideas to others |
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| Ambitions | Be the first engineer in the Federation to design a successful slipstream drive-capable starship |
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| Hobbies & Interests | Working with troubled youth Tai-chi, karate,and kung-fu (monkey form) Building things out of scrap and rubbish |
| Personal History | Matt Collins is an engineering prodigy, born in Winston-Salem, Massachusetts to a working-class family. From an early age, Matt displayed a knack for engineering, building himself a hover-racer by the time he was eight years old. at age ten, Matt was sent to an Starfleet Corps Of Engineering satellite academy to learn the finer points of energy manipulation and propulsion. Matt stayed wit the SCE facility, eventually transferring to the Academy at age sixteen. After graduation, Collins was made a Marine officer per his request Upon graduating the Academy, Matt was immediately assigned to the USS Moscow and quickly earned his stripes as a competent, though very young engineering officer. The Moscow was an older ship, primarily a Starfleet workhorse and Matt excelled in the challenging environment. Matt transferred to the Sutherland and later the Iwo Jima, both late-model starships in prime condition, but quickly grew bored. The Iwo Jima saw heavy action in the Dominion War, relieving Matt's boredom and testing his improvisational skills to the limit when the stardrive section of the ship was lost during a surprise Breen raid. Collins, the senior surviving engineer, jury rigged a solar sail to power life-support and the impulse engines until Starfleet reinforcements arrived. Upon return to Federation territory, Matt transferred to Starbase 74 and found his calling, designing and building M/ARA systems for starships, contributing new ideas to the building of the new ships themselves often, knowing what worked and what didn't work in combat and the real world. After eleven years at Starbase 74, Matt resigned his commission to take a position as a PMC engineer/commando with Nebula Gold Security Group's Team One. matt finally found a home for his engineering talents as a project designer for Holbridge Industries Shipyards and as a combat engineer in Team One. After several years with NGSC, Collins put in a request to rejoin the Corps and serve as Starbase 900's Chief Engineer. |
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| Service Record | Starfleet Corps Of Engineering Satellite Academy- 2361 USS Moscow 2365-2368 USS Sutherland 2368-2371 USS Iwo Jima 2371-2377 Starbase 74 2377-2388 NGSC/ Holbridge Industries 2388-present |