Crew Biography For Breland, Mikaela (npc)

Full Name:	Mikaela Breland
Current Rank	Lieutenant (Junior Grade)
Position(s) held	Damage Control Specialist
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Birthdate	25
Height	5'5
Weight	122 lbs
Appearance	Mikaela has hazel eyes, which seem to shift from brown to green at times. She prefers to leave her long, caramel-colored hair down, but pulls it back out of the way while on duty.
Personality	A light-hearted, caring person, Mikaela makes friends fast and is able to bring a smile to peoples' faces without even trying. Her good sense of humor and supportive ways make her easy to talk to. Somehow Mikaela manages to find herself in the midst of trouble or mischief, sometimes of her own doing, especially when she gets bored. Luckily, she has also become quite adept at getting herself out of said trouble. She's always willing to lend a helping hand and is quite determined to accomplish whatever she sets out to do.
Family	Mother: Kylie Breland - 48 Father: Dominic Breland - 49 Brother: Christian Breland - 23 (location unknown)
Background	Mikaela was born on January 18, 2357 to Kylie and Dominic Breland, the eldest of two children. Kylie and Dominic met at Starfleet Academy, concentrating in counseling and engineering, respectfully. They became close, beginning a relationship during their second year of the Academy, and were married just before their last year. Upon graduation, they applied to join the USS Cheyenne together and were soon accepted. A few years later, Mikaela was born, followed closely by her brother, Christian. As the two children were close in age, they were very close while growing up. One of their favorite activities was exploring the ship. Though they were not granted free reign to roam around the entire ship, Mikaela and Christian would sometimes use the jeffries tubes to get from one place to another without being seen. This ended for the most part once they began their schooling aboard the Cheyenne. In schooling, Mikaela was found to excel in mathematics and science. This didn't surprise her parents as they would often return to their quarters to find some form of equipment or electronics disassembled, parts lying all over the floor, Mikaela in the middle of the chaos. After tearing things apart to see how they worked, Dominic would help his daughter reassemble them. Christian too enjoyed technical things, mainly repairing them though and paid close attention to detail. At times he would drag his sister into the Holodeck, having her join him in Zero-G games and a few piloting programs that piqued his interest.
Service Record	When she was old enough, Mikaela expressed her interest in joining StarFleet to become an Engineering Officer, which her parents supported. Her knack for getting into mischief continued, though it was generally nothing too serious and didn't detract from her studying. Her determined nature impressed her teachers, and she did well, staying in the top fourth of her class throughout her Academy days. One of her favorite aspects of engineering was Damage Control, which she took several courses in. Mika found it exhilarating to have to find out what was wrong, then find a way to fix it. Mikaela graduated from the Academy in the top ten students of her class. After graduating, Mikaela was assigned to the USS Hale as Damage Control Officer. It was on that ship that she made some very dear friends - Kemm Heral, a Bajoran Engineer, Jason Barrett, a one-armed Operations Officer, and Fenton Kroll, another Engineer. The Hale was under the command of Admiral Elijah Nerwal. At first, Mikaela began to believe that she would meet the entire crew in the first few days via Damage reports.... As soon as she had arrived on board, the messages and frantic communications began rolling in about faulty equipment. Luckily this slowed down, with the exception of the Holodeck, which seemed bound and determined to break at any chance. Mikaela found Heral practically attached at the hip to the transporters - her babies. They were the only equipment that Mikaela barely had a chance to touch, as Heral usually insisted on completing any repairs herself. The two got along well and found themselves in several...interesting situations. Jason had been wounded in the mission previous to when Mikaela came aboard. His arm had been lost, but the Hale's Chief Medical Officer, Amanda Darkhelm, was able to negotiate with the Marans and get him a new one. With the assistance of their surgeons, Jason received the new arm and recovered quickly. Through various talks on board the ship, Mikaela and Jason became fast friends. After working with Fenton in Engineering, the two began to grow close, slowly developing a relationship. At times, Fents had a rather quick temper, which Mika wasn't fond of. Yet she did love him and the two grew closer and closer - especially during a certain shoreleave. During this particular shoreleave, two fellow shipmates were being married. During the reception, some of the Hale's officers were standing outside when they were captured - Mikaela was among them. Luckily, Fenton and a few others were able to rescue them before they were harmed. Also during this shoreleave, Jason and Adam, a Medical Officer aboard the Hale, discovered they had feelings for each other. Jason was a bit torn in this and talked about it with Mikaela on several occasions. About a year after her assignment, Mikaela learned troubling news about her brother from her parents. After she had gone to StarFleet, Christian had met Captain Brendan Yorlin, the commander of the freighter, SS Firestorm while the Cheyenne was docked at Starbase 79. It seemed the Firestorm was in need of crew, and after discussing it with Captain Yorlin, who said he could be trained while on board, Chris decided to join. He'd been doing well, and sent messages to his parents every so often, until one day they were contacted by Captain Yorlin. While on the way to a colony on Virak II, the Firestorm was attacked by an Orion pirate ship. Several of the crew were captured, including Christian. Mikaela was devastated by the news, as were her parents. Upon hearing of it, she made a decision to leave the Hale so she could spend some time with her family and follow any leads before they grew cold. Unfortunately, the leads were few and far between...never leading to anything. She developed a strong dislike of Orions in general, and hoped to one day be able to find her brother. Upon returning from a short leave from StarFleet to be with her family, Mikaela was next assigned to the USS Phantom as a Damage Control Officer. She was glad she would be able to concentrate on her favorite area of engineering and warmed up to the job nicely. While there, she met Kilana Nira, an Engineering Mate. Though Kilana was several years older than Mika, the two became close friends. Kilana's more soft-spoken nature and Mikaela's friendly, more outgoing natured complimented each other well. Kilana could empathize with Mikaela, having a sister who had been captured by Cardassians, and offered to help in whatever way she could. Thus far the two have had no luck in locating Christian. Mikaela's assignment on the Phantom did not last long, as Captain Gorman took ill with an unknown disease. The Phantom returned to Earth, where he was admitted into one of the best hospitals. As the Phantom was scheduled for shoreleave anyway, the crew merely remained on Earth, anxiously awaiting news of their commanding officer. A week later, Captain Gorman died. The crew was understandably shaken, and looked to each other for comfort. As StarFleet did not feel the Executive Officer was quite ready to take command, and since the Phantom was undergoing a refit anyway, it was decided that the crew would be reassigned. Mikaela and Kilana requested to be reassigned to the same ship, and received word a few days later that they would be joining the crew of the USS Sentinel under Commodore James Lange.