David Mitchell

Growing up in England with his parents, (both of whom held prestigous positions in research & education), led to a childhood that encouraged enquiry, expression and investigation. Unfortunately as David reached school age his parents became blacklisted amongst the education community following their agressively vocal opposition to Starfleet’s (and by extention the Federation’s) growing military nature, particularly as a result of the Dominion War. Their insightful but outspoken opinions resulted in the loss of both of their positions, hostility from their community and eventually their early retirement to the countryside of England’s home counties. Isolated from his peers David sturggled as a child to aclimate to others a trait that has sadly carried through to his adult life.

Obsessed with the stars from childhood he found his surname closed many civilian doors, even a decade after the war was over. So it was with a heavy heart that David told his parents he was going to Starfleet Academy to pursue physics and planetary sciences, desperate to reach the stars he had spent years watching from the fields surrounding his homestead. As tears rolled down his mother’s eye he boarded the transport to San Fransisco.

Though he excelled in his science training David struggled with the more general duties a Cadet is expected to learn, only just aquiring a basic tactical grade. Throughout his training Academy counsellors worried about the quiet young man who spent his hours locked in the library, who never seemed to attend socials or events. It was a Vulcan Astrophysics lecturer, T’Danick, who managed to break through David’s solo nature when he noticed the young man charting the stars one night in the Academy courtyard. Taking him under his proverbial wing David found both his knowledge and social skills expanding. It was with great pride (though he wouldn’t say it out loud) that his Vulcan mentor watched as David took the stage to graduate, a prestigous secondment to the Vulcan Science Directorate already in hand.

David spent the next five years working on Vulcan and later the exploratory vessel, the Shu’min, amongst fellow scientists who shared his interest in exploration and an enviroment unburdened by difficault, emotional social interactions. It was with great sadness that his secondment ended and he was called back to Starfleet service proper. Assigned to Starbase Bravo as part of their Deep Space Observation team he was thrust back into the busy multi-cultural world of Starfleet.

Whilst working on a long range survey David discovered evidence of large scale weapons testing across the border in the chaotic contested space follwing the dissolution of the Romulan Star Empire. Quickly assigned to Theta Squad he was whisked away on the Nestus as part of the teams remit to respond to dangerous scientific anomolies.

The young man who wanted a quiet life of scientific exploration and study has found himself an indispencible member of a team who exists to dive headlong into dangerous scientific incidents. The most worrying thing is he is beginning to like it.