Technician Catherine Wells

Character Information

Gender		Female
Species		Human
Age		29

Physical Appearance

Height		5'7
Weight		145lbs
Hair Color		Black
Eye Color		Brown
Physical Description		Tough figure, an athletic build but good muscle tone and flexible. Also longish hair that she keeps tied back and out of her way.

Family

Spouse		None
Children		None
Father		Vincent Wells, IV
Mother		Evelyn Wells
Brother(s)		Jonathan *Jon*
Sister(s)		Evelyn *Evie*
Other Family		Aunts and Uncles on both sides, cousins etc

Personality & Traits

General Overview		Is very curious, has to fight the urge to push the big, red button or take something apart. Typical engineering mindset of always wondering, "Well what happens if I do this?" or "Can I improve this with a bit of tinkering?" but isn't usually foolish. Will take precautions when creating some new whatever the heck and would never knowingly hurt an innocent person. Tends to get tunnel vision when working and forget to eat etc but is oddly mother like when it comes to taking care of others in her charge. Prefers time to plan is however able to wing it in an emergency. Life being what it is is pretty good at adapting. Loyal to those obligations she takes on she will never betray a trust or a friend. Is overall friendly but won't share truly personal stuff until she gets to know people.
Strengths & Weaknesses		Strengths-Loyal, dedicated, competent. Can approach a problem from different angles. An excellent horseback rider and a fair pilot as well. Likes history but is a huge fan of the 19th Century North American West time period. Weaknesses-Tends to get tunnel vision when working on something. Has to work hard at not getting caught in the details and missing the forest for the trees.
Ambitions		Tends to focus on here and now to do her best job, her current goals are simply to do the best job possible. Whatever happens, happens. To live according to her values.
Hobbies & Interests		In her off time she can sometimes be found reading, practicing her skills.. She loves puzzles and is a big fan of 20th and 21st century earth detective stories and poetry. Also loves horseback riding and motor cycling riding. Also likes to learn ancient methods of blacksmithing. And sailing.

Personal History

She grew up in the North American Midwest on on her family's personal agricultural zone. Parents own an intergalactic agricultural business called Nature's Bounty, Inc. they are quite successful selling safe and healthy foods to species across the galaxy with a sub specialty of difficult to grow items. They also provide knowledge and equipment to aid areas in growing their own food. They contract with Vetta Industries for shipping if things get to be too much for their internal network. Her mother, former lawyer, is CEO while her father is a College Professor of Literature. She was always curious and helpful but her interests lay more with tinkering with equipment than food. So though she loved growing up on her parent's farm on earth she devoured all the information she could get on different technologies. Not just that but she was forever getting into things because her curiosity would lead her all over. Her family joked that she was 'the girl of a thousand questions' because they never seemed to stop. She even tried a few experiments including recalibrating the sonic showers to emit the opening to the Federation Pledge of Allegiance. Then couldn't get it to stop, her parents while supportive were less than pleased sometimes with their born tinker's precociousness. Finally her eagerness lead her to Starfleet, where she learn so much, absorbing like a sponge. This was a time of great change in her life and she weathered with her usual pragmatism. A few years into her career in Starfleet, she went home on an extended leave. Her Mother had been trying to aid the former Federation citizens left in the DMZ but it was a difficult balancing act to help but avoiding the Cardassions and trying to not get Starfleet's ire if seen as Maquis supporters. Unfortunately there was a critical need, as Catherine was making her way home, she stopped by DS9 on her way inbound. Only to find one of her Mother's Captains with a message for her. Turned out one of their ships with critical and life saving supplies was dead in the water, the main engineer having been injured they needed help and repair parts. The Captain was of a courier ship, meant for small deliveries but was the fastest they had. So re-routing to help her family with this life saving mission. She learned just how bad it was there and how hard those there were working to survive. She understood the Federation did things for the Greater Good but that still meant some fell through the cracks. She thought long and hard but decided since Starfleet was plenty strong without her to keep the main peace she could help those missed by the Federation Safety Net. After leaving Starfleet she found that her family had been smuggling not weapon but critical supplies for years. She now serves as the junior engineering office on the Ada Lovelace.