Name: Miles Edward O'Brien
Rank: Chief Petty Officer
Position: Transporter Chief
Age: 36
Starfleet History
2347: Served aboard USS Rutledge
2364: Assigned to USS Enterprise-D
2364: Promoted to Chief Petty Officer
Personal History
Miles O'Brien was born in Killarney, Ireland, Earth in September 2328. His father, Michael O'Brien, wanted him to be a cellist, and he was accepted to the Aldebaran Music Academy. However, a few days before he was scheduled to start classes there, he joined Starfleet. Before serving on the Enterprise Miles was a tactical officer on the Rutlegde. O'Brien was present at the aftermath of the Setlik III massacre, where his technical skill was useful in repairing a field transporter, allowing himself and thirteen other Starfleet personnel to escape a Cardassian patrol. This earned him a promotion to primary Tactical Officer. O'Brien also served as part of a squad to aid the survivors of the massacre as Cardassians were still patrolling the settlement; he helped a group of women and children but was ambushed by two Cardassians. He was able to incapacitate one of them but he got into a fight with the other and was forced to kill his assailant. Until then, O'Brien had never killed anything or anyone (he was even worried about swatting mosquitos as a child) and the incident left him with a deep-seated resentment towards Cardassians, bordering on outright racism on occasion. He often referred to them by the derogatory term "Cardies".
Once on the Enterprise he became Transporter Chief after serving as a relief conn officer during the incident with Q during the Enterprise's first mission to Farpoint.
