Editing Darla Wright (section)

==Starfleet:==
Darla joined the Academy against her parent's wishes. It was generally believed that Darla was unable to fend for herself, and at first that almost proved to be true. Without her father's money, gifts and approval, Darla struggled through her first year at the academy. It was only after some of her fellow cadets, banded to gether to teach her how to do things on her own, that Darla began to grow as an independant person. While barely avoiding washing out in her first year, she improved over the subsequent 3 years at the acedmy. She seemed to grasp the concepts of warp and systems engineering without difficulty. It was the social aspects that she had struggled with in her early year at the Academy. Determined not to prove her parent's right, she worked hard and managed to graduate the academy, third from the bottom of her class.

Darla was assigned to the [[USS Hades]], which was then commanded by captain Saleke. Under the mentorship of the Ship's Chief Engineer, Norman Harper, she eventually began to risein rank and responsibilities. She served aboard the Hades during the [[Sector 001|Battle of Sector 001]], which brought the [[Federation Civil War]] to an end. By the end of the Civil war she had become the Gamma Shift leader for Engineering.

Upon the resignation of Chief Norman Harper, she assumed the position of [[engineering|Acting Chief Engineer]] for the [[USS Hades]]