Eian O'Neill

Lieutenant Eian Michael O'Niell
Name:	Eian Michael O'Neill
Age:	24
Gender:	Male
Birthplace:	Ireland, Earth
Species:	Human
Eye Color:	Blue
Hair Color:	Blonde-red
Height:	5.4 Ft
Weight:	145 lbs.
Blood Color:	Red
Skin Color:	Pale peach
Current rank:	Lieutenant JG
Current Position:	ACEO
Assignment:	USS Rosenante
Status:	Active

Physical Description:

Eian is short for a human male, but very muscular and fit. He's got blondish-red hair. It's wavy if he lets it grow out, but he usually keeps it cropped short. He smiles frequently in the presence of friends, but because of his small size, has learned to use body language to intimidate potential foes. He has an excellent poker face when he needs to, which can lead to many comments from friends that they can't ever tell what he's thinking.

Background and Family:

• Mother: Commander Grace O'Neill (deceased, 2411)
• Father: Captain Liam O'Neill
• Brother: Cadet Glenn O'Neill, civilian, (born 2395), Starfleet Academy

Eian was born in 2389 to Liam and Grace O'Neill in Ireland while Grace was constructing a tactical training school for Starfleet, that would specifically help integrate other cultures' tactical practices into Starfleet strategy. Grace O'Neill specialized in cross-species tactics. Liam O'Neill's expertise is medical, but he eventually chose a command track. Liam and Grace were called to serve aboard the Starship USS Gadsden when Eian was six, and they moved to the Starship USS Orbitas when Eian was fifteen and Glenn, his younger brother, was seven. Glenn was born aboard the Gadsden, but both boys got the chance to visit their parents' home country of Ireland on numerous occasions, whenever they had leave or their starship was close to Earth. Eian entered Starfleet Academy at the age of eighteen, and graduated at age 24. He took a leave of absence from the Academy after his mother was killed in 2406. He enrolled in a specialized training course at Starfleet Headquarters following his leave of absence. The training course covered advanced lie detection methods, interrogation techniques, and counterterrorism expertise. However, part of his reason for enrolling was that it would allow him to be closer to his father and brother, both of which returned to Ireland after Grace's death. Eian comes from a strong Christian background, and his faith is very important to him.

During the Rosenante's mission Just Another Saturday Night, Eian met Ensign(jg) Jessica Signos at the The County Cork on New Years' Eve. After light conversation, they found they liked each other quite a bit. But they were soon thrown into a power outage crisis situation on the station, and were forced to fight for their lives together. They were both injured in the process, and they both made fast recoveries in the Rosenante's sickbay. The entire incident brought initiated a romantic relationship between them.

Education:

• Starfleet Academy/ Recent classes: At age 18, he enrolled in Starfleet Academy, and graduated at age 24. While there, he studied wartime/security strategy, ship systems engineering, and weapons engineering with a minor in psychology. He took several profiling classes and lie detection classes, and is skilled in interrogations. When he took a year and a half off from Starfleet Academy to be with his family (after his mother's death), he worked as a drydock mechanic to keep busy and this was counted as class credit towards an engineering license, which he completed before his graduation from the Academy. His degree is in Defensive and Offensive Strategy with a concentration in Ship Systems Technology and a minor in Psychology.
• Secondary School: USS Orbitas mobile classroom, USS Gadsden mobile classroom
• Primary School: USS Gadsden mobile classroom.
• Kindergarten and first grade in Ireland Preschool: Ages 3-4, Ireland.

Pre-Starfleet:

Eian loved living aboard starships, and from a young age was interested in strategy games, puzzle-solving, and weapons. His interests were fueled by his mother's cross-species expertise and her knowledge of tactics, and eventually his interests developed into psychology and various forms of security and wartime tactics. He became a bit of a history buff, concentrating on war history and psychological studies into famous criminals. As a teenager, he became interested in building weaponry, and took several engineering courses (including one introductory one from Starfleet Academy). He started flight courses at age sixteen and was able to complete his flight training in Starfleet Academy, at age twenty-one.

Starfleet:

USS Rosenante: Assistant Chief Engineering Officer

Missions:

1. The Gilded Man

Eian was assigned to the Rosenante straight out of the Academy, and shipped from a Starbase, delivering himself and a new shuttle to the Rosenante. Unfortunately, someone screwed up the paperwork and didn't realize that the Rosenante was cloaked in a dangerous area of space. The Irlixian government had illegally acquired technology from Starfleet (see mission details), and now controlled their solar system, shooting down vessels that attempted to enter. When Eian entered, his shuttle was severely damaged and he was forced to crash on planet Irlix. Thankfully, he crashed near the current away team's covert position, and they were able to rescue him and destroy the shuttle. He joined the away team and participated in their duties until they were beamed back aboard the Rosenante. At this point, he was ordered to go down to the planet on another away mission to rescue the Irlixian government's hostages from the USS Bohrs. They were successful while another away team was successful at stopping Ono Nakamura, the chief engineer of the USS Medea, who had assumed dictatorship of the most powerful government on Irlix and severely compromised the Prime Directive. At the end of the mission, Eian was promoted to Ensign (sg) and officially named Assistant Chief Engineer of the USS Rosenante.

2. Touch of the Eidolon

After their mission on Irlix, the Rosenante docked at Starbase 989 for shore leave. Eian decided to participate in the station's upcoming martial arts tournament, and also continued his work on a personal project of his. He had the thought that if two people could see each other over subspace, a subspace signal might be extended to allow the benefits of a holodeck program. The participants would be able to not only see and hear, but also touch, their companions who were Light Years away. His motivation for doing this was his wish to spend Christmas with his family, whom he had spent Christmas with every year for his entire life.

The first martial arts tournament match left Eian greatly disappointed. His opponent was a Kresteegan man three times his weight, and Eian spent the first ten minutes attempting to calm his opponent down and convince him that the pairing was not an intentional cultural insult. After doing fairly well for being greatly out-weighted, Eian received an unusually low score, and was especially disappointed at the lowest number of all--"conduct." He felt that after having to calm his raving opponent, he deserved a far better conduct rating.

It was about this time that Eian received his Christmas present from his father and brother, a new puppy who he named Murphy (which is Gaelic for 'hound of the sea'). Murphy was about two months old, and is German Shepherd / English Foxhound mix.

Soon after this, there was a murder on board, and Eian inserted himself in the investigation in an attempt to prove to Lt. Ben Soma that he had the skills necessary for tactical work. Eian profiled the murderer and participated in the search for whoever stole and used his thumb print signature for a low-level engineering request to make the Rosenante fully holo-capable. He realized, after seeing the details of the medical exam and participating in the investigation, that the murderer was most likely a hologram. He helped Soma question the suspicious Romulan T'Sek aboard the Orion vessel Harveq. He then helped formulate the plan to catch the true culprit, the Ferengi Quol Nor. His plan would allow them to trap the holoprogram while simultaneously tracking its source and shutting it down before it could hurt anyone else.

After Quol Nor's arrest, shore leave was extended aboard the Rosenante and Eian was promoted to Lieutenant (jg).

3. Just Another Saturday Night

On New Year's Eve, Eian went to the The County Cork in a replicated World War II Army Air Corp flight suit. He hoped that the costume would attract attention from the ladies and spark conversation. As it turned out, he didn't need the uniform at all--he met Jessica Signos and struck up a conversation with her that lasted for hours. They discussed the drawbacks of being short, their career plans, their respective assignments, and their heritages. As the chronometer struck midnight, they kissed, and exchanged blessings for each other.

Less than an hour later, while they were still in conversation, the power suddenly went out on Starbase 989, leading to a riot on the Promenade. Eian did what he could to calm the civilians inside the The County Cork before he and Jessica checked in with their superiors and Eian received orders from Lt. Steven Wade Matrix to make his way to the Starbase's Engineering and investigate what was going on. Communications were down throughout most of the starbase, and the chief engineer had no way to contact his counterparts on the base. Eian and Jessica made their way through the Jefferies Tubes to circumvent the rioters, but on the way, while attempting to repair an overheated conduit, Eian was attacked by Vexarak Spoilers. Jessica managed to pull him away in time so that they didn't devour him, but they did swipe his skin, leaving him with many deep cuts, and five of them entered his body and made their way to his Brain Stem. Jessica healed his cuts with a nearby medkit, but did not realize the insects were inside him. When Eian regained consciousness, he found that his stimulant medication was not working at all, and that he couldn't concentrate on anything. To alleviate some of the ADHD symptoms, he talked to Jessica the entire way to Engineering and made little sense along the way. He jumped from subject to subject, quoting Monty Python and the Holy Grail frequently and making romantic advances toward Jessica.

When they arrived in Engineering, Eian's hyperactive state allowed him to quickly determine the cause of the massive overload that had crippled the Starbase. The rioters were at the door, however, so Jessica held them off while Eian attempted to lock down the main core of the station so that the rioters could not destroy them all. He managed to do so, with some difficulty, and Jessica was shot with a dart just as the rioters scattered, hearing Starfleet Officers coming. Eian picked up Jessica and ran with her to Sickbay on the station, where he promptly collapsed only a few steps in the door. The Spoilers were doing too much damage to his brain, and he was in danger of dying.

Luckily, Dr. Emily Post had room for both of them aboard the Rosenante, and they were beamed there, where they both received successful treatment.

4. Once More Into The Breach

Late at night on Stardate 2414.1.14, Starfleet Command contacted Captains Durand and Salid and made them aware of a danger the Darson Deep Space Array had picked up. A Borg Tactical Cube and a Borg Pyramid had been spotted near the Federation-Romulan border in the Beta Quadrant, heading toward the Dovek System. Because the system was once home to an extremely advanced race of people called the Tkon, there were disastrous tactical implications of the Borg acquiring buried technology in the deserted system. The captains recalled all shore leave, ordered all non-essential personnel off the ship, including all civilians and animals. Neither Eian nor Jessica Signos knew what to expect at that point, but they parted with a kiss before entering their respective ships and departing Starbase 989. The briefing that took place shortly afterward clued them in as what they were up against, and Eian began engineering tactical scenarios in his head.

When they arrived near Dovek II, a plan was put into place. A previously launched away mission had crashed on the radiation-scarred planet Dovek II after their shuttle was attacked by the Borg. Their original mission was to gather data about the weapon on the surface, and they succeeded. With that information, the Boudicca and Rosenante launched another two away teams -- one to rescue the first away team, and the second to place an antimatter mine inside the weapon the Borg were attempting to salvage. A 'scorched Earth' policy would be a better alternative to the Borg getting a hold of a weapon that had the potential to destroy an entire solar system, or worse. Eian was assigned to the rescue mission, and they successfully landed on the planet while the Rosenante and Boudicca drew the Borg's attention by engaging them in battle.

While on the surface, Eian's commander Sanok was separated from the group and Eian temporarily commanded the rescue team until they were reunited. He led the team to the survivors and played a critical role in getting everyone back to the shuttle safely. After this, they used the shuttle and the survivors' spare power cell from the crashed shuttle to assist the mine team, also on the planet to destroy the ancient device that the Borg were attempting to salvage. They rendezvoused with the mine team and Eian attached the power cell to the mine, enabling the device to blow and the technology to be destroyed. He carried a critically injured Jessica Signos back to the now very crowded shuttle and the three teams were able to lift off the surface and escape the explosive wave that obliterated the planet's surface.

Once back aboard the Rosenante, all away team members were treated for radiation poisoning and whatever other injuries they suffered. Although Eian briefly remained at Jessica's side in Sickbay, he returned to his duties. The Rosenante engaged in battle with the Borg Cube and Pyramid, which were attempting to create a time vortex to travel back and salvage the sphere in the past. During the battle, the Rosenante lost a nacelle and it hurtled into the Pyramid, destroying it. The Cube was also destroyed. However, the Rose was badly hurt and Eian took two junior engineers to attempt to 'tourniquet' the enormous energy flux on the starboard nacelle's 'stump.' They were partially successful, but not before the Borg beamed aboard the Rosenante and began assimilating the crew.

Eian's small team was attacked, and the other two officers with him were assimilated. However, Eian was captured but not immediately assimilated. He fought tooth and nail, shattering his ankle and collarbone in the process. However, the Borg subdued him and secured him in a tightly restraining device to prevent further harm to himself. The individual drone leading the Borg's mission, Volus, wanted to study him to discover the nature of the human soul. Volus questioned Eian on his religion and the concept of hope, and Eian answered after initial hesitation. However, Commander T'Larah Sullivan entered and threatened Volus and the surrounding drones. Volus assimilated Eian to prevent his knowledge from being lost.

Eian's assimilation didn't come easily, though. A combination of a newly developed preventative drug that he was given to slow assimilation, and his natural brain chemistry that depended on stimulation, allowed him to retain his focus and control of his mind despite his complete loss of control of his body. A significant internal struggle ensued, where Eian was bombarded by the Borg's attempts to draw his focus away from his individuality, but his ADHD made every physically painful and mentally exhausting effort only strengthen his focus. Finally, the Borg realized that Eian was gaining focus from stimulation, and so they took away all stimulation. They turned off his optical implant and bolted a metal eyepiece onto his skull over his other eye, blinding him. They turned off the auditory implants they had installed, and the electronic voice box with which they had replaced his vocal cords. They turned off his nerves, leaving his consciousness floating in nothingness. With absolutely no stimulation, his mind had no choice but to gravitate toward the Borg, and he was effectively assimilated.

Eian became 2 of 5, and was initially assigned to a basic repair that required only pre-programmed commands, not sight, hearing, speaking, nor feeling. Somewhere deep in 2 of 5's consciousness, Eian felt total sorrow and wished to die. He could have dealt with his physical fate, if he still had a connection to God. But the Borg had silenced the brain function that made his feelings of joy possible when he thought about God. He had no joy, no feelings of awe. For the first time in his life, he was completely and totally alone.

Medical:

Eian was diagnosed with Attention Divergence Hyperactivity Disorder (known as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder until 2105) at age three, and has been coached and treated with mild stimulants since early childhood to cope with the symptoms of hyperactivity and difficulty controlling his attention. He still contacts his old coach occasionally for tips, but has his ADHD relatively under control, as long as he takes his morning stimulant. He has severe allergies, which he receives monthly antihistimine hyposprays for. They are under control. He has been seeing a counselor regularly since the death of his mother, Grace. He has frequent nightmares pertaining to her death, but exhibits no outward signs of incapacitation. He is cleared for duty.

In 2414, Eian was attacked by Vexarak Spoilers, 5 of which attached themselves to his Brain Stem. Dr. Emily Post's initial attempts to remove them surgically resulted in Eian crashing on the table, and so she eventually transported them out of his brain and into a secure container. He was treated successfully, and recovered fully.

Hobbies:

Eian has loved to write from an early age. He has what his father fondly called, A runaway imagination that would allow him to conceive of worlds beyond his own, and share them with all who wished to hear. Eian writes novels about the future and past, and shares them with his family, whom he calls his editors. He has no published works as of yet. Eian loves his family and spends as much time as possible with them. Much of his free time is spend on subspace lately, chatting with his brother and father since his mother's death. In order to control his ADHD, Eian uses exercise to calm himself down and allow himself to think. He loves to run, swim, climb, and will try any sport. He tends to like all sports, and is quite the athlete. He exercises in some way every day. Eian also plays the Irish flute, loves to fly fighter craft in the holodeck, and enjoys watching/participating in historical holodeck programs.

Skills:

Eian is gifted in strategy of any sort. Given the right constraints, he can think his way out of any problem. He has been able to perfect his poker face and get away with deception quite easily, should he need to. He also has incredibly fast reflexes, which combined with his avid proclivity towards physical exercise make up for his small physique. Eian has training in engineering pertaining to ship systems and the design of weaponry, extensive knowledge of strategy and tactics (for wartime and peace time), training in lie detection and interrogation techniques, and has studied the criminal mind. His degree is in Defensive and Offensive Strategy with a concentration in Ship Systems Technology and a minor in Psychology. Eian received his pilot's license when he was twenty-one, authorizing him to fly fighter shuttles in tactical training scenarios once he graduated from Starfleet Academy. He also has a Starfleet-certified engineering license. He is skilled in standard Starfleet hand-to-hand, ground, and aerial combat techniques. He has also received advanced training in all of these areas, and has exceptional knowledge of cross-species hand-to-hand techniques and ways to counter them, because of his mother's work.

Other:

Eian comes from a large extended family in Ireland, most of which he doesn't see because of his career in Starfleet. However, he wants to carry on the tradition. When he meets a woman he loves, he plans to marry her and have children. He likes children quite a lot and will babysit if asked. He tends to take on the coach role with them, teaching them how to play sports or teaching them about history. He practices his Christian faith by attending a holodeck service every Sunday when he is able to do so, praying regularly before bed and during the day, and reading his Bible whenever he has the chance. He considers his career in Starfleet a way of serving God. He stands by strict principles of acceptance that accompany his faith, and is very open to others' beliefs.

Medals and Commendations:

None Awarded.