Lieutenant K'Naut

Character Information

Gender		Male
Species		Caitian
Age		58

Physical Appearance

Height		178 cm
Weight		81.6 kg
Hair Color		White, gray, brown, black
Eye Color		Yellow
Physical Description		Large for a Caitian. His head and facial features resemble those of a terrestrial Pallas cat. His left ear has been torn and left to heal that way. The fur on his body is grey-white with brown and black stripes, similar to those of a mackerel tabby. He has a long, straight stripe of black fur on his right forearm.

Family

Spouse		None
Children		None
Father		D'tress
Mother		Pirou
Brother(s)		None
Sister(s)		None

Personality & Traits

General Overview		K'Naut is intelligent and warm with a quirky sense of humor. He enjoys being around other sentient beings. He likes to give those around him nicknames.
Strengths & Weaknesses		He is resourceful, gets along with others, and is an excellent engineer. He has anger control issues and a crippling fear of being assimilated by the Borg.
Ambitions		K'Naut just wants to be an engineer, especially in Starfleet.
Hobbies & Interests		He collects old technology, especially handheld engineering tools, which he often uses in his duties. He is building a 1:20 scale model of an NX-class starship.

Personal History		K'Naut's father was small as child and was bullied by his peers. He convinced his wife to allow their unborn child to undergo genetic modification at great expense and with the utmost secrecy. K'Naut would be larger and stronger than the average Caitian. He would also have more acute sight, hearing, and smell. Shortly after he was born, K'Naut's father was hired to be the chief engineer at the P'teera dilithium mining colony, a Caitian-run facility near the Federation border with the Tholians. When K'Naut was ten years old, the Tholians decided that P'teera was in their territory and attacked the colony. K'Naut's father was left with permanent brain damage and his mother lost a leg. The family moved back to Cait. K'Naut attended Starfleet Academy as an engineering cadet, graduating 5th in his class. He decided to go into the advanced training program and earned the equivalent of a PhD in starship propulsion systems. His first assignment was to the starship design team at Utopia Planitia. He helped design the warp drives of the Intrepid- and Sovereign-class starships. He became restless and requested reassignment. He was assigned to the USS Endeavour (NCC-71805) just in time to be involved in the Battle of Sector 001 against the Borg. K'Naut had a hard time dealing with the trauma of the battle, during which his best friend was killed when a pair of Borg boarded engineering. K'Naut killed both drones, but he couldn't save his friend. Things festered until the Caitian was triggered by an Andorian security officer. K'Naut attacked and badly wounded the Andorian. During the investigation of the incident, K'Naut's genetic modification was discovered. He was given a general discharge from Starfleet for his genetics and 6 months in a civilian penal colony for assaulting a fellow officer. Since then K'Naut has been wandering about, acting as an engineer, including a stint aboard the ill-fated Deep Space 10. Then, the Federation Council passed an amnesty for the genetically modified, which allowed K'Naut to rejoin Starfleet.
Service Record		Operations Track, Starfleet Academy 2363-2367 Advanced Engineering School, Starfleet Academy 2367-2369 Warp Design Associate, Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards 2369-2372 Warp Propulsion Specialist, USS Endeavour (NCC-71805) 2372-2374 General discharge from Starfleet 2374 Served 6 months at the Fesara VI Rehabilitation Facility 2374 Propulsion Specialist/Acting Chief Engineer, SS Gavia 2374-2376 Chief Engineer, Deep Space 10 2376-2379 Chief Engineer, SS D'gana 2379-2384 Engineering Lecturer, Daystrom Institute 2384-2387 Engineering Consultant, Romulan Relief Fleet 2387-2389 Chief Engineer, M/V Balderdash 2389-2395 Chief Engineer, Mercury Antimatter Production Facility, 2395-2403