Commander Margaret Hayes
	Name: Margaret “Maggie” Hayes
	Species: Human
	Gender: Female
	Age: 32
	Date of Birth: 7 August 2346
	Place of Birth: Raleigh, North Carolina, North American Continent, Earth
	Position: Chief Engineer, USS Swiftsure
	Rank: Commander
	General Appearance: Athletic Feminine Build
	Distinguishing Marks: “That’s not something a lady reveals”
	Height: 5’ 7”
	Weight: 135 Pounds
	Hair Color: Strawberry Blonde
	Eye Color: Green
Marital Status: Single
Family: Howard Hayes (Father) – Farmer;  Jessica Hayes (Mother) – Farmer; Robert Hayes (Brother) – Lieutenant (USS Pacific, Engineer); Michael Hayes (Brother) - Farmer
Personality Characteristics:
Likes: Reading Engineering Journals, Puzzles
Dislikes: Not Having the right tools to complete a job, being looked down upon because of her gender
Strengths: Ability to see Engineering projects in her head, advanced mechanical ability
Limitations: Slightly Claustrophobic
Skills: Fixing things, Figuring out how things work
Ambitions: Running own Design Bureau for Starfleet
Quirks: Slight Claustrophobia, Likes older men, has occasional traces of Southern drawl and acts like a Southern Belle
Hobbies/Interests: Tinkers with small gadgets, Cooking, outdoor activities
Languages spoken: Federation Standard English, French
Education:
Primary: Completed Grade School 2364 with Honors
Starfleet Academy: Graduated 2368 with Highest Honors
Service Record:
2368: Graduates from Starfleet Academy and receives commission as Lieutenant (jg).  Assigned to USS Loghrin as Warp Core Specialist
2369:  Promotion to Lieutenant and Assistant Chief Engineer of USS Loghrin
2370: Transfer to USS Swiftsure as Assistant Chief Engineer
2373:  Promoted to Lieutenant Commander
2375:  Promoted to Chief Engineer
2379:  Promoted to Commander
Personal History:
Margaret Hayes was born into the wealthy farming family of Howard and Jessica Hayes.  Something of a Tomboy, Maggie spent much of her early years learning to repair farm equipment and help out her brothers with the chores.  She showed a natural aptitude for all things mechanical and it was without hesitation that she signed up to become an Engineer upon her acceptance to Starfleet Academy. She graduated with Highest Honors and received the rank of Lieutenant junior grade upon graduation.  This made things tough on Maggie as her crewmates were skeptical of her abilities at first.  The skeptics were quickly put aside when her natural talents to fix and mend all things mechanical shone through. Her fear of small places stems mainly, she believes, from an incident during her midshipman cruise.  Her classmates, playing a prank, sealed her into a Jeffries tube and refused to let her out.  It took her several years of counseling to overcome the fear, but even now she still experiences occasional flashbacks to the incident. It was Maggie’s skill that helped to keep the ship together during the Dominion War, and often what helped to keep the crew alive.  During the fighting Maggie could be found in the midst of the chaos, calmly directing repair teams and coming up with ideas to keep the ship together.  Her actions earned her a Medal of Valor and the Chief of Engineering position.  She is fiercely protective of the people in her department and the ship’s engines.  She has been known to argue fiercely with the Captain on occasions were she feels that he is abusing “her” engines.  She considers the ship almost as her own child and she is not afraid to argue the point.
Awards:
Dominion War Service Medal
Liberation of Betazed
Battle of Cardassia
Honour of Excellence
Cross of Distinction
Act of Kindness x 2
Act of Distinction x2
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