Lieutenant Vincent Kramer
Name Vincent Nathaniel Kramer
Position Chief Engineering Officer
Rank Lieutenant
Stats
- 17 Mission Posts
- 1 Personal Logs
Last Post
Sat Apr 15, 2017 @ 1:26am
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Species | Human | |
| Age | 30 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 5' 5" | |
| Weight | 180 | |
| Hair Color | Brown | |
| Eye Color | Brown | |
| Physical Description | Short and stocky would be the best description of Vincent Kramer. Needless to say that he is physically fit and has wide shoulders and a narrow waist. His short brown hair goes well with his brown eyes and smooth medium caucasian completion. Strong facial features make him very appealing, especially the ladies he meets |
Family
| Significant Other | None | |
| Children | None | |
| Father | Yuri Kramer | |
| Mother | Nataliya Kramer | |
| Brother(s) | Aaron, Egor, and Ivan Kramer | |
| Sister(s) | None |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Kramer is very polite, but doesn’t create close friendships. He is very knowledgeable and confident in his work as an engineer. However, he sometimes gets lost in his own interests. | |
| Strengths & Weaknesses | Kramer is physically strong, very smart, yet forgetful at times. He is a genius, but doesn’t realize his own potential. He doubts that anyone will approve of his 'sideline' interests. Vincent is looked down upon by his father for not pursuing a music carrier like his brothers. He is still looking for his niche in life, but doesn’t realize that his accomplishments in engineering are astounding, because no one gets to see them. He keeps his ideas to himself, not believing that others will take him seriously. He continues to think that his ‘creative engineering’ is just for fun and couldn’t be practical or would be wanted to be used by anyone. This is what his father told him for years as a boy; building things instead of practicing his music. |
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| Ambitions | Kramer was not ambitious when he first joined Starfleet. He is very skilled, knowledgeable, and always does his best at the position he is given. But because of that lack of ambition, he had been over looked for promotion several times in the past. Things changed and became encouraged. With 8 years of experience in service to Starfleet, Vincent has obtained his goal to be the Chief Engineer on a major Starship. His next goal is to understand instantaneous transport. | |
| Hobbies & Interests | Writing & playing music. Music, playing or listening, is his escape from reality. Mountain climbing and repelling is his choice of fun when in the outdoors. Researching old Technical Manuals while listening to music is how he spends most of his free time. He loves to re-engineer things; making designs and schematics with full description and calculations. |
| Personal History | Vincent Nathaniel Kramer (Vince to his family and friends) Kramer grew up in New York City, just 4 blocks from Central Park. He is the youngest of 4 brothers. His parents believed strongly in musical talent and excellence. Each member of the family was expected to be able to play diverse instruments. Vincent received classic instruction as a boy on the violin, piano, and harp. Though he could play well, it was too “mechanical” for his father. His father said, "He just doesn’t have the heart for it." As a boy on different occasions he was found disassembling household electronics and reassembling them. For many years his father ignored this waste of time and put up with this “silly hobby”. Each brother had gone on to professions and artistic endeavors. Vince didn’t fit that mold. He was more of a tech geek. From a very young age he read constantly; mostly science periodicals and about mechanical things. He was involved with robotics as a youth, but it wasn’t his passion. The robotics Team Coach saw something in him and suggested that he look into attending Starfleet Academy. In addition to applying to Harvard University School of Music in Cambridge, Vincent Kramer also applied to Starfleet Academy, but not with the blessings of his father. His father thought there were more important things than to “be jumping about the stars”. Kramer was accepted to Starfleet Academy. At the Academy he did well for himself. He had some friends, but no close friendships. His free time was mostly spent in the library, or at a computer working on different ideas that came to him. He would come up with the wildest ideas and then put down and draw out the idea. But it was soon unfinished and filed away. He loved to read old technical manual and science periodicals. From time to time he would submit ideas to improve a system, but he never sent his name along with it. Kramer completed Starfleet Academy as an Engineer with the Class of 2384. His first posting out of the Academy was a menial task of monitoring storage and cargo transport systems on a minor space station in Jupiter Orbit. Monitoring transportation systems was his job, but his joy at that time was designing a miniature warp drive system. He dreamed of getting his hands on a real star-drive engine and helping make it work. He continued doing menial tasks as a young officer. He didn't mind too much for it gave him time to work on his ideas. In 2387, a researcher and developer at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards came across a technical upgrade recommendation for one of his power systems. The theory was mind boggling, but it wasn’t signed. He did some checking into who had created this information. What he found didn’t make sense. The recommendation had been tracked back to a 2nd year student at the Academy by the name of V. Kramer. He couldn’t believe that this Cadet had proposed this state of the art upgrade schematic by himself. The ideas were astounding. He found many recommendations sent to researchers at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards and other ship yards. This Kramer was a genius, but didn’t know it or didn’t care. The researcher tracked down and found Kramer assigned to the USS Morgan. After 3 years Kramer was still an Ensign doing mundane tasks on a small surveyor ship. He was assigned to monitor power regulating systems. The researcher pulled some strings and had him recommended to the USS Venture, a Galaxy Class Starship. With a little convincing by the researcher, the 1st Officer placed Kramer as an Engineer in Main Engineering. Kramer became more encouraged and began to share his ideas. Two years later, Kramer received a promotion to Lieutenant Junior Grade while serving aboard the USS Elysium, an Odyssey Class Starship. He was then given the position of Assistant Chief of Engineering. At the end of their 2 year mission, the Elysium returned to Deep Space 5 for refit. Lt.(JG) Kramer was reassigned to the Deep Space 5, a Celestial Class Starbase, as Assistant Chief of Engineering, where he made good use of his time, learning first-hand about the massive power systems. He served there for a good portion of a year. Lt. Kramer was requested and transferred to the USS Arcadia, an Odyssey Class Vessel, where he served for the next year as Asst. Chief of Engineering. During his service there he was promoted to full Lieutenant. With significant experience and now a full Lieutenant, Vincent Kramer was reassigned to the USS Triumphant as their Chief Engineer. |
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| Service Record | 2380-2381: Starfleet Academy - Year I, General Studies 2381-2382: Starfleet Academy - Year II, Technology studies ------ 2382: USS Marshall - Junior Cadet Cruise 2382-2383: Starfleet Academy - Year III, Engineering Syst. ------ 2383: USS Einstein - Senior Cadet Cruise, -------------------------------Personal Assistant to Chief Engineer 2383-2384: Starfleet Academy - Year IV, Engineering 2384 Graduate Starfleet Academy 2384-2385 Jupiter Supply Station Al Erez Asst. to the Asst. Transporter Chief A very mundane position. 2385-2387 USS Morgan Drake Class Starship – Surveyor Engineer – Power Conduit Maintenance (small ship) 2387-2388 USS Venture Galaxy Class Starship Engineer – Main Engineering 2388-2390 USS Elysium Odyssey Class Starship Asst. Chief of Engineering 2390-2391 Deep Space 5 Celestial Class Starbase Asst. Chief of Engineering 2391-2392 USS Arcadia Odyssey Class Starship Asst. Chief of Engineering 2392- USS Triumphant Odyssey Class Starship Chief of Engineering |