LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
ABNER MICHAELS
SECOND SCIENCE OFFICER
DEEP SPACE 13
(Extra)
Race: Terran
Rank: Lt. Commander
Age: 38
PREVIOUS POSTINGS
USS Pierson Starbase 53
USS Magnum
USS Aquila
Deep Space 11
USS Van Buren
USS Tionsen
Science Outpost Bathurst
USS Athens
Abner Michaels, brilliant and considered a top expert in his field, astonished his fellow Academy graduates by graduating despite popular belief that he would be expelled. Egocentric, flippant, self-centered and unkind, Abner Michaels is one of the few officers with the option of being insubordinate without reproval.
Undeniably a genius, Abner commands a good deal of respect from all those around him. Because of his superior intellect he considers everyone around him to be hopelessly daft and makes it his business to tell them so.
Abner distinguished himself early in his career with some noteworthy discoveries, theories that proved fact, and a couple of innovations that promised him mention in history books to come. Because of this his superior officers were nearly powerless to curb his insufferable behavior. He single-handedly caused two separate science teams to demand transfer - either theirs or his so long as they would be rid of him. Unable to discharge such a prestigious and accomplished scientist, Captains would shuffle him off to someone else. Complaints against him and demands for his discharge only exacerbated the problem.
Annoyed, Abner's personality became more grating, and, enjoying the misery he created, he worked even harder to make himself invaluable. Abner Michaels has been married, and divorced, five times. He has two children which he never sees and barely acknowledges.
At 6'4" he is constantly mistaken for an athlete and is forever pointing out how much he loathes team sports. His hair is blond and several inches past collar-length which he wears in a ponytail. Past commanders have suggested, requested, and even ordered him to cut his hair -- which he has always staunchly refused to do. His only sensitivity is his feet, which barely fit into size 14 shoes. While serving on the Tionsen he started a fistfight over the nickname 'Bigfoot' and spent two days in the brig.