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LT COMMANDER HEATHER YAMAGUCHI
Name: Heather Yamaguchi Family: Education: Service Record: Biography: She grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska on Earth as her mother was assigned to the Starfleet medical offices in Fairbanks as this suited Heather and her family fine as she grew up in Fairbanks, a happy child with two loving parents that adored her, it seemed like nothing could go wrong until that fateful day in 2366 when her mother died. For the family, it was a very bitter blow and for Heather, it ripped out her heart but also set her focus on her main career in life, Starfleet as a pilot, partly to protect others and to also avenge her mother. She graduated high school in early
2369 and applied right away for Starfleet Academy, she was accepted
into that years fall semester as a student so she packed up her life
and moved to San Francisco, she moved in with a couple of her high
school friends until early December 2369 when she moved onto the
campus full time, partly because she wanted to apply herself and
also because she couldn’t face her She graduated the academy in early 2373 and with the threat of wartime hanging over the heads of everyone in the Federation, whether or not they were in Starfleet began to gnaw at Heather as she was assigned to the USS Barham as one of their new flight controllers. The battle of Tyra weeded out all the newbie flight controllers on the Barham save her and she even took the Chief's slot when the conn officer was killed that to a Jem’hadar torpedo that landed just forward of the number 42nd bulkhead. After the Battle of Tyra, she was offered an assignment on the USS Dreadnought where she fought in many of the major battles of the Dominion War like the 1st Battle of Vulcan with the USS Dreadnought demolishing many a Jem’hadar ship to Operation Return, to the Vulcan and Bolian Fronts. The USS Dreadnought's most dangerous mission came in late 2374 with the fall of Betazed, in preparation for the inevitable counter-attack by the 2nd Fleet, the Dreadnought attacked the Betazed outer defense perimeter, demolishing a half dozen Jem'hadar fighters before withdrawing with moderate combat damage, two hours later she came back with a half dozen tricobalt warheads ready that were used to demolish two Orbital control stations and another three weapons platforms before they were brought online, the 2nd Fleet arrived shortly, saving the Dreadnought from destruction as they crashed into the Dominion Lines, the attack itself was a failure because the Dominion sent another 60 ships to Betazed but this didn't hurt Heather any as she got to demonstrate her flying talents for all to see. She earned the Pentaries Cluster as she helped save a Freighter loaded down with Federation Civilians that had been evacuated from Chudala. She was then reassigned to the USS Renown as their Chief Conn Officer, the war was putting a premium on good flyers and here Heather would serve until the end of the war through various battles such as the Battle of the Three Suns, the Battle over Earth and the Battles of Getha and Cardassia respectively. With the end of the war came the end of combat duty for Heather Yamaguchi and in light of her war experiences, she was offered a tour of duty aboard the USS Black Prince as she would embark on a two year exploration mission in Beta Quadrant and as the USS Black Prince arrived back at Earth, she along with 26 others were summoned to deal with a Borg incursion, in all Thirty-Six ships were on hand to help destroy a Borg Sphere and welcome home the USS Voyager. It was during her transfer on Starbase One that she met her future husband Ben Randel, he transferred with her over to the USS kitty Hawk and the two were wed after a rather tempestuous romance, unfortunately the love they had together wasn't meant to last as Ben was killed in an accident in Engineering when a plasma conduit blew, she also earned a red crest as she lost one hand, severed in the same accident and had a replacement fitted instead, also at the same time Heather requested a transfer off the Kitty Hawk and was assigned to the USS Valiant as their Chief Conn Officer in early 2379. She would serve aboard the USS Valiant with distinction as she mourned her husbands loss and she slowly healed, she found an outlet in Reading late 20th Century novels, loud music and watching movies from the late 20th and Early 21st Centuries. One Holodeck Program she created was a world War One flying program, depicting the major aerial battles of the First World War and soon she was back to her happy-go-lucky self all over again. She accepted a Transfer over to the USS Antietam as the beta watch conn officer since she'd spent the last few years piloting smaller ships and even pulling an Immelmann turn turn in space on the USS Valiant as she dueled with two pirates from the Kol'zan group, this action earned her a DFC. After 6 months she earned the Sulu Award for Piloting Excellence because of her actions saving an Away Team using the Sulu Shuttle Stunt, it was considered highly dangerous but they all lived after crash-landing rather then all being killed so for Heather, it was a good trade. in mid 2382, Heather was transferred to the USS Exactor and this would prove to be her most interesting post to date as she served under the Grandnephew of Fleet Captain Chris Pike. In Early 2383, she was reassigned from the USS Exactor to the USS Resolution, she was then yanked from Conn into Security, so for her this is a whole new world of business, it shows in that she is sometimes nervous and uneasy. not even a month later, she was yanked into tactical and for her, this was something she was totally ill-trained for however she made the best of what she felt to be a bad situation, however her new relationship with Major Steven Johnson of the USS Resolutions Marine Battalion, when she was transferred over to the USS Victory, he put in for reassignment as well, she found this to be quite romantic and was touched by his actions, time will tell how she settles into her role as USS Victory Chief Flight Controller. Special Notes:
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