SERVICE RECORD
2374-2375 -  Ensign, USS Triest, Engineering Officer
2375-2376 -  Ensign, USS Marksole, Engineering Officer
2376-2377 -  Lt.(jg), Utopia Planitia, Defiant Refit, Assistant Engineer
2377-PRES -  Lt.(jg)-Lt., USS Terra Nova, Chief Engineer

EDUCATION:
Elisabeth Manning's elementary and secondary school career was average at best. She did not excell at school nor did she have any interest in it while growing up. As a result, her scores when completing secondary school were within the lowest 20% of her class.

Yet, shortly before graduating, Elisabeth became determined to join Starfleet. Despite her parents warnings that her poor acedemic record would preclude any such posibility, she applied for Starfleet Academy, and took the tests. Strangely enough, her surprisingly high scores, and with a little bit of pulling for favors by her parents, she was accepted into Starfleet academy on probation.

Once Elisabeth began classes, her turnaround stunned everyone, including her parents and instructors. But most of all, it shocked Elisabeth herself. Within the first year, she was in the top 30% of her class. By the time she graduated, she was in the top 2%.

Her academy career was not without blemish however. In her freshman year, she was suspended for three weeks because of charges of assault and battery. Her suspension came as a result of critically injuring a senior with several well placed karate blows. When the matter was fully investigated, it was discovered that the upperclassman had attempted to sexually assault her. He was expelled and brought up on charges as a result. Elisabeth was instructed to seek counseling.

STARFLEET SERVICE:
Once out of the Academy in 2374, Elisabeth was assigned to the engineering staff on the USS Triest. She served on the Triest only a year, when the ship was irreparably damaged in a battle with the Jem H'adar. She then was reassigned to the aging Excellsior class ship Marksole, which was assigned to the Earth Defence Fleet. Both the ship and Elisabeth served without distinction in the last year of the war.

In 2376, Elisabeth was reassigned to the Utopia Planitia Shipyards to join the Defiant refit project. With the large quantities of that class of ship having been laid out and not yet completed, the decision was made to refit them to serve in other duties than tactical. Elisabeth was part of a plan to combat the shortage of engineers by using a great many lower ranked officers to assist in the refits. The experiance gained would allow these officers to fill positions that would have otherwise required more experianced officers.

In 2377, with the completion of the USS Terra Nova, Elisabeth was assigned as an engineer. When Lt. Commander Lok and Lt. Lorenz transfered at Tempus, Elisabeth became the new Assistant Engineer simply due to seniority. Following Commander Banda's promotion to Captain in 2378, Elizabeth earned a promotion to full lieutenant, and Chief Engineer.
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