SERVICE RECORD
2367-2369 -  Ensign, USS Shelong, CONN Officer
2369-2372 -  Lt.(jg), USS Tokyo, CONN Officer
2372-2373 -  Lt.(jg), USS Lincoln, CONN Officer
2373-2375 -  Lt., USS Davenport, Chief CONN Officer
2377-2377 - Lt. Com., USS Terra Nova, Chief Operations Officer
2377 - DECEASED

On March 8, 2002 rather notable, though not physically dangerous solar activity sent EMP waves into the area. Electronics/computer equipment was temporaily effected. The surge of power brought the technology to life and reacted to the danger. It's purpose was to put a specific area into temporal status, effectively freezing time. Present day researchers believe this technology is thousands of years old and was created for colony ships for long journeys or for medical purposes. Regardless Steve Baker, age 14, went undiscovered for centuries.

*TIME TRAVEL*

In 2360 a Tellerite and Bolian pair of geologic researchers were examining the area which had remained surprisingly unchanged geologically when compared to the rest of the countryside. Eventually they came across the twenty foot cube of frozen time which was keeping the area stable. The Tellerite accidentally turned the machine off and in process damaged the circuitry beyond repair due to its age and environmental conditions.

From Baker's perspective one instant he was reading a comic book on a makeshift couch, the next two aliens were staring at him. Baker then set the record for the loudest and longest a human had screamed while running. (The previous record holder was on fire at the time.)

EDUCATION:
When Steve turned 17, after three years adjusting to life in the twenty fourth century, he was accepted at Star Fleet Academy in 2363. At the Academy he learned to have a talent for the flight operation of large star craft and shuttles. Having been a fan of roller coasters, his style of combat piloting involved sharp banks, pitches, turns, and attack angles taking full advantage of the three dimensional nature of space. His maneuvers have been known to strain the inertial dampeners to the breaking point on more than one training vessel and make several instructors nauseous. Baker developed a series of maneuvers he names after himself. To date there are six (alpha through zeta) and with the exception of epsilon are considered High Risk. Baker-epsilon is Extreme Risk (see below).

Additionally he has received diplomatic training as a first contact specialist. The logic being that since he is from a pre-warp society, he can better empathize with similar cultures. To date he has received no related missions and is still in training.

STARFLEET SERVICE:
His main psychological crutch is a slight case of xenophobia. He has not fully accepted the idea of being with non-humans. The further away they are from homo sapiens, the more jumpy and stressed he gets. Baker has not let it interfere with his duties and makes a constant effort to keep it down. It is only noticeable in downtime social situations where he passively avoids contact with non-humans. Naturally this is why he has not received any diplomatic assignments yet. Still a few members of the Diplomatic Corps remain hopeful.

Performance reviews have been positive. Baker has proven to be very competent, reliable, dependable, and brings a fresh perspective for his duties and is friendly to fellow crew members even if a little shy. On the other hand he has rarely shown initiative citing how he wishes to be sure of his course of action before doing something that may cause a disaster. Since modern humans are subconsciously slightly ashamed about their actions in Baker's time they general accept his excuses without debate. On some level his shipmates may still consider him to be an embarrassment to the species. Ship's councilor has confirmed this "primitive barbarian" vs "Bug Eyed Monster" attitude that is a minute aspect of the relationship between how Baker and his crewmates. With each new assignment, this has become less and less noticeable as he finally adjusts.

Baker has served with distinction during the Dominion War on the USS Davenport responsible for destroying four Dominion ships. After matching warp fields, Baker was able to "scrape shields" thereby creating a window for point-blank phaser fire and for ship’s transporter to interfere with enemy warp cores. The maneuver, considered too dangerous to attempt for almost any reason, is codenamed Baker-epsilon (see above).

An unofficial black mark happened when circumstances forced Baker to pilot a runabout with 6 Klingon warriors to a training camp (2 veterans, 4 cadets). On the third day of a week-long trip, the constant Klingon drinking songs, chants, loud training, boasting of the cadets, and being the only human onboard Baker was pushed to the breaking point. The veterans repeated that since Baker was the pilot of the Federation vessel, he was responsible for any "special consideration" he was asking from the rowdy cadets. During the Klingon meal, Baker asked the loudest cadet to stop singing. The cadet said, "Make me." Baker did with the help of a 20th century device called a "crow bar". Three of the cadets suffered serious, but non-life threatening, injuries (the fourth wisely shut up). The veterans considered it a valuable life lesson for the cadets, but even they were surprised at Baker's fury. Despite the fact there were no complaints on his outburst (on the contrary, the Klingon veterans were very pleased with his performance) Baker was almost reprimanded and was ordered to take Klingon culture classes and sensitive training.

Q'dira, the female veteran, mistook Baker's rage for a warrior's passion and started courting him. His xenophobia was misinterpreted as playing "hard to get", a somewhat common practice meant to test the determination of the courter. As a gesture of respect, she is studying human mating rituals. She has gone out of her way to be assigned similar assignments and has managed to "just happen" to be at half the star bases where Baker's ship docks.

During the final battle, the Davenport’s captain and XO were killed. Baker took command and pressed on. Despite taking further damages, no further casualties occurred. After the Dominion War, the USS Davenport was considered too damaged to be repaired and decommissioned. The crew was to be reassigned to other ships. With a shortage of officers brought on by the war, Baker was sent to Officer’s Training and received a battlefield promotion to Lt. Commander. During Training he had to work with many other species both in practice and real training reducing, but not totally eliminating, his xenophobia. Never large, it is now a shadow of what it once was. He keeps it buried, often thinking himself as being cured, but it may pop up again in very stressful situations. So far that hasn’t happened yet. Likewise his status as being a relic of the 20th century also decreased. Steve Baker and the 24th century have finally accepted each other.

After serving only a short time on the Defiant Class USS Terra Nova, Baker was untimely killed by an enraged Mob boss on Tempus IV. His body was committed to space by his fellow crewmates on December 9, 2377.
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Before becoming an officer, he has often questioned Starfleet older regulations, asking why they should still be followed. He dislikes the idea of doing something a particular way because, “That’s how it’s always been done.”

There is still some inherent distrust of modern technology inside him. He deals with it by being prepared. He practices 0-G maneuvers more often than required and keeps an emergency supply of rations in his quarters “just in case.” To date, neither of these precautions has been used.

He joined Starfleet to see more of the universe and to be accepted.  So far it has not been going as well as he’d hoped. He has only begun to accept non-humans in his life and see them as “people”, privately as well as professionally. Unfortunately, his fellow humans often see him as a relic of a time best forgotten and not-so-subtly shun him. Having no living relatives who truly cared about him even before the time-freeze has not helped either.

Inside he also felt it didn’t seem appropriate for his situation to just be a history teacher in some school, never taking advantage of what he can now do. Thought he knows it was just luck and random chance that brought him to this time, he wants to believe it was for a reason.
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Goals: Adapting to this strange future, Avoiding Q’dira

His entire family is long deceased. He is not aware of any family decendants.
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