| USS Charon Crew | |
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| Nikolai Chernienko | |
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| Rank: | Marine Captain |
| Position: | Marine |
| Race: | Human |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 34 |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Eye Color: | Blue |
| Height: | 6' 5" |
| Weight: | 250 Lbs |
| Father: | Mikai Chernienko |
| Mother: | Nikita Ivanova-Chernienko |
| Siblings: | None |
| Marital Status: | Widower |
Nikolai joined Starfleet on his eighteenth birthday. It was a proud day for the Russian's family considering he was following in the footsteps of every male member of his family dateing back to the foundation of Starfleet. Nikolai wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and join the Quantico training academy for Starfleet Marines.
Taking the ASVAP test he scored in the top one percent of all students from earth and was quickly accepted into the Marines. Though his marks were high enough to get into Officers Canidates School from the very begaining he chose to enlist as a foot soldier. He quickly passed the insanily tough courses for the Marines and was spotted as a possiable recurit for the newly founded and secretive Starfleet Special Forces division.
Upon graduating he recived his orders to serve aboard the USS Saratoga of the newly founded Omega Fleet. Serveing as a gunners mate at first on board Nikolai was taken under the wing of one of the SSF agents on board and taught how to be a very dangerous commando. Also durning this time he met the woman who would become his wife, Lance Corporal Arie Tristis.
A year after joining the Saratoga's crew Nikolai and Arie were married by the General who commanded the vessel. Their life was relitively peaceful until the encounter with the Borg in the Delta Quadrent.Both Nikolai and Arie were wounded durning the pitched battle and the Saratoga itself was nearly hulled. Once they arrived back in the Alpha Quardrant all of the wounded crew were removed from the darlict vessel to starbase 202.
Six months later Nikolai was cleared to report to a new station on the Keiv as the Platoon leader for the vessel. Unfortunately Arie was not transfured but stayed on board the Starbase with Nikolai's parents, this was to be the last time he would ever see any of them. After leaveing onboard the Keiv to their assignment the galaxy was shocked by the Romulan Star Empire.
A Cowardly sneak attack on Starbase 202 was launched by the empire. Arie and Nikolai's family having been in the Marine Corps rushed to the station's defence. They fought valiently but were ultimately killed in the ensueing battle by the superior Romulan forces. Nikolai was devistated by this news and requested a transfur to a front line vessel, Not only to defend the Federation but to enact revenge upon the Romulans for the butcher of his family.
After the war Nikolai buried his family at his ancestral plot in Russia,And after a breif time mourning rejoined the Marine Corps. His next assignment came under Colonal Cole onboard the newly commissioned USS Charon. At first he was pleased with the postion under the Colonal, then he learned whom he was to be calling captain. His new posting was rife with sabatouge attempts and hatred for the upity Romulan filth that was paradeing around in a Star Fleet uniform tarnishing it's proud colors. The loyal and wise Colonal Cole desided enough was enough and for the greater good of Star Fleet lead a munity against the Romulan infiltrator. Nikolai was one of the first to join the cause with his fellow marines. However it was not to be. The crafty romulan scum managed to turn the formarlly faithful crew of the Charon against their would be liberateors and subdued the Marine unit.
Nikolai was imprisoned along with the rest of the loyal members of the Charon but the Romulan knew she couldn't keep them locked up for the entire two year mission. So showing her true colors she marooned the entire corps on a Romulan Outpost, that is when things went even more terriablily wrong. The Romulans and the vile NeoDyne Corporation took the Marines Prisoner for use in their corporations dark and sinister experiments.