Carmen Gomez

Carmen Gomez was a junior engineer serving aboard the USS Horizon (NCC-91901) since 2383. 

Childhood
Gomez was born in the city of New Orleans on the 23rd of October 2351.

Academy years
During her time at the Academy she became friends with Joanna Withrome.

Starfleet years
Immediately out of the Academy, Ensign Gomez was assigned as a low ranking engineer attached to the construction team, through the Starfleet Corps of Engineers. With the outbreak of the Dominion War, Starfleet reassigned her to a combat ship.

The Dominion War
In early 2374, Gomez was assigned to the USS Vulture (NCC-14330), under Captain Victor Mandrake.

Operation Return
During the course of the battle, the USS Vulture (NCC-14330) took a direct hit, causing an explosion in engineering, which resulted in the death of the ship's chief engineer. Captain Mandrake promoted the junior engineer Ensign Carmen Gomez to a field promotion of Lieutenant and made her the ship's new chief engineer. After the battle, Starfleet Command upheld the promotion. ("Stranded")

Disappearance
In 2375, before the end of the war, the Vulture disappeared. Starfleet considered the ship and crew causalities of war. It was later discovered that the Tealuians had something to do with the starship's disappearance.

Reappearance
In 2380 the Vulture reappeared in the Great Barrier Rift, located at the edge of the Oralian sector. Mandrake and the crew made contact with Captain Benjamin Kelsoe and the USS Pioneer (NCC-1084). Mandrake and his crew then tried to takeover the Pioneer. With help from Gomez, who was friends with Joanna Withrome, the Pioneer's chief engineer, Kelsoe and his crew were able to thwart Mandrake's coup.

Court Martial inquiry
Gomez, along with the majority of the Vulture crew were brought up on charges of mutiny. At Gomez's, Joanna Withrome, Captain Kelsoe, and some of her old instructors from the Academy spoke on her behalf. In the end the board of inquiry against Gomez was dropped, but she was demoted in rank to Lieutenant Junior Grade. ("Mandrake's Stand", "Stranded")

Assigned to Horizon Project
In 2382, one of Gomez's old Academy instructors recommended her for the Horizon Project. When she arrived at the Jupiter Shipyards, she was surprised to find out that it was Professor Beltram.

Stranded
While aboard the USS Horizon (NCC-91901), Gomez, along with the rest of the crew, became lost in an unknown part of space when the Horizon had to make a jump while under attack from Breen forces. ("Jump")

Starfleet service record

 * [[Image:2366 - CDT4 (Operations).PNG]] Starfleet Academy (2369-2373) - Rank: Cadet
 * [[Image:2373 - ENS (Operations).PNG]] Starfleet Corps of Engineers (2373) - Rank: Ensign - Post: Junior Engineer
 * [[Image:2373 - LT (Operations).PNG]] USS Vulture (NCC-14330) (2374-2380) - Rank: Lieutenant - Post: Chief Engineer
 * [[Image:2373 - LTJG (Operations).PNG]] Horizon Project (2382) - Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade - Post: Engineer
 * [[Image:2373 - LTJG (Operations).PNG]] USS Horizon (NCC-91901) (2383- ) - Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade - Post: Senior Engineer

Honors
8 Commendations, and the Operation Return Medal.