Nathan Dowey

Lieutenant Nathan Dowey was a Starfleet officer in the 24th century. He currently serves aboard the USS Alexandria-A as its Navigator and its Geologist. (Star Trek: Odyssey)

History
Nathan was born in 2349 on Deneva to Wesley and Jasmine Dowey. As a kid, he used to go diving in the Aurelius Ocean, spawning his interest in rocks and minerals.

Starfleet Career
Nathan entered Starfleet academy in 2367, studying geology with an interest in piloting. He later graduated in 2371 and was assigned to the Ambassador class USS Excalibur. At first, his career started out slow with not much opportunities to study rocks on unexplored worlds so he asked to be assigned as a navigator as well. However, in 2373 his ship was assigned to the Typhon Fleet to take out a Borg cube that was on its way to Earth. His ship was one of the ships targeted for assimilation. He was on the bridge when multiple drones beamed aboard and began assimilating crew members. He witnessed Captain Korsmo become assimilated. He quickly fired his phaser, killing his captain, to prevent him from becoming a drone.

He then was assigned to the Galaxy class Excalibur-A after the Excalibur was destroyed by a Narobian virus that was planted into its computer during the Double Helix incident. He continued to serve as the ship's geologist and part time navigator until 2381 when Captain Allensworth asked him to be part of the crew of the Alexandria-A.

Due to the Mirror War there wasn't much need for a geologist, however, Allensworth still wanted the position filled. He even gave Lieutenant Dowey the Navigation position with the departure of Lieutenant Trinn. (ODSY: "Sixty-two")

Personal Life
Nathan met Sara Nave during his junior year at the academy. The two became intimate and were later married shortly before their first assignments aboard different starships. After the battle of Sector 001, Nathan and Sara were on shore leave together. A few months later, Sara revealed that she was pregnant with twins. Nathan found it hard to hold a relationship when both of them were on different starships, not knowing when they'd see each other. Captain Calhoun granted Nathan leave so he could be there for the birth of the twins, Alexander and Lila.

With both parents in starfleet, Alexander and Lila live with Sara's parents in Tycho City on the Moon. Nathan tries to get back to see his twins when ever he can.