William Gee

Starfleet Career


 * Junior Engineering Officer, U.S.S. Hood, NCC-1713 (2256-61)
 * Assistant Engineering Officer, U.S.S. Lexington, NCC-1709 (2261-68)
 * Chief Engineering Officer, U.S.S. Lexington, NCC-1709 (2268-71)
 * Co-Designer, Excelsior and Pearl Harbor (Lexington) class starships (2271-86)
 * Consultant, Starfleet Research and Development, Propulsion Division (2271-2276)
 * Professor of Engineering, Starfleet Academy (2276-2283)
 * Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Lexington, NCC-1709 (2283-2286)
 * Chief Engineering Officer, U.S.S. Lexington, NCC-1709 (2286-present)

Bill is one of those people who are just quiet and unassuming... he'd blend right into a crowd and you'd never know he was one of the Federation's best engineers and a big part of the Lexington legend. He is widely acknowledged to be the best engineer and executive officer to serve in Starfleet. He knows what he has to do; he knows what he is doing and usually keeps his head when others would panic.

Bill would be the first to tell you that he never set out to become a "miracle worker" or part of a legend-- he only wants to do his job to the best of his ability. He does not desire starship command, nor does he want to be a desk-bound admiral- he feels that would only be a waste of time and his abilities. He feels he's at the top of his game and is in the best position that a person like him could ask for-- chief engineer of a ship of the line.

His ability with mechanics stems from his natural gifts... he instinctively knows how to tinker with machines and makes them perform better than they did before he started to work on it. In fact, he can be found roaming the ship, working on all the systems to make them work far better than they ever did when the ship was in dock or during an inspection tour. He is an expert at his ship's operations and he demands full function out of the machines he works on.

Bill is constantly tinkering with the Lexington's systems to make the ship nearly 100% operational; for which, he has earned numerous awards and more than one of his "projects" (his own term) has become a Fleet-wide standard. It is mostly due to his efforts that the Lexington was named the "Flagship of the Federation" (a title shared with the Enterprise).

A rumor that around the fleet was that Bill single-handedly designed the Excelsior-class battleships. It's a rumor that he's not confirmed or denied to anyone but Alex. (It's his secret but he did and Alex keeps the secret too.) One fact was that he co-designed the new Pearl Harbor-class superbattleships with Alex.

Bill is highly confident in himself and he says Engineering is his kingdom... a kingdom you just don't mess with. "You enter at your own risk" he frequently tells visitors to the ship as an icebreaking joke. Alex is not hesitant to enter engineering but it's been known that Bill will put Alex on some system repairs while Alex was talking highly important ship's business with him.

Bill is very modest and he rarely brags at all-- he lets his accomplishments do all the talking for him. He's not quick to anger or upset, for he is very patient and fair, which makes him a highly sought-after instructor & commander, and those same qualities make him the perfect counterfoil to Alex's command style.

Yet, he asks for nothing less that the very best of those who are under his command. And those who serve under him want to give nothing less-- Bill is a very good commander and motivator, which says a lot about him. Pulling rank on Bill accomplishes nothing as Bill simply does not care what rank you are... things will be fixed when they are fixed and that is that. Only a handful of people can get Bill to do things they ask him to do. This streak of stubbornness has gotten him in trouble many times with the Admiralty and caused him to be passed over for starship command more than once... much to Bill's relief.

He's been single for a while and he's not really looking right now to settle down... the Lexington keeps him more than busy. He is a very passionate lover, which comes as a surprise to those who know him well, as he's not dated much since leaving the Academy.

He comes from a family who's been in space ever since the end of the third world war. Bill's father was in the Merchant Marines and was killed in an Orion pirate raid when Bill was only a toddler. Bill will admit to having a rough childhood... his mother had to work two jobs to support her and him. Bill even had a half-sister-- for about 3.8 minutes after her birth. Bill never talks about her... he claims he was an only child. Bill wants to have a big family and claims to be part of one... the crew of the Lexington.