Samantha Lefkin

Lieutenant Samantha Lefkin is chief operations officer of the Federation starship USS Luna (NCC-80100).

Background
Lieutenant Samantha Lefkin was born on the New Berlin Lunar Colony in 2345. The daughter of two Starfleet Officers, Lefkin spent very little of her young life at New Berlin, instead following one or both of her parents on their tours around the Federation. Eventually the stress as living as a divided family proved to be too much and her parents split up. Samantha stayed with her father, an officer on the USS Gryphon. Samantha’s mother slowly drifted out of her life. In 2363 she entered Starfleet Academy choosing to follow in her father’s footsteps and study operations.

After her time at the academy, Lefkin was assigned as a member of the operations department on board the USS Algonquin, a Cheyenne Class Scout. The Algonquin was involved in several skirmishes with the Cardassians and the Maquis Terrorists during its patrol assignments. In 2372 the Algonquin was nearly destroyed by the Klingons in the surprise attack that marked the beginning of the first Klingon-Federation hostilities in almost 50 years. Lefkin was transferred to the USS Trumpeter, one of a number of newly commissioned Defiant Class Starships. Lefkin served as the Operations Manager, then as the Chief Operations Officer of the Trumpeter throughout the hostilities with the Klingons, and then throughout the ensuing Dominion War. During the war Samantha’s father was killed in action when the Jem'Hadar ambushed his ship. Samantha took her father’s death hard however; the tragedy did allow Samantha and her estranged mother, now a high-ranking official at Starfleet Command, to enter into a cautious reconciliation. Lefkin remained on the Trumpeter a few years after the end of the war before transferring to the Akira Class USS Osiris. Lefkin spent three years as the Chief Operations officer of the Osiris. During that time the Osiris was assigned to Cardassian territory to aid with reconstruction. In 2380 Lefkin was transferred to the USS Luna as that vessel’s chief operations officer.

Previous Assignments

 * [[Image:2366 - ENS (Operations).PNG]] Operations Officer, USS Algonquin, 2369-2372
 * [[Image:2366 - LTJG (Operations).PNG]][[Image:2373 - LTJG (Operations).PNG]] Operations Manager, USS Trumpeter, 2372-2374
 * [[Image:2373 - LTJG (Operations).PNG]][[Image:2373 - LT (Operations).PNG]] Chief Operations Officer, USS Trumpeter, 2374-2377
 * [[Image:2373 - LT (Operations).PNG]] Chief Operations Officer, USS Osiris, 2377-2380

Decorations

 * [[Image:Starfleet Academy Top 15% of Class.PNG]] Graduated in the top 15% of Class - 2367
 * [[Image:Bridge Officer Certification.PNG]] Bridge Officer Certification - Awarded 2372
 * [[Image:Bronze Star.PNG]] Bronze Star - Awarded 2371, 2374
 * [[Image:Silver Star.PNG]] Silver Star - Awarded 2372
 * [[Image:Purple Heart.PNG]] Purple Heart - Awarded 2372
 * [[Image:Federation Presidential Unit Citation.PNG]] Presidential Unit Citation - USS Algonquin, Awarded 2372
 * [[Image:Second Federation-Klingon War Medal.PNG]] Participant in the Second Federation-Klingon War
 * [[Image:Second Battle of Deep Space Nine Medal.PNG]] Participant in the Second Battle of Deep Space Nine
 * [[Image:Operation Return Medal.PNG]] Participant in Operation Return
 * [[Image:Dominion War Victory Medal.PNG]] Participant in the Battle of Cardassia