Dustin Zofchak

Lieutenant Commander Dustin Zofchak was a Starfleet officer in the 24th century. He is currently serving as chief engineer as aboard the USS Alexandria-A.

History
Dustin was born in 2349 to Lori and David Zofchak in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the first in his family to join Stafleet and had two sisters who followed in his footsteps.

Starfleet Career
Dustin entered Starfleet Academy in 2366. During that time, he was the only student to officially beat the Kobayashi Maru test by holding the ship several kilometers away from the opposing vessels, he accelerated the ship to warp 9 and dropped out of warp directly in front of the ships and opened fire, destroying the opposing ships and resuced the crew of the Kobayashi Maru. It was because of this tactic, he was assigned to USS Enterprise-D and served as an engineer on Geordi LaForge's Alpha Team. He survived the crash landing of the Enterprise on Veridian III and joined most of the crew aboard the Sovereign class Enterprise-E. He participated in the defense of Earth against the Breen during the late stages of the Dominion War. After the battle of the Basin Rift, he was chosen by Jermaine Allensworth to be the chief engineer of the Sovereign class USS Alexandria.

Aboard the Alexandria
During the maiden voyage of the Alexandria and the battle against Species 8472, Dustin was attacked in Engineering by Species 8472 but he was able to vaporize the alien before it could do any major harm. (ODY: "Alexandria")

Dustin was part of the away team that discovered the grounded NX-02 USS Columbia on Sineron II in the Gamma Quadrant. He was then taken prisoner and taken aboard the Breen ship to face off against a Jem'Hadar. After a flash of rage, he beat the Jem'Hadar soldier into submission. (ODY: "02")

Dustin was then taken prisoner by a mirror Christine Nycz and held on the ISS Alexandria so the Terran Empire could gain the tactical information of the Tranphasic torpedo. After spending 24 hours in an agony booth, that was operated by his mirror counterpart, and being seduced by an Orion Slave girl, Dustin gave in and released the information. He was later rescued by an away team led by Commander Sparhawk. (ODY: "Objects in the Rear View Mirror")

When the ship entered the Shinjitsu Nebula, Zofchak dreamt about his sister Avery being killed on AR-558 by the Jem'Hadar during the Dominion War. (ODY: Incubus")

Mirror War
While investigating sensor readings, a creature latched on to Dustin's neck and immobilized him. The runabout that held him and five others was crippled by a mirror starship. The runabout's life support was offline and with the creature on his neck, he had less time than the rest of the crew. While Lieutenant Commander Merriell worked on the life support systems, Lieutenant McKenzie used the defibulators to cause him to flat line and cause the creature to loosen its grip. (ODY: "On The Line")

After trying to close an anomaly, possibly caused by the Terran Empire, a shuttle carrying Dustin and Lieutenant Commander Hoshi Sato was severly damaged. The two had to emergency beam off the shuttle to an unknown planet. After setting up a trasmitter to signal another starship of their location, Hoshi had fallen into a lava tube and had broken her leg, not to mention the ensuing rain storm was causing the tube to fill up with water. As Dustin was preparing to rescue Hoshi, a starship was signaling them. Dustin had to make the choice of answering the transmitter and letting Hoshi drown or rescue Hoshi and forget about being rescued. He made his choice and pulled Hoshi out of the lava tube. They were soon rescued by the USS Katana and returned to the Alexandria. (ODY: "Confessions")

Dustin participated in the retaking of Betazed from the Terran Empire. During that time, he witnessed the destruction of his sister's starship with all hands aboard. Enraged, he transported to the ship responsible, the ISS Enterprise, and began shooting anyone in his path. His assault came to an end when he faced off against the ship's first officer, Data. Dustin was beamed away before Data could do any real harm to him and reprimanded by Captain Allensworth. (ODY: "Where Angels Fear to Tread")

Dustin led an away team to the Imperial Beta Antares Ship Yards in the Mirror Universe. The mission went badly and the four of them were separated in pairs of two and stranded on the planet. After destroying the facility, Zofchak and Fulks stole a Peregrine class attack fighter and flew off to find their comrades. They found them shortly later and were shot down. A piece of metal was lodged in Zofchak's neck as Imperial forces attempted to take them prisoner. The four of them fought back and one of them pointed a phaser at Dustin and pressed the firing stud. David Fulks jumped in the way of the beam and saved his life because Dustin was going to be a father. (ODY: "Spectre's Rose")

Dustin was part of the ground assault on the Ba'ku planet against the Terran Empire. When Captain Allensworth went missing, he led a six man team to go and find him. (ODY: "Requiem")

Dustin was under suspicion of espionage by Starfleet Internal Affairs because he gave the Empire information on the transphasic torpedo. He also had a vision of being on the USS Bonchune when Voyager returned to home. The vision was from the mind of a captured Counselor Nycz while she was held by the Empire. (ODY: "Thirty-One")

After retreating from the Chin'toka system in the Mirror Universe and with star drive section of the Alexandria destroyed, the saucer section of the ship came under more enemy fire. With its shields down, an Imperial away team beamed aboard the bridge, this included the mirror version of Dustin's dead sister, Avery. After a struggle, Dustin killed the mirror version of his sister and moments later, had to get to the escape pods to evacuate the saucer section that exploded shortly later. (ODY: "Distant Stars")

Personal Life
Dustin was always a student of History. On more than one occasion, during their weekly poker games aboard the Enterprise-D, he and Picard would talk about History and it didn't always just pertain to Earth, it would sometimes be about other species' history.

Dustin was very close with his sisters, and was excited when they told him they were going to Starfleet Academy. They would usually try and meet up if they were near one another.

Friendships
Dustin had become close friends with his comrade and mentor, Geordi LaForge. The two of them have friendly competition on who can get their Sovereign class ship faster.

Dustin became friends with Alexander Merriell when the survivors of the Enterprise-D were rescued by the Farragut. They became close after being assigned to the same starship. They will sometimes go to the holodeck and watch old baseball games, specifically between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Red Sox. Dustin chose Alex to be the best man at his wedding.

Relationships
Dustin met Christine Nycz while the two were at the academy. The two became intimate during their time at the academy but split after graduation when they were assigned to separate starships.

Dustin became attracted to Hoshi Sato when he first met her but she was the first to express her feelings when the two of them were stranded on the planet together. (ODY: "Confessions") Hoshi became pregnant but Dustin didn't know it until after he came back from the mission that cost Lieutenant Fulks his life. (ODY: "Spectre's Rose") While Dustin was on the Ba'ku planet, he found a ring with the help of a Ba'ku woman named Anij. After returning to the ship, he proposed to her. (ODY: "Requiem") Dustin was at Hoshi's side when she finally gave birth to the twins, Kyou and Ryou. (ODY: "Catalyst of Sorrows") Dustin and Hoshi were married on Earth in a mixture of Japanese and American traditions. (ODY: "Held in the Hands of Forever")

Alternate Timelines
Dustin was killed, along with the rest of the senior staff, by the senior staff of the ISS Titan. (ODY: "Forever's Edge")

Dustin sacrificed himself to save Hoshi by setting a phaser to overload to kill multiple Borg drones. (ODY: "Sands of September")