Eric Zimmer

Eric Zimmer was the CONN officer of the USS Pioneer since 2378. (Star Trek: Pioneer)

Early years

Eric Zimmer was born in San Francisco, Earth to Mr. and Mrs. Zimmer. His father, Henrik, was a German engineer and his mother, Mandisa, was a doctor from Africa. Ever since he was young he was also interested in flying. Young Zimmer also took up an interest in holodecks. In high school Zimmer had written his first holonovel, which turned out to be a complete disaster, but with some help from his father, Zimmer was able to fully understand the complexities of making a holonovel.

Academy years (2372-2376)

She had fun at Starfleet Academy. She was really interested in linguistics, because she could speak both English and Bajoran, because of this her advisor suggested that she specialize in communications. One of her professors got her interested in ancient languages and encouraged her to learn some of the ancient languages of Earth and Bajor. Both of her parents were proud of her when she graduation from Starfleet Academy with high honors in her major.

Starfleet career

Her father, being very protective, pulled a few strings at Starfleet Operations to get her assigned to the communication staff on Earth Spacedock. Tracy did not complain, but she did feel left out. But it turned out that it was good, because while she was working at Earth Spacedock she had been assigned to Commander Benjamin Kelsoe, the Commander-in-Chief’s assistant, to assist him on one of the ship inspections he had to make. Kelsoe offered to take her to dinner for her trouble, and she accepted. It was during dinner that Kelsoe learned of her ability to speak many different language, he was especially amazed that she could speak fluent Klingon. It was then and there that helped Kelsoe decide to pick to be his communications officer when he was selecting crew for the USS Pioneer.

Miscellenous family information

She married Lieutenant Norman Craig on stardate 59531.62.

Honors

2 Commendations.