NAME: Lieutenant Malcolm Reed

RACE:  Human

POST: Tactical and Armory Officer Enterprise NX-01

Malcolm Reed is a by the book, a spit shined and polished Brit who comes from a long line of Reed's serving in the Royal British Navy. The plan was for Malcolm to follow in the footsteps of his forefathers and become a Navy man. Malcolm's fear of drowning kept him from wanting to become a Navy Man and he took up a career in Starfleet instead. Malcolm’s uncle also had this fear but overcame and went on to become head of engineering on the HMS CLEMENT, heroically giving his life to save the lives of his crew when the Navy sub hit a mine left from a WW and sank. Though Malcolm strives to live his life like this man and seems highly ready to give his life for his crewmates it came as a disappointing blow to his parents, Stuart and Mary Reed, when he called from San Francisco with the news that he had accepted assignment on Enterprise.

Malcolm has one sister, Madeline, and very few friends. Though he appears tough and disciplined on the exterior Malcolm is often quite nervous and shy when approached outside of his uniformed duties. Though he would like the company he prefers to spend his time alone so as to avoid the awkwardness it causes him. Malcolm does however appear to be coming out of his shell with the likes of Commander Trip Tucker, and sometimes even Hoshi Sato is privy to a conversation or two with the Lieutenant.

Malcolm knows the Enterprise monitoring systems data as well as his own heartbeat and he can most times make his own repairs in record time. His keen interest and natural capabilities with anything in the in the weapons and energy matter field allow him to construct anything the Enterprise may need when the time arises.

Malcolm is also in charge of monitoring planets, alien species, atmospheric, and planet side conditions from Enterprise that may hinder or help the crew in making the decision toward alien contact. He is an indispensable member of away missions and alien contact.

Even his hobbies revolve around weapons and tactics. Malcolm Reed will quite often choose a quite space and spend his off duty time reading about, upgrading, or creating something new and improved to help the Enterprise with it's mission.

His weapons hobby was helpful as Enterprise headed into the Delphic Expanse in pursuit of the Xindi weapon of mass destruction.  Malcolm Reed not only ascertained how the weapon functioned but but discovered a way to disarm it, even offering to stay behind and do the last bit of life threatening work himself.