Andrea Carr

Carr joined the Secondprize crew as an ensign assigned as a shuttle pilot. As is the case with most shuttle pilots, Carr spent her initial time on the ship in relative anonymity, composing poems while she made her shuttle runs. At most, she was known by Scott Baird as the woman with the damn dog, referring to Carr's St. Bernard-Collie mix, Morgaine le Fur. Captain Rydell first took notice of Carr when they were briefly marooned on Mandicor. Carr kept her head and was instrumental in their defeat of Logash. Also, perhaps more importantly, she turned what could have been a fatal shuttle crash into just a rough landing. ("Star Traks 4" [TRK]) Immediately after the Mandicor incident, Rydell assigned Carr to be his personal shuttle pilot. She ferried Rydell, Baird, and Dr. Singer to a sensitivity conference at Starbase 42. On the way back from this conference, Rydell's mind was swapped with a 20th century ancestor, a situation that Carr was able to help Baird resolve. ("Sensitivity 101" [TRK]) Carr was also assigned by Admiral Wagner to take Dillon, Hawkins, and Jaroch to evaluate the Starfleet Memorial Gardens designed by Wagner's sister. During this visit, Carr was trapped in the control center with Debbie Wagner when the park's power was knocked out. Knowing that the other Secondprize officers were in extreme danger from the park's "exhibits," Carr found a way to escape the sealed control center and blast her shuttle out of the building's docking bay. Her quick action quite possibly saved the lives of Dillon, Jaroch, and Hawkins. ("Star Traks 5" [TRK]) Soon after this mission, Carr and Captain Rydell were taken hostage my Michael Rennicks shortly after they left the Secondprize on their way to Starbase 37. Carr spent most of the crisis unconscious after Rennicks stunned her, but she came to in time to stop Rennicks from kicking Rydell's head in. ("Hostage Crisis" [TRK]) Carr really proved herself to Rydell on Stardate 51017 when she ferried Admiral Cooper to the Secondprize for an inspection. After serving the admiral a cup of coffee that turned out to be toxic to humans, Carr kept her wits about her and got the admiral back to Dr. Aldridge in time to save his life even though she had to pass through hostile space controlled by the Audrianis to do so. Rather than court-martialing her for poisoning the admiral, as Carr feared he would do even though it was an accident, Rydell promoted her to Operations Officer. ("Choice Blend" [TRK]) Carr also filled in as the ship's conn officer in times that Emily Sullivan was left in command. In this capacity, Carr held her own in a dogfight against the USS Defiant and kept the ship away from the weapons of the far more powerful Mitgogae. ("Star Traks 6," "Please Hold for Oblivion" [TRK]) Shortly after this, Carr was promoted to lieutenant. Commander Conway of the USS Explorer took an immediate liking to Carr during his time on the Secondprize through the First Officer Exchange Program. He took her with him on the first contact mission to Cenkella, one of her few away missions. Carr was able to convince Conway to surrender to the Cenkellans when it became clear that his rush of power after discovering that Cenkellan weapons couldn't harm humans was about to get them all killed. While there was a definite attraction between Carr and Conway, no romance developed from it. ("Of Gods and First Officers" [TRK]) Carr remained with the Secondprize for the next ten years, gradually moving up in rank to commander. On the recommendation of Jaroch, who took over captaincy of the ship after Rydell's retirement, Carr was appointed to the post of first officer approximately six months before the Forever incident. She took command while Jaroch beamed down to the Forever moon and once again had to battle the Mitgogae. Carr kept the ship together until reinforcements in the form of the USS Inevitable could arrive, then boarded the disabled Mitgogae with Beck, Sullivan, and Trinian to rescue Porter and stop Morticent and Guardian #492. Also, at some point around this time, Carr began dating one of the doctors assigned to the Secondprize. Jaroch felt this addition of romance to her life had improved her poetry immensely. ("Please Hold For Oblivion" [TRK])