Chris Stafford

Full Name: Christopher Rico Stafford
Species: Human
Home Planet: Earth

Childhood

Stafford grew up on the outskirts of a small city on the North American continent of Earth.

Starfleet Academy

While at the Academy, Stafford lived by the 'Grey-man Philosophy'. Basically, if you don't stand out, nobody will bother you. While he was successful in not standing out, he wasn't necessary successful at staying out of trouble. At least one incident occurred between Stafford and a fellow member of his squad, a cadet named Kural.

Early Starfleet Career

Stafford served on several starships and rose steadily through the ranks. He was considered by most of his superiors to be 'competent, but eccentric'. Of course, we all know what happens to officers like that...

USS Silverado

Stafford was initially thrilled with his promotion to Captain, which had come sooner than he was expecting. However, after learning that his ship was a piece of junk, he quickly became discouraged with the whole idea of command. Downright pissed, actually. It took several months for him to start truly enjoying his command. The fact that Starfleet seemed eager to ignore any problems his crew might have been having didn't help. After the Matrian incident, when his crew found themselves trapped in the wrong bodies, Stafford was relieved to find that his ship was being given assignments more in line with what might be expected from a Starfleet vessel.