Lt. Commander Augustus Grant.
Born on earth. He is six foot two, with light coffee brown skin with a shooters mustache covering his upper lip. He is a Samoan. 1/4 inch hair on his skull. Augustus was abit of a nerd when growing up. But once he hit high school he formed and filled out. His father was on The Melbourne at Wolf 359, when the ship was destroyed by the Borg. When he graduated high school, he was able to understand the workings of starfleet vessels. Joined The Academy and graduated tenth in his class of 350.
Was assigned to to The USS. Renegade upon graduation. Served on board The Renegade for three years. A stellar record and a genius at getting more out of the old Miranda class than specs stated, he was promoted to Lt. after the Badlands incident near Deep Space 9. Was assigned to The galaxy class starship The USS. Marcus. Served on board that ship for four years and was promoted to Lt. Commander for an idea that saved the Marcus from three Dominion ships.
Was asked by Admiral Paris to help with the project to contact The USS. Voyager, which was believed lost in space till contact was made. Was then assigned to The USS. Endeavor as Chief Engineer. Took six months to study the new specs for the new design of the starship as well as specs for the Defiant class and the Soveign class.