Arthur Cattell

&nbsp Arthur (Arty) Cattell is an easy, laid-back Transporter Chief for the Venture. He is creatively and mechanically minded, very affable, and enjoys a nice, hot, spiked cup of tea before bed. Still, don't push him too far!

Early Life
Arthur was born in Reading, England to a piano teacher and a tinkering mechanic. His family was small and relatively isolated, but he had good creativity and imagination to rely on, especially since he had no brothers or sisters. He grew up to be a bit spacey, but a hard worker and all-around great guy.

Far, FAR down his family tree he is related to Lewis Carroll, the writer of the Alice in Wonderland books, and in his spare time he enjoys illustrating scenes from the books to fit his own interpretations of them. Since his mother was musically inclined, Arthur is pretty adept at picking up an instrument and catching on quickly. Still, he was better with his hands, and after a youthful trip hitchhiking cross-country, he decided to settle in and attend Starfleet Academy on Alpha Centauri.

He can't help loving tea, but when he's off-duty he'll judiciously spike it with scotch-- the real stuff he brought with him.

His closest relative, aside from his parents, is a distant cousin who owns a bar on a colonized planet. They share the occasional shore leave together getting drunk and writing music.

Appearance
Arthur has a longer face, friendly and approachable, usually smiling at least a little. His hair varies in shade from brown to blonde, and done in shoulder-blade-length dreadlocks. (Not natural, he gets them done specially at the hair salon.) They're usually pulled back from his face in a crazy ponytail, and several are dyed various rainbow shades that change with his passing whim.

Somewhat hollow cheekbones, high eyebrows, crooked nose. Tall and willowy. Wide palmed, long-fingered. Almost gangly.

Previous Assignments
A couple.

Mary Jo
Arthur met M.J. while at school on Alpha Centauri, when he was in his third year. She wasn't exactly IN Starfleet, she was taking classes to be a gradeschool teacher for children aboard Starships, a program they planned to begin shortly. However, she was talented in engineering, and he convinced her to join Starfleet for deployment. She finished while he was away, and when they finally reunited after separate, successful tours, realized they were madly in love with one another. (In a calm sort of way.) M.J. is a modern hippy sort of woman, easy-going and all-loving. They were married on the Venture before it even left spacedock by T'Preea.