Grayson Masters

Grayson, nicknamed 'Kid', is the youngest of the senior staff at an astounding 26. He was a child prodigy, and his work in the fields of communication, linguistics, and first-contact situations have gotten him his position on the Venture.

Early Life
Born in Canada on Earth, Grayson was the third of what would be a brood of seven children. His parents were surprised and pleased to find that one of their kids was a genius.

Grayson grew up surrounded by other languages. Often, (as if they didn't have enough kids), the Masters family took on foreign exchange students-- some who were even from other planets. This helped influence his later career decisions.

After more than a few bullying incidents, Grayson graduated High School at 14, and two years later had completed a BA in Communications and had learned every native Earth language. (His somewhat-photographic memory helped as well.)

At 16 he caught Starfleet's recruiting eye, and he received a grant to study in their xenolinguistic program. One evening his senior year he was the first to pick up the signal of a new species, and later proved key to the peace talks that proceeded from it. This was followed by another first-contact mission, giving young Grayson a hefty reputation in his field even at so young an age.

Grayson is still young, despite all his success, and he isn't always the most mature. Although very smart in technical aspects, he has a lot to learn in the common sense department. Still, he's a well-meaning, dorky, goofy and sweet guy, and all of the older crewmembers often treat him like a younger kid brother. (Except maybe the Vulcan ones.)

Family
Luke and Courtney Masters are future hippies. They own a farm in Canada by a lake, and enjoy taking care of whatever children they happen to have around, and taking in stray animals.

Grayson is a dutiful son who loves his extended family, his parents, his siblings, all of them. Whenever he gets a shore leave he returns to visit them, and often takes them on trips to exotic, fun new places when he has the time.

Not too far apart from his siblings in either direction, they all have good relationships. Still, Colby and Grayson are the only two boys, and so it isn't hard to imagine that they are often overrun by estrogen. Grayson is used to being bossed around by the female gender, but he takes it in stride.

Previous Assignments
Nothin yet. Above mostly.

T'Veil
During the episode 'Sowing the Seeds', Grayson meets T'Veil, a Vulcan botanist and herbologist who has very interesting views about her own people and Humans. Fascinated by her, Grayson finds himself trying to impress and understand her, and she presents his ongoing romantic interest for much of the series.