Kyle Clarkson

Commander Kyle Clarkson was a female human Starfleet officer who was the first officer aboard the USS Explorer (NCC-4589) in the late 24th century. (Star Trek: Explorer)

Early life
Kyle Clarkson was born at his hometown Cameron North Carolina in 2323 his mother is a very skilled engineer onboard the USS Ambassador and his father is a very skilled Ambassador to the Federation during the Romulan conflict that ended in a cease fire, his first time building something he took apart his mom's computer pad and reassembled it.

Starfleet Academy
In 2367 at age 16 he entered Starfleet Academy the engineering classes he took taught him a great deal about warp coils and impulse mainfolds during his time their he met Cadet John Martin, and the two became friends and Kyle helped John pass his quantum mechanics class with flying colors and the two worked together to solve what happened to the USS Voyager (NCC-74656) when the ship went missing in the Badlands in 2371.

Starbase 39-Sierra
Ensign Clarkson was assigned to Starbase 39-Sierra along the Romulan Neutral Zone to keep an eye out for any Romulan warships that might want to test the Gravtic sensors and Subspace detection net designed by Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) in 2368 when the sensor net went offline, Clarkson tracked down to a Romulan spy among the station crew and he was given a promotion to Lieutenant Junior Grade.

Der'kal War
When the Federation-Der'kal War broke out the Federation prepared its defenses for the brutal fight it has ever been in since the Wolf 359 incident in 2366, Lieutenant Commander Clarkson prepared the starbase for the war upgraded its weapons array and shield generators to withstand the Jem'hadar disruptors, after looking at the data record from the USS Defiant (NX-74205) under the command of Captain Benjamin Sisko. Clarkson did some major upgrades to the starbase even when a fleet of 234 Romulan warbirds decloaked, and flew over the starbase to head to Deep Space 9 some stayed to protect the starbase along with a group of Starfleet and Klingon vessels the USS Dauntless came to aid the starbase when the Federation forces were ambushed by 34 Romulan warships.

The USS Explorer
After the Dominion War, Lieutenant Commander Clarkson was reassigned to Utopia Planitia Shipyards to oversee the construction of several new starships from to  ships he was approached onboard the Defiant class USS Defiant by Captain Susan Ivanova the two friends shared their memories of the brutal war that took so many lives Clarkson expected the offer of serving with his old friend from the Academy onboard the newly commissioned USS Explorer (NCC-4589) as her first officer.