Andrew Richardson

Chief Matthew Richardson was an enlisted Starfleet engineer serving on space station Deep Space 9 in the mid-24th century.

Richardson joined Starfleet in 2362 as an enlisted officer. He was sent to the USS Livingston and served on board that ship for six years, under the command of Captain Grady Howard. In 2367, Richardson was under the influence of the Torfotha virus, which caused massive delusions in the brain, while on an away mission to Faki. Richardson nearly killed his XO, Commander Chakotay, however, Chakotay was able to fend off Richardson and the two returned to the Livingston. In 2372, Richardson accepted a promotion to chief petty officer and was transferred to Deep Space 9, under the command of Captain Benjamin Sisko. Richardson was assigned to help senior chief petty officer Miles O'Brien with repairs of the Defiant, which had been damaged during a Dominion attack on stardate 49348.9.

In 2377, Richardson, along with Lieutenant Nog, took the Federation runabout USS Rio Grande into the Orias sector after recieving a distress call from a Bajoran freighter. However, they soon realized that the freighter had been assimilated by the Borg. The Rio Grande was immediately intercepted by a Borg cube, with Nog and Richardson beamed to the cube. Nog and Richardson were about to be assimilated, until Nog activated his combadge, which caused an electro-dynamic charge. The Borg drones were incapacited and the two began to run to their runabout. A hatch began to close to the ship and only one person could make it through in time. Richardson threw Nog into the hatch before it was too late. He was assimilated and was designated Six of Three.