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Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States of America, Earth |
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Spotter |
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security department, USS Bajor |
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Active (2410) |
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David Smith |
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Regina McMillan |
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Edward McMillan (brother) |
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Unmarried |
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Kaitlyn Eloise McMillan, who went by Kate McMillan, was a Starfleet officer assigned to the security department of the USS Bajor in 2409.
Biography[]
Kate McMillan was born to David and Regina Smith in Staten Island, New York in 2386. Her parents divorced when she was four and her mother received custody of her and her brother Edward, and changed their names back to her maiden name McMillan.
Kate McMillan was accepted to Starfleet Academy in 2404 on security track and graduated in the 98th percentile in 2408. She was assigned to security at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards and stationed at Drydock 37.
2409[]
On 2 March 2409 McMillan was badly injured during the Klingon Defense Force raid on Utopia Planitia. Though she'd had time to get into her vacsuit, she suffered blunt force trauma to the chest and the loss of her right leg above the knee when a bulkhead blew, and was ejected into space. She floated unconscious in space for twelve hours and was in a coma for three days afterwards due to oxygen deprivation. She spent the next four months in physical therapy adapting to her new biosynthetic leg, and dealing with the death of her fiance Ensign Jacques Pierre during the raid. (Red Fire, Red Planet)
She was certified fit for active duty in late July, just in time to be offered a position in the security department of the soon-to-be-launched USS Bajor. She accepted and was aboard the Bajor for the Galaxy-class vessel's maiden voyage on 9 August.
She was assigned Lieutenant Junior Grade K'lak as her supervisor, a sniper who began training her as his spotter. On the recommendation of the Bajor's security chief Lieutenant Dul'krah, Clan Korekh, Captain Kanril Eleya would use the two of them frequently on away missions.
In December the two of them beamed down to Dreon VII with an away team led by Kanril. They took up a position at the crest of a hill overlooking the village of Tholis and fired several shots to support the rest of the team. (B&S: "A Nightmarish Rage")
By 2410 McMillan had received an automatic promotion to lieutenant (jg) for time in service. She accompanied her captain over to the mirror universe Cardassian Union ship CDS Koranak as a bodyguard during some negotiations. (TWR: "Big Damn Heroes")
Personal relationships[]
Jacques Pierre[]
In 2406 Kate McMillan fell in love with Cadet Jacques Pierre, a cadet in her year majoring in astrophysics. The two of them got engaged in September 2408 after graduation, intending to marry next April.
During the raid on Utopia Planitia the IKS mupwI' fired a spread of quantum torpedoes at the drydocked USS Repulse. The unshielded ship exploded, heavily damaging the surrounding drydock. Jacques Pierre was killed instantly when a large piece of shrapnel struck him in the chest and cut him nearly in half.
K'lak[]
In September 2409 McMillan began meeting her supervisor K'lak for drinks after shifts, and in October their relationship turned into an off-and-on romance. They kept it largely secret for two months, with the tacit approval of Lieutenant Korekh, but in December Captain Kanril stumbled upon one of their meetings in Ten Forward. The next morning she called them to their office, and, citing Starfleet Regulation 1138-Gamma, told them they could either break up or she'd move McMillan to a different supervisor. K'lak turned the tables by pointing out that McMillan's position as his spotter required trust between them, and that them being in a relationship only added to it. Therefore their relationship in fact improved ship functioning. They instead chose to become exclusive and Kanril let the technical regs violation slide.
Behind the scenes[]
Kaitlyn Eloise McMillan is the name of one of the Starfleet security officers randomly generated by Star Trek Online's duty officer system. Her backstory was created by StarSwordC for his story Bait and Switch.
External links[]
- Kaitlyn McMillan article at The Star Trek Online Wiki.