New crewmembers overview

We've got a few new crewmembers coming aboard, so I thought I'd put together an overview of all of them into one e-mail.
If I've missed anyone out please let me know!!
-Commander Niples
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Name: Steev MAckEnzyyyyyyyAge: 23
Job: Assistant engineerDescription: Blue eyes, Long black hair (greasy), Embarrassed grin, nervous expression, Luggage-locker shaped (when curled up), greasy in general.
Steev is a rather nervous and timid soul, likes Picasso, Jigsaws that don't fit and other abstract stuff.  He has an incredible fondness for cheese, though no one least of all Steev knows why.  Can sometimes be given to having flashes of inspiration and genius in an "Ace Rimmer" stylee, though all too often he gets laughed at.  Again and again.   Is interested in finding the one comfortable Left-luggage locker, due to his panic attacks, balancing out the "Ace Rimmer" attacks.
History
Steev was born into a normal family on Earth.  Unfortunately the person typing out his birth certificate fell asleep on the keyboard, and before anyone noticed he was cursed with the badly typed travesty.  People therefore laughed often at his name as soon as they found this out.  He moved with his family about a lot, and he was well received by classmates and friends...until he had to write his name on the board.  Therefore Steev is prone to freaking out sometimes.  He often hides in these times in Left-luggage lockers, though has yet to find a really comfy one.  Generally nervous normally, he is sometimes prone to TV-style "building up" of the nervy one..heroic "you can do it!" speeches, and can sometimes overcome the embarrassment of his name and does something truly great.  Then he ends up writing his name again, and people laugh, and he has to hide again.  Gained a fondness for abstract art and the like because he shares a bond with them due to his own twisted name...He needs the money from this Jag to finally get his name changed.
Favourite saying
"Oh for F**S SAKE!  It was a mistype!!!" *sobs*********************************************
Name: Phil FeBuggure
Job- Inventor in the weapons/ gadgets division (science dept.)
Sex: Male
Physical Age : 24(apparent)
Actual Age : 60606 
Race: Advanced Hologram (Hardlight)  
Description:
Height:5 foot 10 inches
Weight: 10 Stone
Eyes : Blue/Black
Hair : Black  
Likes and dislikes:
Likes Flicking elastic bands at people(normally in the groin area) Pizza(pepporoni) Time Loops(see later)   Hates Fish, has a fear of crabs in particular Time Loops(see later)  
History
Phill was killed whilst on litter patrol for JMC. He was then made into the holgram for his ship(The JMC Chicken Korma). Not long after this , The Chicken Korma was invloved in an accedent involving a singularity, a Simulant and a jam doughnut. This had the side effect of putting Phil in a time loop, like the old earth film "Groundhog Day". He is being forced to relive the same decade over and over again. This has the advantages that he knows about certain things before they happen(like the Europa Lottery numbers ). It also has the disadvantage that he sometimes knows what's going to happen(Like any "suprise" episodes of "Androids"). Phil doesn't know everything, but can remeber stuff that has happened to him before, espcially if it is important or involving facts about pretty women(like in Groundhog day). He is currently on his 6061st loop.
He transfred to the Blue Dwarf for a differnt persepective on things.  
Favourite saying
"Go on, surprise me. Please."  
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Name: Larry Rongside
Rank: Lieutenant
Position: Chief Science officer
Sex: Male
Age: 30
Race: Human (although often mistaken for a MacDonalds employee)
 
Description:
6'2", 170 lbs., brown eyes, black hair, a sickly pale skin tone, and a face that looks like it hasn't had sleep in a year
Personality/ interests:
Larry is fascinated by anything that moves, although his seeming lack of ability to express positive or extreme emotions prevents this from showing.  He is extremely laid back and moves about his life in an almost sloth-like manor.  He may become alert, attentive, and active when the setting is right, such as his life is in danger or he has had a good 32 ounces of caffeine-rich coffee.  Hobbies include studying the effects of vacuum on things (office supplies, small animals) placed in airlocks and using the lavatory.  Former crewmates may refer to him as "the thing that wouldn't go away" or "freak," but Larry can be quite enjoyable when he is found in a state of sleep.
History
Since early childhood in Iowa (U.S.A.) it was apparent that Larry's first love would always be science.  By the age of 15 he would spend hour upon hour  fascinated by his study of rocks sinking in water.  Larry never actually explored reasons why things happened, but his parents decided that science must come in many forms.Larry was enrolled in the JMC Academy at the age of 18.  By the age of 26 the Academy decided that it would be easier for them to place Larry on a ship then let him return to the academy for another year of wasting time.  Larry shrugged and agreed to his fate.  Larry jumped from ship to ship for the next four years.  His reported reason for reassignment, "Over qualified for available duty," was less and less believable when no captain could stand to keep Larry for more than one month's time.
Favourite saying
"No, peanut butter does not react with cough syrup.  Now would you kindly remove your hand from the lab rat containment unit?"
-Chemistry teacher, JMC Academy.***********************************************
Name: Kieran Loes
Sex: Male
Age: 23
Race: Human (genetically engineered)
Rank: Ensign
Position: Chief Navigation officer/ pilot
Description
Kieran is an exceptionally handsome young man.  He is about 6'2"; 190 lbs of solid, well-sculpted muscle.  He has thick black hair and bright blue eyes.  He appears to be of both Irish and Korean descent.  He has clear, pale skin, and slightly slanted eyes.
Personality and interests
Kieran doesn't sleep much.  He likes to poke about in the ship's computers, meet people, fly ships in the VR suite, and generally find ways to keep his mind active.  He has no favorites because he likes to try everything at least once.  He's very friendly, which most people find somewhat disturbing.  He enjoys physical activity *koff koff* because it's uniformly interesting and challenging.
History
Kieran has that extra-special something that just attracts people: an extremely large bank balance.  His parents, fearing a genetic defect in their child based on their DNA, had gone through the torturous legal channels to have their unborn child's DNA altered to prevent defects.  However, the hospital overdid it, and the child died.  In recompense, the hospital offered to try again.  They got some impregnated ova, and tweaked and tweaked the faulty DNA until they got a viable subject - Kieran.  However, that process took about 80 years longer than expected, and Kieran's parents are now dead, leaving him the sole heir of their fortunes and the proceeds from their lawsuit against the hospital.
Without any family, Kieran's future was decided by the state.  And what better place to stick some rich orphan than the Space Corps?  Maybe he'll die, and his wealth will revert back to the company.  Kieran actually enjoyed his time in the Academy.  The work came easily to him (improved synaptic response) and he made a lot of friends (increased pheronome production).  He especially enjoyed learning to pilot ships, as he could afford the extra lessons (and his accelerated eye-hand coordination and fine motor control helped).
Kieran doesn't know the full extent to which his DNA was altered, but he suspects that as with the first attempt, the hospital overdid it.
This is his first assignment out of the Academy; he spent a little time traveling around by himself to see if there was anything else he wanted to do.  Nothing seemed more interesting than space, and he got bored very quickly.
Favourite quote
"I'm bored.  Let's go do something fun!"
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Name: Marlene Cauty
Rank: Ensign
Position: Assistant science officer
Sex: Female
 
Description:
6 ft in height, 69 lbs weight, green eyes, reddish hair.  Slim muscular physique
Personality and interests
   Marlene has an all encompassing thirst for knowledge in all shapes and forms, but most especially for things scientific.  This incredible wish to learn more has often landed her in sticky situations; such as stowing away on the infamous Hrann away team where the entire team were cut into bitesized segments and served as an entree.   Marlene was apparantly spared this fate due to the fact that her education included various languages and could say 'Excuse me, there is a frog in my bidet' in their language, so impressing them that she was permitted to live.  In her notebook from that time can be found the infamous note 'tastes like deep fried squid in spicy salt and chilli'.   She is also a bit of a fitness fanatic and as such is often regarded with distrust and suspicion by the average JMC crew.  Her belief is not to do with fitness however but more along the lines that she needs her body fully functional in order to pursue her quest for knowledge.   Unfortunately her beliefs in life do not always extend to upgrading her personal technology if the old one isn't broken.  Hence her office contains a large and noisy dot matrix printer for which she is the only known maintenance person since all records of its repair have been consigned to the great garbage can of artifacts.
History
   Marlene has worked on various starships in varying degrees of competancy (depending on how much new information sidetracked her from her role).  How she ended up on the Blue Dwarf is a matter for much debate.  Marlene herself believes that a simple clerical error in JMC led to this assignation instead of the Blue Jellyfish, a battleclass starcruiser heading for uncharted space.  Tucked securely in her restricted access personnel file however is the note 'keep her bored and she'll work.  for god's sake, send her nowhere interesting or she'll end up a loose cannon again'.
Favourite saying
"Don't argue with me or I'll have you for entree."
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