O’Brian looked more like an Irish innkeeper than a chief engineer, with her slightly husky, thickset figure and straight ginger hair, which she hid beneath a flat cap while working. Her light skin, freckles, and green eyes only added to the impression.
Chapter 2
Lieutenant Commander O’Brian is the Chief Engineer of the Herald Petrel and as such head of the engineers and the systems and wiring crew.
She was born on Ghoran 7 and is married to a woman from Ireland, Earth.
O’Brian has her priorities straight:
- Her ship with its engines and systems
- Her wife
- Her crew
- Everything else