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The following biographies were taken from the Official Kobayashi Alternative manual which you can download from here.

Admiral (Commanding) James T. Kirk: A legend in his own time; soldier, diplomat, and student of history; past and present commander of a ship whose name is synonymous with bold adventure; born Iowa, U.S.A., 28 July 2132; graduated Star Fleet Academy with highest honors; relieved Captain Christopher Pike and served as captain of U.S.S. Enterprise for the duration of her second five-year mission; promoted to commodore, then admiral, and assigned to Star Fleet Command, San Francisco, Earth; reassigned to the refitted Enterprise at the time of the V'Ger crisis; now commanding Enterprise for special exploratory, diplomatic, and interventional missions; adviser to the Federation Council on Interspecies Affairs; Chairman, Cadet Commandant's Training Studies Group, Star Fleet Academy, Terra.

CAPT. Spock
First Officer and Science Officer, USS Enterprise
Half-vulcan - WEIGHT: 170 lbs. at 1g Typical Vulcan physiology: Two hearts and manganese based blood cells. Special attributes: Contact telepathy; scientist and mathematician of galactic repute.

Captain Spock: An inseparable part of the Enterprise legend; galactically renowned scientist, research mathematician, and computer specialist; serving for these missions as First Officer and Science Officer; born ShiKahr, Vulcan, 56 Tasmeen, 503 VSD; graduated Star Fleet Academy with highest honors; assigned to Enterprise during Captain Christopher Pike's command; associated with her ever since, excluding a period spent on sabbatical on Vulcan after the second five-year mission; returned to service aboard Enterprise during the Vejur crisis; promoted to captain shortly thereafter; assisting Star Fleet in designing the courses and curricula to be used when the Enterprise becomes a training ship; currently in special-mission service.

CMDR. Leonard Edward McCoy, MD.
Chief of Medicine and Psychiatry, USS Enterprise
Human - HEIGHT: 5'11"; HAIR: Brown; EYES: Blue; BLOOD TYPE: A+
Special Attributes: Fellow of the Interstellar College of Xenomedicine.
Hobbies: Spock baiting, Creole Cuisine

Leonard McCoy, M.D. (Commander): Another name that made Enterprise famous (or vice versa); chief medical officer during the second five-year mission and again (after a brief retirement) during the V'Ger incident; commissioned full commander after the incident; born Atlanta, Georgia, 24 October 2119; M.D. and internships, Cornell Medical Center/New York Hospital; board certified in human and exopsychiatry, Payne Whitney Clinic; senior fellow, the Interstellar College of Xenomedicine; enlisted and assigned to Enterprise; one of the most decorated medical officers in Star Fleet; Legion of Honor; Star Fleet Awards of Valor; Fleet Surgeons' "LifeStar" with double cluster; rumored to have had the Enterprise's sick bay rebuilt to his own specifications.

CMDR. Montgomery Scott
Chief Engineer, USS Enterprise
Human - HEIGHT: 6"1"; HAIR: Brown; EYES: Brown; BLOOD TYPE: O-
Hobbies : Comparative alcohol appreciation, Reading technical manuals.

Commander Montgomery Scott: Renowned throughout Star Fleet as the man who can make anything work; chief engineer of Enterprise for almost her entire period of commission; born Aberdeen, Scotland, 31 August 2121; shipwright's apprentice in the P&O Orbital Shipyards at L5/"Glasgow Yonder" until old enough to enter Star Fleet Academy; junior engineer aboard U.S.S. Potemkin; assistant chief engineer aboard U.S.S. Hood; transferred to Enterprise under Captain Pike; brief stint at Star Fleet Corps of Engineers, Planetary Division, following second five-year
mission; Nobel Prize nominee (structural engineering) for the design and construction of the dome for Greater Mariner Base; serving aboard Enterprise for special missions; working on engine plans for NX transwarp starships.

CMDR. Nyota Uhura
Chief of Communications, USS Enterprise
Human - HEIGHT: 5'5"; EYES: Brown; HAIR: Black; BLOOD TYPE: AB+
Hobbies: Comparative Xenolinguistics, Denebian Opera.

Commander Nyota Uhura: Rumored to have opened more hailing frequencies than any other entity alive; known throughout the galaxy as "the Voice of Enterprise"; born Nairobi, United States of Africa, 24 October 2140; M.S., comparative xenolinguistics, Queen's College, Cambridge; enlisted
in Star Fleet, Communications Division; assigned to Enterprise early in the second five-year mission; promoted to full commander at the mission's end; assigned to Federation True Universal Translator Project (which she created); serving as special-missions communications chief;
concurrently conducting research on the potential of thought as a carrier for instantaneous interstellar communications and species-specific context in language.

LT. Pavel Chekov
Weapons Officer, USS Enterprise
Human - HEIGHT: 5'6"; HAIR: Black; EYES: Brown; BLOOD TYPE: O-
Hobbies: Sky-yacht Racing, Old Cyrillic and Slavic Linguistics and History.

Lieutenant Commander Pavel Chekov: Navigator and weapons officer par excellence; one of the youngest officers in Fleet history to achieve "high mastery" rating on three stations at once (helm, weapons, science); born Moskva, U.S.S.R., 6 March 2145; attended Moscow University at Flamsteed, Luna; completed his Bachelor's degree in astrogation while in Star Fleet Academy; assigned to Enterprise during the second five-year mission; promoted to lieutenant commander at its end; transferred to Star Fleet Command, Earth; awaiting first officer's billet aboard one of the new Grissom class exploratory starships; currently posted to Enterprise for special missions; captain of the solar-sail yacht Volga and of the winning America's Cup sky yachting team for the past two years.

Captain Hikaru Sulu: Former helmsman of Enterprise, temporarily assigned as captain of the exploratory ship U.S.S. Robert A. Heinlein; born Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, 3 July 2141; enlisted in Star Fleet Academy; graduated with highest honors with a dual specialty in engineering and
helm functions; assigned to Enterprise early in the second five-year mission; promoted and decorated on various occasions, most notably for conspicuous heroism during the raid on the Romulan StarSeed Project and during the events surrounding Enterprise's tests of the elective-mass inversion drive; promoted to captain after the Vejur incident; presently on a one-year exploration and mapping mission in the Great Rift area of the Sagittarius Arm.

LT. CMDR. Harb Tanzer
Chief of Recreation, USS Enterprise
Human - HEIGHT: 5'9"; HAIR: Silver; EYES: Blue; BLOOD TYPE: A+
Special Attributes: Past Contact Bridge Champion of the Federation - four standard years.

LT. CMDR. Lia Burke, RN, MD, ND, FICN
Assistant Head Nurse, USS Enterprise
Human - HEIGHT: 5'7"; HAIR: Blonde; EYES: Hazel; BLOOD TYPE: A+
Hobbies: Recreational Computer Simulations, Chess (2-D & 4-D), Alien Mythologies.

 LT. Jerry Freeman
Assigned to Biology, USS Enterprise
Human - HEIGHT: 5'10"; HAIR: Brown; EYES: Brown; BLOOD TYPE: A+
Hobbies: Antique Entertainment forms, Image Processing.

LT. Janice Kerasus (pronounced JANEECE)
Chief of Linguistics, Communications Department, USS Enterprise
Human - HEIGHT: 5'11"; HAIR: Brown; EYES: Brown; BLOOD TYPE: A+
Hobbies: Cats, Creative Writing, Equestrian Events.

LT. Derval Seamonn Ni Avoca
Replacement Helm Officer, USS Enterprise
Human - HEIGHT: 6'1"; HAIR: Black; EYES: Brown; BLOOD TYPE: A+
Hobbies: Irish Studies, Amateur distilling of off color limericks.

LT. Sean Ohara
Assistant to Security, USS Enterprise
Altonian - HEIGHT: 5'2"; HAIR: Brown (shaggy); EYES: Green (2);
Distinguishing Marks: Blonde Patches on Mane.
Hobbies: Moon Watching, Burger Eating.

LT. Azrieh Lee
Junior Weapons Officer (specialist in phaser technology), USS Enterprise
Human - HEIGHT: 5'5"; HAIR: Brown; EYES: Brown; BLOOD TYPE: B+
Hobbies: Graphics Arts, Historical Costumes.

LT. Olga Litowinsky
Chief Computer Librarian, USS Enterprise
Human - HEIGHT: 5'6"; HAIR: Salt & Pepper; EYES: Blue; BLOOD TYPE: AB-
Hobbies : Children's Books, Surf Fishing.

LT. Theresa Renner
Transporter Technician, USS Enterprise
Human - HEIGHT: 5'5"; HAIR: Brown; EYES: Brown; BLOOD TYPE: AB+
Special Attributes: Professional Violist; Third Degree Black Belt (Kung Foo)
Hobbies: Collecting Purple Things and Teddy Bears.

EN. Dahai Lohor Naraht
Assigned to Biology & Biomaths, USS Enterprise
Horta - 8,412th Egg of the Horta; HEIGHT: 2'3"; SKIN:
Orange-Brown "Islands"; Voder strapped to "Back"
Hobbies: Recreational Gambling, Cooking with Heavy Metals.