Clayton Chorky Jr. (D-002)

Clayton Chorky Jr. is a former academy cadet, former member of Volvo and the Bandwagon, and current captain of the privately owned freighter ''The Fraternizer. ''

Appearance
Chorky has a tealish-blue skin color, and brown hair with a large beard. He has an artificial right eye, and almost always carries around a guitar. He usually wears the uniform of the defunct Orkana Defense Initiative, an organization which was absorbed into the Federation Starfleet upon Orkana's admission to the Federation.

Personality
Though generally an amiable person, Chorky can also come of as overbearing and annoying to females. In the words of Starfleet Academy Professor Dawson, "He has a problem playing by the rules. You tell him to fire phasers, he fires torpedoes. You tell him to recite Cochrane's first law of warp theory, he'll recite the third, and tell you why it's more applicable."

Chorky has a tendency to use slang terminology while talking, and in recent years has become known as the type to "shoot first, ask questions later."

Chorky is also known to be highly intuitive, and a quick study in most fields.

Achievements
Chorky became known as "The Ylgu Runner," when he repeatedly transported a ships worth of food and weapons to the rebels on the planet of Ylgu III between the years of 2365 and 2367. Ylgu III, at the time, was controlled by a race known as the Kintaka, a brutal regime responsible for massacres on the planet. Chorky has gone down in many accounts of the conflict as the man who single-handedly provided the supplies for the Ylguan resistance to eventually succeed, and gain their independence.

Though he dropped out of the academy, the fact that he was able to apply and be accepted is no feat to be understated.

Chorky was one of the original members of the popular Federation band Volvo and the Bandwagon.

Childhood
Chorky was born in Paris, France on February 3rd, 2340. His mother was a Orkane diplomat, and his father was Clayton Louis Chorky Sr, a human nomad. After only two months, Clayton Chorky Sr. disappeared, never to be seen again. Chorky's mother, Eloine Partrick, raised Clayton on her own. Her status as a diplomat allowed her to live a high class life style on Earth. Chorky was given music lessons on the violin and classical guitar, and trained in the sciences and engineering.

He lived a semi-pampered life for most of his childhood. When he reached the age of 14, he became involved with a group of friends who called themselves "The Paris Dudes." The children believed themselves to be, quote, "The coolest thing since Al Capone." The group roamed the streets of Paris, causing mischief and occasionally being arrested on charges of disturbing the peace, petty theft, or other minor offenses of the sort. When Chorky turned 16, his mother urged him to join Starfleet Academy. Chorky was not fond of the idea, instead wanting to focus on his musical career. He was becoming an excellent guitarist, and had written several original songs.

His mother, however, did not allow him to pursue his dreams, and at the age of 17, submitted an application to Starfleet for him.

Young Adulthood
Chorky passed the academy exams in the 84th percentile, and reluctantly agreed to honor his mother's wishes. He joined the academy when he was still 17, and for the first year made excellent grades, even though his professors tended to hate his demeanor. He also met Sylvia McIntyre, who would quickly become his girlfriend. The two, along with Volvo and Duncan Masters, would go on to form the band Chorky and the Bandwagon. The band was quickly rising in popularity, but the officer's duties often interfered with the music.

It was around this time that Chorky began drinking large amounts of alcohol. By the time he was halfway through his second year at the academy, he was an alcoholic. Chorky quickly alienated himself from his friends, broke up with Sylvia, and dropped out of the academy, much to the shock of those who knew him.

Adulthood
For the next seven years, Chorky roamed the galaxy in a drunk stupor, occasionally becoming an officer on a civilian freighter, only to begin drifting again. Blaming his mother for everything that had happened, he took his father's last name. In January of 2365, Chorky stormed the stage at a Volvo and the Bandwagon concert, severely drunk. He began shouting at Volvo, claiming the Vulcan had "stolen his band." He was escorted off stage by security officers, and brought to a rehabilitation facility, where he was quickly taken off of alcohol.

Tabloid newspapers began reporting on Chorky, calling him "The Man Who Could've Joined the Bandwagon." In July of 2365, Chorky was released from the rehabilitation clinic. It is said he told his doctor, "The last 25 years of my life have been a mistake. I should do something good with myself."

By September of the same year, Chorky had purchased a mid-sized freighter that he named The Fraternizer, and began running cargo from planet to planet on the outer reaches of the galaxy. He picked up two dozen crew members along the way, and began calling himself "Captain Chorky."

When Chorky learned of the rebels on Ylgu III, he immediately began ferrying them food and weapons, evading Kintakan ships nearly the entire time. Between the years of 2365 and 2367, Chorky went on 45 separate missions to Ylgu III. Indeed, he became known as "The Ylgu Runner." Suddenly, the tabloids were hailing him as a hero instead of a pathetic failure.

On the final of his missions to Ylgu III, his ship was attacked by a Kintakan patrol. The freighter managed to escape into a nebula, but Chorky lost his right eye in the process. It was replaced with a prosthetic, which Chorky reported, "Only made me cooler."

Chorky continues to captain The Fraternizer, and has been accused of ferrying more weapons to rebelling worlds in the Kintakan Empire. Though many would call him noble, the Federation considers such actions illegal. To an average citizen, Chorky is a hero. To a Starfleet officer, Chorky is an outlaw.