Editing Samantha Chandler (section)

== Family/Background ==

Samantha, or Sam as her family and friends have always called her, is the middle child and only daughter of James and Maria Chandler. Her father is a retired Starfleet Tactical Officer, her mother, a research scientist working with Starfleet. Sam followed into her father's footsteps, much to the exasperation of her mother who wanted her daughter to become a scientist.

Sam is the middle child of five children. Her two older brothers, James Jr. and Garrett, are both in Starfleet. However, Sam does not know where they are or which side of the conflict they are on. Her two younger brothers, Sean and Joshua, are much younger than the three older children. Both of them are currently living on Earth with their parents. Since the declaration of martial law on Earth and the beginning of the civil war, Sam has not known their fate.

Sam comes from a long line of Starfleet officers. Most of whom were marines or tactical officers. Both she and her older brothers followed in that tradition. However, Sam is one of the first females in her family to take that route. (Most females in her family take a more pacifist route in Starfleet.)

She was once engaged, but called it off before they could get married. This engagement is not really one she likes to talk about because of the bitter break up, which is a very long story. 

She has no children.