Editing Maraht the Horta (section)

==Starfleet History==
Maraht graduated from Starfleet with honors in the scientific fields of Metalurgy, Geology, and Tactical Exploration. He got along well with all of his classmates by wisely choosing to stay out of politics. Although Maraht showed talents in counseling and linguistics, he decided not to major in those areas at the Academy. Maraht became good friends with a human named Stephen Anderson and a [[Gorn]] while in the Academy, but they have been able to keep in touch only sporadically. 

At one point during his 4 years during the Academy, [[Starfleet]] requested Maraht's help with the search and rescue of some children that had been reported missing and suspected of becoming trapped in one of the old mine shafts in the hills around the old historic ghost mining town of [[Leadville]] in the Rocky Mountains on Earth.

Though the tourists had been warned repeatedly to not wonder into the mines, three children disobeyed their parents and dared each other to enter the mine at dusk and remain there until dawn. When part of the mine collapsed and trapped two of the three children the third was able to escape to get help. Maraht was asked to help to rescue the children due to his expertise in sensing underground vibration and detecting underground structural weakness. 

Maraht was able to get oxygen, limited light, and water to the children in time and then protected them from further harm in the dark by guiding them to safer passages before helping them out of the honeycomb of shafts, dangerous ledges and drop offs. Because of him, they did not panic and were able to survive their two day ordeal without injury. 

The entire incident brought a reluctant Maraht into the attention of the media. Though publicly touted as a hero, he found himself the object of hate mail from the often violent group called [[Humans for Humanity]]. They later made an attempt to kidnap him from the campus, possibly to make an example of him, and were unsuccessful due to the fact that they had underestimated Maraht's voracity, speed and size. Most of the local cell group were captured.

Upon Graduation Day, Admiral Green assigned Maraht to the [[Akira Class]] [[USS Mystique]] NCC-68125-C where he served as Assistant Chief Science Officer (ACSO) under CSO Lt. Ketal. Then the crew recently transferred to the newly built [[Prometheus Class]] ship [[USS Hades]] NX-60637 and Maraht served under CSO Lt. Comdr Holis Gralen.

Dr. Holis Gralen retired and Maraht served under Cmdr. Mason Garrett for a short time. When Cmdr. Garret decided to retire with his new pregnant mate Cynthia Darson, Maraht was nominally in charge of the Science Department, until he was promoted to the position of Chief of OPS by the new CO, Captain Devon Sash.