Kendrick Biessman

Kendrick "Rick" Biessman was raised in one of the enhanced gravity dome-cities of Mars. They were densly populated and, unlike Mars "natives" who lived outside the domes in Mars' natural low gravity, he developed the necessary muscle mass to leave Mars comfortably.

Early Life
His father was a construction worker at the Utopia Planetia Fleet Yards where he worked on the construction of the USS Enterprise-D. Here, seeing all the various starships being built, young Rick developed a desire to join Starfleet and someday become a Captain.

Against his father's wishes, he joined Starfleet Academy rather than carry on the family tradition of ship building. However, once in Starfleet, his short temper soon got him thrown out. Rather than return home in disgrace and face his father, he wandered the Alpha Quadrant taking odd jobs until he joined the Maquis, mainly just for the opportunity for a good fight.

Aboard Voyager
Biessman was one of the Maquis being led by Chakotay when the ship was thrusted to the Delta Quadrant on stardate 48315.6. At the behest of Chakotay, he agreed to be integrated into the Starfleet setting with the rank of Crewman, and joined the crew of the USS Voyager. Once on Voyager, he proved to be valuable in a fire-fight and became a well respected security officer. Lieutenant Commander Tuvok recognized this, and allowed him on the Hazard Team as it's Heavy Weapons Specialist. When the ship was captured by the Vorsoth, he became deeply involved in conflict with both the Borg (due to their killing of his friend, Kenn Lathrop) and the Vorsoth's Harvesters. Because he was seemingly out of control with rage (a self described "quantum torpedo ready to blow"), team leader Ensign Munro took him off the the A-squad until he "blew off some steam."

When the ship was invaded by the Harvester's, Biessman showed heroism and daring in the defense of the ship, and the rescue of Ensogn Munro. For this, he was assigned back on the team's A-squad in preparation for the final confrontation with the Vorsoth aboard the Forge.

Death
Biessman and his team were being overrun by Harvesters until he decided to stand up and single hadedly fight off most of the Harvesters until backup arrived. While heroically defending his team, he was killed in battle, sacrificing his life for his friends. His body was then transported aboard Voyager, and was either returned to his family on Earth, or committed to the stars in the Delta Quadrant.