Marvin Wanglestien was a Human Starfleet Lieutenant in the 23rd century. He was described as noticeably short and black-haired, and sometimes experienced social anxiety. (FASA RPG module: The Strider Incident)
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Marvin Wanglestien was born on Ariannus, and from from a relatively early age, realized he had a natural talent for learning and speaking languages. He also developed a lifelong interest with the Orion people and culture. At some point, Wanglestien joined Starfleet. His first post after graduation was to the USS Ranger, for two years.
Wanglestien's next 7 years would be spent stationed at Starbase 4, as part of Starfleet Education and Training Command. Specifically, he was part of the "Webstar Project", a Starfleet initiative to analyze and better understand the Orion peoples and governments. Much of Wanglestien's duties at the time consisted of research, translations, and codebreaking. During this time, he was also able to publish several papers, some of which have since become required reading at Starfleet Academy. Wanglestien considered this posting to be the highlight of his career.
After Starbase 4, Wanglestien served aboard the USS Wellington for 6 years, before being transferred to the USS Lexington as Chief Communications Officer under Captain Grant Franklin. Of the entire Lexington's crew, Wanglestien was the shortest, even more so than Lieutenant Commander V'Shall, who was also known for his lack of height. The crew of the Lexington found him likeable, and considered him to be one of the smartest members of the crew. Wanglestien was the only member of the bridge crew who was not targeted by Dr Driveon's and V'Shall's practical jokes. Eventually, the Lexington began experiencing engine troubles far worse than the ship's engineers could handle. Captain Franklin directed the ship to Starbase 12 for repairs - however, Starfleet Command sent the Lexington to investigate two freighters that had been destroyed in the vicinity, before the Lexington was authorized to proceed. Discovering recent wreckage, Captain Franklin and his crew devised a plan to lure out the perpetrators - mimic a distress signal from one of the destroyed ships, using civilian frequencies. When the pirate ship appeared, a standoff ensued, eventually resulting in the pirate captain destroying their own ship in an effort to take out the Lexington. While the pirates were not fully successful in destroying the Lexington, the damage was severe, rendering the ship's jury-rigged engines almost completely destroyed. Eventually, the crew were able to get engines functioning at 20% power, only enough for limited Warp 2 flight.
The Lexington set course for the nearest space station, Defense Outpost 1121, for emergency repairs, a journey that would take several weeks. Once the Lexington was moored at the outpost for repairs, Captain Franklin was invited to dinner by Commodore Bram Harmonson, where they discussed the diplomatic incident recently caused by Captain Kristine Reardon in the Stogar system, and her impending court martial. Franklin was appointed as a juror in the case by the Commodore, which had the direct effect of preventing him from investigating matters on his own. Nevertheless, trusting his crew, he assigned them to research the matter independently. The crew would go on to interview station personnel, Captain Reardon, and her crew. During their investigations, the crew found the outpost's Lieutenant Art Davials dead in his quarters, prompting the station's commander, Captain Carl Curtis, to bring in each member of the Lexington's crew for questioning, which kept the officers up until early the next morning.
Upon reporting back to their captain, the next day, the crew of the Lexington proposed a plan to crack the case once and for all. This plan would involve enlisting Reardon's crew to help commandeer the only currently-warp-capable ship at the outpost, the USS Strider, and abducting Captain Reardon to ensure her safety - a plan Franklin readily agreed to, and helped enact. As the strider was not nearly done with repairs, many engineering patch-jobs had to be covertly applied to be able to reliably operate the ship.
26 hours after departing from the station, a jailbroken Captain Reardon in tow, the Strider arrived in the Stogar system, and fell into a trap laid by the IKV Bloodsteel. Captains Reardon and Franklin were able to negotiate for the bouy they had come for, and departed for the Neutral Zone with the Bloodsteel as an escort. After arriving back at the Outpost, Captain Franklin and his crew were instrumental in the unmasking of Commodore Harmonson as a Klingon agent, and clearing the names of the Strider's crew. (FASA RPG module: The Strider Incident)
- The "Further Adventures" epilogue to the Strider Incident story suggests the crew of the Lexington might continue to pursue Commodore Harmonson into The Triangle Sector, but this is merely left as a possibility.
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Matthew Decker • Jack Kerr • Marvin Wanglestien • Gregory Yuan | 
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