Miles Edward O'Brien
Origin: Star Trek Deep Space Nine
Human
Hair: Red
Eyes:
Occupation: Engineer. Working in Environmental Controls.
Residence: Castle 13/1/31
Birthday: September
Partner: Julian Bashir.
Children: Molly O'Brien, Kirayoshi O'Brien.
Instruments: Cello
Pet: Lycosa tarantula: Christina
Import Date: Year 11.
Miles O'Brien was born in Ireland, Earth, in September 2328. (DS9: "Homefront", "Whispers")
O'Brien claimed he could trace his ancestry back to the 11th century Irish king Brian Boru (whom he occasionally played in a holosuite program). Another notable O'Brien ancestor was Sean Aloysius O'Brien. (DS9: "Bar Association")
O'Brien was proud of the fact that he was raised on real food as his mother believed that replicated food was less nutritious. When preparing meals for her family, his mother would handle and cook meat. (TNG: "The Wounded")
O'Brien had two brothers. His mother passed away in 2368 and his father, Michael, remarried a year later, though Miles never met his new stepmother. (DS9: "Invasive Procedures", "Whispers") His relationship with his father had been a somewhat rocky one during Miles' adolescence; Michael had pushed Miles to pursue his music career, making him practice the cello at least once a day, and was somewhat upset by his son's enlistment in Starfleet. When Miles was seventeen years old, his father sent a recording of his work to the Aldeberan Music Academy. O'Brien declined the offer of admission to the Music Academy and enrolled in Starfleet – against his father's wishes. The two later reconciled their differences and O'Brien's father was eventually extremely proud of his son and his accomplishments. (DS9: "Shadowplay")
As a child, O'Brien had a morbid fear of spiders. Following a mission on Zayra IV where O'Brien was forced to make a critical repair in a Jefferies tube containing Talarian hook spiders, he found that his fear had lessened, and he later kept a Lycosa tarantula, named Christina, as a pet aboard the Enterprise-D. (TNG: "Realm of Fear")
In 2345, at the age of 17, O'Brien joined Starfleet as an enlisted crewman, where he attended Engineering School. (DS9: "Shadowplay", "Treachery, Faith and the Great River")
As of stardate 49648, O'Brien had served aboard a half dozen starships, participated in 235 separate combat engagements, and been decorated by Starfleet on fifteen occasions. Because of his impressive military record, O'Brien was recognized by a Starfleet formal inquiry as an expert in starship combat. (DS9: "Rules of Engagement", "Broken Link")
O'Brien's career was so well respected that Captain Keogh of the USS Odyssey considered the chief's experiences an asset before launching a rescue mission for Commander Benjamin Sisko in the Gamma Quadrant in 2370. (DS9: "The Jem'Hadar")
He married Keiko Ishikawa aboard the Enterprise on October 24th, 2367, and the couple had their first child, Molly, the following year. (TNG: "Data's Day", "Disaster") Both joined O'Brien aboard DS9, albeit reluctantly on Keiko's part, where their second child, Kirayoshi, was born in 2373. O'Brien had a difficult time dealing with this pregnancy, mainly as a result of the baby's forced 'relocation' to Kira Nerys in late 2372, which saw the two struggling with a mutual attraction – one which both agreed to put aside. (DS9: "Body Parts", "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places", "The Begotten")
As a ritual before going into battle, O'Brien recorded a "goodbye" message for his family in the event of his death. Each time he did so, he believed it would be the one they would hear. Between 2367 and 2372, he had recorded a total of eleven messages. (DS9: "To the Death") He also regularly wrote "sexy letters" to Keiko. (DS9: "Whispers")
O'Brien described marriage as "the greatest adventure of them all. It's filled with pitfalls and setbacks and mistakes, but it's a journey worth taking because you take it together". (DS9: "Armageddon Game")
Keiko chose not to join Miles in the Inn-Between, leading to a necessary divorce.
During his childhood, Miles developed keen construction skills. Despite doing poorly in mechanical aptitude tests, he spent many hours constructing model starship engines, models of subspace transceiver assemblies and ships in a bottle. He also did a great deal of hiking, climbing mountains in his native Ireland. (DS9: "Paradise"; TNG: "Booby Trap", "All Good Things..."; DS9: "The Ship")
O'Brien's one continuing passion was kayaking, and he frequently found himself visiting sickbay or the infirmary for shoulder injuries sustained during programs. (TNG: "Transfigurations"; DS9: "Shakaar", "Inquisition") This eventually resulted in humoral socket replacement surgery in 2371 (although the injury that necessitated the operation was not sustained through the sport). This did not end O'Brien's shoulder problems – he suffered a torn rotator cuff four years later, while practicing baseball with the Niners. (DS9: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite") He enjoyed singing while kayaking, which he felt helped establish a good paddling rhythm. (DS9: "Heart of Stone")
O'Brien created a detailed model of the Alamo in his quarters, which he left to Julian Bashir after he left for Earth in 2375
Together with Julian Bashir, O'Brien pursued several other hobbies like racquetball, darts and historical reenactments in the holosuite of events such as the Battle of Britain, the Battle of Clontarf, or the defending of the Alamo, of which he even created a detailed model in his quarters. (DS9: "Rivals", "Visionary", "Accession", "Bar Association", "The Changing Face of Evil" et. al)
He maintained his love of music, playing the cello in a string quartet aboard the Enterprise. (TNG: "The Ensigns of Command", "Sarek") O'Brien was also a fan of detective fiction novels, particularly Mickey Spillane and his character Mike Hammer, a preference he passed on to Odo, to whom he frequently loaned books. (DS9: "Field of Fire")
O'Brien was literate in the Trill language. (DS9: "Prodigal Daughter")
A favored drink of O'Brien's was coffee: Jamaican blend, double-strong, double-sweet, as well as just black and double-sweet. (DS9: "Whispers", "Babel", "Armageddon Game")
O'Brien was a fan of Starfleet combat rations, and that those rations were the only thing that he missed about the Cardassian front. (TNG: "Rascals"; DS9: "The Siege")
According to Sarina Douglas, she thought O'Brien would be a fitting replacement for Greek god Atlas if he ever got tired, adding that "he would do it with a smile on his face." (DS9: "Chrysalis") .