Chase Braga

Dr. Chase Braga was the chief medical officer of the USS Sovereign since 2379. (Star Trek: Sovereign)

Early Life
Chase Berlin Braga was born into a high status family, where his father as a highly decorated Starfleet captain and his mother a well respected doctor. Since his birth in New York City, Earth, it was self evident that Braga would now doubt be attending Starfleet Academy, but what surprised his parents was that he graduated with a medical degree.

Starfleet Academy
During his years at the Academy, Braga excelled in his medical studies and even excelled on the school’s tennis team, where he met and became good friends with Adam Mitchell.

Early Starfleet Career
With his father's promotion to Admiral, Braga's already high profile soared, allowing him to have his choice of assignments. Braga choose a position on the medical team on the USS Enterprise-D. Thanks to his father’s rank, Braga easily made his reached the rank of Lieutenant. After three years, Braga requested a transfer, and it was granted. He was transferred to the USS Niagara under the command of Edwin Sutton. Upon his transfer he was promoted to Lieutenant Commander and showed himself to be a very good Deputy Chief Medical Officer. Braga served on the USS Niagara for five years.

USS Sovereign
When the USS Sovereign lost her Chief Medical Officer to an unfortunate transporter accident, his father, who was the Commander of Operations in the Oralian sector at the time, reassigned him to the USS Pioneer to replace Dr. Walter McRoye.