Walter Daniels

Matteo Daniels, was born in New Jersey, on Earth, to a German father and an Italian mother. Matteo grew up and became employed at the Utopia Plantitia Fleet Yards, on Mars, as an engineer (ship builder). He met a girl and fell in love. She was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar. They married and very soon, a baby boy was born. They named the boy Walter, after some guy Matteo owed a favor to. Matteo Daniels was serving on a Federation star ship as a civilian engineer in 2375 when his ship was attacked and destroyed during the Dominian war. Nora was left with a 7 year old son. Nora and son left Mars for Earth. They lived in a rural section of Florida until Nora died. Her cause of death was never known to Wally. One day, a lady in a blue uniform came to his fourth grade class room and took him out into the hall and told him his mother had died. Then, the lady in the blue uniform took 9 year old Wally to a Military School for Orphaned Boys, in Massachusetts, USA, where he he lived until he was 14. One other day, that same lady in the blue uniform came and told young Daniels that he had a long lost maternal grandfather in Switzerland that wanted him to come and live with him. Jonas Durrenberger had been a valued and trusted employee of Starfleet Academy's Psychiatric Hospital (a teaching school). He had arranged for Walter to attend Starfleet Academy, in San Francisco, after high school. Unfortunately, Grandfather Durrenberger died two years prior to graduation. As Wally's grades were beyond reproach, had the credits to graduate and had no other guardian, he was admitted to the academy early. On his 18th birthday, Wally inherited his Grandfather's vast fortune and estate. Wally graduated Starfleet Academy, class of '88 (2388).

Wally, aside from possessing military skills, enjoys cross country running, is an accomplished equestrian in both the tradition English riding style and the newer Western style. He also enjoys snowboarding, skiing and the card game gin rummy.