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===Personal spaces===

Off-duty, Tristam may be attending functions, fiddling with technological gadgets and gizmos, or catching up on sleep. Since moving in with [[Roshanara Rahman]], his messy tendencies have subsided significantly, though pieces to a three-dimensional chessboard can still be found scattered on a coffee table.  

After graduating Starfleet Academy, Tristam is placed aboard the {{USS|Pioneer}} as an Engineering Officer. He is promoted to Lieutenant JG a year later and reluctantly broadens his Engineering knowledge by learning more about the ''Pioneer'''s propulsion systems.  

During 2387, [[Roshanara Rahman]] is assigned to the Pioneer as a Research and Development Engineer. Having heard of her technical capabilities and expertise in propulsion engineering, Tristam outright introduces himself as disliking propulsion, describing how transwarp beaming would be a more effective long-term tool in the face of warp drive. Intrigued, Rahman asks Tristam to join her research team, and the two work together on the first iteration of the [[Quantum Slipstream Drive]].  

Research and development of the slipstream drive draws to a close when the ''Pioneer'' sets a trial date for the engineering team to reach. Under the supervision of Admiral Kjær, Rahman initiates the test slipstream drive, but the EPS flow dips below suitable levels, and a cascade of devastating failures occur across all systems. Against Chief Engineer Meran's advice, Tristam attempts to correct the problem, but he is caught in an explosion on the lower level of Engineering, and is severely injured. Tristam loses his natural telepathic abilities, and almost his left leg. He is transferred for emergency treatment to Medical Starbase 358, and placed on a medical leave of absence for eleven months to recover.

Mostly recovered and free from medical leave, Tristam is stationed aboard [[Deep Space 17]] as an Operations Officer. He is involved in a "scuffle" regarding misaligned circuitry with a superior officer—and though the matter is resolved, Tristam remains under the watchful eye of [[Msafiri Bakari]]. Three weeks later, Tristam almost blows out an entire deck of the station whilst working with plasma conduits, but quickly repairs any would-be damage.

He is promoted to Lieutenant in 2389. Asked to mentor new students of the engineering department, Tristam reluctantly takes on cadets [[Vian Nova]] and [[Ukaramesh Blanufic]]—but he grows to enjoy the partnership he developed with Blanufic in particular.

Tristam becomes involved in a hostage situation and is (once again) locked inside a room. Using his experience aboard the Pioneer, he alerted the station's Chief of Security to the situation by flashing the lights and taking over the speakers, using his tricorder. His time aboard DS17 began to draw to a close following this incident when Tristam is offered a promotion to Lieutenant Commander in late 2390. He initially attempts to decline, not pleased with the prospect of rising in the ranks at such a young age, but [[Msafiri Bakari]] convinces him to take it.

After three years of working aboard a station, Tristam is transferred to the {{USS|Vigilant|A}} as Chief of Operations in 239104. Because the ship is equipped with a perfected quantum slipstream drive, he's required to take a crash course on its operation aboard the ''Vigilant''. His efforts become futile when he is inexplicably reassigned again barely three weeks into his tenure aboard the ''Vigilant'' to the {{USS|Garuda}}—at the request of the [[Galaxy class]]'s chief engineer [[Roshanara Rahman]].

Tristam, along with the ''Garuda'''s [[Ross, Harrison|First Officer]], [[Reynolds, Quinn|Chief of Intelligence]], [[Tan, Alleran|Commander Tan]], [[Kells, Aron|ex-Captain Kells]] and [[DeVeau, Alora|Lieutenant DeVeau]], is assigned to assess a mud dome threatening the [[Eth]] people of Bocasa. It leaves them stranded for an unknown reason on the planet of Pleethion with a jamming field that blocks their communications (and any communication signal). Tristam is able to rig a remote control for the Galaxy class ship using his communicator, a PADD and two tricorders. He is able to successfully gain the attention of the unsuspecting ''Garuda'' by blasting "I'm a little teapot" through the speakers around the ship and flashing the lights. Having used the technique for a third time, Tristam muses that he'll call it "The Tea Pot maneuver". Tristam would also find a source for part of the dampening field in Commander Tan's tricorder.  

Tristam wakes in Sick Bay on stardate 239109.23. He is promoted to Chief Engineer on stardate 239109.24. He is also awarded a Good Conduct Ribbon, a Purple Heart, and a Captain's Commendation on stardate 239110.09 for his efforts on the Mercury.  

On stardate 239203.08, Tristam is caught in a time fracture on the [[Peppalexa|Peppalexa homeworld]], sending him and [[Shandres, Ki|Lieutenant Ki Shandres]] far into Peppalexa's past—meeting [[Saveron]] in the same area and time. There, the group spends 15 days in a Peppalexan jungle with no word from the ''Garuda''‘s crew. They are found by Lt.Commander Mei'konda's away team, and despite the three being separated, the ''Garuda'''s crew are able to beam them back to the current timeline.  

On stardate 239206.20, Tristam is transferred to the [[USS Invicta]].

With Commander Rahman's departure from her position for the Corps of Engineers, Tristam was offered to take the role. Instead of taking the position on top of his workload as Chief Engineer, Tristam is now solely stationed aboard the Invicta as the SCE's project manager.

As [[Kinan Venroe]] departs for reassignment, Tristam is placed as the Invicta's First Officer on stardate 239305.13. For his efforts in an alternate reality (where the Dominion were the major power) and encountering the [[USS Ronin-A (alternate)|USS Ronin-A]], as well as participating in efforts to reclaim the [[Charles Lindbergh]], Tristam was awarded the Quantum Reality Service Ribbon and the War of Shadows Ribbon respectively on stardate 239306.08.

The Starfleet Corps of Engineers assign Tristam to the crippled [[Outpost 3]] in late 2394, to assess and repair the damage caused by a pirate attack. With the help of a civilian repair team led by [[Molly Ashaba]], and young crewman [[Kolby Selrus]], he reclaims the outpost’s lower decks, making them liveable. The project stalls temporarily when Crewman Selrus’ arm is crushed under a falling bulkhead. Because medical supplies will not arrive for some time, Tristam has to create an anti-gravity brace for his arm. 

When the ''Veritas'' leaves to return to [[Star Station Esperance]], Roshanara stays behind with Tristam to assist with repairs on the outpost, and to reconnect. During this time, they encounter [[Kallo Ver]] whom has much needed materials and just “happened to be passing by”. In return for the materials on his ship, he asks Roshanara for a single favour to be called upon in the future. She agrees, though Tristam likens it to her having sold her soul to “black paint”.

Roshanara unceremoniously “kidnaps” Tristam from Outpost 3 long before repairs were due to be complete on the small station. It irritates him for only a few days, before reconciling with her and attending [[Mei'konda]] and [[Evan Delano]]’s wedding on Esperance. Here, the two agree to put their relationship first, and Roshanara reassigns Tristam to the ''Veritas'' permanently.  

Tristam is aboard the ''Veritas'' when [[Kallo Ver]] asks for the crew’s help in tracking down a lost [[Romulan]] “treasure fleet”, and joins [[Luna Walker]], [[Alex Blair]], and [[Hanar Tuk]] aboard a Romulan Warbird found in the Shoals—however, they are trapped in a cargo bay upon arrival and could not provide much help to the other teams aboard the warbird.  

When a temporal anomaly produces the younger selves of Roshanara and [[Mei'konda]], [[Sky Blake]] tells Tristam of what has happened. She tells him not to speak to Roshanara, fearing that he would over-react and would not handle an encounter with her well (given the strong possibility that they cannot revert them back to their former selves), but he ignores her advice and meets with Roshanara late at night, vaguely catching her up on events that occurred. Though he does not inform her of the relationship between them, he refers to her without naming her, describing her in his eyes when prompted. He details his fear to Roshanara that he might not get her back (the current-day version of her), Roshanara tells him to have faith in her, not realizing they are both referring to herself.  

In late 2395, the ''Veritas'' suddenly loses all its deuterium reserves and must be evacuated, prompting the crew’s crash-land into [[Limbo]]. He looks after young [[Ayden Blake]] until this point, reuniting him with his mother after the reach Limbo’s surface. As Blake breaks down, Tristam consoles her, but asks about Roshanara’s status and whether she made it off the ship, and Blake confirms that she did, much to Tristam’s relief. He then urges Blake to take command of those assembled (as she is the ship’s second officer) until such time they reunite with the rest of the crew. Tristam dismantles the escape pods in case more equipment is needed, and prioritises the creation of water reclamation units. A week later, Tristam’s search for other communications on Limbo proves successful, and Blake goes out in search for other members of the crew.

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