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Against the advisement of his academy trainers, Tristam took the famed Kobayashi Maru test. Before entering the Neutral Zone, he evacuates his ship and faces Romulan warbirds without a bridge crew, in the hope to save as many lives as possible and fool the Romulans into believing the civilians aboard his vessel to be his crew. However, he did not keep track of his personnel, and they are ambushed in their shuttles and escape pods, taken prisoner or destroyed as Tristam left them defenseless to spatial attack. Meanwhile, his daring plan to rescue the civilian vessel fails, and Tristam attempts to warp with a severely damaged warp drive (of which he would have known, had he still had a bridge crew). It destroys his vessel. Tristam looks back on the incident as being an absolute disaster.  

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]].  

As a Lieutenant JG, the power to Tristam's quarters were cut as a prank played by [[Roshanara Rahman#Personal Life|an Engineer of whom has not yet confessed]]—locking him in his quarters. In a panic, Tristam (armed with a PADD and a tricorder) used the computer systems in Engineering to draw as much attention to himself as possible, flashing lights, taking over the ships speakers, and changing the language display of the Engineering consoles to Rodulan. He doesn't, however, think to just manually open the door.  

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.