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Cast and Characters - The Winds of Hope

Cast

Characters

TERRY SELF  was born in Johnson City, TN, but spent his formative years in the sprawling metropolis of Greenville, SC, graduating from Southside High School back in the 1900s.

 

He went on to earn a Communications degree from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC. Currently, he provides on-air traffic reports for radio stations in Charlotte, NC, Greenville, SC, Greensboro/Winston Salem, NC & Harrisonburg, VA.

DAVID R WRENN graduated High School in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1970.  He then majored in Architectural Technology in nearby Jamestown, NC.   Randy has been a draftsman for most of his adult life.  In 2011, he attended CPCC in Charlotte, NC where he earned an A.A.S. degree in Web Technology.

 

Randy has loved to write since an early age.  He has written short stories, poetry and songs for decades.

GARY DAVIS graduated High School in Newark, Ohio in 1983. He entered the US Navy in December 1983 serving 22 years in a variety of air, sea, and shore based assignments.  Gary ended his military career serving six years in Navy Recruiting first as the Senior Navy Liaison to the the Military Entrance Processing Station for Enlisted Programs, Cleveland, OH, and then the Ohio NROTC Coordinator as part of the Officer Programs.  He attended Florida Central College of Jacksonville, where he received his AS in Computer Information Systems Analysis.  He now works for a furniture franchise company as their IT Manager and Office Manager.

 

Gary’s military decorations include, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, four awards of the Navy Achievement Medal, five awards of the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Joint Expeditionary Medal and several unit awards.

 

In the summer of 2009 , he is married to the former Tracey Goodhue and they now have three children, Jeremy (1987), Christopher (1989), and Daniele (1997).

 

JESSICA RICHTER  is Marketing Director for a real estate agent in Charlotte, NC and a graduate of Appalachian State University.

 

She is artistic in many ways.  She's an amazing cook, a talented cake decorator, and sings like a pro.

Now she can add voice acting to her list impressive list of talents.

KIM HAAS is originally from Indiana, she moved to Illinois with her family. Her career has been in Quality Assurance and Inventory Control. Her involvement in Star Trek Fan films began a few years ago when she met Michael Day and John Broughton at Shore Leave Science Fiction Convention in Maryland. A fan of the original Star Trek series it was a natural connection.
 

As an embroiderer she has done work for fan films and looks forward to new challenges and opportunities. She is also a surfer, traveler, reader, wanna be musician and some things that haven’t been thought of yet. 

KELLY RICHTER was born in Hammond, Indiana (Hoosier 4-ever!) . She graduated Land O' Lakes Sr. High School and attended Hillsborough Community College in Central Florida.

She then married and settled in Plant City Florida.

She has been married for 21 years and now has 2 beautiful daughters.

Her family moved to Charlotte recently where she helps her husband, with his Engineering business.

Her passions lie in equestrianism., Interior Decorating, and anything to do with her family. She currently has 2 horses and hopes to earn a degree in Interior Design.

FRANK PARKER JR is originally from Western Massachusetts where he graduated from Wilbraham Academy in 1971. Recently he graduated from Central Piedmont Community College with an A.A.S. Degree in Web Technologies.

 

For most of his career, Frank has been involved 

with manufacturing as either as production worker or as a manufacturing quality assurance professional. He is a past member of the American Society of Quality (ASQ) and is a Certified Quality Technician and also was a Certified Quality Auditor. Presently he is employed by Bank of America as a member of the Technical Service Team for Cashpro.

 

Frank now resides in Gastonia, NC with his wife Donna, 5 dogs and 4 cats. Meeting each other in 2006 at ConCarolinas they soon realized they had many things in common. Science fiction, a love of music, and of course both are avid animal lovers who both adore ferrets. It was a match made in fandom and the following year at ConCarolinas 2007, they were married.

TIM ELLIS is from Greensboro N.C. He is a 2013 graduate from Guilford College with a bachelor in computer science and a minor in business management. He loves syfy of all forms and enjoys costume design, making props and cosplay.

 

He has a very broad work history ranging from vaccinating chickens, maintaining apartment complexes, running plastic blasting equipment, Q.A for the postal service, and network administrator for a large healthcare conglomeration. He holds certifications in heating and air, auto body & paint, and first aid.

 

He is a collector of many things, Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr. who. He also keeps live snakes, lizards, tarantulas, frogs, and cool insects

DONNA PARKER grew up moving around as a Navy brat. She had studied piano for a summer as a child, and enjoyed music but not practicing. A trip to the library ended up with a discovery of Iaasc Asimov and Arther C Clark. This led to a love of sciene fiction and fantasy. That love led to other bad habits, like attending and working at Science Fiction conventions. She was working Reg at a SF Convention when her daughter had trouble finding a badge for one of the attendees. It was filed as “Filkferret” instead of “Frank Parker.” And the rest is history..

ALAN RICHTER is originally from Florida, but lived for a while in Spain. He is a UCF alumnus where he studied computer science.  He currently works in IT in the Charlotte area and also plays saxophone with the Charlotte Concert Band and Charlotte Jazz Band.

 

Alan loves Travel and Disney. He has actually been employed at Disney World on two separate occasions.

 

In his spare time he enjoys making his own beer, and grilling outside.  He has been a Star Trek fan for most of his life and got involved in Star Trek Outlaws through his wife, Jessica, who plays Adrian Kruger, and Jenny Kline on the show.

DAN SCANLAN is a native New Yorker, born in the city in 1956. Then he spent his formative years in sunny Miami Beach before his family returned to NYC with sister Patricia and a Boston Terrier named Flick. That was when Star Trek first premiered on television, and the science fiction bug bit.

A graduate of St. John’s University with a degree in journalism, Dan attended some of the first Star Trek conventions in New York City and met David Gerrold (Tribbles) Issac Asimov and saw Shatner, Roddenberry, Nimoy and the original crew many times. Then he moved to where the career took him, working in Massachusetts and New Hampshire before becoming a news director at a Jacksonville, Fla. radio station. From there, he moved into television news, becoming an anchor and court and cops beat reporter. Then came the move to the dark side.

 

While doing stories on Farragut Films and its recreation of a starship film set to create Starship Farragut, Dreadnought Dominion and Star Trek Continues film productions, Dan met the studio principals. A lifelong desire to be part of that universe saw him ask the captain for permission to come aboard as a volunteer. That was three years ago, and Dan has done set construction, acting, audio work and production assistance for multiple film productions there since.

CAPTAIN KRUGER Once Captain of a salvage vessel, he now Captain's the Liberty. He is loved by his crew and feared by his enemies. He is as quick to devise a plan as he is to crack a joke.

QUINCY A member of the Q Continuum, his powers are god-like, but he is currently laying low, studying a lowly spieces called Humanity.

BILL KLINE A simple, blue collar man with a knack for engineering.  He is good natured but don't get him rylled. He's a good friend to have by your side whether you're on your way to a pub or a fight... or both. 

SHERRIFF WESTWOOD The Sherriff would have been right at hime in the old west. He has been sherriff for as long as anyone can remember.  He keeps the peace even if it means kicking some posterior.

CAPTAIN BLAKKA'N He is the Captain of a huge Cantrainian Battleship.  He is used to being feared, respected, and blindly obeyed. 

TOM BRODY He lives with his Mother, or his Mother lives with him.  Nobody is quite sure which. His intelligence is often under estimated. While he isn't the greatest conversationalist, he is a brilliant navigator, and you couldn't ask for a more loyal friend.

On the Liberty, he has taken the responsibility of taking the conn on occasion while the Captain is away.

ADRIAN KRUGER  The Captain's wife is a force to be reconed with.   Her easy going disposition and a wicked sense of humor keeps everyone off balance, including the Captain.

DOCTOR LAURA ENGLISH Formerly the doctor aboard the salvage vessel, Refuse, she is now learning the ropes in the state of the art sick bay aboard the Liberty.

SANDY A valued member of the night crew on the Liberty bridge. She is usually stationed at the science station but is capable of performing almost any position on the bridge.

FRED THOMSON A former citizen of Hope, he is now one of hte 120 or so who have been forced to take refuge and live aboard the Liberty.

TIM WARTON One of the less glamorous workers on the liberty.  He works in refuse reclamation and recycling.  But he knows his voice deserves to be heard just as much as anyone else's.

JENNIFER JENKINS Formerly a science teacher at the shcool inHope.  She fills in for Brody at his Navigator staion when he is off ship or sitting in the Captain's chair.

STEVE GRADY an old friend of Brody. He finds himself a member of the night shift bridge crew.  He usually mans the Navigator position.

TRANSPORTER CHIEF STEVENS He keeps a cool head an even temperament despite always seeming to irritate Captain Kruger, but he is a very able and talented Transporter operator.

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