Moves-With-Burning-Grace was a Human man, a Starfleet officer in the 23rd century. He was of Masai descent, raised on the desert world of Eristas, where his ancestors had settled during the first expansion from Earth. (EV comic: "Flesh of My Flesh")

Biography[]

Grace, like most of his people, was a phenomenal motive engineer, to whom velocity was of religious significance. He found the very idea of stillness disturbing, though he often visited the observation lounge to stargaze. Despite being an engineer, Grace considered himself a warrior, and was trained in the use of the battle lance handed down to him by his forefathers, remarking that "occasionally, the old ways are still the best!" (EV comics: "Flesh of My Flesh", "Our Dearest Blood", "Cloak and Dagger")

Early in his career, Grace served on the USS Alexander and the USS Lee. He then served as chief engineer of the USS Enterprise, under both Captain Robert April and Captain Christopher Pike. (EV comic: "Flesh of My Flesh")

Grace continued to serve aboard the Enterprise until at least 2262, and was instrumental in rescuing Pike and Spock from captivity in the Kanes system. (TOS novel: Burning Dreams)

For a brief time in the late 2260s, Grace was assigned to Earth working on the design team for the proposed upgrades to Starfleet's Constitution-class starships. However, he grew restless with a planetside assignment, and requested a transfer to any open shipboard billet. By 2268, he was serving as chief engineer of the USS Lovell, and second in command of that vessel's Starfleet Corps of Engineers team. (SCE eBook: Where Time Stands Still)

After the Lovell was destroyed by the Shedai in 2268, Grace was promoted to the rank of commander and accepted a temporary assignment as chief engineer on the USS Aephas at the request of Commander Mahmud al-Khaled while their detachment from the Corps of Engineers awaited permanent reassignment to a new vessel. (Seekers novel: All That's Left)

Alternate timeline[]

In an alternate timeline created when Yeoman J. Mia Colt was sent forward in time from 2254 to 2293 after her tricorder scans released the tachyon energy contained in an Algolian artifact known as a Keepsake, Grace continued to serve as the chief engineer of the Enterprise under the command of Captain Christopher Pike until it was decommissioned. He remained in that position aboard the USS Enterprise-A.

He was killed when Pike activated the Enterprise-A's self-destruct sequence in orbit of Algol II in 2293 after it had been severely damaged by a Klingon bird-of-prey commanded by General Chang and three Klingon battle cruisers. As the Enterprise was destroyed, Colt entered the Well of Tomorrows on Algol II and was returned to 2254, thereby restoring the proper timeline. (EV comics: "Future Tense", "Futures", "Now and Then")

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Background[]

Early Voyages established Grace as the Enterprise's chief engineer before Pike took command and throughout Pike's command until at least late 2254, many missions after the events of "The Cage". The novel Burning Dreams also has Grace as the chief engineer. Other depictions of the era however establish alternative crew serving under Pike, these include: Caitlin Barry as Pike's chief engineer shortly before and after "The Cage" in the novels Vulcan's Glory, The Rift and Child of Two Worlds. And Michael Burnstein in that role during the period after "The Cage" in two stories by Jerry Oltion; "Conflicting Natures" and Where Sea Meets Sky. The novel The Children of Kings has Glenn Pitcairn as the chief engineer.

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Chief engineers of the starships Enterprise
Enterprise (NX-01)	Tucker • Kelby • Burch
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)	Kursley • Marvick • Powell • Fourrier • Pitcairn • Barry • Louvier • Grace • Burnstein • Hemmer • Pelia • Scott
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (Kelvin timeline)	Olson • Scott
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (other alternate realities)	Scott
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)	Scott
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) (alternate realities)	Grace
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)	Buonarroti • Jennings
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C)	Kodell
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)	MacDougal • Argyle • Logan • Lynch • La Forge
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (alternate realities)	Argyle • Crusher
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)	La Forge
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) (alternate realities)	Argyle • Crusher
ISS Enterprise (NX-01)	Tucker
ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701)	Scott • DeSalle
ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)	La Forge
ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)	O'Brien
Free Starship Enterprise	Barclay

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) engineering personnel
under Rasmussen & April	Brownell • Chang • Cho • Colin • Fourrier • Graff • Hart • Kursley • Marvick • McCormick • Number One • Powell • Roberts • Saffire • Thompson • Thorvaldsen • Wood	under Pike	Abdelnaby • Ars Dan • Barry • Brien • Burnstein • Hazarstennaj • Hemmer • Louvier • Grace • Nhan • Pitcairn • Samson • Scott • Singh • Spahn • Upjohn • van Hansen • Wright • Yamata
under Kirk (1st 5-year mission)	Akumi • Andres • Andrews • Antonoff • Aziz • Baker • Barnhart • Bates • Becker • Berkley • Bill • Bray • Bregman • Bright Eyes • Burdock • Burrows • Campeas • Celaux • Chalmers • Chatusram • Cho • Colfax • Corman • Cortez • Crandall • Crider • Critelli • Darmer • Dastagir • Davis • Dawe • DeLong • deRoos • DeSalle • Devlin • Dixon • Douglas • Dubois • Duchamps • Ed • Edwards • Frost • F. Gabler • Galloway • Gardner • Garvin • Gordon • Grant • Green • Harper • Harrison • Hart • Hazarstennaj • Holgersson • Jacobs • James • Jenkins • Joe • Kaplan • Kopka • Krensky • Kyle • Lanz • Lefebre • Lemli • Leslie • Lewis • Longey • Lopez • Loupas • Lyle • MacPherson • Markham • Mascali • Massachi • C. Masters • V. Masters • Matt • McConel • McDuff • McPhee • M'degu • Mikahlis • Miller • Mueller • M'viore • Nagata • Nason • Nikkatsu • Nordell • Nova • Oba • O'Neil • Orsay • Owens • Peterson • Phillips • Ramirez • Renner • Riley • Riviera • Rogers • Rostofski • Russ • Sam • Sandage • Satterfield • Schirmeister • Scott • Senif • Sepopoa • Shallert • Shea • Shigeda • Singh • Stanley • Steele • Stryker • Sulernova • Tam • Tenney • Tersarkisov • Thomas • Vagle • Vinci • Washburn • Watkins • Watson • Whitehead • B. Wilson • Wilson • Wilson • Winfield • Wyatt • Zellich
subsequent missions under Kirk & Spock	Athendë • Bradley • Carpenter • M. Cleary • Dettner • Grenni • Hadley • Heineman • Ihirian • Jacobs • Kasatsuki • Kugel • Layne • Longbotham • Lydia • Nicholson • Nörenberg • Preston • Quarton • R'trikahi • Rand • Ross • Schneider • Scott • Sternbach • Taskul • Thobo • Two Feathers • Vagle • Weinberger • Williams
see also: Personnel roster • administrative personnel • communications personnel • medical personnel • pilots & flight control personnel • security & tactical personnel • sciences personnel • senior staff • unnamed (2240s and 2250s • 2260s • 2270s and 2280s)

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) senior staff
commanding officers	C. Rasmussen • R. April • Pike • D. Vlasidovich • J.T. Kirk • Zarlo • Hensham • Styles • Decker • Spock	first officers	G.S. Kirk • Shundresh • Simon • Number One • Spock • Sonak • Decker • Brady • Sulu
second officers	Mohindas • Spock • G. Mitchell • Scott	chief medical officers	S. April • Boyce • McCoy
chief engineers	Brownell • Kursley • Fourrier • Pitcairn • Grace • Barry • Louvier • Burnstein • Scott	security chiefs	Tuval • A. Hardin • Giotto • Tomson • Chekov • Matlock • Richardson
science officers	Allinsky • Davies • Spock • Sonak • Decker	communications officers	Van Fleet • Dabisch • Garrison • Nano • Nicola • Tanaka • Uhura
helmsmen	Florida • Ferarra • Mohindas • G. Mitchell • Sulu	navigators	Po • Tyler • Kelso • Chekov • Ilia • DiFalco
see also: administrative personnel • communications personnel • engineering personnel • medical personnel • pilots & flight control personnel • security & tactical personnel • sciences personnel • unnamed (2240s and 2250s • 2260s • 2270s and 2280s)

USS Lovell personnel
	Donovan Adams • Jeffrey Anderson • Mahmud al-Khaled • Kurt Davis • Jessica Diamond • Isaiah Farber • Ghrex • Kattan • Kellerman • Kellerman • Paul LeGere • Moves-With-Burning-Grace • Ndufe • Sh'Neroth • Daniel Okagawa • Folanir Pzial • Charles Rockey • Sasha Rodriguez • Araev zh'Rhun • Blaise Selby • Molan lek Xav

USS Aephas personnel
	Mahmud al-Khaled • Colleen Cook • Zeturildtra ch'Dran • Moves-With-Burning-Grace • Hosking • Folanir Pzial • Sasha Rodriguez • Janice Sanborn • Molan lek Xav

Appearances[]

EV comic: "Flesh of My Flesh" (first appearance) EV comic: "The Fires of Pharos" EV comic: "Our Dearest Blood" EV comic: "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" EV comic: "Cloak and Dagger, Part 2 of 2" EV comic: "The Fallen" EV comic: "Thanatos" TOS novel: Burning Dreams SCE eBook: Where Time Stands Still VAN novel: What Judgments Come Seekers novel: All That's Left EV comic: "Futures, Part One" (alternate timeline) EV comic: "Futures, Part Three" (alternate timeline) EV comic: "Now and Then" (alternate timeline)