Family History:  Mike is the daughter of Liam Norman Smithfield and Margaret Frances McAllister-Smithfield.  Her father was a Professor of Theological Science at Oxford University. Her mother was committed to a mental institution when Mike was only twelve.  Her one sibling, an older sister has three children, two boys and a girl, whom Mike believes will be the nearest thing to motherhood she will ever experience.  Mike was married briefly in her mid twenties, but her husband, Ian, was killed in a confrontation with the Klingons.

Background: Michelle is a technically savvy Engineering officer who loves to tinker with the ship and is continually improving its efficiency (she secretly considers the vessel to be her “baby!”) “Mike” as she is called, has high aptitudes for mathematics, mechanical engineering and warp propulsion.

Though she is very serious about her work, the losses she has experienced have given her strength of spirit and belief in a greater meaning in life. She is a yoga master, has a tremendous love of music and art, and wants to learn to play the piano someday when she has time. She has a dry sense of humor and a touch of sarcasm especially when under pressure.

She gets along well with men and seldom gets into power struggles with male officers; however Jack Carter has a special knack for pushing her go-nuts button on occasion. Still her respect for him; and loyalty to him is profound as long as he stays out of her engine room.