Shran was born in the Aenar ice-caves of Andoria.  His family, including his parental group, died in a fight between the Aenar and the Andorians for dominance over the planet.  He survived and with others of his kin was placed in a reproduction camp to mate with Andorians, in order to produce a new kind of Andorian which might possess advantages of both Andorians and Aenar.  Shran killed the three Andorians meant to mate with him.  This left a certain impact on the camp's leading officer and Shran was handed over to the warrior-school of Andoria.  There, it was decided that he made a better warrior than a slave in a reproduction camp; he became a member of the Imperial Guard and received training in combat and weapons technology.  In time he developed skills in combat engineering; specializing in this area, Shran became an expert for weapons systems design.  With his acquired abilities he took his first post in the engineering section of an Imperial Guard ship and helped to develop new weapons or upgrade fighters and other ships.  He had a part in planning and building a replicative monofilament blade, although it was more of a toy than a real weapon.  When the Andorians became members of the Alliance Shran left the Guard and his homeworld, seeing the Andorians as fools who had betrayed their heritage as loyal members of the late Terran Empire.  For this reason Shran, among other Aenar, joined the Rebellion and later the new Empire, hoping to convince his fellow Aenar to finally defeat their Andorian oppressors and usher Andoria into the Imperial Union of Planets.  Since the rebirth of the Empire, Shran joined Starfleet and has taken posts on many ships, as an assault trooper or in engineering, his true love.  He later joined the ISS Arcadia's assault team, but soon took over the Engineering section... as always, for the greater good of the Empire.

EDUCATION
Basic military education: Chek'thora Military Institute, Kul'sun region, Andoria
Starfleet Academy training (Command / Covert Operations, emphasis on Combat Engineering)

Loyal to the Empire and sees its greater good for the entire galaxy.  Reserved against others and also tries to fulfill his personal goals, even if it means stepping over the corpses of others.

Aenar are generally blind.  For this reason Shran has ocular implants (like those of Geordi LaForge).

Hopes to have his own starship someday and gain more power for the greater good of the Empire.

Wields an Ushaan-tor (Andorian ice-miner's pick, used for dueling) instead of the standard knife worn by Starfleet personnel.