Pete joined the marines to be come a fighter pilot, and that he did. He quickly showed that he had an eye to flying. He was top of his class till his last year where he made a small mistake on his final pilots test and was docked two points. This was enough for Joan Richards to win the top of the class award.
However when Pete was given a chance to attend Top Gun, he did. When he got there he found his old rival there, Joan. The two flew two missions together while at Top Gun, but Pete did not make the same mistake twice.
He won the Top Gun trophy and Joan took second. Pete later found out that Joan had died when Starfleet lost the Chin'toka system. At the time Pete was helping on a different front with his wing.
After graduation from the Marine Academy Pete was assigned on the USS Carl Young near the Federation/Klingon border. During the Klingon War the USS Carl Young was destroyed in action.
After the Carl Young and Top Gun, Pete was assigned to the 112th Fighter Wing stationed aboard the USS Stingray. This is where Pete received his new Callsign, Aceman, for his way of never missing a kill once he locked on. This came in handy during the Dominion War, mopping up Jem'Hadar fighters and scouts.
In 2373 Pete was promoted to First Lieutenant and given command of the 12th Fighter Squadron in the 112th Fighter Wing. Here he led his Squadron into many battle and always came out victories. Throughout his time as the Commander of the 12th Fighter Squadron he only lost two wing men. Both got destroyed due to pilot mistakes.
In 2375 the USS Stingray was destroyed and Pete was then given command of the 112th Fighter Wing and promoted to the rank of Marine Captain. He led the wing into the final actions of the War.
In 2376 Pete stepped down from Wing Commander and took the position as an instructor at Top Gun, wanting to be able to make sure that Pilots come out prepared to fight and fly. He kept this position till 2379 where he took the position of a Ranger Pilot aboard the USS Miranda-B after completing the Ranger Training a year before.
After his tour on the Miranda Pete was given a chance to head up a new covert ops team headed by Starfleet Intelligence Counter Terrorist Section. All was going well till 2382 when a mission went horribly wrong and half of Pete's team was killed or wounded in action. He immediately returned to earth and marched right up to his section head's office and punched him. Pete then proceeded to blame him for the missions' failure.
It was found out later that there was a leak within SFCTU, but this was not know till after Pete had done this. He spent 30 days in the brig, and had to make a formal apology to the Admiral. He also had a formal reprimand put on his record and he was reduced in rank.
After the 30 days he was given a chance to return to duty aboard the USS Miranda as Battalion Officer and flight specialist. Pete quickly agreed and returned to duty shortly before Federation Day in 2382. On Federation day he helped stop the attempted Section 31 Coo of Starfleet by stopping their forces on Mars.
Shortly thereafter he started to date Jenna De'Dro. The kids she takes care of even temporarily took resident at Pete's family house on Earth.
In 2383 when the Triad Forces invaded Romulan Space Pete lost his younger sister in combat over Romulus. At the time Pete was down on the planet helping to keep it free. Though through her actions she helped save the planet. Pete was not able to attend the funeral service as the Miranda got tossed into another situation that needed his attention almost immediately. There is a tombstone with her name on it at the cemetery in his parents hometown.
In early 2384 Pete along with many of the Marines stationed on the Miranda were transferred to the USS Galaxy.
Pete is your common type marine, one hell of a hard ass. He expects everyone to do their job and not to question an order. He also expects his wing men to stay on his wing no matter what kind of hell they are going through.
That of course is only the shell of Peter Shaw. Pete is also a man that loves a good joke, and has been know to play a few in his life. He can be thoughtful and sympathetic, unless that person has done something really stupid, then the hard ass in him comes out. He loves to be around other people and to hang in the crew lounges. He is somebody that you can trust with your life, and he will never let you down. He is the type to through himself in front of a bullet to save his commanding officer.
In 2378, during his Ranger Training, Pete punched out the training officer for reasons still not fully known. What is known is that the Training officer set up a mission simulation where the team was going to infiltrate a Jem'Hadar base. Pete had to get the team in and out. What was not told by the training instructor was that there was no safeties during the simulation and one of the younger Ranger to be's was killed from following rocks, caused by the engines from the drop ship Pete was piloting. It stated in black and white "that all safeties must be on during mission simulations". Pete's record was cleared of this and the training instructor removed. To this day only Pete knows why he did what he did.
Family:
- Mother: Kristen Mendoza Shaw - Betazoid - Doctor - Mars Colony
- Father: David Shaw - Human - Pilot - Earth Solar System run
- Brothers: None
- Sisters: Ashley Shaw - Human/Betazoid - SFI.
Ashley perished in
2383 helping to defend Romulus from the invading Triad Forces.
Peter hates being called Peter, and prefers to be called by either Pete
Pete has the ability to have the idea of what an enemy pilot is going to do, due to his Betazoid heritage. This has helped him a great deal in become an "Ace".