Reporting for duty, sir.
Clyde can best be described as three parts hedonist, two parts perfectionist, and one part angst. He always gets his job done, done correctly, and done quickly. And once he's finished, he seeks his pleasure, whatever it may be. He always wears a relaxed face, but that isn't always how he feels. He hides all his emotion behind that face, and sometimes he has been known to snap. These are the only blemishes on his record from the Academy. Six counts of assault and battery among his students. This anger in him is not unfounded. The foundation of the life he leads is vengeance. Behind everything he does is the desire to crush the insurgency that caused the death of his family and friends.
Near the end of his time in the Academy, Clyde was chosen to receive an experimental neural implant. The implant has a great many functions, but first and foremost it is an extension of Clyde's mind. It enhances his memory, his thinking speed, his reflexes, and it provides him with any knowledge he may need if it is available. The implant is a powerful computer as well. It can connect wirelessly to most any computer system, it has a notable capacity to hack, and it performs complex calculations and simulations that the human mind cannot compile. The implant is powered by the electric impulses in Clyde's brain, and theoretically will never need maintenance until the day he dies.
At an early age, Clyde's parents were killed by insurgents. They were wealthy, and they had invested much money in the federation, space travel, and colonization. They met on a fringe world in the Arcturus system and built their family. When they were killed their empire fell to their infant son Clyde, who they had hidden when they came under attack. Clyde never knew his parents, and their investments were lost to the legal system. His parents had put away quite a bit of money for him anyway though, and Clyde used it to pay his way through the Cadet Academy. In the academy, it was found the he was utterly brilliant. His dedication to his schoolwork surpassed the other students, and his performance as well. His only desire was to fight the insurgency, but the Academy had better ideas for him. They wouldn't let him be a marine- no, he would be groomed for command. The Federation had their eyes on him as he progressed through the Academy.
The day he received his implant marked a change in Clyde. His performance in the Academy's tests and simulations skyrocketed, but his conduct suffered. He rarely stayed focused in class because the classes bored him. He would finish the work before it was assigned and play video games in his mind or hit on some girl sitting next to him. In the end he chose to graduate early before he was expelled for breaking some rule for fun.
The Federation knows better than to put some Cadet in charge of ships, so Clyde was sent out as a lesser position to get a feel for being in the field. His first assignment would be as a navigator aboard the F.S.S. Salient.