| Name: | Melanie Washington |
| Age: | 8 |
| Rank: |  |
| Position: | Child |
| Gender: | Female |
| Race: | Human |
| Mother: | Annie Washington |
| Father: | Charlie Washington |
| Sibling(s): | None |
Melanie Rose Washington was born in 2380 while her mother Annie was still at university and her father was serving aboard the USS Tortuga. She was born aboard the Tortuga before her mother returned to Earth. The ship was in orbit at Earth during this time.
Melanie was four years old when her mother got the job working for Zeno Mining Corporation, and she began school a year later while living in New York with her mother. By the time she was eight years old her father had been transferred to Stelvik Station and her mother was moving there as well. Melanie went along with both her parents, leaving Earth for the first time since her birth.