Sophie had always wanted to be an engineer, and had always wanted to go to space. However....she was to scared to get into combat, and so she thought that joining the marines was out of the question. Becoming a ship engineer was the next obvious thing, however she was not the smartest of girls, and those entry exams were tough. She met up with one of the tutors, who agreed to let her through for a few...indecent...favours. Two years later she had passed engineering school, and was sent to work on the USS Suluco. After a few months, the chief engineer was very ill with a sever case of SSD, and so Sophie with pretty much zero training was tasked with setting up the SM engine...this is what happened.
She was banned from engineering duty shortly after, but escaped arrest due to...well...no evidence being found.
(Guis I am sorry, I am a shit engineer)