Joshua Albert was a Starfleet cadet and the son of Starfleet officer, Lieutenant Commander Albert. He was assigned to the elite Nova Squadron during his time at Starfleet Academy.
Hw was killed while on practice maneuvers with his team (Nicholas Locarno, Wesley Crusher, Sito Jaxa, and Jean Hajar) near Titan. His death occurred when he couldn’t activate his emergency transporter after hr had collided with Hajar’s shuttlecraft.
Crusher had been friends with Albert, even going on a skiing trip to Calgary together, where Albert had borrowed Wesley’s sweater. Crusher also helped Albert out with his homework, mainly Astrophysics and Statistical Mathematics.
The inquiry of the incident presided over by Admiral Brand and Captain Satelk pointed towards pilot error on Albert’s part.
Truly Lucarno had convinced the rest of the team to attempt the banned Kolvoord Starburst maneuver and had then convinced them to lie to the board of inquiry about what had really happened. The crew of the USS Enterprise-D eventually figured this out, but didn’t do anything about it.
On the inquiries final day Crusher stepped forward and told the truth after having had a talk with Captain Jean-Luc Picard. This ended the inquiry with the punishment of the cadets and some closure being provided to Joshua’s father.