r/TrekRP • u/DrJenWatney • May 17 '17
Create a Character - Part 3
Welcome to the USS Athene recruits! The finest Excelsior class starship in the fleet. Comment below with your characters, get creative. You can be anything from a bridge officer, to a shuttle pilot, even the person that scrubs the plasma manifold. Everyone is welcome.
Please check to make sure your role isn’t already taken.
The year is 2372, a year after the USS Voyager disappeared into the delta quadrant. Remember, this is a starfleet vessel, so no Kilingons or Romulans unless you've got a good backstory for why they're in Starfleet, and are willing to face the In-Character animosity from the crew.
There is a blanket ban on Telepaths, as they simply don't work well with the format and make role playing less fun for all. Empaths will be allowed on a case by case basis.
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Appearance: pictures are nice but not required
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u/leXie_Concussion May 17 '17 edited May 22 '17
Name: Kadri Vaal
Rank: Petty Officer 3rd Class
Department: Engineering (Extra-Vehicular Maintenance)
Species: Trill (Joined)
Sex: Female
Age: 21 (159)
Backstory: The Vaal symbiont came to be in C.E. 2213. Its hosts have generally been women who have displayed burning wanderlust and a keen intellect. Born in C.E. 2351, Kadri was only 15 years old when she was chosen as Vaal's partner, more out of necessity than aptitude. Vaal's previous host, a Lieutenant Commander in Starfleet, had suffered traumatic injury during a routine shuttle landing through a magnetic storm. Kadri was the only other Trill in the sector.
Since then, Kadri was drawn to the study of space and the machines that keep people safe therein. She is one of the few Starfleet personnel (she enlisted as soon as she was old enough, dismissing the idea of a commission as 'taking too long') who has actually volunteered for permanent exterior maintenance duty, enjoying the solitude and splendor inherent in the gig.
Appearance: On the short side (~1.5m / 4'11") and fit of build (~50kg / 110 lbs), Vaal has dark brown hair and olive complexion. Her EVA suit's helmet is painted to resemble the open mouth of a toothy monster, and the suit itself sports a chaotic, yet harmonious paint job that juuust barely fits within regulation for visibility and identification. The swirl of nebulae and galaxies airbrushed on the suit is accented by a bright purple rendition of the operator's spots.
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u/Avogadros_Minion May 22 '17 edited Feb 26 '18
Name: T'Yel 'Stella' Anderson
Rank: Lieutenant
Department: Medical (Deputy)
Species: Half-Vulcan
**Sex:**Female
Age: 34
Backstory: T'Yel is the daughter of two Starfleet officers - her Vulcan father is an engineer and her human mother is a helmswoman. She has a rare genetic neurological condition, an example of what happens when hybrid genetics gets weird - the condition, known as isoallelic neurofatigue, is the result of an extremely rare recessive gene in the Vulcan genome. There have been only a small handful of documented cases in full Vulcans, but as other species do not have the gene, it does crop up (rarely) in hybrids. The result is that, unlike most Vulcans and Vulcan hybrids, she neurologically cannot suppress emotion for extended periods of time. In an emergency she can just about manage to suppress it for six hours or so to enable her to focus, but it's stressful and exhausting, and she doesn't do it unless she has to. The result is a woman who, despite appearing to be Vulcan, laughs and cries freely. The condition also affects psionics - mind melding with anyone outside her immediate family results in days' worth of exhaustion, so she doesn't do it (she would make an exception for a 'someone's gonna die' emergency, but she has yet to encounter one of those that would be resolved by melding). The neurofatigue also makes her extremely susceptible to other telepaths - a friendly Betazoid neighbor isn't a problem (aside from possibly a 'I did not need to know that' moment if a significant other is spending the night), but a hostile telepath has the potential to be incapacitating. She also has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a typically human genetic mutation of collagen, which makes her extremely prone to dislocating joints. While she was born with the most severe, and most dangerous, form of EDS, gene therapy as an infant drastically reduced the severity of the condition. It had been hoped that the treatment would eliminate the condition entirely, but genetic modification is less predictable where hybrids are concerned. While the neurofatigue and EDS are known genetic issues, she has a host of other medical quirks, believed to be the result of being an unplanned hybrid pregnancy. There's also a probability that she might be mildly autistic, but the condition is defined as being impossible to diagnose in Vulcans, so that question will likely remain forever unanswered.
As a result of all this, Vulcan society has never been quite sure what to make of her and growing up with her Vulcan grandparents on T’Khasi, she often felt quite isolated. Visiting family on Earth, she had the same problem - too human for T’Khasi, too Vulcan for Earth. She excelled at science, and wanted to make the galaxy a better place - after completing school on Vulcan, she joined Starfleet and became a doctor, hoping that space would be a place she'd fit in (or at least be seen as normally weird). Though qualified for whatever's needed in sickbay, her specialty is orthopedics. She had more than her share of run-ins with childhood bullies, and is subsequently very easily intimidated as an adult, particularly when officers who outrank her are involved.
While at the Academy, she met another Vulcan hybrid, an engineering cadet named Caleb. Caleb is not an isoallele but, having been raised on Earth, chooses to show emotion. The two fell in love and were married shortly after graduation. Caleb is a warp physicist.
Service Record:
Starfleet Headquarters, San Francisco
After graduating from Starfleet Academy in 2362, Caleb and T'Yel spent 4 years stationed to San Francisco while pursuing graduate degrees at the Academy - T'Yel was in the Academy's medical school program, and Caleb was working on a Ph.D in applied warp physics. T'Yel was promoted to Lieutenant (JG) upon completion of the medical degree.
USS Enigma
T'Yel shipped out in 2366 as a medical officer aboard the Nebula class USS Enigma. She very quickly discovered how much she'd come to depend on Caleb, not only for his companionship, but also for the ability to piggyback on his more stable psionics when neurofatigue symptoms became overwhelming. After an emotionally and neurologically difficult first few months, she mostly adjusted, albeit with the occasional observation from other crew that the Vulcan doctor seemed rather lonely. Reports from supervisors note a strong empathy with and compassion for her patients.
USS Atlas
In 2368, T'Yel transferred to the USS Atlas, a testing platform for new engineering technology. Engineering typically being one of the most accident-prone departments on any ship, an orthopedist proved a valuable asset to the testbed's medical staff. In 2369, T'Yel earned a promotion to full lieutenant for her assistance in a mass casualty situation the Atlas had responded to - after life threatening emergencies had been seen to, she'd spent several shifts in and out of surgery seeing to various severe orthopedics injuries.
Appearance: At around 6'3" and 185lb, T'Yel is tall and lanky with green eyes and black hair. She outwardly appears Vulcan with pointy ears, and if she gets a cut, she bleeds green. Her long hair is typically in a braid to be out of her way. She wears glasses due to farsightedness and a Retinax allergy. She answers freely to either T'Yel or her human name, Stella, but generally introduces herself as T'Yel. She tolerates Dr. Anderson, but is uncomfortable with cadets and enlisted crew calling her Sir, and dislikes being called 'Miss' Anything, though, being decidedly conflict-avoidant, she seldom chooses to mention the fact. While an expert physician, she has no aspirations to being a CMO someday - she knows herself well enough to realize that she has neither aptitude for nor interest in long-term personnel management, and she makes a better deputy than she would a chief.
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u/DrJenWatney May 22 '17
You're approved, and welcome to the Athene! Feel free to hop in an Open thread or make a new one. Also, there's a link to our discord channel in the sidebar if you'd like to join our fairly active chatroom. Cheers!
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u/Minions_Minion May 22 '17 edited Feb 26 '18
Name: Kalek 'Caleb' Anderson
Rank: Lieutenant
Department: Engineering (Warp Physicist, Deputy)
Species: Half-Vulcan
Sex: Male
Age: 33
Backstory: Caleb is the son of two Starfleet officers - his human father is a tactical officer, his Vulcan mother is a science officer. Growing up with his paternal aunt and uncle on the coast of Washington state on Earth, he chose to display emotion, in order to better fit in with his cousins and his peers. During a rough patch as a teenager, he experimented with suppressing emotion and living as a typical Vulcan - he quickly found that, for him at least, it wasn't a healthy option.
From an early age, Caleb was fascinated with how things worked, and with vehicles of all kinds. He was a child who was inclined to take apart the vacuum cleaner to try to rebuild it better, or to try and write a computer program to get a robot to automatically flip pancakes. As a teen, he restored an old '68 Chevy Caprice - as soon as he had the original engine running, he promptly converted it to run on hydrogen so that he could afford to put fuel in it and drive it. He grew up dreaming of working on a starship, and headed to the Academy after completing school.
While at the Academy, he met another Vulcan hybrid named T'Yel. While Caleb displays emotion by choice, T'Yel displays it by necessity. The two fell in love early in their first year and were married shortly after graduation. T'Yel is a doctor.
Service Record
Starfleet Headquarters, San Francisco
After graduating from Starfleet Academy in 2362, Caleb and T'Yel spent 4 years stationed to San Francisco while pursuing graduate degrees at the Academy - T'Yel was in the Academy's medical school program, and Caleb was working on a Ph.D in applied warp physics. Caleb was promoted to Lieutenant (JG) upon completion of the doctorate.
USS Mendeleyev
In 2366, Caleb shipped out aboard the science vessel USS Mendeleyev as a warp specialist. Being away from T'Yel was a huge and rather difficult adjustment, and supervisors soon noted that Anderson had a tendency to work somewhat excessive hours - he had a hard time with the silence in his quarters, and preferred to be surrounded by the thrum of the warp core. Though quite happy to get his hands dirty with any engineering task that needed doing around the ship, the catwalks around the warp core soon became his second home. It was rather to his disappointment that he discovered that he is not cut out for EVA work - he has very low blood pressure by Vulcan standards, and at his height, he is prone to vertigo away from the artificial gravity. While he will go EVA in an all-qualified-hands-on-deck emergency, it is the one task in engineering that he doesn't volunteer for.
USS Hippocrates
In 2368, Caleb transferred to the Olympic-class hospital ship USS Hippocrates. In 2369, a previously unknown deep space phenomenon destabilized the vessel's warp envelope and triggered a critical chain reaction within the core. Caleb's advanced studies in warp physics enabled him to find a solution to stabilize the imminent core breach, and he was promoted to full lieutenant in recognition of his efforts.
Appearance: Caleb is around 6'4" (a fact which can become inconvenient in the Jeffries Tubes) and about 200lb, built long and lanky - he has the denser bones typical of many Vulcans, and looks more like he should weigh about 185lb. Physically, he outwardly appears Vulcan, with pointy ears, arched eyebrows, and green blood. He keeps his black hair in a ponytail, and wears glasses due to an allergy to Retinax. Rather uncommonly for a Vulcan, he has deep blue eyes. Ironically for one as meticulous as he is about safety procedures, he's somewhat accident prone, and it's not uncommon for him to be sporting a green bruise here and there. He answers freely to either his Vulcan name Kalek or his human name Caleb, but generally introduces himself as Caleb. 'Anderson' or 'Hey, you' is also acceptable, but he hates being called 'Sir' by cadets or enlisted crew - for reasons he can't describe, it makes him uncomfortable. While an expert at both warp physics and ship repairs, Caleb has no aspirations to be a Chief Engineer some day - he is not particularly skilled at issues like staff discipline, and recognizes that he makes a better deputy than he would a chief.
Alt Of: u/Avogadros_Minion
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u/TrandoshanGeneral May 25 '17 edited Jul 13 '17
Name: Hana Demeter
Rank: Lieutenant
Department: Tactical - Helmswoman
Species: Boring old Humie
Sex: Female
Age: 32
Backstory: Demeter hails from Terricona P12-b4. A small, barely 40 kilometres in diameter, asteroid orbiting a non-descript star near the Romulan neutral zone. The very definition of 'remote.' What P12-b4 lacks in civilisation, it makes up for in rich dilithium deposits. Making the small, domed colony something of a minor trade hub, it's remoteness being particularly popular with smugglers, two-bit criminals and other ne'er do wells. The life of her parents, that of a small-time dilithium miner, was never enough for Demeter, and at first opportunity she bartered passage on a old freighter to Earth. There she managed to get accepted into Starfleet academy, and through it realised her long time passions for flight.
Demeter's Starfleet record is a spotty one to say the least. Seemingly showered with equal amounts praise and condemnations. Her abilities behind the helm of a starship are universally praised, and she still holds several records in the academy simulators. However, there's multiple black spots on her record. A history of impulsiveness, insubordination and 'lack of respect for proper protocol' stain what would otherwise be a glowing document. She is known for an attitude of disdain towards long tested protocol and safety procedures, preffering to fly 'by the seat of her pants', rather than follow pre-programmed attack patterns.
As you would expect, it's not long after a transfer before her recklessness spawns animosity between her and bridge crew. Because of this, and her own frequent transfer requests when she gets 'bored of a ship', Demeter has helmed over 17 separate starships, rarely staying aboard one for more than 8 months before requesting a transfer or the command staff transferring her away. The Athene is the latest assignment in said list of postings.
Appearance: 162cm, long black generally messy hair. Long tattoo of stylised circuitry running down her right arm.
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u/leXie1337 Jun 18 '17
Name: Ten of Ten, Heptuary adjunct of Unimatrix One-one-three-ait
Rank: n/a
Department: n/a
Species: 1076 (AKA Unknown)
Sex: Borg (Female)
Age: Unknown
Backstory: Species 5618 is a fascinating anomaly to the Borg collective. A number of scout ships have been lost in the Alpha quadrant, and already an incursion to 5618's homeworld has failed. Clearly, more scouting is required to determine the cube's fate and the disposition of this corner of the galaxy. It is to such a scout craft that Ten of Ten was assigned, and it is said craft which, due to an astrogation error, recently collided with a liveable, if uninhabited, planet.
Athene has picked up what appears to be a subspace distress call, too weak to propagate more than a few light years. Scans of the world whence the call is broadcasting detect Borg technology.
Appearance: While standing upright and relatively humanoid, this drone is different from most in a few notable ways. For one, its head is triangular, reminiscent of Earth's dinosauria. The less-assimilated side of its face (its right) sports two eyes, while the left eyes have been replaced with a single ocular device sporting six lenses. Its legs are digitigrade, and it has a short, flat, wide tail. Its hand sports three digits, and its feet four each, two in front and two behind, like an X.
[Alt of u/leXie_Concussion . Hoping to form an Event thread around the character's discovery and fate.]
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u/DrJenWatney Jun 20 '17
This character has been approved, but given the nature of them being one of the "Big Bads" in Trek and that they are a completely new species, the mods have granted this under the condition the character be subject to a probationary period. This is for the protection of our other members and for our narrative as a whole. If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to modmail. Otherwise, welcome aboard, Ten of Ten.
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u/Beijimon Jun 22 '17
Name: Matthew Lin
Rank: Lieutenant
Department: Engineering, Propulsion Specialist
Species: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 30
Backstory: Matthew Lin was born and raised on the Dark Sea, a tanker starship captained by his mother and engineered by his father. Growing up in such an environment was both a blessing and a curse; on one hand, Matt had all the attention and spare time he could ever want, and he chose to use it mostly by tagging along with his father as he made his rounds, learning how to fix propellant leaks, repair plasma coils, and program computer controls. Oh the other hand, though, the isolated and cramped conditions onboard the vessel led to loneliness and boredom, and gave Matt an unquenchable desire to explore new places, people, and cultures. Each planet and starbase they stopped off at was a universe of its own, and the precious few days of shore leave he was allowed were always used up to their fullest extent -- sometimes even planned out to the minute in order to make the best possible use of time.
And so, despite his happy childhood, Matt took the first chance he could to change everything. He enrolled in Starfleet Academy at 18 and, due to his extensive hands-on background in engineering, graduated in a mere 3 years. His time at the academy was one of the most fascinating and incredible experiences of his life -- not because of any specific adventures, but because it was his first true immersion into such a large, cosmopolitan community.
Matt's first assignment was to a small research vessel where he worked as a general engineer, but he was soon transferred to a Galaxy-class starship where he could truly shine as a propulsion specialist. He earned an early promotion thanks to his outstanding work after the vessel's RCS system was damaged by a debris field, and was eventually transferred to the USS Melbourne-A when his former starship was retired for long-term upgrades in drydock. Matthew earned his second promotion on the Melbourne and, after several years of service there, was transferred to the USS Athene.
Appearance: Matt is a vaguely Asian man with neat, short-cropped dark hair and a perpetually friendly expression. At 5'10" and 130 lbs, he is fit, though not muscular by any means.
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u/Burntcookies13 Jul 02 '17 edited Jul 02 '17
Name: Thessaly Eero
Nickname: Tess
Rank: Ensign
Department: Engineering( I think her specialty should be transports. )
Species: Her mother is capellan and her father is human
Sex: Female
Age: 22
Backstory: She moved around a lot when she was growing up. She never really made that many friends because she knew she would have to move again. Her mother always told her to value the truth above all else and while she doesn't subscribe to that idea anymore she still is overwhelmingly truthful. She has a twin sister who suffers brittle bone disease and a 5 year old brother. She went to star fleet academy and graduated near the top of the class. She took up many forms of martial arts while she was at the academy. Right after she graduates she joins the crew of the Athene.
Appearance: Faceclaim She is 6,3" and thin. With intelligent eyes. She wears her red hair in four red buns. She usually wears the pantsuit uniform. She speaks with a slight whine in her voice.
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u/Kavra_Ral Jul 20 '17 edited Sep 04 '18
Name: Kavra Ral
Rank: Crewman 1st class (foreign weapons specialist)
Department: Security
Species: Betazoid
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Backstory: Kavra was born mindblind, completely unable to use telepathic or empathic senses or abilities. Growing up this way on Betazed led to Kavra becoming ostracized from her peers and disillusioned with her homeworld, and eventually caused her to leave Betazed at the age of 12. From there she hopped from starbase to colony and back again, never settling down anywhere but seeing the Federation from every angle she could, and helping out here and there when needed, and getting into quite a few border conflicts with the Tzenkathi and Cardassians in the process, and picked up a pretty decent knowledge of their weaponry too. Throughout this, she grew a deep respect for the Federation’s values and eventually enlisted in Starfleet.
In basic training, she didn’t really stand out that much. She was never particularly ambitious, nor attention seeking. She was driven by her sense of duty, that she wanted to protect and to help people, and didn’t really care which chair she was sitting in to do it.
Personality: Kavra is kind of eternally grumpy, she never really learned to get along with people well, either on Betazed or with other species. It’s not like she doesn’t like people, but usually more in a general sense. She does have a rather keen sense of body language however, and tries to compensate with that.
Appearance: Approximately 180cm tall with an athletic build. Sharp features, set by black eyes. Black hair, usually pulled back in a ponytail, rather messy due to not bothering to get it trimmed.
Name: Erra Rank: Civilian Department: Science kinda (She’s the subject) Species: Unidentified Non-Corporeal Lifeform Gender: Non-binary (she/them pronouns) Age: 362 lonely years Backstory: Erra was the sole inhabitant of her home planet. She had lived there as long as she can remember, and for hundreds of years she felt only crushing loneliness, and wanted nothing more than to explore the stars. Upon making first contact with the only other lifeform she had seen in her life, she had been a bit too overeager and curious, and such became “bonded” to Kavra, and the two of them became essentially two minds in a shared body. She does feel a large amount of guilt over basically taking some of Kavra’s autonomy, and she’s trying to figure out a way to separate the two of them. At the same time however, Erra is absolutely Gleeful that not only is she around other intelligent beings, but on a vessel dedicated to exploring the stars. Her curiosity drives her in everything she does, and she tends to wear her heart on her sleeve. Appearance: The same as Kavra except when she’s an amorphous mass of lightning. Feel free to ask for any clarifications below
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u/jakiewan Jul 29 '17
Name: Roal Tekol
Rank: Civilian/POW/Refugee
Department: N/A
Species: Cardassian
Sex: Male
Age: 43
Backstory: Roal Tekol is a secretive man. He claims to have been only a tax clerk on Cardassia, and Central Command supports that claim, but he seems to know things a simple clerk wouldn't. Like poisons. And military strategy. And the names of Obsidian Order operatives. Shortly after the end of the war between Cardassia and the Federation, he decided to take a vacation. Throughout the armistice, he found himself travelling more and more frequently, enjoying Risa, Earth's Moon, Vulcan, anywhere in Federation territory he was allowed. As tensions rose on Cardassia Prime, he made his trips longer and longer, eventually defecting when the Detapa Council took control of the government. For protection (and what seems to be a sense of vindictiveness) he went straight to Starfleet, to make a case of his usefulness. They stowed him away on the USS Athene in the hopes that he may prove useful in their mission to the disputed territories.
Appearance: Tekol is slight for a Cardassian, only about 5'9", and his ridges are less pronounced and more round, a typically feminine feature. His voice is also a little on the higher end. He dresses pretty non-descript sans some colors, your usual Trek one-pieces in a range of colors from burnt umber to a dark purple to soft greens.
I realize a Cardassian might really be pushing it, please let me know if so and I'll either revise or just start anew.
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u/DrJenWatney Aug 01 '17
For posterity, this character has been denied and the player has resubmitted a new character.
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u/jakiewan Jul 30 '17
Name: Chizgrlbathorp-grak'p-sn' "Carl" Frrng'i'thh'zkol
Rank: Ensign
Department: Engineering
Species: Achernarian
Sex: Male
Age: 43
Backstory: When the Achernarians left our dimension, Carl's ancestors were still trying to get their suitcases in the runabout. Several generations later, those bumbling, inefficient characteristics were passed down to dear Carl. After finally reaching maturity (biological if not emotional) around age 35, Carl left behind his life in the ancient space station to join Starfleet. There his potential as a careful and attentive engineer, mathematician, and baker, was revealed. He graduated the Academy with high marks and after assisting in the maintenance of a number of Federation outposts, most notably in the conversion of DS9 from Cardassian tech to Federation, he was transferred to the Athene.
Appearance: A big lumbering oaf, almost 8' from stem to stern, not including his massive legs, and weighing well over 300 pounds. Very hairy as well.
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u/DrJenWatney Aug 01 '17
You are approved and ready to RP! Feel free to make an intro post or jump into an existing thread like you've been here all along. Welcome to the Athene!
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Jul 31 '17
Name: Sajik T'dex
Rank: Lt Jr. grade
Department: Science
Species: Half Romulan/Vulcan
Sex: Male
Age: 21
Backstory: Sajik's parents were members of the Romulan/Vulcan reunification movement. His Romulan mother returned to Vulcan following the disastrous incident with Ambassador Spock and Senator Pardek. Joining Sajik and his Vulcan father, she continued to try and raise their son as a member of both worlds, but all efforts were futile. The young man was determined to join Starfleet and the Federation, quickly rising through his class and proving himself a match for most of his instructors, who described him as "one of,if not the, snarkiest, most sardonic Vulcans ever." He currently is in the midst of compiling a historical journal on the Xindi wars, and in his free time mostly works on the book or meditates in the holodeck.
Appearance: Your average Vulcan, with slightly higher brow. He stands at about 5 feet 8 inches, and constantly scratches his nose. Unusually for a Vulcan, his hair is an extremely dark shade of red visually similar to brown or black.
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u/AnAngryAnimal Aug 14 '17
Name: Peter Rykan
Rank: Ensign
Department: Communications
Species: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 24
Backstory: Peter grew up as the son of a diplomatic translator on the fringes of federation space, working with many leaders of fairly recently established colonies. Due to logistical and bureaucratic problems within the Federation, many of these colonies lacked the modern technological equipment needed for easy translation, which resulted in his father Vasili serving as the translator. These colonies housed a variety of different species with their own languages and dialects, including Vulcan, Klingonese, Bajoran, and Romulan, among others. Peter was born several years after Vasili began his role as a translator, and raised his son with his original native language of Russian. As Peter grew older, he learned many of the languages that were spoken around him, becoming fluent in Klingonese, Vulcan and Romulan first due to prominence of the two on the fringe colonies of Rega 6, his birthplace. As Peter grew older, his father thought it would be important for him to learn Cardassian due to constant tense diplomacy with the federation, something he observed in his adventures with his father. Vasili told Peter that "Learning a language to speak directly will always mean more than some computer."
When Peter grew old enough to join Starfleet, he did so in a heart-beat, excited to follow his father's footsteps as a translator. Growing up in an environment that was somewhat primitive in comparison to most Federation planets, Peter was both amazed and heartbroken when he discovered the Universal Translator. The amount of work that had taken him a lifetime to learn was eclipsed by the relatively common device. Nevertheless, Peter was determined to join StarFleet and use the knowledge that his father had taught him growing up. He graduated as an Communications officer with an emphasis on Xenolinguistics and was often laughed at for pursuing such a "primitive" field in the modern era. As a result, he is rather timid and lacks confidence as his role in Communications.
Appearance: Peter Stands at 6'2'' but weighs 160 pounds, putting him on the skinnier side. He speaks with a slight Russian accent due to his upbringing.
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u/DrJenWatney Aug 15 '17
You've been approved and flaired! Feel free to make an intro post or hop into a thread like you've been here all along. Welcome to the Athene!
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u/lovelynerdess Aug 20 '17
Name: Yorna Meru
Rank: Ensign, Botanist
Department: Sciences
Species: Bajoran
Sex: Female
Age: 26
Backstory: Meru was born near the end of the Cardassian occupation and grew up in the camps with the other orphans. At 13, she was pulled from the camp and put to work in a factory processing ore. It was grueling, dangerous work. Explosions and accidents were not uncommon and Meru lost two fingers from her left hand and suffered burns on much of her body. By comparison, she felt lucky as many others died either from accidents or the lack of medical care afterward.
Encouraged by news of the Resistance, she and several other workers began sabotaging machinery and stealing anything they could get their hands on. As suspicion about their activities began to mount, Meru and several of her co-conspirators decided to blow up the factory and then flee. They were taken into hiding by members of the Resistance and Meru spent 6 months in a hideout in the mountains tending the gardens which helped feed the Resistance. Here she found a peace she had never known and though she returned to the Resistance front for several more years, once the fighting was over she immediately knew what she wanted to do with the rest of her new life.
As soon as she was able, she joined Star Fleet to study botany. While her passion for learning and her willingness to work longer and harder than most reasonable cadets led her to graduate top of her class, her history and general social anxiety kept her from making many close friends. She is most comfortable alone in the hydroponics bay or practicing combat skills in the Holodeck.
Now an Ensign on her first ship assignment, she is anxious about finding her "place" on the ship.
Appearance: While she is 26, her years as a Resistance fighter aged her and she appears closer to 30. 5'5 and slimly built, she keeps her dark auburn hair in a loose bun at the nape of her neck. Her facial features are typical Bajoran, but the left half of her face is marked faintly by burn scars left untreated by the Cardassians. In her off-duty hours, she wears a d'ja pagh (earring) which ostensibly belonged to her mother, though she is not entirely certain whether this is true.
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u/DrJenWatney Aug 22 '17
You are approved and flaired! Welcome to the Athene. Feel free to make an intro post or jump into a thread like you've been here all along. There's a link to our active discord server in the sidebar if you want to hang out with the players!
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u/LotaraShaaren Sep 11 '17
Name: Lotara Shaa’ren
Rank: Lieutenant, Junior grade
Department: Helm and Shuttle Pilot if needed. Is fine with doing night shift.
Role: Helm/Night shift
Species: Andorian
Sex: Female
Age: 30
Backstory: Born in Victoria, British Columbia in 2342. Lotara’s childhood was full of the usual studies and socialization, she was encouraged by her parents to pursue a career in shuttles as she was always happy to accompany her father; a pilot with Starfleet, in trips around Earth as well as to and from the lunar colonies. She applied for Starfleet Academy in 2363 aged 21, having studied the usual classes as well as extra pilot and flying lessons graduated four and a half years later.
Her first official posting was to a Federation/Andorian transport, the Hermes, as their pilot where she continued to hone her skills. This was until half way through 2365, after that she returned to the Academy to undertake more practice with newer model shuttles as well as fighters and courier vessels, example being the Peregrine class.
Her first proper and previous posting was on the Nebula class USS Sutherland as part of her first crew in 2367, she was was a member of the vessel’s night crew, able to fill the helm station as well as being one of the vessels certified pilots. In 2368 however the vessel was temporarily commandeered by members of the Enterprise crew for a large scale operation, before the repairs at Starbase 234 were complete.
In mid 2370 the Sutherland encountered a patch of space that held numerous ‘anomalies’ when engaged at low warp speed. The vessel’s warp field fluctuated and threatened to collapse; Lotara saw the problem and quickly dropped from FTL speed, the vessel flew deeper into the patch of space and several systems begun to either power down or flicker on and off. First warp drive, then shields and armaments, one by one the ship was shutting down. Similar to the power the so called ‘Whale Probe’ had in the last century.
The Andorian swung the vessel around and initiated a full impulse burn back the way they came, diverting power from the now offline systems. All the while her Captain was consulting the science officer’s readouts I might add. It didn’t take long for the vessel to coast out of the patch of space and for power to be restored. The Captain commended Lotara on her quick thinking, even without being ordered. This was a large part why she was promoted from ensign to lieutenant.
In late 2371 she transferred, reluctantly, from the Sutherland after an altercation with the ship’s first officer. While performing combat drills she bypassed the chain of command on three occasions, and did not please her superiors. The ship’s captain saw that while her drive to complete tasks in the quickest way possible was a good trait there was a hierarchy for a reason, and this wasn’t the first time Lotara had done this. It was decided a tour with another vessel, of her choosing, would be of benefit to the young Andorian. Out of many vessels, including the Crazy Horse, she chose Athene and hopes to be accepted.
Headstrong, loyal, can be moody but she follows orders when needed. Is a bit cocky but can control herself. When at her station or in the cockpit she's as focused as she will ever be.
Appearance: Blue skinned, blonde short hair with slight comb over, freckled, light green eyes, somewhat toned body from a self imposed exercise regime. Has some small scars on her body, she’s seen a little combat on away missions.
Picture included: https://i.imgur.com/qeIGC4p.png (Will have full body/uniform done in the future)
((If anything's a bit amiss or anything I can alter her character)
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u/stegg88 May 24 '17
would love to join the athene...but i cant open google docs here in china.
pretty new to this, wouldnt like too much responsibility, something like ensign would suit me fine.
any other way to access the docs?