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===LT Marion Shelby, Operations Manager=== | ===LT Marion Shelby, Operations Manager=== | ||
* Played by Antje Bechtoldt | * Played by Antje Bechtoldt | ||
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NRPG: The parallel universe mentioned in the bio is the universe of | |||
ST:FRONTIERS the game for which this character was originally created. | |||
See the history of SAPPHIRE Fleet (the SORANUS and MARRAKSH Station in | |||
particular) for further details. | |||
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NAME: Antje Bechtoldt | |||
AGE: 32 | |||
EMAIL: antjebe30@yahoo.com | |||
NAME: Marion Elizabeth Shelby | |||
CURRENT RANK: Lieutenant <jg> | |||
CURRENT BILLET: OPS, USS DAEDALUS | |||
INTERESTED IN: Operations, Protocol, Flight Control | |||
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS | |||
RACE: Human | |||
AGE: 23 Human Standard Years | |||
GENDER: Female | |||
HEIGHT: 5´8" | |||
WEIGHT: 125 pounds | |||
HAIR: brown (braided) | |||
EYES: green | |||
SCARS, MARKS, TATOOS: none | |||
PERSONAL FAMILY | |||
PLACE OF BIRTH: London, planet Earth (Sol III) | |||
MOTHER: Nora Shelby-Hyde, Physician, currently residing on Bolius | |||
FATHER: Maxwell Shelby II, Starfleet Admiral, currently residing | |||
on Bolius | |||
SIBLINGS: none | |||
STARFLEET SERVICE RECORD | |||
STARDATE ACTION | |||
SD 170101 Graduated from Starfleet Academy (parallel universe) | |||
SD 170104 Assigned as OPS - USS SORANUS (parallel universe) | |||
SD 170720 Fell through the Rabbit Hole when her dimension collapsed | |||
SD 170805 Retrained by SF in mainstream universe | |||
SD 170813 Assigned as OPS - MARRAKESH Station | |||
SD 171030 Promoted to LT <jg> | |||
SD 180810 Assigned as OPS - USS DAEDALUS | |||
BACKGROUND MATERIAL: | |||
Marion Shelby was born in a parallel universe into a similar but | |||
slightly different version of the Federation. | |||
Some children grow up in the shadow of a successful or celebrated | |||
parent. Marion Elisabeth Shelby grew up in the shadow of a long family line | |||
of overachievers that stretched back (albeit tenuously) to General Jo | |||
Shelby the Confederate cavalry leader who refused to surrender after the | |||
American Civil War was over. | |||
Her father is a Starfleet admiral and diplomatic envoy on Bolius, his | |||
father commanded a battle cruiser during the Dominion War and her | |||
grand-aunt helped dispel the Borg invasion. Likewise her mother is a renowned | |||
physician from a wealthy British family. | |||
With a family tree like this Marion was doomed to greatness from the | |||
moment she was born since her parents would accept nothing less than | |||
excellence from their child. To this day rumours persist that Marion's | |||
mother underwent several treatments that toed the line to genetic | |||
enhancement during her pregnancy although medical tests at Starfleet have been | |||
inconclusive. | |||
Mom and dad decided even before Marion's birth that her daughter would | |||
join Starfleet or at the very least the Marine Corps and they pushed | |||
her toward that goal as soon as she could walk and speak. | |||
They called it "making the best out of her potential", rationalizing | |||
that their daughter would become a spoiled rich child otherwise. Luckily | |||
Marion was both bright and eager enough to meet their expectations. | |||
She became a successful fencer and show jumper while her school grades | |||
allowed her to enter Starfleet Academy. | |||
During the next four years Marion practically lived and breathed for | |||
the approval of her family and the challenges Starfleet offered. In time | |||
she actually found that she liked the command track which gave her | |||
grades another push upward. Her single minded pursuit of excellence made | |||
her popular with the instructors but her often cold and abrasive | |||
personality kept the other cadets as arms length and earned her nicknames among | |||
which "Vulcan Ice Queen" was one of the nicer ones. | |||
However, even the facts that she graduated at the top 5 % of her class | |||
and captained the Academy fencing team in her last cadet year barely | |||
earned her an approving nod from her father. | |||
Her first assignment was the USS SORANUS where she served as OPS until | |||
the ship together with a few dozen others vessels and space | |||
installations was thrown into another universe - the universe of ASR. Before long | |||
the "people from the other side" became informally known as the "rabbit | |||
holers". After a period of retraining in what was a new Starfleet for | |||
her Marion resumed the position of OPS but not on the SORANUS but on a | |||
half-derelict space station named MARRAKESH that had also made the | |||
dimensional jump. | |||
For some reason Admiral Maxwell Shelby II, counterpart of the man who | |||
used to be Marion's father in her own continuum, arranged for her to be | |||
transferred to what both consider a more prestigious assignment - | |||
Operations Manager of the USS DAEDALUS. | |||
Professional Skill Profile: | |||
Helm and Navigation | |||
Tactical Operations | |||
Political Sciences | |||
Administration & Personnel | |||
Racial and Cultural Background: | |||
Marion Shelby was born and raised on Earth and educated on private | |||
schools in Great Britain (Earth) before joining the Academy. See Background | |||
section for more details | |||
Medical and Physiological Background: | |||
During her third year at the Academy Marion underwent extensive genetic | |||
screening to confirm or deny rumours that she had been genetically | |||
enhanced as a child. The doctors noted a remarkable stable genetic | |||
structure and a well-above-average IQ but in the end they could not make any | |||
conclusive diagnosis. Finally the board of instructors decided to give | |||
the promising cadet the benefit of doubt and allowed her to continue her | |||
studies. Marion still feels greatly embarrassed by the procedure and | |||
only recently did she find out who of her fellow cadets spread the | |||
rumours in the first place. In in-depth physical aboard the SORANUS finally | |||
proved conclusively that Marion´s genes were not artificially enhanced. | |||
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE: | |||
Marion was showered by her parents more with demands and expectations | |||
than with parental love. As a result she has grown aloof, remote and | |||
demanding not because she's a bad person but because she knows nothing | |||
else. Nothing but top performance in herself and others is good enough for | |||
her. She cares for others but more out of a sense of duty than out of | |||
heartfelt empathy. Even her two serious relationships were based more on | |||
physical attraction than real deep feelings. In a less enlightened | |||
century than the 24th others might have called her a bitch. Even in the | |||
24th century many do. Marion comes across as aggressive, ambitious and | |||
tenacious. Patience with what she perceives as incompetence or lack of | |||
dedication is not her strong suit. However, no one can argue that she is | |||
top in her profession and calm under pressure. Having practically grown | |||
up around the brass she is unafraid to speak her mind around superior | |||
officers. As much as Starfleet values professionalism and skill her | |||
quest for personal perfection and parental approval concerns the Academy | |||
counsellors but they hope that her hard demeanour will soften once she is | |||
exposed to real life. In fact, her last counsellor suggested to put her | |||
into the front line far away from contact with her father. | |||
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS: | |||
Competitive and Classical Fencing, Horseback Riding, Yoga | |||
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"I would describe Ensign Shelby as a driven person, driven to achieve | |||
success and be the best in her case. While extraordinary achievement is | |||
a hallmark of Starfleet officers, I'm somewhat concerned about the | |||
single-mindedness of her pursuits. The Ensign would be well-advised to | |||
learn how to relax and how to value friendships." | |||
LT Liotta, Assistant Counsellor, Starfleet Academy | |||
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"Considering that she had been thrown out of her own space-time | |||
continuum and lost all her friends and family, in fact her very reality Ensign | |||
Shelby has adjusted remarkably well to her rather extreme situation. In | |||
fact, it seems to me she adjusted too well all things considered." | |||
LT CMDR Hix, Counsellor, Starbase ALPHA | |||
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