ORIGINS: Rebecca McKinnon: Difference between revisions

                      Chloe Anderson-McKinnon (47)

Grandparents:         Admiral Tanner Anderson(68)

                      Jourdana De Rosa Anderson (67)         

                      Holland McKinnon (75)

                      Krissie Kitridge McKinnon (77)

                      Sherrie McKinnon (24)  

                      Auriella McKinnon (22)

Professional Major:   Xenolinguistics, Communications Technology and Cryptographics

Rebecca McKinnon was born and raised on the shore of the East Australia Wilderness Reserve.  Her maternal grandfather is Admiral Tanner Anderson and his stories of the early days of the Federation Exploration Corps helped fuel a sense of wanderlust and adventure that frankly didn’t really need any extra fueling.  The youngest of four children, Bekka had a curiosity and brash sense of adventure that led her to continue to push the boundaries of her ever expanding world.  She still calls him Captain Tanner when not in earshot of other personnel.  

Exceptionally bright and blessed with an energetic nature and dangerously permissive parents, Bekka challenged herself beyond her advanced studies.  All the while, learning as much as she could about the growing Federation around her.  She had an unnatural ability to master languages and accents.  She was also possessed of an insatiable curiosity that led her to explore the wilderness around her by bike and by sail as soon as she could manage both.

She took accelerated courses and graduated early entering College at the age of fifteen and cut a year off her stay at Sydney University, graduating with specializations in Linguistics and Xenolinguistics as well as Federation Society and Cultural Studies.  Slightly undersized and inexperienced technically, she applied and got into the Sydney University Starfleet program almost on ambition alone.  She was accepted to Starfleet Academy on her first try, barely scraping through the entrance exam, leading some to speculate about the Admiralties involvement.

She caught up quickly, however, and managed to graduate 65th in a class of 278.  It was her scores in Linguistics and Cryptography that stood out, she was held out of her cadet cruise and assigned to a diplomatic conference at Starfleet Headquarters, earning a duty commendation for her efforts in assisting negotiations in a border dispute between Orion, Trill and a small collective of worlds called the Tralion Confederacy.

She was assigned as a Lieutenant, Junior Grade due to her University degree.  Until now, she has never been outside Earth orbit.

A borderline genius, Bekka excelled in academics and coasted through primary school in Australia and again in University there.  Once she was accepted at Starfleet Academy she found herself an average sized academic fish swimming in a pool of little geniuses.  She rose to the challenge and performed well, if not exceptionally.

Her ability to master Languages with ease is striking.  She can achieve fluency in a language in a matter of weeks, managing both technical expertise in diction and tonal phonetics.  She can assimilate regional dialects in a few hours.   

She took to small arms training with an almost disturbing enthusiasm, placing second in competition.  The highest placement ever for a linguistics major.

Though blessed with a wild curiosity and the ability to learn quickly and adapt readily, Rebecca McKinnon has no experience at all in shipboard life.  She is adept with small scale technological systems and can ‘field engineer’ anything up to the size of a hoverbike.  She does not do as well with more advanced power systems and is not an asset in engineering.  She met basic qualification standards for helm duty and applied sensor technology.

Lieutenant Rebecca McKinnon is in peak condition

for her age group.  She passes all Federation requirements for physical ability and endurance.

While appearing normal, well adjusted and academically exceptional, Rebecca McKinnon has a rather driven personality.  Her curiosity and thirst for adventure exceeds what most adults would deem prudent and normal.  Her personal relationships tend to take a back seat to her ambitions.  Shes been pointing herself to the stars for as long as she can remember.

Thus far her resolve has been mostly untested and because of that she can seem brash and overconfident.  She is eager and capable but very raw.  Most disconcertingly she seems to lack a sense of fear almost entirely.

Sailing, Running and going very very fast whenever possible.  Hoverbikes in general.  Hand pod first person shooter games when not able to get out on her own.