Sheres P'Trell
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BILLET INFORMATION Surname: P´Trell Given Name(s): Sheres Current Rank: Lieutenant Current Billet: OPS, USS EXCALIBUR ETHNIC BACKGROUND Species: Andorian Gender/Sex: Female Age: 28 Standard Terran Years Date of Birth: August 1, 2388 Place of Birth: Forrostar, Andoria (Epsilon Indi) FAMILY INFORMATION Parents: J´hamel P´Trell (mother), test pilot, residing on Andoria Thy´lek P´Trell (father), Spacecraft Engineer, residing on Andoria Siblings: several siblings and half-siblings due to complicated Andorian family relations Spouse: None Children: None PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION HT: 1,80 m; WT: 72 kg; Eyes: dark-brown; Hr.: silver white Comp: blue PROMOTION AND SERVICE RECORD CHRONOLOGIC HISTORY * 090615 Entered Star Fleet Academy. * 130615 Commissioned as Ensign (O-1)assigned as junior engineer to USS PACIFIC * 150201 Promoted to LT(jg) * 150315 Assigned to USS RYUJIN, Assistant Engineer * 170401 Assigned to UTOPIA PLANITIA space yards, refit group as junior engineer * 180101 Promoted to Lieutenant * 180701 Passed Junior Bridge Officer Exam COMMENDATIONS/REPRIMANDS None on file. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND STARFLEET ACADEMY RECORD A. Academic Institutional Background: -- Forrostar High School and College -- Star Fleet Academy B. Service Schools Attended: C. Qualifications (MOC's) -- Engineer -- Small crafts pilot -- Junior Bridge Officer D. Star Fleet Academy Record: Academy Record: Class Rank: Top 15%; Honors *cum laude* Academic Major: Astronautics Professional Major: Mechanical Engineering Qualifications: Engineer, Shuttle Pilot Junior Bridge Officers Exams Commendations: none Reprimands: none Activities: Member of the Starfleet Academy Kendo Club BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES BIOGRAPHICAL CHRONOLOGY/OVERVIEW A. Chronology (tabular form): 0-13: Lived with parents. 13-18: Attended High School 18-23: Attended Star Fleet Academy, graduated in 2413 B. Background Summary: Hot tempered even for the standards of Andorians Sheres had to learn to control her emotions. The strict discipline imposed by the martial art Alnaav (comparable to a mix of both Eastern and Western sword styles of Earth) helped to conquer her impulses. A hobby became a love and a love became almost religious worship. Sheres found the art of battle with the sword to be a metaphor for many things in life - discipline, dedication, achievement, even a touch of wisdom and mysticism. Her parents were great believers in that one should truly love what one does. While both father and mother would have liked to see their daughter follow each ones respective footsteps, they encouraged and nurtured her passion, even pointing her to similar traditions in Klingon and Terran culture. Sheres delved into such opportunities. When she reached legal age she had decided on the perfect way to roll both her parents expectations, her own passions and the occasional artistic notion into one package. Sheres joined Starfleet. She enrolled in Engineering with a special focus on Astronautics and fighter craft design with piloting being a strong minor. Sheres did well at the Academy as she not only knew what she was doing but obviously enjoyed it as well. Scientific theory was never her strong point but practical application of the effects was. She truly preferred the hands-on approach and ferried well with it during her days at the Academy. After graduation Sheres was assigned to the USS PACIFIC, a light cruiser involved mostly in pirate hunts and custom inspections. Finding anti-pirate duty surprisingly dull, Ensign P´Trell used her time well to take advanced studies in some of Starfleet's `big guns´ - the battle cruisers, heavy destroyers and command ships. She didn't make any major breakthroughs of course but the computer models hinted that she could perhaps squeeze a few extra percents of performance out of one model or another. Most of the PACIFIC´s duty consisted of patrols, routine custom checks and a lot of waiting. The ship had one major brush with piracy however. The PACIFIC was investigating rumors about a Ferengi who allegedly did supply runs for an on-again, off-again group. Unusually bold for his people the Ferengi found someone among the PACIFIC crew willing to sabotage the engine for the right amount of latinum. Sheres P`Trell literally tripped over the attempt when she used one of the engineering labs late at night for one of her computer models. The incident resulted in a broken nose, a few arrests and a favorable nod from Sheres´ captain. Eventually it also resulted in Sheres´ promotion to Lieutenant junior grade and to her transferal to the light cruiser USS RYUJIN. Until now P`Trell had been somewhat of a limited expert, confined only to the technical workings of an isolated engineering system. On the short-handed RYUJIN she rotated through positions and quickly learned to see the bigger picture - the balance of one system against the other, the way they interacted and the way the depended on each other but also the way one could make them work together for maximum effect. Before long Sheres found herself somewhat of a liaison between engineering and OPS, tasked with coordinating the varying demands of the operations department and making them happen on the engineering side. When the RYUJIN was back in orbit around Mars for a routine overhaul Sheres got her orders to report to the Starfleet engineering group of Utopia Planitia. Apparently her old CO from the PACIFIC had passed along some of her more daring design ideas and apparently some old friend of him at Utopia had noticed. Her experience vastly increased while she worked with the refit crews that refurbished older ship designs into newer, more powerful and more effective ones that were up to the task of competing with modern vessels. The promotion to full lieutenant reflected that development. To this day Sheres can't calculate the expansion ratio of a warp bubble in her head but given time and tools she can take a Starfleet vessel apart and put it back together again without any screws left over in the end. Her dedication to the new position paid off with an opportunity to take the junior bridge officers exams at SB GAMMA. MISCELLENEOUS NOTES A. Skills Profile An engineer strong in general starship design, weapons technology, deflector shields and mechanics. Less strong in physics, mathematics and computers. Can pilot runabouts, shuttles and small crafts - even fighters if it is not in the middle of a battle. B. Recent Fitness Report Officer P´Trell has a very practical approach to engineering. I found her wanting when it came to some of the physical theories underlying warp drive but never when it came to fixing one that was performing odd. If she can ever a built a more solid theoretical foundation for herself she'll make a great engineer. -- LT Polidori, CEO USS PACIFIC Daring seems the word to describe officer P´Trell. She dares to think out of the box, she dares to speak her mind and she dares to beat up a fellow officer if she catches his red-handed trying to sabotage my ship. The latter one is against regulations but I really don't care. -- Captain Forsythe, CO USS PACIFIC LT P´Trell became somewhat of a living interface, connecting the OPS and engineering departments more closely than before. In the front line it is essential to keep frictions and communication errors between departments to an absolute minimum and LT P´Trell performed well in that capacity, combining technical expertise with the needs of a situation. -- LCDR Kosh, CEO USS RYUJIN It seems there isn't a thing a military vessels that an Andorian can't improve or will die trying. Some of LT P´Trell´s ideas literally won't fly but some really could and perhaps better than the original idea. Not much of an by-the-book engineer she gets the job done and has a special love for the big vessels. -- LCDR Siegmund, OPS Refit Group Seven, UTOPIA PLANITIA space yards C. Psychological Profile First and foremost Officer P´Trell is a warrior, make no mistake about that. She may have chosen engineering as her battle field but essentially she still is an Andorian warrior, a fact accentuated by her recreational interests. For now she is happy doing what she does but in the long run the decision to give her a shot at command positions will pay off. I predict that this is where she will truly blossom. -- CMDR Freud, Counseling Department BLUE FLEET D. Current Recreational Interests Bladed Weapons and swordsmanship (Andorian, Klingon and Terran styles), Iaido, Kendo, Zen Philosophy and Ice Sculpting E. Miscellaneous Information Her religious beliefs can be described as Pagan. She believes in the Andorian gods of old and mixes these beliefs liberally with Zen and Bushido philosophy. Due to her interest in any martial art that uses a bladed weapon, Sheres speaks Klingon and has a good grasp of many aspects of Klingon culture.