USS KIROV- Counseling Department Manifest

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Counseling Departmental Organization Updated SD 180615

DESCRIPTION

The counseling department varies a good deal from ship-to-ship. The ship's counselor is responsible for the mental health of the crew and for advising the captain in matters of shipboard morale. Some ship's counselors go at it alone, others have assistant counselors. There is an enlisted rating of naval counselor. These people are not professional mental health providers, but rather an equivalent of social workers. All ship's counselors have counseling certification from Star Fleet and are assumed to have at least undergraduate degrees (but more often intermediate and advanced degrees) in a related field: psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, or sociology.

The counseling department also advises the XO on matters of shipboard and service protocol and by assuming responsibility for selected tasks. These duties are outlined in detail because the average player may not have had much contact with this particular billet.

Shipboard protocol duties involve: Supervising ship ceremonies while underway, including but not limited to marriages, funerals, change of command, parade reviews, commissionings, and shipwide award ceremonies; acting as the Vice President of the Mess (for formal messes in the wardroom) [Note: The CO is the President of the Mess. In the absence of a protocol officer, this falls to the XO]; handling preparations for diplomatic functions held aboard the ship, and caring for the needs of VIPs and their accomodations; accompanying the CO on casualty calls while in port; assisting legal officers, the captain, and executive officer with the conduct of boards of inquiry, Captain's Masts, and summary court martials while underway.

Mission related protocol officer duties include: advising away team members on local customs, laws, and institutions, especially as they govern the proper treatment of foreign heads of state and other officials; accompanying away teams on formal diplomatic functions or at the request of the XO or CO; lending relevant assistance as requested or required in the protocol officer's own area of professional or academic expertise; and, and participation in the officer-of-the-day rotations where appropriate and if qualified.

DEPARTMENT MANIFEST

RANK  NAME                  BILLET                  GENDER   RACE
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LCDR Loren Landers*    	    Ship's Counsellor       Male     Betazoid
LTJG Malia Becker	    Crisis Counselor        Female   Human
CR   Madeleine Yeong	    Researcher Asssistant   Female   Human
---  Dr. Leonard Tallen	    Interspecies Specialist Male     Andorian
PO3  Tristan Ferngolde      Maintenance Officer     Male     Klingonan

DEPARTMENTAL BIOFILES

• NOTE: All NPC biofiles in this packet are in the form of general descriptions. Detailed information is reserved for PC's only.

• All COU characters were created and are played primarily by Kevin Thigpen.

LTJG Malia Baker, Crisis Counselor

• This character is a non-protected NPC.

Name: Malia Becker
Current Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade
Position: Crisis Counselor

Physical Description:
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 122 lbs
Age: 26
Race: Human (full)
Skin Color: Pale
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Distinguishing Marks: None
Additional Remarks:

Malia served as a Crewman Recruit in the scaled down auxiliary services 
department aboard the hospital ship MCDERMONT during the Dominion War. 
The MCDERMONT was critically damaged during the Battle for Betazed and 
limped to the outskirts of that system before the primary planet, 
Betazed fell. Some makeshift repairs were made to the vessel and her 
crew, which included Malia as a crewman recruit. The ship remained on 
the outskirts of the Oort cloud surrounding the Betazed system, avoiding 
detection. For nearly two months, the MCDERMONT was trapped behind enemy 
lines and conducted guerrilla raids on Dominion outposts in the system.

During this time, Malia served tirelessly addressing the mental health 
of the crew of the former hospital ship, as well as counseling refuges 
as they found their way onboard. Being cut off from the rest of the 
fleet, forced the crew of the MCDERMONT to become extremely resourceful. 
Faced with these limitations, Malia learned first hand the effects of 
constant stress and pressure on the humanoid pysche. Following the end 
of the war, Malia, applied and was accepted to Starfleet where she 
focused on becoming a crisis counselor. After graduating from Starfleet, 
she received a billet on the USS CIRCE as an Ensign, and assistant to 
the ship’s chief counselor. After a few months at this billet, she was 
transferred to the KIROV, and received a promotion to Lieutenant (Junior 
Grade).

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CR Madeleine Young, Research Assistant

• This character is a non-protected NPC.

Crewman Recruit Madeleine Yeong
Name: Madeleine Daniella Yeong
Current Rank: Crewman Recruit (CR)
Position: Research Assistant

Physical Description:
Height: 5’5�
Weight: 120 lbs
Age: 21
Race: Non-Terran Human
Skin Color: Slight tan
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks: Birthmark on left shoulder blade

Additional Remarks:
Madeleine possesses an idealism that astounds even some Ensigns in 
Starfleet. Her status as a Crewman Recruit is due in part to her 
stubborn refusal to leave onboard duties which she has performed for 
nearly a year onboard the KIROV to attend the Academy. Her love and 
passion as a researcher, as well as equal amounts of that love and 
passion for serving the crew of the KIROV has kept her as a Crewman's 
Recruit for the last year.

Interests:
Understanding how to help crewmembers work through mentally challenging 
issues in their lives.

Mental Abilities:
Nominal psi abilities (typical human)

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Dr. Leonard Talen, Interspecies Counseling Speciailist

• This character is a non-protected NPC.

Name: Leonard Tallen
Current Rank: Lieutenant Commander (honorary)
Position: Interspecies Counseling Specialist

Physical Description:
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 155 lbs
Age: 54
Race: Andorian
Skin Color: Blue
Hair Color: White
Eye Color: Dark Black
Distinguishing Marks: Andorian Antennae
Additional Remarks:

Tallen speaks with an old world accent, British to be specific. Having 
studied on Earth for a number of years, he picked up this unmistakable 
accent. Tallen defines the terms stuffy and arrogant. His arrogance is 
not without reason though. He is very capable at his job and one of the 
foremost experts in the field of the effects of long term space travel 
on the humanoid psyche.

In addition, his experiences includes service as a first contact 
specialist on Starbase Epsilon when it was first discovered, and 
extended service on the MAYFORTH (one of the few Starfleet vessels 
assigned extended duty in the GAMMA quadrant after the reopening of the 
wormhole). Tallen has logged more hours than any member in Starfleet 
conducting studies centered on Xenopyschology of both humanoids and 
non-humanoids.

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PO3 Tristan Ferngolde, Maintenance Specialist

• This character is a non-protected NPC.

Name: Tristan Ferngolde
Current Rank: Petty Officer, 3rd Class
Position: Maintenance Specialist

Physical Description:
Height: 6'6'
Weight: 220 lbs
Age: 21
Race: Klingon and Human
Skin Color: dark-pale
Hair Color: Black and frizzled, typical Klingon length
Eye Color: Dark Black
Distinguishing Marks: None
Additional Remarks:

Tristan has a well earned reputation onboard the KIROV. He is the 
resident expert on holographic technology. He not only understands the 
technology well, but he is also an expert at programming it. Tristan 
serves as the maintenance person assigned permanently to assist the 
Auxiliary Services department. His technical expertise is typically 
called upon when a specialty holographic program needs to be written, 
the shipboard arboretum requires maintenance, or any other special 
circumstances at the discretion of the ship’s counselor.

He is called the “Smiling Klingon� due in part to the fact that he is 
rarely ever caught without a smile on his face. The dour disposition 
normally associated with Klingons is drowned out by his half human heritage.