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Lieutenant Vaela P'Tammah |
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Player:
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Ginafae |
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Current Assignment:
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Chief Flight Control Officer ,
USS Cerberus |
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Species:
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Andorian |
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Gender:
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Female |
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Date of Birth:
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2344-10-29 |
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Birthplace:
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She'nah Hoorn, Andor |
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Height:
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5'7 |
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Weight:
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119 lbs |
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Eye Color:
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Blue |
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Hair Color:
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Silver |
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Physical Description:
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With her light blue skin, thin frame, and antennae, few would mistake Vaela for anything other than she is - an Andorian. Yet, just as no human is exactly alike, so Vaela has her differences from other Andorians. For one, the high cheekbones, short hair, and thin aquiline nose she possesses lend her an air of poise and grace not normally associated with her species. Further, her height and the wiry musculature she possesses, give her a more boyish look when compared to the voluptuous curves most Andorian females possess. Finally her skin tone, although blue, is lighter than the typical Andorian, so that it is an attractive pale bluey-white colour.
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Family and Background:
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Only daughter of Taeran and Shalla P’Tammah. Both are currently teaching at the Andorian Academy of Arts. (see personal bio).
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Education:
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Andorian Academy of Arts (2363-4): did not graduate
University College London, Earth (2364-6): received a double first in Astro-Physics and Stellar Cartography
Starfleet Academy (2366-2370): Majoring in CONN; minor in Operations and Astrometrics. Vaela had a spotless record at the Academy, and received several commendations for her shuttle-craft piloting in her final year.
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Service Record:
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2366: Accepted to Starfleet Academy
2370.06.30: Graduated Starfleet Academy, and commissioned as Ensign.
2370.07.05: Assigned to USS Talwar as FCO/Shuttle Pilot
2370.09.29: Received a Captain’s commendation after the Talwar was forced into a fight against several unfriendly alien vessels on a mission of exploration, and Vaela was forced to take the helm of the starship.
2371.01.26: Promoted to Lieutenant (jg), and assigned to the USS Hades as ACFCO
2372.09.19: Severely wounded but awarded the Medal of Distinction, after personally commanding a faulty shuttlecraft and exposing herself to dangerously high levels of radiation in order to save the life of her Captain.
2373.06.21: Returned to Duty aboard the USS Hades.
2373.09.09: Reprimanded for conduct unbefitting an officer after Vaela is physically assaulted aboard the Hades by the wife of the Captain after being accused of having an illicit relationship with him, and after Vaela responds by fracturing her assailant’s arm in several places.
2373.09.20: Transferred to Starbase Geneva as a test-pilot for the prototype MAKO fighter.
2373.11.13: Assigned to the USS Indefatigable, in time for the ship’s part in the attack on Torros III
2374.02.22: Commended for her calm under fire during the Battle of Tyra
2374.08.10: Promoted to Lieutenant (sg) and transferred to the Steamrunner-class Light Cruiser USS Cerberus as CFCO
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Medical History:
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2364: Received standard inoculations for all non-Terrans upon Earth.
2372.09.19 – 2372.12.18: Treated for severe burns and multiple tumors after exposure to dangerously high levels of radiation emitted by the planet Beta Seranis III.
2372.12.19 – 2373.05.04: Programme of rigorous physiotherapy and treatment to return Vaela to full health.
2373.09.05: Treated for a slight fracture to her cheek-bone.
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Commendations and Reprimands:
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2370.02.10: Commendation: Starfleet Academy – Equals the Academy Record for the time taken to complete the final year CONN test, by skating dangerously close to the atmosphere of Sol and using it as a sling-shot to propel her back towards Earth.
2370.06.13: Commendation: Starfleet Academy – Hikari Sulu Prize for the most promising young CONN cadet.
2370.09.29: Commendation: Captain’s Commendation, USS Talwar
2372.09.19: Commendation: Medal of Distinction, for bravery above the call of duty, USS Hades
2373.09.09: Reprimand: Conduct Unbefitting an Officer, USS Hades
2374.02.22: Commendation: Combat Action Ribbon for her part played during the Battle of Tyra
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Special Skills or Ratings:
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Starship Piloting: Class A
Shuttlecraft Piloting: Class A
Expert Qualification: Bridge Operations
Expert Qualification – Starfleet Small Arms (Type 1 Phasers)
Proficient in Kharakom (Andorian kick-boxing) and use of the Hrisal (curved Andorian blade)
Passive Telepathy and Telemetry (unmeasured and untrained) |
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Personal Bio:
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Andorians are divided into two sub-species - the blue-skinned Andorians and the bluey-white skinned Aenar - with the two species rarely inter-marrying. Shalla the Aenar and Taeran the Andorian, however, proved to be one of those exceptions. Both were artists, with Taeran being an impassioned but struggling painter, and Shalla a meticulous but passionless musician, until the two met and found in each other something that they each individually lacked. For both found that by working together Taeran's passion and Shalla's attention to detail created an artistic union that gave them fame across Andoria. It also led the two to become lovers and wed, and soon after Shalla gave birth to a daughter - Vaela.
Being the daughter of a renowned Aenar musician and Andorian artist, Vaela was seen by both her parents and others as a young girl who would naturally gravitate towards the Arts. Certainly she seemed to possess the best characteristics of both parents, by inheriting the beauty and poise of her mother and the passion of her father. Yet, unlike either, she had neither the dexterity or vision to excel at music or the visual arts, a fact which Vaela herself knew. Instead she had a passion for the sports, and of Science, and of learning of the great Federation explorers that had charted the Alpha quadrant. As a girl, she even dreamed of exploring and charting the furthest reaches of space herself, but if her parents knew of her secret desires they must have thought them childish flights of fancy, because they pushed her into the Andorian Academy of Arts as soon as she was old enough to attend.
Vaela knew she stuck out like a sore thumb in the hallowed halls of Andorian Academy from her first day there. The only reason she had been accepted was because of the fame her parents had, and they were the only reason she didn’t become the butt of her fellow students’ jokes. Vaela was not exactly bad, but put in the company of the future poets, artists and musicians of the Federation made her efforts seem tawdry in comparison. So Vaela spent as much time as possible doing what she loved to do. She would take whatever outside subject to do with the Sciences that she could find, whether it was Xeno-Biology or Asto-Mechanics, and plunged into a host of sporting activities, particularly the human sport of Soccer and the traditional Andorian martial arts of kharakom (a kind of kickboxing) and the use of the hrisal (a lightly curved short sword). Yet, even though she excelled at all of the extra-curriculur activities she was doing, her tutors despaired at the quality of her academic work, and told her so as she scraped through her first year at the Academy. Indeed, in an effort to avoid the embarrassment of personally failing Taeran and Shalla’s child, they even suggested that she make use of the student exchange programs available, and it turned out to be the best advice Vaela was ever given.
Vaela was accepted on a program at the University of London on Earth, and on arrival tore up the syllabus that was proscribed for her. Instead she devoted herself to that which she had a passion for, particularly Astrophysics and Stellar Cartography, and excelled at both. Indeed, she even arranged to enroll permanently in London after her period of exchange was over, and she eventually graduated near the top of her class. After that she rebelled against her parents wishes - particularly those of her mother - and enrolled in Starfleet Academy.
The four years Vaela spent at the Academy were truly the best of her life. She excelled as a pilot in her time there, and learning of the galaxy and the innumerable species contained therein only increased her appetite to see it for herself. On her graduation Vaela was assigned to the USS Talwar as a Flight Control Officer and Shuttle Pilot, just in time to see the Assistant Chief of Operations, and just in time for the Norway class vessel to be thrust into its first battle.
Vaela’s career in Starfleet has remained relatively unblemished, and indeed she can be said to have excelled in certain respects. The only blip on her record has come as a result of the intimacy she shared with the Captain of the Hades – a Captain Devan Sash. The relationship she had with him was never as intimate as Vaela would have hoped, in spite of what the crew aboard the ship thought, and despite what Captain Sash’s wife came to suspect. That, however, did not stop the jealous human woman from throwing a large bottle of Andorian ale over Vaela and from launching into what was a furious assault upon the Andorian at an Ambassadorial reception. Vaela responded in kind, and (unsurprisingly) came out relatively unscathed in the brawl. The fact that she did, however, attack and severely wound the Captain’s wife did not sit well with either the Captain or Starfleet, and at the ensuing Court Martial Vaela was severely reprimanded.
Since that day Vaela has tried to avoid any romantic entanglements or anything that may be perceived as such. Whether the Andorian holds fast to that commitment aboard the Cerberus remains to be seen.
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