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1-3361738 - ALPHA - 
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EDUCATION 2364-2368 - Starfleet Academy SERVICE RECORD One Commendation for Bravery -- |
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| BACKGROUND |
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| 2352: Born in To'olk Quasan Province on Altimar. 2368: Graduates from Starfleet Command. CHILDHOOD: Rik is the youngest of four children, born to a doctor and an author on Altimar, the third planet in the Tialmo system, which is located near the Beta Quadrent. Growing up, he found that there were many facinating and beautiful things in nature. He often could be found out in a heavily forested region near his home, exploring some crevice or sitting in a tree, gazing at the wonders about him or gazing up at the stars. By the time he was 7, he knew he wanted to join Starfleet as a science officer. This came as little surprise to those who knew him; some felt that he already had his head in the clouds. EDUCATION: As Altimarans are considered adults in Altimaran society
at 12 years of age, Rik applied for Starfleet
Finding himself at the Academy, where things were a lot more rigorous than he was used to, he suddenly realized that he had to turn at least some of his attention away from science and into the other required courses. He quickly scrambled to try to organize his schedule into something resembling a reasonable class, study, and recreational schedule. He was very grateful (not to mention relieved) when a Vulcan classmate, T'Cai, came to his rescue, and showed him how to organize his schedule in a logical manner. Rik was paired with a nervous young Betazoid cadet, Hazan Eclain. Even though Hazan was a member of the Sixth House of Betazed, he hadn't had much contact with non-Betazoids, and found the large amount of non-Betazoids at the Academy to be a little intimidating; he wasn't sure how they would react to someone who could sense their emotions. The two roomates, however, soon became fast friends, and learned how to be able to use their own advantages to help the other; Rik helped Hazan overcome his own shyness and ackwardness around others, and Hazan helped Rik keep on task when studying, as he was able to sense when Rik was getting distracted. Rik decided to try to take as many science classes as possible, and found that his years studying science before entering the Academy helped out, as he already had a basic familiarity with many things being taught; he emphasised in exobiology. He minored in conn, feeling that being able to pilot shuttles would help increase his chances of getting good assignments after graduation. He wasn't sure if it actually would or not, but decided to make a go of it anyway. During his Academy years, he wasn't one who overly tried to seek out atention; however, he was rather noticable, as he was one of only three Altimaran cadets. He had a rather uneventful time there, with the exception of the time it was learned that he was part of a small group of cadets who played a practical joke on one of the Vulcan science instructors by stimulating the plants in his office to grow much faster than normal, and filling the office with shoots, vines, branches, etc. For his cadet cruise, he was posted on the Ambassador class U.S.S. Valdemar. His service didn't go unnoticed by the science chief, who managed to talk the Valdemar's captain into geting Rik assigned to the ship upon graduation to help out in exobiology, Rik's strong point in science. STARFLEET SERVICE: He was promoted to lieutenant junior grade in 2373 during the Valdemar's yearly crew performance review. He wondered just what had brought the promotion, as he felt he had done nothing to warrent the promotion, but decided not to try to debate things with the captain or XO. In 2374 the Valdemar was damaged in combat with the Dominion,
and Rik was reassigned to the U.S.S. Ulysses, a Nebula
Class starship, as assistant chief science officer. He served
there for another three years before being contacted in 2377 by one
Captain Gregory Billings, who had just been given command of a ship,
and was looking for a science chief. Thus Rik found himself
assigned to the U.S.S. Terra Nova as science chief, with a promotion
to lieutenant senior grade. |
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| PERSONALITY PROFILE |
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| Rik, while
appearing threatening, is actually quite friendly and is fond of
humor. But, however, it is not a good idea to make him
irritated.
Rik would be classified as an Introverted Thinking with Extraverted Sensing by human psychology (ISTP). He carefully observes what is going on around him, then moves to deal with things in the quickest and most efficient way possible. He thrives on variety and novelty, and enjoyes the challenge of solving problems. He tends to be tolerant of a wide range of behavior, until his ruling logical principles are attacked; at that point, he can express firm and clear judgement. He listens and seems to be agreeing only because he is not disagreeing. Later, others may learn that he was analyzing and making interal judgements. Rik occasionally fantasizes about a command of his own some day, but honestly doesn't really see himself as a CO. He would much rather serve in Science than command a ship or base. He is still a little rattled by the incident at the Class
L planet in which the shuttle he was on was chased by Orions.
He hasn't ever seen a counselor for it, though, and isn't really
sure he wants to (as it would force him to admit to others that he
knows fear). |
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| PHYSICAL PROFILE |
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| Altimarans have a mane of hair, and
the rest of the body is covered in short orangish fur. (So
if you were to take that contraption from the movie "The Fly" and
put in an Earth male lion and a human, an Altimaran is what you'd
get out.) Altiamarans are large in stature; even the shorter
adults are often over 6 feet (2 meters) tall. They enjoy physical
stuff, much like the Klingons do, so you'll often find Altimarans
in security-related professions (but not always, of course). He is
6 feet 7 inches tall and weighs about 225 lbs. - - |
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| SPECIAL NOTES |
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| Altimar, the
third planet in the Tialmo system. The length of Altimar's
orbit around its sun, Tialmo, is so close to the length of Earth's
orbit around Sol is so close as to be indistinguishable to all except
physists with fine-tuned instruments.
An
Altimaran uses his/her tail as a form of intimidation. Altimarans
are considered adults in Altimaran society at 12 years of age, but
many Altimarans live well into their 100's, and it's not uncommon
to have an Altimaran who's 140 years old or more. He was romantically involved with the late Commander Lucinda Wilson. He is quite literally addicted to chocolate. FAMILY RECORD:
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