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Lt. Col. Sloane McRae
Character Name: Sloane McRae
Height: 5'8"
Hair: dark brown
Eyes: blue
Age: 38
Gender: Female
DOB: 1st April
Place of Birth: Llandudno, Wales
Race/Species: Human (Terran)
Distinguishing marks: tattoos - raven on her lower back and Earth Air Force squadron on her left shoulder blade; scars - pulse rifle burn on her lower-abdomen and remaining healing marks from a deep puncture wound in the right thigh.
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MILITARY BACKGROUND
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Position: Starfleet Gryphon Fighter Wing Commander
Assignment: New Earth Colony, Gaia
Department: Security
Qualifications:
* Electrical and Electronics Engineering degree
* Earth Air Force Officer training
* Earth Air Force Pilot training
* Advanced Tactics and Evasion training
* Infantry and Special Weapons training
* Jupiter Moon military space training
* Survival: Asteroid/Moons - Class I
* Survival: Adaptable Planets - Class K
* Survival: Terrestrial Planets - Class M
* Starfleet Flight training (refresher on Gaia)
* Unarmed Combat (Anbo-Jytsu and Vulcan martial art Asumi)
Languages: English, Welsh, Marsi, Vulcan, practical Andorian and limited written Romulan and Xindi.
Previous Assignments: Squadron Leader, Earth Forces, Terra; Military Assault Command Operations, Utopia Planetia, Mars; MACO XO/Starfleet Marine Corps CO, NX-01 Enterprise; Commander, Grifters, Gaia; CAG, Gryphon Fighter Squadron, NX-01 Enterprise.
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Background:
McRae was born to Jacy McRae, a well-known Scottish architect, and Prof. Vivian Haskell, an anthropologist who specialised in Celtic/Gaelic studies. She grew up with older brothers, Luc and Dylan, and the baby of the family, Bowie, the only blond child amongst them four, taking after their mother. Her whole family is assumed dead.
In college, Sloane showed excellent abilities in both Applied Sciences and Arts, and gave her father high hopes that she would follow in his footsteps. Instead, she turned to the aerial/space division of Earth Forces, marrying both her real interests: piloting and electronics. Despite her family's liberal lifestyle, Sloane thrived in the military and exceeded as both a flight officer and an electrical and electronics engineer.
She climbed through the ranks to Squadron Leader, first a squad of fighter planes and later space-worthy fighter ships. After the first Xindi attack in 2153, there was a call for reorganization in the military. She was drafted from the Earth Air Force to the Military Assault Command Operations teams and deployed to Mars. The Marine Corps nature of her new unit meant a demotion to Captain, but since she was still in charge of piloting fighters, she couldn't be bothered to give a damn. In her book, defending Earth and her colonies came far above any number of bars on her uniform.
She fought Earth's final battle and watched in disbelief as her world and all her family died. She instinctively knew her father wouldn't presume to be worth saving, and though he might have tried to put her mother and brothers on a transport, they would have surely refused to leave him behind. Falling back to the colonies, the surviving ships did their best before the planet killer found them too. When Mars was destroyed, she was reassigned to the NX-01 Enterprise and helped gathering survivors before a convoy was formed to head out of the Sol system for good.
After a tough period of adjustment, Sloane settled in her new role aboard the ship since most fighters had been either destroyed or ditched. The NX-01 was her home for a decade and the MACOs her family. She enjoyed a close and rewarding working relationship there with Col. Hayes as his executive officer. The team they formed was such a well-oiled machine that they've earned the nickname MacHayes, which still resonates along the ship's corridors and Barn's.
When Col. Hayes was forced to retire due to injury, Sloane, then a Major, was asked to fill his position aboard the NX-01. Never something she had desired, she fought to keep afloat, as both her professional life and her friendship with the Colonel were in turmoil. Later that year, when Enterprise received their first squadron of Gryphons, she also took on the job of training and leading them, hoping her love for piloting would help her cope better.
While Sloane managed to pass up a promotion in rank for her participation in the destruction of the Xindi Planet Killer over Acheron after successfully piloting the Romulan scout ship Tecius, she did not escape it when she conquered Coridan and claimed it for Gaia, making Lieutenant Colonel.
With her personal life developing on Gaia with a certain Gunny and her ongoing frustration as the SMC CO aboard the NX, a request for transfer was eventually granted. She found herself planet-side for two years to help expand the Gryphon Wing as more ships were built and needed distribution, switching places with Lt. Cmdr. Aaron Tobin taking over as CAG whilst Maj. Riley filled her position as the NX Starfleet Marine Corps Commander.
When the Xindi war picked up again, Riley was injured during an engagement and McRae got called back to the NX-01. She remained when Riley healed up and was assigned to another ship as the fleet expanded. And while the Xindi carried on building planet killers and their spheres continued to propagate the Expanse, encroaching more and more on normal space, the war waged on, costing lives but also her near three-year relationship with Rickman.
During the Battle at Azati Prime involving many ships from the Alliance, Sloane led a seven-man operation on Azati to infiltrate the underwater facility in order to disable the shield protecting the city. The mission was a failure, their shuttle being attacked and crushed by the native wildlife, namely really pissed-off Xindi Aquatics. Only two MACOs survived. She and Capt. Mercer managed to evade capture and escaped, stealing a Xindi Reptilian ship.
The end of the Xindi War and the loss of her close friend Capt. Alexandra Styles brought Sloane back to Gaia, where she spends most of her free time caring for Alex's daughter, little Lexie, and old time friend and now widowed Lt. Col. Tom Merrick.
Though she has a small place in the Utopia Planetia Quarter on Gaia, the demands of her previous post kept her aboard Enterprise more often than not, and now that she is back as the head of Gaia's Grifters, she is still often sent for training, evaluations and running war game scenarios, space-hopping between all Starfleet ships carrying a squadron of Gryphon fighters.
Psychological profile:
Dedicated and, like most soldiers who fought the first Xindi attack in 2153, appears jaded and disillusioned. She often uses humour to defuse a stressful or dangerous situation. A fighter, she still strives to defend her kind despite her cynicism. Be it said that she would never let her sometime bleak outlook on life come between she and her men. She drives a tight unit and expects a hundred percent from everyone she works with – no less. Headstrong and outspoken, she will give you a piece of her mind if you are so inclined to ask. I would hazard a guess that the Lieutenant Colonel is a person hard to get to know; she does not seem to let anyone close enough. I have observed that she is totally devoted to the Corps and the assault team under her command trusts and respects her and she returns the sentiment.
If we were back on Mars, I would recommend she loosened up and try a nice, homely hobby but after what we have all been through, it would take more than crochet to bring out a carefree and bubbly attitude in McRae. But she's working at it.
Dr. Alannah Sivkovic
Psychologist
Ceti Alpha V – Gaia
Character Name: Sloane McRae
Height: 5'8"
Hair: dark brown
Eyes: blue
Age: 38
Gender: Female
DOB: 1st April
Place of Birth: Llandudno, Wales
Race/Species: Human (Terran)
Distinguishing marks: tattoos - raven on her lower back and Earth Air Force squadron on her left shoulder blade; scars - pulse rifle burn on her lower-abdomen and remaining healing marks from a deep puncture wound in the right thigh.
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MILITARY BACKGROUND
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Position: Starfleet Gryphon Fighter Wing Commander
Assignment: New Earth Colony, Gaia
Department: Security
Qualifications:
* Electrical and Electronics Engineering degree
* Earth Air Force Officer training
* Earth Air Force Pilot training
* Advanced Tactics and Evasion training
* Infantry and Special Weapons training
* Jupiter Moon military space training
* Survival: Asteroid/Moons - Class I
* Survival: Adaptable Planets - Class K
* Survival: Terrestrial Planets - Class M
* Starfleet Flight training (refresher on Gaia)
* Unarmed Combat (Anbo-Jytsu and Vulcan martial art Asumi)
Languages: English, Welsh, Marsi, Vulcan, practical Andorian and limited written Romulan and Xindi.
Previous Assignments: Squadron Leader, Earth Forces, Terra; Military Assault Command Operations, Utopia Planetia, Mars; MACO XO/Starfleet Marine Corps CO, NX-01 Enterprise; Commander, Grifters, Gaia; CAG, Gryphon Fighter Squadron, NX-01 Enterprise.
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Background:
McRae was born to Jacy McRae, a well-known Scottish architect, and Prof. Vivian Haskell, an anthropologist who specialised in Celtic/Gaelic studies. She grew up with older brothers, Luc and Dylan, and the baby of the family, Bowie, the only blond child amongst them four, taking after their mother. Her whole family is assumed dead.
In college, Sloane showed excellent abilities in both Applied Sciences and Arts, and gave her father high hopes that she would follow in his footsteps. Instead, she turned to the aerial/space division of Earth Forces, marrying both her real interests: piloting and electronics. Despite her family's liberal lifestyle, Sloane thrived in the military and exceeded as both a flight officer and an electrical and electronics engineer.
She climbed through the ranks to Squadron Leader, first a squad of fighter planes and later space-worthy fighter ships. After the first Xindi attack in 2153, there was a call for reorganization in the military. She was drafted from the Earth Air Force to the Military Assault Command Operations teams and deployed to Mars. The Marine Corps nature of her new unit meant a demotion to Captain, but since she was still in charge of piloting fighters, she couldn't be bothered to give a damn. In her book, defending Earth and her colonies came far above any number of bars on her uniform.
She fought Earth's final battle and watched in disbelief as her world and all her family died. She instinctively knew her father wouldn't presume to be worth saving, and though he might have tried to put her mother and brothers on a transport, they would have surely refused to leave him behind. Falling back to the colonies, the surviving ships did their best before the planet killer found them too. When Mars was destroyed, she was reassigned to the NX-01 Enterprise and helped gathering survivors before a convoy was formed to head out of the Sol system for good.
After a tough period of adjustment, Sloane settled in her new role aboard the ship since most fighters had been either destroyed or ditched. The NX-01 was her home for a decade and the MACOs her family. She enjoyed a close and rewarding working relationship there with Col. Hayes as his executive officer. The team they formed was such a well-oiled machine that they've earned the nickname MacHayes, which still resonates along the ship's corridors and Barn's.
When Col. Hayes was forced to retire due to injury, Sloane, then a Major, was asked to fill his position aboard the NX-01. Never something she had desired, she fought to keep afloat, as both her professional life and her friendship with the Colonel were in turmoil. Later that year, when Enterprise received their first squadron of Gryphons, she also took on the job of training and leading them, hoping her love for piloting would help her cope better.
While Sloane managed to pass up a promotion in rank for her participation in the destruction of the Xindi Planet Killer over Acheron after successfully piloting the Romulan scout ship Tecius, she did not escape it when she conquered Coridan and claimed it for Gaia, making Lieutenant Colonel.
With her personal life developing on Gaia with a certain Gunny and her ongoing frustration as the SMC CO aboard the NX, a request for transfer was eventually granted. She found herself planet-side for two years to help expand the Gryphon Wing as more ships were built and needed distribution, switching places with Lt. Cmdr. Aaron Tobin taking over as CAG whilst Maj. Riley filled her position as the NX Starfleet Marine Corps Commander.
When the Xindi war picked up again, Riley was injured during an engagement and McRae got called back to the NX-01. She remained when Riley healed up and was assigned to another ship as the fleet expanded. And while the Xindi carried on building planet killers and their spheres continued to propagate the Expanse, encroaching more and more on normal space, the war waged on, costing lives but also her near three-year relationship with Rickman.
During the Battle at Azati Prime involving many ships from the Alliance, Sloane led a seven-man operation on Azati to infiltrate the underwater facility in order to disable the shield protecting the city. The mission was a failure, their shuttle being attacked and crushed by the native wildlife, namely really pissed-off Xindi Aquatics. Only two MACOs survived. She and Capt. Mercer managed to evade capture and escaped, stealing a Xindi Reptilian ship.
The end of the Xindi War and the loss of her close friend Capt. Alexandra Styles brought Sloane back to Gaia, where she spends most of her free time caring for Alex's daughter, little Lexie, and old time friend and now widowed Lt. Col. Tom Merrick.
Though she has a small place in the Utopia Planetia Quarter on Gaia, the demands of her previous post kept her aboard Enterprise more often than not, and now that she is back as the head of Gaia's Grifters, she is still often sent for training, evaluations and running war game scenarios, space-hopping between all Starfleet ships carrying a squadron of Gryphon fighters.
Psychological profile:
Dedicated and, like most soldiers who fought the first Xindi attack in 2153, appears jaded and disillusioned. She often uses humour to defuse a stressful or dangerous situation. A fighter, she still strives to defend her kind despite her cynicism. Be it said that she would never let her sometime bleak outlook on life come between she and her men. She drives a tight unit and expects a hundred percent from everyone she works with – no less. Headstrong and outspoken, she will give you a piece of her mind if you are so inclined to ask. I would hazard a guess that the Lieutenant Colonel is a person hard to get to know; she does not seem to let anyone close enough. I have observed that she is totally devoted to the Corps and the assault team under her command trusts and respects her and she returns the sentiment.
If we were back on Mars, I would recommend she loosened up and try a nice, homely hobby but after what we have all been through, it would take more than crochet to bring out a carefree and bubbly attitude in McRae. But she's working at it.
Dr. Alannah Sivkovic
Psychologist
Ceti Alpha V – Gaia
