Post by Scribe on Oct 6, 2009 7:13:35 GMT -5
Character Name: Lea Fiona Lynch
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'7
Any other distinguishing marks: A scar on her shoulder blade (a branded mark)
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Place of Birth: North Queensland, Australia
Race/ Species: Human
Family:
• Robert– Father (deceased)
• Gwendolene– Mother (deceased)
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MILITARY BACKGROUND
Rank: Lt. Commander
Position: Chief of Security
Assignment: New Earth Colony, Gaia
Department: Security
Qualifications:
* Armoury: Beam Weapons
* Demolitions
* Gunner: Phaser Cannon
* Guns: Photon Grenade Launcher
* Intelligence Analysis
* Navigation
* Pilot: Shuttlecraft
* Reconnaissance
* Small Weapons Combat
* Survival: Asteroid/Moons - Class I
* Survival: Adaptable Planets - Class K
* Survival: Terrestrial Planets - Class M
* Survival: Pelagic (Water) Planets - Class N
* Starfleet Protocol
* Tactics: Small Units
* Thruster Suit Ops.
* Unarmed Combat (or Anbo-Jytsu)
* Vacc Suit Ops.
Languages: English, Bajoran, Vulcan,
Previous Assignments:
SS Excelsior
SS Cochrane
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Background:
Lea Fiona Lynch was born in Tolga, a small town on the Atherton Tablelands of Northern Queensland, Australia. Her parents, Robert and Kristen had turned the family macadamia plantation into holiday lodgings overlooking the picturesque Atherton Tableland which attracted thousands of tourists yearly. Lea spent her childhood surrounded by native bushland, going fishing with her dad on Lake Barrine and helping her parents run the lodge.
As a result she was exposed to people from all over the world and in some cases beyond. A chance encounter with a Starfleet officer when she was twelve filled Lea's head with dreams of going into space and seeing all the worlds that lay beyond Earth. While her parents had hoped for a more grounded choice of career, they did nothing to discourage her aspirations. After all, they had years to change her mind.
Unfortunately, that opportunity never came.
When the Xindi attacked Earth, Lea was thirteen years old. With her parents, she followed the tide of refugees attempting to leave Earth in the few rescue ships that had been available. In the midst of the chaos that followed, Lea found herself on the Galatea, a Boomer ship. What became of her parents, she never knew, all that was for certain was they did not leave Earth.
Upon reaching Gaia, Lea became one of the many hundred of children that were orphaned in the wake of Earth's destruction. Being a teenager almost, she was not adopted, not that she wanted to be. Her parents were dead and Lea began taking the early road to adulthood that most children in her situation were forced to. She remained with Gaia's version of a state orphanage until she was sixteen and as soon as she was old enough and capable of passing the entrants examination, Lea joined Starfleet Academy.
At the Academy, she excelled in her studies and her aptitude tests indicated she had a penchant for security work. She had an analytical mind as well the ability to make quick decisions when the need demanded it. It was also at this point that she learnt that the Starfleet officer she had met on Earth all those years ago was Security Chief Jellico. They struck up a friendship that continued after he had retired and began work with Admiral Mesu.
With Jellico's guidance, Lea became single minded and extremely focussed, keeping boyfriends at arm's length because she was only interested in a Starfleet career. Not to say that she didn't enjoy having them but they were of secondary importance.
Upon graduation, Lea was assigned to the SS Excelsior and served on that ship until its destruction at the battle of Acheron. She was then assigned to the Regula space station during its construction and later on transferred to the SS Cochrane when the news ships were commissioned. Lea served as assistant security chief with a rank of lieutenant. Shortly after receiving this commission, the Xindi War broke out and the Cochrane went to the front lines to halt the advance.
During the battle of Azati Prime, the Cochrane was badly damaged and with a handful of survivors, Lea escaped the destruction only to be captured by Nausicaan pirates. The Nausicaans had little use for the male officers and promptly killed them in unarmed combat. The women, they kept. For almost a year, Lea was missing and considered killed in action.
When she returned to Gaia on a Pakled freighter in mid 2169, she was almost catatonic. Security Chief Jellico who had taken up his position since the end of the war was instrumental in nursing Lea back to health. Six months after her arrival on Gaia, she was fit for active duty. While Lea provided some details of her captivity, the extent of her ordeal have been revealed only to Jellico and Dr. Anna D'Tella. In deference to Lea's feelings, those details have been sealed.
With Jellico taking up the position of Starfleet Intelligence, he has recommended Lea for the position of Starfleet Security, despite reservations expressed by higher ranking Starfleet Officers. He's convinced Lea can do the job and Lea is determined to prove him right.
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE
Prior to her captivity, Lea was as well adjusted as any could be. She was friendly, had a dry sense of humour and generally quite optimistic. She was always a little stubborn and when the mood took her, positively defiant. However, these were good qualities in a security officer and she took pride in being a member of Starfleet. She believed in Starfleet morality and high minded ideals, even though she was realistic that not everyone shared such a code.
After her escape from the Nausicaans, Lea is more suspicious, less trusting, however, beneath the rock hard exterior, she has empathy for others more than she cares to admit. Her experiences have shown her just how strong she could be and while there is a part of her that needs to deal with what has happened, she has survived and maintained her sense of self by burying it deep. The scars left behind are considerable but Lea's has used that anger and rage to fuel her own strength.
No matter what has happened, one thing Lea refuses to be is a victim.