Post by Scribe on Jul 25, 2009 19:26:02 GMT -5
Character Name: Renee Lauren Richards called "Ren".
Height: 5.7
Hair: Red
Eyes: Green
Any other distinguishing marks? MACO Tattoo on her left butt cheek.
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Place of Birth: New York, Earth
Race/ Species: Human
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MILITARY BACKGROUND
Rank: Corporal
Position: MACO
Assignment: MACO Training Facility, New Earth Gaia
Department:
Qualifications : Demolitions, com systems expertise, small weapons combat and unarmed Combat
Languages: English, and some Vulcan
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Aidan Richards
Background:
Reneé Richards or Ren as she prefers to be known was born in New York City, Earth. Her father was notable sculptor Aidan Richards and her mother Sarah, a literary critic. Ren was 15 years old when Earth was destroyed by the Xindi attack. Her sister Elizabeth, a Starfleet officer was able to warn her parents that it was wise to be off world during the last weeks of the Earth's existence. Spending every cent they had to buy passage off world, they were safely away when the Xindi planet killer arrived. On route beyond Sol, they were able to avoid the fate of the billions of humans as Earth and later Mars was destroyed. The Boomer ship on which they bought passage then linked up with the convoy of refugees that were streaming out of Sol to escape the Xindi onslaught.
Ren spend the next three years of her life on board the Robinson where she learnt learned a little something about communication systems from the ship's com officer, a young man named David Satler. Ren spent a great deal of time with Satler and developed very strong feelings for him. Although it was ill advised of him, Satler returned her feelings much to her parent's consternation until their arrival at Gaia Colony. Once at Gaia, Satler confessed no desire to remain and intended to depart once the Boomer ships had unloaded their passengers. Heart broken and pregnant, she was too terrified to tell her parents about her situation, until the news returned that the Robinson had been destroyed by the Xindi. The shock of Satler's death caused Ren to miscarry.
For the next three years Ren drifted through her life, helping her parents establish themselves before she chose to join the MACOs on the suggestion of her sister who was now assigned to the Intrepid, one of the few remaining starships left in Starfleet. Her experiences with Satler had toughened her against relationships and Ren managed to survive the tough training regimen and the boy's club attitude of her fellow Macos by being absolutely indifferent to them.
In 2265, a chance encounter with an older man following Gaia's victory at the destruction of the Xindi Planet Killer, not to mention a Klingon attack on the colony, led to a heated one night stand that Ren didn't think would amount to anything. Unfortunately, the next day, Ren was to discover that her mysterious older guy was in fact the Supreme Commander of the MACO forces, Gabriel Loman Hayes, recently promoted to military Governor of Gaia. Although intending to end the relationship before it progressed any further, Ren continued her affair with Governor Hayes in secret, until she became pregnant almost year later. Although she had planned to have the child on her own, Hayes suprised Renee with a marriage proposal and the two were married soon after.
Although Ren remained in the MACOs, she has taken leave to deliver two children - Christopher and Miranda. When the war with the Xindi began, Ren joined Major Merrick as one of his sargeants since Gaia needed all the trained military personnel they could find.
Psychological profile:
Because of her experiences with Satler and what she perceived as ultimate betrayal for someone she had loved passionately, Ren has kept all men who show an interest in her at arms length. Even though she engages in sexual relations, she seldom invests any emotional attachment to the men in question, thinking of them as little more that warm bodies for a brief interlude. Her relationship with her parents is almost non existent as she walked out of home without a word to join the MACOS. She still believes that they are disappointed in her still over her youthful indiscretions with Satler. Ren and her sister has an uneasy relationship as she has something of an inferiority complex next to her sister's own accomplishments. She's far more intelligent than she allows most to believe and when in the MACOs has a ruthless edge as well as a granite hard detachment to her job. She can be extremely forward when the mood takes her and she believes that she should be allowed to behave in the same manner as some men regard relationships.