Post by Scribe on Feb 22, 2010 15:47:43 GMT -5
Name: Flynn 'Wahanui' Priest
Height: 6'
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Place of Birth: Te Awamutu. New Zealand
Race/ Species: Human
Distinguishing marks? Moko (Maori) Tattoo on his shoulder
Family:
* Jayden (deceased)
* Marama (mother)
* Aroha (sister)
STARFLEET BACKGROUND
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Assignment: SS VANGUARD
Qualifications
* Advanced Relativistic Mechanics
* Advanced Subspace Geometry
* Astrotheory 101
* Astrophysics
* Basic Warp Design
* Elementary Temporal Mechanics
* Quantum Chemistry
* Robotics
* Temporal Mechanics
* Transporter Theory
MACO Special Forces and Tactical Training:
* Demolitions
* Elec. Ops.: Communications
* Pilot: Shuttlecraft Only
* Small Weapons Combat
* Survival: Asteroid/Moons - Class I
* Survival: Adaptable Planets - Class K
* Survival: Terrestrial Planets - Class M
* Tactics: Small Units
* Unarmed Combat (or Anbo-Jytsu)
Background and Interests
Flynn 'Wahanui' Priest (named after a famous Maori chieftain from whom his mother claimed descent) was born in Te Awamutu, Earth although he spent most of his first six years on Lunar Station in orbit around the planet. His father, Jayden Priest was one of the engineers working on the Warp Five program from which the NX-01 Enterprise originated. After the launch of the NX-01, Jayden began work with the same team of engineers to build more starships with the same capability. Flynn's mother was a botanist in charge of the stations hydroponics garden, supplementing the populations food source. His earliest memories were spending time with her in the garden, learning to grow vegetables without soil, listening to her tell him stories of Tāwhaki and Karihi from Maori mythology.
When the Xindi attacked Earth the first time, the research work conducted by Jayden was immediately discarded to build as many starships for the defence of Earth in readiness of the second attack. Unfortunately, the Xindi Planet Killer arrived in Earth long before any of these ships were completed. Bundling Flynn and wife onto one of the last ships to leave the system, the family left Sol as the Xindi destroyed Earth and ever other human enclave in the system.
The ship called the Atlanta was separated from the rest of the fleet and the captain opted to journey to New Sydney in the Sapphora system, aware that a human colony had been established there some years ago. Upon arriving at New Sydney, they learned that the colony was far from the haven they'd hoped. The Orion syndicate had moved in and with it a numerous other races. Being so far away from any major government, New Sydney became rife with organised crime and humans who were easy pickings following the destruction of Earth, fell prey to many a slaver.
Jayden found work in the pregium mines of Sapphora but when he was killed in a mining accident, Flynn who was six years old at the time, found that he was now the man of house. Mara tried to ekk out a living but with a child on the way, she was desperate to find a way off world. Duped by Orions promising to bring them to Vulcan, Mara and Flynn were instead sold to a Boolian slaver named Nevo, their fate to be sold to the highest bidder.
If not for the timely intervention of two MACO soldiers, then Lt. Tom Merrick and Lance Corporal Derick Rickman, they would have suffered that terrible fate. Merrick and Rickman freed them, returning them to the safety of the Bonaventure where they were eventually returned to Gaia. Flynn never forgot the actions of the two Sharks and considered them his personal heroes for the rest of his youth.
His sister, Aroha, or Ro as she was called, was born two months after arriving on Gaia. As a botanist, Maram went to work in helping with the establishment of farms for large scale agriculture and Flynn spent his youth between school and helping raise his infant sister. Growing up, Flynn played the role of the good son, partly because he wanted to keep his father's promise to look after his family and secondly because his sense of duty stemmed from the experience on board the Rutherford. However, in honouring his father's memory, Flynn found his mother's hopes for him involved a career in Starfleet, to follow in Jayden's footsteps.
Maram's desire to see him join Starfleet and his own wish to not hurt her saw Flynn enrolling in Starfleet and following his father's path of becoming an engineer. At the Academy, he had the aptitude for engineering sciences but though Flynn enjoyed it well enough, he felt a growing dread at graduating. As the day grew closer and closer, Flynn found of wearing Starfleet blue something he was not all looking forward. While he respected Starfleet, it felt restraining as if there were just too many rules holding him back.
When he graduated, Flynn realised he could no longer deny it. He had no wish to serve in Starfleet. Instead, the day after graduation, he crossed the dividing line between Starfleet and the MACO training facility to become a Shark. Marama was so angry with him, she refused to see him for the first 13 weeks of boot camp but Ro who adored her older brother worked steadily to convince her mother that this was what made Flynn happy. The blow was also lessened by the fact that Ro had taken after her mother , enjoying working with plants and followed in Marama's vocation as a botanist. Eventually mother and son reconciled and though Marama is still dubious about her son's choices, she accepted that he had to follow his own path.
Following boot, Flynn refused assignment on a starship, opting to remain at the Barn, asking for placement in Alpha Squad, part of Lt. Colonel Tom Merrick's regiment.
Psychological profile:
Flynn is still getting used to being able to speak his mind. Always playing the responsible son, he most often let his mother get her way because he didn't want to hurt her by speaking his mind. However, he has learnt to be patient, possessing a quiet and somewhat unassuming manner. He is smarter than he looks but goes out of his way to keep it to himself. He is very aware that among Sharks he's unique with his Starfleet background but Flynn doesn't look back at his chocies with embarassment or regret. He is just happy to be doing what he's alway wanted to do.