Post by Ensign Athena Shaw on Aug 24, 2016 14:57:46 GMT -8
ATHENA SHAW
Name of celebrity: Sarah Shahi
USS Talon
Name of celebrity: Sarah Shahi
USS Talon
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Date of birth: July 16th 2381
Year of Academy Graduation: 2403
Physical Profile: Height: 5’3” (1.6m)
Weight: 53 Kilos (116 lbs)
Hair: Long Brown, slightly wavy
Eyes: Brown
Birthplace: U.S.S Nelson. Science Ship
Talon or moonbase? Talon
Preferred rank: Ensign
Department (if moonbase, why are they there?): Security
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How did you find us? A Friend
Personality: Athena Shaw is usually an optimistic person, and finds it fairly easy to make new friends. She is fairly intelligent and has a good mind for solving logic problems, which can come in handy during away missions that suddenly take a turn for the worse. Her spacial awareness is not the best, but it’s not the worst. Her alien language skills are very limited and she has only learned a few foreign words. She is quite observant and attentative to her surroundings and her memory and recall skills are among her best qualities. She can multi-task, but given too many tasks at once and she will cave under pressure.
She has always put her life in front of others and will do anything to protect young children, her family, her friends and senior officers, no matter what the risk to her own life. She is very caring to those who are ill or injured, whether it’s temporary or permanent, and very gentle when dealing with young children. When faced with those that would do harm to her or her crewmates, or innocent people she will become very protective, prefering to avoid fighting if possible and use some form of diplomacy or just talking to ease the situation. If it does come down to either a fist fight or a fire fight, she is a very capable combatant. When faced with extreme tense situations she can almost shy away, but forces herself to stay calm.
Usually Athena will listen to rules and orders, although if she feels very strongly against those she will make it known to those giving them that she disagrees, although this is rare and most of the time she just bites her tongue, fearing that too many disagreements would scupper her chances of a promotion. She doesn’t really have any huge goals in life and enjoys the job she has. She lives by the saying “If at first you don’t suceed, try, try again” refusing to give up on anything she truly desires. She hopes to be able to make it to Lieutenant before she turns forty.
She is dedicated to her job and will never betray Starfleet or her friends, no matter what.
Background and History: Athena was born on the U.S.S Nelson to Starfleet Parents. Her father, Michael Shaw, was the helmsman and her mother, Gaia Shaw, a botanist, had been serving on the Nelson for the last four years. Athena has an older brother, John Shaw, born three years before her. After Athena was born her parents decided to return to Earth and at the age of two she finally stepped foot on her first planet, Earth. Michael transferred to Starfleet Academy as an instructor while Gaia began to travel to study Earth plants. Athena joined her until she was old enough to go to school where she went to stay with her maternal grandparents, where her brother John was already staying as he had already started school. Brother and sister became fairly close during their time at school and often looked out for each other. They also had to learn to be adults sooner than most children when their grandparents’s health began to deteriorate and John and Athena had to start caring for them. During those years she learned a few basic first aid skills, something which would always be helpful in the future.
When Athena turned seventeen she submitted her first application to the Academy, but was ultimately unsucessful in her initial exams, though she had achieved a decent score to be able to resubmit in a year’s time. At age eighteen she tried again and this time she made it through. With her acceptance into the Academy she had to make her course choices and ended up chosing Tactical and Security, along with additional courses in Helm and Navigation. In 2403, at the age of twenty-two, Athena Shaw graduated as an Ensign. Her first posting was the U.S.S Norrington under the command of Captain Gregory Burke. She served there for three years before it was destroyed in a freak accident. All personelle were able to evacuate before the ship was lost, though the experience did leave Athena shaken for a short while afterwards, as she was one of the last people to escape, deciding to help all others until Burke ordered her into an escape pod. As the pod was so close to the ship when it exploded, the shock-wave knocked her pod about and knocking her around. She was badly injured and had to spend three days trapped in the pod before it was recovered. After taking some time off to recover she was posted to the U.S.S Korolev where she remained for the next three years. During her time on the ship she experienced her fair share of action, including; searching for missing crew, holding back intruders and security detail for a delicate diplomatic mission.
Not long after the success of the diplomatic mission, Athena received a letter from her father saying that her mother was seriously ill. She immediately left the Korolev and headed back to Earth, managing to arrive in time to say her farewells to Gaia before she passed away, a loss that Athena has felt badly. Starfleet granted her some personal leave time before being transferred to the U.S.S. Talon.
Sample Roleplay
Athena’s hand remained steady as she kept her weapon trained on the alien standing just a few feet away from her. Her right index finger was poised over the trigger of the phaser rifle, her eyes barely moving, watching for any sign that the alien may attempt a move of any kind. “I don’t want to hurt you.” Ensign Shaw declared standing her ground. “But unless you put your weapon down, I will be forced to fire upon you.” She spoke wuth confidence, though she was feeling far from that, having been separated from the rest of the away team almost two hours ago. The seconds passed before the alien finally lowered his own weapon before dropping it to the ground. She watched as the human-looking alien then took a couple of slow steps away from his weapon and with a small sigh of relief, Athena lowered her weapon but kept it ready. “Now…” She began as she stepped forward and picked up his discarded weapon. “All I want to do is get back to my crew.”
“Your crew, if they did not die in the crash, will most certainly be dead by now.” The man hissed in frustration.
Ensign Shaw shook her head from side to side. “Don’t count them out just yet. We’re a resourceful species.”
“You know nothing of this terrain. You will not survive on your own.”
“That’s why I have you. Now, I’m sure you just want to get back to your crew too…. So why don’t we work together to achieve those goals?” She questioned and waited. To begin with the alien narrowed his eyes in anger that he had been taken hostage by a female, but what she had said seemed to have struck a nerve with him and he seemed to visibly relax. “What do you say to that?”
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