Post by Lorpius Prime on May 10, 2008 2:30:07 GMT -5
Name: Siegfried
Age: ~54
Gender: n/a (male pronouns acceptable)
Race/Nationality: 8472
Position: Head of Holography
Description: Slightly below-average height for his species, 3.1 meters at full extension.
Siegfried was raised his entire life with the expectation that he would become a Ship Handler. His selection as Handler for the Alliance's great ship was a particular honor, as the great ship would be nothing like his people had ever grown before. In addition to the ordinary rearing duties of any Handler, Siegfried devoted years to the study of other races' technology with which the great ship would have to integrate and their biological requirements which it would have to fulfill. While he has proven to be more than equal to this task, he has been less successful at adapting to his role as a member of a larger crew. His upbringing prepared him for duty as the sole Handler of a bioship, not as an officer with limited shipboard responsibility. He tends to think himself as in charge of every aspect of ship maintenance and handling, with the rest of the crew as necessary inconveniences, mostly subordinates whose "help" he must tolerate. While he recognizes the Commander's authority, Siegfried views Nerek's position as more of a mission-command position, with less direct authority than might be expected in a conventional navy. This has led to a degree of friction between him and the other officers, and Siegfried generally attempts to work in isolation as much as possible. Since his position as Handler is fixed by his genetic links to the ship as much as the mission records, his responsibility cannot easily be dispensed with, and Siegfried is resigned to accept his duty no matter how trying.
