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:''For the counterpart native to this universe, see [[Kolk, Jackford]].''
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|Ship=USS Columbia
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|Color = Blue
|Rank = Lieutenant J.G.
|FirstName = James T.
|LastName = Kolk
|Nickname = James Tiberius Kolk
|Image = LtJG Jim Kolk Science.png
|StartDate = <br>PNPC - Stardates 238403.28 to 239109.13<br>PC - Stardate 239109.14
|CurrentPost = Science Officer
|Summary = An incredibly resourceful and ingenious man with extensive experience in both Science and Engineering, as well as a love for history, Jim Kolk has worked hard to overcome a highly [[/The Dark Years|<font color=white>regrettable past</font>]].
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==Personnel File==
{{LCARS-StarfleetID
|Color = Navy
|Name = James Tiberius Kolk
|Nickname = Born Jackford Benjamin Kolk; previously known as "Evil Jack"; used the alias Henry Jackal from Stardates 238801.20 to 238806.10
|Race = Human
|Gender = Male
|BirthYear = 2361
|BirthMonth = 06
|BirthDay = 30
|BirthPlace = Sickbay, [[Starbase 211]], [[Universe 107-LS9]]
|Rank = Lieutenant J.G.
|Post = Science Officer
|Ship = USS Columbia
|ShipReg = NCC-85279
|IDNumber = KJ-642-718-A
|Image = Jim as Spock.jpg
|ImageNote = <center>Jim as Spock on the Holodeck</center>}}
{{LCARS-BioStats
|Color = Blue
|Height = 5'11"
|Weight = 145 lbs.
|Handed = Right
|EyeColor = Blue-Green
|HairColor = Brown
|HairStyle = Sometimes long and wavy, sometimes a bit shorter; almost never buzzed.<br>'''<font color=blue>Facial Hair:</font>''' Sometimes clean shaven, sometimes stubble, sometimes bearded; always changeable.
|Skin = Pale
|Tattoos = The words "Brethren of the Ronin", on his left bicep. (Those who were members of the command staff of the ''[[USS Ronin]]'' on Stardate 238510.31 believe this tattoo to be on [[Kolk, Jackford|Jackford Kolk]]'s bicep, but they unknowingly branded his alternate instead.)
|Build = Thin & fit
|Carriage = Walks with purpose
|Poses = Often leans against walls and crosses arms.
|Clearance = D2-L1}}
{{LCARS-Family
|Color = Teal
|Father = Robert Benjamin Kolk
|FatherBirthDate = 232202.05
|FatherBirthPlace = Seattle, Washington, Earth
|FatherDeathDate = 236210.24
|FatherDeathPlace = [[Starbase 211]]
|FatherJob = Starfleet Officer
|Mother = Elisabeth Marie Kolk
|MotherMaiden = O'Shea
|MotherBirthDate = 232311.27
|MotherBirthPlace = Killarney, Ireland, Earth
|MotherJob = 
|MotherDeathDate = 238408.14
|MotherDeathPlace = Seattle, Washington, Earth
|Siblings = Yes
|Brother1 = [[Teka, Jarod (Kolk)|Jarod Francis Teka]]
|Brother1BirthDate = 235105.23
|Brother1BirthPlace = [[Starbase 211]]
|Brother1Job = Calculus Teacher
|Sister1 = Samantha Marie Kolk
|Sister1BirthDate = 235604.10
|Sister1BirthPlace = [[Starbase 211]]
|Sister1DeathDate = 236210.24
|Sister1DeathPlace = [[Starbase 211]]
|Brother2 =  Cmdr. [[Kolk, Jackford|Jackford Benjamin Kolk]]<br>(Local Universe Twin)
|Brother2BirthDate = 236106.30
|Brother2BirthPlace = [[Starbase 211]]
|Brother2Job = First Officer
|Brother2Location = ''[[USS Endeavour-A]]''
}}

==Manner==
*'''Habbits:'''
**Prays Lauds (aka Morning Prayer) before his shift every day, and Vespers (aka Evening Prayer) after his shift every day.
*'''Quarters:'''
**On Deck 9
**In a corner of the livingroom stands a small table, covered in a white cloth. Atop the table, on the viewer’s left, stands a statue of the Blessed Virgin, with the Child Jesus in her arms, and on their right a statue of St. James the Just, his right hand raised to give a blessing and in his left a book representing the Book of James in the Bible.

==Areas of Expertise==
The following fields are just a few of the areas in which Jim has a wide breadth of practical experience.
 
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* '''Engineering:'''
**Holography
**Transporters
**Weapon Systems
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* '''Science:'''
**Multi-Dimensional Physics
**Subspace Physics
**Warp Field Theory
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==Starfleet Career==
*'''Current Rank:''' Lieutenant J.G.<br>
*'''Post:''' Science Officer<br>
*'''Ship:''' ''[[USS Columbia]]''
===Mission History===
*'''''[[USS Columbia Past Mission|USS Columbia]]'':'''
**'''"Settle for Less"''' - Stardates 239109.22-23911_.__
<small>''[[/Mission History|Full Mission Summaries Here]]''</small>

===New Professional History===
 
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!colspan=5 style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Blue}}; width:900px;" align="center"|<font size=4 color=#efe576>'''Service History After Release'''</font>
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!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Blue}}; width:200px;"|<font color=#efe576>'''Rank'''</font>
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Blue}}; width:200px;"|<font color=#efe576>'''Dates'''</font>
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Blue}}; width:135px;"|<font color=#efe576>'''Assignment'''</font>
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Blue}}; width:280px;"|<font color=#efe576>'''Post'''</font>
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!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Red}};" colspan=2|<font color=white>Event: Official Name Change & Release</font>
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Red}};"|<font color=white>238906.30</font>
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Red}};" colspan=2|<font color=white>Changed name to James Tiberius Kolk, reinstated as Starfleet Officer, reduced to Ensign.</font>
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!style="background:#{{FCBGColor| Silver}};"|{{Pip120|Provisional Ensign|Blue|FC}}
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|Probationary Ensign
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|238907.01 - 239006.30
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};" rowspan=3|[[Starbase 211]]
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};" rowspan=4|<font color=#{{DefBGColor|Blue}}>Science Officer</font>
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!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Silver}};"|{{Pip120|Ensign|Blue|FC}}
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|Ensign
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|239007.01 - 239107.31
|-
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Silver}};"|{{Pip120|LtJG|Blue|FC}}
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};" rowspan=2|Lieutenant J.G.
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|239109.07 - 239109.13
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!style="background:#{{FCBGColor| Silver}};"|{{Pip120|Lieutenant J.G.|Blue|FC}}
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|239109.14 - Present
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|''[[USS Columbia]]''
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===Prior History===
Jim was born in space--the medical bay of Starbase 211, between [[Betazed]] and [[Cardassian]] territory--and was given the name Jackford Benjamin Kolk, but he only lived in space for a year and four months. Shortly after his father and older sister died in a [[Cardassian]] attack, he, his eldest brother, and his mother left the Starbase to live on Earth. They were taken in by his uncle on his father's side, who lived in Seattle, WA. From that time on, his brother [[Kolk, Jarod|Jarod]] refused to ever travel anywhere again, despising all technology and [[Starfleet]] especially for "killing" their father. Jim, however, dreamed of the stars from very early on, and loved traveling all over [[Earth]]. They had an uncle, Frank, on their mother's side, who lived and taught in Oxford whom Jim would visit nearly every summer from about the age of three on until graduating from Starfleet Academy. Uncle Frank pulled some strings to get Elisabeth a teaching position at Oxford University, but she declined the opportunity because of [[Kolk, Jarod|Jarod]]'s absolute refusal to travel. Instead, she began teaching at a local high school and eventually became the principal of the school. [[Kolk, Jarod|Jarod]] tought mathematics there until Elisabeth's death, tending to avoid applying his skill in mathematics to anything warp-related, although he did teach basic warp-field mathematics because the school board required him to. The brothers hardly spoke to each other at all, though their mother always tried to encourage each of them to "reach out" to the other. Jim was always a bit closer to both of his uncles than to his mother, though he tried to send her regular updates on his life while at the Academy. When their mother died, however, [[Kolk, Jarod|Jarod]] finally honored her wishes for them to become closer by moving to [[Deep Space 17]] so that he and Jim could see each other. In the alternate universe of Jim's origin, he was killed when the station was stacked by Gorn shortly after he moved there.
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Jim's first experience with "romance" was at age 8. While visiting his uncle Frank alone during summer break, an older girl (9-years) named Sandra McKenna decided it would be exciting to kiss a non-Earth-born Human and so set her sights on young Jack. He evaded her for many weeks, but 3 days before he scheduled return to Seattle, she cornered him in a secluded section of the historical University of Oxford Botanical Gardens and laid a wet one on him. After she let him up, he wiped off his wet lips and ran off crying.
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While Jim was in the [[Academy Library|Academy]], he dated several female students, but none seriously. Upon graduation and assignment to [[Deep Space 17]], he found himself embroiled in a war and interpersonal conflict, leaving no time for romance. Deeply traumatized by the calamitous Gorn War in his native [[Universe 107-LS9|universe]], he accidentally made his way into ours, causing havoc for years until he was apprehended by his local universe alternate, [[Kolk, Jackford|Cmdr. Jack Kolk]]. Finally admitting to extreme psychological trauma, [[Valis|LtCmdr. Valis]] assisted the two in a bridging mind meld. Following the meld, he was admitted to psychological care at [[Starbase 211]] and later chose to change his name to James Tiberius Kolk when restored to commission as a Starfleet Officer.<br>
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For more on this time, see this [[/The Dark Years|detailed record]].
 
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!colspan="5" style="background:black; width:900px;" align="center"|<font size=4 color=#efe576>'''A Brief History from Academy to Capture & Rehabilitation'''</font>
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!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Silver}}; width:200px;"|<font color=#ffffbb>'''Rank'''</font>
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Silver}}; width:200px;"|<font color=#ffffbb>'''Dates'''</font>
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Silver}}; width:155px;"|<font color=#ffffbb>'''Assignment'''</font>
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Silver}}; width:260px;"|<font color=#ffffbb>'''Post'''</font>
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!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|{{Pip120|Cadet Fourth Class|White|FC}}
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|Cadet, 4th Class
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|237909.01 - 238007.31
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};" rowspan="4"|Starfleet Academy,<br>San Fransisco,<br>Earth
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};" rowspan="5"|[[Kolk, Jackford/Academy Transcript|<font color="darkgoldenrod">Student</font>]]<br><font color="darkgoldenrod"><font size=1>''Major: Engineering''<br>''<font color="steelblue">Double Minor: Astronomy & History''</font>
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!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|{{Pip120|Cadet Third Class|White|FC}}
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|Cadet, 3rd Class
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|238009.01 - 238107.31
|-
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|{{Pip120|Cadet Second Class|White|FC}}
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|Cadet, 2nd Class
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|238109.01 - 238207.31
|-
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|{{Pip120|Cadet First Class|White|FC}}
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};" rowspan="2"|Cadet, 1st Class
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|238209.01 - 238307.31
|-
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};"|{{Pip120|Cadet First Class|Gold|FC}}
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|238308.01 - 238309.13
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|''[[USS Centris-A]]''
|-
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"|Event: Gorn War Escallation
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};"|238309.13
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"|Training Cruise Cut Short
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!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Silver}};"|{{Pip120|Ensign|Gold|FC}}
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|Ensign
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|238309.14 - 238310.04
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};" rowspan="3"|[[Deep Space 17]]
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|<font color="darkgoldenrod">Engineer</font>
|-
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Silver}};"|{{Pip120|Lieutenant JG|Gold|FC}}
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|Lieutenant J.G.
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|238310.05 - 238402.24
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|<font color="darkgoldenrod">Assistant Chief Engineer</font>
|-
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Silver}};"|{{Pip120|Lieutenant|Gold|FC}}
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|Lieutenant
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|238402.25 - 238404.11
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|<font color="darkgoldenrod">Chief Engineer</font>
|-
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"|Event: Transphasic Rift at [[Deep Space 17]]
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};"|238404.11
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"|Openned Rift. Commission Revoked.<br>Escaped to Universe 001-A01.
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!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"|Event: Capture & Transfer to<br>[[Deep Space 17]] Custody
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};"|238410.31
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"|Captured Aboard ''[[USS Ronin]]''. Escaped,<br>Maimed LtCmdr. [[Wilde, Danny|Wilde]]. Recaptured. 
|-
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"|Event: Kidnapping & Poisoning of Captain [[Mar, Idril|Mar]]
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};"|238507.25
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"|Released by [[Wilde, Danny (alternate)|Alt. Wilde]]. Kidnapped [[Mar, Idril|Mar]].<br>Escaped to [[Ithassa Region]] in ''[[SS Idril Mar]]''.
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!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Silver}};"|{{Pip120|Civilian|Black|FC}}
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|Civilian
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|238507.25 - 238807.14
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|''[[SS Idril Mar]]''
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};"|Wanted Criminal
|-
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"|Event: Attack on [[Golarem IV]]
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};"|238512.13
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"|Attacked mining facility at [[Golarem IV]] posing as [[Cardassian]].<br>Disabled freighter, killing crew.
|-
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"|Event: Arawath Disaster
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};"|238603.03
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"|Destroyed Arawath System posing as [[Gorn]].<br>Escaped to Universe 107-LS9.
|-
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"|Event: Creation of Vulcan's Harp Wormhole
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};"|238702.25
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"|Inadvertantly intercepted ''[[USS Ronin]]'''s warp-coridor propulsion test, creating half-stable wormhold in Vulcan's Harp Nebula. Returned from [[Universe 107-LS9]].
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!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Silver}};"|{{Pip120|Ensign|Blue|FC}}
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};" rowspan="2"|"Ensign Henry Jackal"
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};" rowspan="2"|238801.20 - 238806.10
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};" rowspan="2"|''[[SS Idril Mar]]'' &<br>''[[USS Independence-A]]''
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|White}};" rowspan="2"|<font color=#0F4D92>Subspace & Multi-Dimensional Physicist</font>
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!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Silver}};"|{{Pip120|Ensign|Blue|FC}}
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!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"|Event: Capture & Rehabilitation
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};"|238807.15
!style="background:#{{FCBGColor|Gold}};" colspan="2"| Apprehended aboard the ''[[USS Endeavour-A|USS Endeavour]]'', bridge-melded with Cmdr. [[Kolk, Jackford|Kolk]] and sent to [[Starbase 211]] for rehabilitation.
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==Major Sims==
*Before Rehab:
**'''[[Sim: (Alt.) Lt. Kolk - Untrusted In Any Universe|"Untrusted in Any Universe"]]
**'''[[Sim: "Evil" Jackford B. Kolk - Convergence|"Convergence"]]
**'''[[Sim: JP: Evil Kolk & Aliah - How to Start a War, Part I|"How to Start a War, Part I"]]'''
**'''[[Sim: "Evil" Kolk - How to Start a War, Part II|"How to Start a War, Part II"]]'''
**'''[[Sim: LtCmdr. Jackford Kolk - The Once & Future Tyrant, Part I|"The Once & Future Tyrant, Part I"]]'''
**'''[[Sim: Jackford "the Jackal" Kolk - The Once & Future Tyrant, Part II|"The Once & Future Tyrant, Part II"]]'''
*After Rehab:
**'''[[Sim: Ens-LtJG James T. Kolk - The Once & Future Kolk|"The Once & Future, Parts I-III"]]

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