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==Personality== | ==Personality== | ||
A new Starfleet officer, Didrik lacks a self-confidence that comes with experience. Despite being nearly 30 years old, he has only just earned his commission, and because of this, he feels he doesn't quite fit in with his cohort of new ensigns, nor would he feel comfortable around officers his own age, many of whom far outrank him. His teenage obsession with the progression of the Dominion War fueled his desire for a life in Starfleet, but he is discovering, at 28 years old, that not every hobby makes a good career. | |||
Despite his self-doubt and his shortcomings in certain areas (physics and engineering, especially), he proved to be an intelligent tactician at the Academy, but an even better pilot. He scored in the top 4% in his core piloting class, and was highly encouraged by his professor to change his focus from Tactical to Navigation. Didrik refused, but later semi-relented and pursued a Navigation minor. A natural pilot, Didrik's grades were significantly higher in his navigation minor courses than his tactical major ones. His relative underperformance in his core and major disciplines was one of the factors that motivated him to withdraw from the Academy in his third year. | |||
Physically, Didrik is bulkier than the average human. He is self-conscious about his forehead, which he thinks is too large. Born with a healthy Norwegian appetite, he has never met a food replicator that he didn't like, and he must make himself exercise regularly to avoid putting on too much weight. His stomach doesn't tolerate alcohol or synthale, and even coffee and tea upset his system, so his beverage of choice is almost always water chilled to 0.15˚C. | |||
===Family=== | |||
Didrik cares deeply for his family, though some more than others. As one of six children, there was a great deal of competitiveness and jealousy amongst his siblings when they were young, and a degree of that has carried over into their adulthoods. Didrik is closest to his sister Katarine, who is six years his senior and helped to raise him while his parents were working off-world. Didrik is jealous of his older brother Tobias, whose talent for writing earned their father's favor. | |||
His relationship with his mother nearly ended in 2374, when he discovered she was having an affair with a neighbor while her husband was stranded on Dominion-occupied Betazed. While they have managed to mend some fences in the decade since, the fact that she refuses to come clean about the now 14-year-long extramarital relationship continues to complicate things. | |||
===Ambitions=== | |||
Despite serving aboard the ''Drake'' as a helmsman, Didrik wants more than anything to be a tactical officer, as that was his major at the Academy. He dislikes his position aboard the ''Drake'', largely because he holds a stereotypically negative view of Starfleet pilots and hates the thought of him being a member of their tribe. | |||
==Facts and Miscellany== | ==Facts and Miscellany== | ||
* Federation Standard pronunciation of Didrik's surname "Stennes" is "STENZ," however the proper Norwegian pronunciation is "STENN-ess." | * Federation Standard pronunciation of Didrik's surname "Stennes" is "STENZ," however the proper Norwegian pronunciation is "STENN-ess." | ||