Lidia Ivanova

Ivanova: "No, you know what?! %$#@ this melodrama!" ::playfully punches W'Tine's shoulder.:: "You and me, we're Starfleet security. And the doc over there... well, he'll do for tonight."

Sampi: ::scoffs:: "Thanks..."

Ivanova: "Don't mention it, princess."

–Ivanova reunites with Charles Sampi and cheers up Eyas W'Tine.

Lidia Ivanova is a security officer. She previously served aboard the USS Tiger-A and was the chief of security for the USS Pioneer.

Stats

• Full Name: Lidia Vasilyevna Ivanova
  • Russian: Лидия Васильевна Иванова
• Species: Human
• Date of Birth: 2359
  • Age: 29
• Place of Birth: Saratov, Earth
• Gender: Female

Starfleet Career

• Commissioned: 2384
• Training Facility: Starfleet Academy, San Francisco, Earth, 2380-2384

Starfleet Service Record Insignia Rank Dates Posting Assignment Ensign 2384 - 2387 Starfleet Division, Betazed Security Officer 238705.19 - 238710.13 USS Pioneer Lieutenant JG 238710.14 - 238805.28 Lieutenant 238805.29 - 238811.16 Chief of Security 238811.17 - 238909.15 USS Tiger-A Security Officer

Appearance

• Height: 178 cm (5'10")
• Weight: 73 kilos (160 lbs)
• Hair Color: Light Brown
• Eye Color: Blue

Tone/Voice

• Favorite Word: %#@$

Ivanova is a spirited young woman who enjoys both colorful metaphors and the company of colorful friends. She has no reservations about bringing up difficult topics when she feels someone close to her needs to say something. She hates apologies and apologetic people. Her humor—if not her entire demeanor—is quite crass, but she means well.

Personal Life

Friends and Notable Colleagues

Betazed

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  Tenzin Zhou

• Tenzin Zhou: A human/Trill doctor stationed with the Starfleet Division on Betazed.
  • Ivanova's Nickname for Him: Spot

Zhou met Ivanova in 2384 while she was stationed on Betazed as an ensign. The two formed a close friendship, with her playful personality being a nice foil to Zhou's tendency to overthink and take things too seriously, especially in the wake of the separation with his wife. Ivanova is one of the few people with whom Zhou feels able to truly relax and show his sillier side, and it was her enthusiasm that partly inspired Zhou to then join Starfleet himself after he completed his post-graduate training.

USS Pioneer & USS Tiger-A

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  Roshanara Rahman

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  Charles Sampi

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  Eyas Wulfantine

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  Leo Beaufytor

See also: Tiger-A Security Department

• Roshanara Rahman: A Kriosian engineer.
  • Ivanova's Nicknames for Her: Shortstop

Despite their opposing personalities—Ivanova being a bit louder and crasser compared to Rahman's more reserved nature—the two women found they complemented each other well, and they became close friends. Ivanova tries to encourage Rahman to "let it all hang loose" sometimes, and she claims Rahman has dropped a few colorful metaphors that made even the security officer herself blush. Of course, no one else believes her.

• Charles Sampi: A human medical officer.
  • Ivanova's Nicknames for Him: Doc, Chuckles, Princess

Sampi met Ivanova in May 2387 soon after they were both assigned to the Pioneer. Ivanova was the object of Sampi's affections early on, but those affections ultimately went nowhere. Sampi later was reassigned to the Tiger in 2388 as chief medical officer. The two were reunited when Ivanova was reassigned to the Tiger herself later that year.

• Eyas Wulfantine: A Pythron security officer/tactical officer.
  • Ivanova's Nickname for Him: Big Guy

Afflicted with a mysterious disease that causes him to mutate into a hideous creature, Wulfantine had been diagnosed with a grim prognosis. Unless an alternative cure could be found, the young Pythron would either die in a few months from his current treatment or mutate permanently into a giant reptilian creature. He stepped down from his position as chief of security because of his health and had grown less-confident as time went on. A former chief of security herself, Ivanova and Wulfantine developed a friendship based on a mutual understanding of the stresses of the job and the heavy price they paid for serving as the guardians of their shipmates.

• Leo Beaufytor: A Pythron/Byzallian security officer.
  • Ivanova's Nickname for Him: Muscles

Formally known by the surname Monsvor, Beaufytor is a handsome, skilled, battle-hardened, and courageous member of the Tiger's security department, and Ivanova hates him. She hadn't known the man well before the two were captured along with a security team in what would later turn out to be a holodeck exercise. When faced with very real danger at the time, she stood up for him and tried to redirect the attention of one of their sadistic captors from him to her.

Yet in the aftermath of the exercise, Ivanova was appalled by Beaufytor's nonchalant attitude to the plight of her friend Wulfantine, whom he called "collateral damage." She now views Beaufytor as just another brazen security officer who hides his emotions behind a false tough veneer. Unfortunately for the hot-headed Ivanova, Beaufytor delights in giving her a cool and slightly chauvinistic response to her frustration with him.

Early Life and Betazed

Lidia Ivanova was born in 2359. She joined Starfleet at the age of 21 and was assigned in 2384 to the Starfleet Division on Betazed after she graduated from the academy. On Betazed, she met her good friend Tenzin Zhou as one of his patients. The two continued to keep in touch after Zhou left Betazed in 2386 to begin his own Starfleet training.

• Noteworthy SIM
• "Not in the Brochure" - SD 238901.16 (While seemingly captured by Romulans and Remans, Ivanova recalls how she met Zhou.)

USS Pioneer

In May 2387, Ivanova was assigned as a security officer to the USS Pioneer under the command of Captain Jodhani. There, she met Charles Sampi, one of the ship's new medical officers.

Ivanova was promoted to lieutenant junior grade later that year, and by 2388, she was a full lieutenant, assigned as the ship's chief of security. She took up the position after her superior Sven Rebane was severely injured in the line of duty. Rebane was taken to Medical Starbase 253 and has not recovered from his injuries.

USS Tiger-A

In late 2388, Ivanova sought a transfer from the Pioneer and was subsequently reassigned to the USS Tiger-A as a security officer, reuniting her with Sampi. She started to get to know her new colleagues, especially the ever pensive Eyas Wulfantine.

A Holo-Exercise

During the Tiger's first mission, the ship responded to a crisis involving a rogue Romulan fleet and strange slug-like space lifeforms threatening the Eratis system and Deep Space 17. A security team that included nearly all of the top ranking security officers (Jade Shryker, Wulfantine, Leo Beaufytor, and Ivanova) had responded to an intruder aboard the Tiger and was subsequently captured by the Romulans, tortured, and forced to participate in a cruel gladiatorial display.

As the team faced what seemed to be imminent death, Wulfantine willingly let himself undergo a full transformation by the mutagenic parasite into a monstrous creature to save his fellow security officers. He succeeded but was nearly killed and then trapped in his new form. To add insult to his very real injuries, the whole mission was revealed to be nothing more than an elaborate holodeck training exercise. After extensive medical treatment, Wulfantine was forced to take a medical leave of absence. During their exchange of farewells, Ivanova told Wulfantine she felt the department would not be the same without him.

Meanwhile, Ivanova's working relationship with Beaufytor turned sour. Initially willing to treat him as another one of her "brothers in gold," she was appalled by his views on how the security team and particularly Wulfantine had been treated by Starfleet for the sake of an exercise. Unfortunately for Ivanova, Beaufytor was named assistant security chief after Wulfantine's departure, and thus the man was now her superior.

• Noteworthy SIMs
• "Roll with the punches!" - SD 238812.10 (Ivanova gets Wulfantine to talk about what's troubling him, even if she has to beat it out of him.)
• "Parting Ways" - SD 238903.18 (Ivanova and Wulfantine exchange farewells.)

Voyage into the Unknown

Beaufytor's tenure as ACOS was short-lived once the final review of the crew's performance during the holodeck exercise was compiled. He was found partly responsible for Wulfantine's transformation in the holodeck, given that he had supplied the Python with the hypospray that triggered his reaction. Beaufytor was subsequently demoted to lieutenant JG, and his pride clearly took a hit as well.

The actual maiden voyage of the Tiger took the ship to the mysterious Ithassa Triangle, a region of space infamous for strange happenings. When the ship began experiencing power fluctuations, Ivanova found herself helping Beaufytor get to sickbay, and she felt a bit sorry for the man in his sorry state. Meanwhile, the ship investigated a distress call and assisted a severely damaged Tholian research station and an adrift FTU trading vessel.

• Noteworthy SIMs
• "Changing Tides" and "The Flesh is Weak" (The latter was written by Velana's writer) - SD 238904.19-22 (When called to duty, Ivanova tries to repair both her relationship with Beaufytor and the man's bruised attitude itself.)

Stardate: 1942

After the Tiger emerged from the Triangle, Sampi and Beaufytor departed the ship, and Ivanova's new chief, Zhou Tai-Sheng arrived soon after on SD 238906.04. After some downtime for the crew to relax, the Tiger suddenly found itself in Earth's past, around the time of the Second World War. While away teams were sent to the surface to retrieve or destroy an alien ship that had brought them back to 1942, Ivanova and Zhou remained aboard and dealt with a stowaway, Colette Adrura, who turned out to be the sister of Jill Adrura, one of Ivanova's fellow security officers.

Eventually, C. Adrura was called upon to help another away team destroy the remnants of the alien ship that had crashed into the Arctic. She was accompanied by Zhou. During this mission, Zhou and the others discovered that Soviet soldiers had infiltrated the American compound that had been set up around the crash site. Held at gunpoint, Zhou had the Soviets contact Ivanova, and with some quick thinking (and inspired improvisation on Ivanova's part), both security officers were able to fool the Soviets into releasing the away team. Thus, they were able to successfully complete their mission and return the Tiger to the present. Upon their arrival back to the 24th century, several members of the crew were reassigned, including Zhou and Ivanova.

• Noteworthy SIMs
• "Partners Apart" (Joint Post with Wulfantine's writer) - SD 238907.02 (A long-distance sparring match between Ivanova and Wulfantine is interrupted when the Tiger disappears from the timeline.)
• "Excuse me?" - SD 238908.13 (When J. Adrura questions Ivanova's motives for calling her to the scene, Ivanova puts the other officer in her place.)
• "New Orders" - SD 238909.11 (After Zhou and his team get held up at gunpoint by Soviet soldiers, Ivanova improvises a solution from above.)

Memorable Quotes

Ivanova: Hey, Spot!
Zhou: Lidia, what unfortunate timing. And here I was just about to go to sleep...
Ivanova: Ahem, that's Lieutenant Lidia, you mean, ensign.
Zhou: ::smiles:: Oh really? Well, lieutenant, I happen to have gotten another pip as well since we last spoke. ::gestures to the second full pip::
Ivanova: Wait a minute...that's a full pip! That means.... ::softly:: Oh no... ::gradually louder:: Oh no...no, no, no! There is no way I'm calling you "sir" now, you damn son of a-
Zhou: Lidia, Lidia! Calm down! You know I couldn't care less about such titles.
Ivanova: Okay, good, because you suck.
Zhou: ::nods:: You know, I really don't know why we don't do these calls more often?
-Exchange with Tenzin Zhou, SD 238712.06

Ivanova visits sickbay after injuring her shoulder during yoga.
Sampi: Weren't you just in here?
Ivanova: Can it, chuckles. I came here to get pain relief, not your jokes.
Sampi: Touchy this morning I see. I thought I told you to take it easy as well.
Ivanova: Yeah, that's what I was trying to do!
Sampi: Uh-huh... maybe a nice book in a comfy chair instead next time?
Ivanova: Aeegh! Why would I want to sit all day? I thought you were starting to know me better.
Sampi: No, you're right. Stupid suggestion. Still, I don't think it would hurt if you and your colleagues in security found some less... physically demanding ways to relax.
Ivanova: ::tries to stifle a laugh unsuccessfully:: Is that how you've been selling it to the ladies, doc? I can see why you're having trouble there.
Sampi: Ouch! You know, technically, you're still fit for duty, so I don't need to fix this any further.
Ivanova: You do that, and I will &#%@-ing kill you. And it won't even be my fault.
-Exchange with Charles Sampi, SD 238902.29

Ivanova: I'm happy for you really, but don't think this means now that I'm going to go easy on your prissy three-pipped @#$... with all due respect, *sir*.
Wulfantine: Due respect noted, Lieutenant.
-Ivanova congratulates Wulfantine on his promotion during their long-distance sparring match, SD 238907.02

Additional Information

• Ivanova is a PNPC created by the writer for Tenzin Zhou and Charles Sampi.

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