Debra Cross

Ensign Debra Cross, a Terran, is currently a security officer aboard the USS Apollo.

Stats

• Full Name: Debra Cross
• Race: Human
• Gender: Female
• Date of Birth: 235107.13
• Place of Birth: Earth
• Home planet: Considers the Marines home

Appearance

• Height: 5'9"
• Weight: 145Lbs
• Hair Color: Brunette
• Length of Hair: 1/2 the way down her back
• Eye Color: Brown
• Skin Tone: Light Skinned
• Distinguishing Features: approximately 40% body scared from plasma burns, including back and arms.

• Taste in Clothing (when off duty):

Characteristics

• Likes:
  • Adrenalin Rushes.
  • Gambling, mostly card games cribbage being her favorite.
  • Dance

• Dislikes:
  • People that try to be heroes and not team players.
  • Being overlooked for her sex or size.

• Strengths:
  • Military tradition.
  • Natural teacher.
  • Extensive training with weapons including in non-standard weapons.

• Weaknesses:
  • Strong willed.
  • Hot headed when not in combat.
  • Can be overly loyal.
  • Competitive.
  • Has a fear of shuttles.

• Ambition(s): To continue the cross military tradition and make a name for herself.

Family

Marital Status: Single

Father: Colonel Jack Cross, Marine (ex-special farces now instructor)

Mother: Kate Cross, Ex-nurse (Stopped 2348 when she married), died in an shuttle accident in 2354

Siblings: None

Family Motto: “Per Ardua Ad Astra” (Through Adversity to the Stars)

Personal History

Debra was brought up in a very strict manor. After her mother’s death when she was two. She became Jacks only hope to continue the family tradition despite benign a woman. For 12 generations the Cross men had served with distinction in the Marines on the front lines. From an early age she was a very active child enjoying dance, her slight strong figure made her ideal. By the age of 13, she started to go in for competitions and won most of them she got hooked on competition.

She had a good father but did not have time a spend with her so he shipped her off to boarding School to give her a good education, discipline and a head start in military life. During her time with her father he made her homed her social skills and was often seen on his arm at formal occasions or they would go camping together. Although at first she did not enjoy and get on at the academy, she was hooked on sports like climbing, skydiving and diving. Debra did well her academically but did get into trouble with discipline several times.

As the only family air she decided to follow tradition she joined star-fleet as a marine NCO, with her father’s reluctant blessing as he wanted her to have a safer job. After each time Debra got into trouble the relationship with her father got worse.

Education

Cross Academy. (Military based boarding school, Named after her great-great-grand-grandfather General Mathew Cross)

Startfleet Academy

Debra's background help her pass all the classes with very good score, apart from basic shuttle operations which she scrapped through after a two re-takes. Excelling in several area including survival skills and weapons. To celebrate a good third year Debra jumped off the golden gate bridge and was received a reprimand for it.

Current Qualifications

• Firing range Instructor
• Hand to hand Combat Instructor
• Para shooting Advanced and Instructor
• Diver Advanced

Career Summary

On passing her cadet curse Debra's father presented her with a replica of his side arm that had been passed down the Cross family and improved by several generations. Tradition is that she would get the original when her father finally retired. I look like an early 21st century firearm but contains a Type IIc phasor.

Debra was assigned as a Forward Observer for the 3rd Marine Company. During one battle she was cut off from the company and engaged the Cardassion solders one her own diverting some of their attack give the company a chance to re-group and counter attack on a flank they were not expecting any action. She had pulled them into a wooded area where 8 dead Cardassion bodies were later found.

For her actions she was transferred to Special Forces where she continued her good service and even cleaned up her act. Due to her good looks, ability to use concealed weapons combined with the threat of changelings, she was assigned to special operations as a bodyguard and posed as a UFP councillor's girl friend. She enjoyed the dressing up but could not stand the man or the fact she was missing the war, so she requested a transfer but had to wait until near the end of the Dominion war to get it. They had several disagreements but Debra managed to persuade him that it was to make her cover more realistic.

After she was back with her unit she survived with distinction until a rescue mission. The mission when bad due to poor intelligence and planning by their new tactical officer, who was fresh out of the academy, allow it just ended in a success. During the mission 7 of the 10 Marines were killed and Debra was badly injured using her body to protect the target from a grenade. A month later when the tactical officer tried to award her a commendation at the hospital she knocked him unconscious with a single punch.

After nearly a year of recovery Debra was court-marshalled, she was stripped of rank and privileges. She was sent to star-fleet academy in the hope to teach her off duty discipline. She was observed helping her fellow class mates and impressed the instructors enough that when is graduated she came back as a Weapons instructor. All her class had a significantly higher range scores than any other class that year.

She made a good instructor but her kind way made her popular with the trainees but not with most of the instructors as they saw her as soft for a marine. She used her time in teaching well to expand her knowledge as she took all courses that she could, slowly gaining the respect of her pears. Things where looking up for Debra until she fell for a married flight instructor and when their affair can to life where both court-marshalled. Jane Morgan also suffered loss of rank and was taken off flight duties. With Debra's record it was heavily suggested that she took a discharge but she rejected the offer.

Medical Record

Debra looks after her body well; she is has an excellent overall fitness for a marine. She had several broken bones but all have healed well. Debra sustained serious burn damage to her back, arms and the top of her legs, if she did not presume the correct position she would not have survived. Injuries like that cause more than physical damage. The scaring is too expensive for simple cosmetic surgery and has opted not to undergo complex reconstruction.

• Dr. A. Potter (2380)

Psychological Record

Debra is a bright and dedicates herself fully whatever she dose. Her earlier mischievous behaviour is just simple rebellion ageist her strict upbringing. She has dealt with her injuries better than I could have expected, possibly due to her family background or they where cased in saving another life. Debra has a chip on her shoulder but it is not full undeserved from what I can see of her record. Although mentally she is not a typical trooper, she is fit for duty.

• C. Flagg (2380)

Character Notes

Debra is a very disciplined person, she is structured but not to the point of OCD. When not in the field every morning she gets up for a 1 hour run before showing and breakfast and then to her duty station. Once she finished it is at least one hours training each day.

She usually feels "naked" when she is unarmed so she will usually have a knife in her boot or concealed on her.

Debra's room never has many personal items in it and looks like she just using it temporally. She will have a photo of Jane Morgan wearing pearl necklace, the pearl Debra free dived to collect herself during their time together. She always has a fully packed kit bag close to the door so she can get it on the way out and several packed parashoots ready for use.