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USS Gorkon
Doz Finch
Position	Assistant Chief Engineer
Rank	Lieutenant
Species	Human
Gender	Female
DOB	233904.08
Age	62
Birthplace	The Falklands, Earth
Writer ID	C239809SH3
Personal Logs • Medical Record Awards & Service Ribbons Starfleet Academy Graduate Ribbon Silver Lifesaving Ribbon Captain's Commendation UFP Medal of Freedom Prisoner of War Ribbon Explorer's Ribbon Innovation Ribbon Good Conduct Ribbon TOSMA Khan Award O'Brien Award Scotty Cross Silver Palm 1-year Member Phoenix Award Player Achievements Gorkon Badges First Appearance: Under Troubled Waters User Page - The Writer

Lieutenant Junior Grade Doz Finch is an ebullient, upbeat, and action-oriented Human, currently posted as an Engineer to the USS Gorkon, the flagship of the Tyrellian Defence and Exploration Taskforce. Although a lot older than many of her other Human counterparts, Finch's restleness and inability to stay still for too long has enabled her to enjoy a long and fruitful career within Starfleet, first as an Enlisted Officer with a Mechanical Engineering Attestation and later as a Commissioned Officer with a full degree. Often seen as the tea-guzzling life of the party, few would realise how deeply she grieves the loss of a loved one and the challenges she now faces in the aftermath of that.

Appearance

Height: 1.6m (5'3") Build: 9st, Short Complexion: Fair Eyes: Dark Brown (Grey when wearing her Oculer Enhancers) Hair Colour: Speckled White Hair Style: Short, Choppy

Voice: Scratchy, Quick Off-Duty Clothing: Jackets, Trousers, Comfortable shoes Distinguishing Features:Flushed Rosy Cheeks, Prominant Cheekbones

Likes: English tea, dancing, scallops, buying gifts, Risian Parties Dislikes: Having nothing to do, sickbays, big meals, callousness Hobbies: Power walking, tinkering Demeanour: Lively, quick, loud, kind, restless

Early life

She was born Doreen to parents Frederick and Iris Finch in the Falkland Islands of Earth as the last of four siblings, but would later adopt and prefer the name Doz. Although living on a beautiful island of coastal beaches, cliffs and grasslands, her home was far less organic; each floor, wall and ceiling were lined with mechanised contraptions that made for constant entertainment, and also a neverending need of repairs, all the result of her brothers and their determination to become mechanical geniuses.

Although she too dabbled and tinkered with machines and robots —— being particularly skilled with shuttlecraft and anything that moves —— she was more family oriented than her brothers and preferred to make the most out of her youth, enjoying adventures with friends and helping to care for her family and their house in whatever fashion that took. She was skilled at engineering just as they all were, particularly good at fixing things rather than inventing them like Wallace, but her interest in the subject fell to the wayside sometime around the death of her father whose passing sent their mother, Iris, into a deep and dark depression for many years to come.

In the aftermath of his death, rather than moving to Mars as was originally planned, the family instead relocated to Birmingham to be closer to other family members. As the years went on, it was there in the city that she met Murve Norström, otherwise called Murphy, the funny scandinavian who was first a friend of her brother Wallace, and a person who she struck an instant bond with. As a trio, the three often enjoyed hangouts in the local parks, sunrise-watching and camp fires.

Eventually each brother left to become Starfleet Engineers, and in doing so abandoned their responsibility to care for their rapidly deteriorating mother who had delved into agoraphobia. This signalled the beginning of a distance between the siblings, and a notable divide between Doz and Wallace, one that would see them grow apart as the years went on. But the one true source of support who remained behind was Murphy who did all he could to ensure that Doz not only had a friend but also a person she could rely on. Piling together their own talents in engineering, they continued to maintain and fix all of the contraptions stood around the family home, and even went as far as to lending their skills to those in the neighborhood, to stay as busy as they could.

Starfleet

At roughly twenty years old, Finch took it upon herself to apply for the Martian Starfleet Technical Services Academy, greatly encouraged by her best friend Murve Norström, lovingly nicknamed Murphy, who believed that she had more talent in engineering than "all three of her brothers put together". Having waited for her to do so, the pair of them set off for the academy, later taking part in its intensive programme that covered a variety of subjects from checking, repairing and servicing starships to the more fiddly arts of reprogramming and reconfiguring computers and their many parts. The abridged programme also involved a myriad of electrical, mechanical, chemical, radiological and nuclear damage scenarios, and the difficulty of it was not lost on Finch who had for so many years done "her own sort of engineering". Upon graduation, she pursued roles in maintenance whereas Murphy preferred electrical ones.

Technical Services Academy, Utopia Planititia Shipyards, Mars

They both shared their first tour of duty aboard the USS Bonestell, serving under a cantankerous Chief Engineer who often separated the two, and liked to punish Finch by having her do maintenance work on the outer hull of the ship. Despite this however, his repeated punishments actually instilled within her an appreciation for spacewalking, which has remained one of her favourite things to do ever since. Her career as an enlisted officer spanned seven ships over forty years —— the last of which was spent on the notorious Intrepid Class starship USS Marigold.

Having reunited with Murphy during this posting, she was quite satisfied with her life until an unexpected disaster resulted in his death. As if history had repeated itself, she was flung into panic, terrified of the way she felt and her reaction to his death, and the all too real possibility of her becoming "like her mother", who had died decades prior. Desperate to distract herself, she asked Captain Koth of the Marigold if she could change her mind about an offer of academy sponsorship that she had declined many times before.

After graduating the Officer Candidate School, she was reassigned to the USS Gorkon, ironically not far from the Marigolds theatre of operation.

Relationships

Personal

Soul friend, Human, Deceased.

Lovingly nicknamed "Murphy", Norström was her Scandinavian soul friend for over forty years until his untimely death ripped hers apart.

Originally from Sweden, Norström was talented in electrical engineering and would meet Wallace Finch at an electrics seminar in England sometime during his early years, a meeting that would soon lead to friendship. It was later on that Wallace would introduce him to Doz during one of their many social gatherings in Birmingham.

Although a trio of great friends, Wallace eventually pursued his ambition to join Starfleet, neglecting their unwell mother in the process and marking a small feud between him and his sister. Seeing how frustrated and upset she was, Norström chose to remain behind and help her with her many responsibilities, from housekeeping to maintaining and fixing the myriad of machines left behind by Doz's brothers.

Putting their heads together, the two eventually became "the local mechanics", helping the neighbours with their own broken down equipment or shuttles, and developing their skills in the process. They eventually joined Starfleet as Enlisted Officers themselves, sharing postings on the USS Bonestell and in the late 2380s, the USS Marigold, where he met his fate.

Together they eventually joined Starfleet as Enlisted Officers, and requested to be posted together, thus being given the USS Bonestell. As was the nature of Starfleet, they were eventually split up, until they were triumphantly reunited in the late 2380s on the USS Marigold.

Brother & Once Best Friend, Human, Freelance Inventor, Bajor.

Socially awkward, emotionally stinted but quite clever, Wallace was the "inventor" of the family, preferring to mash components together to create interesting mechanical contraptions that seldom ever worked properly.

He was for the most part Doz's first best friend. Although a difficult person, she always gave him the benefit of the doubt, believing that he just couldn't help it and was simply hardwired that way. Until that is he left for Starfleet; Frustrated by his eagerness to leave their unwell mother behind to pursue his goals and ambitions, an argument erupted in the family kitchen, marking the beginning of an initial divide that would last for many years to come.

Believing that he had been working alongside Tellarites at a robotics institution on Tellar Prime, it came as a great shock when, by some strange and unlikely coincidence, she discovered him tinkering in a farm scrapyard on Bajor.

Oldest Brother, Human, Weapons Engineer, Starfleet.
The oldest of her three brothers. He's rosy-cheeked, humorous and has spent the majority of his career engineering weapons for Starfleet.

Brother, Human, Unknown.
Although rather miserable and with very little to say, what he did was was always worth listening to. He was last known to have settled down with a wife some decades ago, but seldom kept touch with her or any of the others.

Gallery

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  Attending a Marigold Awards event

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  Attending the 2400 Starbase 118 Awards

Mission History: USS Gorkon

Shadows in the Temple Episode 23: Stardate 240009.01 - Present Set to investigate a mysterious "cult" known as the Eye of Infinity and its potential connection to a missing tourist vessel in the Gamma Quadrant, Doz, along with Jo Marshall and James Bowers find themselves on a diplomatic mission to attempt to establish contact with said cult, whilst other away teams focus on other goals and objectives.

Fight the Power Episode 22: Stardate 240002.05 - 240006.06 Thrust into a grim "dreamspace" in which certain members of the USS Gorkon believe they are members of a Maquis crew known as the Skarbek, Doz, better known as "Gramma" in that universe, worked with Lark (Tahna Meru), Trouble (Alieth) and Seva Reeshe to recruit locals to the resistance, and to rise up and fight against the invading Cardassians. However, as an ex-convict, cold and sometimes unfeeling, achieving such a feat came with many challenges. Ultimately, her biggest contribution was the suggestion of stealing a shuttle and using it to their advance, which they later did and with great success.

Rogue World Episode 21: Stardate 239908.15 - 239911.26 Arriving on the USS Azetbur during Act Three, Doz met with Commander Alieth and Lieutenant Corliss Fortune, to help them evacuate a group of colonists trapped in a submerged Cardassian vessel. After helping them gain access via an underground tunnel, she remained behind and ensured the colonists were all strapped and prepared for the rescue.

Service History

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Starfleet Service Record Insignia Rank Dates Posting Assignment Recruit 2359-2359 Starfleet Technical Services Academy Recruit Crewman Third Class 2359-2365 USS Bonestell Maintenance Engineer Crewman Second Class Crewman First Class Petty Officer Third Class 2365-2375 USS Korolev Maintenance Engineer Petty Officer Second Class Petty Officer First Class 2375-2376 USS Newton Maintenance Engineer Chief Petty Officer 2376-2380 USS John Muir Maintenance Engineer 2380-2380 Federation Secondment IKS Taggagh Damage Control Technician Senior Chief Petty Officer 2380-2386 USS Barrington Maintenance Engineer Master Chief Petty Officer 2386-2398 USS Marigold Maintenance Engineer

Starfleet Service Record Insignia Rank Dates Posting Assignment Cadet 239910.31 - 239911.06 Officer Candidate School Starfleet Academy Cadet Ensign 239911.08 - 239909.01 USS Gorkon Engineer Lieutenant JG 239909.01 - Present

Awards & Ribbons

For award descriptions, see: Awards and Service Ribbons

Awards and Service Ribbons

Award Name Date/Assignment Citation TOSMA 240006.03 USS Gorkon The Order of Starfleet Merit and Achievement (TOSMA) is the highest general award and is awarded to members who show great dedication in their behavior and simming abilities. A candidate for TOSMA gives strong, solid ideas to the storyline and character development on a regular basis. They also take the time to edit and proofread their sims to guarantee that their writing is of high quality. Khan Award 240006.03 USS Gorkon for Giria Palnin Awarded to a simmer who thoughtfully develops a three-dimensional villain over the course of a mission or more. They create well-rounded and grounded villains, who may be mustache twirling murderous maniacs, or the hero of their own story. A superb villain should be a formidable and deserving foe to your heroes. They should neither be so weak that they are easily defeated, nor should they be so powerful that they can only be defeated by chance. Service Ribbon Name Date/Assignment Citation Starfleet Academy Graduate Ribbon 239911.06 Starfleet Academy Awarded to those who have graduated from Starfleet Academy. Silver Lifesaving Ribbon 240021.01 USS Gorkon For helping to save the lives of the Dominion War veterans and their children on the Rogue World. Captain's Commendation 240021.01 USS Gorkon "One of the successes of this mission was the rescue of many Starfleet and Union officers, long thought missing in action. You brought them back to their families and friends, and to a peaceful galaxy where the bonds they forged on the planet are welcomed and honoured." - Quinn Reynolds UFP Medal of Freedom 240021.01 USS Gorkon "When the Rogue Planet invaded our system, we did all we could to attempt to safeguard every single planet in the system and its inhabitants. For that act of gallantry and heroism, I present you all with the UFP Medal of Freedom." - Samira Neathler

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