T'Ama

USS Chin'toka
T'Ama
Position	Acting Chief of Operations
Rank	Lieutenant JG
Species	Vulcan/El-Aurian
Gender	Female
DOB	237511.10
Age	26
Birthplace	Vulcan
Writer ID	C240004T11
Awards & Service Ribbons TOSMA Genesis Award Silver Palm Neelix Award 1-year Member Badges Commemorative Coins

Lieutenant JG T'Ama is currently serving as the Acting Chief of Operations aboard the USS Chin'toka.

	Appearance

• Height: 5' 6"
• Hair: dark brown, wavy
• Eyes: light blue, wears an eyepatch over her right eye due to injury
• Appearance: T'Ama looks fully Vulcan on the surface - she has the typical pointed ears, slanted eyebrows, and green blood. She never wears her hair in typical Vulcan styles, preferring to wear it loose or in a ponytail. If she absolutely must, she will deign to braid it into an intricate Vulcan style.

	Relationships

• Parents:
  • Mother: T'Kar (Vulcan)
  • Step-father: Sihek (Vulcan)
• Father: Gavin Lowell (El-Aurian)
• Grandmother: Admiral Faye Lowell (El-Aurian)
• Siblings: Murak (Vulcan, younger brother by 14 years)
• Spouse: none
• Children: none
• Best Friend: Ensign Quentin Beck
• Roommates: Ensign Rachel Flores (former, USS Constitution-B)

	Background

T'Ama was the product of an unexpected pon farr when her mother was serving on board her father's mining vessel in deep space. Her mother returned to Vulcan during the pregnancy and she was born and raised on Vulcan for her early childhood and teen years. Her parent's co-parenting relationship was contentious, and her mother was often the victor in their disagreements on how to raise their daughter, if only because Gavin was usually off-world and not physically there much. She chafed at her restrictive Vulcan upbringing, made worse by the fact she was not pure Vulcan and not well accepted amongst her mother's family. As a result she was much closer to her father and treasured his visits and frequent video calls.

Her Vulcan family considered her a difficult and rebellious child, which became more intense when her mother and step-father had her younger brother. By the time she was 15 tensions at home were so high she begged to be allowed to go live with her father. Eventually she got her wish with no small amount of drama, and went to live with her father as a civilian aboard a Federation ship where she met her grandmother for the first time - a retired admiral who had served in Starfleet just after the Federation was founded. She immediately found a role model in her grandmother and her stories of adventure in Starfleet, and decided she wanted nothing more than to join Starfleet and follow in her grandmother's footsteps.

In early 2394 she met Quentin Beck at a mining trade conference on Earth that their fathers had business at. She pulled him away from his abusive father and they spent the conference becoming fast friends. She shared her dream of a Starfleet career and he joined up that fall, though it took her until 2396 to work up the nerve to do so herself. They were best friends at the Academy until they tried their hand at romance. Their first kiss abruptly ended with her pushing him away because she had seen how he'd built up their relationship in his mind. With little explanation she avoided him until she graduated and was stationed on the USS Constitution.

In early 2401, T'Ama was invited to the wedding of Is’Kah and Ghee’looth Xiron, friends from the Academy, on the USS Ronin. Quentin Beck crashed the bachelorette party on Ferenginar, half naked and pursued by Ferengi bounty hunters. T'Ama lead the group to her El-Aurian family's safehouse and helped him make a subspace call to his father to clear the bounty. Later he came by her guest quarters on the Ronin and they made up, agreeing to be just friends, after two years of estrangement. Before leaving to return to the Constitution, T'Ama was partially responsible for the break up of Quentin Beck and Luxa Lorana after her attempt at wingmanning went horribly wrong.

While planetside during an away mission on Drever IV, T'Ama was hit in the right eye by a large piece of hail. Despite treatment it continued to be painful, sensitive to bright lights, and produced double vision and subsequently chronic headaches when uncovered. T'Ama took to covering it with an eyepatch while on duty despite the danger of atrophy to the optic nerve.

In mid 2401 T'Ama was assigned to the USS Artemis for Frontier Day, where she ran into her old friend Quentin Beck again, also on temporary assignment from the Ronin. The Artemis' long range communications relay was sabotaged just as they discovered a Borg Cube hiding out in the Badlands. Quentin was sent to the Cube, and T'Ama was ordered to remain on the bridge and monitor the away team. After logically concluding the saboteurs were Changelings, T'Ama and the Artemis' Chief Tactical Officer (and massive flirt) Lieutenant Vitor Silveira were sent to apprehend it at its last known location: a Jefferies tube on Deck 13. After initially evading detection, the Changeling attacked, dragging T'Ama back into the tube. Silveira came to her rescue and the Changeling shifted into the shape of a Gorn. After kicking the Changeling Gorn off Silveira and stunning it with a phaser, they removed it from the Jefferies tube and stuffed it into a Tupperware container before it could completely liquefy. They are called back to the bridge by Lt. Commander Talos Dakora for ship combat with the Borg Cube. Combat ensued between the Borg Cube and the heavily outgunned Artemis until the away teams disabled the shields and the Artemis was flown partially into a hole in the Cube to allow T'Ama to rescue both away teams as theirs had almost doubled due to a team from Amity Outpost appearing on the Cube. The Cube went to transwarp nearly destroying the Artemis in the process. The mission then became one of warning Starfleet and getting to Sector 001 as quickly as possible. T'Ama suggested they cannibalize the parts from the science probes and shuttles to build a new communications array, but for whatever reason the warning did not get out in time.

	Missions

Fleet Blockbuster: Frontier Day Stardate 240106.01 - Present "250 years ago today, the Enterprise NX-01, the first warp five-capable vessel to be constructed by human hands, made its maiden voyage. With it, a crew of 83 souls embarked on a journey: one of bravery, perseverance, and sacrifice that would lead to the birth of what we know today as Starfleet." —Prepared remarks of Fleet Admiral Elizabeth Shelby

Old Mc Bolen has a farm – USS Constitution Stardate 240103.10 - 240106.29 The USS Constitution receives a report from HQ, that one of the Paoike Colony on Drever IV has some issues. Their plant life has begun to get sick and die off, without external changes. What is happening in the colony and can it be stopped before food supplies run low and livestock suffers?

The Sincerest Form – USS Constitution Stardate 2400007.10 - 240012.13 Just when the crew think they're on the most boring patrol ever, a distress call comes in from none other than Captain James Tiberius Kirk and the Enterprise is in trouble!

	Service History

Starfleet Service Record Insignia Rank Dates Posting Assignment Cadet 2396 - 2400 Starfleet Academy Cadet Ensign SD 240004.12 - 240102.07 USS Constitution-B Operations Officer Lieutenant JG SD 240102.07 - 240107.01 Operations Officer Lieutenant JG SD 240107.01 - 240107.13 Assistant Chief of Operations Lieutenant JG SD 240107.13 - Present USS Chin'toka Acting Chief of Operations

	Awards & Service Ribbons

For award descriptions, see: Awards and Service Ribbons

Awards and Service Ribbons

Service Ribbon Name Date/Assignment Citation Starfleet Academy Graduate Ribbon 2396 - 2400 Starfleet Academy Awarded to those who have graduated from Starfleet Academy. Lifesaving Ribbon 2400 USS Constitution-B Awarded for shooting a Vulcanoid pirate from the Thornwater. Orion Syndicate Service Medal 2400 USS Constitution-B Awarded for encountering Orion Syndicate pirates from the Thornwater. Starfleet Investigation Ribbon 2401 USS Constitution-B Awarded for investigative work discovering the truth of the Iotian USS Enterprise. Award Name Date/Assignment Citation TOSMA 2400 USS Constitution-B The Order of Starfleet Merit and Achievement, sometimes abbreviated as “TOSMA,” is the highest honor we can bestow on our ship. It is for the player that shows dedication and skill in their simming, with strong ideas and execution of those ideas. And this year, it’s going to a relatively new player. This player has only been with us for a few months but has immediately shown prowess and direction with their character, with characterization and backstory alike. This year’s winner is none other than Melissa, the writer of T’Ama. Congratulations! Genesis Award 2401 USS Constitution-B After initial struggles with ADHD and balance between writing and the great wide world of ‘shiny’, a few of us are very familiar with, Melissa has been working with her mentor on different ways to not only reach full time, but go way beyond that. She has come to the point where she takes on PNPCs and MSNPCs and even visits other ships as a guest, challenging herself. She graciously took on feedback, tactics and advice, took initiative, asked questions and grew since she has joined us. She has had great ideas IC and OOC and really been a positive role model for the younger simmers. She is a breath of fresh - and slightly chaotic - air that we all have come to appreciate and enjoy. It’s been amazing to see her take everything on board, improve her simming and her OOC focus and become an important and strong pillar of the ship. So it’s my joy to present the Genesis award to Melissa, the player behind T’Ama. Congratulations! Silver Palm 2401 USS Constitution-B The winner of this award has shown that kind of humor and spark not only in character but also in Discord. They always find a way to bring a smile to people’s faces or make them laugh out loud. While their character is a bit of a trouble maker, the moments of levity thrown into even serious missions lighten up the mood without distracting from the plot. One example mentioned in the nominations was when she was mistaken for the Captain by the illustrious Sir Bolen, another is the antics of our favorite Crunchy Mom Evangeline Dodson. I couldn’t say it any better than this nomination. “T'Ama has been a spark that a ship needs when it comes to keeping a plot moving. Either as a player or running an MSNPC, she has been instrumental to the creation of a lot of interesting ideas in all our missions that she has participated in!” It is my absolute pleasure to present the Silver Palm to Melissa, the player behind T’Ama! Congratulations. Neelix Award 2401 USS Constitution-B The person that stood out this year has been a thorn in my side…er…I mean, a wonderful person to mentor and talk to and it made me very happy that she not only was nominated for the award, but won it and I got the honor to award it. Melissa took on the responsibilities of helping out the Constitution staff with updating wiki pages, engaging and communicating with everyone on our discord and even coming up with the Question of the Week that we have! She is responsible for bringing a lot of engagement among our crew and for that I am happy to present to her the Neelix Award! Great job, Melissa!

	News

• 240107.08 - Lower Decks – Lieutenant JG T’Ama, USS Constitution
• 240107.07 - Role In Focus – Helm, Communications, and Operations (HCO)
• 240105.27 - USS Constitution-B crew probes mysterious illness on Drever IV’s Paoike Colony

	Sim Archive

• 240107.06 - Main Operations Reference for what the Main Operations office suite looks like on the Constitution-B.

	Ship Crew

NPC Listing   ·   USS Chin'toka Crew Manifest   ·   Crew History Commanding Ofc. Serala First Ofc. Aine Sherlock Chief of Operations T'Ama Acting Chief of Eng. Ghee’looth Xiron Acting CMO/2O V'Len Kel Chief of Science Kimberly Stapledon Counselor Alexander Brodie Mission Specialist Nysira Starlyn Helm T'Khio'ri Acting CTSO Daniel McGillian Engineering Ofc. Is’Kah Medical Officer Leenaya Edrei Science Officer Skye Shepherd Edit This Nav