Didrik Stennes

Didrik Nikolaj Stennes
USS Drake, USS Columbia, USS Darwin-A, USS Blackwell
236004.15 239612.24
Tromsø, Norway, Earth
Aged	36
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Main Page Service Ribbons Explorer's Ribbon Purple Heart Peacekeeper Service Ribbon Klingon Invasion Ribbon Innovation Ribbon Legion of Merit Prometheus Ribbon Lifesaving Ribbon First Contact Ribbon Galactic War with the Borg Service Medal Awards Pilot's Sextant Sheathed Sword TOSMA Russ Bar Order of the Valiant Heart 1-year Member
In Memoriam

Didrik Nikolaj Stennes is a human starship pilot, tactician and civil servant. Having briefly served as an officer in the Federation Starfleet, Stennes is currently engaged in civilian service as an observer aboard the USS Columbia.

Vital and Physical Statistics

Full Name: Didrik Nikolaj Stennes Race: Human Date of Birth: 236004.15 Place of Birth: Tromsø, Norway, Earth Age: 32 Gender: Male Telepathic status: N/A Height: 181 cm (5' 11) Weight: 108 kg (238 lbs / 17st)

Hair Color: Brown Length of Hair: Short Eye Color: Brown Skin tone: Fair Birthmarks/scars: None Tattoos/Body Modifications: None Build: Husky, solid Voice: Baritone; prefers to speak his native Norwegian; speaks English when circumstances require Handedness: Left

Biography

See Biography of Didrik Stennes.

Personality and Manner

Didrik Stennes' quarters aboard USS Columbia

• Taste in Clothing (when off duty): Prefers a black t-shirt and vest.
• Quarters: Didrik's quarters are located in the saucer (primary) section of the ship, just aft of the main cargo bays on Deck 13. The single-accommodation apartment is approximately 45m² in area. Its open layout is single-room style and, while significantly better outfitted than enlisted or Ensigns' quarters, the residential apartments are not as spacious or well-appointed as quarters assigned to more senior officers. A combined living and working area occupies the majority of the space, with a sofa, a table and chairs, storage shelves, a food replicator, and a workstation equipped with an LCARS computer terminal. A vidscreen is mounted into the aft bulkhead for video communications and entertainment viewing. Against the forward bulkhead is a sleeping alcove with a single berth, and a private bathroom with a toilet, sink and sonic shower. The windows along the starboard side provide a spectacular view of space. Didrik is not a decorator by any definition, and his quarters are often spartan and utilitarian. While he doesn't have much in the way of memento, Didrik does have mounted on the walls in his quarters The Daystrom Award in Biosciences and the J. Bruce Bioengineering Award, given to him by Aron Kells.
• Habits: Nervously adjusts his eyeglasses when unsure what to say or how to act.
• Mannerisms: Loves puns and wordplay
• Religion/Spiritual Devotion: Baptized Church of Norway, not religious in practice
• Hobbies and Pastimes: Hiking, hockey, writing, languages
• Likes: Solitude, wilderness
• Dislikes: Violence, raucous crowds, people who raise their voices
• Ambitions and Goals: To figure out what kind of life he really wants
• Achievements in Life: Graduated from Starfleet Academy
• Disappointments in Life: Unlucky in love
• Temperament: Even, rarely loses his temper
• Mental problems (complexes and phobias): Diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which he refers to as his "alleged PTSD."
• Physical Limitations: Suffers from congenital analgesia and a slight visual impairment. Often wears corrective lenses.

Psychological Profile

Didrik dislikes crowds and raised voices, and avoids them whenever possible. He is an outdoorsman and an explorer, an able hiker and mountaineer. Didrik is fond of wordplay and sarcasm, and will take whatever opportunities he can to make a good-natured quip. While fluent in Federation Standard English, he often configures his combadge to transmit simultaneous translation into Norwegian, mostly because he finds it amusing how the computer so frequently gets it wrong.

Didrik is his harshest critic, and has trouble accepting compliments or taking credit for things he succeeds at. While he shrugs it off as Nordic modesty, he secretly is driven by a desire to fit in and be liked. An average tactician, Didrik has embraced his natural aptitude for Ops and Helm, and is looking for opportunities to grow in that area, rather than sit by and wait for a tactical post to open. When on duty, he prefers to operate the helm manually rather than allow the NavComp to fly the ship. To that end, he has devised a number of unique console layouts that allow him to pilot the ship while monitoring other departments in the absence of an Ops officer on duty.

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.

Relationships

Familial Harald Stennes (Father) Hera Guldbrandsen (Mother) Katarine Stennes-Cavanaugh (Sister) Ulf Stennes (Brother) Tobias Stennes (Brother) Hanne Stennes (Sister) Søren Stennes (Brother)

Professional Solok David Whale

Romantic Elrem Tiro Aron Kells

Service Record

Starfleet Service Record Insignia Rank Date of Entry Posting Assignment Cadet 4th Class 238209.01 Starfleet Academy Cadet Cadet 3rd Class 238309.01 Cadet 2nd Class 238409.01 238412.31 Leave of Absence Cadet 2nd Class 238605.01 Starfleet Academy Cadet Cadet 1st Class 238701.01 238801.01 USS Belgrade NCC-74779 238810.15 Starbase 118 Ensign 238811.13 USS Drake NCC-1987 Helm Officer Lieutenant JG 238904.17 Lieutenant 238910.27 239003.05 Missing in Action 239006.01 Commission Suspended None 239006.15 USS Drake NCC-1987 FAEO Observer 239010.10 Starbase 118 Ops FAEO Observer 239011.01 Leave of Absence None 239206.19 USS Columbia NCC-85279 FDC Observer

Awards and Service Ribbons

Awards and Service Ribbons

Award Name Date/Assignment Citation Pilot's Sextant 238912.31 USS Drake "...Despite his clear skill at the helm of the USS Drake, Lieutenant Didrik Stennes goes to great pains to let us see how the stress and pressure of his job affects his character, and more than that, showing us the difficulty of the job..." See Full Citation Sheathed Sword 238912.31 USS Drake nndb TOSMA 238912.31 USS Drake nndb Service Ribbon Name Date/Assignment Citation Explorer's Ribbon 2389XX.XX USS Drake nndb Purple Heart 2389XX.XX USS Drake nndb Peacekeeper Service Ribbon 2389XX.XX USS Drake nndb Klingon Invasion Ribbon 2389XX.XX USS Drake nndb Explorer's Ribbon 2390XX.XX USS Drake nndb

2388

• Stardate 238812.03: Pilots shuttlecraft Portebelo on away mission to Tellarite orbital facility. Assists in the rescue of four USS Drake crewmembers and makes first contact with an artificial intelligence inhabiting the facility.

2389

Stennes in 2389, recovering from an eye injury

• Stardate 238902.05: USS Drake is pulled into another dimension (referred to as null space) while looking for a lost shuttle carrying Lt. Cmdr. Whale.
• Stardate 238902.26: Commands an away team for the first time. Leads five-person team onto a planet in null space to locate dilithium from a crashed Gorn ship.
• Stardate 238903.04: Suffers a lacerated cornea and resulting globe rupture during a shuttle crash onto a planet in null space.
• Stardate 238903.17: Comes into contact with a DNA-altering condensate endemic to null space.
• Stardate 238903.27: Returns to normal space. Eye injury leaves a minor, but permanent vision impairment. Henceforth uses corrective lenses. Contact with Mist alters genetic makeup, resulting in the inability to feel pain.
• Stardate 238904.17: Promoted to Lieutenant junior grade; awarded Purple Heart ribbon for injuries sustained in null space.
• Stardate 238906.15: Participated in mission to Jektim Imperium.
• Stardate 238907.24: Underwent Marine Search and Rescue training supervised by Major David Whale on Ishkarian shard planet.
• Stardate 238908.27: Briefly becomes phased out of normal space-time while assisting Major Whale and Lieutenant Pandora in activating an ancient Ishkarian sensor relay. Encounters a space-time reality the resident Ishkarians refer to as Karbogi, which the computer somewhat incorrectly translates as Purgatory.
• Stardate 238910.27: Promoted to full Leutenant; awarded the Klingon Invasion Service Ribbon.
• Stardate 238910.30: Enlists the help of Captain Aron Kells of the USS Mercury to rescue the Ishkarians trapped outside of normal space-time. The two begin work on the project via subspace and holoconferencing.
• Stardate 238912.13: The Drake makes contact with a spacefaring species, to whom they give the provisional name Cosmozoa.
• Stardate 238912.21: Taken from the Bridge of the Drake and brought inside the body of the Cosmozoan. Learns to communicate with the species through recalled memories. Discovers the Cosmozoa are hunted for both food and fuel by an unknown alien civilization, and that members of the Cosmozoa were present during the explosion of the Ishkarian homeworld.
• Stardate 238912.31: Received Pilot's Sextant, Sheathed Sword and TOSMA I awards for service in 2389.

2390

• Stardate 238902.28: Upon arrival at the Ishkarian homeworld, is captured and imprisoned by members of The Path, a clandestine terror group seeking to exploit Stennes' unique form of congenital analgesia. His position on the Drake is taken by a genetic copy.
• Stardate 238906.01: Rescued from The Path by Starfleet Intelligence. Arrived at Starbase 118.
• Stardate 238906.12: Evaluated by Starfleet Medical and diagnosed with PTSD. Placed on indefinite leave from active duty.
• Stardate 238906.24: Recruited by the Federation Accountability and Ethics Office as a civilian observer. Assigned to the USS Drake.

2392

• Stardate 238906.19: Posted to USS Columbia as an observer on temporary assignment with the Federation Diplomatic Corps.
• Stardate 238907.10: Assists Columbia's crew in destroying an Iconian gateway on Avronis V, using the artificial singularity from a Romulan power generator.
• Stardate 238907.23: Completes temporary assignment and returns to Starbase 118 unemployed.

Image Gallery

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  Stennes in 2392, in typical civilian dress, aboard USS Columbia

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  Harald Stennes and Hera Guldbrandsen, Didrik Stennes' parents

Miscellany

• Federation Standard pronunciation of Didrik's surname "Stennes" is "STENZ," however the proper Norwegian pronunciation is "STENN-ess."

Quotations

STENNES: That's all any of us can do, I guess. To believe. To choose. They're not really that different from each other, are they?

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Shortly after being excreted into space by a giant cosmozoic lifeform, the bridge crew watches as the brand-new Ensign Wanda DyAmone executes a daring shuttlecraft rescue of two lost officers.
DANZIA: And once this is over, I'm having words with whoever did that.
STENNES: Me too. Where was the daring shuttlecraft rescue option back when I was floating through space inside a piece of poo?

Selected Sims

• The Human Tint (Stardate 238812.20): Didrik meets Aron Kells
• Cameo (Stardate 238903.22): Didrik relives his life, sort of (2389 Top Sims Contest - Round 5 Winner)

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