Hayashi Ichiro
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Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Hayashi Ichiro (Federation Basic: [ha̠ja̠ɕi ʔiˈt͡ʃiɾo]) (he/him) is currently serving as a security investigator aboard the USS Constitution-B. He graduated from the Academy and was posted to Sol Station as a security investigator on Stardate 239905.28. He is a Human from the planet Earth and was born on Stardate 233312.08. He is a widower, previously married to Doctor Adele Källström before her death on Stardate 237601.18.
Statistics
- Full Name: Hayashi Ichiro (Family name first, given name second)
- Other Names: None
- Species: Human
- Gender: Male
- Date of Birth: December 8th, 2334
- Birthplace: Okinawa, Japan, Earth
- Telepathic Status: T0/E0
Appearance
- Height: 187 cm (6’1’’)
- Hair: Black (Graying)
- Eyes: Dark brown
- Build: Average
- Birthmarks/Scars: None
- Handedness: Ambidextrous
- Taste in Clothing (off duty): Likes to dress a bit formally while remaining casual
Personality
Personality Type: ENFJ (Extraverted Intuitive Feeling Judging)
Manners
- Mannerisms: Ichiro is a patient and caring person, able to find the bright side of the worst situations. He is outwardly cheerful and is eager to help people out however he can. He values hard work and can be something of a curmudgeon when it comes to new technology that eliminates that kind of hard work.
- Routines: Ichiro wakes up early and starts every day with a walk around the ship. He tries to keep an active lifestyle, always ready in case he’s called into action as a security officer. While his initial physical training at Starfleet Academy has lapsed somewhat he does his best to maintain readiness.
- Speech Patterns: Ichiro is usually soft-spoken. He has a smooth, calming tone of voice that he rarely exchanges for his more authoritative “law enforcement voice”.
- Carriage and Posture: Has a long stride and carries himself with pride.
Likes and Dislikes
- Favorite Book: A Grief Observed, by C.S. Lewis and Rashōmon and Other Short Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- Favorite Color: Green
- Favorite Food: Pineapple fried rice
- Hobbies: Traveling, reading, watercolor painting, holophotography, swimming, bonsai, chess, baseball, writing detective stories, origami
- Fears: The Jem’Hadar, people losing the old ways of doing things, the darkness some people are capable of
- Pet Peeves: Drunk people and troublemakers on his posting, security officers without any brains
- Religious Affiliation: Buddhist
Quarters and Workspaces
- Quarters: Ichiro has quarters on the starboard side of Deck 16 on the USS Constitution-B. He has decorated his quarters with photos of his family (especially his sons), a few bonsai trees that he has cultivated, a bust of Valur (the “Vulcan Sherlock Holmes”), and a large landscape painting of the Presidio of San Francisco.
- Security Complex: Ichiro’s main workspace aboard the Constitution is the main security complex on Deck 28.. He handles routine security work when there aren’t ongoing investigations and helps keep everything organized and cared for in the complex.
- Forensic Lab: When forensic work is required, Ichiro takes over a medical science lab on Deck 12 near the morgue as a place to conduct forensic analysis and testing that would be inappropriate or unfeasible to conduct in the security complex.
Prized Possessions
- Zori Sandals: Handmade zori sandals that are his go-to comfort footwear at home off-duty.
- Bonsai Tools: A series of trays and gardening tools used for growing and cultivating bonsai trees to display in his quarters.
- Pike City Pioneer Signed Baseball: A baseball signed by the 2372 Pike City Pioneers, left behind by Casper, kept on a shelf in Ichiro’s Quarters.
- Memory Book: Large leather-bound photo album documenting the travels of the Hayashi family.
- Ise and Casper’s Combadges: A pair of combadges from Ise and Casper, kept in a simple wooden reliquary box.
- Federation Cross: 2370s Federation Cross medal still kept in the case that it was originally delivered in. Awarded to Ise posthumously for conspicuous gallantry in battle against an enemy of the Federation at risk of loss of life or limb.
- Quartz Wrist Mala: A bracelet of quartz prayer beads worn around the wrist, used to count recitations of mantra and prayers. Usually worn under the sleeve of Ichiro’s uniform.
History
Family Background
The Hayashi family had lived on the Japanese island of Okinawa for seven generations, owning an expansive farm near the coast that grew sugar cane, pineapples, and a variety of other fruits and vegetables. Ichiro was the second child of Hayashi Munemori and his wife Aishun. Munemori was a farmer all his life, always looking back to a preferred past that valued tradition and hard work. Meanwhile, Aishun was a distant cousin of the Sato family of United Earth fame and was always looking to a brighter future and new horizons to explore. These two competing interests would have a strong influence on Ichiro’s values and mindset as he grew up.
Childhood
From an early age, Ichiro worked on the family farm. He woke up near dawn and would help his father and brother care for the crops. Ichiro helped build structures and pick fruits and vegetables. He also helped his father to repair a few of the simple machines his father (reluctantly) allowed to be used on the family’s farm. He learned the value of hard work and doing things the old-fashioned way, growing up without replicators, holosuites, and other modern conveniences. But he didn’t want to be a farmer forever.
Ichiro would sneak out of the farmhouse at night and climb up into a tree and look up at the stars above. Limited light pollution left the sky clear and gave a great view of the cosmos above, including the bright twinkling lights of Starfleet ships and orbital installations. He knew that, someday, he would explore every star.
Federation Constable
Eager to explore the whole wide galaxy, Ichiro signed up with Federation Security as a constable as soon as he was eligible. His first assignment was to the New Paris colony, where he was quickly put to work investigating what turned out to be sabotage of the colony by a Cardassian agent. During the early stages of the Federation-Cardassian War, his assignments changed frequently. These assignments included two outer colonies, Mars, Andoria, and Grazer III. His accolades included being wounded in the line of duty twice times and providing security at an event for Federation Councilor and future Federation President Jaresh-Inyo which nearly descended into a riot on Grazer III. He was on track to be an investigator and potential future director, but an assignment to Luna in early 2354.
Love at First Sight
While spending time in a bar in Armstrong City, Ichiro met former Starfleet brat Adele Källström. Her parents had both disappeared on assignment during the Federation-Cardassian War, leaving her in the care of her aunt. Now an adult, she had been looking for a direction in life and shared the constable’s desire to explore. During the rest of his brief tour, he spent lots of time with Adele and they got to know each other. Adele was finishing her undergraduate studies at Gemini University and couldn’t follow when Ichiro got a new assignment.
Ichiro, meanwhile, had found one of the things that he had been looking for out there. Someone to travel with. So, he retired from Federation Security and waited for Adele to earn her degree. After that, the two went on a series of trips across the quadrant. In 2354 they had a destination wedding on Risa. Their first son, Ise, was born the next year. Another son, Casper, was born in 2357. The couple split their time between their home in San Francisco and the Hayashi family farm in Okinawa.
Not wanting to travel with very young children, Adele took advantage of the opportunity of stability to apply to the Carrington Medical School in San Francisco. She was accepted and started her coursework there, leaving Ichiro as the primary caretaker of their sons during the day.
Family Man
He felt being a father came naturally, teaching his young sons the importance of helping around the house and instilling in them a deep curiosity about the world around them. During Adele’s time in medical school, Ichiro was also finally able to meet Mrs. Greta Källström. Her ship had been caught in a spatial anomaly, but survivors were eventually discovered and were able to return home, including Ichiro’s mother-in-law. She moved in with the family for her first few years back on Earth to get reacclimated to modern life.
Adele earned her medical degree in 2363 and decided to celebrate with their first major trip as a family. Ichiro, Adele, Ise, and Casper’s first trip was to the garden planet Demeter VII. Future trips would take them to Qo’noS, Bajor, Trill, Vulcan, Casperia Prime, Starbase 118, and Cait among other places. These major trips usually took place at least once a year. Between those vacations. Adele worked at a hospital in Tokyo while Ichiro took a job as a detective with the Okinawa Prefectural Police. Crimes were infrequent but did provide some insight into criminal behavior. Especially crimes of passion once most material wants were satisfied.
Ise wanted to follow in his mother’s footsteps and applied to the Tokyo Academy of Medicine once he was able. He had always been a bright and inquisitive child and had read through many of his mother’s old medical textbooks in the family’s library at least once if not twice. Casper, meanwhile, was very loud and adventurous. He was always getting into trouble and showed a lot more interest in doing than reading. In high school, Casper became quite skilled at baseball and was considering the route of being a professional athlete. Both of their lives would change in 2374.
Loss
The Dominion War shook Earth like nothing since the Borg incident. Ise and Casper, feeling a deep sense of patriotism, both decided to enlist in Starfleet. Ise dropped out of his medical school program to join along with his younger brother. Ise became a field medic and Casper was an infantryman in the Starfleet Marines. Both of them were quickly deployed to help with the mounting Starfleet losses. Ichiro and Adele were very proud of their boys and their selfless service to the United Federation Planets.
That changed in late 2374. During one of several attempts to retake Betazed, Ise and Casper’s units were attacked by Jem’Hadar occupying forces. Casper was killed in Ohmallera while trying to drive the Dominion forces from a section of the city. Ise died by Houdini subspace mine while trying to evacuate an injured officer later that same day just outside of Ohmallera. A team of Starfleet officers arrived at the Hayashi farm to deliver the news as well as a Federation Cross awarded posthumously to Ise. However, their remains were not retrieved and returned to Earth until the end of the war in 2375.
Adele never recovered, and spent the next year trying to process what happened. She left the house for a walk on the evening of Stardate 237601.18. She was discovered on the edge of the island a few days later, having fallen off a cliff edge onto the rocks below. Whether it was accidental or intentional could not be determined.
Ichiro, now alone with his grief, found various ways of coping with it. He traveled to Betazed and other Federation worlds affected by the war and documented reconstruction efforts for the Federation New Service until 2379. After that, he became very active with the Federation Service Org, a volunteer civilian service dedicated to supporting members of Starfleet and their families. The group started as a group of daredevil pilots delivering care packages and items from home to troops on the front line during the Dominion War. From those humble origins, it expanded its services to support Starfleet members as well as their families, especially families who could not join their loved ones in the field. He supervised networking events for Starfleet families on Earth, helped organize tours by musicians and other entertainers at far-flung Starfleet postings, and helped in a pilot program to use holocommunicators to give Starfleet officers an opportunity to be more present on the home front while deployed. In 2392 he moved to Starbase 118 and opened a small studio in the Ashalla District of the station’s Commercial Sector to showcase his watercolor art.
None of his new solo travels provided him with what he was looking for. He applied to Starfleet Academy in 2395, wanting to serve the Federation the way his sons wanted to before their careers (and lives) were cut tragically short.
A New Beginning in Starfleet
Ichiro entered Starfleet Academy in his 60s, not that he was going to let his age slow him down. He’d always kept in good shape and was confident that he would easily make it to 130. He majored in security and earned a minor in biology that would build on his existing forensic knowledge. He considered many of his fellow security cadets to be too focused on combat and action. While important parts of the job, he considered investigative skills and using his head over his phaser critical to being a good security officer.
After graduating, he joined the Criminal Investigative Division of Starfleet Security and moved between various postings wherever there was need for an investigator. Ichiro maintained full readiness and was frequently performing the duties of a normal security officer. But he focused on tasks requiring deeper investigation, either as part of the posting’s main mission or routine crimes committed at a posting. He broke up a ring of Ferengi pickpockets on the promenade of Deep Space 26 and solved a murder that arose from a case of infidelity aboard the USS Charleston. He was transferred to the USS Constitution-B just before Frontier Day after the ship encountered a series of mysteries that could benefit from a skilled investigator.
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Starfleet Records
Service History and Service Ribbons
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Cadet First Class | 239905.28 | Graduated Starfleet Academy | Security Cadet |
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Ensign | 239905.28 - 239911.11 | Sol Station | Security Investigator |
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Ensign | 239911.11 - 240005.19 | Deep Space 26 | Security Investigator |
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Ensign | 240005.19 - 240101.13 | Starbase 118 | Security Investigator |
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Lieutenant (Junior Grade) | 240101.13 - 240107.25 | USS Charleston | Security Investigator |
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Lieutenant (Junior Grade) | 240107.25 - Present | USS Constitution-B | Security Investigator |
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