James

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere ." - Prof. Carl Sagan

Crew of Deep Space 285

Lt. Commander James

ZP - 314 - 159 Rank: Lt. Commander Station: Deep Space 285 Position: First Officer Species: Terran / Vulcan Gender: Male Age: 34 DoB: 236704.30 Birthplace: Shi'Kahr, Vulcan Main • Sims Personal History • Medical Record School Report • Academy Record Awards & Service Ribbons Starfleet Academy Graduate Ribbon Featured Nominee Defense of Temporal Flow Ribbon Featured Bio Neelix Award TOSMA 1-year Member Good Conduct Ribbon Purple Heart Diplomacy Ribbon User Page

Lt. JG James, a Terran/Vulcan. is an Engineering Officer aboard the USS Drake and has previously served as a Com/Ops officer aboard the USS Discovery-C. He took Com/Ops as a Minor in order to better learn the systems he'd some day have to repair.

Stats

• Full Name: James
• Current Rank: Lt. JG
• Date of Birth: 236904.30
• Place of Birth: Shi'Kahr, Vulcan
• Telepathic status: Weak, erratic T5
• Languages: Vulcan, Federation Standard, Klingon, Romulan
• Security Code: James-Tau-8-5-3

Appearance

• Height: 2.2m
• Weight: 75kg
• Hair Color: Black
• Length of Hair: Slightly longer than logic would usually dictate
• Eye Color: Blue
• Skin Tone: Light pink, slight green cast
• Birthmarks, Scars: None
• Build: Hefty enough to easily carry equipment, but it is obvious that he spent more time studying than exercising.
• Face: Not typically Vulcan
• Eyes: Almond shaped
• Mouth: Virtually expressionless.
• Poses (Hands/Gestures, Feet/Legs, Torso/Head): Similar to the military 'at ease' stance
• Taste in Clothing (when off duty): When in public basically what he usually wears on duty, but with a more plain shirt. On his own however, Jeans and a old replicated movie shirt. Recently, James has started to wear Vulcan Robes over jeans in some public situations.
• Shoes: Safety boots
• Voice: Deep but not very. Very level, almost disinterested, during normal situations.
• Handedness: Ambidextrous

Manner

• Habits: Pauses before speaking
• Mannerisms: Very impassive
• Religion/Spiritual Devotion: Atheist
• Hobbies and Pastimes: Terran history - particularly 20th century -, using and maintaining old computers and reading
• Likes: Order, Computers, Logic
• Dislikes: Crowds, Transporters
• Ambitions and Goals: To advance ranks in Starfleet and one day be able to maintain a ship like the ones he idolized in youth.
• Achievements in Life: Entered Starfleet a year early.
• Disappointments in Life: Not being initially appointed to Engineering when he left the Academy, although he is glad he was appointed to the Discovery.
• Temperment: Very calm in the majority of situations. It is very hard to get him to show emotion, except in certain situations. Out of work, James will show a higher level of emotion although it is still relatively tame.
• Mental problems (complexes and phobias):
  • Hemophobia
• Physical Limitations: Slightly weaker than your average Vulcan.

Beliefs

While having been raised on the teachings of Surak, he is not the most adamant follower. Perhaps due to the influence of his mother, he views logical as a powerful tool and Surak's teachings as more of an instruction manual for it. Consistently there are times where another tool is necessary or the instruction manual needs to be ignored. As a result socially, he behaves far more emotionally than most Vulcans, although still far less than most other species as emotion is a far more suited tool there. Additionally, he will occasionally apply logic to Surak's teachings (For instance by justifying withholding information from the DTI on the Drake's temporal activities as the needs of the many who may be put into danger by revealing their existence outway his need, as a one, to not lie). This leaves him somewhat in the middle of being a follower of Surak and not following him.

Family Tree

Sousuke Nakamura

Elizabeth Nakamura

Satel

Kawarda

Kaname Nakamura

S'bok

James

Relationships

Pre-Academy

S'bok - James' Father. Growing up he did not see as much of him as he would have liked too, however that has caused no resentment. Despite his unavailability, or perhaps as a result of it, S'bok took great efforts to be a good Father and teacher to his son.
Kaname Nakamura - James' Mother. She is directly responsible for James love for all things electrical due in part to the exposure he received from her job in the Daystrom Institute. As a result he had large access to old tech growing up. Behind that his Mother is also one of the few friends he had growing up and is still, in his mind, his greatest teacher.
Admiral Sousuke Nakamura - James' Maternal Grandfather and a retired naval Admiral. James can still clearly remember his old story's of life on the sea. While the federation's navy was mostly for historical purposes by this point, Sousuke still described it with passion. This probably had influence on James' decision to join Starfleet. Sousuke also taught James how to play several card games, despite his parents objections and, although indirectly, how to curse like a sailor in several different languages!
Elizabeth Nakamura - James' Maternal Grandmother. James would often spend time with her on Earth while his Mother and Father where away on business. After Sousuke's death she withdrew into herself somewhat.
Satel - James' paternal grandfather. Until his Death when James was 13 years old, James would sometimes spend time living with him while his parents where away. James always thought he looked sad, despite his logical exterior, perhaps because his his wife's passing some 30 years before James' birth. James would usually spend his visits playing games of logic, such as chess or when James was older Kal-Toh, or meditating. In fact James can probably trace back much of his Vulcan cultural knowledge to his Grandfather.

Academy

Ezri Otner - A unjoined trill and James roommate for much of James time in the academy. Due to James somewhat antisocial nature she was probably the only relationship he formed during these years and even that was one of necessity owing to her position as his roommate.

USS Discovery-C

Telice Shagan - James and Shagan where both on the same cadet cruse. They where quite surprised to see each other on the Discovery. Despite spending a year together, they did not know each other that well. Recently, James and Telice have reconciled their differences due to Telice's mistrust of Vulcans after a bad experience with a ambassador and now consider each other friends.
Jorus Cogud - James hardly knows Cogud, but he is intrigued by him and is interested in getting to know him better. He was also a direct co-worker, as Helmsman to James who then worked on Com/Ops.
Tom Westerbridge - James only really knows Tom after from their disastrous Night out. Despite this James would like to know him better after all he was one of the few who mostly kept their cool that night...
Kieran Collim - Girlfriend (at the time) of Telice Shagan. He mostly knows her through Telice, however he considers her a friend having spent shore leave with her and Telice in the past. During James' first shore leave on the Drake, James met back up with Kieran on SB118 to catch up. Unfortunately, it was interrupted by a call from James' XO David Whale, ordering James to a breifing.

USS Drake

Pandora - James direct boss in Engineering. James is ever so slightly fascinated in the fact that she is an Android and very much appreciates working with another logical being. Due to James' work in AI he also very much appreciates just how complex Pandora is as a program, if only he could get a look at it...
Wanda DyAmone - James met Wanda when they split into two teams from the away team in the Back to the Future mission. Tensions where high yet Wanda still seemed to mostly remain mostlly logical and insightful, which earned James' respect. In many ways she also reminds him of his friend Telice. Recently the two spent some time together socially and have become friends.

Quarters

• USS Discovery-C - Ensign & Lt. JG : Deck 8, Section 10, Compartment 2.
• USS Drake - Ensign & Lt. JG: Drake Deck 6 Section 3 Compartment 141.

Backstory

James was born in the city of Shi'Kahr, Vulcan on the 30th of April 2369. His Father is a Physicist named S'bok, who is half-Vulcan and his mother is a Terran computer programmer called Kaname Nakamura. He was named after his great-grandfather Admiral Nakamura (not Starfleet).

His childhood was mostly spent studying. Even from a young child he wanted nothing more than to succeed academically, and that he did. At the age of 11 he passed the Kahs-Wan and was admitted into the Shi'kahr Academy. The next 5 years of his life are not practically fond times for James and is part of the reason why is emotional shell is so dense. James was mercilessly teased by his fellow students due to his 'impure' heritage. Regularly he was told that "I have noted many resemblances between your Mother and an Earth rodent of the subfamily Cricetinae, while my nose, which is ten times stronger than that of a human, could not fail to detect around your Father a powerful odor of plants in the genus Sambucus." and that "You are so deficient in intellect, that when instructed to bring back a fruit-filled baked pastry, you search for a rational sum for the ratio of the circumference of a circular area to that of a straight segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circumference.".

Photo from a family trip to the Great T'Kala Sea.

By 2385 James had graduated from Shi'kahr with honours. He entred Starfleet Academy a year early taking Engineering as his major and Com/Ops as his minor. He took Com/Ops in order to have a better understanding of the systems he'd someday have to repair. In 2389 he finally graduated from Starfleet Academy and joined the USS Discovery-C as a Com/Ops officer. By 2390 he had transfered to the USS Drake as an Engineering Officer.

More information can be found at James-Personal History

Educational History

• Passed Kahs-Wan at age 11.
• Left Shi'kahr Academy with honours.
• Joined Starfleet Academy

During James' years in Shi'kahr Academy James was academically exceptional in certain areas such as Physics, although this is perhaps more due to exposure to James' fathers work than anything else. He was though without doubt skilled at problem solving. Perhaps in contrast to his academic achievements was his physical and social ones. As already mentioned, James did not do well socially at school facing ridicule from some of his classmates due to his mixed heritage. As for his physical achievements they can be best summed up by the words of his teacher to his mother, "James is certainly... Trying".

For more information on James' time in Shi'kahr Academy his School Report is available from the Library Computer Access and Retrieval System.

In the Academy James particularly enjoyed studying Artificial Intelligence and Warp Drives, receiving high marks in both areas. In contrast James did not enjoy or show much skill for Diplomacy causing more confusion and irritation than understanding. The same issues existed in Introduction to Starship Combat, due to James' reluctance towards physical activity. When it came to elected credits James chose to once again play his strengths opting for more subjects related to computers and warp mechanics. James found the Vibrations and Waves course in particular to be very challenging, if not somewhat fun. This did however lead to James' only disciplinary for creating a large electromagnet in his quarters. It did however get him full marks in his Electromagnetics and Applications project.

For more information on James' time in Starfleet Academy his Academy Record is available from the Library Computer Access and Retrieval System.

Professional History

• Date Graduated from Academy: 238906.18
• Current Rank: Lt. JG
• Current Assignment: USS Drake
• Duty Post: Engineering

Starfleet Service Record Insignia Rank Dates Posting Assignment Ensign 238906.18 - 238907.15 USS Discovery-C Com/Ops Officer Lieutenant (JG) 238907.15 - 239002.07 Ensign 239002.07 - 239006.21 USS Drake Engineering Officer Lieutenant (JG) 239006.21 - Present

Awards & Commendations

See list of awards and service ribbons.

Awards & Commendations Award/Ribbon Name Stardate Posting Bio contest 'Featured Nominee' 238908.01 USS Discovery-C Defense of Temporal Flow Ribbon 239006.21 USS Drake

Timeline

1. 236904.30: James is born.
2. 238906.18: James graduates from Starfleet Academy.
3. 238906.18: James is assigned to the USS Discovery-C.
4. 238907.15: James is promoted to Lt. JG.
5. 238907-239002: Unknown
6. 239002.07: James is assigned to the USS Drake.
7. 239006.21: James is promoted to Lt. JG.

Notable Sims

• USS Discovery-C - The Race: James exhibits a certain willingness to bend rules if necessary to save lives.
• USS Discovery-C - JP-JAMES/SHAGAN: What happened on stardate 237602.19: James and Telice chat about the past. It is reviled that their pasts had already intersected.
• USS Discovery-C - Meditation: James gives Raj Blueheart a lesson on Vulcan mediatation.
• USS Drake - Like a fish in water: The first real test of James' engineering skills.