Chythar Skyfire
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Lieutenant JG Chythar Skyfire is the assistant chief medical officer serving aboard the USS Garuda.
Statistics and Appearance
- Full Name: Chythar Daniel Skyfire
- Race: Human
- DoB: 236207.06
- Gender: Male
- Height: 5'5"
- Weight: 65 kilos
- Hair Color: Blonde
- Length of Hair: Short, typically 4.5" and slicked back with water.
- Eye Color: Green
- Skin Tone: White
- Birthmarks, Scars: None
- Serial Number: DC-981-851
- Build: Slim and muscular
- Face: Typically serious, though when he jokes he does so with a poker-face being completely sarcastic while the situation isn't funny
- Mouth: Usually closed, though with a tendency to smile if he's on to something.
- Arms: His hands are more calloused than the rest, due to working with his armor projects.
- Carriage: Carries himself with an air of mirth, runs in case of emergency.
- Poses (Hands/Gestures, Feet/Legs, Torso/Head):
- Fidgets with a pencil if he's bored
- bounces knee when stressed
- tilts head sideways to the right when listening intently
- Taste in Clothing (when off duty): Blue jeans and a black tank top
- Shoes (When Off Duty): Combat boots
- Handedness: Right
- Telepathic Status: T2/E2, intermittent. Slightly stronger connection with Sal Taybrim because of the connection they share.
Manner
- Quarters: Typically kept tidy, except for the desk. You'll find a few pairs of pliers, some leather work gloves, and an incomplete chainmail project. A couple of wire coils sit at the base of the desk. A bookshelf lines one wall, a couple of books on it: Dante's Inferno, The Odyssey and Iliad Unabridged, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Over the desk is a crude-looking drawing of the Counselor badge with a circle and slash similar to a no smoking sign. There are three, though one only has half a slash through it with Sal's name in it.
- Favorite Room: His quarters.
- Habits:
- Reading books
- chewing on pencils
- Mannerisms:
- When hyperfocused tends to talk fast and in another language.
- Chythar handles stress differently than most linguists. He creates a cipher that he distributes to his friends -- and depending on what language the letter is written in determines what point in his stress level he's at. One would have to know him well enough to comprehend this cryptic tactic first. Subconsciously, he may not realize he's writing in a 'panic' language' until told by the person who received his letter.
- CD tries to focus on literature during his time off, and occasionally makes obscure literary references to things like Dante's Inferno when he's stressed. Sometimes will lapse into another language while making one of said references.
- Religion/Spiritual Devotion: Follower of Ceiling Cat.
- Hobbies and Pastimes:
- Making chainmail
- reading.
- Likes:
- Chainmail
- Reading
Chythar off duty, reading a book - Jokes
- Socializing
- Dislikes
- Being by himself when there are conversations to be had
- Ambitions: Maybe one day, a command position.
- Goals: None at present.
- Achievements in Life:
- Surviving Med school.
- Surviving Starfleet Academy.
- Disappointments in Life:
- Never being able to spend time with his mother.
- Pressure under fire. He still feels the trauma from freezing during med school.
- Temperment: Fairly mild mannered, usually only gets angry when he's stressed. If someone consistently asks "How's it coming?" when he's working on a project, he may lapse into another language as a coping method.
- Mental problems (complexes and phobias):
- Mediocre self-esteem/inferiority complex: He pulls it together when his life or the life of his crew is threatened and tries harder than he needs to. His issue stems mostly from not being able to fit in or find friends.
- Never talks about his family, due to not having them anymore.
- Asperger's Syndrome. He never talks about it.
- Loneliness complex -- doesn't find friends easily, has a harder time making friends.
- Has trust issues with counselors, because soon as he finds one he likes, they usually disappear.
- Physical Limitations: None
Chythar Before Starfleet
Born on Earth, raised going to public schools by his father. Calvin did his best to raise the boy after his birth. Captain Skyfire did what she could to raise the boy before she was recalled to negotiate peace on Romulus when Chythar was 12.
As a result of going to public school, Chythar's interest in science became an obsession. He decided many of the hard sciences interested him: xenobiology, linguistics, and chemistry. By the time he was old enough to enter University of Washington at age 18, he focused primarily on chemistry and linguistics. His adaptability at languages was sophisticated enough that he was able to speak fluently in Greek, Chinese, Latin, Russian, and Hebrew. Captain Skyfire remained on Romulus until the planet was destroyed. Prior to his years at Starfleet, he grew up loving to read anatomy books and spent a good deal of time thinking about what would happen if he ever joined the academy to take after his mother.
Once he graduated high school, he took it upon himself to head to University of Washington where he graduated as an MD. It wasn't until much later that he even realized he wanted to become a medic; namely after meeting and interacting with Ryoji Chibitsu, who knew Chythar better than the lad knew himself.
Chythar spent the next 4 years at Starfleet, working on his science major and two specializations: Xenobiology and Medicine. When he graduated from Starfleet, it was the last time he sees his father as he leaves the nest to go exploring.
The fact he is in Starfleet now is almost ironic, given how much he hates Starfleet Command for robbing him of his mother's time. She died while on a Starfleet assignment, so he feels conflicted between his addiction to work in medicine and his duty to the uniform.
Languages Known
Terran
- Greek
- Chinese
- Hebrew
- Latin
- Russian
- English
- Gaelic. much like his Japanese, he doesn't admit he knows it.
- Japanese. He'll never admit openly to knowing Japanese, but he writes in it occasionally.
Non Terran Languages
- Klingon
Relationships
See Full Article Relationships
Service Record and Professional History
See Full Article Professional History
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Abbreviated Timeline
- 238902.17 - Graduated Starfleet Academy
- 238902.17 - 230908.09 Assigned to StarBase 118 Ops
- 238908.09 - Assigned to USS Excalibur-A
- 239012.08 -- Received promotion to Lt. JG and several awards bestowed by Fleet Captain Kalianna Nicholotti after Pythia's Tale
- Legion of Merit
- Medical Science
- Joint Meritorious Unit
- Gateway Ribbon
- Lifesaver Ribbon
- 239012.23 - Awarded Genesis Badge bestowed by Fleet Captain Kalianna Nicholotti
- 239105.04 - Presented by Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Livingston following Strange New Worlds
- First Contact
- Explorer's Ribbon
- 239105.07 - Befriends 1st Lieutenant Debra Cross. Beginning of romantic relationship.
- 239105.08 - Confesses brotherly love towards Sal Taybrim.
- 239106.14 - Receives transfer orders to the USS Garuda
- 239107.28 - Receives promotion to Assistant Chief Medical Officer on the USS Garuda
- 239108.02 - Receives Silver Lifesaving Ribbon and Diplomacy Ribbon for his part in the mission.
Mission History
Missions on Starbase 118: Operations
Missions on the U.S.S. Excalibur-A
- Pythia's Tale (2013 Summer Blockbuster) -- Ensign Skyfire's Report
- Strange New Worlds
Missions on the U.S.S. Garuda
Awards and Service Ribbons
- For award descriptions, see: Awards and Service Ribbons
| Award/Ribbon | Name | RP Exerpt | Stardate | Posting | Presented By |
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The Gateway Ribbon | Chythar Skyfire, for participating in an event that uncovered an Iconian gateway during our last mission, I hereby present you with the Gateway Ribbon. For your miracle now known as the The Skyfire Cure, I present you with the Medical Science Ribbon. I also award you the Legion of Merit for this accomplishment. You saved an entire planet, and perhaps more. ::She paused a moment, letting that sink in before continuing.:: For your work with our Romulan counterparts, I present you with the Joint Meritorious Unit Award. And for saving lives in the line of duty, I present you with the Lifesaving Ribbon. | 239012.08 | USS Excalibur-A | Fleet Captain Kalianna Nicholotti |
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Medical Science Ribbon | ||||
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Legion of Merit | ||||
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Joint Meritorious Unit | ||||
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Lifesaving Ribbon | ||||
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Explorer's Ribbon | For your part in exploring this new region, and for participating in our discovery of three previously unknown races, you are hereby awarded the Explorer’s Ribbon and the First Contact Ribbon. Congratulations. | 239105.04 | Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Livingston | |
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First Contact Ribbon | ||||
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Silver Lifesaving Ribbon | [...] Chythar Skyfire will receive Silver Lifesaving Ribbons; these recognize the doctors' important actions in saving the lives of fellow Starfleet officers. [...] I would like to recognize all officers active in the mission to Pleethion with the Diplomacy Ribbon. | 239108.02 | USS Garuda | Captain Cassandra Egan Manno |
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Diplomacy Ribbon |
Gallery
Left to Right: Skyfire, Morgan, Folds -- Medical Team of the USS Excalibur A
Skyfire's Excalibur ID
A chainmail dice pouch
Ensign Chythar Skyfire
Skyfire's Garuda ID
Skyfire in his "service jacket" with an Ops 118 patch on one sleeve and Excalibur-A patch on the other
Skyfire's portrait for the NetFlix Original Series USS Garuda
Notes
Note: Not related in any way to the Vulcan/Terran Captain Skyfire.
References
Science Department and Major [1]
Academy Departments [2]
Lower Decks Interview: The Skyfire Cure [3] -- Note: Before transfer to the USS Garuda
USS Garuda Opening Credits Music Video [4] by Lt. Commander Roshanara Rahman
Skyfire Cure -- Link to his report on the Skyfire Cure
-- Series of posters created by Roshanara Rahman for a Netflix Original Series
NPC Listing · USS Garuda Crew Manifest · Crew History
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