John Valdivia
Ensign John Valdivia is currently serving as a Science Officer aboard the USS Victory.
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| John Valdivia | ||
| Position | Science Officer | |
| Rank | Ensign | |
| Species | Human | |
| Gender | Male | |
| DOB | 236305.25 | |
| Age | 38 | |
| Birthplace | New Berlin, Luna | |
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Appearance
- Height: 1'88m
- Weight: 82kg
- Hair: Black
- Eyes: Dark brown
- Facial hair: Light beard
Relationships
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John Valdivia served with Raj Blueheart during all the time he was aboard Discovery. They became great friends, and Blueheart was always the emotional part Valdivia barely had, between the two keeping the balance between rationality and emotion. During his retirement, Valdivia kept in contact with Raj Blueheart, who was the person that convinced him to go back to starfleet.
Personal History
His was a modest family in the lunar colony of New Berlin. His father had one of the artificial farms, which was owned by his family since almost the 22th century. Although he was supposed to become a farmer as his father and brother, the fact that Adam would inherit the farm allowed John to start studying at the academy.
His family did not understand him, but they accepted he liked studying, and wanted to be in Starfleet, and they helped him with no problems more than a little argument from time to time.
Now that he is finally doing what he wanted to do, his family is still sad that he did not want to work in the farm, but they are happy that he succeeded in what he wanted, and he keeps good relations with them.
Starfleet History
He joined Starfleet on 2386, and was posted on the USS Discovery-B. He served there as Science Officer, as Chief of Operations, and later as Chief Science Officer, post that he kept on the USS Discovery-C
On 239002.27 he retired from starfleet to lead the scientific project codenamed Mainardi (cf Academic History). He rejoined starfleet later on, in 2392.
An explicit service record can be found later on this page.
Academic History
He majored in mathematics, while also studying computer science and astrophysics, and while yet on Starfleet Academy he parallely started a PhD program on the Regulus III Science Academy, on Virtual Intelligence and programming algorithm for ship computers, advised by Doctor Tabris. He was posted to Discovery, where he continued his PhD studies with practical problems, and was finally granted the title of Doctor (cum Laude) on 238808.01.
After that, his research interests moved a bit, to the study of warp fields, and joined the research group on Differential Geometry. He used his skills on computer science to solve the problem of solving the Codazzi-Mainardi equations for different warp field configurations for a ship.
After two years on the project, Doctor Valdivia was offered the direction of the Mainardi program, focused on building an actual prototype, so he left Starfleet and stayed in Regulus III.
On 239201.11, after officially handing the Mainardi project to the engineering division, once the mathematical part was over and the rest was building the ship itself, he decided to return to Starfleet, while still being part of the Mainardi research group, from a distance.
Personality traits
He is introverted, and has a noticeable lack of social abilities, mainly because he loves speaking about mathematics or physics and that makes other people reticent to speaking with him. He often feels frustrated when someone doesn't seem to be able to follow his reasoning, but he accepts that he would not be able to follow a conversation about Earth politics, so he understands that everyone has his own field of excellence. He is an expert programmer, and has his own file of updated ship commands that he uploads for his personal computers.
Giving more importance to his academic career over his starfleet one, he prefers to use the "doctor" over his rank, whenever possible. For the same reason, he is not eager to ascend in ranks and take further responsabilities that would keep him away from his research interests.
Service History
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| Insignia | Rank | Dates | Posting | Assignment |
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Cadet First Class | 238605.17 | Graduated Starfleet Academy | - |
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Ensign | 238605.17 - 238610.26 | USS Discovery-B | Science Officer |
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Lieutenant JG | 238610.26 - 238702.08 | USS Discovery-B | Chief of Operations |
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Lieutenant | 238702.08 - 238808.27 | USS Discovery-B | Chief Science Officer |
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Lieutenant Commander | 238808.27 - 239002.27 | USS Discovery-C | Chief Science Officer |
| Retired | 239002.27 - 239201.21 | - | - | |
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Cadet First Class | 239201.21 - 239201.27 | Graduated Starfleet Academy | - |
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Ensign | 239201.27 - present | USS Victory | Science Officer |
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