Sabina Tiam

Lieutenant Sabina Tiam is currently serving as an Intelligence Officer aboard StarBase 118 Ops.

Starbase 118 Ops
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Sabina Tiam
Position	Intelligence Officer
Rank	Lieutenant
Species	Betazoid
Gender	Female
DOB	236511.18
Age	36
Birthplace	Ritva, Betazed
Academy Transcript • Medical Record Awards & Service Ribbons Legion of Merit Captain's Commendation

Vitals

• Full Name: Sabina Tiam
• Race: Betazoid
• Date of Birth: 236511.18
• Place of Birth: Ritva, Betazed
• Age: 26
• Gender: Female
• Height: 5'3"
• Weight: 130
• T/E: T4/E4

Appearance

Sabina Off Duty

• Hair Color: Black
• Length of Hair: Mid back with bangs
• Eye Color: Blue, artificial
• Skin Tone: Alabaster
• Birthmarks, Scars: None
• Tattoos: One large, watercolor tattoo spanning from the mid ribs to the mid thigh on her right side. It depicts several flowers native to Betazed.
• Build: Strong, curvy
• Face: Diamond shaped with defined cheek bones
• Eyes: Narrow
• Mouth: Shapely, but often tense
• Carriage: Sabina moves with a constant awareness of her body. She is graceful but rarely relaxed.
• Poses: In meetings, Sabina will lean back in her chair while listening intently. She can look fairly calculating at times. She likes to use furniture in less than conventional ways. Things like sitting backwards on a chair, or on top of a bar are not uncommon for her.
• Taste in Clothing (when off duty): Catsuits paired with long flowing outwear usually made of lightweight fabric. She typically also wears elaborate necklaces, bracelets and rings when going to events or get togethers.
• Shoes: Sabina refuses to wear heels, causing her lack of height to be quite apparent. Something about growing up in nature and being barefooted most of the time left her with a tolerance for little more than sandals. On duty, she does begrudgingly handle wearing flat duty boots.
• Voice: She speaks with a melodic accent marked mostly by prominent open vowel sounds.
• Handedness: Right

Personal Profile

• Quarters: Sabina keeps her quarters tidy. Her personal belongings are limited to a few important things like her hula hoops and a few art pieces. She also keeps a small meditation alter in her living space that features candles, crystals from home and small figures in the shape of characters from Betazoid mythology.
• Favorite Room: Bedroom. On long assignments she brings her own, very plush, bedding. Everything is done in dark purple and silver.
• Religion/Spiritual Devotion: Sabina practices a Betazoid spiritually that includes beliefs in multiple deities as well as spirits called Karawati.
• Hobbies and Pastimes: To stay active, and out of a love of performance, Sabina practices hoop dancing as well as aerial silks. She worked consistently in San Francisco with a local aerial arts studio where she became quite proficient at the hobby.

Hobbies and Pastimes

• Likes:
  • Dance and Music
  • Meditation
  • Water
• Dislikes:
  • Losing
  • Rigidity
  • Intolerance
  • Ground Combat Situations
• Ambitions and Goals: Sabina hopes to become an accomplished diplomat or negotiator. Though, she is still young and open to the possibilities of her new career in Starfleet.
• Achievements in Life: Tiam is proud to have left home and joined Starfleet. The break it caused with her family has been difficult, but she sees her graduation from the Academy as an accomplishment made all the more rewarding for the independence she needed to achieve it.
• Disappointments in Life: A child during the Dominion attack on Betazed, Sabina has always been disappointed she wasn't able to assist in the defense of her home.
• Temperament: Sabina is a very polite and friendly officer. But she carries the Betazoid trait of openness and has a rebellious spirit. Consequently, she is often thought of as someone who would say anything, to anyone. Some colleagues and authority figures have found this to be useful and are grateful she speaks her mind. Still others have thought her to be brash and speak at inappropriate times.

Family and Relationships

• Parents:
  • Mother: Risha Tiam, teacher of religious studies, Betazoid
  • Father: Micah Marcil Tiam, adjudicator in the Betazoid government
• Siblings: None
• Spouse: As traditional for Betazoids, Sabina is bonded to Fyn Alden, a Betazoid diplomat. They are yet unmarried. They have yet to meet in adult life but were friends in early childhood.
• Children: None

Early Life

Ritva, Betazed

Born in Ritva, a small town in a northern mountain range on Betazed, Sabina grew up helping her mother and father attend to the temple in their town. There, Sabina's mother taught the religion of Betazed to children and adult practitioners alike. As such, she was homeschooled most of her life. Her father worked in the Betazoid government and was absent often. But he was a caring and active parent while home.

Growing up, Sabina enjoyed academics. Her passion for learning has only grown over time. She became fascinated with societies and governments. How they rose and fell, and the rebel groups that attempted to cause change became her favored area of study.

In the warm months, She would play with the older children from her town. They would run through the woods and play a telepaths game of hide and seek, changeling themselves to locate the other children using only their mental powers. The play would often become very serious. In retrospect, Sabina thought it might have been because they all had gone through the Dominion attack on Betazed. They may have been the only Betazoid generation to play such war games.

Education

For complete Starfleet Academy Transcript, see Tiam, Sabina/Academy Transcript

Tiam attended the University of Betazed at age 16. While she was academically talented, her main motivation was to get away from home. Her parents had grown to expect that she take over their duties at the temple. While Sabina is religious, she craved more out of her life. Begrudgingly, her parents allowed her to attend the University, but they stayed skeptical. While there, she studied politics and diplomacy with a focus on revolutions.

While at University, Sabina met Misha Rhonin, a Betazoid lobbyist who was guest teaching that semester. Not one of her students, Sabina met Misha at a local coffee shop and the two instantly connected. They formed a very close relationship, but Misha worked a busy schedule traveling so Sabina kept her independence. Now working in Starfleet Diplomatic Corps as part of the civilian contingent, Misha stays in touch with Sabina.

Her parents worry about her attending university away from home would prove wise. Sabina learned two things there: communicating verbally with non-Betazoids may never be her strong suit and she needed more than that small, mountain town she had come from. At the end of her time at University, Sabina applied for and was accepted into Starfleet Academy. She left for San Francisco the day of graduation from UofB. It was an emotional day. Sabina had never been off world and that was the first her parents heard of her application to Starfleet.

Tiam enjoyed her time at the Academy. She majored in Intelligence, minored in communications and took any available diplomacy courses. Her species of specialty ended up being the Romulans and she has since stayed current on her language skills. Though, her accent is even more apparent in Romulan.

While living in San Francisco, Sabina began working with a local performance tribe in her off time. It was there she learned to hoop and perform aerial silks.

Upon graduation from the Academy, she entered in Starfleet Intelligence training where she specialized as an analyst. A review of Tiam’s final evaluations at the end of her SFI training was given a deferred decision. Consequently, her initial posting was in tactical.

Starfleet Career

• 2391: Assigned to the USS Apollo-A as a tactical officer, Sabina was eager to prove herself. Her first posting turned out to be a positive growing experience. Her preconceptions about life as an officer were challenged, as was her ability to work with all types of people. After an altogether successful mission, Tiam was informed her transfer to Intelligence was approved. However, her excitement was short-lived. Mid shore leave just as the year was ending and prior to what would have been her first mission in the Intelligence department, Sabina received transfer orders.
• 239201: At the turn of the year, Tiam was posted to Starbase 118’s Ops crew again as a tactical officer. While the switch back to a yellow collar was a bit of a disappointment, the prospect of life on a starbase in the Trinity sector was exciting. And working as a tactical officer on a starbase would prove to be a unique experience in and of itself. Her first mission under the station’s new CO turned out to be a very close call for the away team Tiam was on. The reality of the risks associated with life in Starfleet were being made very clear to her and began to weigh on her choices.
• 239202-239204: It seemed the starbase was destined for difficulties. After the attack on 118, two powerful, telepathic entities caught the station in the middle of their dispute. During this mission, the small away team Tiam was a part of suffered abuse and telepathic violation. This incident left a dark shadow over the young woman as she attempted to deal with the trauma alone. Following these incidents, Tiam was approached and recruited by the station's new Chief of Intelligence to once again put on a black collar and work as an analyst. Unwilling to allow one difficult mission to deter her career, Tiam eagerly accepted the departmental transfer.

Service History
Insignia	Rank	Dates	Posting	Assignment
	Cadet First Class	239109.09	Graduated Starfleet Academy	Tactical Officer
	Ensign	239109.10	USS Apollo-A	Tactical Officer
	Ensign	239112.31	StarBase 118 Ops	Tactical Officer
	Lieutenant JG	239202.15	StarBase 118 Ops	Tactical Officer
	Lieutenant	239204.29	StarBase 118 Ops	Intelligence Officer

Awards and Service Ribbons

For award descriptions, see: Awards and Service Ribbons

Award/Ribbon	Name	Stardate	Posting	Presented By
	Legion of Merit	239202.15	Starbase118 Ops	Commander Leo Handley-Page
	Captain's Commendation	239204.29	Starbase118 Ops	Commander Leo Handley-Page

Notable Sims

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