User:Alieth/Lat Osen
Cadet Lat Osen, a Cardassian, is currently a Cadet in the Starfleet Academy, ready to be posted in his first ship.
Stats
- Full Name: Lat Osen
- Race: Cardassian
- Date of Birth: 236906.26
- Place of Birth: Weibak IV [1]
- Age: 32 Years
- Gender: Male
- Telepathic status: T0/E0
Appearance
- Height: 2 m
- Weight: 75 kg.
- Hair Color: Black
- Length of Hair: Short and slightly curly
- Eye Color: Dark hazel
- Skin Tone: Grey
- Birthmarks, Scars: none
- Build: Tall, thin and sinewy
- Face: Slim, narrow, with pronounced cheekbones, almost wolfish.He can grow a sparse stubble to his own chagrin
- Eyes: Warm and intelligent, with a spark of sly wit evident from time to time, as if he has a joke that only he knows.
- Mouth: Quick to give a sideways smile.
- Arms: Very long
- Legs: Very long
- Carriage: He seems to be made out of limbs, so he is definitely distinctive. He tends to move with his shoulders slightly slouched over to avoid hitting the upper side of doors, something he succeeds in doing about half of the time.
- Poses (Hands/Gestures, Feet/Legs, Torso/Head): He is prone to gesturing with his hands, almost as if he were talking with them. Expressive and overly dramatic even when working.
- Taste in Clothing (when off duty): Traditional Cardassian clothing, in sober, generally dark tones: black, deep blue or dark crimson. Since he comes from a species that favours warmer climates than the Starfleet standard, he has developed a particular fondness for thick jumpers. Unfortunately his style in these is debatable to say the least.
- Shoes: Comfortable and thin-soled, so they don't make much noise when walking.
- Voice: Deep and silky.
- Handedness: Left-handed
Manner
- Quarters: Warm and luxurious. Lat likes to be comfortable and doesn't hide it.
- Favorite Room: The lounge or a common room where he can talk to others or simply observe them to get on their nerves, which is one of his favourite pastimes.
- Habits: He is a heavy tea and coffee drinker and can argue for HOURS about it. It is a night owl that has no sense of time and finds it difficult to get up in the morning.
- Mannerisms: He talks a lot, often too much, but usually he says very little about himself or very little with any real content, somehow still conditioned by the upbringing his parents gave him, well anchored in the old Cardassian ways.
- Religion/Spiritual Devotion: Atheist
- Hobbies and Pastimes: Mystery novels, team sports, parties. Osen is a social butterfly and enjoys shared activities, so he'll sign up for any plan, no matter how crazy... or he'll arrange a bunch of them.
- Likes: Tea. I have mentioned tea? Coffee. Mysteries, double entendres, messing with stereotypes about backstabbing Cardassians, even when reality in his case is quite different. Mind-games.
- Dislikes: Getting up early, cold temperatures, people with no sense of humour.
- Ambitions and Goals: Becoming one of the few full Cardassians in Starfleet command. Retire to open a spa and sauna franchise known as "Osen's Onsens".
- Achievements in Life: Have been accepted to Starfleet Academy.
- Disappointments in Life: Lat discovered what he wanted to do in life relatively late, when his younger siblings were already successful professionals and their parents never stopped (and never will) to point out this fact to his embarrassment. He has always been one of the "older" cadets in his class, which makes him feel self-concious.
Due to his family's past, Lat is the "eternal foreigner", not fully belonging to Earth (the planet that adopted him) for preserving the culture his parents inculcated in him, and feeling completely alien to the Cardassia he never got to know.
- Temperament: Cheeky, a bit of a joker, a chatterbox as well as eager to please.
- Mental problems (complexes and phobias): None
- Physical Limitations: He has a very low tolerance to cold. Like most cardassians he is slightly hard of hearing.
Family
- Marital Status: Single
- Children: None.
- Parents:
- Father: Garjall Osen. Political refugee, Starfleet advisor for Cardassians affairs
- Mother: Naratt Tiasit (Formerly Osen) former political refugee, currently Chairman in Comparative Politics at the University of Culat (Casdassia Prime).
- Older Brother:Rilal Onsen - Psychologist in Culat
- Younger Brother:Todel Onsen - Engineer
- Younger Sister: Aji Onsen - Security Officer on the USS Aegaeon
Personal History
The son of two political refugees, Lat was born in a colony that came under Federation control shortly after his birth. With the escalation of the Dominion War, the family moved to the Federation's core worlds, suffering the stigma of bearing the face of the enemy. However, Lat retains few memories of this time when the family rarely spent six months on the same planet.
The family finally settled in a rural area near Paris when Lat turned 8, where he has spent most of his life.
Adapting to a mostly human environment was a sock, even more so since he only spoke the language of his parents at the time. This fact delayed his education somewhat.
Lat was never a particulary good student, not for lack of intelligence, but on the contrary: he bored easily and always found excuses for messing around or skipping classes. He graduated several years later than expected with mediocre grades.
After his parents' divorce, Lat moved with her to Culat, to a half-reconstructed Cardassia Prime, only to find himself totally disconnected from the life experiences of Cardassians of his age.
Barely a year later he returned to Paris where he was pecking at various jobs here and there without really committing himself to anything: sous-chef in a restaurant, assistant to his father, holoartist, freighter pilot between Earth and Jupiter, are some of the trades he tried and quit during that time, becoming a sort of jack of all trades.
Finally, when his little sister graduated from the academy and began to tell him about her adventures and the friendships and relationships she was cultivating on the USS Aegaeon, Lat found himself encouraged to join Starfleet. After all, what better place for a child of two civilizations than Starfleet?
Showing an unprecedented degree of hard work and resourcefulness, he prepared for and successfully entered the Academy shortly thereafter and has been an exemplary student. .... although perhaps a little prone to pranks.
Professional History
- Date Graduated from Academy: Still a Cadet
Simple BIO
Cadet Lat Osen, a Cardassian, is currently a Cadet in the Starfleet Academy, ready to be posted in his first ship.
Stats
- Full Name: Lat Osen
- Current Rank: Cadet
- Race: Cardassian
- Date of Birth: 236906.26
- Place of Birth: Weibak IV [2]
- Age: 32 Years
- Gender: Male
- Telepathic status: T0/E0
Appearance
- Height: 2 m
- Weight: 75 kg.
- Hair Color: Black
- Eye Color: Dark hazel
Family
- Marital Status: Single
- Children: None.
- Parents:
- Father: Garjall Osen. Political refugee, Starfleet advisor for Cardassians affairs
- Mother: Naratt Tiasit (Formerly Osen) former political refugee, currently Chairman in Comparative Politics at the University of Culat (Casdassia Prime).
- Older Brother:Rilal Onsen - Psychologist in Culat
- Younger Brother:Todel Onsen - Engineer
- Younger Sister: Aji Onsen - Security Officer on the USS Aegaeon
Backstory/Timeline
The son of two political refugees, Lat was born in a colony that came under Federation control shortly after his birth. With the escalation of the Dominion War, the family moved to the Federation's core worlds, finally settled in a rural area near Paris when Lat turned 8, where he has spent most of his life. Lat was never a particulary good student, not for lack of intelligence, but on the contrary: he bored easily and always found excuses for messing around or skipping classes. He graduated several years later than expected with mediocre grades. After his parents' divorce, Lat moved with her to Culat, to a half-reconstructed Cardassia Prime, only to find himself totally disconnected from the life experiences of Cardassians of his age. Barely a year later he returned to Paris where he pecked at various jobs here and there without really committing himself to anything, becoming a sort of jack of all trades. Finally, when his little sister graduated from the academy and began to tell him about her adventures and the friendships and relationships she was cultivating , Lat found himself encouraged to join Starfleet. Showing an unprecedented degree of hard work and resourcefulness, he prepared for and successfully entered the Academy shortly thereafter and has been an exemplary student. .... although perhaps a little prone to pranks.