Zuriba

Lieutenant JG Zuribria, a Bolian, is currently an Helm, Communications & Operations officer (HCO) aboard the USS Independence-A.

Biographic Information

• Full Name: Zuriba
• Race: Bolian
• Date of Birth: 236104.15
• Place of Birth: Bolsetuat (Rasara, Bolarus IX)
• Gender: Male
• Telepathic status: 0
• Current Rank: Lieutenant JG
• Current Assignment & Position: USS Independence-A, Helm, Com, Ops Officer

Appearance

Zuriba with his family

• Height: 6 ft
• Weight: In pounds or kilos.
• Hair Color: Bald
• Eye Color: Brown
• Build: Slightly Tubby
• Birthmarks, Scars: None
• Face: Often grinning. Cheeky face that always makes him look like he's been up to mischief even when he's innocent. Has a charming smile.
• Tattoos/Body Modifications: None.
• Carriage: Twaddles a little when he walks but has charm and charisma.
• Taste in Clothing (when off duty): billowy shirts under jackets that do not close in the center, with decorative shoulders that bear ridges that rise above the collarbone. Zuriba is known for his somewhat outrageously bright choice of multi-coloured shirts!!!
• Voice: Enthusiastic
• Handedness: Left-handed

Family

Zuriba with his family

Bolian marriages often involve more than two members. Any additional spouse is referred to as a "co-husband" or "co-wife", respectively. Since many of Bolarus' traditions arose out of the nautical tradition of its inhabitants, and the best source of crew for your vessel is of course your family, polygamy was never frowned upon. If the two partners in a marriage both consent and love a third deeply, the third Bolian can be added into the marriage (which is generally a secular ceremony performed by the eldest member of each family). There is no theoretical limit on the upper size of a Bolian marriage, though in practicality and due to the time it takes for a Bolian to become comfortable enough with another person to consider marriage (there is no divorce on Bolarus), it is rare for marriages with more than four or five spouses to arise.

Partner

• Marital Status: Single

Zuriba is a typical Bachelor & lady's man.

Children

• Number of children: One (that he knows of...)
• Children: Zil

Zil does not live with Zuriba. His son was born nine months after his Academy class's graduation party on the pleasure planet Riza.

Parents

• • Father: Britt
  • Co-Father: Zeren
  • Mother: Frenta
  • Co-Mother: Germuroa
• Siblings: Bator & Lechar

Zurib's father was an Engineer (with a speciality in subaquatic mining); his co-father a shuttle pilot; his mother a lecturer in social policy at the Bolian Interstellar Research Institute (located in Bolsetuat, the old Bolian capital on the largest continent, Rasara); and, his co-mother ran the family farm. Zurib was educated by members of his family at home and learnt many skills from them.

Personality

Like many Bolians, Zurib is gregarious, hardworking, and meticulous. Despite this, he particularly enjoys cooperative work of all kinds although he is known to his crewmates as being a bit of a worrywart when the work isn't going well. Occasionally he can get visibly nervous and stuttery. When chips are down, however, you can always count on a Zurib whose selflessness is legendary. His educational grounding in engineering and functions combined with his organization, meticulous style and trait of working well in professions that privilege group cooperation and group effort all mean that Zurib was naturally suited to being a chief operations officer co-ordinating a starships departments.

Zurib is, however, the same in his demanour off duty and sometimes considered to be a bit of a busybody, nosey and a gossip.

Socially, Zurib talks quite freely with anyone. He always takes an interest in people and likes to know what is going on in their lives. He is, however, a bit of a gossip although this is because he cannot help himself sometimes and, therefpore, no maliciousness is meant from it. At the Academy the slightly tubby, eccentric Bolian was known for being the life and soul of the party -his quarters oftening being the party venue and his antics often landing him in trouble.

Bolians are, to say the least, gregarious. Families can easily produce up to ten children, and so a typical Bolian childhood is possessed of many children and very little quiet. Zuriba's natural tedency to chase women has landed him into trouble on a number of away mission and lent him the reputation of a bit of a ladies man.

Hobbies & Passtimes

In his spare time he enjoys playing team sports on the holodeck (he is always eager to learn a new team game from a different planet or era). An avid sports fanatic, Zurib also enjoys cooking, playing Jazz'n'Blues and has an eager appreciation for books and classic literature from around the Federation.

At the academy Zuribia was a member of the martial arts club and learned a number of combats from around the galaxy. However, as a pilot he excelled and eventually became a central member of the renowned Nova Squadron flight team.

Professional History

Utopia Planitia Shipyard

238208.12 Assigned to the USS Constitution as an Operations officer.

238309.19 transfered to the USS Hatherleigh

238401.03 Assigned to developmental projects at Utopia Planeitia shipyards on Mars.

238705.05 Assigned to USS Independence-A

At the academy Zuribia was a member of the martial arts club and learned a number of combats from around the galaxy. However, as a pilot he excelled and eventually became a central member of the renowned Nova Squadron flight team.