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{{Header|teal|Appearance and Characteristics}} | {{Header|teal|Appearance and Characteristics}} | ||
* '''Height''': 160 cm (5'3") | * '''Height''': 160 cm (5'3") | ||
* '''Weight''': 48 kg (106 lbs) | * '''Weight''': 48 kg (106 lbs) | ||
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* '''Sexuality''': Psychologically asexual (since she feels that [[Joan_Basilone#Medical|''Pomare Syndrome'']] prevents her from enjoying emotional intimacy, she has sworn off physical intimacy) | * '''Sexuality''': Psychologically asexual (since she feels that [[Joan_Basilone#Medical|''Pomare Syndrome'']] prevents her from enjoying emotional intimacy, she has sworn off physical intimacy) | ||
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Joan is self-assured to the point of (occasionally) being cocky. That being said, she is actually hesitant to put herself forward among strangers, though if required to do so, she won't be hesitant about giving her opinion. For the most part, Joan is an optimistic young woman, confident in those areas she considers part of her bailiwick. She won't (or tries not to) represent herself as knowledgeable in areas she feels she has no training or education in. This confidence and optimism, however, has recently been tempered in a situation where she felt her "psychic nullness" was actually a hindrance in her ability to perform her duties. After a bout of self-doubt, Joan recommitted herself to her Star Fleet career. | |||
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* Tepache -- a drink made with fermented pineapple. On Earth, it's sweetened with brown or cane sugar, and seasoned with cinnamon. Though Lolagi IV grows its own pineapples (brought by the original settlers), a native root is used for the sweetener, while the zest of a local citrus fruit provides a cinnamon-like taste to the beverage. | |||
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* Joan has an aversion to realistic holodeck novels. The exercise programs she has to duplicate sports from her home world, such as surfing or mountain biking, are deliberately made incomplete (holodeck competitors are made to look like wire framed figures, etc.). This is due in part to having been mistaken for a holographic figure, and also due to an embarrassing situation where she walked into a fellow cadet's holodeck program where a holographic representation of Joan was the central figure of the holodeck adventure. | |||
* Because of her condition, Joan feels uncomfortable in the presence of telepaths, until she gets to know them better. | |||
* Joan dislikes flirting, either directed at her, or in her presence, and, if possible, will try to remove herself from the vicinity of such behavior. | |||
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[[IMAGE:Kiteboarding.jpg|thumb|''Joan enjoying the water'']] | |||
* Surfing, especially kiteboarding (''"It's what I do. I surf and I know things."'') | |||
* Adventure racing | |||
* Parrises Squares (''"If you're too small for Epa'ani, Parrises Squares is a decent substitute."'') | |||
* Mu Torere | |||
* Epa'ani (strictly as a spectator) | |||
* Limalama (although adept at this Polynesian mixed martial arts form, the primary reason Joan studied this was because she wanted to learn the Maulu'ulu dance, and the only instructors were members of the local Limalama martial arts school. Unfortunately, Joan was less than adept at learning how to dance.) | |||
* Despite having a singing voice that is "so horrible that it's comedic" (as her friend Aleksandra has described it), under the right circumstances, Joan can be convinced to sing Karaoke. | |||
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* Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl | |||
* Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott | |||
* The Princess Bride by William Goldman | |||
* Napohaku Waleno by Flora Vait | |||
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Joan's four brothers, all of whom are more than two meters tall, play for the '''Bayasur Total''', an Epa'ani club, where they are collectively known as The Four Horsemen. Epa'ani is a sport descended from Australian rules football, though it is more strenuous and hazardous on its players than the sport it is derived from. In addition, unlike Australian rules football, Epa'ani allows some limited passing besides the hand ball. A desperation pass under these rules is often referred to as an "Alohaʻo Maria." | Joan's four brothers, all of whom are more than two meters tall, play for the '''Bayasur Total''', an Epa'ani club, where they are collectively known as The Four Horsemen. Epa'ani is a sport descended from Australian rules football, though it is more strenuous and hazardous on its players than the sport it is derived from. In addition, unlike Australian rules football, Epa'ani allows some limited passing besides the hand ball. A desperation pass under these rules is often referred to as an "Alohaʻo Maria." | ||
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[[IMAGE:AleksandraY.jpg|left|120 px]] | |||
'''Ensign Aleksandra Yashkin''' -- Aleksandra was Joan's best friend at the Academy, as well as her roommate during their plebe year. For the rest of their time at the Academy, the two would share adjacent quarters. This led to the practice of referring to each other as 'suitemates,' a title that would be extended to other friends. While at the Academy, Joan would tutor Aleksandra in her more advanced mathematics classes. After graduation, Aleksandra was assigned as an Engineering officer to the USS Njörðr. She was also one of the collective guardians, along with a number of other lower decks officers, of a puppy named Toto. After escaping the destruction of the Njörðr, Aleksandra would give custody of Toto to the Gorkon's CMO, [[Genkos_Adea|''Lieutenant Genkos Adea'']]. Aleksandra and Genkos would also become "friends with benefits." | |||
[[IMAGE:TLina.jpeg|left|120 px]] | |||
'''Ensign T'Lina''' -- An Academy friend and 'suitemate' of Joan's, T'Lina is currently an Operations officer on the USS Yarahla. T'Lina tutored Joan in her 'Elementary Vulcan' language class. | |||
[[IMAGE:JoMarshall.jpg|left|120 px]] | |||
[[Jocelyn_Marshall|''Lieutenant Commander Jocelyn "Jo" Marshall'']] -- The Executive Officer on Joan's first ship assignment, Joan credits The Commander (as Joan refers to her inside her head) with getting Joan and two other officers off of the disabled USS Njörðr alive. Joan has a certain amount of hero worship directed toward The Commander. | |||
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'''Lieutenant JG Brianna Wilson''' -- While she was a fourth year cadet, Brianna served as an unofficial mentor to Joan during Joan's plebe year, and was especially important in helping Joan get through the third semester of her plebe year. Brianna's nickname for Joan was "Cadet Surfer Girl." Brianna currently serves as a Nurse on the USS Yarahla | |||
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* On her seventeenth birthday, Joan qualified to participate in the Osofaiga, an expedition length adventure race in which the participants traverse a rugged two hundred and fifty kilometer course using various means of transportation, including running, climbing, swimming, mountain biking and kayaking. Joan finished seventh in a field of fifty. | * On her seventeenth birthday, Joan qualified to participate in the Osofaiga, an expedition length adventure race in which the participants traverse a rugged two hundred and fifty kilometer course using various means of transportation, including running, climbing, swimming, mountain biking and kayaking. Joan finished seventh in a field of fifty. | ||
{{Header|teal|Academic History}} | {{Header|teal|Academic History}} | ||