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'''Doctor Edward Spears''' last served as the '''Chief Medical Officer''' aboard the {{USS|Constitution-B}}. He specializes in Xeno-Neurology and has completed an advanced practicum in Xeno-Neurosurgery.
'''Doctor Edward Spears''' is currently serving as a '''Medical Officer''' aboard the {{USS|Constitution-B}}. He specializes in Xeno-Neurology and has completed an advanced practicum in Xeno-Neurosurgery.


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* '''Eyes''': Grey
* '''Eyes''': Grey
* '''Build''': Lean
* '''Build''': Lean
* '''Skin Tone''': Light, recently sunkissed due to studies on Earth
* '''Skin Tone''': Fair
* '''Voice and Accent''': Upbeat and expressive; his accent is from the Mariner Valley on Mars, which contains many of the inflections of a South African or Australian accent.
* '''Voice and Accent''': Upbeat and expressive; his accent is from the Mariner Valley on Mars, which contains many of the inflections of a South African or Australian accent.
* '''Off Duty Attire''': Predisposed to button down shirts, well tailored jackets and slacks, and scarves.
* '''Off Duty Attire''': Predisposed to button-down shirts, well-tailored jackets and slacks, and scarves.


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* '''Dislikes'''
* '''Dislikes'''
** Swimming. Despite enjoying his time on the water, he is still a poor swimmer.  
** Swimming. Despite enjoying his time on the water, he is still a poor swimmer.  
** Tofu. Many Martian dishes are based on Tofu, from the early colony days. Needless to say, overexposure breeds dissatisfaction.
** Electronic music. An academy roommate played nothing but electronica throughout medical school and he now associates it with an inability to focus.
** Electronic music. An academy roommate played nothing but electronica throughout medical school and he now associates it with an inability to focus.
** Feeling helpless in the face of others' suffering. During a year away from Starfleet, Ed witnessed what could happen when good people were preyed upon by those who would inflict harm to meet their goals.
* '''Favourite Food:''' If it's any kind of curry, Ed wants it. Martian cuisine is heavily based on exotic sauces and spices since the original colonist's bland nutrient rations needed something to make them more interesting.
* '''Favourite Food:''' If it's any kind of curry, Ed wants it. Martian cuisine is heavily based on exotic sauces and spices since the original colonist's bland nutrient rations needed something to make them more interesting.
* '''Favourite Drink:''' A cup of Darjeeling tea, or soda water with lime.
* '''Favourite Drink:''' A cup of Darjeeling tea, or soda water with lime.
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Edward Spears takes his role as a healer extremely seriously, with a commitment to cultural understanding coming right after. He possesses a talent for self-deprecating humour; his main defence mechanism when placed in unfamiliar or uncomfortable territory. Ed is a personable type who gets along well with almost everyone. His openness to learning about and sharing in other cultures ingratiates him with his non-human colleagues who are often eager to share parts of their own worlds and experiences with him. He's optimistic about the future in a way unique to Martians; something developed before Mars was terraformed. Almost a distinct cultural trait on its own many Martians, including Ed, can't help but see the future as filled with the promise and possibility of something better. Ed is passionate about learning and discovery, like any good scientist. He works to further his understanding both inside his field, and also across other disciplines. He is known to socialize with people from every department while off duty so that he might learn something new, whether it's about a culture, ship's system, emerging research, music, or art.  
Edward Spears takes his role as a healer extremely seriously, with a commitment to cultural understanding coming right after. He possesses a talent for self-deprecating humour; his main defence mechanism when placed in unfamiliar or uncomfortable territory. Ed is a personable type who gets along well with almost everyone. His openness to learning about and sharing in other cultures ingratiates him with his non-human colleagues who are often eager to share parts of their own worlds and experiences with him. He's optimistic about the future in a way unique to Martians; something developed before Mars was terraformed. Almost a distinct cultural trait on its own many Martians, including Ed, can't help but see the future as filled with the promise and possibility of something better. Ed is passionate about learning and discovery, like any good scientist. He works to further his understanding both inside his field, and also across other disciplines. He is known to socialize with people from every department while off duty so that he might learn something new, whether it's about a culture, ship's system, emerging research, music, or art.  


Because of this openness and eagerness to absorb the galaxy around him, Ed is unfortunately susceptible to being emotionally hurt by dishonesty, deception, or unkindness. He hates to see others in pain or suffering, and he cannot stand to see it inflicted on others. He fiercely believes that military action should only be taken as a last resort, and only in self-defence. The Federation's trend toward heavier armament and purpose-built warships is one that doesn't sit well with him at all, despite the recent events that led to those decisions being taken at the highest levels. He also has regular arguments about security orders that force him to carry a sidearm on away missions.  
Because of this openness and eagerness to befriend and learn from everyone he meets, Ed is susceptible to being hurt by dishonesty, deception, or unkindness. He hates to see others in pain or suffering, and he cannot stand to see it inflicted on others. He fiercely believes that military action should only be taken as a last resort, and only in self-defence. Ed was once a committed pacifist and still believes strongly that violence is a poor solution, however during a year away from Starfleet he witnessed such suffering by people who did not have the strength to stand up to their aggressors that Ed's stance has shifted toward one of 'carrying a stick but doing everything possible not to have to use it'.


Since coming aboard the USS Constitution, Ed has formed close bonds with many members of the crew. His first mission included grave peril and some of those colleagues' lives had been placed in immediate danger. Ed learned a lot about the potential risks involved in being a Starfleet officer and it caused him to reflect on his humoured approach to many aspects of life. In the end, he realized that there would always be hard times no matter where he served and that a doctor's role is to heal in whatever capacity he's capable of. Sometimes that requires physical treatment, but sometimes it simply takes a quick joke or a smile to help a patient feel more at ease.  
Ed's formative years as an ensign and lieutenant on the USS Constitution taught him many practical lessons, including the idea that absolute convictions were not always realistic in the face of infinite possibilities out in the galaxy. Ed encountered a great many points of view among his fellow crew, as well as among those he met or treated during away missions. Ed was forced to adapt and grow when he was promoted to lieutenant commander and made the chief medical officer. Being responsible not just for individual patients, but for all of them under the care of sickbay was a step outside of his own head, and into discovering his own unique brand of leadership among a crew of stellar role models.  
 
During a year away from Starfleet, Ed was finally forced to reckon with his eternal optimism and faith in an institution that did not exist at the edges of civilization. He witnessed the strong taking what they wanted from the weak, and his attempts to broker positive relations through dialogue simply made him a target of that aggression. Being hunted for no other reason than speaking out against a criminal regime dramatically changed Ed's outlook on self-defence, and deterrence. Ensign Spears pushed back against security orders that forced him to bring a phaser on away missions. The Ed Spears of today wouldn't leave the ship without one. More than that, Ed has learned through hard lessons that sometimes words aren't enough to stop atrocities from being persecuted against the innocent. The idea of the Federation's armed starships have started to make a lot more sense in his mind as tools of diplomacy.  


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*'''Father:''' Frederick Spears (Age 68)
*'''Father:''' Frederick Spears (Age 71)
*'''Mother:''' Dr Bethany Lawrence-Spears, MD (Age 67)
*'''Mother:''' Dr Bethany Lawrence-Spears, MD (Age 69)
*'''Sister:''' Clara Clarke (Age 35)
*'''Sister:''' Clara Clarke (Age 37)
*'''Significant Other:''' [[Yito Seja]]
*'''Significant Other:''' None
*'''Children:''' None
*'''Children:''' None
*'''Friends:'''  
*'''Friends:'''  
** [[Jalana Rajel]]
** [[Jalana Rajel]]
** [[Saveron]]
** [[Saveron]]
** [[Dave Young]]
** [[Lazarus Davis]]
** [[Lazarus Davis]]


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**Dr Karen Heartmier, MD
**Dr Karen Heartmier, MD
**[[Shar'Wyn Foster|Dr. Wyn Foster, MD]]
**[[Shar'Wyn Foster|Dr. Wyn Foster, MD]]
**[[Cade Foster|Dr. Cade Foster, MD]]


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After graduating from the academy, Ed was immediately assigned to the USS Constitution-B as a junior medical officer. He was immediately thrown into a classified undercover mission to retrieve a hijacked Starfleet vessel. Ed’s cosmetic surgical skills were immediately tested, and so were his convictions. Growing up in the Federation core, Ed had never known true cruelty. Reading about an atrocity was very different from witnessing a deplorable act firsthand. Ed came away from the experience with a new appreciation for what the Federation truly stands for, and against. That idealism is something he has not lost ever since.  
After graduating from the academy, Ed was immediately assigned to the USS Constitution-B as a junior medical officer. He was immediately thrown into a classified undercover mission to retrieve a hijacked Starfleet vessel. Ed’s cosmetic surgical skills were immediately tested, and so were his convictions. Growing up in the Federation core, Ed had never known true cruelty. Reading about an atrocity was very different from witnessing a deplorable act firsthand. Ed came away from the experience with a new appreciation for what the Federation truly stands for, and against. That idealism is something he has not lost ever since.  


Every Starfleet officer dreams of their own first encounter with new life. As a medical officer, Ed was perhaps keener than many to be one of those people. He got his wish, but it wasn’t as straight forward as he’d imagined. In an encounter with an energy-based lifeform, the ship was attacked and damaged. Ed was responsible for the coordination of Sickbay's emergency response efforts, but during the crisis a crew member fell gravely ill and required immediate surgery to save her life. Ed acted despite having only the basic Starfleet Medical surgery courses. He fought valiantly, but his patient had a rare and deadly disease that ultimately claimed her life. This was the first time Ed had lost a patient outside of the simulations in medical school and the death hit him harder than he'd anticipated. If it weren't for some of his friends and colleagues onboard helping him work through the guilt associated with the loss, he might not have recovered from this event. Thanks to that support, instead of leaving medicine he decided to undertake a surgical fellowship so that he would be better prepared in the future.
Every Starfleet officer dreams of their own first encounter with new life. As a medical officer, Ed was perhaps keener than many to be one of those people. He got his wish, but it wasn’t as straightforward as he’d imagined. In an encounter with an energy-based lifeform, the ship was attacked and damaged. Ed was responsible for the coordination of Sickbay's emergency response efforts, but during the crisis, a crew member fell gravely ill and required immediate surgery to save her life. Ed acted despite having only the basic Starfleet Medical surgery courses. He fought valiantly, but his patient had a rare and deadly disease that ultimately claimed her life. This was the first time Ed had lost a patient outside of the simulations in medical school and the death hit him harder than he'd anticipated. If it weren't for some of his friends and colleagues onboard helping him work through the guilt associated with the loss, he might not have recovered from this event. Thanks to that support, instead of leaving medicine he decided to undertake a surgical fellowship so that he would be better prepared in the future.


It is said that experience breeds wisdom, and after another bizarre mission Ed was starting to find his stride. Not only were his own medical skills progressing, but his personal and professional relationships were blooming as well. Ed's skills were recognized again with his appointment as the Chief Medical Officer. His appointment had come not long after the departure of his original mentor, Wyn Foster. As it happened, the Constitution needed a CMO more than ever as new medical officers found their way to the Constitution regularly with a need for guidance, mentorship, and clinical practice.  
It is said that experience breeds wisdom, and after another bizarre mission Ed was starting to find his stride. Not only were his own medical skills progressing, but his personal and professional relationships were blooming as well. Ed's skills were recognized again with his appointment as the Chief Medical Officer. His appointment had come not long after the departure of his original mentor, Wyn Foster. As it happened, the Constitution needed a CMO more than ever as new medical officers found their way to the Constitution regularly with a need for guidance, mentorship, and clinical practice.  
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To be a physician in Starfleet is often to have a finger on the pulse of the ship and crew at large. Ed’s promotion to lieutenant-commander affirmed that he had made the right choice in accepting the role of department head. It was also a rank that started to draw more attention. Ed had always considered himself a capable clinician, and a capable administrator as the CMO but when things went poorly on a supposedly routine trade mission, Ed was asked to step into a role he had not anticipated filling; that of Second Officer. It was a role that signified to the crew that he was capable of leading more than just a sickbay, but perhaps officers and crew from other departments. There was an irony in Ed’s mind as he’d spent the majority of his career within the comfortable bulkheads of sickbay, not learning how the other departments interacted on the bridge. Still, the need was there, and Ed was dedicated to helping in whatever capacity he was needed. If being the Second Officer would help, he wasn’t going to shy away from the role.  
To be a physician in Starfleet is often to have a finger on the pulse of the ship and crew at large. Ed’s promotion to lieutenant-commander affirmed that he had made the right choice in accepting the role of department head. It was also a rank that started to draw more attention. Ed had always considered himself a capable clinician, and a capable administrator as the CMO but when things went poorly on a supposedly routine trade mission, Ed was asked to step into a role he had not anticipated filling; that of Second Officer. It was a role that signified to the crew that he was capable of leading more than just a sickbay, but perhaps officers and crew from other departments. There was an irony in Ed’s mind as he’d spent the majority of his career within the comfortable bulkheads of sickbay, not learning how the other departments interacted on the bridge. Still, the need was there, and Ed was dedicated to helping in whatever capacity he was needed. If being the Second Officer would help, he wasn’t going to shy away from the role.  


'''Leave of Absence'''
Ed made the challenging decision to leave the Constitution and Starfleet for a period of time. It was a decision meant to help him resolve some elements of his life. He'd suffered heartbreak and conflict with a mentor leading him to question his place, prompting him to step away. At first, Ed returned to Mars to spend time with his family. But life at home was simple and devoid of the challenges he'd faced daily with Starfleet. Ed's wanderlust saw him leave home after only a week, seeking a place where he could make the most impact as a physician. His journey took him beyond Federation space, to the colonies at the fringe of the quadrant. They were hard places, inhabited by people of many species fleeing from war, persecution, and poverty. Among these people, Ed became immediately valuable. Medical training was hard to come by in the colonies, and Federation standards of medicine were unheard of. But medical supplies were hard to come by and Ed soon learned of the criminal cartels that kept the colonies in their grip. Kidnappings, extortion, and casual murder were common at the hands of those cruel beings. Ed stood up to them. For standing up to the cartel he was taken, beaten bloody, and then made to watch as his clinic and then the whole village was razed to ashes. He was then left with the people he'd tried to protect.


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