Captain, Age 37, Caitian
Christopher has a great deal of respect for the Captain and feels a growing loyalty towards him as a result of the Captain recognising his potential and supporting his development. |
Christopher Caldwell
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"Non-action has repercussions, just as action does. Sometimes a rash decision now is better than a thoughtful one five minutes from now."
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- James T. Kirk
Lieutenant Christopher Caldwell is currently serving as the Mission Specialist aboard the USS Astraeus.
Personal Data
- Full name: Christopher James Caldwell
- Date of birth (Age): 21st of July 2372 (29)
- Species: Human
- Gender: Male
- Pronouns: He/Him
Appearance
- Height: 6ft (1.84 m)
- Weight: 171lbs (77.5 kg)
- Ethnicity: White, European
- Hair colour: Brown
- Eye colour: Brown
Personality
- Christopher is highly competitive, loves a challenge (so long as he can actually achieve it), and can be both a bad loser and a bad winner.
- While his competitiveness often results in him striving to perform his duties well, it also results in perfectionism and trying to hold himself to very high standards. As a result, he is sometimes paradoxically proud while still being disappointed in himself.
- He is often outgoing and routinely makes jokes, either for the amusement of others or just for himself. When frustrated or stressed, his humour tends to become sarcastic.
- He is typically flirtatious and appreciates those that reciprocate his playful behaviour; he enjoys the thrill of the chase, and his amorous disposition means that he typically views romantic pursuits as an entertaining challenge.
- Despite his openness, he is typically far more reserved when dealing with much more senior officers.
- Christopher is used to and appreciates directness, especially from senior officers, liking to know where he stands and what is expected of him.
- While usually a tactical thinker, he can easily become impatient with others, often favouring bold action over indecisiveness.
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Romantic Interest, Age 31, Trill
Christopher is convinced he is in love with Esa Kiax but is fully aware that she is out of his league, nevertheless he enjoys the thrill of the chase and hopes that, despite some rebuffs, she enjoys it too, even if she pretends otherwise. |
Friend, Age 29, Human
Christopher likes and respects Charles and the two usually get on well and are occasional drinking buddies, despite this the two have nearly come to blows in the past. |
Complicated, Age 28, Human
Christopher feels Alix is something of a kindred spirit, both being naturally competitive and taking pleasure in taunting the other. He enjoys their rivalry with his personal highlight being the time he defeated her in basketball. |
Colleagues, Age 28, Bynar
Christopher is intrigued by the Bynars and feels somewhat protective towards 000. He doesn't quite understand the connection that exists between the two of them but it's something he is envious of. |
Colleague, Age 27, Betazoid
Christopher appreciates Sevantha's skill as a doctor and her genuine concern for his wellbeing. Despite this he feels uneasy around her as a result of her telepathic abilities, something he actively tries to frustrate during more sensitive conversations. |
| Mother, Age 54, Human
Rachel Caldwell is an artist living in England. She is exceptionally proud that her trouble maker son as grown into a man his father would have been proud of, serving as a Starfleet Officer. |
| Father, Deceased at Age 38, Human
Ethan Caldwell was a Civilian Engineer who was off planet supporting the reconstruction of Cardassia following the Dominion War when died in 2377. Christopher was only five when his father passed. |
History
| Childhood: England, Earth
Christopher Caldwell was born in Cambridge, England on the planet Earth to Rachel Caldwell, an artist, and Ethan Caldwell, a civilian engineer, on the 21st of July 2372. |
| Childhood: England, Earth
Christopher was raised by his mother after his father died in 2377 while off planet, supporting the reconstruction of Cardassia following the Dominion war. Christopher was an unremarkable child who struggled at school at a young age, something he later attributed to the way in which he was taught, preferring practical learning where he could experience and, through that experience, understand the underlying mechanics of how things worked over learning and regurgitating facts on command. From a young age, he had an aptitude for sports, routinely competing against children in older age brackets in order to get proper competition. His sporting prowess and academic struggles led to him becoming highly competitive and making himself a bad loser and sometimes a bad winner as well. |
| Leaving Home: The Commercial Sector
His disillusionment with formal education resulted in him leaving school as soon as he could. Eager to find somewhere to fit in, Christopher considered Starfleet as a way to see the galaxy and learn by experience, he was however put off by the thought of more 'school' if he were to join Starfleet Academy to become an officer and still didn't know what he wanted to do with his life and thus couldn't commit to a specialisation, which also ruled out joining Starfleet as a non-commissioned officer. Instead, he turned to the commercial sector, signing up to serve on board a freighter. This gave him the opportunity to see the galaxy, but as part of a far less rigid command structure. |
| Early Career: SS Velikan NAR-56260
Life onboard freighters and merchant vessels, where most crew members had to serve in numerous different positions, allowed Christopher to develop a well rounded and practical experience of life in space and on board a ship. With the Federation being a largely post-scarcity economy with goods, services, and information being either free or practically free as a result of a combination of abundant resources and advanced large-scale replication technology, many of the best business opportunities existed just past the fringes of Federation space in non-aligned sectors, this gave Christopher the opportunity to experience some of the more exotic and unsavoury parts of the galaxy, teaching him many important life lessons and a handful of key survival skills. |
| Early Career: SS Velikan NAR-56260
Christopher's first assignment was on the SS Velikan NAR-56260, a Federation registered Antares-class bulk freighter. The ship often operated on the fringe's of Federation space near the Bajoran sector and towards the Ferengi Alliance. The ship had a number of hostile encounters. On one occasion Nausicaan privateers boarded the freighter but were successfully repelled by the crew. At one point, Christopher took the helm and flew the freighter into an unstable region of an asteroid belt in an effort to evade Tzenkethi forces and whilst his efforts were successful the Velikan did not escape unscathed. |
| Joining Starfleet: San Francisco, California
After almost half a decade, he decided once more to consider Starfleet, both seeing it as a challenge and looking for a career that he could be truly proud of. Christopher believed his real-world experience would serve him well at Starfleet Academy and mitigate his lack of interest in traditional academia. As hoped, his greater age and practical experience served him well at the Academy both socially, where he was viewed as a charismatic leader amongst his fellow students, and academically, where he graduated near the top of his class having majored in Security and minored in Com/Ops, a combination he felt rounded out and built upon his previously established experience and allowed him to keep his future options as open as possible. |
Gallery
Caldwell serving as a crewman on board the merchant freighter SS Velikan in 2392.
Using a phaser rifle to help repel Nausicaan pirates from the SS Velikan on stardate 239504.04.
Christopher Caldwell at the Skyfire Beach holodeck party on board the USS Astraeus, stardate 240101.23.
Service History
Starfleet Service Record
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Crewmates
NPC Listing · USS Astraeus Crew Manifest · Crew History
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