Jackford Kolk: Difference between revisions

Jack was born in space--the medical bay of Starbase 211, between [[Betazed]] and [[Cardassian]] territory--but only lived in space for a year and four months. Shortly after his father and older sister died in a [[Cardassian]] attack, he, his eldest brother, and his mother left the Starbase to live on Earth. They were taken in by his uncle on his father's side, who lived in Seattle, WA. From that time on, his brother [[Kolk, Jarod|Jarod]] refused to ever travel anywhere again, despising all technology and [[Starfleet]] especially for "killing" their father. Jack, however, dreamed of the stars from very early on, and loved traveling all over [[Earth]]. They had an uncle, Ted, on their mother's side, who lived and taught in Oxford whom Jack would visit nearly every summer from about the age of three on until graduating from Starfleet Academy. Uncle Ted pulled some strings to get Elisabeth a teaching position at Oxford University, but she declined the opportunity because of [[Kolk, Jarod|Jarod]]'s absolute refusal to travel. Instead, she began teaching at a local high school and eventually became the principal of the school. [[Kolk, Jarod|Jarod]] tought mathematics there until Elisabeth's death, tending to avoid applying his skill in mathematics to anything warp-related, although he did teach basic warp-field mathematics because the school board requires him to. The brothers hardly spoke to each other at all, though their mother always tried to encourage each of them to "reach out" to the other. Jack was always a bit closer to both of his uncles than to his mother, though he tried to send her regular updates on his life while at the Academy. When their mother died, however, [[Kolk, Jarod|Jarod]] finally honored her wishes for them to become closer by moving to [[Deep Space 17]] so that he and Jack could see each other whenever the ''[[USS Ronin|Ronin]]'' comes to port. He now teaches in the station's small but growing elementary school.

Jack's first experience with "romance" was at age 8. While visiting his uncle Ted alone during summer break, an older girl (9-years) named Sandra McKenna decided it would be exciting to kiss a non-Earth-born Human and so set her sights on young Jack. He evaded her for many weeks, but 3 days before he scheduled return to Seattle, she cornered him in a secluded section of the historical University of Oxford Botanical Gardens and laid a wet one on him. After she let him up, he wiped off his wet lips and ran off crying.