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Ensign '''Tiernan Keyes''', a Terran, is currently the chief science officer aboard the [[USS Independence]]. | |||
==Stats== | ==Stats== | ||
* '''Full Name''': | * '''Full Name''': Tiernan Keyes | ||
* '''Current Rank''': | * '''Age''': 26 | ||
* '''Race''': | * '''Current Rank''': Ensign | ||
* '''Date of Birth''': | * '''Race''': [[Terran]] | ||
* '''Date of Birth''': 236412.12 | |||
* '''Place of Birth''': | * '''Place of Birth''': | ||
* '''Gender''': | * '''Gender''': Male | ||
* '''Telepathic status''': See [http://www.starbase118.net/cadets/training/docs/jrny256.php Telepathic/Empathic Scale] | * '''Telepathic status''': See [http://www.starbase118.net/cadets/training/docs/jrny256.php Telepathic/Empathic Scale] | ||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
* '''Height''': | * '''Height''': 6ft 0in | ||
* '''Weight''': In pounds or kilos. | * '''Weight''': In pounds or kilos. | ||
* '''Hair Color''': | * '''Hair Color''': Sandy Blonde | ||
* '''Eye Color''': | * '''Eye Color''': Azure | ||
==Family== | ==Family== | ||
* '''Spouse''': | * '''Spouse''': None | ||
* '''Children''': | * '''Children''': None | ||
* '''Parents''' | * '''Parents''' | ||
** '''Father''': | ** '''Father''': Jador Keyes | ||
** '''Mother''': | ** '''Mother''': Neria Keyes | ||
* '''Siblings''': | * '''Siblings''': Unknown | ||
==Personality== | |||
Despite all of his gifts, he is quite the hypochondriac. His | |||
hypochondriasis is especially amplified by anxiety, specifically | |||
anxiety over performance in circumstances were exposure to an unknown | |||
agent might result in illness (e.g., away teams, hazard duty, etc.). | |||
This inner perception of frailty when it comes to health has further | |||
manifested itself in a low pain threshold. Keye cannot tolerate pain, | |||
as it leads him directly to thoughts of agonizing death. | |||
==Chronological History== | |||
===Ages: 1-12=== | |||
Keye was born in a time of relative peace for the United Federation of | |||
Planets. Any military or political troubles that did arise were far | |||
removed from his reality. Despite this ideallic childhood, he was not | |||
accustomed to luxury, either. His parents maintained highly | |||
traditional views and believed in hard work and discipline. They were | |||
also extremely vested in higher education, as both parents taught at | |||
the prestigious University of Alpha Centauri. Keye's mother, Neria, | |||
was an associate professor of astrophysics, and his father, Jador, was | |||
a lecturer in exocultural literature. Tiernan was an only child. | |||
His childhood was far from lonely; however, he was identified as a | |||
"intellectual" from a young age. Although he did not dislike social | |||
interaction, he preferred productive social interaction, and he became | |||
involved in many extracurricular programs designed to encourage for | |||
creative and imaginative thinking. At the age of six, he tested into | |||
the gifted program at the primary school that he was attended, | |||
excelling in the portions of the test that measured abstract thinking | |||
and higher-order reasoning. | |||
===Ages: 12-18=== | |||
As Keyes began to mature, additional pressure from his parents to | |||
excel at his academics began to affect his social aptitude. At the age | |||
of thirteen, his parents decided to participate in an expedition | |||
authorized by the Federation Science Council. For the next seventeen | |||
months, he would be isolated from others his age, and his parents | |||
became his instructors. Initially, the adolescent began to rebel. In | |||
fact, his rebellion reached a point of critical mass until month | |||
twelve of their journey.. His father contracted some sort of aggressive | |||
infection during one of their stops, and he became gravely ill. Keye | |||
became nearly obsessed over his father's condition, to the point that | |||
he became paranoid about contracting a serious illness himself. This | |||
led to his hypochondriasis that he battles even as an adult. | |||
Given their distance from a Federation medical facility, his father | |||
grew exceedingly weak. It became his responsibility to not only care | |||
for his father but to help his mother maintain the ship that they had | |||
been assigned for their journey. Eventually, the ship reached a | |||
Federation medical facility, but the infection had done serious damage | |||
to his father's spinal cord. The physicians were able to take care of | |||
the infection, but he was paralyzed from the waist down. | |||
Keyes realized, after returning to Alpha Centauri, that he had enjoyed | |||
the role that he played on this voyage. He also discovered that there | |||
was far more to life than academics. He continued to excel, and he | |||
developed into a masterful young man. But, he started to look beyond | |||
years of academic studies; he wanted to make a difference - in the | |||
here and now. | |||
Keyes was not completely disinterested in pursuing academics; after | |||
all, they had been an important part of his life for fourteen years. | |||
Once he graduated from secondary school, he decided to "get the most | |||
bang for his buck". That, combined with his fascination with service | |||
in space, led him to apply to Starfleet Academy. Given Keye's | |||
excellent problem-solving skills, he did quite well on the entrance | |||
examination, and he was admitted after his first attempt. | |||
His parents, however, were not thrilled. Both his mother and father | |||
wished for him to pursue an advanced degree for a prestigious | |||
university - the University of Alpha Centauri, the University of | |||
Betazed, or the Vulcan Science Academy, for instance. Never-the-less, | |||
after Keyes had made his decision, they supported it despite their | |||
personal feelings. | |||
Because he possessed great problem-solving abilities and also showed | |||
technical acumen, his advisor recommended a career within engineering. | |||
At first, Keyes was hesitant, but after he took the introductory | |||
courses in engineering, he found that this field was far beyond | |||
maintenance and repair work. He elected to specialize in warp theory | |||
and propulsion, and he never looked back from that point on. Rather | |||
quickly, he accepted the name of "engineer" with pride. | |||
The transition to life at Starfleet Academy was an easy one for | |||
Tiernan. Because he grew up on a Federation member world, he was | |||
accustomed to the great cultural diversity of Starfleet. As soon as he | |||
could, he signed up for the Starfleet Academy Parisi Squares team, a | |||
sport of which he was quite fond and had often played as child | |||
(despite the inherent risks of playing the game at a young age). The | |||
friendships that he developed with his teammates were a critical piece | |||
that made the transition smooth. | |||
Tiernan selected the engineering branch, an arena in which he had | |||
always shown interest and aptitude, as his major field. He was strong | |||
academically and highly focused. His second semester into his branch | |||
program, however, he met Cadet Christopher Mitchell. Mitchell was a | |||
Human with southern charm, a native of Tennessee who fancied himself a | |||
miracle worker and ladies man. Although the latter was questionable, | |||
the former was proven in his performance in the engineering department | |||
at the Academy. Keye and Mitchell were assigned to the same problem in | |||
applied theories of advanced propulsion, though they were not | |||
partners. Their assignment was to work independently and then present | |||
their solutions to the class; the person with the best solution would | |||
receive the best grade. Both Keye and Mitchell came up with creative, | |||
adaptive solutions to the problem. With both equally sound, Keye's | |||
personal charm and magnetism helped him sell his solution, and he beat | |||
out Mitchell. The two became friends; however, it is one that is very | |||
odd, based on constant competition and 'oneupmanship' . This has | |||
threatened their friendship many times because Keye does not have the | |||
competitive streak within him that Mitchell does. | |||
At the end of his junior year, Keye had the option to submit a | |||
proposal for research. The person whose proposal was the most sound | |||
and valid would have the opportunity to conduct the research in the | |||
field as a part of his or her cadet cruise. Dozens of proposals were | |||
submitted by his classmates, including Cadet Mitchell. After a fierce | |||
competition that included defending the proposals to a research | |||
committee, Keye's thesis proposal in warp field theory was selected. | |||
===Character Description=== | |||
Keye is a cadet who is close to graduating | |||
Starfleet Academy. He has a fear of illnesses but yet is a skilled, | |||
albeit young and inexperienced, engineer.. | |||
===Physical Description=== | |||
This young man has the quintessential appearance | |||
of a military officer. His sandy blonde hair is cut short and | |||
straight, and he has a square cut jaw. Brilliant azure eyes are | |||
ever-intent and ever-focused. The intensity of his eyes and | |||
seriousness of his expressions provide a strong counterbalance for his | |||
youthful appearance, suggesting that, despite his age, he is likely | |||
seasoned and intellectual. Although he appears to be Human, he is | |||
actually a native of Alpha Centauri. | |||
==Backstory/Timeline== | ==Backstory/Timeline== | ||