Lieutenant Megosho Gehente
Name Megosho 'Meg' Gehente
Position Chief Communications Officer
Rank Lieutenant
Character Information
| Gender | Female | |
| Species | Orion (Rigellian Colonies) | |
| Age | 32 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 6'0 | |
| Weight | 70kg | |
| Hair Color | Dark purple | |
| Eye Color | Violet | |
| Physical Description | Tall and imposing, Meg carries herself confidently much as Orion women do. With her imperial purple hair and deep violet eyes, she stands out of the crowd. On-duty she's immaculately dressed to service regulation, taking pride in her appearance. Off-duty her hair is often worn down, and she prefers athleisure wear or sundresses for more formal occasions. |
Family
| Father | Dero | |
| Mother | Gyeeto | |
| Brother(s) | Dolam | |
| Sister(s) | Zhaassa, Therrassa |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | In contrast to her appearance, Meg (as she prefers to be known) is friendly and approachable. Enthusiastic about her work and her life in Starfleet, she is a bouncy, happy person. Beneath her warm demeanour is a cold determination as hard as steel, her idealism tempered by her experiences in Starfleet. Holding close to her beliefs and ethics, woe betide the person who attempts to cross them. | |
| Strengths & Weaknesses | Linguist – As befits her status as the ship’s Chief Communications Officer, Meg is well-versed in many languages found across the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. She is also able to apply her skills to deciphering new languages Signals Intelligence & Subspace Theory – as part of her specialisations during her time in Starfleet, Meg has a good working knowledge of, and enjoys, working in signals analysis and decryption. Along with this is a functional knowledge of computer hacking. Physically fit – She prides herself on he workout regimen, training most days and taking an interest in kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts Ethical – Owing to events in her past, Meg is wedded fast to her own ethical code, and it is difficult to impossible to convince her that deviating from those ethics is the sensible or preferable thing to do. Impulsive – Has an impulsive streak, or as Meg prefers to call it, dynamism, that can occasionally land her in hot water with others. Pheromones - cannot produce them to the same level as other Orion women. They can work sporadically but it's incredibly rare. |
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| Hobbies & Interests | Meg has an avid love for learning, and particularly enjoys learning about other cultures and societies and their histories, dragging a small personal library of books on every assignment. She enjoys chess and in the style of most Rigelians can play the harmonica and banjo, and will try and find a band of similar tastes to jam with. Her greatest passion though is reserved for kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts training, a hobby taken up around the time she joined the Academy as a pressure valve release for the stresses of study. |
| Personal History | Megosho Gehente was the third child born to her family. Her parents were small time traders in the Rigel Colonies and had gained Federation citizenship and integrated well, leveraging their connection with other Orion traders to create the best life for their family. As the third child, Meg was mostly left to her own devices, and soon developed an independent streak. While her older sisters were trained from a young age to take on the family business, Meg turned away from Orion traditions, and made fast local friends in the multicultural melting pot. Growing up studious, Meg excelled at languages and sciences. Outgoing and talkative, she had a wide circle of friends, and came to love her homeworld and the wider Federation. During the 2260s, there were regular documentaries on the latest Starfleet discoveries, and the daring Captains facing down the Klingons and Romulans while pushing back the frontier. She decided from a young age that Starfleet was the career for her. Graduating from High School, and completing the entrance exams to Starfleet Academy, Meg had a tearful, and not a little strained, goodbye with her family. Once on Earth, Meg threw herself into her studies, and socialised hard, becoming the life of the party. As she progressed through her Academy courses, she made a small group of fast friends that would stick through thick and thin in the coming decades. The Orion was also introduced to kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts as part of the Academy PT program, and along with weightlifting, took to them like duck to water, enjoying the feeling they gave her. Graduating in the top 25th percentile of her Academy year in 2279, right into the lap of the Federation-Klingon Cold War. Having excelled in languages, linguistics and subspace communications, Meg’s natural position was within the Communications Department. She elected to spend a further year in a crash course on signals intelligence in order to broaden her usefulness. Assigned to the USS Perth, a Miranda class vessel, Meg spent her first tour of duty patrolling the Federation-Klingon Neutral Zone and learning the ropes of a Starfleet career. Though the Perth was aging, and cramped, Meg loved the ship enjoying the sense of freedom calling in a different port every few weeks gave her. BIO TO BE COMPLETED. |
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| Service Record | TO BE COMPLETED |