Victoria Concord
Operations Offcier / Assistant XO
Rank: Commander | Sex: Female | Race: Betazoid/Human/Ligonian/Vulcan
Height: 5’7" | Weight: 158lbs | Eyes: green | Hair: black, mid back
Home Planet: - | DOB: April 1, 2341 | Age: 37
Married: - | Children: -
Of Note -
Soft pointed ears
Athletic build
Personal Traits:
Victoria believes deeply in routines and schedules. She maintains a strict
morning routine workout. She goes holo-adventuring once a week, at the same
time and day each week.
She tends to interpret rules and regulations differently from most people.
Typically the things she does would be considered inappropriate by others
using their common sense, something Victoria seems to lack. This has lead to
her butting heads with superior officers over her methods on a semi-regular
basis, four formal reprimands to be placed on her permanent record, and two
transfers based on "personality differences". In Victoria's defense, it has
been stated that dispite how she gets things done, they do in fact get done
on time and very well, which was what lead to her two promotions.
She claims her personal motto is: "If God is watching, the least we can do is
be entertaining." She loves a good, harmless, prank.
She doesn't claim any particular religious belief. When asked about it she
simply replies: "What we call ancient technology was once called magic by our
ancestors."
Hobbies:
Singing
Dancing
Tinkering
Holo-adventures (which she creates) with sister
Personality:
Classic Engineer. Victoria Concord is not so much a loner as she is unskilled
in social situations and dealing with others. She naturally lacks the
intuition of how to best interact with people, which makes her uncomfortable
or seem like she prefers to be alone at social gatherings. However, her
mental training allows her to suppress these natural tendencies and follow
the cue of others well when necessary. She also possess an uncanny ability to
comprehend most any technology she comes across, as well as having the
capacity to recall the most minute details about any place or thing (though
not people or conversations), even if under stress at the time.
She is happiest when "fiddling around" with some new piece of technology,
theorizing advanced concepts, physical training, or singing along with a
favorite song (the list of which is almost inexhaustive). She prefers any
music with a beat, so she can dance to it. But she listens to all types of
music, except the Country-style from Earth and Vulcan Musical-poetry. Despite
her love of music, she never had much talent with any instrument other than
her own voice.
She actively dislikes speaking/singing in front of large audiences, large
social gatherings, and broccoli.
Family is the most important thing to her, whether or not it's her own. This
carries over, to a lesser degree, to the item or ship she is working on, as
she considers anything she creates almost like a child. She can often be
overheard talking to equipment and such, trying to coax them into working for
her or telling their secrets to her.
Personal History:
Father: Robert Concord
Mother: Alorria Concord
Twin: Captain Priscilla Myst
Victoria and her twin sister, Priscilla, were born unexpectedly during their
parent's visit with Robert's Mother on Vulcan for no apparent medical reason.
When Robert's father, who was on assignment in Starfleet at the time, finally
received word of the birth, it is said he laughed hysterically for at least
five minutes. When he was finally able to speak again, he explained about an
old Earth significance of the day the girls had been born on. He also said he
had always wanted someone he knew to be born on April Fool's Day, and swore
it was a sign the twins would be troublemakers. From then on he was a
defining influence on the girls' lives. While their parents wanted to teach
them how to use their mental abilities, the girls were always far more
interested in the holo-adventures their grandfather sent them. It was hard
for their parents to compete with that temptation, especially since no one
was quite sure what the girls' mental capabilities were. Any one quarter
Betazoid or one quarter Vulcan had only a small chance of inheriting the
mental skills of that race, and no one knew what the possibilities were for a
Betazoid-Vulcan combination. However, before the twins were two years old,
their Betazoid grandfather discovered while playing with them that they had
already had a strong telepathic connection with each other. At that time they
began to display knowledge of what the other was thinking or doing, and when
one was injured or changed emotions the other acted as if the same had
happened to her, even if they weren't in the same house! So when the girls
grew old enough for schooling, they also began being trained in the basics
for both Betazoids and Vulcans, with the hope that they would take to one or
the other. The girls never developed the empathic or mind-reading abilities
of the Betazoid, except between each other, yet they were able to learn to
communicate telepathically with other telepaths. The most they ever got out
of their Vulcan education was to hide their thoughts and emotions from other
telepaths, except each other, and suppress their emotions for a time. However
they did learn how to selectively suppress emotions or thoughts, which made
it exceedingly difficult for any parent or grandparent to determine what the
twins were truly up to. True to their human grandfather's prediction, they
got themselves into all sorts of trouble growing up in the name of fun or
exploration. The first division in their personalities showed up in
Priscilla's growing ability to talk her way out of anything, and Victoria's
growing ability to figure out a solution to any situation. By the time they
were teenagers, Priscilla was definitely the social one and Victoria was
definitely the technical one. Yet with the telepathic bond they shared, each
could call upon the other for help to supplement the skills they were lacking
in. This also meant they practically never studied for their classes, relying
on their own natural understanding of things or their sister's of everything
else. Instead they spent their time in more interesting pursuits of music,
dance, exploration, holo-adventures, and socializing for Priscilla and
building things for Victoria. When the girls were seventeen, their most
beloved family member, their grandfather, was killed in the line of duty.
Though saddened by this turn of events, they understood that was the risk he
had taken with his life. The girls actually thought it was a noble way to
die. They decided that to best honor his memory and life, they would follow
in his steps and join Starfleet. This meant, however, that even though they
did well in it, they had to knuckle down and get serious about school.
Academy:
Two years after their grandfather's death, both Priscilla and Victoria were
accepted into the academy. Victoria immediately plunged into the engineering
classes and began absorbing everything she was taught. Priscilla didn't find
her niche so easily. She started out with generic classes until an advisor
recommended psychology. Priscilla happily started down that path, but quickly
gravitated to medicine. She only lasted a year and a half there before
becoming dissatisfied again. So she switched to command classes. She found
them much more fulfilling, but not exactly her cup of tea. She supplemented
her course load with alien language classes, though she already knew Vulcan
and Ligonian as well as English from her family. But none of it was the right
fit. Finally it was her time for the Kobayashi Maru exam. She was doing an
average job until things took a very interesting turn. Priscilla immediately
recognized Victoria's handy work, and attempted to refuse to proceed with the
exam. The instructor agreed with Priscilla's wishes due to the obvious
tampering, but the two found they couldn't stop and leave the simulation. A
message then appeared, informing them that the test would not let them leave
until it ended, and that the test would not proceed if Priscilla stopped
interacting. Therefore Priscilla was forced to finish out her sister's
modified version of the exam. She was determined not to let her sister's
interference give her an advantage. She intentionally did all she could to
fail the exam, and succeeded in doing so. But not before she displayed her
diplomatic skills. After the exam was over, Priscilla refused to turn her
sister in, even though most people suspected Victoria. However without proof,
as Victoria had been very careful to cover her trail and even have alibis, no
disciplinary action was brought against her. Impressed with her integrity,
the instructor had passed Priscilla, and then recommended that she look into
diplomacy as a career option. Priscilla profusely thanked the instructor for
the accommodation and advice. Priscilla's anger over the whole situation
eventually caused Victoria to turn herself in, even though she had only done
it all to help Priscilla in her up until that point mediocre career. Victoria
was punished with a loss of a year's standing. Priscilla stayed an extra year
at the academy to pursue her new found career path. So the twins graduated
together.
However she had served less than three years in Starfleet when Victoria
decided Starfleet was too rigid for her tastes. She left for a career of her
own design, and ended up excelling as a civilian engineer. It was then the
twins discovered the limitation on their natural mental abilities. They had
never before been separated by more than being on opposite sides of the same
planet. It was a very distressful and hard adjustment period that the girls
each went through, learning to be without the other's mental presence. But
with time, and by drawing upon the discipline instilled by their childhood
lessons, they managed to make it and get their respective lives back on track.
Major/Minor Area(s) of study:
Major: General Engineering
Minor: Propulsion Theory & Design
Minor: Power Distribution Systems
Previous Assignments:
-USS John Doe, NCC-0000-
2364
Ensign
Expertise: Power Transfer Efficiency and Warp Core/Field Specialist
Promotions: Lieutenant Junior Grade, 5 March 2365
-USS John Doe, NCC-0000-
14 September 2365
Lieutenant Junior Grade
Expertise: Assisstant Engineer
Promotions: Lieutenant, 31 September 2366
Victoria quit Starfleet less than three years after she graduated the
academy, giving up a very promising Engineering career in favor for what
turned out to be a possibly even better civilian engineering career.
About 11 years later, Priscilla, who was about to be given her first command,
convinced Victoria to return to Starfleet. Victoria opted to try for the
Chief Engineer position on the newly commission USS Goldeneye instead of
working under her sister's command.
-USS Goldeneye, NCC-0000-
2377
Lieutenant Commander
Expertise: Chief Engineer
During a mission involving time issues Victoria nearly died. She was then
discovered by a few pre-Federation Starfleet officers from the past, and in
trying to minimize knowledge of the future being given to them, she passed as
a half-human half-vulcan and did all she could to keep the officers from the
past from interacting with anyone else in the crew, including refusing
medical attention. During a combat with the Goldeneye's attackers, Victoria
managed to get ahold of one of the one-man time transporters. The officers
from the past finally abandoned the Goleneye when they saw no alternative,
taking Victoria with them. Their doctor was able to keep her alive and
concious long enough for her to get the time transporter working. It turned
out to be a one way trip. She managed to get the shuttle she had been given
to autopilot to the nearest starbase, where after intensive medical care, she
survived. The Goldeneye was lost. It is unknown to her if any others made
it back to the present or even survived.
-Starbase 10-
Aug. 2378
Lieutenant (demoted for losing a starship)
Expertise: Chief Engineer
Nov. 27, 2378 - Promotion
Lieutenant Commander
Jan. 11, 2379 - Promotions
Commander
Expertise: Operations Officer / AXO
Awards and Commendations:
Special Operations Ribbon
Commendations: None.
Reprimands:
Unoridox Methods, 19 May 2365
Unoridox Methods, 7 September 2365
Unoridox Methods, 26 February 2366
Unoridox Methods, 13 December 2366
Poor Judgement Befitting an Officer, 21 March 2378
Honors and Decorations:
November 27, 2378: Starfleet Cross
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