Submitted by Trevor B.:
U.S.S. Excalibur – Crew Roster
• Captain – Captain Christopher Blake
• First Officer – Lieutenant Commander Maria Sanchez
• Senior Science Officer – Lieutenant Sandira Vashenka
• Senior Communications Officer – Ensign Sigrid Thursen
• Chief Engineer – Lieutenant Michael Akumi
• Senior Helmsman – Lieutenant Alban D’Wara
• Chief Security Officer – Lieutenant Sudek
• Chief Medical Officer – Lieutenant Commander Joseph TwoRivers
Captain Christopher Blake:
• A distinguished looking man in his mid fifties, Captain Chris Blake has an aura of quiet, understated authority. His dark brown hair is just beginning to show signs of grey at the temples. Once a paragon of physical fitness, he now carries a bit more weight than he used to, though still within acceptable Federation standards.
• Captain Blake fills his position with a quiet dignity, calmly encouraging his crew and dealing out reprimands with an understanding and fairness that takes away most of the sting. He is more concerned with seeing his crew learn from their mistakes then with berating them for their errors. Because of this, his crew respects him and works hard to win his approval.
• Captain Blake commanded the U.S.S. Yorktown for nearly twenty years until being reassigned to the newly commissioned U.S.S. Excalibur when the Yorktown was decommissioned. He is a veteran of several altercations involving both the Romulans and the Klingons. He harbours a strong distain for Klingons that goes beyond normal resentment towards a national enemy. Although some within the Federation speculate that Captain Blake will seek retirement at the completion of his current mission, others feel he has no such intentions.
Lieutenant Commander Maria Sanchez – First Officer
• A diminutive woman of Hispanic background, First Officer Sanchez has olive skin, long curly black hair, and dark brown eyes. Despite her fiery personality, which manifests most obviously when leading away missions, she maintains an outward disposition of dispassionate efficiency when in the presence of her Captain.
• Sanchez has enough experience under her belt to command a star ship in her own right. She prefers to serve as first officer, however, as she feels somewhat insecure about her ability to assume total responsibility for a star ship crew. Possessed of a volatile nature with mercurial shifts of temper from extreme agitation and excitement to intense moodiness, she strives to keep herself under control at all times when performing bridge duties. In her off hours, however, she leads the crew in carousing.
• First Officer Sanchez has served with Captain Blake for five years on the U.S.S Yorktown. She has seen enough combat against Klingons and other Federation enemies to know that she detests battle of all kinds. She prefers missions of exploration and discovery to military forays. While many of her colleagues have urged her to apply for a command post, she has thus far refused any further promotion.
