Lt. Voshen, Chief Navigator

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VOSHEN
88 year old Zaranite male
Lieutenant, UFP Starfleet
Chief Navigator, U.S.S. Drake, NCC-2491
Command Department

Traits
Zaranite
Zaranites are hardy and immune to toxic gases, complications due to bright lighting, and can survive the extremes conditions of the vacuum of space, so long as their respirator tanks last. In general, Zaranites are pleasant if not somewhat reserved. In addition to their service in Starfleet, Zaranites also serve in various positions within the scientific community and diplomatic corps.

Necessary Rebreather
Whereas most Zaranites may remove their rebreather on their home planet or the confines of specialized quarters, an accident has left Voshen fully dependent on his rebreather at all times.  Without it, even his native fluoride gas would damage his respiratory organs inside of a few minutes.

Attributes
Control: 9
Daring: 9
Fitness: 9
Insight: 10
Presence: 9
Reason: 10

Disciplines
Command: 2
Conn: 4
Security: 2
Engineering: 3
Science: 3
Medicine: 2

Determination: 0
Stress: 9 / 11
Reputation: 10

Focuses
Astronavigation, Team Dynamics, Helm Operations, Gambling, Exotic Particles, Composure

Values
Exploration Over Tradition
My Actions Must Serve the Crew
A First Step Always Involves Risk
The Ship is My Only Home

Talents
Multispectrum Vision
Zaranites can see a broader spectrum of light than most humanoid species. Characters with this Talent gain a bonus Momentum on a Perception Task based on vision. This bonus Momentum may only be used on the Gain Information Momentum spend.

Dauntless
Whenever you attempt a Task to resist being intimidated or threatened, you may add a bonus d20 to your dice pool.

Collaboration: Conn
Whenever an ally attempts a Task using Conn, you may spend one Momentum (Immediate) to allow them to use your score for that Discipline, and one of your Focuses.

Technical Expertise
Whenever you attempt a Task assisted by the ship's Computers or Sensors, you may re-roll one d20 (which may be the ship's die).

Role
Chief Navigator
When the navigator is required to analyze, or repair technology related to flight or propulsion, they may use the Conn Discipline instead of Engineering.

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Born: Day 372910 of the Zaranite Reckoning, Earth year 2200

General Description: Medium-build, about 1.78 meters in height,  Continually wears a Zaranite rebreather with developed fluorine reservoirs and a facemask with eye protection.  Wears a standard uniform without Zaranite familial decoration.  Gregarious and inquistive, his vocoder is pitched slightly higher than standard in a bid to sound more approachable.

Background
Voshen is the third son of three siblings.  His mother and father are employed as geothermal scientists within the Scientific Corps.  Devout in their belief in the numerology underpinning Zaranite psychohistory, they settled their family on Argus V, a far-flung isolated colony, after conferring with the mystics on their homeworld.  Voshen's childhood was spent exploring the cliffs surrounding his colony and dreaming about the motion of the stars behind the ash clouds of the planet.  As he grew into adolescence, his itinerant stargazing would take him farther from his home, begging passage from the occasional resupply shuttles and sometimes even stowing away.  His application to Starfleet came as a foregone conclusion, his parents long since given up in curtailing their son's wanderlust and he having given up on their orthodox beliefs that choked him more than any rebreather he would need on Earth.

Life at the Academy was fascinating, full of thousands of new faces and species.  With a hunger, Voshen leapt into his studies and quickly gained a reputation as a gregarious cadet and skilled pilot, if not a bit of a daredevil.  After a junior prank had him buzzing the academy grounds in a commandeered shuttlepod, Voshen was nearly expelled.  His flight privileges revoked, he realized how devastated he would be had he been forced to return home again to Argus V Colony.  He redoubled his efforts into his studies, promising to only engage any further risk-taking in service to his crew.  Forced to change focuses to Navigation, Voshen found the more intellectual field to be a pleasant change, charting stars and courses reminding him of nights spent at home under the stars.

The academic reprimands stalled Voshen's career out of the gate, but he quickly made up for lost time.  He made himself invaluable on every ship he was assigned to, not only as an astronavigator but as a friendly face and a dependable presence, especially around the poker table.  A small hiccup occurred in 2284 when aboard the USS Hawking, non-corporeal lifeforms infected his rebreather, taking control of his mind and driving him to nearly breach the warp core.  The crew rescued the ship and him in the nick of time, and he left the event humbled and with a strange but useful understanding of high-energy particles and their motions.

His career was nearly brought to a permanent halt on the surface of Eta Indi VII.  While on a routine shuttlecraft maneuvers, his shuttle was struck by a rogue gravitic eddy and crash-landed on the Class K planet.  His rebreather non-operable after the crash, Voshen survived for 18 hours, long enough to repair a distress signal, but not before irreparable damage was done to his lungs and respiratory tracts.  On medical leave, Starfleet doctors were able to refine his rebreather to give the specific gas combination his body could absorb, but he would be tied to the rebreather forever.  Sinking into a deep depression, unable to even return to his home, Voshen eventually pulled himself out of his despair by concentrating on returning to duty.  Making peace with his new disability, Voshen uses it as a motivation to become the cornerstone of any crew he is on.  After all, for better or worse, the ship is his home now.

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Determination Changes

• Episode starts with 1.
• Episode 2.02, Post #638: Spent 1 Determination using "The First Step Always Involves Risk" when flying the Dubilier through a Vulcan sandstorm to buy a Perfect Opportunity.  Determination at 0.