Commander Pola Ni Dhuinn

Character Information

Gender		Female
Species		Human
Age		32
Birthdate		July 31st, 2361

Physical Appearance

Height		5'6
Weight		120lbs
Hair Color		Dark Brown
Eye Color		Grey
Physical Description		Pola has a slight built with her height and weight. But no one should underestimate her in anyway. Her grey eyes can darken almost to the color of a storm cloud if she is angry and lighten if she is happy. She also has the outline of a small dove as a tattoo on her hip.

Family

Spouse		None
Children		None
Father		Lieutenant Barry Ryan M.D. - Trauma Medicine
Mother		Lieutenant Sharon Ryan M.D. - Thoracic Surgery
Brother(s)		None
Sister(s)		None
Other Family		Maternal Grandmother - Caoimhe Ui Dhuinn(DECEASED)

Personality & Traits

General Overview		As Pola was raised in Ireland, she is fluent in the Irish language. Even though she has a calm and friendly deposition which comes with being a Doctor, she has an anger which can very easily manifest itself. She has worked hard to get to the rank and position she holds so she takes her job very seriously, thus when under pressure in medical situations she can remain very calm and cool. She has a natural personality which has had the words bubbly and hyper-attached to them. She's outgoing and not afraid to push others, no matter is they are superiors or not. Sexuality: Hetrosexual
Strengths & Weaknesses		Strengths: -Ability to remain calm when under pressure -Bubbly nature can help put some people at ease -Gives 100% to all tasks she is assigned Weaknesses -Bubbly nature can sometimes result in her hiding her true feelings and emotions, a kind of natural reaction to block out the negative -overprotectiveness of people she cares about, patients or colleagues, can sometimes result in aggression.
Ambitions		To earn her own command, failing that then its to continue to keep her people and her patients safe.
Hobbies & Interests		Reading, Writing, Swimming & Various forms of Dance

Personal History		In 2361, Barry and Sharon had a daughter, Pola Ava Ni Dhuinn who was born in an area called Cork in Ireland. Not long after giving birth to Pola, Sharon received the news that she would be unable to have any further children. At this point, both Starfleet officers, they decided to bring Pola up in Ireland. In order to cover up their pain, they left Pola with her maternal grandmother to raise her and both reported back to their assignments onboard the USS Rook. The only came back to visit their daughter every few years and even then they would only stay around for a week before disappearing again. With her parents alienating her, Pola grew up with the attitude she was unwanted and why should she bother. She made no effort in school and used to get into trouble. At the age of 18, Pola's grandmother passed away. Losing the only woman who loved her enough to raise her, Pola realized she was wasting her life. Deciding she wished to prove herself to her parents that she was better then what they made her feel, she made the decision to join Starfleet. In her first year of studying general studies, Pola realized that the one and only area she wished to go forward it was medical. She found a deep love for being able to take a sick or injured patient and working hard to make them better or to heal their injury. Pola realized she had found her one love in life and she would never allow anyone to take this away from her. She turned her life around, making the efforts to study and leaving her old life behind her, including the interactions with the other race. Pola had come to realize that she was a better person than that and never again would she allow herself to slide down that route again. After 4years at Starfleet Academy, Pola graduated with high grades having shone in all of her classes. Following graduation, Pola was awarded the rank of Ensign. She then moved on to be admitted to Starfleet Medical Academy's Residency Programme which she attended for 2years. During her two years of rotations and placements, Pola finally settled on her major of family medicine and minoring in emergency medicine. In 2385, Pola graduated the Residency Programme as a fully qualified Medical Doctor, earning a promotion to Lieutenant Junior Grade. Due to the aftermath of the Dominion war, Starfleet was assigning anyone they could to their ships. As a result, Pola was assigned the position of Assistant Chief Medical Officer of the USS. Ulysses. Despite trying to climb up the ranks to becoming a CMO it was never to be for Pola. Continuously she seemed to have one knock back after another, but never did she allow it to put her back to who she had been. She was out to prove herself and she wasn't afraid to work hard for it. The only advancement which she managed to achieve in this time was a promotion in 2388 from Lieutenant Junior Grade to Lieutenant. In 2389, Pola received new orders to transfer to the USS. Galileo in order to take up the position as the ship's new Assistant Chief Medical Officer. Within a few days of joining the crew, Pola was offered the position of Chief Medical Officer after the old CMO had to leave due to unforeseen circumstances. In a surprise sequence of events, following a mission wherein she found herself unexpectedly promoted to acting second officer and acting executive officer, in recognition of service to the ship, Pola earned a promotion to Lieutenant Commander and a return to just being Chief Medical Officer, a situation which suited her as she felt she still had so much more to offer as a CMO. After only a year onboard the Nova class, which included a number of months spent as the ship's Second Officer, Pola got issued new orders to report back to Earth in order to take up an open position in Starfleet Academy. Despite appealing the decision and fighting hard to stay where she was, Starfleet refused to back down and Pola was given no other choice. The Doctor was to spend the next two years teaching the incoming academy medical students in the areas of clinical training, earning herself a promotion to Commander in the process. Pola was later to learn that the decision to bring her back had been heavily influenced by one Commodore Kyla Beren who, at the time, was vice-commandant at the Academy. The young woman had only met the Commodore on one occasion while still a cadet but the reason she made such an impact was still unknown and Pola never met Beren again to ask the question. In early 2392 new orders were once again issued directing Pola to take up command of an Olympic class ship, the USS Nightingale. It seemed like some sort of joke, to be sent to a 50 odd-year-old ship and take up a Command when she had so little experience herself. However, once she was assigned there she learned that the assignment was to prepare the ship for decommissioning and scrapping For the second time, however, Pola fought hard to stay where she was, had managed to build a life for herself back on Earth. But, once again, Starfleet was to overrule all objections and give her no alternative. Her assignment, however, was over inside of two months before she was sent back to Earth to resume her assignment but she was then told that she was being sent back out into the field as Chief Medical Officer for one of the new Guardian class battleships being constructed and commissioned. Now, this was a challenge she could enjoy.
Service Record		Starfleet Academy - Earth, SOL 2379 to 2383 - Medical Student Cadet One / Four Starfleet Academy - Earth, SOL 2383 to 2385 - Medical Officer - Residency Program Ensign / Lieutenant JG USS Ulysses - Nebula Class 2385 to 2388 - Assistant Chief Medical Officer Lieutenant JG / Lieutenant USS Galileo - Nova Class 2388 to 2390 - Assistant Chief Medical Officer / Chief Medical Officer Lieutenant / Lt Commander Starfleet Academy - Earth, SOL 2390 to 2391 - Medical Instructor Lt Commander / Commander USS Nightingale - Olympic Class March 2391 to June 2391 - Commanding Officer Commander Starfleet Academy - Earth, SOL 2391 to 2392 - Medical Instructor Commander Timeline of Ranks and Promotions 2379 to 2383 - Cadet One / Four 2383 to 2384 - Ensign 2384 to 2386 - Lieutenant JG 2386 to 2389 - Lieutenant 2389 to 2392 - Lt Commander 2392 to Present - Commander