Commander T'Shamsu
Name T'Shamsu
Position Chief Operations Officer
Rank Commander
Character Information
| Gender | Female | |
| Species | Vulcan | |
| Age | 80 | |
| Birthdate | November 17th, 2313 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 6'0 | |
| Weight | 145lbs | |
| Hair Color | Black | |
| Eye Color | Blue | |
| Physical Description | T'Shamsu is a tall woman, but as austere as any Vulcan. Her hair is black, worn short and simple for practicality’s sake. Cold blue eyes sometimes indicate signs of repressed anger or a sense of superiority, though this is usually a mistaken impression from observers. Although her features are severe and well-chiseled, a faint scar from an accident years past has subtly tugged the left side of her mouth into a small, perpetual wry smirk. This can give everything she says, even though her voice sounds as level as any Vulcan’s, a hint of inadvertent sarcasm to an emotional observer. |
Family
| Spouse | None | |
| Children | None | |
| Father | Solkarr - Civilian | |
| Mother | T'Mira - Civilian | |
| Brother(s) | Stann - Civilian | |
| Sister(s) | T'Mia - Civilian | |
| Other Family | She has several other family members, they mostly reside on Vulcan. |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | T'Shamsu is a seasoned Starfleet officer and an experienced starship commander. A Vulcan who is predominantly accustomed to serving alongside other Vulcans, she still works hard to maintain an effective professional relationship with those under her command. T'Shamsu is a well-regarded diplomat and scientist, though she does bear the military experience of the Dominion War. | |
| Strengths & Weaknesses | Strengths: She is logical, pragmatic and patient. Weaknesses: She comes across as cold and indifferent when she is precisely the opposite. |
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| Ambitions | To regain her command. To find a mate and raise a family. Maybe her next pon far will change things for her. | |
| Hobbies & Interests | This is a woman who will try anything once. |
| Personal History | Born on Vulcan, T'Shamsu had the upbringing of any youth of her species, given a good education and encouraged towards excellence. She was exposed from an early age to Vulcan philosophy, which she embraced without difficulty. Studying the sciences as a child, she quickly eschewed an interest in physics or botany and developed an interest in anthropology. Tackling her interest in alien races as a scientist, her assessment of them was entirely academic; at no point did T'Shamsu demonstrate any inclination that their different ways were anything she would embrace. She attended the Vulcan Science Institute to further her learning in anthropology and archaeology, passing with expected excellence and went on to attend Starfleet Academy. There she trained as an A&A officer, a role she served in for almost ten years on different assignments. First posted on a mission of exploration, T'Shamsu developed hands-on experience at studying and evaluating alien races, living and past. She experienced first contact with several different species and demonstrated a knack for diplomacy by being able to intellectually understand their emotional attitudes, even if she could not sympathize with them. T'Shamsu demonstrated talents in command when she moved up to department management, though with the patience of a Vulcan and the interest of a scientist she did not pursue this avenue of her career for another fifteen years. Starfleet continued to urge her to move into a command role, and continuously T'Shamsu decided not to. Most were bemused when she all of a sudden, in the mid-60s, accepted a promotion to Commander and an assignment to the USS Sarek. For T'Shamsu, it was simply the logical time in her career for such a transition though she did quietly express some amusement at the antics of command. Serving on an all-Vulcan ship, she was comfortable with the few changes to personnel for many years. The change came in 2372 and the outbreak of the Klingon-Federation War. In one of the opening conflicts, the Sarek’s captain was killed, and T'Shamsu assumed command. Starfleet would formalize this within weeks with a promotion to Captain. T'Shamsu continued to serve as the commanding officer of the Sarek through the rest of the war, only to then find herself in the midst of the conflict with the Dominion. Although T'Shamsu demonstrated herself as able and capable in military circumstances, when the war ended she put in her first specific request for reassignment; this time to a scientific mission. T'Shamsu was assigned to the newly-commissioned USS Tar’Hana and spent the bulk of the next ten years on scientific expeditions along the border with the Klingon Empire. The crew was all-Vulcan, and it seemed she was set to settle in this assignment for the rest of her career. An engineering error would bring the Tar’Hana’s mission to an unexpected halt as a warp core overload was barely averted, and the ship had to be drydocked. The ships engines would need to be replaced. Although T'Shamsu expressed an interest in remaining with her ship when she returned to active duty, no temporary assignments were found - and instead, with her varied command experience to justify it, Command posted her to a mixed-race ship on a mission to the area near Tzenkethi space Despite her disapproval, T'Shamsu did not break her habit of never issuing a complaint, and took the assignment. However, the Tzenkethi took notice of this ship and they decided to attack in force. T'Shamsu did not expect such hostility from them and it showed too, their first attack crippled the Redemption and forced her to retreat, but not before destroying of the Tzenkethi attackers in response. However the board of inquiry decided that she was responsible for the lack of readiness on the USS Redemption and she was reduced in rank to Commander and reassigned to the academy, in short, she was being sent to redo command school. She graduated and was asked to join Captain Tolian Brevik on the USS Solemn Penance as his Chief of Operations and Second Officer. She accepted. |
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| Service Record | Vulcan Science Institute - Vulcan, 40 ERIDANI 2331 to 2335 - Science Student Student Starfleet Academy - Vulcan, 40 ERIDANI 2335 to 2339 - Officer Candidate Cadet One / Four USS Iroquois - Excelsior Class 2339 - 2343 - A&A Officer Ensign Starbase 24 - Ournal II Class 2343 - 2348 - A&A Officer Lieutenant JG USS Dalgrade - Excelsior Class 2348 - 2354 - Deputy Chief Science Officer Lieutenant USS T’Kumbra - Excelsior Class 2354 - 2363 - Chief Science Officer Lieutenant Commander USS Sarek - Ambassador Class 2363 - 2372 - Executive Officer Commander USS Sarek - Ambassador Class 2372 - 2376 - Commanding Officer Captain USS Tar’Hana - Ambassador Class 2376 to 2387 - Commanding Officer Captain USS Redemption - Armitage Class 2387 to 2391 - Commanding Officer Captain Command College - Earth, SOL 2391 to 2393 - Command Student Commander USS Solemn Penance - Champion Class 2393 to Present - Chief Operations Officer Commander |