Connie Butterworth
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Character Information
Name: Connie Elizabeth Morgan Butterworth
Rank: Commander
Position: Chief Medical Officer
Post: USS Pacifica NCC-72545
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Age: 29
Physical Appearance
Height: 5’ 5”
Weight: 130 lbs.
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Dark Brown
Description:
Connie is of average height and has a slender build. She has soft flowing dark brown hair that goes a quarter of the way down her back, which she chooses to keep down on most occasions. She has a soft nice looking face with brown eyes and has a cute smile.
Personality & Traits
General Overview:
Connie is a kind loving, down to earth person who makes friends easily and is easily approachable . She also has a great bedside manner as her fun loving down to earth personality can often make anyone smile even when the situation is bleak. She also has a very strong will and understands quite well the responsibilities and risks that come with being a Starfleet Officer. Her time in sickbay has also given her a level head and she can stay calm and in control of most situations and she often leads her staff by example. She is a skilled Doctor and Surgeon who is 100% dedicated to her profession, she will help anyone who needs it and she is not afraid to put herself in harms way to do it.
Strengths & Weaknesses:
Pending.
Ambitions:
Pending.
Hobbies & Interests:
Connie likes to spend some of her free time in her quarters with a good book. She also likes to hang out in the Pacifica's lounge where she enjoys social chats with the rest of the crew. Other then that she enjoys playing poker with the ship's senior crew. She also has a like for the theatre and enjoys taking part in them as well.
Languages Federation Standard,
Family
Father: Patrick Morgan
Mother: Elizabeth Morgan
Sister: Dr. Kelly Morgan
Martial Status: Married to Commodore Daniel Butterworth
History
Childhood & Early Life
Named after her grandmother Connie Elizabeth Morgan was born on the 5th of October 2352 in the city of Sydney Australia on the planet of Earth to parents Elizabeth and Patrick Morgan. At the time of her birth both of her parents had taken leave from their work with the Starfleet Diplomatic Core where her mother was serving as a Diplomat to focus on their new roles as parents. Elizabeth briefly returned to her with the Diplomatic Core in September 2353, but made the decision to step back from her work in 2354 so she could focus all of her attention on raising her daughter with Patrick. Her decision to step away from work had also been triggered by the news that she was pregnant with her second child. The Morgan’s packed up their lives in Sydney and moved to the much quieter city of Hobart on Australia’s southern island called Tasmania where practically all of Elizabeth’s large extended family lived including her own parents. The Morgan’s easily adjusted to the much quieter and slowed paced city and quickly grew to consider the island state as their home and they soon welcomed their second daughter Kelly Ann Morgan into the world on the 12th of February 2355.
Connie was not much past the age of two when her parents brought Kelly home from the local hospital. She immediately grew attached to her baby sister as she loved nothing more than playing the role of big sister, so much so that she would always try to help her mum with looking after Kelly even though she wasn’t very helpful most of the time as she was too young. Through most of their childhood Connie was very protective of her sister and always tried to set the very best of examples for her. Their bond continued to strengthen over the years but there were times where they would clash and fight with each other as most siblings do. These arguments were often over the most trivial of things, but despite all of this they formed an inseparable bond and became the very best of friends. Some of Connie’s fondest memories of growing up were of the times she spent with her sister, in particular the many nights that they would spend sitting together on Connie’s bed gazing out of the window and up at the starlit sky. It was on these nights that they would often confide in each other sharing their childhood imaginations and dreams. Much of their early aspirations and childhood wonder focused on the very stars that they would gaze upon each night and this was fuelled in part by the bedtime stories told to them by their Dad. Their Dad’s bedtime stories were often set amongst the stars and this over the years would foster in both girls a strong fascination in the wonders of the cosmos. These bedtime stories played a significant role in putting both Connie and Kelly on their future paths that would lead them both to joining Starfleet.
It was also during her childhood that Connie first discovered her love for the field of medicine; this passion came for her Grandmother who worked as a Nurse at a nearby medical clinic. Connie always enjoyed spending time with her Grandmother as she deeply admired her and the work she was doing. This led to Connie spending a considerable portion of her youth at the clinic where she would help her Grandmother with the less demanding areas of her work. The time spent with her Grandmother at the clinic fostered Connie’s interest and eventual love for the field of medicine, so much so that Connie had her heart firmly set on becoming a Doctor at the tender age of eleven. From this point on Connie’s focus and determination to achieve her dream of becoming a Doctor never wavered as she concentrated hard on her schooling and continued to dedicate some of her time to her Grandmother’s clinic which quickly became her second classroom. Her new found focus on becoming a Doctor didn’t distract Connie from the other important facets of her life most notably her family. So important was her family that Connie would often go well out of her way so that she could spend as much time as possible with her parents, sister and extended family. Being one of the eldest and most responsible teenagers in her family network Connie was often called on to babysit her younger cousins, a task that she always enjoyed doing.
At the age of 16 Connie graduated from High School as her class valedictorian. While many of her fellow classmates took the opportunity to take a break after a hectic year of study Connie instead immediately turned her attention to preparing for the difficult challenge of the Star Fleet Medical Academy entrance exams. Connie’s dream of becoming a Doctor had been set in stone for a number of years, but her decision to pursue it as a Starfleet Officer had only come about roughly a year earlier when she remembered some of the stories that her Dad use to tell her and her sister when they were growing up. These fond early memories of her childhood had reignited her passion for the stars and helped her to decide to become a Doctor in Starfleet. Connie found studying for her entrance exams to be one of the most stressful periods of young life as the exams were quite daunting and was a huge step up from anything that she ever done before. In the end the years of effort that she put into her schooling and at the clinic paid off as she passed the entrance exam without much difficult. After a anxious two week wait Connie was excited to hear that she been accepted into the Star Fleet Medical Academy program that would commence at the start of the new year.
Starfleet Medical Academy
The First Four Years
Following a whirlwind final couple of months at home a very eager Connie moved into her dorm room on campus that would be her home for what was suppose to be the next 8 years. The first few months at the Academy proved to be difficult for Connie as she initially struggled to settle into life on campus. Being such a strong family orientated person Connie suffered from a bad case of home sickness that was not helped by the fact that it was the first time that she had been away from her family and home for an extended period of time. She refused to allow her bout of home sickness to get the better of her as she remained focused and determined to achieve her goal. Thanks to support from home coming in the form of daily messages from her family and from some of her fellow cadets Connie was able to knuckle down with her studies and quickly started to turn her year around as she started to grow in confidence. With her grades on the way up Connie started to form a number of meaningful friendships with a number of her Academy comrades, in particular Connie formed a very strong relationship with a fellow Tasmanian Daniel Butterworth who was a forth year cadet studying at adjoining Star Fleet Academy. Connie had first met Daniel prior to moving to the Academy at an annual festival that was held in their hometown of Hobart where they were able to instantly hit it off and build a strong rapport with each other. This quickly developed into a strong friendship and it was this friendship that really helped Connie through her first year teething problems more than anything else. The friendship became so strong between the two cadets that they continued to stay in constant contact with each other following Butterworth’s graduation from the Academy at the end of that year.
By the time she started her second year all of her problems from the year before were well and truly behind her as Connie had finally found her groove and her confidence started to grow. With the growth in her confidence Connie also started to branch out on to her own, becoming more independent and self reliant for the first real time in her life. Because of this self growth Connie no longer needed the safety net that her family back home had provided her with throughout her first year on campus and this led to her growing out of need to call home every day. This was quickly replaced by a more normal weekly routine, but no longer was she calling home for support instead she was calling solely for the purpose of keeping in touch with her family which was still and always would be a important aspect of her life. Now that she had learned to stand on her own two feet, Connie dived head first into her studies and her grades continued to steadily improve. Not only was she improving academically, but she was also having a lot of fun whilst doing it as there was nowhere else that she wanted to be and it showed in her application to her work. It wasn’t long before Connie was able to establish herself a place in the top five of her class and this was a mantle that she would never fall from.
The next couple of years simply flew by Connie and she poured all of effort and determination into her studies with nothing but positive results. Things only got better for her in 2372 which was during her forth year at the Academy as she was joined by her younger sister Kelly. At first Connie gave her sister plenty of space as she knew that Kelly was on a voyage of self discovery and trying to forge her own path, a path that would separate her from Connie’s shadow. Kelly never admitted this to her sister, but Connie always knew that thanks in part to sister’s intuition and from her experience growing up together. Connie gave Kelly all the space that she needed as she knew how important it was for Kelly to find her own path, at the same time though she didn’t cut herself completely off from her as she continued to be very supportive of her sister’s steps. It took Kelly a little bit of time to discover the path that she wanted to follow and that path was the field of medicine. Kelly’s decision to transfer to the Medical Academy came as a complete surprise to Connie; it was a decision that she never expected her sister to make as for years Kelly had done all that she could to avoid following in her sister’s footsteps, now that was no longer going to the case. Her feelings of surprise were soon replaced by those of admiration as she proud of her sisters desire and determination to do what she wanted to do, even if that meant following in Connie’s footsteps. At the same time Connie also realised that it was brave decision that her sister had made and it was one that she knew wouldn’t be easy. She continued to be supportive of her sister following her transfer to the Medical Academy and it wasn’t long before there already strong sisterly bond began to grow even stronger.
By the end of 2372 Connie had successfully completed her first four years of training and was able to finish in the top five of her class during the end of semester exams. She along with the rest of her passing class was promoted to the rank of Ensign and underwent final preparations for their first training postings in the fleet. Desperate for first real taste of life in space Connie had hoped for a ship based assignment, but this was not to be as she was instead assigned to Star Fleet Medical on Earth. Her initial disappointment with missing out on a ship assignment didn’t last for long as she soon learned that there was no better place for her a young doctor in training to learn their craft. During her short four month tour at Starfleet Medical Connie was able to experience although briefly the many different specialities that she would soon have to chose from to be her next areas of study at the Academy. Connie paid due diligence to each speciality, even though she already had a good idea on what she was going to chose. It was also during her stint at Star Fleet Medical that Connie got her first taste of the realities of war, as she helped to treat a small number of the Star Fleet Officers who had been transferred to Earth after being wounded during the Federation-Klingon War. At the conclusion of her tour at Star Fleet Medical Connie returned home to Hobart and enjoyed a brief three week respite with her family. Connie used this time to take a break from the pressure and stresses of her studies and made her final considerations on which specialities that she wanted to pursue when she returned to the Academy in the new year.
2373, The Dominion War and Early Graduation
Connie returned to campus early in 2373 and immediately went straight back to concentrating on her studies much like she had done for the better part of the last four years. From this point on though her training became more hands on as, the majority of her time was now spent out in the Academy’s Medical wards instead of the classroom and was now focused mostly on her chosen speciality. Not only did Connie have to adjust to this, but she also had to adjust to her new responsibilities that came with being a Ensign as well. Those responsibilities first began with basic officer training that was quickly evolved to include supervising medical personnel mostly Orderlies and junior Medical cadets which was an important part of her leadership training. Connie initially found it to be a little bit difficult to juggle everything that was now on her plate, but she rose to the challenge quickly and settled into her new more hectic role without too much difficulty. The rest of Connie’s year at the Academy passed by without any major incident as she was now firmly settled into her new routine, all of this was about to change though. Connie was on her end of year break from the Academy which she was spending back at home in Hobart where she planning to spend Christmas with her family. This was not to be however as by the 23rd of December 2373 the Federation and Klingon Empire were officially at war with the Dominion. The following day both Connie and Kelly were recalled to active duty and immediately returned to the Academy.
Upon her arrival on campus Connie was briefed along with the rest of her class on the events that had transpired over the past couple of days with the Dominion and what was expected of them as Star Fleet Officers. It was during this briefing that Connie and the rest of her class learned that the Academy would be accelerating their training to get them ready to serve in the fleet as quickly as possible. Connie found everything that was happening to be quite daunting; she like most of the Federation had known for some time that war with the Dominion was highly likely, but at the same time she was caught off guard as she was not fully expecting it to occur. The fact that she knew that she would most likely be involved somehow in the conflict to come did nothing to calm her nerves. Despite all of this though Connie was determined to play her part and put her skills to good use as she knew the grim fact that there was going a large number of casualties on both sides. At first very little changed on campus and it almost felt like that it was business as usual except for the fact that Connie and the rest of her class were already studying their next semesters course work three months earlier than scheduled. In January 2374 with the Academy being home to one of the most state of the art medical facilities in the entire Federation the war finally came to the campus in the form of wounded Starfleet Officers and Connie ended up seeing a her fair share of the wounded over the course of the year. Being away from the frontlines meant that Connie were often shielded from the most brutal and ugly aspects of the war as the Academy often only dealt with the long term injured and those undergoing extensive rehabilitation. All of this did little though to stop Connie from developing and fostering a strong distaste for war.
In all 2374 was a difficult, challenging and very long year for Connie in which learned a great deal about herself and her work. In what was almost unprecedented Connie and her classmates completed well over 3 semesters worth of work during the year which directly came about from the Academy’s decision to accelerate their training. This along with the large amount of time that they were now spending working out in the Academy’s wards helped Connie to rapidly build on her skills and knowledge. Her training continued to proceed at an accelerated rate until early 2375 when Connie and other well performing members of her class were nominated to sit their final examinations as they were more than ready to take up much needed positions in the fleet. Despite knowing for well over a year that a early graduation had been on the cards for her class she was quite nervous and anxious about sitting her exam early, part of her didn’t believe that she was ready to operate without a safety net. Nevertheless she faced the exam with her usual level of determination and passed with flying colours and graduated as her class’s Salutatorian. With little fanfare Connie was quickly promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade and before she knew was on her way to her first assignment.
Starfleet Career
USS Victory
Straight from the Medical Academy Connie transferred to her first assignment aboard one of Starfleet’s most prestigious and famous vessel’s the Constellation Class, USS Victory under the command of Captain Zimbata.
USS Iowa
USS Pacifica
After Graduating from Starfleet Academy Connie transferred to Starfleet Medical to complete her training. She was at Starfleet Medical for 3 years and developed her medical skills and knowledge quite well. After she had completed her training she began her internship on a small Federation Cruiser the USS Victory. She spent the next two years under the watchful eye of the ships Chief Medical Officer as she homed her skills even further and earned a lot of respect from her peers. Upon completing her internship on the Victory she served with the vessel for another two months before she was transferred to the USS Fortune where she took up the position as the ship's Assistant Chief Medical Officer. She served on the Fortune for two years until the ship was decommissioned. She then put in a application for the position of Chief Medical Officer on the Galaxy Class USS Iowa under the command of Captain Edward Launceston
Her application was accepted and she transferred to the USS Iowa which was docked at the Federation Space Station Deep Space 12. Connie served on the Iowa for close to seven months, in that she time she quickly learnt to the handle the stresses and increased responsibilities that came with serving on a Galaxy Class Starship. She quickly grew to consider the Iowa as her home and became attached to the crew and various families that also called the Iowa home. Connie also started to redevelop her friendship with the Iowa’s first officer and her future husband Commander Daniel Butterworth who she had known from her time at Star Fleet Academy. During her tenure on the Iowa Connie proved herself to be a vital member of the Iowa’s senior staff by playing an important role in the [[USS Iowa|Iowa’s] mission to the Omerican System.
Over the months that followed Connie continued to build on her already solid reputation of being an excellent doctor and Star Fleet Officer. In what would turn out to be her final mission for the Iowa Connie was called in to participate as a field medic in a marine lead operation to board a hostile starship. Connie accepted the assignment without hesitation and was quickly thrown into the deep end when the operation commenced, despite her lack of experience in boarding and combat operations Connie was able to keep a level head and provide excellent medical support to the Iowa’s marines.
Following the success of the mission and with the Iowa scheduled for repairs Connie was approached and offered the position of Chief Medical Officer on the soon to be commissioned Sovereign Class starship Pacifica, the offer had been extended to her by the Iowa’s Executive Officer Commander Daniel Butterworth who was transferring to the Pacifica to serve as it’s Commanding Officer. At first Connie was hesitant to take up Butterworth on his offer due to her close ties with the Iowa, but she chose to accept the posting after learning that Captain Launceston was also leaving the Iowa for a position at Starfleet Headquarters. Connie’s final days on the Iowa passed without incident and she transferred to the USS Pacifica along with Butterworth once the Iowa returned to Deep Space 12.
Connie instantly fell in love with her new posting much like she had with the USS Iowa several months previously and quickly went about setting up her new sickbay to her own liking. During the Pacifica’s first mission Connie was once again called in to participate in a boarding operation, this time on one of Starfleet’s own starships, the Ambassador Class, USS Nimitz which was under the control of rogue elements of Star Fleet Intelligence and Section 31. The luck that had served her so well during her time on Iowa didn’t hold out this time as she injured during an intense fire fight that had erupted on the Nimitz. She was evacuated back to the Pacifica along with the rest of the Pacifica’s boarding party and in the confusion that followed Connie was abducted from the Pacifica’s Sickbay along with Commander Luke Evans both officers were held on the USS Nimitz until they were rescued by the Pacifica’s crew. Connie earned a Purple Heart for injures that she received during the boarding operation as well as an official commendation for the way that she handled herself under duress.
Service Record
2369 - Starfleet Medical Academy - 1st Year
2370 - Starfleet Medical Academy - 2nd Year
2371 - Starfleet Medical Academy - 3rd Year
2372 - Starfleet Medical Academy - 4th Year
2373 - Starfleet Medical Academy - 5th Year
2373 - Promoted to Ensign
2374 - Starfleet Medical Academy - 6th Year
2375 - Starfleet Medical Academy - 7th Year
2375 - Promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade
2375 - Assigned to the USS Victory
2376 - USS Victory - Medical Officer - Graduates from Star Fleet Medical
2376 - Promoted to Lieutenant
2377 - USS Iowa - Chief Medical Officer
2377 - USS Pacifica- Chief Medical Officer
2378 - Promoted to Lieutenant Commander
2383 - Promoted to Commander
Mission Participation
Total: 25
- Aid
- To Deep Space 12
- R&R at Starbase 565
- Beyond the Gate
- Escort
- Loose Ends
- Parrelles
- A Noble Rescue
- Shadows of Evil
- R&R at DS12
- Departure
- Shattering Diplomacy
- Excursions
- Operation Typhon
- The Zone
- Deck the Halls
- Back in Action
- Strange New World
- Supply Lines
- Changing of the Guard
- Down the Rabbit Hole
- Pacification
- Something Old and Something New
- Legacy
- Voyage of Discovery
Character Awards
The USS Pacifica Hall of Fame | Class of 2007
Simmer of the Month | 18 (August 2001, November 2001, May 2002, August 2002, November 2002, March 2003, August 2003, December 2003, July 2004, December 2004, February 2005, April 2005, August 2005, June 2006, September 2006, December 2006, March 2007, November 2010)
Post of the Month | 7 (June 2005, [May 2006, July 2006, September 2006, November 2006, December 2006, November 2010)
The Pacifica Simming Award of Excellence | 1 (Something Old and Something New)
Task Force 86 People's Choice Award | 2 (February 2003, September 2003)
Career Service Citation | Awarded in July 2002
Dedication Citation - 05 years | Awarded in July 2006
The USS Pacifica Role Player of the Year Award | 5 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
The Purple Heart | 2001
The USS Pacifica Most Dedicated Officer of the Year Award | 2002
The USS Pacifica Writer of the Year Award | 5 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
The USS Pacifica CO's Commendation | 2 (2002, 2004)
The USS Pacifica Most Popular Character of the Year Award | 2005
The USS Pacifica Most Popular Female Officer of the Year Award | 2 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006) most popular female officer of the year 4 2002 2003 2005 2006
