Taylor Mitchell

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Basic Overview In and Out of Character

IC

The USS Pacifica has been Taylor's first Starfleet posting as opposed to the Marine-run ships and stations he had previously served on. As far as most of the crew knew though Taylor had been fresh out of the Academy when he was invited onboard; This was because of the many high profile kills he had made as an alias-referred marine-sniper in the corps and the danger he might have posed as a target himself if he remained near the border and the various splinter groups left over by the war. He still tends to avoid the area and Cardassians in general after some of the events he suffered whilst under capture. He was granted a fresh start after the Dominion War which he was glad to receive and picked his posting on the Pacifica out of a list of five possible hopefuls mainly because of her size and moderate space for career advancement.

Due to his ambition and aspirations after his education at Starflet Academy San Fransisco Taylor went on to take a marine qualification course for 18 months. He received high grades in most subjects at Starfleet Academy but excelled in all his practical subjects at the Marine Academy and achieved many honors and commendations in all courses relating to flight. Taylor is an extremely accomplished pilot and a proud soldier and although he hasn't really shown it Taylor enjoys his posting on the USS Pacifica without showing any apparent will to leave. He joined as a Strategic Operations Consultant but was quickly dissatisifed with this position and switched back to the Marine Corps resuming his old rank as Second Lieutenant.

OOC

Hi

I'm the Ascendant, I play Taylor Mitchel and I am very proud to hold my position on the Pacifica; despite the lack of responsibility in my current posting. I am enjoying it the ship has a brilliant atmosphere and a great crew and we have a lot of fun roleplaying together; I would definately recommend the Pacifica to prospective members new or old. Roleplayers this is definately the place to be.

General Information

Name: Taylor Mitchel

Rank: First Lieutenant

Position: Deputy Marine Detachment Commander & Marine Starfighter Element Commander

Species: 1/2 Human 1/2 Betazoid

Gender: Male

Age: 21

Languages: English; advanced Klingon; fluent Romulan; standard Vulcan; Federation Standard

Physical Appearance

Height: 6' 7"

Weight: 277 lbs

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Description:

As Taylor works out regularly sometimes too much he is quite an intimidating figure - not what you'd expect from a Betazoid. At 6' 7" Taylor's not the kind of guy you'd want to get in a fight with. He has long dark hair, casting eerie shadows on his face a powerful build and broad shoulders making him a fearsome person particularly to those that don't know him.

Personality & Traits

General Overview: Taylor has never felt that he trully fits anywhere and as a result he drifted through his childhood and early life without forming many emotional bonds. Those things that he did feel for were usually held in a negative light and those people that he attached to are all long gone leaving a perfect soldier without concern for himself only the greater good of the many. Mitchel has found it hard to make friends throughout his life mainly because of the natural human nature he so dispises that most Betazoid's ignore in favour of the kind front the human race present. Taylor would rather withdraw into himself than outwardly express rage however he has learned well the instance in which rage is neccessary - combat. He can be found on the holodeck for hours at a time fighting, practicing, improving constantly. He also enjoys a high level of independance sooner living in pain than asking for medical assistance and some would rather leave him that way due to an inward intensity of avoidance that acts to maintain a large area of personal space around him.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Taylor's main strengths are his endless physical endurance and high threshold for pain but although they remain undeveloped his telepathic abilities are a major strength to him. He has so far only begun to explore these abilities but he already doesn't like what he is seeing in his human crewmates. Taylor's mother was a member of one of the higher caste families forbidden from procreating with offworlders meaning that their bloodline was unpolluted far back into time, this makes his betazoid geneomes affects stronger and his telepathy more potent. Has little faith in the human nature, he can sense and feel his inward madness at thoughts not his own are his main weaknesses.

Ambitions:

Taylor doesn't seem to have any ambitions, other than those linked in with starfleet; for now though Taylor seems contented with where he is and only wants to become the best marine he can be.

Hobbies and Interests:

Taylor's main interests are the many martial arts performed around the galaxy. He has mastered over 23 alien fighting arts and can be counted on to defeat pretty much any opponent in close combat. He is an accomplised warrior with the klingon bat'leth blade and practices often on the holodeck. In what's left of his spare time taylor enjoys Ancient Earth Thrash Doom, Death and Heavy metal, in particular the 21st century bands Metallica, Machine Head and Korn.

Family

Father: Kurtis Jerald (missing)

Mother: Leasanna Hertman (deceased)

Siblings: -None-

Spouse: -None-

Children: -None-

Other Family: unknown; Taylor has no known living family or relatives.

Martial Status: single

History

Family History

Much of taylor taylor's history can be traced on starfleet security records but some of it remains unconfirmed taylor taylor's mother leasanna hertman bore the child of kurtis jerald a starfleet marine pilot on betazed as the daughter of the betazed ambassador the illegitemate child was an unspeakable scandal and he was immediately sent into hiding he lived on betazed for a while under a false name given him by his vulcan careworker - taylor mitchel - first in leasanna hertman hertman's home in the piri islands and later in her father father's summer retreat by lake catoria both on betazed before being orphaned on earth after the deaths of both his parents jerald was kicked from starfleet as a scapegoat to maintain betazed 's membership of the federation he left for the edge of fedreation space to pursue his fortune in piracy and smuggling runs where he resided for many years until he returned to claim his son being unable to locate taylor jerald kidnapped leasanna for interrogation but was pursued and stole her father father's diplomatic transport vessel to escape he was chased by starfleet security and managed to destroy the cruiser infallible by detonating the diplomatic cruiser cruiser's warp core kurtis jerald made his escape in one of the ship ship's many evac pods however leasanna hertman was poisoned by the radiation from the core breach before being killed by the detonation of the warp core the federation cruiser infallible was lost with all hands and the attack ship rebellious suffered major hull damage in the battle above betazed jerald managed to make it beyond federation juristiction and is believed to have rejoined pirate operations in the outerlying sectors to this day both jerald jerald's whereabouts and whether he managed to get the information he required in order to locate his son are unknown he has also been number 337 on the federation wanted list for over 15 years training style float right; clear right; margin 0 0 0 5em 1em; class toccolours border 0 cellpadding 0 align right width 300 - colspan 2 bgcolor #ffffff align center flight training taylor mitchel - colspan 2 align center - class odd starfighter wing commander class even taylor gained his post as wing commander to the uss pacifica pacifica's fighter detachment because of his years of training and many skills as a pilot he performed well in all his practical flying lessons excelling in his final exams at starfleet academy before outperforming his instructors at the marine academy and finally being assigned to the specialist ace training school coined top gun by pilots and commanders alike starfleet academy - 4yrs full course basic subjects strategic ops advanced strategic operations training level 2 advanced strategic operations training covert ops advanced covert operations training black ops advanced black operations training level 2 advanced black operations training level 2 advanced black operations training expansion module intel course intelligence gathering short course continued at starfleet marine academy weapons training advanced weapons training level 2 advanced weapons training flight training continued at starfleet marine academy special ops flight training advanced special operations flight training level 2 advanced special operations flight training level 3 advanced special operations flight training san fransisco flight display team training advanced formation flight advanced display flight team formation and display course style float right; clear right; margin 0 0 0 5em 1em; class toccolours border 0 cellpadding 0 align right width 300 - colspan 2 bgcolor #2f4f4f align center black operations training taylor mitchel - colspan 2 align center - class odd senior black ops commander class even taylor is the senior black ops commander on the uss pacifica partially because of the lack of presence of any other more senior black operations trained officer mitchel himself was a marine sniper with the corps until he was dragged up and offered a position on the covert elite he served on a marine black ops station during the closing years of the dominion war dropping into cardassian military hot zones and retrieving vital information crippling major supply lines and in the ufp ufp's darkest and most despirate hour assasination starfleet marine academy - 18months short course basic subjects basic regiment training level 3 mathematics course level 2 science courses advanced chemistry course level 3 physics course marine weapons training advanced marine weapons training covert ops advanced covert operations training level 2 advanced covert operations control course strategic ops higher tier advanced strategic operations course black ops advanced black operations training level 2 black ops command course level 3 surgical insertion course intel course advanced intelligence gathering hostile intent course intelligence analysis course falsification of enemy intelligence squad command level 3 squad command course field command level 2 field command course advanced squad command module platoon command module special unit command course level 2 special unit command course commando unit mobilisation module level 2 advanced commando unit modilisation course covert black ops unit mobilisation module covert black ops control officer course intelligence team mobilisation module intelligence team operator course level 2 intelligence team operator expansion module higher tier physical edurance trials advanced higher tier physical endurance trials level 2 advanced h t physical endurance trials level 3 advanced h t physical endurance trials commanding officer officer's commendation marksman marine sniper training course level 2 marksman marine sniper training course level 3 marksman marine sniper training course hawkeye marksman marine sniper course expansion module insertion and extraction course advanced insertion and extraction course level 2 advanced insertion and extraction operation oversight and command course stealth insertion and extraction module hot zone insertion and extraction module san fransisco air school advanced flight training san fransisco flight display team 2 years marine flight training advanced marine flight training level 2 advanced marine flight training level 3 advanced marine flight training transfer to top gun special air ace combat training school combat flight training advanced combat flight training level 2 advanced combat flight training level 3 advanced combat flight training transfer to top gun special air ace combat training school starfleet career taylor began his starfleet career with his posting on the marine special operations starbase alpha four-niner a small obscure marine-run starbase situated on the outer fringes of the federation near the cardassian border the base itself fabled by those marines overlooked for placement there ran black ops intelligence gathering operations deep into former cardassian territory during the war he was a commendable officer and a skilled black ops operative seeing many targets laser-painted through cardassian sensor disruption fields supporting orbital bombardments and as a marine sniper large scale troop movements mitchel himself only served as a ghost on the station towards the end of the war and was only on the station itself for a short time he enjoyed his work there though and stayed on as others were reassigned from the haunted house named so because of its black ops inhabitants or ghosts after the war continuing to develop skills he would later take with him to the pacifica finally the ufp decided that the cardassian threat was so limited that alpha four-niner was an uneccessary diversion of funds reassigning the remaining personel and closing the station taylor took up a new assignment on the pacifica a top of the line sovereign class warship; transfering to the starfleet strategic operations division this because he was convinced that he would be of more value to the vessel as such and his academy grades had seen him to be more than qualified he was quickly promoted to head of the department however within a few weeks he had requested to be transferred back to the marine corps and into the flight wing with his academy friends rosanna fletcher and schyler smith later becoming wing commander service record stardate 238203 18 200603 18 ensign taylor mitchel assigned to the uss pacifica strategic operations department stardate 238203 19 200603 19 ensign taylor mitchel is promoted to chief of strategic operations stardate 238204 28 200604 28 ensign taylor mitchel becomes second lieutenant taylor mitchel when he transfers to command of uss pacifica marine starfighter wing stardate 238302 28 200702 28 second lieutenant taylor mitchel is promoted to the rank of first lieutenant in a presentation by commodore daniel butterworth