Kent, Samantha J. -- Science Department

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STARFLEET PERSONNEL RECORDS

 

//ACCESS RECORDS FOR// --> Samantha J. Kent

 

//PROCESSING REQUEST//

 

SAMANTHA J. KENT

 

 

Currently Assigned: USS Arcadia, NCC-1742-E

Current Position: Assistant Science Officer

Current Rank: Lieutenant, Senior Grade

 

Full Name: Samantha Jarel Turis-Kent; briefly, Samantha Kent (has recorded a preference for "Sam" from anyone, up to and including superior officers).

Race: Half-Bajoran (paternal), half-human (maternal).

Sex: Female

DOB: 5 June 2360

POB: Earth. Has dual citizenship on Earth and Bajor.

 

APPEARANCE:

Height: 1.74 m (5 ft., 8.4 in.)

Weight: 65.77 kg (145 lbs)

Hair: Black, very short.

Eyes: Brown.

Retinal scan on file: Yes

Bajoran genes have been dominant in determining her appearance, though the ridges on her nose are slightly less prominent than those of a full-blooded native.

 

EDUCATION:

Schooled by father to age eighteen before entering Starfleet Academy on science track.

 

FAMILY:

Both parents living, currently separated.

Turis Jaeron -- Father; Born 2335 in Jo'Kala, Bajor. Occupation: Diplomat.

Mariah Kent -- Mother; Born 2339 in Bristol, United Kingdom, Earth. Occupation: Supervisory engineer/designer at Utopia Planitia fleet yard. Fleet rank of Lt. Cmdr.

 

PERSONAL HISTORY:

Turis Jaeron was one of the few Bajorans to escape his home planet during the years of the Cardassian occupation. A skilled diplomat, he traveled to Earth and worked for many years for the Federation on official missions to numerous governments across the Alpha Quadrant, as well as occasional unofficial ones as a secret liaison to the Bajoran underground resistance. During his time on Earth, he met many Starfleet and Federation officials, and eventually fell in love with and married a human fleet engineer named Mariah Kent. He had one daughter with her, Samantha.

 

By the time Samantha was five, Turis and Kent's marriage collapsed, Kent being unwilling to put up with the strain which Turis's constant traveling put on their home life. Samantha consequently spent much of her childhood traveling with her father -- she saw a great deal of Bajor, Earth, and numerous other planets and colonies where Turis was sent on diplomatic assignment. This transient living situation exposed the young girl to numerous societies and cultures, and she was encouraged by her father to learn about, accept, and understand the many types of people active in the Alpha Quadrant. Likely, he intended her to become a diplomat like himself, but her interest in understanding the many species she encountered was matched by one other thing -- the fascination she developed for her mother's colleagues, the people in the Starfleet uniform.

 

By the time she was thirteen, Samantha had decided to enter Starfleet Academy when she was old enough. As he saw it, Starfleet offered an even greater opportunity than the diplomatic corps to meet new species and discover new things. Her interest in the service lies almost solely in its exploratory elements; while she is not averse to fighting when it is necessary to protect Bajor or the Federation, she prefers using a powerful ship to gain scientific or diplomatic knowledge. Her choice of courses for the Academy science track focused heavily on interpersonal sciences (psychology, sociology) and planet-based exploratory science (geophysics, exobiology, anthropology, archeology), with the hope of being on the front lines for first-contact and first-exploration missions, though she is well-versed in the required Starfleet Science training in astrophysics, starship mechanics, and field medicine.

 

Samantha entered the academy at the age of eighteen. Her father returned to Bajor the same year at the fall of the occupation. He still performs diplomatic work for the Federation as well as for the Bajoran government. Her mother lives on Earth and can be reached through Personnel Services at Utopia Planitia.

 

Samantha graduated the Academy, class of '82, with a concentration in the sciences.

 

 

MEDICAL RECORDS:

 

//MEDICAL PROFILE AS OF ACADEMY GRADUATION, 2382//

//Cmdr. Jeremy Williams, Starfleet Medical//

 

Samantha is in excellent health. I understand she keeps to a fairly vigorous exercise regimen involving several martial arts, and she eats well, if heartily. She has a slight tendency towards insulin-resistance and/or diabetes inherited from her human mother, but she is aware of how to regulate her diet to avoid aggravating it.

 

She has only one instance of traumatic injury in her past -- a slight concussion and fractured collarbone sustained during a combat training exercise during her last year at the Academy. I find it unlikely that either will have long-lasting repercussions, and she seems to have healed normally; however, I include it here for the sake of thoroughness should the knowledge become necessary to the CMO of whatever ship she serves upon.

 

//PSYCH PROFILE AS OF ACADEMY GRADUATION, 2382//

//Lt. Cmdr. Elliot Harrison, Starfleet Medical-Psychology//

 

In general, I would call Samantha Kent an extremely stable person -- she passed the psych portions of the Academy entrance exam with flying colors and has shown herself to be a quick thinker under pressure.

 

While Sam takes equal respect and pleasure in both sides of her mixed heritage, it is the Bajoran side that takes precedence in her self-image. Like most Bajorans, she carries a fair amount of prejudice towards Cardassians. During the Occupation of Bajor she had a great deal of contact with the resistance movement there though her father, and though she was not able to participate in it herself because of her father's position, she still feels strongly about the cause. I would even venture to say that she was disappointed to have graduated from the Academy too late to have participated.

 

I do not mean to suggest that she is a violent person by nature. I merely mention the above to point out that she is not averse to violence when necessary (I believe she won a judo tournament during her time at the Academy, so she's clearly prepared for it). However, even her native prejudice towards Cardassians is tempered by a highly admirable tendency towards tolerance and understanding that most likely comes from her father's involvement in the diplomatic corps, and she prefers solving problems in a calm, rational manner when possible.

 

Sam's great love, even beyond diplomacy or military affairs, is clearly in the sciences. She loves to learn things, to discover things that no one has ever seen before. She has structured her science concentration towards first-contact and first-exploration missions, but she pursues all her studies with enthusiasm.

 

Psychologically, I would call Sam's greatest strength her ability to form strong interpersonal relationships. She is very friendly, clever, and good-natured, and gets along easily with people of all races and outlooks. She is an intensely loyal person, and will certainly serve her captain and fellow crew well. If she has one weakness, it is in her tendency to sequester herself in a scientific problem or area of study until she feels she has mastered it, sometimes at the exclusion of other duties or even those friendships I spoke so highly of a moment ago. However, she is aware of this tendency and works to control it wherever possible.

 

I highly recommend for graduation and assignment Samantha Jarel Turis-Kent at the earliest possible opportunity.

 

 

SERVICE JACKET:

*** Graduated Starfleet Academy, 2382. Assigned to Starbase 13 as science crew, participated in several xenobiological and geophysical studies of Adhara Prime led by Dr. William Anthony (listed as supplementary co-author for one paper -- Anthony et. al.; Resistance and Adaptation of Adhara Prime Natural Fauna to Ionic Storm Conditions; 2383 Starfleet Science Command).

*** Stardate 50801.3 -- Promoted to Ensign, assigned to USS Arcadia as assistant science officer.

*** Stardate 50806.1 -- Promoted to Lieutenant (J.G.).

*** Stardate 50809.1 -- Promoted to full Lieutenant.

*** Stardate 50903.3 -- Promoted to Lieutenant (S.G.).

Edited March 28, 2009 by Samantha_Kent