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Sam_SemaJ

Bio: Sam Sema'J

UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS – STARFLEET

 

PERSONNEL FILE

 

Full Name:

Samuel Kwende Sema’J

 

File Photo:

SemaJ080716.png

 

Personal Statistics:

Gender: Male

Race: Terran (human), African heritage on father’s side

Age: 36

Birthplace: Seattle, Washington – Earth

Birth date: August 16, 2343

Ht/Wt: 1.85 m / 77 Kg (6’ 1’’/170 lbs)

Hair: Dark Brown, very short

Eyes: Grey *see below

*Other: Vision Impairment Implants

 

Family:

 

Father: Nnamdi Sema’J – Transportation Engineer, Starfleet Headquarters, Presidio, CA

Mother: Anna Griggs-Sema’J – Psychology Prof, Starfleet Academy, Presidio, CA

Siblings: sister: Jadyn Alile Sema’J (3 years elder), Principal Cello: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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Marital Status: Widowed

 

Wife: Elizabeth Mae Sema’J – Deceased, killed in occupational accident – age 29 (detail below)

Child(ren): Daughter: Rosella (Rosie) Ann Sema’J – 9 years old – Residing in Seattle, Washington--USA, Earth (under the care of Jadyn Sema'J)

 

Education:

- Pike High School, Seattle: Diploma, Academic Honors

- North Washington Technical Institue - Piloting School: Certification on all ground, atmospheric and interstellar craft

- Starfleet Academy: Ensign Status, Full Certification for Starship Navagation and all classes of warp-capable deep space craft, Associate Certification in Psychology - Ps.a.

- On-Duty Academy Course-Work: Assistant Certification in Psychology - PsC.a.

- Starfleet Academy: Certified Psychology Officer - CPsO, Engineers Certification (Fleet Revision #0003235.06)

 

Personal History:

(Beginning from Academy Graduation)

 

From his background in test flying, and an extensive array of vehicle types, Sam entered his post as helm officer with an approach that Starfleet protocol may view as unorthodox. A personally designed helm station and keeping most automatic systems offline are the staples of a comfortable flying experience.

Unfortunately,Sam was virtually unable to fly his first mission. A psychological anomoly caused by demonic creatures inhabiting a planet in the Kaurader System paralyzed his ability to recieve signal from his ocular implants. Dispite his blindness,Sam was somewhat able to assist in the mission from the Bridge.

With the permission and assistance of Cheif Engineer Trichon Light, Sam retro-fitted the U.S.S. Arcadia's ARGO shuttle with a manual transmission, and got the opprotunity to test drive it in the Risan Dunes. Sam's decision to bring his young daughter Rosella on board has caused constant conflicts within him. In a timeline that was later erased, Sam lost her to natural disasters on the Planet Risa caused by the explosion of the U.S.S. Arcadia (which was later reinstated to existance).

Not long after this mission, Sam's sleeping problems were brought to light during shore leave (detail below). He had not slept a full night since his wifes death and after five years it caught up to him physically. Using sleep-induction technology he was forced into a regular routine; the equipment did ensure his sleep, but the long term effects could not be postulated at the time. During this time, Sam took a reduction in duty to complete some studies for the academy, completing his coursework and assignments on-board, Sam recieved his PsC.a.

Upon resuming his full duty shifts, Sam got the opprotunity to fly a shuttle mission delivering very fragile supplies to the mirona scientific outpost. He also assisted from that shuttle in monitoring schematics and the installation process of the equipment, a task which put his implants to good use. Unfortunately this mission turned out to be disasterous when a mind-controlled Captain Moose and Cmdr Dacotah lead the ship to near destruction taking the outpost into the Mirona Nebula. In defiance to their corrupt orders, Sam stripped himself of Rank and was nearly killed by the impostor Moose for this action. After both Moose and Dac had left the bridge, Sam found his way to sickbay with the help of Lt. Erias. Rosie accompanied him there and developed a friendship with Dr. Porter. After healing, and after the captain and commander were restored, Sam approached Captain Moose and was given his rank back; to Sam's surprise, he was also given the rank of Lt J.G.

Sam got the opportunity to fly a shuttle in the next mission as well. This was both surprising and pleasing, especially since Sam was able to fly the shuttle "Hadrian's Wall" which was quickly becoming a favorite. Unfortunately, this shuttle was grounded via tractor beam on the planet Revin. The away team was there looking for raw materials for Arcadia, which was so badly damaged from the previous mission that it was dead in space.

After dealing with some local's, Arcadia was able to get a hold of the materials it needed, conduct repairs, and return to duty with the fleet. Around this time, things were heating up on the planet Elasia...with Security Cheif N'Dak being from a political family in that region, Arcadia was dispached as a Federation Liason for the near Civil war. In the ensuing skirmishes, Arcadia had some close calls, convincing Sam that the Arcadia was not the right place to have his daughter. Rosie was sent home to live with Sam's sister, Jadyn in his Seattle apartment. Sam did not yet realize how right that decision was.

After the situaton on Elasia cooled off (the solution so drastic as to involve N'Dak leaving his post to fulfil his political duties on the planet) Arcadia began research and preparations for testing of a new propulsion technique. Dubbed "Phoenix", this new project sought to acheive very high warp for very sustained periods of time via some intensive warp core modifications. Sam had an integral part in this project, helping prepare the ship for this kind of travel--these preparations took him back to his test flight days--and, of course, flying the mission.

Unfortunately, something went wrong with the technology, flinging Arcadia many lightyears, and thousands of years away from it's intended location. This is about the time Sam was imensly relieved he had sent Rosie back.

In the following confrontation with the galactic power in that region/time, called the "Empire", Sam was hurt badly enough to put him in a coma. When Arcadia returned to normal space/time, Sam was sent back to earth to Starfleet Medical for treatment.

Upon waking from his coma three and a half months later, Sam began preperations to recertifiy himself at the Academy as well as finish all of his Psychology schooling. Within a couple months, he was ranked an Ensign and returned to duty as an Engineer aboard Arcadia.

Sam was thrown into action before even arriving back on Arcadia. His shuttle encountered the shuttle of the Federation Ambassador to the planet Paradisia, where Arcadia had just established diplomatic relations. Upon beaming aboard with a newly posted ensign from the personnel carrier, Sam found the occupants of the shuttle in a catatonic state. Sadly, these were decoy androids, rigged to explode. The first explosion killing the ensign who had accompanied Sam to invesigate.

Sam's Medical condition had ruled him grounded from flying because of the effects of a high stress situation. Because of the neurological effects of his injuries, Sam was prone to dizziness, impaired visual acuity and if severe enough, blackouts, when presented with a stressful, or high tension, or slightly traumatic situation.

Despite this ban from Starfleet Medical, Sam was put into the helm seat not long after his return. He was asked in a dire situation to pilot the ship manually through treacherous space. Sam complied, not being necessarily happy with his flight grounding. Unfortunately, He underestimated his condition and was heavily taxed by the intense flying. This was much to the dismay of Dr. Miranda porter, Sam's treating doctor and longtime friend.

Sam was surprised at how much he had missed his shipmates, and this was particularly true for Miranda. Though she was outraged that he had put himself in danger that way, her anger gave way to concern for him.

Sam returned to engineering to find that he had been slid into the newly opened spot of Chief Engineer, but it was tagged with "acting" for the time being, as well as being given his old rank of Lt(jg). Sam took this semi-promotion in stride and picked up where Fitzgerald Brighton had left off managing the engineering department.

Sam had never considered himself an engineer, but his skills were tested when Arcadia was sucked through a void into an alternate reality, the trip completely knocking out power to the entire ship. Sam was forced to use a cascade system to manually restart every system one by one, including the main computer.

Later in the mission, Sam took a Turbolift Door to the head, not necessarily the best thing for his condition. This ended up to be ok, as he and Miranda had some time to enjoy each other's company and talk about their close friendship in sickbay.

Sam began to find himself in sickbay more often in the following missions. While Arcadia was on a diplomatic mission to Axrekrav, Sam's neurological condition continued to be irritated by the various commotion. While valuing the time in sickbay with Dr. Porter, he was becoming increasingly frustrated at being incapactitated so often. This problem was compounded during that mission when Arcadia went to harvest a root from a nearby planet to use for bargaining. The root turned out to have narcotic properties which caused even more harm to Sam's condition, while also having some addictive affects. While in withdrawal, Sam had a lapse in judgement and re-exposed the crew to the drug. These affects were later reversed as the situation on Axrekrav was resolved.

Sam's frustration with his condition continued as Dr. Tynte continued to press upon Sam the importance of physical therapy for his healing. Sam agreed, but could not make it work while in the difficult and taxing position of Chief Engineer. Sam also struggled with feeling s of inadequacy about the engineering staff he was in charge of, all specialists that he felt exceeded his abilities. As things stayed busy and as Dr. Tynte took over his treatment for the physical therapy aspect, Sam and Dr. Porter saw less of each other, Sam hoped this would change. Sam's misgivings expanded to feeling like he was completely useless during Arcadia's archeological mission to Nevulez III, which became a political one. He sustained a few light injuries and generally was unable to give full attention to his post. He decided it was time for a change. Sam requested a letter of recommendation from his mother, Psychology professor at the Academy, and requested that he be transfered to Ship's Counselor, a position that would meet with his specialties more closely, and give him a less strenuous work environment, allowing for his physical therapy to be more effective. The transfer was granted after Arcadia finished it's work on Nevulez.

 

Third Party Biographical Entries:

______________________________________________________________________

 

Medical

 

Medical Report - USS Arcadia NCC-1742-E - Stardate 10508.28

 

On Stardate 10508.24, Ensign (former) Sema'J visited

Sickbay with complaints of extreme fatigue. He

explained that for the past 5 years, he has only slept

20 minutes a night before his shift.

 

After conferring with him, it was decided that the best

course of action was to attempt to put him on a

regular sleep pattern with the use of a alpha-wave

inducer. I oversaw the installation into Mr. Sema'J's

room myself. The Ensign has been put on 26-hour

medical leave, and has been instructed to follow an induced sleep-schedule untill he falls into a normal pattern.

 

Note: There is a possibility that this is a psychological issue. That possibility will be explored in the event that a medical solution is ineffective.

 

Lt. Aaron Westler, Ph.D.,

General Practitioner

USS-Arcadia NCC-1742-E

 

Psychological

 

Background: Pre-Academy Information – Summary by Academy Guidance Counselor

 

Samuel was born with a genetically aquired blindness. This has not been present in the last few generations of his family. He was fitted with ocular implants and the issue has not come up since. Growing up the son of a transportation engineer (who let him play while no one was looking) Sam became fascinated with vehicles of all types, researching all the way back to combustion engines. With a vast array of equipment available, he got to the point where he would drive anything with a working control system. At first, Sam did not want to follow his parents Starfleet footsteps, and got into test driving civilian vehicles. That job led him to meet Elizabeth Haller, who was designing vehicles for the same company. They married and had a daughter, Rosella. Three years after Rosella’s birth, Elizabeth was killed in an engineering accident at the plant. Sam had always made his Christian faith an important part of his life; this is what got him throgh the loss emotionally. A year later, following her advice to “follow one’s dreams”, Sam applied for the Starfleet Academy, deciding to put his passion for driving into something useful. It was a very difficult decision for him, however he fell back again on his faith and trusted this decision as the right thing to do.

 

At the Academy, Sam majored in Helm/Navigation studies. Knowing the limited opportunities, he took a minor in Psychology, the field which his mother teaches at the Academy. He has now graduated the program. His assessment marks him “Fit for Duty”. All following information should be recorded by the counselor at his subsequent post.

 

Note: Ocular implants should not interfere with service.

 

Dr. E.J. Russ

Guidance Dept.

Starfleet Academy

 

-End Summary

 

Miscellaneous

 

Accident Report: Northwestern Ground Vehicle Corporation - Seattle Investigative Services

 

--October 2, 2374

The Northwestern Ground Vehicle Corporation (NGV) experienced an equipment failure in assembly system II-C at 14:37. From computer diagnostics it was determined what machines were damaged and a repair plan was put together. The specific equipment that had malfunctioned required very specific settings to accommodate design specifications. As procedure dictated, a designer was sent with the maintenance crew to assure these settings be correctly established during the repair process. Designer Elizabeth Mae Sema'J was selected and the team of four (three engineers, one designer) began work at 15:05. During the first stage of repair, there was a set of very important, detailed safety steps to be carried out before actual repair could commence. The engineering foreman skipped one of these steps, an electrical connection was left live, and upon coming into contact with reactive debris from the initial malfunction, created a level 7 explosion. The blast killed all four members of the repair team instantly.

 

Detective Marcus Henessy

Industrial Accident Division

Seattle Investigative Services

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Starfleet Career:

 

Current Rank: Lieutenant (Senior Grade)

Certifications: PhD, Psychology and Counseling, Certified Psychological Officer

Current Assignment: Ship's Counselor, USS Arcadia NCC-1742-E

 

Career Timeline:

11-18-2375 :: Entered Academy

1-9-2379 :: Graduated:

1-16-2379 :: Assigned to Post <Helm/Nav: USS-Arcadia NCC-1742-E>

1-19-2379 :: Arrived on board Arcadia via shuttle

7-13-2379 :: Requested a reduction in duty shift to complete course work for Psych. Certificaton

8-31-2379 :: Returned to full-time Active Duty

10-12-2379 :: Promotion to Lieutenant (Junior Grade)

2-1-2381 :: Shuttled to Earth, In Coma from Duty-sustained Injury/Entered XLOA

5-1-2381 :: Enrolled to Academy for Re-Certification

6-29-2381 :: Finished Re-Cert, Returned to Ensign Rank, Reposted to Arcadia, Engineering

6-30-2381 :: Re-Promoted, Assigned Acting Chief Engineer, USS Arcadia

5-14-2382 :: Promoted to Full Lieutenant, acting status removed

9-14-2382 :: Re-Assigned, Ship's Counselor, USS Arcadia

10-22-2382:: Promoted to Lieutenant (Senior Grade)

Edited by Sam_SemaJ

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New posts for every update was getting unwieldy. This is a running log of my biography as it grows. Now the topic won't get bumped to the top of the list every time I update it.

 

2-11-05: Added Education

8-17-05: More detail about Sam's Faith, Course work at the Acad (Accounting for RL Absence)

8-25-05: Details about the death of Sam's wife

8-29-05: Medical report from Dr. Westler about Sam's sleep issues

10-12-05: Promotion

11-14-05: Family Photos

 

7-10-06: Daughter Rosie returned to Earth

 

7-17-07: Returned from XLOA, filled in the gaps, transfered to engineering, fixed some formatting

 

5-14-08: Promoted again. Missing lots in personal history.

9-14-08: Transfered to Ship's Counselor.

9-17-08: Personal History now up to date

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