Lieutenant William Gamble

[Bill Gamble 0]

Starfleet Personnel File, Subject: Gamble, William T.

 

General Information:

 

Name: William Thomas Gamble.

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Eye color: Blue

Hair color: Brown

Age: 32

Date of birth: April 2, 2122

Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan. Earth.

Height: 6 ft. 2 in.

Weight: 180 lbs.

Marital Status: Single

 

Family Information:

 

Father: Doctor Paul Gamble. Neurologist. Starfleet Medical.

Mother: Gloria Gamble-Anderson. Owner of the Blue Lotus Teahouse; Tokyo, Japan.

Siblings: Doctor Andrew Gamble. Younger brother. Resident Doctor, Mars Interplanetary Medical Facility.

 

Personal and Family History:

 

Born in the Tokyo, Japan, Bill was the first son of Gloria and Paul Gamble. Gloria and Paul first met at Harvard University. Gloria was attending the Business school, pursuing her MBA, and Paul was attending the Medical school, pursuing his MD in Neurology. Gloria was the daughter of an extremely successful businessman from New York and a Chinese entrepreneur. Paul was the son of a long line of doctors, businessmen, bureaucrats, and politicans from Connecticut state.

 

Paul and Gloria dated during there time at Harvard and once the two of them completed there studies, they moved to Tokyo. The reason being was that Gloria's father had moved his entire real estate business from New York to Tokyo, and shortly before Gloria had received her MBA, he had passed away. With Gloria being the eldest child, it was her charge to take over her father's business. But, before Gloria's return to Tokyo, Paul proposed to her and they were married a few months afterwords in Japan.

 

During Gloria's pregnancy, she continued to work at her recently acquired business, but it was a profession she was particularly excited about. She actually left the business in the hands of a partner simply because real estate was not her forte. What she really wanted was to open a restaurant, that was her true aspiration, and it finally came true a few years later, when she opened the Blue Lotus Teahouse. The Blue Lotus became one of the most successful teahouses in Tokyo under Gloria's management, it was a common place for the elite and powerful of Japaneses society to visit.

 

Paul, during all of this, was working at Musashi Hospital as a resident at the Department of Neurology. He would later become the head of the department, but shortly afterwords, he was offered a job at Starfleet Medical, which he could not turn down. He acquired an apartment in San Francisco, and Paul would commute back in forward from Tokyo to San Francisco when ever he could, just out of love for his wife and children.

 

Even though Bill was a quarter Chinese, he really didn't take much after his mother in distinguishing features, but looked more like his father, which was something his schoolmates teased him about during his youth. Living in Tokyo, and with his constant travel around the Pacific region, Bill became affluent in Japanese, Chinese, and English; he even managed to learn a little Russian and Spanish.

 

During Bill's youth, around the time he was 6, he started practicing several martial arts; including Karate, Jujitsu, and Kendo. Kendo taught him the swordsmanship of the Katana, or Samurai sword as referred to by Westerners. He continues the practice his Karate and Kendo to this day, but the martial art that he trains with mostly is not even a Japanese one, it's a Chinese one; one of the ancient arts of Kung Fu.

 

When Bill was about 17 years old, shortly after he finished his school studies, he left his home to head for province of Szechwan in China and to the mountain of Emei. He was going to a monastery that a grand uncle of his lived at. Bill's uncle, Grandmaster Fong Doe Din, was master of the art of White Tiger Kung Fu, and after living for several years in the monastery, he had decided to take on his nephew as an apprentice; something that he had only done once before in his entire life.

 

Master Din was an old gentlemen, older than he appeared, Master Din had large bushy white eyebrows that almost covered his eyes, and long, thin, white beard. Master Din was wise beyond his years, and had one of the shortest tempers imaginable. He would always ask for constant vigilance, respect, and obedience, and if any of the two were violated, he would pluck Bill's eye out without question.

 

Bill spent five years at the monastery, where he trained almost daily. The training was rigorous, with constant physical and mental training, but when the five years were over, Bill was a new man. He skills and senses were sharpened, he was faster, stronger, more agile, and his skills with the katana were unrivaled by any other living person. Bill was truly a force to reckoned with, he was probably one of the most deadly people that was walking the Earth, but he would never use any of his skills or abilities without provocation or reason.

 

Shortly after he left the monastery, Bill went back home to Tokyo. When he arrived he found that his father had already taken the job at Starfleet. Bill was a little disappointed to find that his father wasn't there and after seeing his mother, Gloria, he took the trip to San Francisco. Upon arrival he went to Starfleet Headquarters in search of his father, he walked the grounds and premises and even managed to catch a glimpse of the Academy. As he walked around, he couldn't help but think of his dreams to one day go out and explore outer space, his dreams when he was a kid. He finally found his father and the two of them caught up about what happened over the last five years. His father told him about his new job and how excited he was to have this opportunity to work in Starfleet, and Bill felt joy and happiness that his father still hadn't changed.

 

Shortly before Bill planned on going back to Tokyo, he inquired about entering the Academy, and after taking the acceptance exam, he got in. He was estatic and couldn't believe that he actually got in, it was a pleasant surprise for Bill, and for his parents as well. Bill thought about becoming a scientist, but he knew with his skills that he'd be better off becoming a security officer. He attended his four years at the Academy and Boot Camp, and graduated at the top of his class. Shortly after graduation he was assigned aboard the Essex as an Ensign.

 

Career History:

 

Bill served aboard the Essex for two years as a security officer. His duties on the ship were rather simplistic and he didn't, in reality, do much except do patrols and weapon checks. During his second year on the Essex, the ship was taken over by a rogue group of Andorians that planned on using the Essex as a way to spark a war between Earth and Andoria, but Bill and his superior, Lieutenant Grissom Young, single handedly took out the rogue group and rescued the senior staff. The rogue group was later turned over to the Andorian Government, who later praised the Essex crew for bringing the rogues to justice. Bill's actions during the crisis earned him a commendation, several awards, and a promotion to Lieutenant (Junior Grade).

 

Since Bill's tour of duty was over shortly after the attempted takeover, Bill decided to put in for a transfer, but he wasn't quite sure what he wanted to do, so he took a few weeks off to decide what he wanted to do. At the time the NX project was nearing completion and was in search of a weapons specialist to assist Lieutenant Malcolm Reed, which Bill applied for and was later accepted. During this time, Bill became very affluent in weapons designs and engineering. Upon completion of the Enterprise, Bill was transfered to Columbia project and given another promotion to the rank of Lieutenant. Columbia was still in it's preliminary phase, so much was done at first except planning and meetings amongst the command staff. Around 2154, Bill was transfered to head up the Weapon's design on the Challenger project at the request of Admiral Maxwell Forrest.

 

Upon Challenger's completion, Bill was then assigned to the position of Chief of Security on the Challenger, a position he graciously accepted.

 

Duty History:

 

2144: Applied and Accepted into Starfleet Academy.

 

2148: Graduated at the top of his class. Assigned aboard the Essex, under the command of Captain Rodger C. Johnson and Commander Brandon A. Andrews, as an Ensign.

 

2150: Promoted to the rank of Lt (jg) by Captain Rodger C. Johnson, for exemplary actions and duties. Awarded the Silver Star, Silver Cluster, and the Bronze Eagle. Later transfered to the NX project, assistant to Lieutenant Malcolm Reed.

 

2151: Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant after the completion of Enterprise, assigned to the Columbia project, which was still in it's preliminary stages.

 

2154: Transfered from the Columbia project to the Challenger project to head up Weapons Installation project. Later transfered to the Challenger, as Chief of Security, under the command of Commodore Fitzgerald "Bull" Moose and Commander Elias Moore.

 

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Edited September 11, 2004 by Bill Gamble