Lieutenant Sorak

[Dougals]

Sorak
44-year-old Vulcan male; Lieutenant, UFP Starfleet
Chief Engineer, USS Drake
14,169 experience points; 14 advancements
Scientist, Starship Officer: Starship Engineering Officer
Personal Development: Military Brat
Professional Development: Researcher

Attributes
STR 9 (+1)   INT* 11 (+2)   AGL 6 (+0)   VIT 7 (+0)   PRE 7 (+0)   PER* 8 (+1) PSI* 7 (+0)
* denotes favored attribute

Reactions and Figured Attributes
Quickness: +2   Savvy: +1   Stamina*: +2   Willpower: +2
* denotes favored reaction

Courage: 3   Initiative: +4   Defense: 7   Health: 8 (0)(-1)(-3)(-5)(-7)(-9)
Renown: 9 (+/- 1)

Species Abilities
Bonus Edge: Skill Focus (Keen Hearing) -- +4 to Observe (Listen) tests
Bonus Edge: Psionic – Adds Psi attribute and allows selection of Psionic skills (Note Psi advances as a favored attribute)
Enhanced Rapid Healing – Once per day enter healing trance of 10 minutes per affected wound level to recover Vitality modifier wound points for the day
Mind Meld – Mind Meld skill at 1 level, advances as professional skill (see PG 49 for details)
Nerve Pinch – Unarmed Combat test at -5 to render target unconscious for 2d6 rounds (no reaction)

Edges
Alert – +2 to Initiative tests.
Command 1 – Subordinate Command. Subordinates get +1 to one professional skill tests once per game session.
Contact (Lt. Sorval, IKS 'aw'Hegh)
Eidetic Memory – TN 5 or less academic test automatically succeed, all others get a +2 modifier.
Fit – +1 to all physical tests.
Promotion 2 – Lieutenant. +1 to social tests with subordinates.
Skill Focus (Craftsman) – +1 to Construct and Repair tests.
Thinker – +1 to all academic tests.

Flaws
Arrogant – Cannot use Courage Points on Social tests.
Pacifist – Cannot use Courage Points for attack tests in combat.

Professional Abilities
Area of Expertise (Physical Sciences (Physics)) – Skill picks during advancement increase Physical Sciences level by 2 instead of 1. All Physical Sciences tests outside of the Physics specialty are at -4.
Computer Whiz – Systems Operation and Computer Use tests (including extended tests) are performed in half the time.
Doctorate (Physical Sciences) – One per session can reroll one Physical Sciences test.
Engineering Certification -- Can use all skills in Engineering group untrained. Free specialty upon acquiring a Engineering skill.
Engineering Expertise (Propulsion Engineering (Warp)) – Propulsion Engineering and Propulsion Engineering (Warp) gain an affinity bonus equal to half Physical Sciences skill level, rounded up.
Focus – Professional skill tests ignore penalties from distractions.
Starship Duty (Engineering Officer) -- Substitutes for all prerequisites for any starship officer elite profession.

Skills (name, specialties, ranks, total bonus)
Armed Combat: Vulcan Traditional Weapons* 1 (+2), Computer Use (Programming, Retrieve) 4 (+9), Construct 3 (+7), Engineering: Propulsion (Warp) 4 (+13), Engineering: Systems (Communications, Computer, Power) 5 (+10), Engineering: Structural (Spaceframes) 3 (+8), Enterprise: Administration (Starfleet)* 1 (+6), First Aid 1 (+4), Investigate (Research) 2 (+4), Knowledge: Culture (Vulcan) 4 (+9), Knowledge: History (Vulcan) 4 (+9), Knowledge: Religion (Vulcan) 4 (+9), Knowledge: Specific World (Vulcan) 4 (+9), Knowledge: Trivia 4 (+9), Language: Federation Standard 6 (+11), Language: Vulcan 6 (+11), Mind Meld 6 (+6), Observe* +1 (+3), Persuade 4 (+4), Repair +2 (+6), Ranged Combat:  Energy Weapons +1 (+2), Science: Physical (Physics) 7 (+14 in Specialty, +8 outside Specialty), Science: Space (Astrophysics) 3 (+8), Systems Operation (Sensors) 2 (+5), Unarmed Combat: Taroon-ifla (Nerve Pinch) 3 (+4)
* denotes nonprofessional skill for the purposes of advancement

Advancements
1.   Area of Expertise professional ability, add Physics specialty to Physical sciences, add Astrophysics specialty to Space Sciences
2.   Doctorate professional ability, Physical Sciences +2 levels, Computer Use +1 level
3.   Computer Whiz professional ability, Knowledge: Trivia +2 levels
4.   Quickness reaction +1, Stamina reaction +1
5.   Thinker edge, Fit edge, Construct +1 level
6.   Starship Officer (Engineering Officer) profession added.
7.   Propulsion Engineering (Warp) +2 levels, Systems Engineering (Computer) +2 levels, Structural Engineering (Spaceframes) +1 level
8.   Promotion 1 edge, Engineering Expertise professional ability
9.   Physical Science +2 levels, Propulsion Engineering +2 levels, System Engineering +1 level, Unarmed Combat +1 level
10.   Department Head School: Computer Use +1 level, Enterprise: Administration (Starfleet) +1 level, Command 1 edge
11.   Promotion 2, Structural Engineering +2 level, Systems Engineering +1 level
12.   Systems Engineering +1, Add Communications specialty to Systems Engineering, Unarmed Combat +1, add Contact (Lt. Sorval, IKS 'aw'Hegh) edge
13. Add Power specialty to Systems Engineering, Persuasion +2, Ranged Combat: Energy Weapons +1, Added Nerve Pinch specialty to Unarmed Combat: Taroon-ifla
14. Repair +2, Observe +1, Add programming specialty to Computer Use

Tours
Tour 1:
  Assignment: Military mission (USS Pendragon)
  Length: 6 years
  OER: Excellent
  Renown: +4 (3 advancements, +1 for Excellent OER)

Tour 2:
  Assignment: Exploration mission (USS Saratoga)
  Length: 4 years
  OER: Excellent
  Renown: +3 (2 advancements, +1 for Excellent OER)

ETA: Forgot Psi att and Mind Meld skill. Also laid out how Renown was earned.
ETA: 12th Advancement
ETA: Fixed Persuasion Total (Don't know where the +6 I had added in  before came from... *shrug*)
ETA: 13th Advancement
ETA: 14th Advancement

[Dougals]

Born: 09 January 2242 (Terran calendar) in Ta’Vistar, Vulcan.

Height: 195 cm  (6’5”)    Weight: 90.7 kg (200 lb.)     Eyes: Black     Hair: Black

General Description: Tall and thin, Sorak has a very professional appearance. He keeps his hair trimmed in the standard Vulcan style and his uniform is surprisingly immaculate, given his profession.

Personality: Sorak seems to be the archetypal Vulcan at first glance, but as one gets to know him, they see that he is somewhat more in touch with his emotions than the average Vulcan. He will occasionally make a joke or crack a subdued smile, but all within the framework of his logical approach to the world. He values his privacy as much as any other Vulcan, but can also be social with those he has come to know well.

Background: Sorak comes from a long line of officers and investigators in the V’Kor, Vulcan’s police force, but at an early age his skills in the sciences set him apart from the rest of his family. Logically, they sponsored his application and applauded his acceptance to the Vulcan Science Academy at age 18 in 2260. While attending the Academy, Sorak was introduced the Way of Jarok (Tu-Jarok) by one of his professors and began the quest to understand and integrate emotions in moderation into the logical lifestyle of a Vulcan scientist.

Following his graduation from the VSA in 2264, Sorak took a position in theoretical physics research, where he worked for 12 years. He found the experience intellectually fulfilling, but something was missing. It wasn’t until the return of the USS Enterprise from her historic five-year mission under Kirk that Sorak began considering the satisfaction that could result from applying his physics knowledge in a practical, as opposed to theoretical, manner. By 2276, he had joined Starfleet as part of the fast-track officer training program leading up to the expansion of Starfleet’s exploratory efforts in the early 2280s.

Sorak’s first assignment was almost literally trial by fire when he was assigned as an engineering officer to the USS Pendragon, a destroyer patrolling along the Klingon border. By the end of his six-year assignment in 2282, Sorak had proven his worth as an engineer, been promoted to Lieutenant, Junior Grade, and improved his skills in the use of the Vulcan nerve pinch.

His next assignment was to the USS Saratoga, a Miranda-class cruiser on an exploration mission. In 2284, Sorak was promoted to Lieutenant and Chief Engineer of the starship. He served aboard the Saratoga during the Probe Incursion of 2286 and found a new emotional experience in the frustration that resulted in the probe’s damage to the Saratoga’s systems as it passed, but was satisfied when he was able to rally his team to at least partially repair the damage the probe’s signal caused before the ship’s life support failed entirely.

Sorak met the crew of the USS Drake when they were investigating the disappearance of the Saratoga. He helped them resolve the situation they found themselves in and returned to his duties aboard the Saratoga. Soon after the two ships returned to Federation space, Sorak found himself reassigned to the Drake, and assignment he has been honored to receive.

[Renny]

USS Saratoga, hmm? Interesting.
Nice write up.

[Dougals]

That what the boss told me to do...  Glad you like him.   Still need to establish if he's married and/or has kids, though. Probably on both...

[Dougals]

As a side note, I picture Sorak looking quite a bit like Adrien Brody. Wish I was better at photo manipulation so I could show you guys what I mean...  *sigh*

Okay. I did it the old fashioned way... Thank god for sketch pads and cell phone cameras...  

[Renny]

Nice picture. Good job.

[Dougals]

Thanks, Renny. It's been a while since I've done a character sketch, so I'm glad it turned out well...

[Dougals]

Courage Use:

Episode 1.3: 2 Courage (Psi test)
Refreshed at the end of Episode 1.3
Episode 1.4: 3 Courage (History test, reply # 527 and Listen tests, reply 531 and 541)
Refreshed at the end of Episode 1.4

[Dougals]

Experience & Career Notes
Episode 1.3 - "The Well of Dreams" - 1,060 XP + 125 XP roleplay bonus = 1,185 XP
                                     Renown +1
                                     Advancement
Episode 1.4 - "First Response" - 847 XP +150 XP roleplay bonus = 997 XP
                                     Advancement
Episode 1.5 - "A Lot by Design" - 887 XP + 100 XP roleplay bonus = 987 XP
                                     Renown +1
                                     Advancement

[Dougals]

There. I added Repair. No idea how I missed that to begin with...