- Name: Banda
- Rank: Lieutenant
- Position: Chief Navigator
- Assignment: USS Fife, NCC 72572
- Personal
- Species: Human
- Gender: Male
- Age: 36
- Attributes:
- Fitness 3
- Vitality +1
- Coordination 2
- Dexterity +1
- Intellect 2
- Logic +1
- Presence 2
- Willpower +1
- Psi 0
- Skills:
- Administration (Starship) 2 (3)
- Artistic Expression (Painting) 1 (2)
- Athletics (Gravball) 2 (3)
- Command (Starship) 1 (3)
- Computer (Programming) 3 (5)
- Culture (Human) 2 (3)
- Diplomacy (Treaty Negotiations) 1 (2)
- Dodge 3
- Energy Weapons (Phaser) 2 (4)
- First Aid (Wound/Combat Trauma) 1 (2)
- History (Human) 1 (2)
- (Federation) (2)
- Instruction (Teaching) 1 (2)
- Language
- Federation Standard 2
- French 2
- Law (Starfleet Regulations) 1 (2)
- Life Sciences (Zoology) 1 (2)
- Personal Equipment (Environmental Suit) 1 (2)
- (Tricorder) (3)
- Physical Sciences (Mathematics) 2 (3)
- Planetary Sciences (Meteorology) 1 (2)
- Shipboard Systems (Shields) 2 (5)
- (Sensors) (4)
- Space Sciences (Astrogation) 3 (5)
- (Astronomy) (4)
- (Astrophysics) (4)
- Streewise (Carousing) 2 (4)
- Systems Engineering (Shields) 1 (2)
- (EPS Systems) (2)
- Unarmed Combat (Starfleet Martial Arts) 3 (4)
- Vehicle Operation (Shuttlecraft) 1 (2)
- Weaponsmith (Energy Weapons) 0 (1)
- World Knowledge (Earth) 1 (2)
- Traits:
- Promotion (Lieutenant) ; Department Head (Navigation); Bad Reputation (Brawler); Addiction (Alcoholic); Zero-Gee Trained
- Other Statistics:
- Courage 5
- Renown 25
- Aggression 5
- Discipline 10; -5
- Initiative 0
- Openness -5
- Skill 5
- Resistance 4
- Background:
- Birthplace: Nairobi, Africa, Earth.
- Cadet Cruise, Colonial Operations Command.
- Merchant Marine Command, 6 years.
- Star Base Headquarters Command, 1 year.
- Military Operations Command, 3 years.
- Banda has served aboard the File for 18 months as Chief Navigator. His career has not been particularly distinguished, but Banda has a record of diligence and hard work.
- Description and Personality:
Banda is well over two meters tall. He wears his hair short, and has rather craggy, weather-beaten features.
Banda is unlucky; there is no other way to describe it. Still a lieutenant at age 36, he has been shunted from one dead-end post to another for most of his career. Only on the Fife has he begun to realize his potential.
Right now, his fondest wish is for a promotion. He has always worked hard at his assigned duties, and Banda would take almost any risk to earn the advancement he craves.
He plays as hard as he works. On leave, Banda has a reputation for drinking and barroom brawling. His shipmates claim that barkeepers from Sherman's Planet to Luna know when Banda is coming, and try to shut down before his liberty party lands.
Banda is serious and intense on duty, concentrating on his work to the total exclusion of the usual shipboard banter. He makes a startling contrast to Helmsman Lonnquist, dark versus fair, grim versus eager, aging versus youthful and exuberant. Off-duty, Banda's manner is still intimidating to many, but he does relax and open up with a small but close circle of friends (including Lonnquist and Renner, the Assistant Science Officer).
This page ©2003 Owen E. Oulton
Original character © by the original author.
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