Second Mate Colleen Branagan
Name Colleen Astrid Branagan
Position Chief Science Officer
Second Position Sciences Administrator
Rank Second Mate
Character Information
| Gender | Female | |
| Species | Human, Irish, Earth | |
| Age | 36 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 5'6" (1.7 m) | |
| Weight | 132 lbs. (60 kg) | |
| Hair Color | brown | |
| Eye Color | blue | |
| Physical Description | blue eyes; reddish brown hair worn medium length, often hanging in her face and being brushed back, often in need of a haircut; freckles; not beautiful, but not exactly plain, in spite of a mouth that is wide and generous. Colleen isn't in perfect shape, but has a trim looking body, small busted, and perennially 5-10 pounds over the weight she'd like. |
Family
| Spouse | NA | |
| Children | NA | |
| Father | Michael Tyler Branagan (deceased) | |
| Mother | Bridget O'Mara (deceased) | |
| Brother(s) | Jonathan Tyler Branagan (33) | |
| Sister(s) | Kathleen O'Mara Branagan (38) | |
| Other Family | Grandmother Branagan; Grandmother O'Mara; Uncle Sean Branagan (62); Aunt Brighid Branagan (60); Auntie Kirsten O'Mara (52) many cousins |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Colleen has a sunny, friendly personality, so it takes others a while to realize that she's only known skin-deep. She rarely offers personal information, stories of her childhood, etc. While this makes her easy to be around, it's also a weakness. She doesn't build close relationships with anyone, though she works well with almost everyone. |
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| Strengths & Weaknesses | +follows orders well +respectful to both those above and those below her +works well with others +sense of humor +experienced as scientist and officer -rarely goes outside the normal parameters -doesn't act on intuition or her gut feelings -no deep personal connections |
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| Ambitions/ Plans for your character | At the moment, Colleen, while somewhat healed from the death of her parents, is still coasting. Her ambitions are limited to surviving another day and helping to contribute something to those around her and, distantly, to the Federation as a whole. | |
| Hobbies & Interests | *playing out holographic mystery games *weaving *languages *story telling *accomplished violinist |
Life Stories
| Service Record | 2379-2382: USS Astrogator, Nova Class Science Vessel 2382-2386: USS Allan Hayes, Norway Class Destroyer 2386-2388: USS Thomas Jefferson, Sovereign Class Explorer, exploration missions 2388-2390: USS Adlai Stevenson , Ambassador Class, Science/diplomacy/exploration missions; 2390-late 2392: USS Gemini, Chief Science Officer; Second Officer; Late 2392 - late 2393: farming in Ireland, Earth 2394: Second Star History: Born 2359, in one of the cleanest towns in Ireland, and one which also had a racial population mix, Colleen learned early not to view a physical difference as anything important. She comes from traditional Irish family values, and as a young woman, was one of the best storytellers in the Branagan clan. Now, she writes her stories and stores them. Colleen can also play a violin that can make the listener weep, though she hasn't played in public in more than ten years. She still plays for herself, at least an hour every day, in her quarters. After a normal childhood, Colleen Astrid Branagan passed Starfleet Academy testing and attended the Academy in San Francisco. She'd always had an affinity for things that grew, learning plant lore from her grandmother and great aunt. Biology seemed like the natural choice of field for her. She did well in both academic classes and classes required to be commissioned in Starfleet, and that put her on the track toward command. Professors and others who worked with her had high hopes for her. When she quit Starfleet, it was a desire to do something less stressful, something where Branagan could work with her hands, and farming, one of her family's many interests, seemed a good choice. She'd concentrated on growing heirloom varieties of earth plants, no hybrids, nothing from other planets, and found quite a market among those who had money and believed that life in the past held secrets they didn't know. Her farm, Until the senior Branagans were killed in suspicious circumstances where their small space yacht exploded, Colleen had never suffered a tragedy. Her happy life, with only mild trials, hadn't prepared her to lose the most important people in her world. As the middle child, she'd been the peacemaker, but not super close to either sibling. Her parents had been an important part of her anchoring system. Colleen felt lost, adrift, angry ... suspicious of the explosion and at a loss for what to do with herself. Leaving the farm in the hands of a capable manager, she traveled to the area where her parents had died ... but there was no satisfaction to be found. She drifted until one day the numbness began to fade, and she woke up to the fact that she was stranded in space with no credits and no job. |
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| Personal Bio | Susan, widow, 2 grown children, don't sim on Sundays. My character has had a much more interesting life than I have. |