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       River Bellgrave  Reporting In 13th, April, 2017
   DIR By: River Bellgrave
       Date: April 13, 2017, 2:51 pm
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       Character Details
       Character Name:  River Orion Bellgrave
       Character Age: 28
       Character DOB: 5th, January, 2047
       Character Image: [IMG]
  HTML http://i63.tinypic.com/2ah8h82.jpg[/img]
       Character Species: Betazoid
       Gender:  Female
       Character Family:  Mother deceased.  Father alive, on Betazed.
       No siblings.
       Character Bio:
       Interests:  Reading, Painting, Learning, Biology, Making
       Friends, Animals, Xenobiology, Linguistics.
       Hobbies:  Painting, exercise, music, violin
       History:  River was born on a ship, the USS Salvation.  She was
       born to her mother, Celeste and her father, Saul.  She was their
       only child and while they cherished her, they had never actually
       intended to have children.  She was the result of the Phase, and
       it had changed many things.  At the time of the pregnancy,
       Celeste was the Chief of Medical and her father was the first
       officer of the ship on which they served.  Both were highly busy
       and tended to be on just about every away mission the Salvation
       crew embarked on.  Which made life a bit more dangerous than
       your average.  However, once River came into the mix, things had
       to change.  Someone had to take care of their daughter.
       Celeste decided then, to step down as Chief of Medical, and to
       allow someone else to take that roll so that she could remain on
       the ship more frequently.  That way their daughter would not
       grow up alone.  River was a bright girl and enjoyed her life on
       the ship.  She never felt that she went without, though she
       loved getting to explore planets and different destinations when
       she could.  Her family went on a lot of vacations when the ship
       was on leave.
       As River grew up she went on her own path, she neither fell in
       love with engines nor did she want to be a Medical Doctor like
       her mother.  She wanted to do her own thing.  She was rather
       taken with the body, and how things worked.  She loved learning
       not only about humans and her own race but also others.  She
       threw herself into the Science department as often as she could
       and found herself under the wing of one of the Science officers
       who thankfully didn't mind children.  Angela Weathers was a
       woman that didn't mind taking her and helping train her as much
       as she could and encouraged her dreams to join Starfleet.
       When she was fifteen her mother died.  It was during one of
       their many missions.  The ship was over run by an alien force
       that had never been seen.  As Security and other personnel
       fought hard to take back the ship, the aliens ended up finding
       themselves in various parts of the ship, killing those that they
       could.  Eager to take the ship for themselves.  Her mother was
       one such casualty.  Sickbay was one of the hardest hit places
       and her mother was shot in the middle of duty.  River mourned
       her mother's death for a very long time.  She was lucky, that
       she had lived.  She had been in the school room with other
       starfleet children at the time.  They had been told to hide and
       luckily, no one had found the children.
       When she came of age, she quickly applied to Starfleet and
       entered the Academy.    Eager to be just like her parents, so
       that she could enjoy her life.
       Your Details
       Previous Role-Playing Experience:  12 years or so of writing,
       adminning, moderating, coding, helping wikipedia creations and
       so forth.  Member liason, and keeping things running.
       Department Preference:  Science
       Secondary Department Preference:  Linguistics
       Sample Post:
       River watched as the shuttle disembarked from the Starbase.  The
       docking clamps retracted, loud clangs against the hull as they
       released and the shuttle began it's trek to the ship where she
       had been assigned.  The Academy was not hard, it was challenging
       but that was someting she had appreciated.  Not only had she the
       hope of making her parents proud but she also wanted to make
       something of herself.  She was a greenie, and she knew that it
       would take a while before she could reach something more than
       being a lowly ensign.  Though, she would work hard and she would
       make a name for herself.
       The flight to the ship was largely uneventful.  She had took to
       reading on her PADD instead of socializing.  She supposed that
       this would have been the perfect opportunity to make sure that
       she could have at least one friend on board.  But, she had found
       herself a bit more shy than she was used to.  So, instead she
       decided to read.  Mostly, she was left alone, people could read
       the body language of a woman that didn't truly want to be
       bothered.  Though that didn't stop the playboys from asking
       regardless.
       Finally, the shimmering lights in the distance outside the port
       window caught the young woman's attention.  Tucking her dark
       hair behind her ear, she leaned forward to the window a little
       bit more, looking up at the massive breathtakingly beautiful
       behemoth that was about to be her home.  It's so lovely.  The
       next leg of my journey.  My home. she thought to herself, as she
       pulled back and carefully tucked her PADD in with the rest of
       her belongings.  Finally, her black eyes shifted around the
       shuttle to see the others.  Some were sleeping, others were
       gathering their things, a couple in the back were making out and
       possibly shagging though it was hard to tell.  Whatever it was,
       they were highly dedicated to it.
       She chewed on her lower lip and locked eyes with a blue eyed man
       across the isle from her.  he gave her a nervous smile, and she
       returned it as she pulled her bag into her lap and waited for
       them to dock.  She felt the transition into the shuttle bay of
       the larger ship.  A bit of a bump as the shuttle sat down on the
       deck plating, and gravity changed to that of the ship versus
       that of the shuttle.  Quietly they were instructed to unstrap
       and file out.  She rose, with the others, and hoisted her bag on
       her shoulder.  It was time to get to work.  Time to make a name
       for herself.  River Bellgrave.
       Additional information:
       How did you find 8th Fleet:  Friend referral
       #Post#: 5932--------------------------------------------------
       Re: River Bellgrave  Reporting In 13th, April, 2017
   DIR By: Joshua Shepard
       Date: April 13, 2017, 3:13 pm
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       Hey River Bellgrave,
       After reading your application, we would love to accept you into
       the fleet as an Ensign on the USS Valor!
       As seen in our help files, you can see that all of our new
       members start at either rank Ensign or Crewman depending on
       whether you picked the enlisted route or not. Both courses are
       as rewarding as each other but also challenging at the same
       time. This will allow us to test your knowledge through them but
       also your writing skills too, both of which are important to
       have.
       You may find out more information about the fleet at the help
       files
  HTML http://8thfleet.createaforum.com/help-file-development/
       section.
       This section should help you with any questions on promotion
       too.
       Unless you have any questions, please report to Captain Joshua
       Shepard and the Executive Officer, Commander John Brown. If you
       have any questions at any point in time, feel free to message
       these guys or any of the admins. 8)
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