Lieutenant Lei Shan
Name Lei Shan
Position Assistant Chief Operations Officer
Rank Lieutenant
Character Information
| Gender | Female | |
| Species | Human | |
| Planet of Origin | Mars | |
| Age | 30 | |
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Physical Appearance
| Height | 5'6'' | |
| Weight | 135 | |
| Hair Color | Black | |
| Eye Color | Brown | |
| Skin Color | Warm Beige | |
| Physical Description | Shan’s slightly golden skin and subtly shaped eyes clearly mark her as having Chinese heritage. She is slightly taller than most Chinese women, though, and built like the yoga student and dedicated runner she is. She is fit and lean without losing her feminine curves. But her most distinctive feature is her smile, which is expressive and stunning and runs the full gamut of human emotions. | |
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Family
| Spouse | Savar (Vulcan Mate- not techincally 'married' by Human standards) | |
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| Children | none | |
| Father | Tu Shan | |
| Mother | Ling Shan | |
| Brother(s) | none | |
| Sister(s) | none | |
| Other Family | Grandmother: Lan Shan |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Shan is generally fairly happy. She is a driven, competitive individual who doesn’t like to ‘do nothing’. She enjoys mildly dangerous or extremely physical pastimes and the adrenaline rush that comes with them. She’s also quite intelligent and enjoys puzzles. She gets bored easily. Even she is a little surprised at the strength and passion of her devotion to her Mate. | |
| Strengths & Weaknesses | Strengths: Driven Focused Dedicated Passionate Weaknesses: Easily bored Seems “flighty” Passionate Irrational when it comes to her mate |
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| Ambitions | Career oriented, Shan wants to rise to the position of Chief of Operations and someday the rank of full Commander. She has no desire to Captain a ship of her own; her own Department is the goal she works for. | |
| Hobbies & Interests | Puzzles (2- and 3-D) Yoga Working Out "Immortal Headhunter" Holodeck Program |
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| Languages | Federation Standard Some Chinese (not perfectly fluent, understands better than speaks) Learning a smattering of Vulcan, but far from even basic proficiency |
| Personal History | Shan to her friends, Shan to herself even, the only people who call her Lei are her family and her Mate. Shan was raised on Mars, within sight of Olympus Mons. One of her favorite sights is the mountain at sunrise, seen after a vigorous workout or a yoga routine. Her parents are Tu and Ling Shan, her only other living relative is her grandmother, Lan Shan. They still live on Mars. As the only child, Shan was loved and somewhat doted on, but her parents carefully avoided spoiling her. She grew up relatively well-adjusted, with a slight wild streak, but never in a malicious sense. She just liked to have fun. She has always been quite competitive and enjoys sports. She loves puzzles in many forms and has a favorite holoprogram about Immortals who engage in armed combat with swords to compete for an Ultimate Power. Shan joined Starfleet Academy for the challenge mostly. She wanted to see if she could. So she did. Her grades were never outstanding, mostly because she was having as much fun as she could reasonably get away with, but they were good enough to graduate and get a decent posting. It annoyed several of her professors to no end that she didn’t fully apply herself. Two years ago she met a delightful puzzle named Savar, a Vulcan Intelligence Officer who expressed emotion and found her as attractive as she found him. Being a girl who liked to have fun, she didn’t initially take it seriously, just as a flirtation and very satisfying physical relationship. She thought that was what he wanted as well and so was dismayed when she found herself falling in love with him. As Savar’s Pon Farr approached, a Vulcan woman arrived to claim him as her Mate; Savar turned her down and chose to Bond with Shan instead, who had to fight for the right to become his Mate. They were Bonded in Vulcan tradition. For Shan, that’s enough and she currently has no plans for a Human-style wedding or marriage. Over the next few years, Shan went on several “undercover” missions with Savar, usually posing as a wife, girlfriend, mate or escort to provide a distraction or diversion. The danger and challenge were exhilarating. Unfortunately, the frequent clandestine trips damaged her professional life slightly. On the official record they are listed as Leave Time, which made her seem less than serious about her career. She was passed over for promotion twice. Recently, her Mate transferred out of Intelligence and into the Diplomatic corp, assigned a temporary position on Vulcan. In order to stay with him, and partly to get away from a ship where she felt the Command Crew had developed a negative image of her, she went into an 'inactive reserve' status, putting her commission on hold so to speak, while she thought about the next steps in her career and her life. When she applied to go back into active duty status, she had really hoped to be able to able to use the new duty station as a way to have a chance to make a good first impression and get things back on track. Being offered a position as Assistant Chief of Operations was almost beyond her wildest dreams and she leapt at the chance. Savar was supportive of her taking the position, and even helped by getting some her less sensitive work with the Intel department declassified so she could get credit for what had previously looked like excessive amounts of leave. He seemed as willing to leave Vulcan as she was, and was transferred with her to her new duty station on the Calypso |
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| Education | Olympus Mons High Starfleet Academy |
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| Service Record | USS Calhoun Starbase Typhon USS Winchester Vulcan - Inactive Reserve Status USS Calypso |