SubCommander Saa
Name Saa
Position Chief Engineering Officer
Rank SubCommander
Character Information
| Sex | Female | |
| Species | Cetacean | |
| Age | 35 | |
| Pronouns | She/her | |
| Summary | DS13's recently assigned Chief of the Dock, and Acting Chief Engineer, is a recent transfer from 40 Eridani Yards, Vulcan system, where for some time, she's served as one of the Yard's foremost systems analysts and propulsion experts. She's had a fin in the warp systems of many of Starfleet's newest vessels, ensuring that they are both thoroughly tested and reliable. | |
| Place of Birth | New Almacígos Colony, Pacifica |
Physical State
| Height | 10'3" (length) | |
| Weight | 480 kg | |
| Hair Color | None | |
| Eye Color | Dark brown | |
| Physical Description | Tursiops genus, 3.2 meters in length, with classic silver-grey markings transitioning to a snowy white ventral. Her eyes are large, dark and expressive, with a reddish brown hue that shows only occasionally in bright lighting. A standard dataport has been implanted behind her left temple, enabling quick interface with most Federation technology. Aboard the station, like most cetaceans, Saa wears fin-mounted gravitic field modulators to move about freely in the station's artificial gravity field. But in natural gravity environments, such as when deployed to planetary surfaces, she exhibits a distinct preference for the bulky type-6 cetaceanoid exosuit over the more streamlined antigravity units usually worn by cetaceans, having come to appreciate the inherent reliability of its more robust design. The suit has the side effect of magnifying her already considerable natural body size, rendering her a hulking mechanical presence on an away team, occasionally capable of intimidation despite her sunny and cautious personality. |
Family
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Saa's approach to life and work is a balance between meticulous, orderly routine and occasional bouts of creativity, a duality that has served her well in the constantly evolving field of starship design. As a mechanic, she is punctilious to a fault, almost allergic to the idea of beginning any job without first making a thorough analysis, or relying on any technology, procedure or approach that has not been fully and systematically tested. Her cautious nature sometimes puts her at odds with more impulsive colleagues who prefer a quicker, riskier or more ambitious approach to problem-solving. But she remains steadfast in her belief that genuine results can't be rushed and that order and method will carry the day. | |
| Strengths & Weaknesses | Strengths: Team player: Saa actively seeks to harmonize herself to those around her, and her infectious positivity can often boost morale, especially during difficult assignments. Technical acumen: Saa is a master of starship operations and has an instinctual understanding of how various systems interact. Faults: Overcommitment: Saa tends to take on too much extra work, underestimating her need for rest and recovery. Overly cautious: Partly by temperament, and partly by training due to the nature of her shipyard work, he is instinctively averse to the idea of unnecessary risks. |
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| Ambitions | Lately, Saa has been thinking about her family and the distance that has grown between her and them. She wonders if she'll one day return to the academic world they know. She sometimes imagines becoming a lecturer, able to blend both her practical experience and her academic knowledge of warp theory. This is something she’s reluctant to admit openly, as it would seem like a concession to her family’s expectations, but it lingers in the back of her mind. | |
| Hobbies & Interests | Tinkering with old vehicles. Lately, botany, a way to connect with her mother. At rare intervals, publishes in the Journal of Warp Mechanics. |
| Languages | Atlantic 1, Spanish, English, Vulcan Standard. She generally speaks in Atlantic 1 and relies on universal translators to convey her meaning to humanoid colleagues. In an emergency, she can make herself understood in something very roughly approximating English or Vulcan, but it's a painstaking effort and not at all comfortable (though some find it cute). | |
| Personal History | Born on Pacifica to a family of educators, Saa was predestined for a life in academia, and her choice to enroll in the Daystrom Institute's prestigious Advanced Warp Propulsion program was almost an act of rebellion. After graduating, she served as a warp field specialist across several Starfleet assignments, before being offered a position in the Warp Propulsion Lab at 40 Eridani Yards, Vulcan System. For the next four years, her shipyard work gave her valuable first-hand experience with the most advanced propulsion systems in the Federation, until a temporary assignment as part of the shakedown cruise of one of Starfleet's newest vessels cast her in the role of assistant chief engineer, a role she was unexpectedly to maintain and - even more unexpectedly - adapt to, through several misadventures. Since returning to the Yard, she has been surprised to find herself missing something of the chaos of those days, and when an offer came to head a project on the far reaches, she accepted. | |
| Service Record | 2382-2386: Daystrom Institute, Advanced Warp Propulsion track 2386-2390: Junior Engineer, Starbase 21, CO Jareth Lin 2390-2394: Engineer, USS Pegasus, CO Liren Kast 2394-2398: Systems Analyst, Warp Propulsion Lab, 40 Eridani Yards 2398-2401: Assistant Chief Engineer, USS Hou Yi, CO A-216 'Akia' 2401-2402: Senior Analyst, Warp Propulsion Lab, 40 Eridani Yards 2402-present: Chief of the Dock, later Chief Engineer, Deep Space 13 |
