Post by Mackenzie Deeks on Aug 14, 2014 0:12:00 GMT -8
Name: Technician Second Class Mackenzie "Kenzie" Alexandria Deeks
Age: Twenty One
Race: Human
Origin:
Mackenzie was born to into a family that neither wanted a child nor were ready to deal with one even if they wanted her. Her parents, both barely out of their teens struggling to make ends meet, gave her up for adoption the second they had the chance. Without any other family willing to take her in, the young child was thrown into the adoption circuit to hopefully one day be claimed by a loving family unable or unwilling to produce children of their own. Perhaps fortunately for the infant girl, considering the inevitable fate of Earth, such a fate was not to her. As usual, the young girl was schedueled for an assessment by agents of the Titan Project for their various ship crews. And though the assessment team came in assuming they would have yet another mediocre option, they were soon proven wrong.
It turned out following the assessment that Mackenzie Deeks was far from just another statistic in the charts. The aptitude layouts and genetic testing done by the assessing team revealed a potential for great levels of intelligence and possible technological prowess. Rather than move along to the next one on their lists without a second thought, the team took Mackenzie's information to their superiors and made their report, explaining that they were sure they had found an excellent canidate for the program. So it was that the Titan Project team reached out to the caretakers of the young girl, and informed them that they would be adopting Mackenzie for their project.
Without any family to resist their decision, the Titan Project acquired their assett without trouble, and began the necessary preperations for her future assignment. Placed on the roster for the vessel, Hyperion,, Mackenzie was assigned to the maintanence division as a technician, or as the official title places itm 'Assistant Technical Specialist.'
Personality:
Kenzie is usually a cheerful, lovable person, who enjoys interacting with anyone who'll stand still long enough for her to catch up to. She comes across as rather eccentric thanks to her obsession with flame, and she often will drift off into moments of day dreaming when discussing her favorite thing. Despite her mind's tendency to wander, the technician can be quite useful when it comes to coming up with unusual solutions to difficult problems, at least as long as she is able to be focused on the task at hand for a long enough period of time. Though often difficult, those few crew men who manage to get her to stay in one place for more than five minutes will often find themselves staring at a fixed problem, and most likely a few scorch marks. She enjoys helping those around her, as it makes her happy to see her comrades pleased, and takes great joy out of being thanked for her service.
At the same time as all this however, Kenzie has something of a temper, and when provoked can prove to be exceptionally volatile. Her programming was not without its flaws, and she is prone to reacting to things she dislikes levels of violence, something which might catch someone unaware due to her normally outstanding demeanor. She dislikes those who believe themselves to be superior for stupid reasons, or do not take her skills seriously because her official title includes the word 'assistant.' Kenzie respects authority to a point, obeying without question the orders as long as they pertain to the situation at hand. She is not, however, prone to listening to officers who she believes have lost their right to command, and will absolutely fight back if ordered to do something she finds immoral.
One of the most important things to Kenzie is the concept of loyalty. She is not a fool, and realizes that the ship was planned out by minds far more intelligent then anyone else on board, and that the systems put in place are there for a reason. To go against the system is to betray the system, and puts the entire colony in danger. Actions made for selfish reasons, whether done by a janitor or the captain himself, are abhorrent, and to be despised.
Ethnicity: Caucasian - Irish
Appearance:
Kenzie stands just barely at five foot one, and is built exceptionally light. She has a very cute, spunky look to her, with short reddish brown hair that comes down to just above her chin. Her eyes are a bright amber color, and she has a rather charming near constant smile on her face. At first glance, she appears to be seemingly sweet, though as one observes her longer she seems to have a rather mischievous demeanor. On the back of her left hand, she has rather bad burn scars that she's had since before being placed in the cryogenics chamber as a child, though she'll usually cover it up with the fingerless leather gloves she wears while on duty.
She is rarely seen without a dataslate, several wrenches, and a pair of thick rimmed glasses with a built in HUD on her person due to her position. In addition, Kenzie has an unnecessary amount of lighters and packs of matches in her pockets at any given time, something which is sure to create slight worry if noticed by the wrong people.
Role Play Sample:
So far, it had been difficult, being stuck on this rock. Not because it was hard dealing with the prospect of being stranded. Not that at all. In fact, she saw being on this planet as being an adventure. If was extremely exciting. What was difficult was the fact that until now, it was so boring. The captain hadn't let any of the crew out of the ship for the first few days, at least until the colony's sensors were calibrated and the soldiers had investigated the surrounding area. Even now, he was still reluctant to let anyone out of the ship. Luckily for Kenzie however, she managed to convince the captain that it wouldn't be a bad idea for him to let a technician at least make a cursory inspection of the outside of the vessel. For knowledge reasons, of course.
She neglected to inform him that she would spend the vast majority of her time outside taking advantage of the freedom it provided. And he, apparently, had neglected to inform her that she was going to be recieving an escort.
Upon reaching the supply depot's exit, Kenzie was greeted by the sight of one of the colony's military troopers. Corporal Phrix was one of the soldiers Kenzie had seen several times around the colony, especially when she was dealing with the captain, as the corporal was one of the soldiers usually assigned to the guard detail. Apparently, the captain wanted one of his favored troopers watching Kenzie as she went about her business outside. Kenzie was both annoyed and slightly happy at the thought, because while it was annoying that she wouldn't be able to go off on her own, it meant the captain cared enough about his crew to send his best. It was a nice thought, she supposed.
"Technican Deeks, glad you finally came down. Cap'n wanted me to come along with you on your little trip outside the ship, says he doesn't want the techies getting ate by whatever things are out there. Guess I can't really argue with that. Don't have enough of you guys running around after all, can't be losing you so early."
Kenzie laughed. At least Phrix was personable. "Well, at least the cap'n gave me you instead of somebody else to watch my back. Better view, too, know what I mean?"
The corporal laughed back, obviously glad her new charge wasn't uptight like some of the other recently awoken crew. "Keep making comments like that, Technician, and you'll get returned home nice and safe like, you will."
The technician chuckled. She just bet she would.
