Rachael Evelon

Rachael Evelon was the Chief Engineer of the USS Augustus in 2295.

BIOGRAPHY
Rachael Evelon was the first child born to Louise and Travis Evelon in 2385. Her younger sister Caroline was born in 2271, when Rachael was 11. They were an ordinary, loving family that enjoyed travel across both Earth and in space. Rachael came to be familiar with the Federation through her family’s frequent travels. As she grew older, she felt compelled to join the Federation, under the belief that her tour of duty would be enlightening, and that she’d come to see and understand the world better. Her dream posting was on an exploratory vessel, “any kind will do!”. She enrolled in the academy in the year 2278, taking a full course load for a security position and an extra year in law.

Her first posting was to the USS Bullrun, a Miranda class vessel dispatched to the colony world Sanfermin after a series of brutal Klingon raids. The ship was destroyed in late 2283 by a Klingon raider attack, while Ens. Evelon was on the ground during its destruction and the ensuing ground assault. She fought bravely to keep as many colonists alive as possible, and during this time sustained a severe spinal injury that left her unable to move from the waist down. She spent the greater part of 2283 in recovery and was awarded a Purple Heart for her service. She was one of 47 crew from the ship and 23 colonists that survived for 4 weeks at the ravished colony, including 15 other away team members who were also present at the Sanfermin massacre and 32 various crew members whose escape pods landed on the colony.

Almost immediately after being declared fit for service once more, she requested another posting. She was placed on the Antares-class Encierros. Six months after her service to the ship began, the ship had an encounter with a Klingon BOP, which resulted in a space battle. Evelon once again proved superior leadership ability. Her team, sent to repel boarding parties, was split up due to hull damage, with her Commanding officer and 6 other officers on one side of the hull split and Evelon and four other officers on the other. Ens. Evelon filled in the position of leader for her squadron during the attack. She and her squadron successfully repelled the boarding parties and reunited with the rest of the team shortly without loss of life.

In 2287, the chief of security aboard the Encierros, Lt. Tarish, handed in her resignation four months before her child was due. She and her husband were to take a shuttle to the nearest space station. where they would be picked up and returned to earth by another ship. The shuttle was attacked by Klingon pirates before it could reach the station. All lives were lost. Ens. Evelon and Lt. Tarish were close friends. In truth, Tarish was Evelon’s only best friend at the time. Though Ens. Evelon volunteered to fill her best friend’s position, she was not yet high enough in rank to do so.

She was promoted to Lieutenant the last year of her service aboard the Encierros, in 2288, after yet another Klingon attack led to an environmentals malfunction that endangered the lives of the crew. Evelon was crucial in finding a solution during this time.

Lt. Evelon’s last posting was aboard another Constitution refit vessel. She was chief of security aboard a ship that patrolled some of the Federation planets near Klingon territory. The Estoc faced multiple incursions and saved many lives in the process. During this time, Lt. Evelon was an excellent tactical mind, the Estoc’s Captain Cruz expressed concerns that the constant Klingon attacks were taking a severe toll on her mental health.

PERSONALITY PROFILE
Rachael prefers to be addressed by her last name, Evelon, by everyone but her closest of friends. She is cynical and pessimistic, an introvert, intimidating, and described as ‘grouchy’ by many. Although she maintains a professional relationship with her peers, she typically only develops a few very close friends at her postings. She acts as if it is her duty to protect and guide, which sometimes puts her in a mentor position in some relationships.

She takes her job and herself very seriously, sometimes to the point of humorlessness. She is a proponent of preparedness and believes education is the best weapon. She holds weekly classes on topics ranging from personal defense to disaster practice to survival to anti-Klingon tactics. Though she is gruff, her teaching is said to be informative and helpful by past crewmates.

Evelon is xenophobic, in a sense. She doesn’t fear alien life, but she does not trust other aliens and does not enjoy their company—or at least, that is the image she wants to project. She secretly enjoys other aliens and their culture, to the point of being a xenophile in some areas, a trait that deeply scares her.

Her many poor experiences with Klingons have made her slightly paranoid and have strengthened her xenophobia.

PHYSICAL PROFILE
Evelon is a normal human being with an unremarkable visage, relative to the aliens around her. She bears no scars or tattoos despite the various injuries she’s sustained during her service. She’s white, but tans quickly. Her hair is brown and long, but usually kept back while working.

Her uniform typically hides the rippling cascade of muscle matter that makes up most of her body. When her sleeves are rolled up, she looks like she could crush someone’s trachea with her bicep and forearm alone. She takes pride in keeping her body at peak physical form.

She holds herself with good posture, with a permanent resting frowny-face and typically crossed arms. Some have said that to see her brow un-crease was to watch hell freeze over.