Commanding Officer - Captain Bryony West (Melanie Pocknall)

RANK: Captain 
ASSIGNMENT: Commanding Officer, USS Tempest, ODGREEN DIVISION, GREEN FLEET
SPECIES: Human 
GENDER: Female
AGE: 25 (b. 24th June, 2387) 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 
        HEIGHT: 1.74m 
        MASS: 62 kg 
        HAIR: Brown
        EYES: Brown
        ID MARKS: Scar on right cheek
BIRTHPLACE: Avonsford, England, Earth 

RELATIVES: 

Commander Edward West, Retired, Father 
Hillary West, Mother 
Admiral Leonard McCoy III, Retired, Great-Grandfather 
Marcus West, brother, 26, working on family farm 
Ltjg Lianna West, sister, 21, Sci Officer, USS HIPPOCRATES 
Emily West, sister, 17, 1st year medical cadet, Starfleet Academy 
Lt (Dr.) Jackson Stone, husband, 29, HMR, USS TEMPEST, married SD 90328 

AWARDS: 

- Bravery award, SD 70719.1534 - for saving a drowning child who had fallen
into a lake near Starfleet Academy. The lake is overrun with weeds, which
the child was trapped in. 
- Zefram Cochrane Medal for Engineering Excellence, SD 90123, for helping
engineer and create ARNIE/SAL. 
- Recommended for the Latinum Star, SD 90908, for her performance as aCO on
the way to Grey Fleet HQ. 
- First Contact Ribbon for mission to Lenatis VI, around SD 100601 * Gold
cluster added SD 120106, for mission to Morellon IV 
- Combat Action Ribbon for Carnolis mission, SD 110106 
- Cross of Alexander, for outstanding work on retrieving the contact team
from the surface of Morellon IV, SD 120106 

PSYCHOLOGICAL: 

Bryony is a very happy person although she can be very
stubborn when opposed. She has little patience for the logic of Vulcans but
is very friendly to all other races, and she bears no other prejudices. 

MEDICAL: 

"Bryony is in excellent physical condition. She recently has
survived a phaser blast to the stomach but appears to suffer no ill effects
from that except for a fear of Ferengis and phasers. She bears an almost
unnoticeable scar on her right cheek as a result of a very deep cut. I
noticed, while she was in my care, that she hates being sick, so any future
doctors, beware!" 
Doctor Karl Chapman, Starbase GAMMA SD 80324 

ACADEMICS: 

OXFORD UNIVERSITY, EARTH B.S., Engineering 
STARFLEET ACADEMY, EARTH 
        Standard Officer's Training 
        Engineering 
        Navigation 
        Flight Squadron 
        Electronic Engineering

RECORD: 

71127: Transferred to Starbase Alpha 
71128: Assigned to Blue Fleet, transferred to Starbase Gamma 
71129: Assigned as Chief Engineering Officer, USS Gauss 
80124: Promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade 
80423: Transferred to USS Carson as Chief Engineering Officer 
80701: USS Carson decommissioned 
80717: Promoted to Lieutenant, assigned to Gold Fleet 
80718: Transferred to USS Huntington as Chief Engineering Officer 
80830: USS Huntington destroyed; transferred to USS McKinley as Chief
Engineering Officer 
80912: Promoted to Lieutenant Commander 
80912: Transferred to USS Tempest, NCC-57102, as Operations Officer 
90123: Awarded Zefram Cochrane Medal for Engineering Excellence 
90425: Tempest transferred to Grey Fleet with entire staff complement 
90920: Recommended for Latinum Star 
91126: Promoted to Commander, Appointed Executive Officer, USS Tempest 
100430: Received Starfleet Outstanding Unit Citation on board the USS TEMPEST 
100430: Received CINCRED Unit Commendation on board the USS TEMPEST 
100816: TEMPEST named Red Fleet Flagship 
120226: Became acting CO for USS TEMPEST 
120502: Brevreted to Captain; assigned CO, USS TEMPEST

PERSONAL INFORMATION: 

PROFILE: 
Bryony West was an excellent student. She completed primary school
a year ahead of schedule, and high school two years ahead. After completing
one year of a degree in Arts/Engineering at Oxford University, she entered
Starfleet Academy at the minimum age of 16, where her results were nearly
always near the top of the class. She showed a great interest in astronomy,
as well as engineering. She nearly always displayed a sunny personality,
had a vivid imagination, a sometimes warped sense of humor, and got along
with most people. 

AMBITIONS: 
Were to eventually become a starship captain or Chief Engineer. 

HOBBIES: 
Bryony enjoys playing the flute, as well as stargazing. She also
is an excellent swimmer, and enjoys bike riding. She likes playing
practical jokes when the occasion calls for it (and sometimes when it
doesn't). 

PERSONAL HISTORY: 

Bryony was born in 24th century England, eldest of three daughters, the
second born child in the family. At the age of five, she was already
showing the makings of being a born engineer. Anything electronic
interested her, and she was always curious as to how things worked. Another
interest that developed about this time was astronomy. On many evenings,
Bryony could be found looking through her telescope into the night sky and
dreaming of the day when she would be up there with the stars. 

She was a very bright child, and completed primary and high school three
years ahead of schedule. She then attended Oxford University for some time
before deciding that Engineering really interested her, and that being a
Starfleet officer would expand her skills. 

STARFLEET CAREER: 

She was a very quiet student but very hard working. Bryony showed a
tremendous amount of respect for her senior officers but there were times
where she would speak before she had thought. But unless someone annoys
her, she will not show any disrespect. Bryony was an excellent pilot, not
quite getting into Nova Squadron but forming her own after the
disappointment of not getting in. The squadron was named 'Terra Squadron'
and was made up of some of the elite pilots who didn't quite get into the
Nova Squadron. For a while there, it seemed like the Terra's would
outperform the Nova's, and in doing so, Bryony showed remarkable leadership
skills. 

After leaving the Academy, Bryony was immediately assigned CEO of the new
Feynman-class ship, the USS GAUSS. During this time, she saved the ship
from two warp core breaches, and worked closely with the crew of the
TSUNAMI to get both ships safely out of the coal-sack. 

On the second mission, the ship was nearly destroyed. Several officers
stood trial for not following orders. Bryony was not one of these. In fact,
Bryony was in hospital at the time recovering from a near fatal phaser
blast. She recovered in time for the next mission. 

The crew was reassigned to the USS CARSON, an 100-year old frigate. What
was supposed to be a simple mapping expedition turned interesting when the
crew found a derelict ship floating in space with one survivor on board.
The survivor's ship was rigged so that no information could be retrieved
out of it, and it self-destructed, presumably killing two officers. The
explosion caused a temporal rift, pulling the CARSON into another universe,
five years into the future where it met up with the new USS GAUSS. The two
crews combined to outwit the survivor who was intent on destroying both the
ships. To get back to their universe, Bryony used an old method of
implosion to go back in time, and then to pass through the equivalent
temporal rift, ending up back in their right universe. The two officers who
were on derelict ship when it exploded managed to survive, and were picked
up by the GAUSS when it arrived back. 

With the GAUSS destroyed and the CARSON decommissioned, Bryony was
reassigned to the USS HUNTINGTON and promoted to full Lieutenant. She had
only been there a matter of days before a saboteur blew the ship up. The
crew then transferred to a new ship, the USS McKINLEY. 

Bryony then received a call from Red Fleet, and went to Kappa to be
assigned as OPS/20 of the USS TEMPEST. The only bad thing about this was
leaving her new fiancée, Dr. Jackson Stone, behind. Several months after
being transferred to the TEMPEST, Bree and Jackson married. On the way home
from their honeymoon on Vulcan, they prevented two Ferengi from hijacking a
shuttle. Jackson took up an appointment on the Tempest as ACMO after the
honeymoon. 

It was at this time that the Tempest was ordered to Grey Fleet. However,
on it's way, the Tempest ran into a Changeling conspiracy, which saw the CO
and XO put out of duty for several days. During this time, Bree was acting
CO, and prevented the Tempest from being destroyed after it went through a
wormhole; and she got the Tempest safely back through the wormhole and to
Grey Fleet. After the court martial of the CO, Bree was promoted and given
the position of Executive Officer. 

After two years serving as XO, Bree was temporarily promoted to acting CO
during the exodus of several senior staff members.  She was then given the
brevreted rank of Captain, and given command of the TEMPEST.

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION: 

"Bryony was one of the top students of her class. However, there were
times when she came close to insubordination because of her blunt way of
speaking. She will ask questions of officers higher than her that really
shouldn't be asked by an officer of her rank, but can be very tactful at
times. Her willingness to help other students made her a lot of friends,
and she always gave more than 100% in her practical work. Beware of her
liking for practical jokes. Cmdr Tugh, a Klingon instructor, was not at all
please upon finding two Tribbles in his desk. The Tribbles soon multiplied
rapidly, unfortunately for the Cmdr. Then there was the incident with the
electronic mice, which is probably better left unsaid. I'm sure she will
outgrow this liking for practical jokes. But above all, she is very loyal
and will help those in need." 
Captain Mittano D'Angettolo, Starfleet Academy SD 71015 
 

"Lt.  Bryony West had been serving under my command for nearly one
year. During that time we had several dangerous and exploiting missions to
fulfill that demanded most of her. Her position was CEO mainly, but
situations forced her to work in positions of CSciO, CSO and OPS as well.
The most important thing about her work was her readiness to do whatever
needed to be done. There never was a time a crew couldn't count on her
loyalty, knowledge, ability and willingness. 

As a matter of fact she took part and an incident that caused a
degradation of the whole crew under my command. But records clearly show
that she didn't play an active role in that case. 

Bryony West is a crewmember every crew MUST have. In addition to her
professional ambitions I must stress that she also is a valuable friend as
one needs one aboard a starship. I'm not glad that my position as CO forced
me not to get to now her better in private." 
Cmdr. Stephan Wald CO USS GAUSS SD 80724