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Lieutenant Commander Jaal Jaxom
Name Jaal Jaxom
Position Executive Officer
Rank Lieutenant Commander
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Species | Trill, unjoined | |
| Age | 29 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 1.7m | |
| Weight | 82kg | |
| Hair Color | reddish brown | |
| Eye Color | hazel | |
| Physical Description | Jaal is of medium height and physically fit. His body type suggests speed and stamina rather than brute strength. He has the typical Trill spotting running down both sides of his body. |
Family
| Father | Jonas Jaxom | |
| Mother | Lessa Jaxom | |
| Brother(s) | Jamus Jaxom | |
| Sister(s) | Janeen Jaxom | |
| Other Family | close friends from his Academy days: Daneel Olivaw, Kopak Kenishi, Diane Doctrine, Race D'Bari |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Jaal is somewhat slow to warm up to new acquaintances and surroundings, not out of shyness, but to study the situation he's in. He's the type of person that, once you've made friends with him, you're his friend for life (but not immune to a prank or two). He can take a joke as well as dish them out. Jaal writes software programs and subroutines on the side for fun and profit. He’s young, a bit rambunctious, and still in the process of learning what a Starfleet career can do for him. |
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| Strengths & Weaknesses | +If kept busy he stays out of trouble +calm in a crisis +curious about everything, sometimes to a fault -will make inappropriate comments at the worst time -still has a bit of maturing to do -needs work on hand to hand combat. |
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| Ambitions | Just to stay out of trouble for now. | |
| Hobbies & Interests | *writes software for fun, profit, and the occasional prank *has a fascination for old Terran motorcycles *loves to karaoke *knows just enough mok'bara to be a danger to himself |
| Personal History | Jaal was born and raised on the Trill homeworld. He and his family lived near the sea on his family's rapeg farm. Rapegs are a fruit, native to Trill that are used in a variety of ways, but most notably for making Trill wine. While Jaal and his siblings were growing up he constantly noticed how hard his parents had to work to keep their farm going. One day Jaal decided to try and make things easier. He did so by fabricating and inventing devices and improvements on the family's farming equipment. It is suspected this is where he developed his love of all things technological. Jaal always did well in school even though he was constantly getting into trouble. Somewhere along the line he learned that technology can do great good and make great practical jokes. But because of his good work and study habits he was kept out of serious trouble growing up, much to the dismay of his classmates. Jaal joined Starfleet in 2368 at the age of 18. While there, he was reprimanded multiple times for playing practical jokes around the Academy. He also exhibited a natural proficiency for computers and their support systems. He was almost kicked out several times and has a list of reprimands too long to put here. However, there was always some professor or counselor that persuaded the Dean to let him stay saying that he has serious potential. Jaal did manage to graduate in the top ten percent of his class, but with no honors because of his behavior. His high class ranking got him his first tour of duty on the esteemed Enterprise when he graduated in 2372. That didn't last long though as Picard felt that there was no room for that sort of behavior on his ship no matter how well Jaal did his job. The command staff of the Enterprise did not appreciate his sense of humor, with exception to Commander Riker, who took a liking to the young ensign. The coup de grace was Jaal reprogramming the EMH image to look like Captain Picard but with a wild hairstyle. Needless to say Dr. Crusher and the Captain were not amused. In 2373 Jaal was sent to Utopia Planetia Fleet yards to do work, research, and hopefully stay out of trouble. It was discovered by his CO, Captain Garrison, at the Fleet Yards that the busier you keep Jaal, the less trouble he gets into. So, Garrison kept Jaal as busy as he could. The results were good and through Jaal's work many improvements and processes were incorporated into the design of some starship systems. He managed to get promoted, in 2373, to lieutenant junior grade and at his Commanding officer's request, entered into the officer exchange program. He served on the Klingon vessel IKS Gree'tok. This was Garrison's way of "teaching that young punk a lesson", especially after Jaal programmed the Commander's tricorder to open and close various doors of the fleetyards quarters at random. Jaal spent six months on the IKS Gree'tok, a K'Vort class cruiser. He learned what discipline really meant. While on board he earned a commendation from Captain Drex by helping fight off a mutiny by some of the crew. He also earned the affections of the captain's daughter, Ael, who was the chief engineer. It was later revealed that Ael and Jaal had quite an affair while he was aboard the Klingon ship. It had to end as the Klingon Empire and the Federation aren’t usually on friendly terms. |
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| Service Record | Starfleet Postings: 2368-2372 : Starfleet Academy : Cadet 2372-2372 : USS Enterprise : Operations Officer : Ensign 2372-2374 : Utopia Planitia : Operations Officer : Ensign 2374-2374 : IKS Gree'tok : Exchange Officer : Lieutenant Junior Grade 2374-2379 : Utopia Planitia : Operations Officer : Lieutenant Junior Grade 2379- : assigned to USS Blackeagle : surprised to be promoted to Lieutenant and operations manager Awards: Starfleet Academy Graduate, Bridge Officer Certification, Exchange Officer Bar Reprimands: 2368-2378: 42 Demerits for “Actions unbecoming of a Starfleet cadet and/or officer” |