Lieutenant Cassia Amabilia
Name Cassia Vesta Amabilia
Position Medical Officer
Rank Lieutenant
Character Information
| Gender | Female | |
| Species | Magna Roman | |
| Age | 24 | |
| Date of Birth | 2 January 2372 | |
| Place of Birth | The capital city of Magna Roma | |
| Sexuality | pan-sexual |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 6'0" | |
| Weight | 60kg | |
| Hair Color | Blonde | |
| Eye Color | Blue | |
| Physical Description | Tall, statuesque and regal while being curvaceous enough to draw eyes, Cassia is a prime example of Roman beauty. Look closer, though, and one will notice healed scars scattered all around her body, all inflicted by one kind of sharp object or another, mostly by some kind of weapon. Her eyes, while lustrously blue as lapis lazuli, are usually cast downward towards the ground, at least until she gets angry. She prefers to dress in loose, flowing clothing off duty; she especially favors a gold dress she purchased herself on her gladiator's wages. |
Family
| Spouse | N/A | |
| Status | single | |
| Children | N/A | |
| Father | Octavius | |
| Mother | Fulvinia Amabilia | |
| Brother(s) | NA | |
| Sister(s) | NA | |
| Other Family | Several cousins resident on and off Magna Roma; of which one of her aunts resides on Earth with her husband. |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | There are many traits that Cassia brings to the table from the arena: sterling focus, loyalty, teamwork and being able to think very quickly on her feet. You'll be hard pressed to distract her from her duties when she's on the job. She has a particularly nasty distaste for dishonesty and underhanded means, having been a victim of it (and had to use them in her career, against her will); as such she thinks of liars and such as far below even the most basic of lifeforms. Off duty, however, one finds that she seems almost afraid to connect with others on a deeper level. She has trouble meeting others in the eye sometimes; simply seeing their faces reminds her how fragile life is. Though she has had her fair share of romances and flings both on Magna Roma and off, yet again she seems reluctant or even afraid to take an extra step. Oddly enough, that same drive is what compels her to keep performing her duties to her absolute best, so that she may defend them at all cost - and, perhaps, to atone for what she was forced to do against her will. |
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| Strengths & Weaknesses | +/- Extremely hardworking + Fiercely loyal to those she cares about, and will defend them with her life. - Sometimes works to burnout. - Probably needs to bear her limits in mind a little better. - Afraid to build stronger connections. |
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| Ambitions | - Captain her own ship. - Put an end to the illegal underground gladiator matches on Magna Roma. |
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| Hobbies & Interests | - Sparring - Writing poetry; she was the winner of her cohort's final-year poetry competition despite being a first-time entrant. - Reading; mostly poetry and philosophy. |
Personal History
| Personal History | Cassia never met her father. She was raised alone by her Magna Roman mother, who would always refuse to speak of him. Speaking of upbringing, if only the young woman knew that she would be practically be raised for the gladiatorial arena, which had evolved from its lethal past incarnation but required no less effort to train for. As soon as she was old enough her training consisting mostly of combat fitness and tactics began, beginning at dawn and not stopping till well after the sun had set. Her mother was determined to have her daughter be far more than just an excellent gladiator, however; she wanted her to be smart and attractive too as was of equal importance in the modern Magna Roman world, and invested much time and a considerable portion of her wealth into her daughter's diet and education, sending her to the best schools the Republic could offer and, if possible, having her read up extensively on any topic she felt was necessary. Cassia would be tested on her reading, too, and often be punished for her mistakes. If only that would be the end of it. As it turned out Cassia's trainer was an unscrupulous man, too; some Magna Romans preferred the old kind of gladiatorial fight: bloody and to the death, and organizing them paid handsomely. He had no issues with forcing his trainees to fight in such underground arenas, especially those he deemed weaker and less capable than their peers. Cassia was not spared; if anything she was forced to fight even more often than her friends - and she did so knowing that to not do so would cost her her life. It was as such that she had to force herself behind a stony-faced facade as she slit the throat or stabbed the heart of her opponents who spent too long enthralled by her looks and, occasionally, feminine wiles. Needless to say this was an absolutely stifling lifestyle for anyone to have imposed on them and eventually she decided that she hated feeling so constrained, and that she no longer wanted to fight in such dirty battles. She intimated her desire to leave to one of her more sympathetic trainers and, with his help, was able to escape Magna Roma on a civilian vessel bound for Earth and settle down in Cambridge on Earth aged nineteen, where she was lucky enough to stay with an aunt that had emigrated there a few decades ago. Her desire to join Starfleet was ignited when she first came across the local recruitment centre in her neighbourhood, and things only grew from there. |
Starfleet Record
| Commission | officer | |
| Starfleet Serial Number | 9740-020172 | |
| Command authorization code | Cassia-2-3-Charlie | |
| Education & Qualifications | * The Magna Roman equivalent of primary, secondary and tertiary education, held at the planet's top educational institutes at her mother's expense. * Gladiatorial arena combat training * Starfleet Academy, 2392-2396. Honors degree in medicine |
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| Awards & Commendations | NA | |
| Medical History | - Several scars no bigger than white lines on her skin, all inflicted by sharp weapons and such in the course of her stint as a gladiator. - Several previously broken bones, sustained in the course of her gladiatorial fights. |
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| Service Record | 2396-present: USS Myogi, Security/Tactical Officer |