Master Chief Petty Officer Tinya Pryde

Character Information

Gender		Female
Species		Human
Age		27

Physical Appearance

Height		6'0
Weight		154 lb.
Hair Color		Blonde
Eye Color		Green
Physical Description		A bit imposing thanks to her height, Tinya has a seemingly slender look when in-uniform that masks the musculature hiding underneath. Her love of physical fitness is clearly displayed in some clearly defined biceps and leg muscles, as well as an almost-six-pack that helps compensate for her so-so chest. Strikingly attractive with naturally blonde hair that almost appears golden in the right light and eyes that are a shade of green that is almost always sparkling that shows her true intelligence to its very core.

Family

Father		Connor Pryde
Mother		Meghan Pryde

Personality & Traits

General Overview		Tinya is a friendly and intelligent young woman who attempts to follow a simple code in life which is "don't be a dick to others and they shouldn't be a dick to you." and to this end she keeps up a cheerful demeanor and tries to be at least a friendly acquaintance with the people she works alongside. Still, not everyone is without their exceptions, and Tinya will not hesitate to go into full-on loudmouth jackass mode if she thinks that she's been wronged. She has an especial issue with superiors who have arrogant streaks; most of the black marks (if any) on her record comes from shouting matches with the most stuck-up of her superior officers and also despite her her friendly nature, diplomacy isn't her strong suit-she's nice to her friend and a complete ass to her enemies. She is also an extremely efficient operations officer due to her high intelligence and natural aptitude with the field, often times able to give her commanding officer up to the date situation reports without even having to look at a terminal or request a status report from the ship's computer. The most interesting aspect of Tinya's intelligence is that she is a highly skilled and trained Information and Cybernetic Warfare Technician (ICWT) specialist (which is one of the reasons why she was selected for duty on the Atlantis) as she is skilled enough to generate a hard-light combat or defense drone from her omni-tool as well as utilize several other unique functions such as AI hacking (but not able to hack ACIs such as "Lumi", the ACI of the DFS Lavie).
Strengths & Weaknesses		Strength: high intelligence Strength: Natural aptitude in her chosen field. Weakness: Lack of patience with asshats Weakness: Over-zealousness.
Ambitions		To one day earn a full officer’s commission in the fleet, meet the boy/girl of her dreams.
Hobbies & Interests		Classical music, physical fitness, cultural mysteries, weapons and systems design, several others.

Personal History		Tinya Pryde was born to Connor and Meghan Pryde on the planet of Eden Prime, one of the oldest colonies of the Terran federal government behind Terra Nova in the small coastal city of Concord Dawn, her parents weren’t rich or from a well off family but were simple shuttle pilots who ran the usual transport runs around the planet and as such they couldn’t give her a terribly luxurious life but they did their best to ensure that Tinya grew up with a loving family, a decent education, and learning practical skills for adulthood. It was when she was still an infant that Tinya showed her parents something amazing as she was a child prodigy with her talking by the age of two and reading by the age of four which amazed her parents but while others chose to focus their child's intelligence into something amazing with their lives-Tinya's instead choose to let her be a child and she grew up well adjusted even though her teachers attempted to have her moved to more advanced classes and programs but her parents stayed firm and kept their beliefs. It was during her junior high school years that she discovered that while she could literally go anywhere with her intelligence, she didn't have a defined direction in life which made her somewhat listless and it took the older brother of one of her oldest friend's to help give her that direction and shortly after graduating from high school at the tender age of sixteen, she announced to her parents that she was going to apply for enlisted training at the nearby the Saint Ives Academy of Martial Sciences as an operations technician as she felt that she wanted to make her own way in the 'Verse to which her parents agreed. Life at SIAMS wasn't easy at first but eventually Tinya proved herself to be an adept hand, proving to be an adept hand at her chosen field and at the age of seventeen, was assigned to the AFS Miyazaki as a crewman but quickly was promoted to the rank of Petty Officer Third Class within sixteen weeks of her first assignment, from the age of eighteen to twenty she would serve on the Miyazaki with an excellent service record before a chance in a lifetime came up. She was assigned to the AFS Zealous, one of the Voyager-class Explorers, under the command of Captain Seifer Weir, and the ship was on constant patrols of the sectors of space of the Alliance near the space held by the Gorlothian Empire and was doing quite well aboard the ship for four months before an event happened aboard ship that caused her to be stripped of her rank and transferred to star base Yorktown in the Manticore sector for two weeks briefly as a prisoner-however the charges against her were negated and then sealed by order of Commodore Connor Bateman who also had her rank of Petty Officer Third Class also restored to her, despite Captain Weir’s objections. Tinya’s next assignment came as something of a surprise to the young woman when she was hand selected by the commodore to replace an operations officer aboard the AFS Ragnarok, one of the fleet’s new Pathfinder-class Heavy Cruisers and under the command of Captain Rokk Astrovich where she would serve for the next four years of her life..and some of the most brutal fighting against the Gorlothian Empire when they began their second invasion as the Ragnarok was assigned to a battle group composed of the Ragnarok, Ixion, Xena, Essex, Proxima, and Ambassador throughout the conflict with her often times being assigned as an alpha shift position on the bridge due to her skills. At the end of the war, Tinya had earned the rank of Petty Officer Second Class and the respect of her fellow officers but she was then transferred at the request of her captain to the starship Atlantis, one of the new Challenger-class Frigates for a couple of years that also doubled as a special operations platform under Captain Garth Dillon. Most of her time aboard the Atlantis has been sealed due both the change in governments and the unique nature of the operations performed by the ship and it’s company. Following the end of her time on the Atlantis, Tinya was offered another unique opportunity when she was offered a position on the Andromeda-class Fast Battleship in the AFS Ixion which she accepted eagerly as the ship was slated for a long distance exploratory mission along with her former ship as it’s partner… ...however fate would have other plans. The conflict against the corrupt EarthGov caused the Ixion’s mission to be changed and Tinya was once again forced into the role of a soldier, one that she fulfilled too easily in her own personal opinion at this point and towards the midpoint of the conflict, she briefly held the position of Operations Manager for the Ixion due to a sudden attack by enemy forces catching the ship unaware as both the department chief and assistant chief was checking out an already damaged section. Once the Galactic Federation had been formed by the actions of Hukari Carain, Tinya found herself honored with a couple of medals that she wasn’t expecting to be awarded for her actions during the conflict like the the Distinguished Service Cross and the Legion of Merit for Officers, simply wanting to do her best as a member of the service and nothing else. Knowing of Tinya's desire to get back to exploration and wanting to make a difference in the universe, Captain Galloway of the Ixion noticed that Captain Layton of the starship Lavie was looking for an assistant and with the help of Commodore Bateman, was able to get Tinya the transfer to the Delta Force ship.
Service Record		AFS Miyazaki: Operations Technician (Crewman/16 weeks) AFS Miyazak: Operations Technician (Petty Officer 3rd/3 years) AFS Zealous: Operations Technician (Petty Officer 3rd/4 months) Starbase Yorktown: Prisoner (Crewman/2 weeks) AFS Ragnarok: Operations Technician (Petty Officer 2nd/4 years) AFS Atlantis: Operations Technician (Petty Officer 2nd/2 years) USS Ixion: Operations Technician/Captain’s Yeoman (Petty Officer 1st/4 years) DFS Lavie: Operations Technician/Captain’s Yeoman (MCPO/Present) Service Medals: Distinguished Service Cross Red Crest Legion of Merit-Officers Conspicuous Gallantry Combat Readiness Combat Action Commendation for Excellence (Operations) Wounds Ribbon (AKA Purple Heart) Starfleet Basic Training Bridge Officer Certification Dedicated Service Ribbon, 10 Years