Lieutenant (JG) Linda Naush - Chief Medical Officer

Linda Naush was born a fourth daughter of five children to a family of two merchants, who, in order to feed their family, worked very hard. Thus she had been raised more by her sisters, than her parents, especially by youngest her three older sister, Sandra, thirteen years her superior, whom she became very close with during her childhood and teenage.

As a child she was bright, but not remarkably so. Her favorite school subjects were arts and music, where she could apply her imagination; later history. For the lack of specific idea of what occupation she’d desire in the future, she tried buying herself few years to postpone the important decision by attending a gymnasium with focus on languages as a secondary education.

When Earth’s colony Deneva Prime suffered from numerous havocs in 2380, she heard about re-founding of voluntary organization Red Cross and volunteered herself. At first as a logistic operational, but then she answered a call for nurses, as there were very little of those in the field, and after passing an appropriate course she became a Voluntary Nurse. It was the power of helping that pointed her to the right direction in her life and after gymnasium she attended medical school, deepening her knowledge with practical skills during the missions Red Cross sent them to.

Towards the end of her education her family was struck by a sudden tragedy: her older sister, the closest person to her, committed suicide in an attack of postpartum psychosis.

Sandra’s last will assigned Linda as the foster of her only daughter. Seemingly nothing could anger her parents more and they, along with Linda’s oldest sister, sought to nullify the will. Failing they tried to cut Linda off their family by disinheriting her. Ultimately, when she refused to answer to their threats and give up Joanna, they challenged her capability of raising the child, in which they finally succeeded.

For the child’s sake Linda still tried her best to stay close to her niece, though communication was proving more and more difficult and bonds broken. Her parents even refused to heed her advice regarding Joanna’s health condition, which led only to a late diagnosis of the girl’s Xenopolycythemia. There was very little the doctors could do than relieving her pain as the disease spread twice as rapidly in young body, than it would in a body of an adult.

Despite this quite busy and inhospitable surroundings Linda graduated second best in her class. It was around that time when one her friends showed up with another volunteer enrollment forms for Red Cross, this to the planet of Onlies in Beta Quadrant, which by records wasn’t very far from civil war. It didn’t take her very long to ponder the application; after all that had happened to her, Earth seemed a little too small anyway.

Blindly unaware of SFI undercover in her group she accepted assignment to go patrolling to one of mountain villages. It was psychically demanding operation, rather than physically; she still impressed the SFI officer so much, that he recruited her, revealing that she has been monitored ever since she joined Red Cross.

Ordered back to Earth she had only a year to complete the Basic Training, Program for Enlisted Crewmen and attend Starfleet Medical Academy for necessary knowledge of Alien Species, which she concluded by passing Recognition Tests. In secrecy she also had to pass additional SFI training, which she had to complete on her way to planet Phantom as she was withdrawn on a short notice, following former Renaissance CMO’s injury.
 

PERSONALITY: Melancholic.

LIKES: Chocolate, coffee, wine, reading, music

DISLIKES: Losing a patient, tea, arrogance and jealousy, own weakness and own helplessness.

SKILLS / ABILITIES: Skilled and educated in traditional human medicine. Linda is able to work unaffected by stress, both short and long term and can learn new things very quickly. Not hesitant to get her hands dirty.

WEAKNESSES: Tends to expect from her more than she can achieve and to overload herself with more tasks than she can handle, sometimes tends to let emotions cloud her judgment.

IMPORTANT VALUES: Places high value on family, especially when her own has turned away from her.
 
QUIRKS: When it comes down to deep stress or boredom, she tends to bite her nails.

PERSONAL MOTTO: If the Gods want to punish you, they answer your prayers.

Extended Family/Relatives:

Disinherited after conflict in the family.