Lieutenant(jg) Simone Richard-Perreault - Communications Officer

Simone was born to a relatively wealthy family in French Nice on February 10th 2014 with a tumor on her pancreas of the size of her head and metastasis in brain and not yet fully developed skeleton.

The girl’s condition was known to her parents, who decided to keep the baby despite the doctors’ recommendations and Simone was born by a cesarean section two months before the term was due with life expectancy between four to six weeks. Simone’s parents, desperate to give their daughter a chance for life, paid for her placement in cryostasis and on February 24th 2014 the girl was put to sleep and her unit placed to the orbit of Mars. A faulty propulsion unit caused the device to crash land on the surface of the planet and after the World War III all information about the cryostasis program was lost. Fortunately for Simone, the solar panel that powered the stasis unit wasn’t faulty and it kept the unit running.

Due to the small size of the unit itself, the power source was so small it was overlooked by all automatic probes and later excursions. Only in early 2364, when Utopia Planitia Yards were researching the vicinity of the colony for possible expansion, the unit was discovered functional by the reconnaissance party.

The moment doctor Martin Richards, the Chief Medical Officer of Utopia Planitia at that time, laid his eyes upon the 350 years old newborn baby, he knew he wasn’t likely to give the girl up to anyone else.

He and his wife, Nurse Veronica Richards, adopted the child even though they were already a considerably aged pair, having several grandchildren by their older children already. They raised Simone in loving and caring environment, enjoying their last chance at parenthood down to all the unpleasant duties charged with it.

As a reward, the youngster in their household prolonged their active life, rejuvenating the two so much they abandoned their settlement on Mars and once again set to explore the space.

Simone always knew her origin; it was no secret in her family and very often debated topic and she’s been fascinated by the time she originated from ever since, thus history, and archaeology to an extent, became her second favorite subject, after languages of any sort.

Her parents raised her to an eagerness for knowledge, for always reaching further. Compared with her brightness and ear for languages, Simone’s future looked well shaped. Unfortunately, the better she was, the more she was known as ‘the bright kid from 21st century’ and numerous science teams that wanted to study her were upsetting the girl as well as preconceptions of the crew and civilians of any ship her parents were transferred to, no matter how her parents tried to mitigate the impact on their daughter.

Growing up in an environment of exploration, despite seeing some of the horrors of the Dominion War, Simone couldn’t see any other option but to follow that life herself.

Nurturing her aural sensitivity, Simone was destined for a career of a linguist. Earth became ‘too small’ for her when she was fourteen; by the time she entered the Starfleet Academy at eighteen she could speak the languages of all the founding members fluently.

In the company of other exceptional children, that at the Academy formed an average, Simone unbent considerably, quickly crawling out of her introvert shell, she became a binding element in the circle of her friends.

After her graduation, Simone vanished without a trace during her vacation on Risa.

Once she completed the special SFI training, Simone was stationed on Planet Phantom as a Communications Officer and later was transferred to the USS Renaissance.

Personality/General Attitude/Quirks:
Personality: Sanguine
General Attitude: As if her mind knew Simone was once on the verge of death, she is enjoying life and all it can bring with full gulps. When on duty her temper is very tame and she’s all-business, hands-on, person, a result of her Starfleet Academy professors’ efforts, no doubt. Off duty she drops the attitude and can be very carefree, joyful, playful and overall blithe. Sometimes acts on an impulse.
Quirks: Likes to keep the universal translator in her commbadge deactivated and activate it manually when the need arises.
Special Skills/Hobbies: Simone is a skilled linguist, with an exceptional aural sensitivity.