Out-of-character background:
It's difficult to start: since I was a child I dreamed of being a Starfleet Captain, so basically every character I created in the Star Trek Universe is a sort of representation of myself. Until now, I created at least five characters for the Star Trek universe: two for an Italian via-chat online RPG; one for a via-forum RPG; and, finally, two for Star Trek Online. I designed Andrej Timoreev when Cryptic launched the Delta Recruit initiative, as new character after Mathias Keller....and, with the time, I must admit I became very fond of him, and practically he's now my main character. This is creating few problems for me at roleplay level: I usually love to roleplay scientists, particularly archaeologists, historians, anthropologists, and as such Timoreev is my first engineer ever, and I'm not yet very sure on how to roleplay him.....and I feel a bit sad for not having a main scientific character for roleplay here in the Fleet.
By the way...this is his background:
In-game background:
Andrej Timoreev was born in Moscow, Sol III, the 5th October 2389. His parents were Alexander and Olya Timoreev (his mother family name was Lichenko, of Ukrainian origins). At the time, Alexander was a civilian doctor, namely a neurologist in Novosibirsk. After the birth of Andrej he decided to move in Moscow (he also teached at the MGU, the Moscow State University). On the other side, Olya was a Starfleet engineer, specialized in propulsion physics. She served on board the U.S.S. Melbourne, U.S.S. Thunderchild, U.S.S. Lysithea and U.S.S. Doolittle. The relation between Alexander and Olya was without doubts difficult: she was continuously moving, exploring the stars, while he stayed on Earth, not so keen in following his wife in her journeys.
For a great part of his childhood, Andrej had to live with the father. He usually met his mother during her short leaves on Earth, or he heard of her accomplishments (or, at least, the accomplishments of the vessels on board of which she was serving at the moment) through the news. A lonely child, he quickly showed a great passion for studying almost every subject: from history to psycology, although his strongest interest was surely engineering. Collecting a number of models of Starfleet vessels (ranging from the Phoenix to the Sovereign Class), he learnt their specifics, the performance of their impulse and warp engines, the capacity of their sensor systems, their weaponry , and so on. Maybe influenced by his mother job, he quickly discovered to be very keen on learning everything about propulsion systems: the history fo the theories of Zefram Cochrane or Archer fascinated him at the high school. But there was also something else he was interested in: the greatest passion was, without doubts, the Space. His youth passed by looking at the stars far above him, wondering what was out there, and how to reach new planets and civilizations. No surprise that, at the end of the high school, he decided to join Starfleet.
His father was not so happy when he told him: when Andrej was still eleven years old, Olya finally decided to leave Alexander. This happened only two years before she was killed, when the Doolittle, on board of which she served as Chief Engineer, was destroyed during a mission in the Romulan Neutral Zone. But, ignoring the protests of his father, Andrej held his position: finally, Alexander surrendered, and Andrej started to attend the Academy at Marseille. At the third year, he was transferred to the San Francisco Academy. At the Academy, Andrej finally had the opportunity to learn more about himself, his true vocation, and his abilities: transforming himself step-by-step, he was no more the little, lonely child who lived his life between the Moscow Museum of Aerospace Science, Gorky Park, and the MGU. He was now a skilled, resourceful, and even more socializing person. While his passion for propulsion systems and physics never ceased, he soon found himself more and more keen in pursuing a career in the Operation division: the opportunity to operate on every system of the ship, to be more directly on the frontline of missions and exploration, was too strong for him to resist.
However, there was something else he needed to leave behind himself, in Moscow. A young girl, probably the only friend he could say to have had since he was a young teenager: Alexandra Feodorovna Gurshieva. Since the beginning, she and Timoreev had very similar characters: both were stubborn, lonely youngs. But while the eyes of Timoreev were always, firmly, kept on the stars, those of Gurshieva were far more "flexibles". A very intelligent and cultured girl, daughter of a colleague of Timoreev's father, she cultivated many different passions, exactly like her friend. But she was far more "volatile" in her interests. The two youngs often had strong discussions, even open conflicts, on so many issues that Timoreev soon stopped to count them. More than friends, they often looked as rivals. However, in the deep of their hearts, they both discovered to feel more than simple friendship for the other, a thing they never had the courage to openly confess to each other (and this became another reason for conflict). When Timoreev decided to join Starfleet, Gurshieva felt herself abandoned: they met for the last time at the metro station of Universitet, just in front the main building of the MGU, in a snowy day, and they had their last, dramatic, discussion. At the end, she turned her shoulders to Timoreev, leaving him to pursue her own career in the field of anthropology and history. He never met her again.
In San Francisco, he finally met his first, true friends after Gurshieva: Elisa Flores, a young human cadet with a strong tactical mind; Halora, a Bolian girl with whom he shared his passion for engineering; and Iria, a Vulcan girl dedicated to science (particularly to exobiology). They became so strongly united, that soon at the Academy everyone knew of the “Strange Quartet”, as they were labelled.
Their graduation cruise was on board the U.S.S. Rihlah, a Centaur-class vessel. But, soon, everything went wrong, and Andrej, already chosen as Executive Officer of the ship, found himself at the command of the Rihlah in a dangerous situation. There, he had the opportunity to show his provess and his determination, and the result was that he saved the ship and her crew. As a result, he was promoted to be the commanding officer of the Rihlah, with his friends to form the command roster.
Actually, Admiral Timoreev is the commanding officer of the U.S.S. Rihlah, NCC 92733-C. A Sovereign Class vessel, a sound and proven ship, she's assigned at the borders with the Cardassian Union, with her operational base being Deep Space Nine, in the attempt to improve security against the raids of the True Way raiders and, possibly, to increase Starfleet knowledge of the area also on a scientific level.
He still keeps and cultivates all his old passions: his quarters on board the Rihlah are filled with his collection of small starship models, and he still found the possibility to actively contribute to the solution of many engineering issues, particularly in case the propulsion system get involved. But, also, he has found the time to cultivate another passion of his childhood: history. In his personal office, one could find reproductions of some important pieces of Kurlan archaeology (including a naiskos). Nobody, nor even him, could say if this is a sincere passion, or maybe only a desperate attempt to recover at least an illusory picture of the times when he had the opportunity to cultivate this interest with Gurshieva. He has also a good ability at playing poker with his officers.
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