Lieutenant Commander Javiylah MacArthur
Name Javiylah MacArthur
Position Chief Operations Officer
Second Position Team Leader
Rank Lieutenant Commander
Character Information
| Gender | Female | |
| Species | Human/Betazoid | |
| Age | 61 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 188 cm/6’2 | |
| Weight | 80 kg/176 lb | |
| Hair Color | Black | |
| Eye Color | Black | |
| Physical Description | Professional and physically fit are two characteristics that come to mind when you first meet Javiylah. Her professional demeanor demonstrates her long service in the Fleet and her high fitness level stems from her security background. Javiylah usually has her black hair up in a braided bun at the nape of her neck. |
Family
| Family | Partner, extended family in Starfleet, on Earth, and elsewhere |
Personality & Traits
| Music Best Suited To Character | N/A (TBD) |
| Personal History | Javiylah entered Starfleet Recruit Training at the Luna Depot right after she turned 16, wanting to prove herself since the rest of her family were commissioned. Having developed an aptitude for weapons and combat, the young woman was trained as a Security and Tactical specialist. After graduation, she was assigned to the USS Wyoming as part of the Security Department. Wyoming responded to the massacre at Setlik III, which led to Javiylah having her first experiences with both ground and shipboard combat. She was understandably shocked by the experience, despite knowing that it was a potential hazard of joining the Fleet. Her first years of service were distinguished with multiple away missions to help bolster and defend outposts, along with regular promotions. Once the Border Wars settled into a truce, her ship was one of many that kept a routine patrol in the region. They had regular skirmishes with Cardassians forces so her time was anything but peaceful. While onboard the Wyoming, she struck up a close friendship with Elizabeth “Liz” Milburn, one of the Marines stationed aboard; one of the first deep friendships Javiylah had in Starfleet. Liz helped Javiylah open up more to her fellow crew, giving her much-needed friendship. Thanks to her new friend, Javiylah met Peter Andersson and Aleka Santos, both of whom were also musically inclined and they formed a Celtic quartet. Given that Liz was around her age, they became the big sisters of the quartet, much to everyone’s amusement. The four of them would play music regularly, were regular sparring partners, and spent most of their free time with each other. This gave Javiylah a solid support network that she grew to rely on. Liz was transferred off the Wyoming several years later but her two remaining friends helped keep her open and Liz participated in frequent calls despite being stationed away from the trio. The pattern of frequent calls continued when Javiylah was transferred to the USS Dauntless in 2366. In 2369, her ship was one of several sent to guard Minos Korva though they didn’t have hostile contact during that tour. By the time the Federation-Cardassian Treaty was signed in 2370, Javiylah had been assigned to an Operations billet for cross-training on the USS Nike. During leaves, if their schedules matched up, the four friends would reunite for outdoor adventures or excursions to the beach. Federation-Klingon War When the Federation-Klingon War started in 2372, Javiylah, now a Chief Petty Officer, was stationed on the USS Armstrong as a Security specialist. She, along with most of the ship’s crew, was among the casualties when they were ambushed. Aleka, assigned to the Armstrong as a medic, was instrumental in saving her life after the ambush. Javiylah spent several months on Medical Leave and despite being confined to Sickbay for a majority of the time, she found ways to amuse herself. One way was studying some coding and she helped to identify a glitch in a station weapon system by checking each input visually. Javiylah was returned to active duty in time for the Dominion War to start, throwing her right back into things, much to her dismay. Dominion War Javiylah fought in countless battles for the next year, mainly on the ground with fellow Security and Marine colleagues, to try and halt the advance of the Dominion with little success. In 2374, she was assigned to the USS Dauntless when it participated in the Battle of Tyra, earning the second Unit Citation for the ship and Battle Honors. Javiylah was placed on a damage control team and helped seal several important bulkheads. Once the Dauntless reached spacedock, she was reassigned back to Wyoming. With each battle, and especially with each loss of ship and crew, she found herself becoming more isolated from others. It was hard to maintain any type of friendship with everyone being constantly-transferred and fighting with uncertain outcomes. Javiylah lost touch with her friends from her first tour of Wyoming and was unsure if they had survived, which killed any interest in making new ones. During the First Battle of Chin’toka, she led one of the many squads that fought so hard to secure the area, earning recognition for helping to hold the line and promotion to Senior Chief Petty Officer. During the battle, Javiylah had to discipline a Petty Officer whose refusal to engage caused casualties. The disciplinary action she recommended in her after-action report, along with her promotion, didn’t sit well with the Petty Officer’s best friend. The Chief Petty Officer made his feelings clear when he attacked Javiylah with a spanner, causing significant damage to her face. She broke his arm in her response and then shattered his knee cap, prompting her CO to issue an admonition for an unnecessary injury as the man had been incapacitated from her first blow. Wyoming was rerouted from another system to assist at AR-558 then left Javiylah, along with other Security and Marine personnel, to help guard the array. When she was relieving the battle-weary personnel who had been stationed there for five months, Javiylah met Petty Officer 1st Class Makayla Perin, who stood out as one of the few Trill enlisted she had encountered. She was also struck by how young the PO was, even with the war accelerating promotions. At AR-558, she was reunited with her friend Liz, now a Master Sergeant, and shared command over the enlisted personnel of the joint Security-Marine detail stationed at the array. While they held the post for the next several months, the joint detail became a close-knit group, which gave Javiylah the chance to emerge from the self-isolation she had been in. She even joined some of the music sessions that started. At the same time, she and Elizabeth’s relationship transitioned from a deep friendship to one of a romantic nature, much to her delight. Their peace, found amongst war, was shattered when the Dominion returned with the Second Battle of Chin’toka. Liz was critically-injured as they led their people to the waiting shuttles for the retreat and died on the frantic trip to a waiting ship. Javiylah didn’t have time to grieve as the ship she was on, the USS Faris was destroyed with few hands surviving. Her escape pod was picked up by the repaired USS Dauntless and she was quickly assigned as the Master-at-Arms. Due to the devastating losses, Javiylah was mistakenly listed as missing in action, which wasn’t corrected until the war ended. With the shock of losing Liz, she shut down emotionally and did her duty solely out of responsibility. The Dauntless served with distinction during the Battle of Cardassia, earning a third Unit Citation, and Javiylah earned commendations for taking over as Acting Chief of Security. With the war over, Starfleet was in desperate need of officers and sought Javiylah out to see if she would commission, for the second time in her career. She flatly refused, much to her superior officers’ disappointment. Due to the war, Javiylah couldn’t really process and mourn the loss of Liz until she was required to take mandatory counseling for her experiences. She passed the evaluation but kept herself closed off from anything but surface social interactions and didn’t speak of her experiences. Feeling like the best way to honor Liz was to dedicate herself to the Fleet, she threw herself into her responsibilities on the Dauntless as the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Master-at-Arms. USS Dauntless She reunited with Peter and Aleka in 2377, both newly-commissioned Ensigns and also assigned to the Dauntless, to their mutual amusement. Javiylah kept her promise to keep the “uppity mustangs,” in check. Both, in turn, were endlessly amused with the fact that they now outranked Javiylah and ribbed her about it constantly which she took in stride. She was assigned to Operations by this time while Peter was in Security and Aleka in Medical. Peter and Aleka managed to recruit some of the crew for frequent musical gatherings but Javiylah didn’t participate. They tried to help Javiylah recover from the war using the trio’s long-standing friendship. Serving with her two closest friends again did help Javiylah start to heal and find peace. However, the peace didn’t last long. When the Dauntless was on her mission of resupply to Draegos, the vessel was severely damaged when the Vesuvi sun exploded. Javiylah served as Chief of the Boat during the ship’s return to Stardock but returned to her official position within Operations once new personnel was assigned. She was commended for her leadership and Starfleet offered her a commission once more, which she refused. Once her superiors realized she would never consider it, they recommended her promotion to Warrant Officer instead, considering her skills more fitting for the Warrant track instead of making her another Master Chief Petty Officer. In the ensuing conflict with Legate Matan, the Dauntless was destroyed, but most of the personnel were able to evacuate. Due to the critical injuries she received, which she hadn’t expected to survive but did thanks to her work team disobeying her orders, she was placed on Medical Leave for two years to undergo rehabilitation and counseling. Javiylah spent most of the time at Starfleet Medical in San Francisco but also stayed at her family’s place in Scotland. During that time, she became acquainted with her new niece, which also helped her recover. Once she was on Light Duty, she was assigned as an Instructor for both Recruit Training and the Academy, given her experience, to provide security and tactical training. Starbase 56/USS Nogura Once she was cleared for active duty, she was assigned as an Operations Officer on Starbase 56, having declined another assignment as an instructor at the Academy and Recruit Training. Given how most of her shipboard assignments hadn’t ended well, Javiylah was content to be on a stationary post for a change. She was wary of unrest occurring but settled down a little after a peaceful year. Javiylah worked closely with Chief Warrant Officer 3 Ingrid Bruckner, the Bosun on Starbase 56, learning more about the responsibilities from her fellow warrant officer over the next several years. This experience garnered a recommendation that she be assigned as a Bosun during her next rotation, which Javiylah didn’t mind as it seemed a natural progression. Starbase 56 was near a planet with ample recreation opportunities and she took advantage of being able to climb and hike during regularly scheduled downtime. Despite being reassigned away from her friends, Peter and Aleka kept in close contact with Javiylah. They even resumed their shared shore leave trips as often as they could, both friends visiting her and enjoying time on the nearby planet. Feeling confident about the peace still holding for the Federation, she requested a transfer back to a ship when her rotation ended. Javiylah was assigned to the USS Nogura as her Bosun, thanks to the recommendations of Bruckner and Starbase 56’s Chief Operations Officer. Due to not having a Chief of the Boat, Captain Jacken asked her to serve in a combined role, requiring a switch from yellow to red. She transferred onto the Nogura in early 2384 and helped oversee the deployment of the ship’s crew when they were ordered to seize the secret Breen base on Pyrithia IV alongside the USS Enterprise-E and USS Callisto. Afterward, it was a routine assignment for the next few years, with nothing really exciting occurring. Javiylah enjoyed her duties and frequent calls from Aleka and Peter. She found sparring partners in the Marine and Security departments, which helped keep her certifications from lapsing. During her tour, she volunteered to complete remote Officer Candidate School (OCS) so one of the Nogura's Petty Officers could attempt to commission. Javi successfully graduated but declined to commission, her file shows that she is eligible to do so as of that date. After several years, the Nogura returned to Earth for an extensive refit. Faced with the potential of being assigned to Starfleet Command or the Academy, Javiylah put in a request for assignment to an active ship. After a short wait, she was reassigned to the USS Venture as the Bosun, prompting a trip out to Icobar to meet the ship. Javiylah enjoyed some time on the planet, hiking and breathing in the fresh air, before reporting aboard. The Venture managed to get into all sorts of hair-raising trouble yet survived. Particularly due to said success, Javi was promoted to Chief Operations Officer much to her chagrin. She maintained that post when the majority of the crew were transferred to Starbase 471 'Kusawake' in 2389. TBD |
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| Service Record | Service Record 2343: Born 2360: Completed Starfleet Recruit Training Crewman Recruit/Crewman 2361-2365: USS Wyoming, Security 2362: Promoted to Petty Officer 3rd Class 2365-2369: USS Dauntless, Security 2366: Promoted to Petty Officer 2nd Class 2369: Promoted to Petty Officer 1st Class 2370-2371: USS Nike, Operations 2371: Promoted to Chief Petty Officer 2372: USS Armstrong, Security 2373: USS Dauntless, Security 2374: USS Wyoming, Security 2374: First Battle of Chin’toka 2374: Promoted to Senior Chief Petty Officer 2375: USS Wyoming/USS Dauntless, Security 2375: Siege of AR-558, Second Battle of Chin’toka, Battle of Cardassia 2375-2377: USS Dauntless, Master-at-Arms/Senior Enlisted Advisor 2377-2378: USS Dauntless, Operations 2378:Promotion to Warrant Officer Vesuvi incident Late 2378- late 2380: Medical Leave/Instructor 2380-2383: Starbase 56, Operations 2381: Promoted to Warrant Officer 2 2384-2388: USS Nogura, Bosun/Chief of the Boat 2385: Promoted to Chief Warrant Officer 2386: Graduated from Officer Candidate School (OCS), commission date noted 2388-2389: USS Venture, Bosun/Chief Operations Officer 2389: Starbase 471 'Kusawake', Chief Operations Officer 2389: USS Odyssey, Assistant Chief Operations Officer 2390-2397: Engineering, Operations, Security lead positions (WIP) 2397-2398: Senior Enlisted Advisor, Starfleet Command; Commissioned 2399: Lead, Field Response Research Division, Starfleet HQ Team Leader, SAR-1 2404: Chief Operations Officer/Team Leader, SAR-1, USS Daedalus |