Josie Harris
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| Josie Harris | |
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Earth |
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Human |
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Female |
| Birth: |
2 June 2359 |
| Physical Description | |
| Height: |
5' 7" |
| Weight: |
139 lbs |
| Hair: |
Light Brown |
| Eyes: |
Brown |
| Political Information | |
| Affiliation: |
United Federation of Planets |
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A naturally gifted linguist who is fluent in several different languages Josie Harris has been serving as the head of the Pacifica’s dedicated Communications Department since 2382. She is a hard worker who places a lot of pride on the quality of her work and is sort of person who will always go the extra distance to get the job done. Josie is also a talented musician and is a member of the ship’s band where she plays the flute.
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Character Information
Name: Josie April Harris
Rank: Lieutenant
Position: Chief Communications Officer
Post: USS Pacifica NCC-72545
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Age: 27
Physical Appearance
Height: 5’ 7”
Weight: 139 lbs.
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Light Brown
Description:
Josie stands at just under 5’7” and has a slim figure that fits her shape and size perfectly, she is overly strong and lacks upper body strength, but she is very fit and athletic. Her light brown hair is always kept neatly at shoulder length and she always wears it up or hanging loose in a ponytail when she is on duty.
Personality & Traits
General Overview:
Josie is a consummate professional at heart, who always does her job with little flash or ceremony preferring instead to let her work speak for itself. She is a naturally a hard worker who puts a great amount of pride into her work and is someone who is prepared to go that extra distance to get the job done. In stark contrast to her job as a Communications Officer Josie is a surprisingly quiet person who prefers to keep her thoughts and opinions to herself. Josie is also a talented musician who likes to use music as a form of expression, she is currently playing the flute as aa member of the Pacifica’s band.
Strengths & Weaknesses:
Strengths: Josie is an efficient organiser who is highly capable at multi-tasking for long periods of time. She is also a natural linguist who has an uncanny ability to pick up and learn different languages at an impressive rate. She is fluent in several different languages included Vulcan and Bajoran.
Weaknesses: While a highly capable officer Josie’s talents don’t stretch far past her pet field of languages and communications as she has little aptitude for any sort of mechanical, tactical or piloting roles.
Ambitions:
From a young age Josie has had her heart set on serving in Starfleet. She is currently living that dream and is keeping a open mind about the future.
Hobbies & Interests:
Music has been the main passion in Josie’s life ever since she first started banging on her parent’s cupboard door as a baby. She first discovered the flute at the tender age of 6 and has been playing it ever since. Outside of her music Josie enjoys a good book particularly mystery and adventure novels, she also carries a soft spot for sappy romantic tales.
Languages Federation Standard, Latin, Vulcan, Bajoran & Andorian
Family
Father: Jacob Harris
Mother: Denise Harris
Martial Status: Single
History
Childhood & Early Life
Josie was born in Vancouver Canada on Earth to parents Denise and Jacob Harris both of whom are High School teachers. Her mother was a music teacher and she introduced Josie to music when she was a baby. Josie took to music like a fish to water and it quickly became the main focus of childhood and it has remained with her to this day. In contrast to both her parents who were both very outgoing Josie was quiet and reserved with music being the one outlet that she would use to express herself. She didn’t have many friends growing up, but the ones that she did have she was very close to and she still remains in contact with all of them to this day. Her musical talents continued to bloom in her teenage years and it was wildly assumed by her family and friends that Josie would make a career for herself as a musician. This was not to be however as Josie had set her eyes on a bigger aspiration and that was to join in Starfleet.
Starfleet Academy
Josie entered the Academy in 2376 and took a wide variety of courses, she focused mostly on communications systems and in particular language studies which she had first started studying back in high school. Josie excelled in all of her courses and in her final year expanded her studies to incorporate some Operations based training. Josie graduated from the Academy in 2379 in the top 50 of her class and was promoted to the rank of Ensign.
Starfleet Career
Fresh from the Academy Ensign Josie Harris was assigned to the Nova Class USS Fairchild where she took up a position in the Fairchild’s Operations Department. With the Fairchild being a small ship the vessel’s communications were handled solely by the ship’s Operations Staff, this provided Josie with an opportunity to gain some necessary experience in ship operations, while continuing to develop her communications skill set. In March 2381 with her first tour on the Fairchild soon coming to an end, Josie made the decision to full concentrate her efforts on becoming a dedicated communications officer and started to actively seek an assignment that would allow her to do so. In June of that year Josie found that assignment in the form of the USS Pacifica a Sovereign Class Starship. With the support of her department chief from the Fairchild Josie put in her request for a transfer to the Pacifica and it’s Communications Department. Her transfer was processed and approved quickly and Josie found herself on her new ship before the end of the month along with a promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade.
Josie instantly found herself in her element on the Pacifica and was straight away up to her neck in work. The Pacifica at the time was serving as the Flagship of Starfleet’s Rikan Task Group and the ship’s Communications Department was responsible for coordinating the efforts of the entire task group. Josie worked exceptionally hard during her first month on the Pacifica and was quickly recognised for her efforts by being assigned to the man the communications station on the bridge during the Beta Shift. Over the next two years Josie continued to work hard and was able to establish herself as a senior member in her department. In March 2383 based on the recommendations from the Pacifica’s Chief Operations Officer Lieutenant Hart and from her own outgoing department head Lieutenant Carmichael, Josie was named as the Pacifica’s new Chief Communications Officer. She has been serving in that position ever since and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in June 2385.
Service Record
Civilian | 2359
Starfleet Academy | Cadet | 2376
Starfleet Academy | Cadet | 2377
Starfleet Academy | Cadet | 2378
Starfleet Academy | Cadet | 2379
USS Fairchild NCC-68441 | Operations Officer | 2380
USS Pacifica NCC-72545 | Communications Officer | April 2381
USS Pacifica NCC-72545 | Assistant Chief Communications Officer | January 2382
USS Pacifica NCC-72545 | Chief Communications Officer | March 2383
USS Pacifica NCC-72545 | Chief Communications Officer | June 2385
Billet Information
| Preceded by: Charles Carmichael |
USS Pacifica Chief Communications Officer 2383 - Present |
Succeeded by: Incumbent |
