Sara Bjørge

Lt. JG Sara Bjørge is a xenobotanist on the USS Odyssey.

## Background

Raised in the Northern islands of Lofoten Norway, situated off the mainlands’ northern seas, she had never had much time to herself, being the 9th born in an enormous family of a total of 14 siblings. Lofoten has always been very traditional and agrestic, but even now in the 24th century, it was still that way. Sara’s parents in particular had grown up with outdated ideals that they as a village were better off separated. Inclusive and welcoming to aliens no doubt, wonderful trade partners. But their children? Their family going into space? Absolutely not.

The old ways had worked for millennia, why would they stop now? Change made everything harder to accept, and in a lot of ways, their village was a bit of a reservation for ‘the old ways’. However, change couldn’t stay out forever as modern conveniences, such as replicators and hyposprays, became available and widely distributed. Things such as food and medicine, that is where the villagers of Lofoten came together and agreed that perhaps some...*some* technology could be implemented...but not all of it.

Sara however, had other plans. She had no such reservations about the technology that was rallied against at town meetings, loving every single fanatical detail that the common folk of 24th century was indulgent to. Her passion in particular laid within her family’s garden, never having had much luck with getting much to grow there without intense and cloying intervention. Always a staunch believer that there was nothing that couldn't thrive with special attention, her rural village thrived with her implementations and fervor for working in the deep permafrost, making it habitable to even the most delicate of fruit shrubs with the additional help of technology. As she grew older and became more acquainted with more species than her immediate family market, she began to toy and work with xenobotany, making friends in chat groups across space- having them deliver her discreet packages, sleuthing through botany books and science manuels. She took deep delight in learning their techniques, learning their ways and had discovered a natural talent for anticipating the needs for alien flora. It wasn’t without quite a bit of strife that she confessed to her parents what she’d been doing, And was shot down just as quickly as it was suggested. It was one thing to implement some smarts in order to benefit their community, but to use it..to leave? Absolutely not. She promptly contacted her older brother, A Starfleet Captain now, who’d escaped the commune some years earlier and sent a proverbial SOS..and escaped in the quick of the night with his help. She quickly was escorted to San Francisco and given an opportunity to test in on his recommendation- and the rest is history.

Sara graduated Starfleet academy at 22 as a Xenobotanist with a minor in Xenobiology- immediately leaving for the direct supervision of her Professor’s most trusted friend, Dr. Ahmed Ghabul, in which he’d already specifically requested her upon graduation. After interning for 6 months aboard the USS Ahwahnee beneath Dr. Ghabul, she was given her first order as a Science officer aboard the USS Odyssey

## Appearance

5’0” 130lbs, waist-length blonde hair, blue-green eyes, freckles, petite but pear-shaped.

## Personality

Generally mild-mannered and polite to a fault to those both above and below her, she is enthusiastic about her job and all of the details thereof, showcasing itself mostly inside the arboretum as she is frequently prone to offering tours. She’s quite chatty, but makes a point of including everyone she can into a conversation so that she is not the only one talking.

## Psych Evaluation

A slight issue with depression from homesickness. She isn’t used to being so far away from home, especially now that the ‘newness’ of academy life has worn off and she is off into space.

## Medical

Sara is allergic to synthetic rubber and latex- she is highly prone to hives.

## Other information

* Likes: Chocolate, romance novellas, and all greenery.
* Dislikes: Lime-flavored anything, pushy people, she is also deeply superstitious.