Dem Broadshire

Lieutenant Dem Broadshire is a Starfleet medical officer serving aboard the USS Discovery, and is currently a Second Officer in training. He has been a part of many important and notable missions, even serving with officers of DS9.

### Timeline

2335 – Zorva Broadshire is born to a Human and Bajoran couple on Tamarus V

2337 – Predern Udani is born on Bajor

2367 – Predern and Zorva escape Bajor through Orien pirate smuggling. Predern’s first time into space ended in disaster, with severe spinal cord decompression and internal haemorrhaging. However, the pirates did not stop or offer any aid, leading her close to death. Eventually, the transport was intercepted by the USS Gates, and they were in citizenship limbo for 6 months, eventually landing on Tamarus V. She was diagnosed with Spatimalinfermatasis, a rare genetic disease that does not allow her to go into space.

2371 – Predern and Zorva are engaged and thinking of having a child. Later that year, Zorva enlists as crewman on board the USS Voyager, to give back to the federation after they saved him. Voyager is subsequentially lost in the delta quadrant. Predern, who cannot leave Tamarus V, is in turmoil for 7 years, with a Holo photo of him at DS9 being their last communication.

2378 – USS Voyager returns home, and the pair waste no time starting a family. Zorva retires at the rank of crewman, but with decorated honours from Starfleet. Later that year, Dem Broadshire is Born on stardate 55900.15 (26th of November).

2383 – (Age 5) Dem finds his love for Starfleet. Additionally, the family goes on their first trip outside their system, to Bajor. They are not met with aggression, but because they abandoned the religion. Later that year he writes up pretend plans that he is a captain of a starship- the USS Novelty (not knowing what that name meant at the time). Dem starts

2384 – Dem attends the local Starfleet fair with his family

2388 – Dem goes on the annual Bajor trip but falls off a Balcony at the family home. He is taken to the local doctor, which started the inspiration to become a practitioner.

2392- (Age 14) Dem finds it unrealistic to joining Starfleet and rise up the ranks, so changes is career aspirations to serve for only a short while and then to open a medical practice on Tamarus V

2396 – Dem Broadshire enters Starfleet academy

2398 – A microgravity training exercises causes damage to his left foot, resulting in some ligaments being replaced with robotic ones

2400 – Dem graduates Starfleet, majoring in Medicine and Science, minoring in Music and Tactical. He is later assigned to the USS Discovery, and is sent on a mission to the border of the federation, were Orion pirates are involved which brings up memories of his past.

2401 – Dem is on and exchange program, and a note is put on his record for endangering the ship.

### Relationships

##### Clifford Rekan

Dem’s first friend was Clifford Rekan, a childhood neighbour, who relocated from earth. They both joined Starfleet Academy at similar times, and light competition grew between them. Dem entered service earlier than Clifford, and it became a point of contention between the two, and they started to lose contact.

##### Saq

They were both assigned while on exchange to the science team, and they started to have friction. At the end Dem considered her a good friend