Edward Lyon Pellew

## Appearance

Pellew stands at 5'10 and weighs around 84kg, his appearance is distinguished by his go-to hairstyle as can be seen in the picture shown above. He always tries his best to shave his beard so he always has a clean face, his eyes are as blue as the ocean back on earth. His build is ideal for his height, he exercises quite a lot in order to balance his hunger for steak. He's rarely seen wearing something other than his yellow-collar uniform, even when sleeping he rarely took it off. So overall a clean-shaven face with well-kept hair coupled with a neat starfleet uniform of his department, and not to forget his unforgetful blue eyes is how he looks.

## Personality

Pellew is one of a kind, some would say he has a dual personality, according to them one side of his personality is a quiet, obedient, straightforward, suave talker, and even cold, the side he always showed on duty sometimes even off duty. The other side gives a different personality, a personality he mostly showed off duty: straightforward, rebel but kind-hearted. In reality he doesn't have a dual personality, he's just good at shifting those personalities to suit the current situation he is in. He'd rebel if he saw the end goal would benefit many, he'd be obedient if the end goal benefited many. His mental health is something that has concrete as its pillars and steel as its walls, no matter how grim his situation is he always perseveres, he learns calm is a key to victory, during his academy or stay on his cadet cruise as a cadet getting yelled at is something that no one finds rare. He indirectly learns how to be calm under tense situations by learning how to be calm being pressured by his lecturers and often superiors, a skill he is glad he has and it certainly helps him countless times.

His willfulness, his determination, his inability to call quits are his weapon and his intellect as his bullet. His academy years and serving aboard USS Sutherland as a cadet on a cadet cruise taught him many lessons especially lessons on theoretical knowledge with practical knowledge, and made him realise both knowledge can't live without the other. It was without a doubt he showed promise in his department, his willingness gave him opportunities countless times especially those posting-related opportunities courtesy of his supervisors, lecturers, and superiors. But, his lack of calling quits got him into trouble more than he got a pat on the back, his problem is just he didn't know when to quit, especially in his early academic years, there were quite a few forlorn hopes. Despite his characteristics he shared the enthusiastic spirit of the many young eager officers, eager for something that would give them a breakthrough in their career.

### Ambitions

He wanted to be like his father, he wanted to have his own legacy that his family can be proud of, especially his father. He didn't necessarily want to have a uniform with five rounds by the collar he just wanted to have a legacy.

### Morals

Honour, Loyalty and Respect are his code, he'd rebel, he'd lie, but he would never betray his friends, mock people let alone a race, the Federation's views established the basis of his views and his parents helped him establish his views.

## History

Born in San Francisco, California on Earth to a Starfleet Officer and a Doctor. Two months after his birth his father went on his first 5-year mission aboard a starship charting the unknown space. Little Pellew was taken care of by his mother who struggled with her demanding job, often leaving Pellew in the arms of a babysitter. This pattern continued on for two years until when his father's ship returned to earth spacedock for reason Pellew yet to know. His father, on shore leave, returned to his house on Earth and spent the rest of his leave with his family. It was Pellew's first time ever spending time with his father and when the shore leave ended his father had no choice to leave again. His mother decided to be a counseling doctor instead of a full-time resident at a hospital in an effort to maximise her time with her only son. Pellew attended school like every other kid, going to school then back, studying during the evening, reading literature in his spare time had become his routine in this early point of his life. Despite his father's absence his relationship never soured and when his 5-year mission ended and he's allowed to return back to earth, Pellew was the first to come running for a hug. During this time his father, now a lieutenant in starfleet, requested to be transferred to a starfleet facility in San Francisco to be close with his family, in doing so he put himself far down in the promotion list. His father often told him stories of his 5-year mission exploring the unknown reaches of space, the excitement it brought him, and his years in the Academy. His father's stories inspired him so much that he dedicated most of his time studying both school and non-school materials, exercising wanting to be like his father. At the age of 14 his twin sister and brother were born and the attention he usually got slowly faded away but he understood and accepted the reason and he sometimes even lent his time to take care of his brother and sister. He graduated high school in the top ten of his class and following his father's footsteps he attended Starfleet Academy.

Entering Starfleet Academy however wasn't a walk in the park for anyone, not even for Pellew. The entrance examination was a drill, drilling his brain right to its core and there was an unannounced test candidates must take and it was about cross-cultural differences, he barely passed it. The next memorable test was the psych test or the "Psychological Evaluation Based on Reactions to Various Individual Problems" test, where he had to face his greatest fear which involved forcing him to choose between his duty or his fellow officers. Passing that test, he faced yet another test which was the oral interview conducted by three command officers, fortunately he passed. And with that part of the entrance exam now behind him, he was admitted to the Academy and was assigned to Starfleet Academy's main campus in San Francisco. As soon as Pellew arrived at his campus he spent two weeks in a prep squad with the other accepted cadets, where a drill instructor turned Pellew and the others into a disciplined and efficient unit. Renewed as Cadet Pellew, he began his academic studies right after. The first year of his academic adventure found him studying twelve core courses and joining the wrestling extracurricular club just to learn more fighting techniques. He never did competitive wrestling during this even though his friends asked him to, just for the fun, but he wasn't there to compete but rather to learn. The second year he had made his mind on majoring engineering just like his father and even planning to minor in the other major in the Starfleet Engineering School which was Communications or Operations. The third year was an exciting year for him, he formally chose engineering as his major, then he along with the other cadets in Year Three were a subject of a field survival test and spacewalk tests, where he puked in the first two walks, for one and a half months. In Year Four, he dropped out of his extracurricular activity and chose instead to focus on studying and taking up more courses in order to specialise in Compartment Engineering, a field in his major which he took a keen interest in. In year four he was fully committed to minoring Communications or Operations, he was pursued by the idea of holding his own command because they say minoring it would give you a boosted chance of having command as an engineer. It was also during this year he also attended an Engineering Seminar on specific non-major equipment.

One more course stood between him and graduation, and it was the Cadet Cruise. Unfortunately and fortunately he was assigned aboard USS Sutherland NCC-72015, an old Nebula-class ship that was redesignated as a training ship. At first, he was posted there for just a year but then circumstances such as redirection of the ship to attend a distress signal, then sudden loss of crucial systems due to anomaly, and many more inconvenient events—prolonged his stay to seventeen months. But those months didn't come to waste, the cruise gave him invaluable experiences like discovering applied theory mostly doesn't work the hard way, giving him the chance to work around the clock keeping the ship's together after the anomaly, a chance on being picked as a leader of a group of cadet engineers due to his academic record, and lastly the realisation fragility when the thought of death crossed one's mind, it made him more mature than before. When finally USS Sutherland made it back to earth spacedock there was a massive relief that was bestowed upon him, seeing the blue ocean once again and the smelling the smell of San Francisco, he couldn't believe he was that close to the void that he could remember the smell of San Francisco. After five and a half years of dedication to studying and training constantly, only to be tested with the gruesome reality of exploration, Cadet Edward L. Pellew was commissioned Ensign, and after what he had been through he hunger for more, he wanted his legacy, he wanted to do his part. In 2385 he was assigned to USS Arcadia, one of two Saber-Class ships to be commissioned by Starfleet, as a transferée.

## Starfleet Courses

### Core Courses

* ADMIN101: Star Fleet Operations
* ADMIN110: Chain of Command and General Protocol
* DIPL101: General
* ENG221: LCARS Programming 1
* ENG231: Computer Memory and Personnel Interfaces
* ENG232: Replicators, Transporters, and Holodecks
* ENG233: Sensors, Communications, and Helm Systems
* HIST101: Birth of the Federation
* LANG101: Federation Standard
* LANG110: Major Species (Elementary) - Cadet's Choice
* LAW101: Federation, General
* MATH101: Concepts
* MED101: First Aid and Field Medicine
* PHYS101: Concepts
* PILOT101: Runabouts and Shuttles
* SURV101: Starship Emergencies
* SURV110: Environmental Suits and Zero-G Training
* TAC101: Combat, Unarmed
* TAC110: Combat, Small Weapons
* BIO101: Concepts
* XEN101: General

### Majors

* Armory: Hand Phasers, Phaser Rifles and Artillery
* Armory: Starship Phasers and Phaser Cannons
* Armory: Photon Torpedos
* Physics: Warp Theory
* Engineering: Introduction to Warp Systems
* Engineering: Advanced Warp Systems
* Engineering: Shield Systems
* Engineering: Weapons Systems
* Engineering: Colossal Failures in Engineering
* Engineering: Life Support Systems
* Engineering: Subspace Mechanics
* Engineering: Sustainable Energy
* Engineering: System Design
* Engineering: Systems Architecture
* Engineering: Systems Dynamics
* Engineering: Impulse Systems
* Engineering: General Electronics
* Engineering: Intermediate Electronics 1
* Engineering: Intermediate Electronics 2

### Minors

* Diplomacy: Hostile Species
* Engineering: Operations and Command Functions
* Engineering: Deflectors, Weapons and Security Systems
* Engineering: Base-Mode Operations
* Language: (Non-Terran, Major Species)
* Tactics: Combat, Introduction to Starship Combat
* Tactics: Leadership

## Trivia

* His name is inspired by a 17th to 18th Century Admiral.
* He was quickly known as Cadet Steak during his cadet cruise by his fellow cadets as he always had steak whenever he could.
* Pellew never had a romantic relationship during his studying years.
* The closest relationship he had to a romantic relationship was his relationship with a fellow Cadet, Cadet Katherine Exmouth.

### Likes

* Steaks
* Cooking/grilling/preparing steaks
* A cup of tea
* Exploration
* Holodeck
* Literature
* Loophole
* Old school music

### Dislikes

* Disrespectful individuals
* Having to give up an endeavour
* Wasted/wasting time
* Disobedience
* Messy cable management
* Dishonorable conduct
* Having to object to an order.