Khristina Golubev

## Appearance

Possessing a fair white skin and brown eyes, Khristina possesses a mesomorph build. Her hair reaches down to the length of her chest thick and healthy. She is a bit taller than the average female, however, she can be very small compared to other crewmates. On the right side of her face is a scar and her left arm is cybernetic. Khristina stands at 5'8".

## Personality

Khristina is a hard and tough woman who doesn’t show her emotions easily. Having seen a lot and knowing a lot, she is a very tough woman who has been forged to be one since birth. Khristina believes in working for your earnings and to reap what you sow. Khristina isn’t a woman to really socialize with, she is always focused on the job at hand. It would take knowing her and talking to her for a while to breach her layers. Once that occurs, Khristina will talk and act a bit more normalized, at least in public. She isn’t one about romantic relationships either, at least not at the moment. Khristina is also a very respectful and respectable person, even though many give her the wrong looks due to her cybernetic arm and her tough, Russian-like appearance (due to that is her nationality being born in Siberia).

### Ambitions

Khristina doesn’t really hold a set of ambitions, she lives to serve the ones she is assigned to and command the underlings as needed. While she at first had an ambition to explore the Final Frontier, by now she has settled down and keeps things in line. This may be because she is confused about the long-term mindset of things, she is always set on the short-term even though she ironically thinks ahead of some things. She may develop another ambition throughout her time on the DS9.

### Morals

Khristina has a strict code of ethics and morals. She believes in working for pleasures and achievements. As a result, Khristina sees laziness in those who don’t work. She thinks that a truly respectable person, whether they’re good or evil, works for what they have and that they can be equivalent to be her equal. She also believes that people have to be selfless to truly serve in their positions, to leave the fun things for later and to get the job done immediately when it comes up. While this isn’t seen at first, Khristina will make it clear one way or another. She also doesn’t like people with egos, even when they have valid reason to have their heads in the clouds. She holds a small disgust for them, but she still serves if they’re a superior officer.

## History

### Pre-Academy

Siberia. A rough and snowy country, a place where not many go to. Harsh winters, relentless storms, a place where the toughest of men and women are forged. Also the birthplace of Khristina Golubev, Second Officer of the USS Independence. Her parents, Russian by blood, were continuing a family legacy which makes them despise the busy modern cities. Khristina was born outside of a small village in the latter parts of the winter time. Her mother nearly died in childbirth, however, she survived. Her father was off hunting when Khristina was born and didn’t return from his hunt until five days later. Khristina’s parents were very proud and happy to finally have a child after three attempts to get one. Because of this, Khristina was an only child in the family.

Her childhood life was never said to be easy, in fact, it was the polar opposite of easy. As an infant, she wasn’t really spoiled like many babies are, she was often left to cry for what she wanted and never got it, which was the first step towards early self-discipline. Conditions weren’t easy either. Despite the advanced technologies on Earth, her family always worked for their achievements. That meant no AC, heating, etc. A wood stove was used for any heat rather than the more modern style of technology. It wasn’t even the fact they were poor, it was just their philosophy of how things worked. This would teach a young Khristina to work for your pleasures and your desires, that nothing was ever free in the galaxy. It had to be worked for. The wilds of Siberia proved that. Khristina was put to work as soon as she could, starting with carrying stuff in for her mother and father. It slowly worked up from that point in time, being a full worker by the time she was eight years of age.

In her village, she always heard of this thing called “Starfleet” and the “Federation of Planets.” Being the young child she was, Khristina asked her parents about it. Her parents didn’t know much because they didn’t pay too much attention to the news. Though, when they told her what they knew about it, Khristina’s teachings on not being in the social norms disappeared. She had a sudden motivation to join Starfleet when she was of age, however, she had to work for that stop. It was an ultimate motivator, making her work like never before, even as a very small child. Her parents praised their little daughter a lot for how good of an efficient worker and loyal one she was. She never complained. When she fell, she didn’t cry but got back up and continued, only stopping if it got bad enough and it pushed beyond her mental or physical limits. Her village had a rather underrated school, full of good Russian teachers and philosophers. She attended that place, receiving a very good education. She continued to live at her small cabin and maintain it with her family, occasionally attending hunting parties with her father starting at ten years old.

One day, while Khristina was 13 years old, a tragedy happened. One that would change her physically and mentally forever. Her father was sick, and the family needed food. Khristina went out to hunt with a friend of her father’s named Vlad. During the hunt, a grizzly bear decided to attack the group. Since Khristina was weaker, the animal went for her. Vlad saw the bear charge and leap on Khristina before she was able to fire a good shot into the bear. It scratched and clawed at Khristina, but was able to be killed by Vlad just in time. However, it came at the cost of her left arm and her body being scarred, most notably the face, stomach, and chest. Vlad was able to give first aid treatment, which stopped the bleeding enough to be taken to a medical facility to be treated. Unfortunately, rather than getting a replicator, she got a cybernetic arm instead due to the condition of the arm and that there were no replicators around. After a while of recovering, Khristina became more of a quiet girl. However, she kept working to go to Moscow, a place she’s never been to before, to sign up for the academy all the way in San Francisco. Khristina had gained a massive amount of muscle and strength from working so much, giving her a mesomorph build as a result.

Though, life with her new arm was rather difficult, to say the least. She couldn’t really feel it anymore, it felt weird to lift things with it. For a while, she was made fun of for having a metal arm until she adapted a look that would spell “don’t screw with me”. It was a more hardened look, the look of her parents for being the hardest workers around the village. A scar formed on her cheek from the bear attack and all across her torso. She would always remember the pain and the suffering she went through. However, she didn’t cry a single tear, she kept moving on, learning a lesson from the bear attack to be cautious and to consider the options at all times.

At 18, she was able to leave her village. However, her parents protested. Khristina, however, wanted to work on her own path, so she left the house after saying a proper goodbye. She grabbed a plane and flew to Moscow, and it was a city of futuristic wonder for her. She has never seen so many people clustered in one place at once. Yet, she wondered what space was like, so she signed up at the nearest academy after staying for a few days looking around. Eventually, after fighting through her tests, was accepted and she would get a flight to San Francisco in the following weeks. Khristina was very overjoyed, however, she couldn’t show it on the outside other than a few small smiles here and there. Khristina brought a ring with her that was a gift from her parents. It was a silver ring she always wore. There wasn’t really anything too special physically about it, it was just a plain silver-colored ring.

### Academy Years

Some weeks later, Khristina arrived in the American city of San Francisco, California. The differences were so much that Khristina was almost overwhelmed with surprise. However, now that she was a cadet aiming for the stars, she applied her lessons in the four year training. She made a couple of friends in her first year, however, since she wasn’t the best at socializing, they let them lecture her about what they knew of the rest of the world. The names of her friends were Jasmine and Abigail, both blondes who grew up in the United States. Khristina’s thick Russian accent and sense of stoicness radiated around her, making many of the fellow cadets either back away or admire her. Khristina didn’t care though, she just kept to her lessons and studied. She often killed her sleep schedule studying, practicing, or doing whatever was required of the Russian to ace the next tests or assignments. And that was what she did, earning top marks. She also decided to study security, as that part stuck out to Khristina the most. She didn’t know exactly why, but she did it anyway. She kept pushing her way through, using her “disability” of a metal arm to be a bit of a role model to the other cadets that were with her.

It was rather unusual to learn all of the ways of Starfleet, though it was needed to survive out there in the depths of space. It wasn’t hard for her to learn, just unusual. Her superiors took good notice of Khristina’s efforts and uniqueness in appearance alone. At the end of the four year academy training, Khristina got assigned to the USS Exodus, a Miranda-class Federation starship tasked with science missions. She was 22 years old at the time.

### Post-Academy

Boarding the ship, she was amazed at everything. The crew seemed to be productive and friendly. However, her two friends that she stuck with in the academy were assigned to another vessel. So she was alone for the time being. As the ship left the sights of Earth, Khristina was almost nervous. However, confidence and determination drowned her nervousness. Working in Security as an Ensign, she did all of her tasks as ordered. She smiled at anyone who smiled at her, talked when talked to, and so on. She was the only one on the ship with a cybernetic arm, so sometimes she got the wrong stares. Though, due to how stoic she was, she kept to herself and could care less.

Her first promotion didn’t come until two years later when the ship came under attack from a hostile alien planet that wanted to see the ship crash after some miscommunication between captain and leader. Khristina took note of how blank the planet they lived on was, it being all desert and plains, nothing like the Siberian mountains she called home. When the aliens attacked, Khristina was able to recover 5 wounded people in the middle of the firefight and take down a few of the aliens herself. The ship, fortunately, was able to retreat. Due to her bravery, she was recommended for a promotion and got it. She was now a Lieutenant Junior Grade. She felt good for herself, though she didn’t want such a bad incident to ever happen again. She noted in her journal about the whole incident in Russian, even drawing a picture of the planet. As more science and exploration was conducted in the Exodus, she stayed normally to herself.

“Инопланетяне были плохими, планета была плохой, что принесла галактика?”

As a Lieutenant Junior Grade, Khristina was tasked with even more things and assignments while working in security. She often talked with the Head of Security while off-duty, a Vulcan man named Spurilk. She became friends with him, learning more things from him and gaining inspiration to do more things. She eventually wanted to become the next Head of Security, a rather heavy and ambitious goal, but Khristina was known for overcoming the odds. She worked hard while having casual conversations with her Vulcan friend, learning about the Vulcan culture, what it’s like with the Romulans, etc. In return, Khristina told Spurilk about her time on Earth, why she wore a ring, and other things like that. Spurilk was very glad to have made acquaintance with Khristina. For many years, things weren’t that eventful on the ship until her promotion to Lieutenant and being the Head of Security….

Khristina was once more under the event of a ship firefight with another unknown group of aliens. But this time, they were a lot more aggressive than the last ones. The ship was besieged and put under major damage. A determined Khristina didn't shoot guns at the aliens this time, but rather took over the security’s command once her Vulcan companion fell and died right in front of her. For the first time in many years, Khristina cried. However, the crying didn’t last long as she commanded the security wing for the captain in the fallen man’s place. It was tough, but the hostile aliens were able to be forced off the ship with their ship severely damaged and had to flee. The captain of the Exodus promoted Khristina to a Lieutenant and made the Head of Security for doing such a good performance. She was now 28 years old, almost 29.

“Почему? Я выиграл, но какой ценой? Отдыхай, друг мой.”

As the Head of Security, Khristina was very honored to serve in such a position. While she wasn’t the Second Officer, she felt like she was up there...As she would have been, constantly managing the security and whatnot of the ship was stressful at first. However, she adapted and didn’t complain, determined to work well and serve well. But by now, Khristina didn’t feel like she would make another friend. She was as stoic and apathetic as ever, only spending her time off-duty to eat, sleep, meditate, exercise, and write in her now huge journal full of drawings, writings, and all of that sort like cooking. She was in the more important parts of these assignments, surprised she wasn’t transferred to another vessel after all of this time. She felt at home, as if the Exodus was her home.

“Сибирь была моим первым домом, Сан-Франциско - вторым домом, Исход - третьим домом....Принесет ли четвертый Небеса или Ад?”

Most of Khristina’s notable assignments were preparing the ship’s weapons under a threat and prepping the other members of the crew, protecting, etc. Her final promotion didn’t come until a few years later, right on her 35th birthday. This involved her commandeering the ship temporarily after an uprising occurred which killed the captain and knocked out the First Officer. Khristina not only helped take out the mutiny but also commanded the ship until the First Officer came to. She maintained her calmness and will to bear the responsibility of the whole ship on her shoulders. After a few long and stressful hours of doing her best to recover the ship, the First Officer gained consciousness and his first order as captain was promoting Khristina to Lieutenant Commander. Khristina was very honored and relieved to hear this news.

“Я командовал кораблем сегодня, я знаю, каково сейчас быть капитаном. Как они с этим справляются? Может, однажды я узнаю.”

Finally, Khristina was transferred from the USS Exodus to her second tour of duty, a space station known as Deep Space Nine. Khristina only heard about it a little bit, nothing much though since she didn’t pay much attention. When her transfer came in, she actually felt sad again for a small bit. She had been on the ship for so many years, it was a bit of a pain for her to leave. Even then, Khristina wasn’t expecting it either, she didn’t think in terms of length anymore, it was always in the near future. This was when Khristina actually became confused about everything despite being honored to have the opportunity to serve on such a grand space station. Khristina began to wonder what she would even do when her time was up, what she would actually do outside of service if the time ever came. She didn’t think too much about it though as she was in the middle of moving all of her things to DS9 from the U.S.S Exodus. When the ship exited warp to see the space station, a bit of anxiety rose within Khristina. Her breath was even taken away upon seeing the station, it wasn’t anything like she’s ever seen before. However, Khristina hid these emotions as she had no way to express them.

It was finally time for Khristina to leave the ship. Giving a final salute to her crewmates and captain, she transferred her things to DS9. When she placed her two feet onto the station’s Habitat Ring, she felt a bit changed on the inside due to restarting. The fact it was Cardasssan-built made it all the more intriguing. Khristina made no waste of time to move into her place in the Habitat Ring. The quarters were rather nice and comforting, large enough for her to do her own things. She was assigned to security things, to patrol the promenade and whatnot of the ship. Other crewmates within DS9 for the most part got a good impression of her when they met her as officers. Yet, Khristina is stuck in a phase of restart. She has no friends, no one to rely on, she was one person in a station of thousands. While she needs to figure out social things, her work and duty comes first. Khristina adapted quickly to the conditions of the space station, but she is still stuck in a phase of confusion that eventually needs to be solved after a few days of serving on the DS9 space station, whether it’s by her or another person…

## 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

* ARM101: Introduction to Weapons
* ARM110: Hand Phasers, Phaser Rifles and Artillery
* ARM120: Knives and other Small Weapons
* ARM130: Non-traditional Weapons
* LAW200: Federation, Constitutional
* TAC200: Combat, Martial Arts, Anbo-Jyutsu and Federation Standard
* TAC210: Combat, Marksmanship
* TAC220: Small Units
* TAC301: Strategy of Battle 1
* SURV150: Land-based Survival in Desert, Ocean, Jungle, and Moderate conditions.
* SURV200: Captivity
* TAC230: Large Units
* TAC300: Leadership
* TAC302: Strategy of Battle 2
* DIPL200: Hostile Species
* PSY101: Terran, General
* PSY102: Non-Terran, Major Species
* PSY302: Hostilities

### Minors

* TAC170: Combat, Introduction to Starship Combat
* TAC175: Combat, Phasers and Torpedoes
* ARM200: Starship Phasers and Phaser Cannons
* ENG234: Deflectors, Weapons and Security System
* TAC260: Combat, Minor Starships
* TAC270: Combat, Major Starships

## Trivia

Khristina isn’t of the religious type really, but she believes in principles similar to survival of the fittest entirely due to where she was raised. She believes that the best survive by working and through physical labor, as well as enhancing their knowledge to know their enemy and to be able to think on the spot. In terms of political things, Khristina doesn’t really care as long as the leader is at least a bit competent in knowing how to use their resources wisely and knowingly. Khristina also has a very weird habit, like the one that defines the uniqueness of a person. That said habit is flicking her cybernetic arm and hand at times just to hear the noise, which satisfies her for really no reason. She also likes to fidget with random things when alone, just to keep her busy and occupied somehow, she doesn’t like slowing down.

### Likes

Khristina is a fan of a few things both notable and hard to see. For the more notable things, she appreciates people who have actual respect, have a sense of selflessness, and work hard for their things with very little to no complaint. This is her biggest appreciation. As for smaller things, Khristina has an interest in Asian foods, like sushi, chow mein, teriyaki chicken, things like that. She also likes to read books and study the culture and history of both Earth and other planets within the Federation. Most notably, Khristina likes studying naval and army tactics of Earth’s history as well as weaponry. She also likes to cook her own meals when given the opportunity, using recipes she found as well. Khristina also likes patrolling the ship at times before she goes to bed, it gives her a reassuring feeling about things when she feels emotionally tensed up. She likes looking out into space from the DS9 and the other rings it contains within visible view.

### Dislikes

Khristina despises and dislikes a few things. The only thing she can really hate with a passion are people who are lazy and get their positions or titles without really working. Because of this, Khristina doesn’t really hold a liking for many royalties just for the sake of existing and not really working for their titles, unless they had to earn their positions through combat or something of the like. As for minor things, Khristina doesn’t like very hot temperatures, she very much prefers colder conditions due to her background on Earth. Khristina also doesn’t like loud noises or very tight situations. Even though she can live with it in the end, she avoids it if she can. She also holds a dislike for dishonor and people who don’t honor their deals, whether they’re honest deals or not. Khristina holds a disrespect towards them, even though it may not be obvious at first.