GAR MOLON
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
DEEP SPACE 13
Gar Molon
Species: Betazoid
Age: 40
Birthplace: New Alamar City, New Alamar
Height: 1.85
meters (6' 1")
Weight: 185 lbs
Description:
A medium athletic build, Gar close up is taller
than he seems from further away. He has
handsome features with a few odd lines in
his face. He has piercing blue eyes, which seem odd
as one gets closer, thick black hair that
Gar usually keeps neck length or shorter.
Parents:
Pan Molon, A Chief Steward aboard a Starliner,
Think of the Manager of a five star hotel. Pan
is the one who makes sure every customer gets
what they want when they want it that all the
restaurants, clubs and what have you are running
well.
Meg Molon. A former Starfleet Security
Officer, Meg worked occasionally as Chief of security
aboard Starliners, usually the same ones her
husband worked on.
Siblings, Relatives:
Fan Molon, Gar's older Sister is about 19
years older than Gar. A Former Starfleet Cadet, she
left Starfleet right after graduating to return
home after a family tragedy. She is currently a
respected fashion designer and reserve Starfleet
officer at Luna City.
Friends:
Miko Zabal is an old Family Friend. The Zabals
are the descendants of the chiefs of the last
tribe of Primitive Betazoids to be assimilated
into mainstream Betazoid culture. This old noble
status doesn't affect the Zabal's standard
of living too much, but it has some ceremonial and
traditional meaning for the descendants of
that tribe.
Gar's best friend
as a Civilian is a Cardassian, Mak Rukat. Rukat and his family lived in
the Federation as refugees after escaping
a government purge. The elder Rukat was an
anti-government, and anti-war protestor during
the UFP's war with the Cardassians in the
2350's. Gar and Mak keep in touch and arrange
to meet whenever possible.
Personality:
Gar is pretty straight forward and up front
about what he wants and how he feels. Gar has
emotional buttons which he hides, especially
about his eyes.
Skills/training/Professional skills:
Gar is a trained general practitioner and
emergency room doctor. Gar has received basic
Starfleet training. He knows how to cook and
the basics of the Cardassian Language. Gar has a
very broad knowledge of Drama, and Stage arts
from a number of cultures.
Weaknesses:
Gar's psionics are weak by Betazoid Standards.
He barely rates on their scale at all. He can
receive emotional impressions, but anything
further away than across the room is almost
impossible for him. He can only communicate
telepathically with another being if that being has
psionics on their own or if the contact is
very, very intimate.
While this makes Gar all but crippled in Betazoid
society, it's actually an advantage when
dealing with pain and injuries from trauma
and accident. Gar is better at turning his powers
off than turning them on.
Career History:
Age 3 Gar's parents begin to take him skiing
with them. Gar retains a fondness for the sport
for the rest of his life
Age 4 Gar's parents are enticed to take a short
cruise, for very lucrative rewards, They do and
the Starliner disappears. Extensive Starfleet
Searches turn up no sign. Gar's sister, Fan
Molor, just graduating her Starfleet cadet
cruise returns home to take care of Gar. She becomes
a fashion designer on new Alamar, and maintains
a reserve commission in the Betazoid Self
defense forces.
Gar and Fan's life on Betazoid is calm and
relative happy. Despite some adjustment problems
they adjust to their new lives. While the
searches are called off and no new evidence is
gained, Gar and Fan remain convinced on a
sub conscious level that their parents are still
alive out there, somewhere.
Gar lives a normal, prosaic life among the
Betazoids, marred by one problem, Gar's psionic
strength is pathetic. While intelligent and
physically in good shape, Gar's telepathy and
empathic telepathy are so weak as to be almost
non-existent. Gar worked hard at developing his
psionic strength but it never gained much
range or power.
When Gar was 18 He was one of the victims
of a terrible industrial disaster in New Alamar. Many people were killed
and Gar was one of the people badly injured. He lost his eyes in the
accident. While reconstructive surgery was
possible, the results were not guaranteed. While Gar
recovered some what, Fan explored options
for non-standard treatments and heard of an
experimental project at Earth, the VISOR project.
Fan and Gar applied and Gar was accepted
as a test subject. Later that year, Gar and Fan moved
away from New Alamar to Luna City, Luna. There
Gar was treated and implanted with the neural inputs for the VISOR device.
Age 19. Gar meets Mak Rukat and the two
become fast friends.
Age 20. Extensive exposure to medicine crystallizes
Gar's interest. He applies to and is
accepted on a scholarship to Starfleet Medical.
Age 22, While a student, Gar is part
of a crew which goes to a Small Federation world to try
and avert a social crises. This mission was
not successful. Civil unrest breaks out. Gar and
the other medical personnel of the mission
joined local emergency workers. This is Gar's
baptism of fire and he comes through, being
very helpful and using his VISOR to help triage
patients
Age 26, Gar Graduates Starfleet medical and
begins his cadet cruise. Gar serves at the Chi Weng
colony.
OER Neutral, Passed. Promoted to Ensign.
Age 27 Tour 1, USS Enmouth, a Frigate
on Patrol. Gar is a junior medical officer there, but
finds a good crew. The ships sees action,
Gar gains practical experience.
During this cruise, Gar picks up an interest
in Drama, especially stage plays, and the classic
works of the genre. Gar begins omnivorous
reading and thinking on the subject as well as seeing
the greats perform on the holodeck. Gar joins
an organization of fantasy stage troupes which
designs and organizes tour consisting of great
actors from across history, simulated and passed
back and forth as holodeck programs across
subspace.
Gar's extensive interest has one major
stumbling bloc, that Gar has no knowledge of. Gar is a
terrible actor. His technical knowledge of
the subject becomes excellent over time, but Gar has
negative talent for stage performance. Apparently
no one has been mean enough to tell Gar this
yet.
OER Excellent, Gar is promoted to Lt. j.g
Age 32 Tour 2, Banalean Colony, 1 year. Gar
serves as the chief medical officer on the colony
for a year. Nothing of interest noted, yet.
OER Neutral
Age 34, Tour 3, Exchange Officer with
FBI, 2 years, Gar served as an Exchange medical officer
with the Federation's main interstellar civilian
Law Enforcement Agency, this was an action
packed two years, with many adventures. Gar
was trained as a baker, preparing for an undercover
mission, an activity he enjoys and continues.
Gar also had an encounter with Raz Rukat,
Mak Rukatr's older brother. Raz Rukat is a member of an anti-federation
terrorist group. He hates the Federation and blames them for all his
troubles, including not growing up "Cardassian"
enough.
During this time, Gar abandoned the VISOR in favor of the newer Cyber-Eyes like Geordi LaForge has. This reduced the amount he could see, but also reduced the pain involved. This is why Gar has the ice blue eyes, they're actually techno-eyes.
OER Excellent, Promoted to Lieutenant
Age 36, Tour 4, Sixless Colony New Home,
2 years. After the action adventure of his previous
tour, this tour was a break. Gar was well
liked but his serviced were not much called on.
OER Neutral.
Age 38, Tour 5, Starfleet Academy, 2
years. Gar went back to Starfleet medical to teach. The
intent was that he should pass on his practical
experience to medical students. Gar's lack of
any Dramatic or public speaking talent sabotages
his teaching. He is well liked, but not well
remembered.
Age 40, Tour 6, Starbase 299, 2 years.
Gar's first stint as a CMO, It went swimmingly.
Gar's commander and crew like him, and his
work is first rate.
OER Excellent, Promotion to Lieutenant Commander
Age 42, Tour 7, Deep Space 13.