Petty Officer 1st Class Dalen Rhys
Name Dalen Rhys
Position Operations Officer
Rank Petty Officer 1st Class
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Species | Human | |
| Age | 29 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 5’10” | |
| Weight | 172 lbs | |
| Hair Color | Dark blond | |
| Eye Color | Grey-blue | |
| Physical Description | Dalen Rhys has a practical, unassuming look, standing at 5’10” with a solid but not overly muscular build at around 172 lbs. He has dark blond hair usually kept short and tidy, grey-blue eyes, and the kind of steady expression that makes him look mildly sceptical even when he is perfectly content. He tends to wear his uniform neatly rather than sharply, more focused on being ready for work than looking parade-perfect. There is something grounded about him, a quiet Welsh warmth tucked behind dry humour and a face that rarely gives away quite as much as he is thinking. |
Family
| Father | Gareth Rhys (58) - Orbital freight coordinator | |
| Mother | Eleri Rhys (55) - Applied engineering lecturer | |
| Brother(s) | Owen Rhys (26) - Transport systems technician | |
| Sister(s) | Carys Rhys (34) - Civil infrastructure planner |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Dependable, understated, dry-witted, observant. He has a calm voice under pressure and a habit of sounding faintly unimpressed by disaster. | |
| Strengths & Weaknesses | Strengths: Dalen is reliable, level-headed, and technically sharp, with a strong instinct for keeping systems stable before problems become visible to the bridge crew. He is especially good at pattern-spotting, resource management, and staying calm when everyone else starts speaking in urgent voices. Weaknesses: He can be a little too understated, sometimes failing to push his concerns firmly enough when senior officers are moving quickly. His dry humour can also come across as flippant in tense moments, even when he is taking the situation very seriously underneath. |
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| Hobbies & Interests | Dalen enjoys old Welsh folk music, especially live acoustic sessions where nobody is trying too hard to sound polished. He plays a little guitar, badly by his own admission, and prefers songs with history behind them. He also has a quiet fondness for orbital logistics puzzles, old transport maps, and the sort of technical manuals most people only open under duress. Off duty, he likes walking holodeck recreations of the Welsh coast, particularly on grey, windy programmes that remind him of home. He is also a casual rugby follower, though he insists he is “not emotional about it,” which is demonstrably untrue during close matches. |
| Personal History | Dalen Rhys grew up in Cardiff, in a family with a long tradition of practical service rather than celebrated careers. His father worked in orbital freight coordination over Earth, while his mother taught applied engineering at a technical college. Dalen was the sort of teenager who understood transport schedules, power grids, and maintenance rotas before he properly understood what he wanted to do with his life. He joined Starfleet through the enlisted route rather than applying to the Academy, partly because he wanted to work, not spend years being polished into officer material. Operations suited him. It was organised chaos with a purpose: power flow, communications, transport timing, resource allocation, sensor feeds, and all the unglamorous little systems that kept a starship from becoming a very expensive drifting sculpture. He still carries a Welsh warmth beneath the dry humour. He is steady, practical, and quietly proud of doing the job properly. He does not push himself forward, but he is often the person officers look to when they need to know whether a plan can actually be made to function. |
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| Service Record | 2387 - 2388 - Starfleet Enlisted Training, Starfleet Technical Services Division 2388 - 2390 - Operations Technician, USS Taff 2390 - 2393 - Operations Specialist, USS Minerva 2393 - 2396 - Senior Operations Specialist, USS Caledonia 2396 - Present - Enlisted Operations Officer, USS Resolute |