Ens. Tonye Briyet

Ensign Tonye Briyet is currently the acting Surgeon of the USS Tamworth.

Background
23 years old, Ensign Briyet is a recent graduate from Starfleet Academy. She is a Betazoid with strong telepathic and empathic abilities. Because of this, from an early age Briyet has been disturbed by all forms of suffering, and her family saw it as a forgone conclusion that she would enter the medical profession. She has combined this vocation with a family tradition of service by joining Starfleet Medical.

Character Aspects
High Concept: Compassionate healer

Briyet is marked by extraordinary compassion. This is an excellent trait for a ship's surgeon, although she finds it hard to walk past a sick or injured person, regardless of the circumstances.

Trouble: The Work Experience Kid

Briyet was originally posted as the assistant to Doctor Doolittle. Since his untimely demise Ensign Briyet has suddenly been elevated to the senior officer in the Tamworth's limited sickbay. She was not expecting such a responsible position (even temporarily) so early in her career, and is plagued by self-doubt.

Kobayashi Maru: Feels the suffering of all

When she was undergoing the Kobayashi Maru test, Briyet was almost unable to function, being overwhelmed by the fear of other cadets. However ultimately she rallied. She left her station and concentrated on trying to assist her colleagues in overcoming their fears. Briyet is an unusually strong telepath/empath (in the top 20% on the Telepath Performance Scale). As such she has to work quite hard to shield her mind from people who are suffering. If she is tired or emotionally compromised, she may well be unable to prevent strong feelings from entering her mind.

Character Development 1: Up with the latest

Briyet was always fascinated by new methods of healing. She reads voraciously, and enjoys trying to find ways new techniques might be applied to situations she may encounter. She has considered creative solutions to a surprising number of hypothetical scenarios.

Character Development 2: Ambitions of greatness

Briyet has great ambition. She has set her sights on someday being the head of Starfleet Medical.

Character Stunts
We could give this a try: May re-roll “Medicine” when in a crisis situation.

High Level Telepath: Hears all telepathic conversations around her on a roll of Good (if not trying to hear!) or Average (if trying to hear!).

There’s an app for that: Has apps on her medical tricorder, including non-medical programs. Pay 1 FATE point to use “medicine” for tasks involving computers.

Character Skills
Great (4+): Empathy

Good (3+): Notice, Medicine

Fair (2+): Science, Will, Rapport

Average (1+): Academic, Diplomacy, Conn, Engineering