Veronica Gray
Veronica Gray (a.k.a. Very, Skip, The Old Lady, Quart, Jackie)
Commander Gray was fast-tracked as soon as she graduated from the academy. Being a fourth-generation naval member of the Gray family, she had a lot to live up to, with her great-grandfather being the namesake of her father and grandfather.
Gray's father gave his life in the line of duty aboard the light cruiser NSV Iowa shortly after she was born, and her mother was never quite the same after that. Winona Gray was always supportive to her second child, but she was distant and didn't quite know what to make of what she thought was a son being quiet and awkward, though gifted and driven. Veronica broke through her eggshell during her first year at the Naval Academy and started going as Veronica shortly after, choosing her name for the ancient Greek word for "Bearer of Victory."
By her fourth and final year in the Academy, she had climbed as high as Salutatorian in the class rankings, behind classmate and future colleague Alyssa Yeboah. The two were inseparably friendly rivals, nicknamed "Sally and Valley" by their peers for their high educational status.
Her most frequent nickname used by friends and close colleagues is "Very." By senior crew members, she is typically known affectionately as "Skip," and by juniors as "the Old Lady."
Name: Veronica Gray
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Age: Old enough to know better. Young enough to resent knowing better.
Aspects: High Concept: Hotshot, High-flying Starship Captain
Trouble: Leaps Before Looking,
Mom the Veteran
Natural Leader
We'll Talk When We Get Back Skills: Leadership (+4 Deceive (+3 Notice (+3 Fight (+2 Pilot (+2 Rapport (+2 Athletics (+1 Empathy (+1 Engineering (+1 Lore (+1) Stunts: Best Foot Forward (2/session), I happened to see… (Notice), Sneaky shot (Deceive)
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Age: Old enough to know better. Young enough to resent knowing better.
Aspects: High Concept: Hotshot, High-flying Starship Captain
Trouble: Leaps Before Looking,
Mom the Veteran
Natural Leader
We'll Talk When We Get Back Skills: Leadership (+4 Deceive (+3 Notice (+3 Fight (+2 Pilot (+2 Rapport (+2 Athletics (+1 Empathy (+1 Engineering (+1 Lore (+1) Stunts: Best Foot Forward (2/session), I happened to see… (Notice), Sneaky shot (Deceive)
Mental characteristics
Gender Identity
Veronica Gray is a transgender woman. She prefers to as minimally as possible acknowledge herself as having been socially male prior to her second semester in the academy, and will use gender-consonant terms to refer to herself before her transition (i.e. referring to herself as a girl). Most of her colleagues know she's trans, but had never known her prior to transition.
Sexuality
She would describe herself as "queer." For the most part, she's attracted to women, and femme-of-center people in general.
Education
Veronica Gray is a graduate of the Interstellar Navy Academy, Class of '52.
Employment
She has only ever held employment as an adult as a commissioned officer of the Interstellar Navy.
Failures & Embarrassments
Only a handful of her professional colleagues know that "Quart," one of her nicknames, is because Veronica Gray used to have a deadname with "IV" after it.
Social
Family Ties
Rear Admiral Winona Gray is her mother. Her father was Captain James "Trip" Gray III, who died in the line of duty when she was a few months old.
Religious Views
She is not actively religious and has not spent a great deal of time thinking about it.
Current Status
On deployment on the western frontier of the Orion Arm
Current Location
Species
Age
Late 20s-early 30s. Old enough to know better, young enough to resent knowing better.
Circumstances of Birth
Her father died a few months after her birth, without ever meeting her.
Birthplace
Deep Moraine City, Nova Terran North Continent
Children
Pronouns
She/her
Sex
Female - assigned male at birth
Gender
Woman
Presentation
Very has not had to make very many choices about clothing in her adult life, and her clothing off-duty shows it. Basic t-shirts and jeans or leggings are about the limit of her inborn fashion sense.
Eyes
Blue, open/round
Hair
Golden blonde
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Her skin shows mostly European ancestry.
Height
180 cm
Aligned Organization
Other Affiliations
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