Alessia Garcia (KIA)

Personnel File
Name:	Alessia García
Rank:	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Position:	Flight Leader, White Wolves Squadron
Callsign:	Stormraven
Species:	Human
Age:	27
Gender:	Female
Birthplace:	Barcelona, Spain. Earth
Height:	5'05"
Weight:	132 lbs.
Hair:	Black
Eye color:	Brown
Interests
Piloting (old and new) Socializing Drinking Socially Cardio and light weight lift exercises Skating 20th/21st Century Earth Music Rock/mountain climbing Snowboarding Wingsuit Flying Hand-to-hand Combat
Education
2372-2376: Starfleet Academy, CONN as a major with Security/Tactical as minors 2376-2377: Tactical CONN Academy. Selected for the Valkyrie program
Service Record
2377-2378: Rank of Ensign aboard the USS Hiroshima, deployment of Peregrine-class fighters 2378-2380: Assigned aboard the USS Kusanagi as a fighter pilot, piloting Valkyrie Fighters. Promoted to Lieutenant, Junior Grade 2380-2381: Chosen to test-pilot a new class of fighters in a classified project called the Valravn Project, based at Luna Shipyards 2381-Present: Valravn Project commissioned to the USS Orcus, became a Flight Leader in the White Wolves Squadron.
Decorations
N/A

Alessia Garcia was a Fighter Pilot on the USS Orcus. As of the Battle of Starbase 84, it was yet to be seen if Garcia aided in the opposition against the parasites that compromised Starfleet Command in the end of the 24^th century.

Biography

Early life

Alessia García was born in 2354, to Alberto García, a Starfleet fighter pilot stationed at Starbase 34 and Anna Marie García, a security officer aboard the nebula-class starship USS Roanoke. Her parents dated for many years despite the long-distance situation that they often found themselves in. They first met when the Roanoke was docked at Starbase 34 for routine re-supply and their friendship grew from there until they eventually got married. When Anna Marie became pregnant shortly thereafter, the pair was overjoyed at the prospect of a family, but they were also concerned. Anna Marie was allowed to transfer temporarily to Starbase 34. It was there that the newlywed couple had their first child, a son named Jonas.

The family remained at Starbase 34 for another six years before they made the decision to move back to Earth and take teaching jobs. Once their decision was approved by Starfleet, the family made the long trip home to Earth and picked Barcelona, Spain as their new permanent residence. By the time Jonas was eight years old Anna Marie announced that she was pregnant once more, and this time they were expecting a daughter. They named her Alessia.

Alessia started getting into trouble at a young age, but it wasn't intentional. She carried the stigma of being a Starfleet Brat, and even though the most of her classmates thought that was cool, there were a few who hated her for it. Thankfully, her older brother Jonas walked her to and from school every day which helped keep the bullies away, but she had no one to protect her during classes. But Alessia was tough. Her parents had raised her to be strong and to stand up for herself, so it was easy for her to play the 'tough Starfleet girl' card when she needed to. Whether it was a belssing or a curse, that attitude stuck with her and ended up being her number one defense mechanism. When things got rough, Alessia would switch to fighter mode, and that always led to trouble.

The one thing Alessia never had to worry about was her brother Jonas. He was always there for her, sometimes to bail her out of sticky situations, other times just to have her back. He was 8 when Alessia was born, and she was 12 when he graduated high school and made his parents proud by following in their footsteps. He entered Starfleet Academy, the following semester and Alessia had never felt so alone. Her rock had left, so she did the only thing she knew: she made herself tough. The last words Jonas spoke to her before shipping off to the Academy were words of advice, and when Alessia feels down or like she's lost her way, she reflects on them: "Always follow your heart, no matter where it takes you, even if you are unsure about the path. Your heart will never lead you astray."

Starfleet Academy - Dominion War

When she graduated from secondary school, Alessia applied and successfully joined Starfleet Academy like her brother before her. The first year was a little tough adapting to a new environment, but her coursework was good. Alessia did struggle with some technical and medical things, holding her back a little. She did well in her physicality tests though and above all else, Alessia knew that this was where she wanted to be. She wanted to follow in her father's and brother's footsteps and she was determined to become a pilot. She decided that she would take CONN as a major with Security/Tactical as her minor.

During the second year at the Academy, the Dominion War broke out. Alessia remembered hearing about the rising tensions on the frontier, but it was still a shock. Like many students, the War offered Alessia a rare chance to go and prove herself capable of the dream she was pursing. But aside from ditching school and straight up enlisting, she had no way to get there. The war did at least prove to be extremely distracting from her studies, and she still has the failed tests to prove it. But being on Earth and at the Academy, it was easy for most students to forget there was actually a war going on unless they watched the news and vids from the front lines. For Alessia though, every report was crucial. Her brother was out there fighting, flying for his life and the protection of the Federation and its values! She took all the news of combat, operations and casualties extremely seriously, just in case Jonas' name or regiment were to be mentioned.

Finally, it happened: tragedy struck near the end of the Dominion War. Looking back at the history records, Jonas' death happened only months before the war ended. Alessia had heard about the battle on the news feeds, but she refused to believe Jonas' squadron was involved until her parents called to tell her. The moment she heard her mother's labored breathing, she knew. The hardest part was remembering their last shared moments: the hug and words of advice when he was dropped off at the Academy, the shared joy when the family dropped him off at the shipyard for his first assignment as a Cadet, the words spoken between them on their video call just hours before he died.

"It's like we're Angels, Alessia. That's the only way I can describe the feeling. You'll know it too, soon enough. And don't worry, I'll have the war won before you even-" And then the sirens blared and he signed off. "Well, looks like I'm off to dance with the Angels, Chica. Speak again soon." Those were the last words he'd said to her, the last words he'd ever say to her. Jonas, her rock, her fortress, her best friend, her brother, was added to a list that day. To them, he was just a name among countless others; an honorable death in a time of war and sorrow. But to her, he was everything.

The funeral was bigger than she expected. Many people, most of which she didn't know, came out to support the fallen soldier and show their solidarity for Alessia's family. Jonas' commendations and awards from his brief service were given to his Bajoran wife and his young daughter, and the entire family received condolences on their loss. It was a black day of mourning for Alessia, and one that she burried deep within her memories.

Alessia had been given a week off of school for bereavement, but she returned the day after the funeral. For her, it felt like something within had died when Jonas died and now she was left with this empty void that needed to be filled. Since crying wasn't solving any problems and no one in her family was coping with Jonas' death, Alessia figured she may as well fill the hole with schoolwork. It was the only thing she did for the remainder of the semester, and she threw herself into it full-throttle. She ended the semester with straight A's in every course and top marks from her flight training instructors, but with a severe lack of friends and no closer to feeling whole again.

So, in an effort to find a way to stop hurting, Alessia spent her break making new friends; the kind of friends you find at a bar or a club who party all night and don't stop for days. Sadly, her parents were still learning how to cope with their own grief, so aside from commenting that they didn't like her friends, they didn't do anything about it. And when Alessia returned to school, even though her new friends didn't follow her, the new party attitude did. Drinking had never been a problem before, but that was because Alessia didn't ever drink much. She needed her fast reflexes and quick thinking in case things went sour fast, and she always thought that adding alcohol would muddle her head. But Party Alessia was all about drinking. It was innocent enough at first, just a few drinks on the weekends. But a few drinks on the weekends turned into a few drinks every day of the weekend, which became a few drinks every day. As the semester continued, it got worse until she was drinking from the moment she woke up until the moment she went to bed.

Alessia was known to be a tough cookie around campus, but the alcohol made her mean. She began picking fights with classmates at random and purposely trying to harm those around her. Her drunkenness also resulted in her worst semester at the Academy. Halfway through the semester, she was flunking everything, but her teachers saw her behavior for what it was: a cry for help. Several of her teachers banded together with her roommate and staged an intervention where Alessia was given a choice: She would get free tutoring from the professors to raise her grades enough so that she would pass the semester if she agreed to see a counselor regularly for the entirety of the following semester and stop drinking (AA was offered to her as an option, or a 12-step program if it wasn't enough), OR she could continue down her spiraling path of self harm and addiction while she flunked out of the Academy.

There was no light that switched on in her head, telling her to accept; no 'come to jesus' moment that came from her intervention. All it boiled down to was this: she couldn't disappoint Jonas, even though he was dead. He had been so proud when she got into the Academy and he'd been there for her every step of the way, her entire life. Jonas had promised to take her on a celebratory flight once she graduated, so she had to finish what she started. Annoyed and out of options, Alessia agreed to clean up her act, see a counselor, and accept the good graces of her professors. The sessions were arduous at first, but her therapist was patient and eventually Alessia opened up about her life, her dreams, her regrets and her fears. She explained that she was the most upset with herself because she didn't finish school in time to get out there and get revenge for her brother's death. Her counselor encourgaed her to focus on the positive words and inspiration that her brother left behind instead of succumbing to revenge. He pointed out that revenge was the easier way out, but it took a stronger person to offer forgiveness and choose to overcome the tragedy. Alessia wasn't ready for forgiveness yet, but she did like the counselor's advice about being strong. So instead of dwelling on her rage, she channeled it into weight-lifting and capoeira training. By the time the semester ended, Alessia had pulled her grades up from the F's that they were to C's. She passed and didn't have to repeat anything, but her GPA wasn't high enough to qualify for the special program that they announced that year: the Tactical CONN Valkyrie Fighter Project.

The remainder of her years at the Academy had one sole purpose: to earn entry into the Valkyrie Project. Alessia poured all her efforts into becoming physically stronger and intellectually smarter than her peers in hopes of qualifying for the project, but it wasn't until her final year that she made the cut. When her name was announced at Graduation, followed by her degree Major and Minor and the Tactical CONN Valkyrie Project, she screamed with joy. She had done it. She had a lot of help along the way, but she had finally graduated. Her whole family, including her sister-in-law and niece, came to the Graduation and the celebration afterwards. It was a joyous occasion that was only marred by one sad thought: Jonas wasn't there. At that moment, a pair of jets flew overhead, leaving wispy smoke trails in their wakes and Alessia had to laugh to choke back her tears. Yes he was, in spirit, and he was so proud of her.

Active Service

Alessia's first assignment came in the wake of the USS Hiroshima, an ageing modified Ambassador-class carrier that saw extensive use during the Dominion War. Considering she was selected to be part of the fighter project to pilot the new generation of Valkyrie warp fighters, it was to Alessia's surprise when she found out that she would be piloting Peregrine-fighters instead. This did disappointed her no end, especially considering it was this very class of fighter that her brother died in during the war and thus struggled initially to get on with the fighter.

The tour on the ship did not bring up anything out of the ordinary. The vessel was mostly patrolling near the Cardassian borders. Alessia spent most of her time on patrol's and dealing with the odd raiders causing trouble or taking advantage of anything in they could get their hands on. During her short time on the Hiroshima, the young Spanish woman came to respect the ageing fighter, understanding how the small craft was pivotal to the war. To her, they were not as fancy as a Valkyrie but they were robust and reliable fighters. After spending a year aboard, news came from Starfleet that the Hiroshima was slated for decommissioning and for many of the pilots and crew, it meant reassignment to a new posting.

That new posting came in the form of an Akira-class warship, the USS Kusanagi. The Akira-class ship was renowned for its performance as a frontline warship and as a carrier for fleet operations and Alessia was excited at the prospect of serving on such as vessel. Especially after seeing that she would be piloting one of the Mark II Valkyries. The Kusanagi was tasked with operating within and around areas of interest along the Cardassian border. Where tensions and attacks were more common than what the pilot has seen while serving aboard the Hiroshima. Again, as time would pass, the Kusanagi mostly dealt with patrols, raider attacks, escort duties and dealing with some dissidents of Cardassian warships. It appeared not everyone liked the agreement that ended the war at the battle of Cardassia.

During the latter half of her two-year tenure aboard the Kusanagi was the time of when Alessia would come of age. In the early part of 2380. The Kusanagi would receive a distress call from a Federation freighter that was under attack. However, it was not clear of whom was really attacking the vessel in question. With no time to lose, the vessel set an intercept course. The captain of the ship had the right idea. En-route, as the Valkyrie fighters were ready and prepped for launch with bay doors open. This would cut down launch times the moment the ship dropped out of warp, and upon arrival, the plan was set straight in motion, only to be ambushed by a group of Cardassian warships. It was quite the surprise as the fighters left the bay and found themselves immediately fired upon by a plethora of weapons fire aimed at slowing them down enough for an enemy warship to finish of the freighter.

During the fighting, Alessia came up with an idea to break through the Cardassian line and make a break for the freighter and was probably in one of her random moments of thinking out of the box. Hell, even she was not sure of it herself but felt she had to try and flew towards the Cardassian ships. At the last moment, Alessia initiated her manoeuvre and prayed it would work or watch as the freighter would be destroyed. A moment later and for surprising many on both sides, she confused the sensors of practically everyone for a moment as she performed the 'Picard maneuver' in her warp fighter and to even her surprise, it worked.

In the confusion, Alessia broke through and was the only fighter to do so, and she did not wait before going after the warship that was pounding the freighter. During a daring effort to get the warship's attention, which didn't seem too hard as her cockpit was already lighting up from the weapons fire, Alessia worked her ass off to get within the shields of the vessel and targeted the weapons array of the vessel. It felt like it took forever playing cat and mouse with the larger ship before her efforts paid off, forcing the ship to break off its attack and retreat. Saving the freighter in the process, it appeared the other ships started to retreat and limp away as another Federation ship arrived during the combat; the Defiant-class vessel USS Chester.

Due to her efforts, Alessia was commended for her actions and promoted to Lieutenant, Junior Grade. During the latter part of 2380, Alessia was assigned to Luna Shipyards to partake in the Valravn Project. A highly-classified, secret fighter project. Although sceptical, and not overly keen on leaving her Kusanagi family, the Spanish woman took to the project with an open mind and excitement in getting the opportunity to play with, test and operate an experimental new warp fighter.

When news came through that the USS Theurgy had supposedly defected, it sunk her heart and made her think of what could possibly make a whole ship and crew to do such an act. Then orders came to Luna Shipyards that the twenty prototype Valravn fighters were needed to be put into field duty since the Theurgy's Mk III Valkyries were better than what the rest of Task Force Archeron had in terms of superiority fighters. So, the White Wolves Squadron ceased to be test pilots and were instead commissioned to the USS Orcus, which was supposed to join Task Force Archeron and hunt down the Theurgy. In late February of 2381, the USS Orcus found the task force adrift, orbiting Theta Eridani IV without means of communication or propulsion. They had been affected by a computer virus, and it was only with the help of the USS Orcus "clean" software that the entire task force could exit orbit and take up the hunt again. Task Force Archeron immediately set a course towards Starbase 84 - meaning to intercept the Theurgy.

Personality profile

Alessia was an exceedingly spirited woman who was considered quite resourceful when in the cockpit, being able to think not only on the go but also able to think “outside of the box”. Although at times she was seen as extremely loud, especially if having one too many to drink. Alessia was generally outgoing and approachable and loved the freedom of the pilot's life. Her brother was a major factor in her career choice, following her family’s tradition of being pilots within Starfleet in one way or another.

She was once told she was as stubborn as a Telarite and sometimes allowed her emotions to get the better of her, often having her temperament and frustration more times than one causing the woman to unknowingly mix English and Spanish. Quite the vicious thing when pushed too far, Alessia was widely known for being a tough cookie. She was a strong-willed individual, rarely ever changing her stance on something once she had set her mind to it. She had made her fair share of mistakes, although her conscience did sometimes tend to get in the way, along with her own emotions (when running high), at times causing her to be both foolish and irrational and leading her into situations that she would rarely ever think about first.

A brave and selfless woman at heart, Alessia was unafraid to jump into action- willing to do whatever it took to get the job done or keep those closest to her safe. Even if it meant she put her own life on the line. She was known to be a major risk-taker, unfortunately getting hooked on the rush of adrenaline. Alessia enjoyed trying to get some free time to self-care. If time permitted she could train at least 2-3 times per week, doing cardio and light weight lift exercises. The pilot, who was the fan of skating, could easily forget about her work-out and go skating. This activity made her legs stronger and slimmer while she enjoyed doing other activities in the holodeck. She ate healthy food to remain slim. She loved meat and that’s why her favourite dish was grilled chicken or turkey. She included veg's in her menu and tries not to eat sweet things, although she liked them. Alessia also enjoyed the time she could get to speak with her six-year-old niece, Nylah.

Physical Profile

Alessia had an impressive athletic body from where she worked out. She stood at 5'5" and weighed 132 lbs. She was toned to the point of being lightly muscled but had some curves. She had long black wavy hair which fell to shoulder length, draping over her shoulders. Sometimes she would tie it up but preferred to have her hair free. She had easy-to-get-lost-into chocolatey brown eyes and an olive skin complexion.