Lieutenant JG Jade Petracca
Name Jade Angelica Petracca
Position Assistant Chief Medical Officer
Rank Lieutenant JG
Character Information
| Gender | Female | |
| Species | Human | |
| Age | 30 | |
| Sexual Orientation | Bisexual |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 1.73m | |
| Weight | 62kg | |
| Hair Color | Brown | |
| Eye Color | Brown | |
| Physical Description | Jade is of mixed human ancestry; has brown eyes, thick dark brows, and a strong jawline. Her dark brown hair is usually tied back to comply with regulations and protect it from airborne human fluids. She is of average build, allowing her to keep up with Starfleet's fitness standards, but is no athlete. |
Family
| Father | Jed Petracca, 56 | |
| Mother | Alice Petracca, 53 | |
| Sister(s) | Christina Petracca, 25 |
Personality & Traits
| Personality Overview | On average, Jade is a kind and empathetic person. Having been raised on Earth, she is product of paradise. Therefore, she is an optimist who sees the best in everyone, sometimes to her own detriment. She is a consummate professional; a fierce advocate for her patients, studious in her duties, but somewhat lacking in confidence as an inexperienced physician. Social and bubbly, her bedside manner is impeccable, though she prefers to defer to more experienced opinions if she can obtain them. She can be sensitive and tortured in the face of failure or confrontation, and has a hard time living with traumatic experiences. | |
| Ambitions | Jade's main goal in life is to be the best healer she can be, whether that is in Starfleet or in private practice. When she is older, she would like to settle down with a family on a quiet Federation colony and live out her life as a country doctor. She knows, however, that she must do the hard yards to earn this. | |
| Strengths & Weaknesses | +Kindness and empathy +Social +Capable as a physician, with room to grow +Openness to new ideas +Treats patients like family, will advocate hard for their needs -Conflict averse -Self critical -Inexperienced physician, little practical experience -Sensitive to conflict and trauma -Trusting, sometimes to a fault -Can find 'hills to die on' when it comes to her patients |
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| Hobbies & Interests | Outside of her duties, Jade enjoys spending time in the ship's lounge with fellow junior officers. She enjoys quiz nights, playing social sports and Mok'bara. |
Medical History
| Personal History | Jade was born on Earth in 2339 to loving parents Jed and Alice Petracca. Growing up in many idyllic cities on Earth during the Earth's most peaceful years, Jade attending school surrounded by doting teachers who fostered her gifts and encouraged her to pursue her curiosities; history, science, literature, there was nothing she was not allowed to explore. As she grew up, she became interested in medicine. As a high school student, she undertook voluntary experiences in a medical clinic specialising in paediatrics. She thrived in this environment and was mentored by an old country doctor who taught her about the importance of practicing medicine with her head, heart and hands. At the conclusion of her secondary schooling, Jade was admitted to the University of Sydney to begin her science degree. While never the top of her class, she proved to be a proficient academic who enjoyed the rigidity of science. While undertaking her degree, she continued to volunteer in medical clinics, learning the art of practicing medicine in a practical setting, where patients became family. At the completion of her science degree in 2361, she was offered the opportunity to leave the safe confines of Earth to shadow a doctor on Far Station Reynolds near the Tzenkethi border. There, she was exposed to true xenomedicine. This was also her first interaction with Starfleet, whose injured troops streamed through the sickbay. While the experience was confronting and raw, Jade found herself enamored with the medical officers, some of which encouraged her to consider a future in Starfleet. Returning to Earth, Jade progressed to Sloan Medical School, putting all her volunteer experience into academic practice. Again, she was never the star pupil. She was, however, one who sought new opportunities at every turn, spending her academic breaks going out to the frontiers to gain experience. Time and time again, she found herself working with Starfleet. In 2365, she took on a medical internship at the Gregory House Memorial Hospital. Though she found the learning interesting and practical, it was far from the challenge she sought. At the conclusion of her internship, the Jade was offered an internship with a mobile medical team in the Federation's planetary outreach programs. As an in-training civilian doctor, she often was rushed out to mining accidents in places administrated by the Dytallix Mining Company. However, as news of the Bajoran occupation hit the headlines around the Federation, she found herself in humanitarian relief missions, especially as the Cardassians began to deescalate. At the completion of her medical training and now formally a doctor, Jade returned to Earth to enrol in Starfleet's officer commissioning program in 2367. While undertaking her Starfleet training, she assisted in the rehabilitation of survivors of Wolf 359, another harrowing experience. In 2368, Jade graduated and was posted to Caldik Prime, where she was mentored by Doctor Laurie Fitzgerald. In line with Starfleet Medical's officer training procedures, she was then rotated to the USS Thunderbird in 2369 for shipboard service. |
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| Service Record | 2357-2361 University of Sydney Bachelor of Science Student 2361-2365 Sloan Medical School Medical Student Student 2365-2366 Gregory House Memorial Hospital Medical Intern Student Doctor 2366-2367 Federation Planetary Outreach Medical Team Medical Resident Student Doctor 2367 Starfleet Officer Candidate School, Earth Student Officer Cadet 2368-2369 Cadlik Prime Medical Officer Lieutenant JG 2369 USS Thunderbird Assistant Chief Medical Officer Lieutenant JG |