Lieutenant Commander River Hart-Morgan

Character Information

Gender		Female
Species		3/4 Human/1/4 Betazoid
Age		43

Physical Appearance

Height		5'8" (1.73m)
Weight		128lbs (58.01 kgs)
Hair Color		Auburn Red
Eye Color		Green-Hazel
Physical Description		River is 43yrs old with red-auburn hair and green/hazel eyes which show a deep emerald green when she is emotional. Her long hair is naturally wavy and hard to control, but she usually wears it up and off her face..

Family

Spouse		Lt (jg) Ben Morgan – Deceased
Children		None
Father		Rr Adml Peter Hart (Retired)
Mother		Dr Skye Hart
Brother(s)		Richard, Matthew & Robert
Sister(s)		None
Other Family		None declared other than one maternal betazoid grandmother.

Personality & Traits

General Overview		River does have ‘fire’ in her which as a child was known to erupt in frustration or to occasionally escape as well-meant mischief although she has learned over the years to suppress and keep this side of her away from the general gaze. She is a passionate woman with a deeply caring side, but she knows how to detach herself to see the overview, which has been essential in her career. She has matured into a serene, patient and accomplished doctor with many commendations and a published Research Paper to prove her dedication to her work however her personal life remains what she herself would term 'messy' ever since she was widowed young and a reluctance to get hurt again influences her relationships adversely.
Strengths & Weaknesses		River's strengths are her courage, her humour, her natural talent as a doctor and her refusal to give up on any patient no matter how little hope there might seem to be. She is sensitive and responsive as a doctor whether it's something so small as an abrasion or so large as major microbioreconstructive surgery. She is able to overview successfully and apply this to most situations. She is an optimist, with an indestructible spirit, passionate about the things she believes in and always follows through consistently. Her weaknesses include the very passion that drives her, which sometimes brings her to be stubborn about that which she feels is right. Her childlike sense of humour and wonder can be saving graces if she becomes too intense but they can make her an easy target who can be gullible, especially in the area of romance. She has had a number of failed relationships since she was widowed at 25.
Ambitions		River has an ambition to 'trouble shoot'. She has no current driving desire to settle down and stay in one place but she does enjoy the challenge of being a new broom sweeping clean. She considers the opportunity of taking the position of Chief Medical Officer on the USS Goddard as one that would give her a senior role in a working sickbay which would, in turn, offer sufficient established working foundations to allow an outreach into say... Research or More Genetics Work – her own forte - without it being too disruptive a side-line in the overview of normal day to day running. She believes that research is the new growth of any size of integrated Medical Facility and she likes to bring more of it into the reach of medics and students who might otherwise not have the mentors, inspiration or support to grow in this way. She knows she was gifted to have been offered such opportunities as this herself and wants to make them available to others if she can. If she can set up some strong Research Work in the time she is allocated to the Goddard, she will feel she has succeeded.
Hobbies & Interests		River paints for relaxation but her true love is music of all kinds and she has a collection of every type imaginable which she often indulges in at a louder than popular volume, especially if she needs to vent emotion. Talented with picking up basics of various languages she is also fond of cloud surfing and Holo-ball.

Personal History		Nee River Hart, she was born third to a family of four children, two brothers older and one younger. Her mother is a retired, one half Betazoid, three-quarters Terran, doctor and her father is a full-Terran retired Fleet Officer of Starfleet who had already achieved Captain before he married and was relatively late to discover fatherhood, his wife being 10 years younger than himself. Educated on Earth, River lived relatively uneventfully at the family home in England until she was ready for the Academy at San Francisco. Her eldest brother went into Starfleet and became a CO quickly but her second brother went into commerce and currently owns a small fleet of freighters running cargo between planets and star systems in the Alpha Quadrant. The youngest brother became a doctor under pressure but swore never to enter Starfleet. He gave in, however, when he discovered the best medical schools were attached to the Academy. He is currently an Assistant Chief Medical Officer aboard a Starbase deep in the far reaches, close to the Neutral Zone within feasible reach of Romulan Space.
Service Record		After graduating from the Academy River married her Academy sweetheart Ben Morgan but was posted soon after to the USS Frost as a junior doctor, and he to the USS Inspiration as a fighter pilot . She climbed to Lieutenant (jg) before being re-assigned to the USS Oblivion when the news was broken to her that her husband had been killed in action. River tried to deal with her grief by burying herself in her work and achieved Junior Surgeon before transferring to the USS Venture where she was promoted to Lieutenant. She then moved to Starbase Gamma 5 as Assistant Chief Medical Officer and gained two years’ more experience and Research work there. River gave her career her best shot as she does with everything she decides is worth doing. She has been appraised as being level-head and sensitive which are an important combination in the Medical environment and she has learned to remain calm under pressure. Of Note: Lieutenant (Jg) River Morgan MD, was recently awarded the Tolley Prize for Outstanding Medical Research for work in Genetics; The pre-disposition of cells to Amorphisosis in immature mammalian species relative to the acquisition of amorphic tendancies initiated by exposure to tri-phasicneoradiation.