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Ensign Rishi Chabbra
Name Rishi Chabbra
Position Alien Archaeologist/Anthropologist
Rank Ensign
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Species | Human | |
| Age | 32 |
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| Hair Color | Dark Brown | |
| Eye Color | Dark Brown | |
| Physical Description | Shorter and stocky, Rishi Chabbra is not exactly a gym rat so much as a lab rat. However, his interests and areas of studies demand more physical activity than other science officers aboard. The Chief Science Officer constantly having him hop from deck to deck and running errands has helped him slim down a bit as has his service in Starfleet. He does, however, still show a bit of baby fat. He has dark brown hair has started to show salt and pepper in places, most noticeable in his facial hair. He also has dark brown eyes with a golden honey colored skin tone. Getting used to life aboard a starship is a lot different than his previous posting. Rishi has a fairly average appearance and tends to just blend in among the other Humans aboard the starship Ontario. Rishi is no spring chicken despite only being an ensign. Starfleet was a career change for him, and he's more experienced than your standard fresh out of the academy ensign. |
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Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Rishi’s personality is introspective, gentle, and slightly withdrawn. He’s not unfriendly — in fact, his dry wit and understated humor make him well-liked among his fellow junior officers — but he’s uncomfortable with command and avoids confrontation. He has no desire for medals or promotions; he simply wants time and space to pursue his passion. He finds joy in solving intellectual problems, piecing together cultural mysteries, and contributing quietly to the scientific body of knowledge. Despite his lack of ambition, Rishi is a capable and dependable officer. Senior staff know they can rely on him to deliver thorough research, creative cultural insights, and detailed analyses when asked — though they sometimes have to remind him to bring his findings forward. His low rank and unassuming presence make him almost invisible in the larger hierarchy, something he’s perfectly happy with. Outside of work, Rishi enjoys ancient Earth poetry, meditation, and classical music from the Indian subcontinent. He has few close friends but is on friendly terms with most of his fellow lower-decks crew, occasionally surprising them with obscure historical anecdotes or deadpan jokes. He has little interest in romantic relationships, seeing them as distractions from his intellectual pursuits, though he sometimes wonders what it would be like to share his passions with someone who truly understands them. In many ways, Rishi Chabbra represents the quiet heart of Starfleet’s mission: the pursuit of knowledge, the love of discovery, and the commitment to peaceful exploration. Though he may never rise to command or earn great accolades, his steady work contributes in its own small way to Starfleet’s understanding of the galaxy’s ancient past — and in the quiet of the laboratory, Rishi is exactly where he wants to be. |
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| Personal History | Rishi Chabbra was born in 2363 along the tense but increasingly peaceful India-Pakistan border, in a small rural settlement where old cultural traditions still thrived beside the influence of Earth’s global Federation culture. His parents, Amarjeet and Fariha Chabbra, were both teachers — his father a historian, his mother a language scholar. Growing up surrounded by books, stories, and historical debates at the dinner table, Rishi learned to love the past: not just his own cultural past, but the broader sweep of galactic history. Unlike many children of his generation, Rishi was not drawn to adventure or space travel. He preferred the quiet of study, the unraveling of puzzles long left unsolved. His interest deepened when, at age fourteen, he saw a Federation educational program about the Tkon Empire — an ancient, mysterious interstellar civilization that had collapsed hundreds of thousands of years ago. While other teens were fascinated by warp cores or starship piloting, Rishi dreamed of unearthing the lost secrets of the Tkon. Rishi attended the University of Delhi, specializing in xenocultural history and comparative alien archaeology. His academic work was sharp, methodical, and meticulous. Professors noted he was brilliant in small bursts but lacked the drive to push beyond the minimum. He didn’t seek awards or recognition; he wanted only the satisfaction of knowledge. After earning his degrees, Rishi reluctantly applied to Starfleet Academy — urged on by his parents, who believed Starfleet would open doors to resources and discoveries unavailable to civilian researchers. Rishi found the Academy a challenge — not intellectually, but socially and physically. He was not athletic, not competitive, and not particularly assertive. He completed courses and requirements with middling marks, excelling only in specialized xenoscience fields. Instructors noted his skill in analysis but his lack of initiative. Where others rushed to take command or lead projects, Rishi was content to work quietly in the lab, away from the spotlight. By 2395, Rishi is 32 years old and holds the rank of Ensign — unusually low for someone his age. Many of his Academy classmates have long since become lieutenants, department heads, or even commanders. But Rishi has no real ambition to rise. He enjoys his quiet life as a junior science officer, working in the lower decks laboratories of his assigned starship. While others strive for bridge duty or field assignments, Rishi prefers poring over sensor data, examining alien artifacts, or running complex cultural simulations. His specialty is alien archaeology and anthropology, with a razor-sharp focus on the Tkon Empire. He has become something of an unofficial expert on Tkon technology, society, and collapse, though few outside his department realize it. His quarters are lined with replicated models of Tkon artifacts, and he can speak at length about their enigmatic guardians and their ancient interstellar defense networks. He dreams of one day participating in a real Tkon site excavation, though — characteristically — he has never put in for a transfer or petitioned his commanding officers for such an assignment. |
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