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agonybooth) wrote2012-02-05 02:26 pm
agonybooth) wrote2012-02-05 02:26 pm
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Character Name: Malcolm Reed
Series: Star Trek: Enterprise (mirror universe)
Age: 34
From When?: Age of the Empress, when he's shot by Admiral Talas
Inmate/Warden: Inmate. As a subject of the Terran Empire and attached to Starfleet, he works to subjugate any alien race their ships come across. Specifically, Malcolm tortures both enemy aliens and fellow Starfleet officers while enjoying it, to the point where he invented the agony booth to better make people suffer for a longer period of time.
Item: N/A
Abilities/Powers: Malcolm is a human without any special powers, though he is a member of the Terran Empire's version of the space marines, which means that he's a fighter and can hold his own in a fight, whether it be hand to hand or otherwise. He's also a skilled tactician, obvious by the fact that he's the tactical officer for both of the Empire's most recent flagships even after he was thought of as a threat. Also he has some training in weapons engineering, having invented the agony booth with help from the Enterprise's doctor, Phlox.
Personality: To his peers, Malcolm Reed is a ruthless and hated man with ambitions to go far above his current rank, who is loyal to his captain only up to a certain point, and doesn't listen to orders when he should. As most of his peers are paranoid, backstabbing sociopaths with ambitions to move up the ranks in whatever way possible, what they believe about him is wrong for the most part. This isn't helped by the fact that he doesn't do much to prove them wrong about their assumptions and merely goes about his job. Instead, Malcolm is a serious man who works hard at his job and gets immense pleasure out of doing his duties and is incredibly loyal to his captain.
To Malcolm, his jobs is important above all else. He is the one that keeps everyone safe from outside forces from attacking and it's his people that patrol the ship, though he and his men won't go out of their way to protect anyone of a lesser rank, instead keeping their protection to the senior staff. As mentioned before, Malcolm really does enjoy the destructive parts of being a tactical officer, going so far as to smile when he sees his own ship get destroyed by Tholians. He gets very eager when the chance to murder a fellow crewmember comes up, bordering on insubordination at times. Torturing is what he really enjoys though, wanting to make people suffer for no reason other than the fact that he can.
Loyalty is a big part of his character and one of the rare visible good traits he has. Unlike the popular opinion on board his ship, he is loyal to whoever he considers his captain. Whether they’re actually the captain of the ship is another story. He will do whatever he can to assist who he’s loyal to, going as far as killing people for them or helping stage a coup again their enemies. He isn’t suicidal about it though, still putting his own life above his captain’s. He is more useful alive than dead, after all. After his captain’s death, he hasn’t been loyal to anyone else, instead respecting his next captain and very willing to help assist him in his plans after the possible promise of murdering aliens.
Malcolm, while normally being a very serious person, has from time to time opened up and been sarcastic and sometimes even downright playful when he wants to be. When he’s off being his very serious MACO self, he’s less likely to be like that, so it’s very rare that he does. He tends to be more sarcastic when he deals with people who act like idiots and will also act like he’s better than them, even when he’s not. Despite being a space marine, he’s not someone who is prone to anger, preferring to stay calm and get back at other people in a better way than just randomly attacking them. He’s also far more personable than most people think, able to get himself in with a number of higher ranking officers so that nothing bad can happen to himself due to anybody working against him.
At the Barge, Malcolm would try fitting himself into the hierarchy in any way he can, trying to see how he can make the situation better for him. He will pretend to be friendly to others so that he can gain allies on the Barge. Surprisingly, he wouldn't wish to return home or even want a second change at anything, finding the idea to be quite ridiculous. Once learning about the deal the Wardens can make, Malcolm will do anything to fake a graduation so he can become a Warden and make a deal to bring back his captain, Jonathan Archer.
Path to Redemption: Before anything can get through to Malcolm, what he needs to do is to learn to trust his Warden, as without that there won't be any progress made with him. Trust is a difficult concept for Terrans to understand, so it will take a long period of time for Malcolm to actually start to trust his Warden, though it will take less time if the Warden doesn't actively disapprove of his methods or is in a leadership position and proves that they are actually a leader worthy enough for respect. Getting him a concrete goal will also help in the long run, giving Malcolm to work towards instead of just “we’re going to redeem you, let’s go” which isn’t the most descriptive of goals in the first place. Finding a less destructive outlet for his destructive tendencies will also help, as well as the possibility of trying to make his need to destroy more of a need to protect.
History: http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Malcolm_Reed_(mirror)
Sample Journal Entry: Redemption can have numerous meanings depending on who you speak to. What one would consider redemption, another person could believe it’s not enough. Yet here we are, Wardens and Inmates, forced to deal with these multiple definitions of redemption and forcing these ideals upon others. It’s quite unfair, don’t you think, being forced to change yourself into what your Warden wants you to be. There are those who will weaken from this being forced upon us, though I do hope most of us aren’t that soft. It wouldn’t be very fun if we all gave in, would it not?
Sample RP: The side of his face itched under the metal plate that covered it, but he didn’t want to remove it in public on this so-called Barge in front of people he didn’t know. They were already giving him strange looks for the metal plate and eyepatch. He didn’t need them to give him pitying looks instead. That would have pushed things from minor annoyance to downright bothersome and something he’d have to end immediately. His face still itched though and he wanted that to stop, so he left, heading back to his quarters.
His quarters were the only placed that Malcolm felt was the safest area, having swept the room for bugs when he first arrived and while his room didn’t keep him safe from the oddities that occurred on the Barge, it was safe for him to be himself instead of who he pretended to be out there and that was safe enough for him. Malcolm had been lucky in a way, finding out about the warden and inmate thing here, not to mention the fact that the T’Pol and Tucker here weren’t his T’Pol and Tucker, which made it easier to fool everyone. Slip those two a few well placed if vague lies and everything falls into place just as if he planned it.
Taking off his eyepatch and metal plate, he sat down and finally scratched the burnt skin, relieved by such a small thing. Once he was done, he waved a hand in front of his left eye. Malcolm sighed as he couldn't see it still.
"You would think I would be used to that by now," he murmured softly to himself, touching the skin around his eye gingerly. "I was hoping that Phlox was wrong about my eye. I suppose I'll never be able to fly a plane."
He laughed at that. It was such a little thing to be amused about, but he couldn't help it. On his face was proof that he failed his captain and wasn't around to protect him from Sato and Mayweather. Thinking about those two made him scowl. His captain was the reason he was putting up this act. He has to save him.
Special Notes: This Malcolm Reed is from Enterprise's canon mirror universe, not the one from the main universe that T'Pol and Trip are a part of.
User DW:
xanatosgambitAIM/IM: requicksilvered
E-mail: liquidsnakeisastalker@gmail.com
Other Characters: Nicholas Rush
Character Name: Malcolm Reed
Series: Star Trek: Enterprise (mirror universe)
Age: 34
From When?: Age of the Empress, when he's shot by Admiral Talas
Inmate/Warden: Inmate. As a subject of the Terran Empire and attached to Starfleet, he works to subjugate any alien race their ships come across. Specifically, Malcolm tortures both enemy aliens and fellow Starfleet officers while enjoying it, to the point where he invented the agony booth to better make people suffer for a longer period of time.
Item: N/A
Abilities/Powers: Malcolm is a human without any special powers, though he is a member of the Terran Empire's version of the space marines, which means that he's a fighter and can hold his own in a fight, whether it be hand to hand or otherwise. He's also a skilled tactician, obvious by the fact that he's the tactical officer for both of the Empire's most recent flagships even after he was thought of as a threat. Also he has some training in weapons engineering, having invented the agony booth with help from the Enterprise's doctor, Phlox.
Personality: To his peers, Malcolm Reed is a ruthless and hated man with ambitions to go far above his current rank, who is loyal to his captain only up to a certain point, and doesn't listen to orders when he should. As most of his peers are paranoid, backstabbing sociopaths with ambitions to move up the ranks in whatever way possible, what they believe about him is wrong for the most part. This isn't helped by the fact that he doesn't do much to prove them wrong about their assumptions and merely goes about his job. Instead, Malcolm is a serious man who works hard at his job and gets immense pleasure out of doing his duties and is incredibly loyal to his captain.
To Malcolm, his jobs is important above all else. He is the one that keeps everyone safe from outside forces from attacking and it's his people that patrol the ship, though he and his men won't go out of their way to protect anyone of a lesser rank, instead keeping their protection to the senior staff. As mentioned before, Malcolm really does enjoy the destructive parts of being a tactical officer, going so far as to smile when he sees his own ship get destroyed by Tholians. He gets very eager when the chance to murder a fellow crewmember comes up, bordering on insubordination at times. Torturing is what he really enjoys though, wanting to make people suffer for no reason other than the fact that he can.
Loyalty is a big part of his character and one of the rare visible good traits he has. Unlike the popular opinion on board his ship, he is loyal to whoever he considers his captain. Whether they’re actually the captain of the ship is another story. He will do whatever he can to assist who he’s loyal to, going as far as killing people for them or helping stage a coup again their enemies. He isn’t suicidal about it though, still putting his own life above his captain’s. He is more useful alive than dead, after all. After his captain’s death, he hasn’t been loyal to anyone else, instead respecting his next captain and very willing to help assist him in his plans after the possible promise of murdering aliens.
Malcolm, while normally being a very serious person, has from time to time opened up and been sarcastic and sometimes even downright playful when he wants to be. When he’s off being his very serious MACO self, he’s less likely to be like that, so it’s very rare that he does. He tends to be more sarcastic when he deals with people who act like idiots and will also act like he’s better than them, even when he’s not. Despite being a space marine, he’s not someone who is prone to anger, preferring to stay calm and get back at other people in a better way than just randomly attacking them. He’s also far more personable than most people think, able to get himself in with a number of higher ranking officers so that nothing bad can happen to himself due to anybody working against him.
At the Barge, Malcolm would try fitting himself into the hierarchy in any way he can, trying to see how he can make the situation better for him. He will pretend to be friendly to others so that he can gain allies on the Barge. Surprisingly, he wouldn't wish to return home or even want a second change at anything, finding the idea to be quite ridiculous. Once learning about the deal the Wardens can make, Malcolm will do anything to fake a graduation so he can become a Warden and make a deal to bring back his captain, Jonathan Archer.
Path to Redemption: Before anything can get through to Malcolm, what he needs to do is to learn to trust his Warden, as without that there won't be any progress made with him. Trust is a difficult concept for Terrans to understand, so it will take a long period of time for Malcolm to actually start to trust his Warden, though it will take less time if the Warden doesn't actively disapprove of his methods or is in a leadership position and proves that they are actually a leader worthy enough for respect. Getting him a concrete goal will also help in the long run, giving Malcolm to work towards instead of just “we’re going to redeem you, let’s go” which isn’t the most descriptive of goals in the first place. Finding a less destructive outlet for his destructive tendencies will also help, as well as the possibility of trying to make his need to destroy more of a need to protect.
History: http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Malcolm_Reed_(mirror)
Sample Journal Entry: Redemption can have numerous meanings depending on who you speak to. What one would consider redemption, another person could believe it’s not enough. Yet here we are, Wardens and Inmates, forced to deal with these multiple definitions of redemption and forcing these ideals upon others. It’s quite unfair, don’t you think, being forced to change yourself into what your Warden wants you to be. There are those who will weaken from this being forced upon us, though I do hope most of us aren’t that soft. It wouldn’t be very fun if we all gave in, would it not?
Sample RP: The side of his face itched under the metal plate that covered it, but he didn’t want to remove it in public on this so-called Barge in front of people he didn’t know. They were already giving him strange looks for the metal plate and eyepatch. He didn’t need them to give him pitying looks instead. That would have pushed things from minor annoyance to downright bothersome and something he’d have to end immediately. His face still itched though and he wanted that to stop, so he left, heading back to his quarters.
His quarters were the only placed that Malcolm felt was the safest area, having swept the room for bugs when he first arrived and while his room didn’t keep him safe from the oddities that occurred on the Barge, it was safe for him to be himself instead of who he pretended to be out there and that was safe enough for him. Malcolm had been lucky in a way, finding out about the warden and inmate thing here, not to mention the fact that the T’Pol and Tucker here weren’t his T’Pol and Tucker, which made it easier to fool everyone. Slip those two a few well placed if vague lies and everything falls into place just as if he planned it.
Taking off his eyepatch and metal plate, he sat down and finally scratched the burnt skin, relieved by such a small thing. Once he was done, he waved a hand in front of his left eye. Malcolm sighed as he couldn't see it still.
"You would think I would be used to that by now," he murmured softly to himself, touching the skin around his eye gingerly. "I was hoping that Phlox was wrong about my eye. I suppose I'll never be able to fly a plane."
He laughed at that. It was such a little thing to be amused about, but he couldn't help it. On his face was proof that he failed his captain and wasn't around to protect him from Sato and Mayweather. Thinking about those two made him scowl. His captain was the reason he was putting up this act. He has to save him.
Special Notes: This Malcolm Reed is from Enterprise's canon mirror universe, not the one from the main universe that T'Pol and Trip are a part of.