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the basics CHARACTER NAME: Gabriel Lorca CHARACTER CANON: Star Trek Discovery CURRENT AGE: 55 CURRENT STATUS: single SPECIES: Human SEXUALITY: Heteroflexible

ic permissions HUGGING: ✔ KISSING: ✔ FLIRTING: ✔ ROMANCE: ✔ OTA SEX: ✔ M/F. M/M ftb. FIGHTING: ✔ Trained in close quarters and marksmanship. INJURY: ✔ DEATH: Discuss. MIND-READING: ✔ MANIPULATION: Discuss. OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS: Violence, death, grief, war, murder, mass murder, PTSD, survivor's guilt, everything Mirror universe (genocide, subjugation, slavery, torture, quasi-cannibalism, racism and xenophobia). ANYTHING ELSE:

ooc permissions PLAYER: Grace CONTACT: PM, verhoeven SHIPPING: ✔ BACKTAGGING: ✔ THREADHOPPING: Please ask unless post or thread states otherwise. FOURTHWALLING: ✔ In-franchise only. OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS: Graphic animal abuse. ANYTHING ELSE:

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Background based on Drastic Measures

• Originally a security officer.
  
  
• Stationed on Tarsus IV in 2246. Lieutenant Commander of Observation Outpost Tarsus IV (OT-4).
  
  
• Close friends with his team, in a serious relationship with colonist Balayna Ferasini. Lost multiple team members to Kodos the Executioner's soldiers, lost Balayna in the massacre that took the lives of four thousand colonists.
  
  
• Combined forces with the crew of the USS Narbonne, which arrived one day after the tragedy. Notable among its complement: Commander Philippa Georgiou.
  
  
• Not above unethical interrogation. Didn't enact martial law but he will capitalize on it.
  
  
• Emotionally compromised, willing to keep his phaser holstered and eliminate threats through cathartic physical combat. He struggles with ideas of violent retribution towards Kodos.
  
  
• Issues just so many death threats.
  
  
• And uses enemy prisoners in his search for Kodos, as guides and canaries (where the coal mine is filled with bombs).
  
  
• Heads a manhunt into the mountains with the intent of bringing Kodos to justice. Unless...
  
  
• Kodos resists. After a firefight in Kodos's makeshift cavern headquarters, Kodos is seemingly killed by a grenade.
  
  
• The charred remains in the cave are confirmed within 99% certainty to be Adrian Kodos. In reality, Kodos was rescued by a remaining sympathizer, leading to the events of TOS episode "Conscience of the King."
  
  
• A decade later, Lorca is canonically alive and imprisoned by the Terran Empire in the Mirror universe.

Since Tarsus IV, his record has been uneventful and without reproach. He switched tracks to Command, eventually becoming captain of the U.S.S. Buran.

Lorca had been contemplating retiring from Starfleet and settling down with Balayna. When she died, he put aside notions of such a life for himself, and doubled down on his career.

Would have never sacrificed the Buran crew, much less without including himself in that action, thank you very much. He operated with the ethos "We leave no one behind." (Source: Rise of Discovery, Star Trek Online)

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IN CHARACTER

CHARACTER NAME: Gabriel Lorca
CHARACTER AGE: 55
CHARACTER CANON: Star Trek: Discovery. Canon information: Gabriel Lorca and Drastic Measures which expands on his appearance in the canon tie-in novel.
CANON POINT: Drastic Measures epilogue
ABILITIES: None.

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WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND? WHAT IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO WEALTH?: Gratuitous wealth is unseemly and poverty is unthinkable. The Federation provides for its citizens needs far above a basic standard. Credits are used primarily for requisitioning and trade with other societies. As a Starfleet officer, Lorca does earn credits for his service, so currency is not unfamiliar to him. But it isn't and has never been his motivation. Substandard living conditions unnerve him, after what the famine led to on Tarsus IV. People pushed to their limits do things they can never take back.

WHAT WOULD/DID YOUR CHARACTER MAJOR IN?: Lorca studied the usual range of subjects required to comport oneself competently on a space vessel, majoring in Command and Control.

WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR CHARACTER?: His life was relatively unexceptional for a Starfleet officer and untouched by tragedy until the famine and massacre on Tarsus IV. He intended to stay the course of his life, remaining a security officer, until he considered settling down there with his girlfriend. Losing her and two thousand others changed his mind. He doubled down on Starfleet and pursued command, dedicating himself to the protection of others in a much greater capacity.

DESCRIBE YOUR CHARACTER USING ONE SONG FROM THE EARLY 2000S: Well it's simply gotta be "Welcome to the Black Parade". Nothing I can do about that.

NAME 1-3 VICES YOUR CHARACTER INDULGES IN: In descending order of how often he indulges them: Alcohol, especially from Earth. Casual sex, one night stands or friends with benefits. He's upfront about not wanting a relationship. Lastly, cigars.

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S LIQUOR OF CHOICE?: Southern gin. A refreshing Tom Collins during a hot summer.

HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER LIKE THEIR EGGS?: Over easy.

IF YOUR CHARACTER HAD TO DRINK SOMEONE'S DIRTY BATHWATER, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?: Katrina Cornwell's. They've known each other a long time and have an ongoing sexual relationship. Even if she were particularly dirty, he'd have no doubt it was from hard work done the right way.

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« « « CLEAN(ISH) SECTION » » » « Age: 55 « Birthdate: 11/18/2202 « Zodiac Sign: Scorpio « Height: 5'11" « Weight: 200lbs-ish? « Build: Medium broad. Muscular without going overboard. « Appearance: Here. « Voice: Slightly southern U.S. accent. « Body hair: A light scattering of chest hair, pits, legs. Occasional five o'clock shadow. « Scent: Bergamot aftershave. « Clothes: Navy blue, earth tones. Denim, leather and occasional canvas. T-shirts or dress shirts with the top few buttons undone, tucked in. Wristwatch. Boots.  « Scars: A scattering of decade old scars, phaser fire grazes and splits from blunt force. « Piercings: None. « Tattoos: None. « Other bodily markings: None. « Other notable physical details: None. « Residence: No roommate at the moment. « Occupation: TBA « Vices of choice: Drinking, casual sex, the rare cigar. « Hygienic routine: Showers daily, foregoes shaving if he's low. « Other daily habits: Morning run, catching up on the network over breakfast. At night he tries to exhaust himself in the gym or in bed with someone, or surreptitiously drink right up to the line of excess. « Sleeping habits: Sleeps alone and lightly. Nightmares. « « « DIRTY SECTION » » » « Sexual preference: Female-leaning pansexual. OOCly, I don't have much experience writing M/M so I prefer to fade to black there. « Where they fall on the D/s spectrum normally: Dominant. « Penis size:  6.5 inches, thick like the rest of him. « Pubic area: Trimmed and neat, usually. He's, uh, not making it a priority right now. « Circumcised?: No. « Underwear: Boxer briefs, black or navy blue. « Sleepwear: Right now it's just easiest to strip down to briefs and crash. If it's a bad night, he doesn't get that far. « What was their first time like?: With his first serious girlfriend. Pretty standard stuff. « Best sexual experience: Katrina, the night of the perseids meteor shower. Then Balayna, again outside but in the morning after a date and a fight and a resolution. « Worst sexual experience: The first woman he slept with after Balayna's death. It forced a catharsis out of him that resulted in tears and anger. He removed himself from the situation inelegantly. « Partner(s): No one by name currently. Accepting handwaved one night stands and casual partners. « Frequency: Once or twice a week, currently. « Masturbation: Not currently. « Favorite position: Right now, any way he can bury his face in his partner: her neck, her nape, between her legs. « Favorite place to have sex: Open air, open window. « Favorite kinks/sex acts: Worship (giving only atm), exhaustion, face sitting, rough. « Kinks they've tried and hated: Electrostimulation, creative use of phasers. « Favorite toys: Dildos, strap, we vibe type future thing. But he's keeping it basic right now. « Sensitive areas: Chest, back, palm, the back of his thighs, neck but don't touch him there. « Turn-ons: Praise, vocal responses, bedhead & sex hair, power bottoms, intimacy. « Turn-offs: Humiliation, degradation, aloofness. Currently: Begging. « Triggers: Knives.  « Something they want to try but haven't before: haha somno « Number one fantasy: Falling asleep with someone. « After-sex habits: Clean up, aftercare, getting them home safely or taking off himself. ♡♡♡ SALTBURNT MISCELLANEOUS ♡♡♡ WEIRDEST PLACE IN THE MANOR THEY'VE HAD SEX: TBA BEST MEMORY: Feeling the sun on his face. FAVORITE ROOM: TBA FAVORITE NPC: TBA FREQUENCY IN OTHERWORLD: Never. Fully avoiding it. KARAOKE SONG OF CHOICE: some tom waits shit