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[legendary_hands]

player information
● name: Heidi
● age: 34
● contact: lunenightingale, lunenightingale.9234 (discord) or pm
● other characters: none

character information
● name: Dr. Leonard Horatio McCoy
● canon: Star Trek AOS
● canon point: Beyond
● age: 36

● (canon) background: Leonard McCoy’s History

● abilities:
McCoy is the Chief Medical Officer on the U.S.S. Enterprise. He can fulfill the role of many types of medical procedures from general practitioner to any type of surgery. His skills even allow him to call his hands ‘legendary’ for the things that he has accomplished as a well-practiced physician. Where he started off only working on Human physiology, he branched out to cover as many races as possible with xenobiology.

As a Starfleet officer, he is also versed in firing weapons, hand to hand combat, piloting and even survival in extreme situations. Where he prefers to stick with his work in medical, he is quite capable and in very good shape to do more than just be a doctor. (Also, because of these abilities to function in extreme scenarios, he can also do emergency first aid using what he has at hand.)

● strengths:

Has it together: Where he has a tendency to complain about scenarios, complications, and other factors, when under pressure he gets it done. He can figure it out and work through it and his own fears with the right motivation. (Which usually includes Jim asking him to or protecting the people he cares about.) Leonard knows there is a time and place for everything, including his grumpier nature and strong dislike for things going south. Regardless of these things, he will get what needs to be done, done. He is always reliable in that sense and will not let anyone down, especially his captain.

Kindness: On initial meeting, Leonard comes off as grumpy and unapproachable. In fact, if you see him interact with Kirk or Spock, you’d wonder how anyone gets along with him. On the other hand, he cares a great deal about any he treats of all ages, sizes, and race. He is a born doctor. He thought as a child that he wouldn’t want to be a doctor until helping a girl that broke her arm when he was a teenager. From that moment on, his passion has pushed him to being a great and thorough physician. He will help anyone that is in need and get them put back together. Even if he has ill feeling about a situation or group of people, he will still do the right thing as a doctor and keep his oath. All life is precious. He is also a very father like figure. This makes him prone to look out for those younger than him and worry about them too much. If he can help, he will. Be it advice or actually getting into a mess with them to get them out. He is loyal to a fault. Once he takes you in as someone important to him, he will help you out through good and bad.

Function under pressure: Much like getting things done, he is still a surgeon. Surgeons can work under the worst of circumstances and make the hard decisions rationally that most cannot. His hands area always steady and he can pull off miracles earning him that title of ‘legendary hands’. In the same way, this is seen when he alters an alien blaster and a piece of flak to help cauterize Spock’s wound in Beyond without complaint or hesitation. He gets it done and he does it well.

● weaknesses:

Grumpy as all hell: McCoy is sadly, not a ray of sunshine. He is a pessimist at best though he calls himself a realist. He doesn’t like to see the ‘bright side’ he wants the reality of it. And because of this, his demeanor comes off blunt and grouchy. He says what he thinks when he thinks it, leaving no room for any talent in things that require diplomacy. (This is definitely seen as he refers to Jim’s father as having “bit the dust”, earning a comment about his poor bedside manners.) Don’t expect him to be the one to talk anyone important down. (Not that he can’t, but generally he is not your best choice.)

Opens his mouth and says things when he shouldn’t: Much like above, the doctor just opens his mouth and says what he thinks. It is not always necessarily intended to be ‘negative’ but it certainly comes off that way. He often comments (using colorful metaphors and similes) about stupid decisions and has no qualms whatsoever telling you they are stupid. This doesn’t always endear him to people, but those closest to him know to ignore some of his less than shining moments. Especially when he is uncomfortable. It also doesn’t help that he will point out the obvious danger in any situation just in case anyone failed to notice it themselves (say, a giant snow globe in space waiting to be broken).

Phobias of flying and space: Leonard McCoy is horrified by flying. That includes space travel and the fear of not knowing what things may face him off in the near future. It’s not that he can’t conquer those fears when necessary, it just doesn’t have him making himself a ready volunteer where heights, air travel, and space are concerned (unless you are Jim Kirk and drag him out to do those things and ignore his incessant complaining as he does it).

● skills (optional): Aside from medical training, he is well versed in psychology (with a doctorate in it), he keeps a steady hand no matter the circumstances, improvises when necessary, and loves to learn given the chance.

● housing (optional): Preferably near or with Jim if possible.

● network username: Dr.McCoy

● network sample: Eluvio Network

● prose/action sample: Eluvio Logs