Michał Lipinski
Name Michał Aleksander Lipinski
Position Yeoman
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Species | ½ Risian | ½ Human | |
| Age | 24 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 6' 0" | |
| Weight | 147lbs | |
| Hair Color | Blonde | |
| Eye Color | Blue | |
| Physical Description |   His father is Human, but his mother is Risian, and all he’s ever really known was how to embrace Risa for all its freedom and beauty. He inherited his father’s towering height of eking above 6’ with a slender but muscular build. Though his eyes and sandy blonde hair comes from his mother’s side. The cold distant stare that looks as though he’s lost himself gazing into an abyss, however, that came from the Borg and losing everything he’s ever known. Michał keeps his hair longer but above shoulder length. |
Family
| Father | Anton Lipinski | |
| Mother | Leyvina Tunon |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Vibrant and brimming with life and exuberant amounts of spontaneity was a wonderful way to describe the young and naive Michał Aleksander Lipinski. At least prior to the Borg. There are still trace sparks of that within him, but everything that he knew, loved, and held dear has been leveled by the cybernetic demons that haunt his mind. He now barely sleeps because the memories of those things haunt him. Still, he puts on the bravest face as he can muster behind the pain seen in his blue eyes. In order to survive, he has defaulted to some of his more negative traits and tendencies. Constantly on the move and short-term thinking, seeking out instant gratification where he can find it. He leaps before he looks these days because the leaping was what kept him alive when so many others perished. As far as he knows, he is the only family that he has left and the only person he can truly depend upon is himself. He does not have contingency plans or escape clauses, just the will to live at whatever cost. Michał is bold, impulsive, and yet very perceptive. People were always his specialty due to his natural magnetism and his perceptiveness. He could always get a good sense of people, what they wanted or needed, and deliver it to them. This ability of his served him well as he worked as a server in resorts and retreats before working his way onto yachts and cruise ships. Though he has always been a ‘what you see is what you get’ sort of individual. He does not play mind games and has always been clear, concise, and direct about his wants and desires. The knack for striking up conversation came in handy more times than he’s cared to admit, and he understands that in desperate times, he may need to use that to better himself in this new world the Borg have forced him into. |
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| Strengths & Weaknesses | Strengths: Social and Approachable - “The old saying people will tell their bartender…” applies to Michał Lipiniski. He has always been a people person whether intentional or not. Even when their guard is up, it seems to somehow get lowered for him. Brazen - There is no greater joy for them than pushing boundaries and discovering and applying new tools and ideas. This has kept him alive thus far and he intends on sticking to it. Adaptability - When he needs to change, he will change. This may not make him the most honest individual to some, but whatever is needed to make himself and others more comfortable, he will adapt and adjust to the people and setting that he’s in. Weaknesses: Wild - He has never been one for rules and structure and the lack of inhibition of his society and culture have given him a strong appreciation towards liberty. If he is not careful though this presents itself in falling victim to his vices. He can be utterly impulsive and completely impatient. Trust issues - The Borg have not helped this in any way. He has always had trust issues, but when the Borg began tearing the Federation apart and scattering people, he started to trust people even less. He knows what desperation does to people. |
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| Ambitions | Survival – It’s as simple as that. The Borg have and continue to scorch worlds and strip away every once of humanity from the stars, and they have taken all the ambition that he once had, those dreams faded into nothingness. All that remains is the simple need to live to see another day even when sometimes he’d rather not. | |
| Hobbies & Interests | Hobbies and Interests have fallen to the wayside. It's more about vices these days, and he has several that are not include but are not limited to alcohol and whatever numbs the pain or distracts him from it. Loves a good decontamination chamber, but they are relatively obsolete aboard Federation starships. |
| Personal History |  Birth happened at 2343. Death occurred in 2367, the day the Borg came to the Sol system and did not stop. Though he is not physically deceased, the life he had before and the person he was becoming all halted that day. Everything changed and he had to start anew. Today, he’s aboard the Federation starship Jane Addams doing whatever is necessary to keep himself alive and trying to feel like he’s part of something more. It’s difficult to get out of bed sometimes, but he does it because the moment he stops running is the moment those cybernetic creatures catch up to him and the demons win. Hospitality was his career, and people were his passion and pleasure in his past life. Some of his experience and skills from back then have been transferrable to his new existence aboard the USS Jane Addams. He has worked since the day he turned sixteen, starting as a server in a small restaurant on Risa and working his way up to pleasure yacht and luxury cruise ships. When he turned eighteen, he enrolled at the University of Betazed majoring in Hospitality Management and minoring in Psychology, taking classes remotely for several semesters but ultimately dropping out despite passing his classes. He had enough credits to earn an Associates degree with plans on eventually continuing his education and stepping away from work to become a full-time student, but those plans were derailed. He was 3rd Steward aboard the Risian Luxury Cruiser Furnada en route to the sol system when the Borg arrived. Dozens of starships were there. Everyone did what they could even if they were not trained to do so. The starship Furnada was not armed for combat. It had minor defenses, and her armament were to simply to deter pirates until help could arrive. Still, her Captain took her into battle with the Borg Cube. An order to abandon ship was too little too late for most, but Michał made it to an escape pod that was later recovered by the USS Jane Addams. |
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| Service Record | 2359 – 2361: Risian Pleasure Yacht Lunat – Deckhand 2361 – 2367: Risian Luxury Starcruiser Furnada – 3rd Steward 2367-Present: USS Jane Addams – Yeoman |