Samantha Rutherford

Summary
Samantha Rutherford was a Starfleet Officer in the Diplomatic Corps and granddaughter of Starfleet Rear Admiral Evangeline T’Pel, nee Baxter. Her grandfather was United Federation of Planets council member and Vulcan senator Dolan T’Pel. Growing up in the conflict zones of the mid 24th century she was marked by the violence and senselessness of war, from an early age on, which ultimately lead her to pursue a career in diplomacy.

She served in many theatres of the 24th century including the Mutara Nebula, the Dominion War & the Reman Incursion, just to name a few. Samantha had continuously made a name for herself by being persistent, ambitious and notoriously logical. Which helped her greatly through the loss of her parents and husband in a series of tragedies during her career. In her current position as Starfleet Special Envoy, Commander Rutherford, finalized a charter with the Romulans that would establish a supply route through their territory. A strictly defined navigational corridor, from Starbase 157 to Starbase 179. Under the stipulations of the charter, ships were not allowed to drop out of warp, during the 60-lightyear journey, and only employ passive scanning methods. In turn, allowing Romulan ships to pass through the Federation DMZ into the expanse.

This was quickly supplemented by renewed negotiations with the Klingon Empire - also led by her - to establish a similar route between Starbase 234 and Starbase 364. Negating the necessity of a detour through Starbase 179, like the Romulan route, shaving 20 lightyears off the trip. These talks are ongoing.

Appearance
Samantha was tall with slender curves and a fit body due to her fancy for swimming. Her shoulders and long neck were a bit wider than her slim frame would suggest due to this favorite exercise as well. She had the piercing blue eyes and plump, full lips of her mother and the blond hair of her father. After the Battle of Cardassia some of her wounds did not heal entirely so she had a small scar on her hairline at the right side of her forehead and a longer one running down the inside of her lower right arm.

Albeit not a physical trait, Samantha always wore a thin gold necklace with a pendant of the Vulcan symbol for eternity, given to her by Brody. It was of course not visible while wearing her uniform.

Episode 01

 * Day 01 | 0000 hrs. | Thread Title with Character 01, Character 02, Character 03