Roberto Louis Ablua

The Character
As described by Ablua's player: "Roberto has served aboard Pretoria for almost all of her career. As a security officer, he has participated in almost every large engagement the crew has faced. For the past two years, he has been a member of security squad Iota, commanded by Lt. Cmdr. Ny'krats, a vulcan who claimed to have served on a starship with Ablua's grandfather. However recently, after a temporal displacement caused by a transwarp misfire dropped the Pretoria the year 2412, Ny'krats was killed by a Verillion boarding party. As the only officer above the rank of ensign, he assumed command of Iota squad.

"Despite the now 5-crew squad's excellent defense, it was completely neutralized due to the advanced technologies of the Verillions, and required a daring rescue by passenger Ardryed Strongback. For this, Roberto, who had been her on-board chaperon for several weeks already, recommended her for a provisional position as an Iota.

"Ablua's ancestry is, as he puts it, an 'interesting muddle of uninteresting people'. He is of primarily Central American descent, his ancestry dominated by farmers and breeders. There are a few European exceptions on his mother's side of the family, but they are not noticeable. The first entering in 2207, Rob is the second member of his family to join Starfleet. His intentions were closer to separating himself from his salt-of-the-earth bloodline than they were to a fascination with space, in itself evidential of an rebellious attitude he has been forced to tame since entering the academy in 2381.

"Rob is noted for his constant inconveniences throughout his average day. For one, he sports extraordinary bad luck with meals, often resulting in his being deprived of them (such as having the fortune of placing a bowl of cheese and spinach soup in a way conducive to its spilling into his lap when the temporal displacement occurred). Secondly, he appears beset at all times with officers requiring his unavoidably cynical guidance, both subordinate and superior (such as having to convince a full Lieutenant to stop allowing others to use her combadge to speak on private frequencies).

"His demeanor, as affected by his off-duty duties and food troubles, steadily declined until the point at which Strongback was taken aboard. Having been assigned as chaperon to the uncivilized, but out-of-place woman, they slowly discovered their similarities, conversating with nothing but a benign pronunciation barrier to hinder them. In efforts to make Ardryed more comfortable aboard, Roberto now regularly accompanies her in the physical exertion she craves, such as using Jefferies tubes for travel, both to exert herself and avoid claustrophobic stress, and challenging her in almost daily free-for-all bouts in the Pretoria gymnasium."