Commander Joseph Cronkit
Name Joseph Cronkit
Position FNS Reporter
Rank Commander
Stats
- 4 Mission Posts
Last Post
Wed Mar 4th, 2015 @ 3:09pm
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Species | Human | |
| Age | 72 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 5' 11" | |
| Weight | 232 lbs | |
| Hair Color | Gray | |
| Eye Color | Blue | |
| Physical Description | Aging Human with gray hair that’s balding. Still in relative good physical shape. |
Family
| Spouse | Mary Cronkit (Deceased) | |
| Children | Jonathan Cronkit Alex Cronkit (Deceased) Ellen Cronkit-Hicks |
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| Father | Jackson Cronkit (Deceased) | |
| Mother | Sarah Cronkit (Deceased) | |
| Brother(s) | None | |
| Sister(s) | None |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Well like and well mannered. Professional. Has a gift for the dramatic. Very good writer (reports, novels, etc). Former Starfleet Commander, retired in 2370 to focus more on his passion, News and Writing. Covered Federation and Starfleet News for the Federation News Service for 20 years including the Dominion War, Borg Invasions, and recently the Krazzle/C’Hakilian war. Has been assigned to Starbase 400 as a correspondent since Admiral Bremer took command there. |
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| Strengths & Weaknesses | Extremely well respected. Good, detailed writer. Able to bring passion and feeling into his stories/reports. Can sometimes allow his personal feelings (over passion) into his reports. |
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| Ambitions | To win another Federation Pulitzer Prize. Everything else is ‘been there, done that’. | |
| Hobbies & Interests | Reading, writing (for fun, novels and other stories not news related), music (various kinds), food (cooking eating), riding horses, sailing. | |
| Languages | Federation Standard, Klingon, Vulcan, Romulan, a little Andorian and Cardassian |
| Personal History | 2320 - Born in Saint Joseph, MO, Earth Showed a flair for writing in school 2335 - Started writing for high school news paper 2336 - Wrote first novel 2345 - Met Mary Harrison and later in the year they married. 2346 - Jonathan Cronkit is born. 2351 - Alex and Ellen Cronkit are born 2369 - Writes his second novel. 2370 - Takes a full time job with the FNS as a reported and correspondent. 2372 - Wife Mary dies. 2375 - Son Alex Cronkit is killed during the Dominion War. 2379 - Moves to Starbase 400 2381 - Covers the Borg invasion. 2389-2390 - Covers the Krazzle/C'Hakilian War and subsequent Peace Treaty. |
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| Service Record | 2338 - Entered Starfleet Academy at the age of 18. While on his Freshmen Cruise aboard the USS Tripoli, the ship discovered the android known as Data. Wrote story regarding the discovery that was later published and transmitted over the Federation News Service. 2342 - Graduated Starfleet Academy as a Communications Officer. Assigned to the USS Hartwell as a Communications Officer. 2344 - Wrote an article for the Federation News Service regarding the USS Enterprise-C's destruction while defending the Klingon outpost of Narendra III. 2346 - Promoted to Lieutenant. 2357 - Writes an article about Worf, the first Klingon to enter Starfleet Academy for the FNS. They offer him a job, but he turns it down to remain in Starfleet. 2359 - Promoted to Lieutenant Commander, reassigned to the USS Camden as Chief Communications Officer. 2366 - Promoted to Commander, reassigned to Starfleet Communications on Earth. 2367 - Writes an article about the Battle of Wolf 359 that the FNS publishes. 2370 - Retires from Starfleet. |