Captain Marlaina Rivers   

Character Information
Name		Marlaina Rivers
Rank		Captain
Position		Commanding Officer
Gender		Female
Species		Amazon
Age		38
Physical Appearance
Height		5’ 8”
Weight		140 lbs.
Eye Color		Black
Hair Color		Black
Physical Description		Marlaina is a tall lady, like all Amazon's she has one ear with several distict piercing which is trait of all Amazon's. Her hair is long and it reaches her ankles. She is striking. Allergic to Inaprovline. Please don't create any Amazons without checking with me first.

Personality & Traits
General Overview
Some what easy going unless you get her mad. She feels once an order is given it should not be questioned. But she will listen if the situation warrants it. She loves to have a good time and also believes that she is one of the Captains who is not out of reach of her crew.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Being the former Captain of the Royal Guards has earned her respect on her home world. She is highly trained in many aspects of the Amazon Military as well as the usage of the Amazon Staff. Marlaina is a third degree black belt in a form of the Earth discipline Karate. She is not afraid to fight Her weakness are that being a former Military leader she needs to remember she is now a Starfleet Officer and that she does not need or have to be on the front lines any longer.
Ambitions
To be the best she can be. She knows she has a lot to prove as she never went through Starfleet. Marlaina hopes her children will one day enter Starfleet.
Hobbies & Interests
Singing, painting, playing the lute and spending time with her husband and kids when the time permits it.
Languages		Amazon, Standard, Romulan and Klingon, Arazian
Family
Father		Rojan Cortlas-Deceased
Mother		Aluroa Cortlas
Brother(s)
Sister(s)
Spouse		Kalief Rivers
Children		Daughter, Alesha age 16 Son Heink age 13
Other Family

Marlaina Grew up on Amzock and joined the Amazon Military, she is from a Military family so it was natural for her to enlist. Her father was Captain of the Guards, until he retired that is when Marlaina stepped in and took over.

She didn�t attend Starfleet. When Amzock was admitted into the Federation they asked to add a ship to the Federation, Marlaina had been commanding the Flag Ship for a few months sort of to work all the bugs out.

Starfleet decided that because she knew the ship best that she should remain in Command of it, not to mention that the ship being Amazon to begin with that it needed an Amazon Captain.

The Amandora is state of the art and is the latest design and prototype for any future ships. If more are built it will depend on how this one works out.

Marlaina is not afraid to fight and loves a good challenge. She is well used to being in charge. The Federation had to talk her into this Command as she really didn�t want to leave her home world or her family. Marlaina felt that she was needed more on the planet, but Starfleet told her that the only way they would let that ship in was if she was in Command.

She knew that was going to ruffle a few feathers. After much convincing she agreed to take command.

 

The Amazon Military
The Amazon ship The Serena
The Amazon ship the Triton.
The Amazon Royal Guards
The USS Amandora