Kaptajn Melinda Olofsson RDAFR

Played by: Mim

NAME:  Melinda Olofsson

AGE: 29- 18th August 1984

RANK: Veterinary Surgeon- Kaptajn , Royal Danish Air Force Reserves (OF-2)

POSITION: Life Sciences Officer Atlantis Expedition/ Puddle Jumper Pilot

APPEARANCE: 5’8” tall, athletic, fair complexion, blonde/white hair, blue eyes. Approx 125lbs
Tattoo on right forearm ‘Fate is what you make it” On left bicep a Maori tribal pattern.

PERSONALITY:  Quiet at times, but opinionated when warranted. She won’t hesitate to speak up if she sees something wrong. Often moody and seen as the odd one out in her own eyes.  

ATA gene: Yes

HISTORY:

Melinda is the only child of Johan and Freda Olofsson, born and raised in Copenhagen, her father being a career diplomat, Freda a teacher in English. Coming from a rather privileged background, Melinda had the world at her feet. The best schools and opportunities, yet she always had a rebellious attitude. Her teen years were plagued with trouble, mixing with the wrong crowds, fights and other misdemeanours. To that point, even when she finally got off her backside and entered University, her parents laid down the law and made her get some discipline, sending her off for training with the air force reserves. This was strangely more to the girls liking and she soon settled down, serving four years part time after her veterinary graduation and attaining proficiency in flying light observation aircraft and the smaller scout helicopters.

From a young age, the family moved around quite extensively throughout Europe in pursuit of the father’s career. It was this experience that gave the young Melinda a taste for knowledge and languages, in as much, she learned to speak several fluently; being German, English and Italian. She does speak both Icelandic and Norwegian as easily as her own native Danish. During her primary school years, the family lived in Italy for six years and that moment of her life, created a deep love in her for all things Italian.

High School for Melinda was an exciting time, not counting the last two years when she fell into bad company. But the early years introduced her to sports, track and field being her favoured choices. She focused on Javelin and hurdles, to the extent she represented her country in the World Junior Athletics at sixteen and was later selected to represent Denmark at the 2008 Olympics in the Javelin event, only to withdraw due to her commitment with the Air Force reserves. Her own personal best for the Javelin is sixty five metres.

High school and those early teen years were troubling for the young girl; often teased and picked on simply because she was not only pretty, but intelligent to boot. Jealousy caused many fights and after coming home at the tender age of twelve with a bloodied nose and a shiner, her father, much to the mother's dismay, sent her off to the local martial arts school where she began her training in Jui Jitsu, considered more lady like than some of the other selections. It was possibly the one thing in her life together with althletics that made her happy. She currently holds a black belt and junior Danish womens title.





SGC History:

A period of boredom at home and her father’s attachment to the UN saw Melinda move to the US with her parents. Once her father learned of the Stargate programme though his work with the ambassador of his nation, he moved heaven and Earth to have his daughter represent his country with Stargate Command. Grudgingly, she was accepted, some thinking it was nothing more than politics. She proved them wrong and has become a valuable member of the Atlantis team after serving a short three weeks aboard the Deadalus. Mel serves as both Life Sciences officer, studying alien life forms and assisting Doctor Keller when required. She also has enough behind her to fill in with combat teams as a scientist. Her attitude remains though and is at times a problem with Colonel Sheppard; but he would rather have that attitude when face to face with a Wraith than not.

With her service aboard the Dreadnought (which was supposed to be going to Atlantis when the war started) , Melinda worked with Doctor Carrie Svensson and her team with both surgery and field medical evac. She was at the front lines also serving as a combat medic with the Dreadnought’s first response team during the Hozgura war; a defining moment in her life, one which changed the young woman completely, a conduit to focus some of her anger. When the war was over, Melinda was finally able to go to Atlantis (March 2nd 2011) It was by Carrie's recommendation, that Keller use her if needed on as need basis.





Relationships:


Dreadnought

Colonel Cameron Mitchell
Doctor Carrie Svensson
Captain Ruby Forster
Commodore Anne MacGregor
Rodney McKay
Commander Elle McFearson
*other crew*

Atlantis

Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard
Radek Zelenka
Jennifer Keller
Ronon Dex
Teyla Emmagan
Juliet Montale
Richard Woolsey

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