Lieutenant Cecil Bateson

Character Information

Gender		Male
Species		Human
Birth Date		April 3, 2248

Physical Appearance

Height		5'9"
Weight		156 lbs

Family

Brother(s)

Captain Morgan Bateson

Background

Childhood/Background		Cecil's father’s blue-collar background and work in law enforcement has proven to be a source of frustration for the more "refined" Cecil, Doctor Bateson usually keeps an eye toward ingratiating himself with higher society and the pursuit of the finer things in life.
Career History		Doctor Cecil Stork Bateson often said that Psychiatry was his saving grace. And though he lived in the shadow of his more well known brother, Captain Morgan Bateson, early in his Starfleet career Cecil’s own work in psychiatry and Jungian psychology was highly respected. So much so that it was considered a coup whenever Cecil was assigned to a new vessel. It was only with some cajoling, in fact, that he joined the crew of the Bozeman, in part to support his brother on the elder Bateson’s new venture. Little did Cecil know his service on the Bozeman would serve not only as the springboard to adventure, but also as a turning point for the direction point of his own psychiatric practice. While some say the doctor suffers from a fair share of his own Psychosomatic phobias, and effete eccentricities, Cecil was always considered a welcome addition to each new vessel, because of his care and diligence to mental health and treatment. His work with the crew of the Bozeman was no different. However, the temporal distortion that catapulted the Bozeman 90 years into its future catapulted Cecil’s work into a limelight of a different sort. Playing an instrumental role in the psychological rehabilitation of crew members afflicted by Temporal Displacement Distress Disorder, Cecil came to be recognized as an expert in the field, warmly aiding those who felt cast out of time to reconcile their old selves with their new realities — especially because he himself had lived through such an event. And so, now over two decades removed from escaping the temporal causality loop, Cecil had made a secondary career of moving from assignment to assignment on various Federation starships that have undergone temporal displacement and whose crews have reported trauma resulting from it, treating patients who feel unmoored from their times and themselves, while remaining armed with a witty retort for any occasion. His latest posting has brought him to the Malinche…
Service Record		2273-2278 USS Bozeman: Ship's Counselor (2278-2368 Temporal Causality Loop) 2368-2373 USS Bozeman: Chief Counselor 2374-2384 USS Wells: Counselor and Temporal Displacement Division Liaison 2384-2391 USS Bradbury: Counselor and TDD Liaison 2391-Present USS Malinche: Acting Chief Counselor and TDD Liason

Personality & Traits

Personality		Astute, studious, and an able advisor — despite having some difficulty following his own advice — Cecil is knowledgeable not only in the fields of psychology and psychiatry, but also in history, cultural etiquette, and — though he’d be loath to admit the latter — social climbing.
Hobbies & Interests		Yale University, BS Yale School of Medicine, MD, PhD in Psychiatry University of Cambridge, postdoctoral Fellowship Starfleet, Counselor

OOC Info

Notes

PNPC of Ensign Quinn