SONYA GOMEZ LT.

SONYA GOMEZ was born on the island of Puerto Rico, on Earth, in the year 2343. At age ten, while in a rowboat, she got into a spat with her younger sister Belinda, was knocked overboard, and nearly drowned. Sonya overcame her brief fear of drowning, and not only learned to swim, but became a competitive swimmer on her school's team. Sonya's mental outlook is to meet any challenge head-on, and conquer anything she sets out to do. Sonya graduated Starfleet Academy with honors in 2364, and by 2365, she was assigned to the Federation's Flagship, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC - 1701-D, as an expert in anti-matter. Following a failed love-affair with Lt. Geordi La Forge, Sonya left the Enterprise two years later for personal reasons. After being promoted to the rank of full lieutenant, Sonya was first assigned to the U.S.S. Oberth, then transferred to the U.S.S. Sentinel as her Asst. Chief Engineer. Sonya saved the entire ship by resequencing the warp signature so the vessel appeared on scanners as a Cardassian freighter. This brought Sonya to the attention of Starfleet Intelligence, and she was temporarily transferred to U.S.S. Twilight NCC -74413 as Asst. Chief Engineer, her current assignment. After two more years, in 2372, Sonya would again transfer back to the Sentinel, as the ship's chief engineer, with the rank of lieutenant commander.

The above character sheet is for Lt. Sonya Gomez, in the game Star Trek The Next Generation Roleplaying Game, by Last Unicorn Games. (The Decipher game is very similar, for a reason: both were created by Jose (Joe) Sanchez of Sommerset, New Jersey, who eventually sold all rights to his games, first to Last Unicorn Games, then to Decipher. Unfortunately, Joe never got a smidgen of credit as a Game Designer, and this author is correcting that oversight for his old friend.)