Sergeant Major Keegan Dudley

Name Keegan L. Dudley

Position Flight Leader 2nd Flight (Rebel 5)

Rank Sergeant Major


Character Information

Gender Male
Species Human
Age 33

Physical Appearance

Height 6'1" (185 cm)
Weight 185 lbs (84 kg)
Hair Color Dark Brown
Eye Color Blue-Grey
Physical Description Keegan Dudley is a tall, solidly built man with the kind of frame that looks natural in a flight harness. Broad shoulders, strong arms, and a lean, athletic build from years of fighter training and high-G conditioning. His dark brown hair is kept regulation short on the sides with a bit more length on top. Sharp blue-grey eyes and a calm, focused expression that rarely changes even under pressure. He carries himself with quiet confidence and the slight residual tension of someone who spends most of his working hours ready to launch.

Family

Spouse None
Children None
Father Michael Dudley – Commercial Pilot (retired), Toronto
Mother Sarah Dudley – Nurse, Toronto General Hospital
Brother(s) None
Sister(s) Laura Dudley – Younger Sister, Civilian Botanist in The Sol System
Other Family None

Personality & Traits

General Overview Keegan is steady, professional, and quietly competitive. He doesn’t talk much unless he has something useful to say, but when he does speak people tend to listen. On the ground he is polite and reserved. In the cockpit he becomes precise, aggressive, and completely focused. He has a dry sense of humour that surfaces mostly with people he trusts.
Strengths & Weaknesses Strengths

Excellent spatial awareness and reaction time

Calm under extreme pressure

Strong tactical instincts in formation flying

Reliable wingman

Weaknesses

Can be too quiet when he should speak up

Holds himself to very high standards and is hard on himself after mistakes

Sometimes slow to trust new pilots
Ambitions To be a valued leader within the Rebels' Combat Air Wing.
Hobbies & Interests Restoring old Earth aircraft flight manuals and technical diagrams

Long-distance running in the holodeck

Quiet evenings with a book or music from 21st-century Toronto

Occasional sparring sessions with the Marines

Restoring old Earth aircraft flight manuals and technical diagrams (he gets weirdly excited about 20th-century Canadian bush plane schematics)

Long-distance running in the holodeck while listening to extremely earnest 21st-century Toronto indie music

Quiet evenings with a book… usually interrupted by him arguing with the characters out loud

Occasional sparring sessions with the Marines (he claims it’s “just for cardio”)

Collecting tiny model fighters and lining them up in perfect formation on his desk, then rearranging them when no one is looking

Keeping a running mental list of the worst callsigns he’s ever heard and ranking them in order of pure embarrassment

Attempting to teach the ship’s replicator how to make a proper

Toronto-style peameal bacon sandwich (results have been mixed)

Naming his personal PADDs after old Maple Leafs players and getting mildly offended when people don’t get the references

History

Personal History Keegan Dudley was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Earth. Growing up near Pearson Spaceport, he spent much of his childhood watching shuttles and commercial craft come and go. His father, a commercial pilot, took him on short hops whenever possible, and by his mid-teens Keegan already knew he wanted to fly something faster and more dangerous.

He entered Starfleet Academy in 2388 and specialised in the fighter pilot track. He graduated in 2392 and was assigned to the Rebel Combat Air Wing (TC). After solid performance and several successful border patrols, he received his promotion to Lieutenant Junior Grade in early 2395 and was transferred to the USS Tomcat.

Service Record

Service Record 2388–2392: Starfleet Academy – Flight Officer / Tactical Track

2392–2394: Rebels' Combat Air Wing (TC) – Junior Pilot (Ensign)

2394: Promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade

2394–2395: Rebels' Combat Air Wing (TC) – Fighter Pilot

2395–Present: USS Tomcat NCC-62114 – Fighter Pilot, Rebels' Combat Air Wing (TC)