Marketa Hansard

Hansard grew up the daughter of missionary parents on the colony world, Calliope IV. During her teens and early twenties she competed in beauty pageants eventually coming in third in a Miss Universe pageant. Using her earnings from this she entered college and after, medical school. Rather than return to Calliope as her parents wanted she joined the Calliope military as a field doctor. During a heated battle with native insurgents she ran away from the field hospital thatwas heavily under attack. According to later reports all the wounded had already died during the attack. As the sole survivor Hansard was awarded a commendation, but she is convinced that when she ran there were still survivors. After the battle she could no longer perform to her personal standards and she recived a discharge. Again, her parents hoped for her return to Calliope. Again, Hansard disappointed them. Instead,she joined Starfleet Academy. Older than most of her classmated Hansard excelled in most areas. She continues to be disappointed in her Martial training, however. During this time Hansard began drinking more than socially. She has been able to hide this from most of her classmates and superiors but fears the day she will be discovered. In addition to frequent drinking she has frequent physical relations with men she has no romantic interest in. One Starfleet psychologist suggested this was Hansard's way of punishing herself for past. Hansard believes, he suggested, that her actions will lead to her eventual banishment to Hell where she will suffer eternal punishment. Hansard never returned tothe psychologist. Currently, she is pleased with her posting to the Solace. She hopes, secretly, that she can somehow make up for leaving those soldiers to die.