[b]Paula Kennedy: Interim Security Chief[/b] 

[b]Female, 32[/b] 

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[b]Marital Status, Sexual Orientation:[/b] Divorced, bisexual

[b]Physical Description:[/b] 
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[*]5'9", fit.
[*]Tattoo on the right shoulder reads [i]Mori quam foedari[/i], Latin for [i]Death before dishonor[/i], the motto of the Army unit in which she's served.
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[b]Psychological Description/Personality:[/b]
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[*]Intelligent, intuitive. 
[*]Though she comes across as confident, she fears disappointing others. (More below under family.)
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[b]Family and Background:[/b]
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[*]She was the eldest of three daughters (born to parents yet to be described).
[*]While on a hike at age 12, her younger sister got lost in mountainous woods and died of exposure. 
[*]Paula, feeling responsible for her sister's death, never recovered from it.
[*]Her emotional trauma led to promiscuity and, at 16, a pregnancy and subsequent abortion.
[*]She dropped out of school at 17.
[*]Weeks later, family conflict let to Paula leaving home at 17.
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[b]Employment and continuing education:[/b] 
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[*]After quitting high school, Paula worked low wage jobs while going to Community College.
[*]She got her GED and completed 5 part-time semesters at a local Community College before dropping out to join the US Army at 19.
[*]She spent 6 years with the Military Police. She enjoyed the job but not the institution. She left at the end of her enlistment. 
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[b]Other:[/b]
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[*]She joined the Army and specifically the Military Police to play a part in protecting people, something she still feels she had failed to do for her sister. 
[*]Still, she often fears being in charge of the safety of others.
[*]She has one of the only firearms that survived the plane crash, a Beretta 92FS 9mm semi-automatic. Other firearms include a beanbag shotgun; the Humanitarian Mission precluded accidental firearm injuries or deaths by simply forbidding an excess of firearms, particularly long guns.
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[b]Direction for your Character:[/b]
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[*]She reluctantly assumes the role of Security Chief. 
[*]She yearns for sex often but had no interest in relationships. This might lead to some drama.
[*]She will want to create a Security Force with multiple purposes:
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[*]Protection of the Survivors from outside sources.
[*]Protection of the Survivors from each other when necessary.
[*]Survey of the island.
[*]Creation of and manning of a emergency signal bonfire should a plane/ship appear.
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