| Maj. Rhea Zimmermann |
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| Michelle Yeoh as Rhea Jo Zimmermann |
| Name: | Rhea Jo Zimmermann |
| Callsign: | None of that flyboy nonsense |
| AKA: | Snipe |
| Age: | 36 |
| Branch: | Navy |
| Faction: | Military |
| Organization: | {$organization} |
| Department: | Engineering |
| Position: | Chief Engineer |
| Rank: | Major |
| Ship: | Genesis |
| Homeworld: | Sagittaron |
| Actor: | Michelle Yeoh |
Brief
Rhea Zimmermann is a snipe. No more, no less, and damn proud of it. She's been on the Genesis since the battlestar was assigned to PAS station (the joke is she was installed with the FTL). A year into her tour the ship’s first chief engineer returned to Fleet Headquarters on Picon to take a teaching position, and she was offered a promotion and a department to run. As a boss she can seem deceptively calm and easy-going to more outwardly blustery officers, but she demands hard work and a high level of competence from her people. Doubly so of herself. She can be a hard-ass when it's called for and loves to jump into challenging projects and get her hands dirty.
She's a widow. Her husband, fellow Fleet officer Captain Ephraim Zimmermann, was posted to the Battlestar Persius' Logistics Department. He was killed in the days following the Cylon attacks. They had one child together, a 12-year-old son named Reece. He was in his mother's care, on the PAS, when the Cylons hit. Now that the PAS has been destroyed he lives on the Carina in the care of Rhea's civilian friend, Dr. Adele Pike
Skills
- Kicking engines until they start running
- Drinking staggering amounts of coffee
- Doing her son’s laundry (occasionally requires radiation suit)
Distinguishing Features
- Traces of a working-class Sagittaron accent
- Engine grease manicure
- Tattoo: Rumors and speculation only. Any that exist don't see the light of day.
Biographical Foo
The Beginning: Getting Frak off Sagittaron
Rhea Jo Carey was born in the smoggy industrial port of Aera Cura, into sadly typical circumstances for a daughter of Sagittaron. Her mother was a drug addict who walked out on the family when Rhea was a girl. What memories Rhea has of her aren't pleasant. Her older brother, Ray, got involved in a street gang and ended up in prison before he was sixteen. Her father, Dell, was the one constant in her life, working hard hours as a mechanic in the garage of a local shipping company to keep a roof over their heads. As soon as Rhea was of age she enlisted in the military and got the hell off Sagittaron. She's never been back. After two years in the Enlisted ranks she used her Navy benefits pay for college on Caprica. She got her degree and re-upped, with a brassy officer's commission.
Education
- Sagittaron Public Schools
- Caprica’s University of Delphi (BS, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
Navy Service Record
- Battlestar Mercury (Mechanical Technician)
- Battlestar Solaria (Engineering Officer, Mechanical and Repair Division)
- Scorpia Shipyards (Engineering Officer, Repair and Refit Yards)
- Picon Fleet Headquarters (Engineering Officer, Maintenance Materials Management)
- Battlestar Genesis (Chief Engineer)
The Present
It was a poorly-kept secret that Rhea planned to return to Picon when Ephraim's tour on the Persius was up. Settle into domestic life with the husband and kid, get a teaching job with the Naval Engineering Corps, maybe even have another baby. The Cylon Holocaust pretty much ruined that plan. Now, Rhea is just trying to keep it together. Keep the Genesis and anything else in the Fleet running. Keep her snipes in line and her son safe. Privately mourn what she's lost, and try to carry on.
Relationships
- Her family, friends and snipes
- Anything with an FTL engine
- Trashy romance novels
- Black coffee and chocolate
- Mad scientists
IC Stuff
Logs
ACH
- 9 ACH Situation Room Briefing In which, among other things, Rhea has Major's clusters thrust upon her.
- 8 ACH Wrong Turn The Genesis engineers take the newly-FTL-capable Sula out for a test drive and end up in a bad neighborhood.
- 8 ACH Blood Work The blood drive on the PAS brings the crew out of the woodwork.
- 4 ACH Still with You Rhea and Zaharis talk about the war.
BCH
- 0 BCH How to Make Your Ducklings Happy Engineering geekery with the ChEng and her underlings.
- 4 BCH White PAS Can Jump Aftermath In which the PAS doesn't blow up. Yay!
- 6 BCH Downtime In which Rhea talks about her rosy future of domestic bliss on Picon. Bet that's all gonna work out great!
- 7 BCH Taking a Load Off More Laundry Room fun. Adele and Rhea jaw about their respective pasts.
- 11 BCH Full Metal Geekery In which Rhea and Reed nerd out.
- 13 BCH Wheels Within Wheels Some Taproom stuff with the NPC spawn.
- 17 BCH Aftermath - Pandora Engine Room ChEng and XO discuss the incredibly frakked up state of the Pandora.
- 18 BCH Danger - Rear Echelon Rhea's !skills with a firearm are demonstrated. Poor ceiling.
- 20 BCH Sparks from Beyond the Line The ominous Sparky enters Engineering.
- 27 BCH Old Friends CMO and ChEng catch up on old times in the Laundry Room.
Memoirs
- Dear Ephraim (5 BCH) A peek into unsent Zimmermann mail.
OOC Stuff
The Jukebox
- Landslide - Fleetwood Mac …time makes you bolder, children get older, I'm getting older too…
- Hammer and a Nail - Indigo Girls …gotta get out of bed, get a hammer and a nail, learn how to use my hands…
- Our Last Summer - Colin Firth etc. from "Mamma Mia" Rhea's "husband" sings of happier times. Picture him getting blown up by robots and see if it doesn't make you a little misty!
- All Along the Watchtower - BSG Soundtrack Trippy!
- Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne MILF-y silliness. Blame Zaharis.
The Family Album
Rhea at her spring wedding on Tauron, 13 years BCH
Captain Ephraim Zimmermann, loving husband, father of the spawn
