Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol

created by Glen A. Larsen


Template-Engineer
Sex-Male
Species-Human
Height-6'0"
Weight-195 lbs
Age-29+
A Quote-Don't tell me what you can't do, tell me how you're gonna fix it.

DEXTERITY 2D+2
Blaster 3D+2, Dodge 4D+1

KNOWLEDGE 2D+1
Planetary Systems 3D+2, Value: Starships 3D

MECHANICAL 3D+1
Starfighter Piloting 3D+2, Starship Gunnery 5D

PERCEPTION 2D+2
Gambling 3D+1, Command 4D

STRENGTH 3D
Brawling 4D+1, Lifting 3D+2, Stamina 3D+1

TECHNICAL 4D
Security 5D+1, Space Transport Repair 5D+1, Starfighter Repair 6D, (A) Starfighter Engineering 2D

Force Sensitive?: No
Force Points: 1
Character Points: 5
Move: 10
Equipment: Starship Repair Tool Kit (+1D to all repair skills), Medpac, Datapad with starship schematics, tool-harness. Vacc Suit, 100 credits

History:
Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol, is a much-admired NCO aboard the Galactica. He served aboard Battlestars from the age of eighteen, including the Battlestars Columbia, Atlantia, and Pegasus . He has served under William Adama for a number of years, and has considerable respect for the Commander - a feeling that is reciprocated. Indeed, he admires Adama to such a degree that he has modeled his own style of leadership on that of Adama: firm, fair, and willing to go to the fullest degree in support of his crew.

However, when people under his responsibility are injured, threatened or killed, Tyrol becomes rather irrational, angry, and reckless in his actions, to the point of further endangering his people or his reputation with senior officers. Prime examples of his lack of emotional control includes the ship venting after the nuke hit and cursing Tigh in front of Commander Adama for the vent and loss of 85 of his people, and saving a mortally-wounded crewmate while leaving himself and Cally highly vulnerable. Tyrol's tryst with Sharon Valerii and a subsequent cover-up attempt in resulted in the jailing of Specialist Socinus, who was trying to protect Tyrol.

Originally leading Deck Crew 5, a team of 15 deckhands and specialists, since the Cylon Attack he has become the most senior and experienced NCO on the Galactica.