Mark E. DePaul

[Mark DePaul]

Mark Edward DePaul

Gender: Male
Age: 40
Birthday: August 1st
Call sign: n/a
Nickname(s): 'McDreamy' <-- what Cassie calls him behind his back, and maybe one day to his face.
Birthplace: Libran
Occupation: Doctor
Current Affiliation: Hyperion
Rank/Title:Chief Medical Doctor

Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 161 lbs
Build: Muscular
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Blue
Distinguishing Marks: n/a
Visual:
Play- By: Patrick Demsey

Mother: Marie Bastien (mn) (deceased)
Father: Louis DePaul (deceased)
Siblings: Camile DePaul (deceased)
Significant Other: Aveline Potier (mn) (deceased)
Children: Clarisse DePaul (deceased)
Other Notable Persons: Dr. Marlowe, a teacher and close friend of Mark's during his residency. Helped him become the skillful doctor that his is now.

Personality: When he was young and married, Mark was very outgoing and happy. The combination of cylon attacks and losing his wife and child changed him in a negative manner. Although he is polite and approachable on a medical level, socially he normally keeps to himself, and does not like revealing much about his past. Recounting his loss would only pain him more. He tries his best to hide his sad feelings, and although they're not blatantly obvious, are notable. He is a workaholic based on a need to clear his mind about his loss, and only when in private, is forced to face his feelings.
Likes: healing and helping others, reading, quiet rooms, his wife and daughter (family morals), jogging to clear his mind
Dislikes: Losing patients/death in general, crowds of people, loud noises/disruption of any kind, confined spaces, and abusive people
Fears: Losing someone close to him...again.
Aspirations: Although it may not seem grandiose, Mark struggles and hopes to one day get over the loss of his small but significant family. His consistent grieving does not allow him to move on and emotionally and mentally has a toll on him. This does not mean getting a girlfriend or anything to quickly solve problems, but a larger picture that indicates he struggles with loss.
Equipment: All that is available in Sick Bay
Anything Else?: Despite being depressed and not opening up easily to others, Mark is still polite and sociable. Mark is NOT Riley, he is not SUPER shy and awkward, but his inner struggle does affect him deeply. After such a large emotional loss, Mark chooses not to get close to anyone else, in fear of possibly losing them as well.
History:

Mark DePaul was born into a small but prominent family on Libran, in the town of Themis. Both of his parents were successful lawyers, extremely well mannered and educated, and encouraged both him and his sister Camile to read, write, and paint. Such encouragement of creativity allowed him to expand his mind and pursue other interests, one of which was a basic need to help and nurture others. When it became clear that he wanted to become a doctor his parents urged him to apply to college.

In college when studying pre-med, Mark signed up for ROTC. Acknowledging the debt he accumulated from his schooling, Mark decided to enlist to become a marine shortly after. In signing up with the army, he hoped to find a way to pay off his debts.

Pursuing a military career as a marine was challenging for him. With the underlying assumption that he must follow commands and potentially kill, Mark was going against his beliefs of healing. After basic training and a posting for a couple years, DePaul decided that he finally had enough of the marine life and switched career paths.

Not completely letting go of his army career or of his original dream, Mark began studying to become a trauma surgeon in a military program. In all of his studies he was at the top of his class and considered especially talented. Sweet and kind, his personality, looks, and educational prowess earned him appreciation and acceptance from others. During his time at med school, he met the love of his life Aveline.

The two met rather serendipitously when her umbrella blew out of her hand and she gave chase. Catching it, he handed it over to her and worked up the courage to ask her out for some coffee. After a surprisingly good lunch, it became clear that they were attracted to one another, and in weeks time, begin dating. The two continued to date throughout his medical schooling, and even during his residency at a Military hospital on Caprica. Upon completing both his schooling through the military and his residency on Caprica, he decided to propose to Aveline.

Shortly after finishing his residency, Mark was assigned to a variety of military vessels throughout his career, starting as small as the patrolstar Achilles but quickly making his way up the ranks and transferring to other ships within a couple years, such as the Gunstar Hera. Although Mark moved around a bit early on in smaller ships, his medical skill could not be denied, and he soon was able to serve on a Battlestar. The core of his career would be centered around aboard the Battlestar Galatica and the Battlestar Atlantia. It wouldn't be until the creation of the Hyperion, would he decide to transfer once more.

Through his service in the military, Mark would proactively visit his wife every shore leave. Despite being madly in love with one another, Mark and Aveline could not conceive for years. After many tearful fights and restless nights, the two eventually gave up. It would be only a few years later that Aveline would miraculously become pregnant.

Despite being a slightly older woman now, having a healthy baby was still very possible for Aveline, and although his specialty was not as a pediatrician, Mark kept detailed tabs of the progress of the pregnancy and the health of his wife when he was away on duty. A sonogram revealed that they were having a girl, and they planned to name her Clarisse.

Aveline was in the middle of labor when the planet was starting to get bombed. Mark was serving aboard the Hyperion when the Cylons attacked. it would be through survivors and damage reports that followed that would confirm that one of the bombs struck his hometown of Themis, where his wife and parents were.

On the Hyperion, Mark had gone up through the ranks and only became second to Chief Medical Officer Logan MacArthur. For an additional four months, he continued to serve in his current posting post-cylon attack. Following the Battle of Caprica, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and appointed Chief Medical Officer of the Hyperion

There on Hyperion, he still struggles to cope with his loss, not only that of his world and parents, but most importantly of his wife and daughter.


Alias: Sparrow
Experience: more than your momma
How you found us: Verse and here. Duh.
Other characters: Captain Erica "Sparrow" Weiss, Pvt. Charlie Diaz, and Specialist Riley Novak
How we should contact you: PM

[Roger Davis]

1) Hyperion is a new ship. You reference him going on shore leave from his posting on Hyperion and it seems implied that he has been on Hyperion for many years while his big personal life issues have been going on. That's just not possible. Hyperion launched on her maiden voyage simultaneous with the Cylon attack. At most he'd been aboard a month or two early and never had any leave from it. You'll have to go to the [url=http://battlestarhyperion.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=development&thread=1050&page=1combined service record[/url] to get inspiration for earlier postings.

2) You also have him as CMO of Hyperion at the time of the attack. Again, this is impossible. Hyperion had a CMO at that time, Logan MacArthur. I thought the plan was for him only recently (i.e. four months after the Fall) to be promoted to that position?

3) The big one: what the hell is going on with his schooling and the military? He went through his full schooling and his residency and then enlisted as a marine to pay off his debt? It is a little unbelievable that they wouldn't take a trained doctor and put him in a military hospital right away.

What would make sense, based on my earlier suggestions and what you seemed to like and use above, is if he went to college and when he came out he was in a mountain of debt. He then does some kind of OCS (or even ROTC through school if he foresaw the debt issue while he was still in his studies). He is then a marine ensign/LT JG for a year or two. He hates it, wants to pursue his lifelong medical dream, and because he's such a great student and not just some frak-up trying to get out of service, he manages to finagle his way out of the marines and into a military med school program. He meets his wife, they fall in love, he does his residency in a military hospital on Caprica, and then he gets shipped out on several (non-Hyperion) ships but comes home on leave when he can. He Is with her with the new baby and all but he was recently transferred to this new ship, the Hyperion, and has to leave before the child is born. Boom, nukes.

How does that sound? It pushed back when he and his wife meet by two years, but that's about all it does to affect your other core ideas.

[Mark DePaul]

Made some edits. I reworded a bit in the personality section and rewrote the additional information section.

For the history, I organized the military and medical careers as you suggested. Having Mark meet Aveline a bit later wasn't detrimental to his storyline, and it still worked out with his past service. Also edited the more recent history regarding his service on Hyperion and his recent appointment to CMO.

[Roger Davis]

Approved