Sadee Brooks

Character Biography
Name: Sadee Iesha Brooks
Current Occupation: Investigative Journalist / Independent Correspondent
Affiliation: Freelance / Independent Media Collective “The Free Wave”
Age: 20
Date of Birth: August 12, 2381
Place of Birth: New Berlin Colony, Luna
Species: Human
Citizenship: Federation
Languages Spoken: Federation Standard, Basic Klingon (conversational)

Family Information
Mother: Dr. Amari Brooks, Lt. Commander, Chief Medical Officer, USS Manhattan

Father: Lieutenant Commander Andrew Brooks (deceased)

Siblings: Shanti Brooks, Ensign, Starfleet Security Division

Spouse: None

Children: None

Physical Description
Height: 165.1 cm

Weight: 86.1 kg

Eye Color: Hazel with flecks of green

Hair Color: Currently Hot Pink cropped short.

Distinguishing Features: Small tattoo of a quill and lightning bolt on her right wrist; usually dressed in utilitarian yet edgy attire, favoring leather jackets, functional boots, and layered clothing. Many visible facial piercings. Curvy.

Background & Education
Born on the Lunar colony, New Berlin, Sadee’s early childhood was marked by life on starships, following her mother’s medical career. Unlike her sister Shanti, Sadee rebelled against Starfleet’s structured environment after her mother’s transfer from the Ogawa. Remaining aboard the Ogawa into her early teens, she developed a defiant streak and a critical view of Starfleet, often clashing with authority and getting into disciplinary trouble.

At age 16, she returned to Earth and enrolled in the New San Francisco Journalism Institute, where she graduated top of her class in investigative journalism and media ethics at 19. Rejecting the traditional Starfleet path chosen by her family, Sadee embraced independent journalism, determined to uncover truths that institutions might conceal.

Personality Profile
Sadee Brooks is fiercely independent, quick-witted, and driven by a deep distrust of hierarchical power structures, especially Starfleet, which she views as bureaucratic and sometimes complicit in injustices. Her rebellious nature is balanced by a sharp intellect and a natural curiosity about the universe and its many sociopolitical complexities.

She is known for her relentless pursuit of the truth, sometimes at personal risk, and a willingness to confront uncomfortable realities. Her sense of humor is sardonic, and she maintains a close-knit network of contacts across Federation and non-Federation worlds, often operating in gray areas where official Starfleet channels cannot reach.

Though guarded emotionally, Sadee has a strong, if complicated, loyalty to her family, especially to her sister Shanti, despite their ideological differences.

Skills & Specialties
Investigative Journalism

Data Hacking & Cybersecurity Awareness

Multilingual Communication

Guerrilla Reporting Techniques

Crisis Negotiation & Street Smarts

Basic Hand-to-Hand Combat (self-taught)

Social Engineering and Source Cultivation

Notable Activities & Career Highlights
Exposed a high-profile cover-up involving corporate exploitation of a frontier colony’s resources on Deneb IV, leading to Federation inquiry

Embedded reporter during the Sol System Political Unrest of 2399, providing frontline accounts that challenged official Federation media

Regular contributor to “The Free Wave,” an independent interstellar news collective known for uncovering stories Starfleet or major news outlets avoid

Currently developing a documentary on the lasting effects of wartime policies on displaced populations in the Cardassian border zones

Psychological Profile
Counselors who have interacted with Sadee note her as fiercely autonomous and wary of authority. She displays high resilience, with occasional bouts of impulsiveness and distrust that can complicate collaborations. Deep down, she seeks justice and truth but often struggles with reconciling her rebellious ideals with her familial ties and the realities of living within the Federation.

Supplemental Notes
Has a complicated relationship with her mother Amari, admiring her medical brilliance but resenting her Starfleet allegiance.

Despite her distrust of Starfleet, she occasionally leaks sensitive information to allies within the organization, motivated by a personal moral code rather than institutional loyalty.

Has a small circle of trusted friends in the journalism community, including some former Starfleet officers turned whistleblowers.

Maintains a discreet profile but is known in underground media circuits as “The Quill.”