Lieutenant Ilana Marquez
Name Ilana Marquez
Position Chief Medical Officer
Rank Lieutenant
Character Information
| Gender | Female | |
| Species | Human | |
| Age | 30 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 5'4" | |
| Weight | 125 lbs | |
| Hair Color | dark brown | |
| Eye Color | dark brown | |
| Physical Description | Ilana has bronze-brown skin that is not uncommon to Perurvians. She has long dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. She has an athletic/lean build, which mostly comes from her healthy lifestyle. |
Family
| Spouse | deceased - Lieutenant Commander Aran Voss | |
| Children | none | |
| Father | Esteban Marquez | |
| Mother | Lucía Rojas-Marquez | |
| Brother(s) | Mateo Marquez | |
| Sister(s) | Ana Sofía Marquez |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Ilana has an unwavering dedication to life preservation across species lines. While personal losses have left her emotionally scarred, they have also forged the empathy that defines her. She displays high empathy and leadership under duress and has a tendency toward self-reproach following loss of life. | |
| Strengths & Weaknesses | • Sometimes struggles with the bureaucratic side of Starfleet Medical; impatience with red tape. • Emotional weight: when casualties among civilians or young crew hit hard, it sometimes impairs her judgment briefly. • Occasional friction with security/tactical over priorities (e.g. when balancing medical ethics vs mission objectives). |
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| Ambitions | To discover all of life out there in the universe and preserve it. | |
| Hobbies & Interests | Botanical Therapy (“The Green Ward” - herbs kept in sickbay and her personal quarters) Classical Guitar & Old Earth Music Cultural Culinary Experiments Anthropological Reading & Philosophy Zero-G Meditation & Yoga Private Journaling & Sketching She collects medical instruments from different medical eras — a nod to Starfleet’s roots in Earth medicine. She also keeps a tiny stone from Machu Picchu's mountain on her desk — a symbol of perspective: “It reminds me we are not the first to climb mountains.” |
| Personal History | Ilana was born and raised in Lima, Peru, a coastal city where ancient terraces still overlook the Pacific Ocean. By her time, much of Lima had become a model for eco-urban renewal — woven with vertical gardens, sea-breeze turbines, and transparent biodomes designed to preserve the old architecture. Her family lived in a multigenerational home filled with books, plants, and music — a quiet fusion of science and spirit. Her father, Dr. Esteban Marquez, kept a small home laboratory where he cultivated alien algae samples under glass. Her mother, Lucía Rojas-Marquez, kept an adjoining study full of journals and hand-bound books. From the start, Ilana grew up surrounded by questions — why things lived, why they died, and why they changed. Family accounts describe Ilana as a quiet but intensely observant child, slow to speak but quick to notice small details others missed. Her parents nicknamed her “Doctora Luz” — Doctor Light — for the way she used to shine a hand-lamp into every broken thing she found, from old machines to injured animals. Her father had taught her that curiosity was the key to compassion, so it was only logical that the stars started to call out to her and she decided to join Starfleet. Joining Starfleet was not an easy decision because it meant that it would take her far from home. However, she knew what was at home but not what was out in the universe. Therefore, it was no surprise that when she became 18 that she applied to Starfleet. She did well in most subjects but was adverse to phaser and combat training, barely passing both, not because of her vision or physical ability, but because of her more pacifisitic nature. She felt that bettering those skills would harden her and make it easier to justify violence and killing, which she did not view as hers or Starfleet's mission. Ultimately, she graduated the Academy in the top third of her class. She then headed to the Medical Academy where she performed significantly better. Curing people and learning about all that made beings tick was something that she preferred. Thus, it was not difficult for her to graduate in the top five percent of her medical class. From there, she was assigned to the USS Tahoe as an ensign. She served well and then transferred to the USS America. She did not care for her Captain, the fiesty Kelly Jean O'Connor, so she transferred to the USS Valiant. On the Valiant, Dr. Marquez came to the aid of a mining colony struck by a seismic event which released subterranean spores. Dr. Marquez organized both medical and civilian relief operations; credited with saving hundreds. This got the notice of Lieutenant Commander Aran Voss, and they soon began to date. Their connection was electric, and they married slightly less than a year later in 2291. However, their love would be short lived. At the beginning of 2292, successfully managed a multi-species outbreak (a pathogen carried by an away team returning from an uncharted planet) that threatened to spread through the ship—used an experimental antiviral cocktail that she helped develop. Unfortunately, before she could find the cure, her husband, who led the away team, succumbed to the illness. For her heroics, she was promoted to Assistant Chief Medical Officer. Unfortunately, without Aran, life on the Valiant was too difficult to call home and she transferred to the Tempest. There, she oversaw a med-bay refit which improved surgical theater, upgraded diagnostic holo-imaging, improved environmental and air-filter systems for better cross-species compatibility by reducing allergens, adjusting atmospheric tolerances, etc. The Captain of the Tempest then recommended that Ilana apply for a Chief Medical Officer position which she obtained on the Montana. |
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| Service Record | 2293 - present- USS Montana - Chief Medical Officer 2292 - 2293 - USS Tempest - Assistant Chief Medical Officer 2290 - 2292 - USS Valiant - Lieutenant JG/Assistant Chief Medical Officer 2289 - 2290 - USS America - Lieutenant JG 2288 - 2289 - USS Tahoe - Ensign 2285 - 2288 - Starfleet Medical Academy 2281 - 2285 - Starfleet Academy |