PERSONAL DATA

  Name: Viggen Sorenson
  Rank: Civilian
  Position: Holoreporter, IGS
  Assignment: USS LEDA, Mission Specialist (Maiden Voyage)
  Species: Human
  Gender: Male
  Height: 1.90
  Weight: 87 kg
  Eye Color: Green
  Hair Color: Brown
  Complexion: fair
  Date of Birth: 04. Apr 2388
  Place of Birth: Icehammar, Vatnajoskull II, UFP
  Spouse: -
  Children: -
  Parents: Father: Soren Gundurson
           Mother: Lucia Svensdottir
  Siblings: None.
  Religion: Pagan.

  Appearance: Wiry build, hair cropped short, eyes always look amused.
              Usually is dressed in khakis and a multi-pocket explorer
              vest.


EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

  Academic Institutions:
      Highschool: Icehammar, Vatnajoskull II, graduated 2406

  Other Schools:
      2407: Mt. Erebus Journalist School
      2408: Black Sun Survival Camp

  Qualifications:
      Holoreporter
      Extraterrestrial First Responder
      Survivalist


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

  Chronology:

  Date of Birth: 04. Apr 2388
       0 - 18: Lived with parents.
       5 -  9: Attended Primary school, Icehammar.
       9 - 18: Attended Highschool, Icehammar.
      18 - 19: Attended Mt. Erebus Journalist School.
      19 - 20: Survival training with the Black Sun.
           20: Started working for the IGS.
           23: Received the Marvin Award for the best documentary.
           25: Received the Marvin Award for the best biography.
           28: Assigned to the USS LEDA.


  Background:
    Growing up in the harsh but beautiful colony of Vatnajoskull II,
    Viggen learned at an early age to be self-sufficient for his
    primary means of survival. Over the time however he managed to see
    beyond the mere difficulties of live on Vatnajoskull, and he
    developed an appreciation for the beautiful and interesting things
    happening all around him. But just appreciating things wasn't
    enough for him, so in the final years of his higher education he
    was a driving force behind organising excursions.

    Choosing journalism as profession was the next logical step to
    him, and he went to the best school to get his accredition as holo
    reporter: the Mt. Erebus school on Mars. But he also knew that he
    wanted to do coverages from The Frontier, and that those would
    require skills the Mt. Erebus school didn't teach. For this
    reason he joined one of the survival courses taught by the Black
    Sun - a non-profit organisation founded for the explicit purpose
    of teaching extra-terrestrial survival skills.

    With both schools under his belt (and a report about the Black Sun
    training camp on isolinear chip), Viggen applied to the
    Interstellar Geographic Society for a position as field reporter,
    and got accepted. His first assignments were rather tame -
    coverage of excavations in the Beta sector, reports about new
    technological developments in Starfleet, that kind of thing. After
    two years however, Viggen was assigned for a reportage on the
    Klingon homeworld, during which he suddenly found himself in the
    middle of a Romulan undercover operation against the Klingon
    council.  For his involvement in the uncovering of the operation,
    and the documentary he created about it, Viggen later received the
    Marvin Award - one of the galaxy's more prestigious awards.

    Taking a break from the stressful life of a frontline reporter,
    Viggen then visited a number of Federation worlds, producing
    in-depth documentaries about them and their leaders. For his
    portrayal of the Grand Nagus of Ferenginar he managed to receive
    his second Marvin Award.

    Since then, the buzz has moved on to other holo reporters - a
    development Viggen doesn't mind. While he appreciates the Awards,
    his goal is to create good documentaries, and he happily leaves
    the Award-winning to others.

    For his latest assignment, Viggen chose to cover the maiden voyage
    of the USS LEDA, because, in his words: "We all know everything
    about the military side of Starfleet - Wolf 359, Defiant-class
    starships, phaser cannons and such. It's about time somebody put
    the scientific side of Starfleet into the limelight."



SKILLS PROFILE

    Viggen is a gifted holoreporter, and never without his camera.
    However he hates to be seen as a 'passenger', so he tries to pull
    his own weight wherever he is. If not anything else, this usually
    makes people more willing to talk to him.

    His experience as a roaming reporter, in addition to his basic
    survival training, has given him a wide range of skills. He's not
    much more than a beginner in most of them, but so far that's all
    he needed. Among his better skills are First Aid, Marksmanship,
    Vehicle Piloting (anything up to a runabout), and Cooking.


RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

    Powerball matches.
    Card games.
    Amateur musician.


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