IRP Name: James Blake Age: 39 Height: 6’ Weight: 195 Biography: James was born in 775a.s on Planet Los Angeles to Conny and Earl Blake. James had a relatively quiet childhood and early teen years. But with conflict on the horizon Earl encouraged his son to join the jr. ROTC, which he did on his 16th birthday. There he was introduced to atmospheric and space flight. James continued to rise within the ranks of the jr.ROTC ending up with the rank of petty officer first class at the age of 18 when he graduated from high school. Less than a month after he was enlisted and training at Westpoint. Within the academy James continued to advance in rank taking specialty classes on command and tactical awareness. After graduating from West Point James was granted a commission into the Liberty Navy with the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade and assigned to The Yukon. For the next 10 years James rose up the ranks, generally in the position of tactical operations. It wasn’t until Operation Royal Flush that James was given a field commission of Commander and placed on the LNS-Yosemite. Durring the following battle James’ quick thinking resulted in not one but two credited kills. At the completion of the operation James was granted a full commission at at the Commander rank and placed in the California Secondary Fleet assisting with the defense of Willard Research Station.
What's your motivation for joining our fleet?: After meeting with Admiral John Sader outside of Norfolk he suggested to me that I put in an application for a transfer into the 5th fleet. Given my long tenure within the Secondary Fleet I do feel like now is a the best time to transfer into a main fleet in order to continue my career.
OORP What kind of experience do you have on Discovery?: A lot, It ranges from OSI, IRG, .:j:,. to OSC|, Rogues, and others.
