Name: Roger Allen

Sex: male

Age: 35

Height: 6' 1"

Weight: 175 pounds

Hair: brown

Eyes: brown

Background: Roger was born and raised on Beta, a planet in the same

system as Atlantis, which is the home planet of the Alliance.  Beta has

three moons, which are heavily industrialized.  Roger's family owns

several factories on one of the moons, so Roger was raised in money and

privilege.  Roger is the oldest of four children, having a brother and

two sisters.

Roger is very intelligent, graduating high school as an honor student. 

He also played varsity baseball and was the starting left fielder. 

Going right into college, he was drawn to medicine, as he had always

been compassionate to others and enjoyed helping people.  His family's

money and influence enabled him to enter the best university and assured

him a top spot in medical school.  He interned at the main hospital on

Beta, where he also became a resident.

Roger was expected to marry well, have a family of his own, and continue

the affluent Allen lineage.  However, after a few years of hospital

work, he became bored and wanted to see other worlds.  To everyone's

surprise, he joined the Alliance navy.  After his initial training, he

received an officer commission at age thirty.  Roger served on the

Alliance hospital ship, Magellan.  He did not see frontline combat

during the war.

The Magellan eventually had a patrol route out on the Rim, and Roger

became fascinated with life there.  Leading a life of plenty, he was

shocked to see how difficult life was for the Rimmers.  Feeling he

needed to experience that life for himself, he took a leave of absence

from Alliance service, and stayed on Akron for a short time, before

signing on as doctor on the Forlorn Hope, a Firefly class freighter

under Captain Hadrian Marcus.

Personality: Roger enjoys sports, reading, puzzles, and mysteries.  He

is very polite and friendly to everyone, but also values his privacy. 

He's perfectly content to spend an evening talking with people, or off

alone, immersed in one of his hobbies.

Miscellaneous: Roger has kept most of his past hidden from the crew. 

Though he realizes it's obvious he's not from the Rim, and he's faced

mixed reactions for that, he hasn't told anyone he once served in the

Alliance.