Therese Liao

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| Character Name = Therese Liao
| Icon1 = [[file:ufp-emblem.jpg|55px|UFP emblem image.]] [[file:enterprise cmd insignia.jpg|30px|UESPA emblem.]]
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| Species = [[Human]]
| Gender = female
| Birthplace = {{pre|ECS|Ibn Battuta}}
| Hair Color = black (greying)
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| family = no
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| Affiliation = [[Federation]], [[Starfleet]]
| Occupation = [[officer]]
| Assign =  [[Chief medical officer|CMO]], {{USS|Pioneer}}
| Rank = [[lieutenant commander]]
| Insignia = [[file:Sci ltcmr 2160s.png|115px|Rank insignia.]]
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'''Therese Liao''' was a [[human]] female [[doctor]] and an [[officer]] of [[Starfleet]] in the [[22nd century]].

==Biography==
She was born and raised on the [[Earth Cargo Service]] vessel {{ship|ECS|Ibn Battuta}}.

In [[2162]], she held the rank of [[lieutenant commander]] and was handpicked by [[Captain]] [[Malcolm Reed]] to be his [[Chief medical officer]] on his first command, the {{USS|Pioneer|NCC-63}}. She forged a good working relationship with her crew mates, including [[Communications officer|comm officer]] [[Bodor chim Grev]], despite her slight xenophobia.

In [[February]], [[2163]], the ''Pioneer'' investigated [[Hansen's Planet]], and the [[away team]] was ambushed by local lifeforms so Captain Reed used [[photonic torpedo]]s to scare them off. Liao checked out the away team after their return and confronted the captain for his non too subtle approach.

In [[April]] of that year, following a disastrous engine test, the ''Pioneer'' became stuck in a decaying [[orbit]] of a [[class J gas giant|super-Jovian planet]]. The crew was evacuated to the catwalks in the starboard [[warp nacelle]] due to the planet's [[radiation]] ring. Liao set up a medical tent, where she treated injured crew members, including [[First officer]] [[Travis Mayweather]] and [[Chief engineer]] [[Alan Sheehan]]. During her examinations, she discovered [[Tobin Dax]]'s [[Trill symbiont|symbiont]], and made a promise to keep it secret, but suggested that he should tell Captain Reed about it, which Tobin did a short time later. ({{n|ENT|A Choice of Futures}})

Doctor Liao continued to faithfuly serve the medical needs of the ''Pioneer'' crew in the following years from their mission in the [[Beta Rigel|Rigel system]] to the [[Ware crisis]]. The latter esspecially challenged her abilities since throughout those months ''Pioneer'' suffered several casuelties and encontered many new alien civilizations. ({{n|ENT|Tower of Babel|Uncertain Logic|Live by the Code}})

After the extended assignment, ''Pioneer'' underwent repairs and refit at [[Earth]]. Before re-launch, Liao was present to greet the vessel's new captain, [[Caroline Paris]]. ({{n|ENT|Patterns of Interference}})

==Appendices==
===Connections===
{{USS Pioneer (NCC-63) personnel}}
===Appearances===
* {{n|ENT|sub=Rise of the Federation|A Choice of Futures}} (''First appereance'')
* {{n|ENT|sub=Rise of the Federation|Tower of Babel}}
* {{n|ENT|sub=Rise of the Federation|Uncertain Logic}}
* {{n|ENT|sub=Rise of the Federation|Live by the Code}} (''mentioned only'')
* {{n|ENT|sub=Rise of the Federation|Patterns of Interference}}

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