I got her name out of a random name generator. :) I don't really have an idea of what she looks like in my head, but probably short and dark-haired. (Not the least of which because Trek needs more short women, damnit.)
I figured whoever they let teach Hand-to-Hand Combat to the brand-new cadets had to go for the drill-instructor kind of mold, especially if one also happens to be short and female. In my head, when she applied for the job, she had to kick a handful of people's asses in one-on-one combat to get hired, and she did it so fast that it was before anyone particularly noticed. (Twice as good to go half as far, etc.)
The McCoy thing -- she likes 'em a bit more complex (and older, and sarcastic rather than defiant) than Kirk, who clearly (to her, at that point) is just a kid with a chip on his shoulder. She probably recognized Kirk's name when he said it to her but didn't really care if it was George Kirk's kid or not.
(She's not Lt. Sit Down--she's actually short, not just short-compared-to-a-6'2-guy.)
After the story, Jim throws a punch at her, she avoids it neatly, and spends the next ten minutes telling him what's wrong with every single thing he did, in exquisite detail. Jim's okay with this because she's just as brutal to everyone else.
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I figured whoever they let teach Hand-to-Hand Combat to the brand-new cadets had to go for the drill-instructor kind of mold, especially if one also happens to be short and female. In my head, when she applied for the job, she had to kick a handful of people's asses in one-on-one combat to get hired, and she did it so fast that it was before anyone particularly noticed. (Twice as good to go half as far, etc.)
The McCoy thing -- she likes 'em a bit more complex (and older, and sarcastic rather than defiant) than Kirk, who clearly (to her, at that point) is just a kid with a chip on his shoulder. She probably recognized Kirk's name when he said it to her but didn't really care if it was George Kirk's kid or not.
(She's not Lt. Sit Down--she's actually short, not just short-compared-to-a-6'2-guy.)
After the story, Jim throws a punch at her, she avoids it neatly, and spends the next ten minutes telling him what's wrong with every single thing he did, in exquisite detail. Jim's okay with this because she's just as brutal to everyone else.
(Anything else you want to know?)