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Maria Onizuka was a 24th century Human woman. She served in Starfleet, teaching cadets at Starfleet Academy.
Biography[]
Onizuka was a skilled flight controller. She earned a doctorate and by the 2370s was a professor at the Academy.
In the early 2370s, Onizuka taught undergraduate classes in the Academy's vehicle operations department, reporting to department chair James Audry. She shared responsibilities with colleagues Jessica Brandt, Nimas Corfew, and Karl Mendelson. Together they taught flight operations to cadets, using holographic simulations and real-world vehicles at the Academy Flight Range near Saturn, the Venus Flight Range, and the Phobos Flight Range. Classes included environmental suit training as well as piloting atmospheric craft, shuttles, ground vehicles, sailing vessels and boats. In the class VO 320, starship helm control, Onizuka taught cadets docking and tactical maneuvers aboard actual starships. (Last Unicorn RPG - SA module: Starfleet Academy Handbook)