John Lind

Surgeon-Commander John Patrick Lind, FC, FM, MD, ChM, FSCS (Born January 3, 2970) is a Surgeon-Commander in the Royal Naval Service currently serving aboard the HMS Regreb Bay. He is also the Surgeon-General of Sivad, holding the rank of Vice Admiral in the Public Health Service, part of the Ministry of Health. He is president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.

One of the refugees trapped on Sanctuary when it was taken over by the Nall, Lind was repatriated to Sivad, bringing valuable information about the nexus gate. Following his repatriation, he was awarded the Franklin Cross, Sivad's second-highest award for valour. Lind returned to Sanctuary with the crew of the GMF Athena, and barely escaped before the destruction of the station. He was a leading member of the team which cured the second Thul Resequencing Virus on La Terre and Luna. Lind was also instrumental in the discovery of a cure for the so-called Nexus Plague, an action for which he recieved the Franklin Medal (FM), the civilian equivalent of the Franklin Cross he already held.

Lind traveled to Nialesia, where he was to study native diseases and botanical cures, but was captured by Nialesians who believed that spaceflight was magic. He was eventually rescued by the RNS and the Athena, and returned to the HMS Indefatigable. When the Advanced Thul Resequencing Virus began on Waldheim, Lind was made Surgeon-General with the mandate to find a cure. Working with Captain Marlan Ranix, he found a cure in August, 3005.

Lind is the only child of Col. Daniel and Ann Lind of Enaj. He attended the Regreb Preperatory School, and then the University of Enaj, where he gained a series of degrees in medicine, including a medical doctorate and a master of surgery. He attended the Homeland Naval Service Medical Staff Academy, where he graduated with honours. He has served on the HNS Audacious, and both HMS Formidables.