Nienne Kenoi: Difference between revisions

When it was clear that she was drawn to medicine and to helping people, she was encouraged to attend the Dohrein Medical School in nearby Eh'naan. After medical school, she completed her residency at the Dohrein Medical Center. In the early days of her residency, an earthquake on a nearby island had flattened most of a city. Sensor probes and teleporters saved many lives in those difficult and terrifying days. In the older section of the city, it was discovered that the construction materials commonly employed prevented reliable sensor readings and made teleport impossible. Kenoi was one of the volunteers who went into the wreckage and helped to locate victims, often providing medical care until the victim could be taken to safety. As they neared the point where rescue would most likely become retrieval, everyone worked frantically, Nienne among them. When an elderly victim, long-time resident of the area, remembered an illegal orphanage, run by a pair of human social workers, rescue efforts focused on that location. Nienne was the one who found the children, trapped under the debris of three upper floors, and it was Nienne who offered comfort to those who were beyond medical aid, stayed with them in their last moments. The memories of that time have stayed with her, haunted her dreams even to this day.  

While there, she did some research and found Starfleet Academy. It wasn't until her application was accepted and her departure date set that she started telling people back home. Then, after many discussions and more than a few arguments with family and well-meaning friends, Kenoi traveled to Earth for her first real exposure to non-telepaths. While at the Academy, along with her medical studies, she minored in Xenobiology and Forensic Pathology and took the command course.