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 * '''Eyes''': Black / Black
 * '''Skin Tone''': Dark Brown
+* '''Birthmarks, Scars: None
+* '''Tattoos/Body Modifications: None
 * '''Build''': Medium frame with slender build
 * '''Handedness''': Ambidextrous
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 '''Observant. Curious. Reflective. Aloof.'''
-Merrick was born with a brilliant, observant and inquisitive mind, one that seemed almost designed to absorb, examine and disseminate information. For Merrick nothing is as important as intellect and it is the aspect that he focuses on the most. He sees himself as a scientific investigator, but instead of examining blood, tissue and fingerprints in the effort to capture criminals, he examines technology, life signs, energy signatures, even people in an attempt to understand his environment or solve problems. While he has taken a double major in Science and Engineering, and even on Vulcan his courses tended to cover both sides, he sees himself as a scientist, testing hypothesis and pushing the boundaries. He is sharp, inquisitive and seems to have an almost instinctive ability to come to accurate conclusions on limited or desperate data, a skill that was honed by Vulcan training.
+Merrick was born with a brilliant, observant and inquisitive mind, one that seemed almost designed to absorb, examine and disseminate information. For Merrick nothing is as important as intellect and it is the aspect that he focuses on the most. He sees himself as a scientific investigator, but instead of examining blood, tissue and fingerprints in the effort to capture criminals, he examines technology, life signs, energy signatures, even people in an attempt to understand his environment or solve problems. While he has taken a double major in Science and Engineering, and even on Vulcan his courses tended to cover both sides, he is an investigator, always asking questions, testing hypothesis and pushing the boundaries. He is sharp, inquisitive and seems to have an almost instinctive ability to come to accurate conclusions on limited or desperate data, a skill that was honed by Vulcan training.
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 Merrick had a thirst for learning, one that was fostered not only by his parents but by Skarok and T’Mara a bonded Vulcan couple that often traveled with them, who acted as diplomats and scientists, but also doubled as tutors for young Merrick. It was they who saw his intellect more clearly and noticed that his telepathic training was for the most part nonexistent and was seriously impacting his ability to use it. So they recommended that he go to Vulcan schools, not only for training that would challenge him intellectually, but one that could help him telepathically. His parents agreed. So at 16 he was at a point where he could have graduated from standard schools, he was instead he was enrolled at the Vulcan Academy.
-Merrick stayed on Vulcan, enjoying the classes and even immersing himself in a culture that seemed to fit his own temperament so well. For him it was not the mysticism that he enjoyed but the Vulcan’s desire to set aside emotion in the pursuit of logic and their focus on intellect. For Merrick he was like a kid in a candy shop, focusing on varied things like Chemistry, Astrophysics, ExoBiology, Xenology, Mathematics, Mechanical engineering, Logic & Advanced Problem solving, and even the Vulcan meditation techniques that helped focus his mind and attempt to learn to use his Telepathy. While he excelled in a scholastic way, his telepathy was lagging far behind.
+By 34, when he finished his training at the academy Skarok approached Merrick and encouraged him to continue his education and broaden his horizons and he joined Starfleet under Skarok’s sponsorship.
-At 22 the Rodulan government contacted him asking him to do as his parents had done, help them track down Basotile artifacts, a request that Merrick agreed to  primarily out of duty to his parents and home world. Like his parents Merrick had spent years off world and he seemed to be a good candidate for such a job. So for the next 4 years he was a student part of the time and a Basotile collector the rest. However Merrick lacked his parent’s social skills and most importantly interest and so by 26 he left that and found a new love: The Borg.
+Double Major: Science & Engineering Graduating Starfleet at 40.
-It was not the Borg per se, but he was fascinated by their ability to merge biology and technology seamlessly on the macro and microscopic levels. And so finally after years of being a career student was focused.
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+Merrick spent many years on Vulcan, attending the academy in one fashion or another.
-At 26 his course load shifted: to AI, Exobiology, Engineering, Nanotechnology, biotechnology, Programming and anything else that lent itself to his new desire.
+During his first two years he spent time in the Vulcan temple of Kal'shar, which was positioned near mount Seleya. They promoted Vulcan mental discipline and discarding emotion, and focused on Vulcan logic and taught its adherents how to extend that logic. There are some who believe that some have developed a level of precognition, although the adepts will only say that it is just an an application of extended logic.
-By 32, when he finished his training at the academy Skarok approached Merrick and encouraged him to continue his education and broaden his horizons and he joined Starfleet under Skarok’s sponsorship.
+By 18 Merrick was attending the Vulcan Science Academy full time and in the first six years obtaining advnaced degrees in Mathematics, Physics and Astonomy.
-Double Major: Science & Engineering Graduating Starfleet at 38.
+At 26 Merrick was contacted by the Rodulan government to assist in recovering Basotile artifacts, this was still only part time, his focus on learning and personal education. For the next 8 years he continued at the Science Academy taking in Biology, Chemistry, computer programming and engineering courses. He even studied Vulcan and Romulan languages and perfected his knowledge of Cardassian and Klingon, languages his father had demanded that he know from a boy. By 32 he was even acting as a student teacher to those just entering the Academy and using his time to explore and learn.
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+By 34 he entered Starfleet and rounding out his scientific knowledge taking a double major in science and engineering.
-Merrick spent 16 years on Vulcan, attending the academy in one fashion or another. Even when contacted by the Rodulan government to assist in recovering Basotile artifacts, this was still only part time, his focus on learning and personal education. Starfleet has only added to that as he has taken a double major in science and engineering.
 * '''General areas of expertise:
 ** '''SCIENCE: Astronomy, Biology/Exobiology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics
 ** '''ENGINEERING: Materials Engineering & Programming
-** '''Vulcanian Meditation and Logic & Problem solving
+** '''Vulcanian Meditation and Logic & Problem solving and self taught at Kinesics
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