Sera zh'Aella

Ensign Sera zh' Aella is currently serving as an Engineer aboard the USS Gorkon

USS Gorkon
Sera zh' Aella
Position	Engineering Officer
Rank	Ensign
Species	Andorian
Gender	Female
DOB	236309.21
Age	38
Birthplace	Harbortown, Andoria
Writer ID	V239107TZ0
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Stats

• Height: 1.86m
• Weight: 153lbs
• Hair Colour: White
• Hair Length: Medium length, just past shoulders. Tied back when on duty.
• Eyes: Blue
• Build: Athletic
• Handed: Right
• Antennae: Sera's antennae have a tendency to betray her emotions, dropping to her head when upset and reacting wildly when surprised.
• Taste in Clothing (when off duty): Prefers shorts and a lose fitting vest top or t shirt.
• Quarters temperature: Cooler than the rest of the ship due to Andorians preferring colder climates

Hobbies and Pastimes

• Wrestling: Sera has trained in the Human combat sport since high school on Lunar One Colony. Sera continued this at the Academy joining the Academy wrestling team and she continues to practice when off duty.
• Sailing: While at the Academy Sera developed a taste for human sea sailing. This is considered strange by most Andorians who generally prefer ice sailing.
• Piloting: Although she has never flown anything bigger than a shuttle, she gained a minor in Helm/Navigation and likes to fly at any opportunity.

Manner

• Engineering Skills: Extremely capable when working in the fields of propulsion systems or component engineering, weaker in programming and theoretical engineering/science.
• Socially: Occasionally misses social cues, especially if they are subtle. Partially awkward and insecure around Andorians who are not family members, due to being raised off world since the age of eleven.
• Temperament: Although somewhat shy among strangers, she has a dark sense of humor that she voices when among people she feels comfortable with. Not easy to anger but is susceptible to it if pushed too far.
• Ambitions and Goals: Becoming more self-assured and gaining a position of responsibility aboard the Gorkon.

Background

Lunar One Colony, Sera's adopted home.

Sera is the youngest of two children born in Harbortown on Cheshras Island, Andoria. Sera attended Shras Endilev School until the age of eleven when her family migrated to, the mostly human, Lunar One Colony. This Migration was due to the threat of the Dominion War, Betazed had fallen to the dominion and there was a fear that Andoria would be next. However, Sera's family were among a minority of families to migrate due to the threat leading other clans to brandish them as cowards.

Spending her teenage years on Lunar Colony One was difficult for Sera. Along with all the normal teenage issues, she had the added difficulty of not being able to bond with other species on Lunar One Colony. She was often left confused by social norms of humans and the other specials who resided on her adopted homeworld. The first year especially was excruciatingly lonely for her as she found socializing with her peers impossible and spent much the year as an outcast at her school. This began to change when Sera joined the high school wrestling team at the age thirteen. Naturally disciplined Sera found the tough wrestling practices and competitions extremely fulfilling. She slowly developed into one of the team's better wrestlers and found her teammates wanting to socialize with her a lot more due to her success. Overtime Sera became increasingly more comfortable with social interactions and developed a dark sense of humor, she is now more comfortable socializing with humans and other non-Andorian. In fact, Sera has become far more comfortable with non-Andorians than she is with her own species.

Sera studied engineering in during her high education and received an apprenticeship upon exiting education at a medium sized freighter shipyard orbiting Europa, Sera found the work acceptable but after eighteen months decided that she wanted to travel before settling down in her career. Sera Spent two years traveling the Federation before finding her way back to Andoria, while visiting the Wall of Heroes was a memorial Sera experienced a private epiphany and soon after put in her application for star fleet.

Career Overview

StarFleet Academy

Sera attended the StarFleet Academy training facility in Marin County, Earth across from the Golden Gate Bridge. Already an apprentice civilian engineer Sera selected Engineering as her Major and, after some deliberation, chose Helm/Navigation as a Minor. Throughout her Academy training, Sera showed herself to be excellent in the fields of Propulsion systems and component engineering however sometimes struggled in the field of programming and her lack of skills at improvising caused some concern from the courses assistant instructor, Senior Chief Petty Officer Leigh McMann. In her 4th year, Sera decided to base her thesis and final project on Alternative Faster-Than-Light Technologies for which she received an A-. Her final exam, aboard the USS Centris-A, was conducted by Commander Brell and Lieutenant Commander Rustyy Hael. Sera missed out on the top ten percent of her class, Graduating 37th out of 212.

While at the Academy Sera chose wrestling as her main Extracurricular Activity. Despite having been on her high school wrestling team Sera lost her first three matches at the Academy, relying too heavily on her natural strength and speed instead of technique and timing. After a long discussion with the team's coaches, Sera was able to adjust her training and competition style. She eventually managed to build a very respectable record after these initial setbacks and she considers being part of the wrestling team as one of her favorite memories from her time at the academy.

Sera zh'Aella
Engineering Commissioned on 239406.06
Toni Turner Brell Academy Commandant Starfleet Academy Training Officer Starbase 118 Campus

USS Gorkon

On Stardate 239406.06 Ensign Sera zh'Aella joined the USS Gorkon, under the Command of Fleet Captain Quinn Reynolds, as an Engineering officer.

	USS Gorkon • Sovereign class

• Spider-Bane

During Sera's first mission on the Gorkon she was part of an away team investigating Leutra IV, a planet that in theory shouldn't exist. Due to it's a lush, temperate M-class planet, but it's in orbit around a magnetars. While on the planet, there was a massive solar flare that knocked out all the team equipment and forced the teams to find cover in a nearby cave system. Sera awoke in darkness and remembered that she had fallen into a pitfall upon entering the cave, cut off and in darkness she was able to signal for help but was rescued by mechanical spiders, caretakers of the cave. Unfortunately, she believed they were going to eat her and resisted her rescue until she was dropped at the feet of her away team. For the rest of the mission Sera served her team by repairing and recharging personal equipment until herself, Ensign Tasha MacFarlane and Lt. Commander Alerta Millis salvaged a secondary com array from a wrecked Ranger shuttle which they were able to use to contact the Gorkon and arrange a rescue.

Service History

Service History
Insignia	Rank	Dates	Posting	Assignment
	Cadet First Class	239406.06	Graduated Starfleet Academy	Engineering
	Ensign	239406.06 - Present	USS Gorkon	Engineer

Awards & Service Ribbons

Awards and Service Ribbons
Service Ribbon Name Date/Assignment Citation Starfleet Academy Graduate Ribbon 239406.06 Starfleet Academy Awarded to those who have graduated from Starfleet Academy.

SIM Archive

• Spider Food 239406.07 - After graduating from the Academy, Sera awakens in complete darkness and remembers that she was part of an away mission.
• Start of a beautiful friendship239407.20 - Sera meets WO1 Leigh McMann in the Gorkon's lounge and causes offense.

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