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Vanessa doesn't have many belongings, because she has never really been attached to many things.  This can also be seen when you enter her quarters. The room is usually quite plain and simple with only a handful of decoration items. Most of the items she keeps in her quarters have a special meaning to her. Vanessa owns a photograph of her home planet Toral IV, where she was born and raised and where her family still lives.

Apart from that she has a photograph of her family, which normally stands at her desk. Those two photos are the things she treasures most as they remind her of her childhood days.  

Vanessa loves music. She learned to play the tin whistle as a child and made music together with her brother and mother. Although she does not play it anymore really, she takes it with her to every new assignment. She also likes to sing, but doesn't do it in public.

Vanessa often plays around with strands of her hair when she is brooding over important things.

Vanessa likes to socialise, meet and talk to other people. Sometimes, however, she needs some time on her own. She likes to listen to music or read.

[[File:Vanessa_Driscoll_cadet.jpg|200 px|right]]So shortly before turning 18, Vanessa enrolled at Starfleet Academy in San Francisco and moved to her parents’ original home world, the Earth. She did not have much trouble finding new friends there and enjoyed the time they spent socialising. Her academic performance was average, which was mainly due to the fact that she often spent her free time with her friends instead of learning for her courses. Nevertheless, she was able to pass the courses, even the ones, she was not that much interested in. She liked the tactics courses, which resulted in good results in that field, as well as science courses and physical education.

When she had finished the General studies program, it was quite hard for her to decide ona special field of expertise, so she took courses in both security and science. However, this meant that she had to concentrate more on learning. In the last two Academy yearsple she finally spent more time on learning. It was at that time that strong, black coffee became her favourite drink.