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The '''Featured Bio Contest''' is an opportunity to recognize our existing members as well as to inspire prospective members to examine our group and join in on the fun. Furthermore, the contest endeavors to encourage current members to explore the SB118 Wiki and learn more about their fellow members and the adventures others have been having across the fleet.
The '''Featured Bio Contest''' was a contest that ran from 2012 to 2017, highlighting excellent character wiki bios. It was an opportunity to recognize our existing members as well as to inspire prospective members to examine our group and join in on the fun. Furthermore, the contest endeavored to encourage current members to explore the SB118 Wiki and learn more about their fellow members and the adventures others have been having across the fleet.


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The Featured Bio Contest recognizes three types of featured articles: '''Featured Bios''', '''Featured Nominees''', and '''Featured Bio Contest Team Members'''.
The Featured Bio Contest recognizes three types of featured articles: '''Featured Bios''', '''Featured Nominees''', and '''Featured Bio Contest Team Members'''.
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::A nominee that has been selected by the Featured Bio Contest Team to become the Featured Bio of SB118 for one month.


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::The second place nominee in the final vote count by the Featured Bio Contest Team.
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A nominee that has been selected by the Featured Bio Contest Team to become the Featured Bio of SB118 for one month.
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::A biographical article for a character whose writer is a member of the [[Featured Bio Contest Team Members|Featured Bio Contest Team]] and has participated in three rounds of the competition.
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The second place nominee in the final vote count by the Featured Bio Contest Team.
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A biographical article for a character whose writer is a member of the [[Featured Bio Contest Team Members|Featured Bio Contest Team]] and has participated in three rounds of the competition.
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Featured Articles may display special badges designating their status. There are two sets available: the '''wide edition''' (seen above and suitable for display as a header or footer for a character's sidebar) and the '''standard award size edition''' (seen below and suitable for display in an awards rack alongside other [[List of Awards|awards]] and [[Service Ribbons|service ribbons]]).
Featured Articles may display special badges designating their status. Display of the badges is at the discretion of the individual author, although examples of badge placement are available in the [[Featured Bio Contest Tutorials]].
 
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==Rules and Judging Criteria==
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{{FBCWinner|Andrus|Jaxx|MONTH = July 2014
{{FBCWinner|Roshanara Rahman|MONTH = September 2017
|PICTURE = Jaxxdress.jpg
|PICTURE = Rahman3.jpg
|BLURB = Rear Admiral {{n|Andrus|Jaxx}} is a high ranking [[Betazoid]] officer of great renown having commanded the {{USS|Victory}}, [[StarBase 118 Ops]], the {{USS|Apollo}}, and its successor the ''Odyssey'' class {{USS|Apollo|A}}. A great many officers have served and thrived under his leadership, but he started out just the same as any officer and first served as a counsellor aboard the {{USS|Challenger}} in 2384. He worked through the ranks and did a spell as a strategic operation officer as he took his first steps into command as second officer aboard that ship. From there, he was first officer aboard the {{USS|Resolution}} before moving back into the role of strategic operations officer aboard the {{USS|Eagle}}. In 2387 he was transferred to the {{USS|Victory}} as first officer and would later become its commanding officer.
|BLURB =Born on Moselina IV, a busy trade stop located near Krios Prime, the Kriosian homeworld, Roshanara's birth parents gave her up for adoption, and a human couple took her in, named her, and raised her back on Earth in the city of Lahore. Often mistaken for a Trill due to her Kriosian spots, she joined Starfleet because of her interest in starship design and engineering, an interest that has not come without a cost as she was gravely injured early in her career from a major accident that required lengthy rehabilitation.


Outside of work, fitness is important to Jaxx, who loves to work out. He can often be found in the holodeck playing sports such as racquetball, fencing, skiing or sparring and is notably one of few Betazoids who can use a Bat’leth. He is an avid swimmer and spends as much time in the water as is reasonably possible.
She is a project manager for the Starfleet Corps of Engineers and a Starfleet Academy instructor. She previously served as an engineer aboard the starships Shanghai, Tempest, Pioneer, Mercury, and Garuda, and was chief engineer of the latter two vessels. She served as first officer to Fleet Captain Aron Kells aboard the Garuda and USS Invicta. Captain Rahman is currently the Commanding Officer of the USS Veritas.
 
He likes socialising with and getting to know his crew and will scrub in and help even the lowliest of crewmen, often much to their surprise! He is an excellent judge of character and is able to quickly assess new officers and decide whether he will like them or not. There are very few people on his bad side but thankfully they generally have the sense to keep out of his way.
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'''Featured Nominee:''' {{n|Nia|Calderan}}
'''Featured Nominee:''' [[Irina Pavlova]]
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{{FBCWinner|Kaitlyn|Falcon|MONTH = June 2014
|PICTURE = Kaitlyn Off Duty.png
|BLURB = Lieutenant Commander Kaitlyn Falcon is the Chief of Helm/Communications and Ops aboard the [[USS Darwin-A|USS Darwin NCC 99312]]. She and her non-identical twin sister Rebecca were born on the USS ''Freedom'' at the end of the Dominion War. Kaitlyn has lived most of her life aboard starships.


She left the USS ''Nova'' to work for her brother on his freighter the SS ''Nova'', giving her experience of life on Starfleet and Civilian spacecraft. She learned to fly a bulky freighter, patch up damaged systems and shoot pirates with a modified phaser. The experienced would later be described as allowing her to see parts of the Federation that weren’t on tour.  
{{FBCWinner|Lael Rosek|MONTH = July 2017
|PICTURE = Lael Rosek4.png
|BLURB =Lael was born two minutes before her twin brother Kellan on Stardate 236610.24 to Adelynn Rosek in Cedar Springs, Michigan. She never met her father and, due to her mother's silence, knew very little about him. From a young age, Lael showed a talent for Mathematics and her curious nature led her to a passion for taking things apart to see how they worked. Though she was bullied in her younger years due to her Al-Leyan heritage, her easy-going and compassionate nature won her many friends. As she grew older, she sought more adventurous pursuits, chief among them being sailing, cliff-diving, water skiing, rock climbing, and swimming in local ponds and lakes.


Eventually she left and joined Starfleet Academy and when she graduated was assigned to the {{USS|Vigilant}}. From there she worked through the ranks and was transferred later in the year to the newly launched {{USS|Darwin|A}}. Rhino, a beautiful ginger and white Syrian hamster is her pet companion.
She spent most of her adolescence dreaming of a career as a Starfleet Officer. Following her graduation from high school on Stardate 238505.25, she took the Entrance Exam and began her first day as a cadet on Stardate 238508.07 intending to follow the Command track. She did well academically and was excelling on the Command track until the holovideos and graphic descriptions of torture caused her nightmares and PTSD. She was forced to undergo counseling and drop out of the Command track. Her twin brother convinced her that she would do better in gold than red, and Lael began studying engineering, operations, physics and communications.
 
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Kaitlyn’s interest in piloting is such that she keeps a large number of holodeck simulations to keep her skills sharp and will fly any craft, air or space from as many different cultures as she can find. Other hobbies and talents include playing the piano and rock climbing, which was something her mother had enjoyed.
'''Featured Nominee:''' [[Ayiana Sevo]]
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{{FBCWinner|Eerie|MONTH = May 2014
|PICTURE = Eerie1.jpg
|BLURB = Lieutenant Commander [[Eerie]] is the chief of security and tactical aboard the [[USS Vigilant-A|USS ''Vigilant'' NCC-75515-A]]. The [[Brikar]] officer began his career as a tactical officer and has served previously on the {{USS|Aurora}}, the {{USS|Avandar}} where he first moved into the role of department chief, and the original {{USS|Vigilant}}. He is an ambitious officer who has set his sights on working towards becoming a commander and then moving on to be a commanding officer someday.


One of Eerie’s most difficult missions to date was the ‘[[Avandar_Mission_Archive#Mission_1:_All_that_Remains|Eden]]’ mission where the USS ''Avandar'' crashed on an alien world and the crew spent 10 years trying to pick up the pieces. During that time the Bolian he’d been dating died in childbirth, leaving him to raise a child alone. Crewman Debarres was among those who helped him, and it brought the two of them closer together in friendship. One of his friends turned rogue and started acting against the survivors along with a few other rebels who broke away. When it later turned out that everything they’d experienced had not been real, those actions continued to scar the relationship. When that friend died on a later mission it became one of Eerie’s regrets that he hadn’t been a better, more forgiving friend and managed to mend their friendship.


A later mission on the USS ''Vigilant'' would see Eerie face another illusion, this time created by an alien species as part of a social experiment. During the ‘[[Ravensville]]’ experience, he led the life of a Police Captain and was known as [[Eerie (Ravensville)|Mark ‘Eerie’ Swift]]. He sometimes finds himself using the odd strange remark, or exhibiting ‘un-Brikar like’ behaviour learned in that situation.
{{FBCWinner|Randal Shayne|MONTH = May 2017
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'''Featured Nominee:''' {{n|Raj|Blueheart}}
|BLURB =Randal Shayne was born in Chicago, Illinois on Earth, however most of his childhood was spent on Starbase 912. Both his parents, Eric and Heidi Shayne, were high ranking Starfleet officers. His mother was the station’s CMO and his father would eventually become its Commanding Officer. Both of his parents made Randal and his brother, Zak, a priority and neither child was left wanting for attention. Randal decided to follow in his parents footsteps and was accepted into Starfleet Academy at age 18 as a medical cadet.
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{{FBCWinner|Alexander|Richards|MONTH = April 2014
|PICTURE = Richards new.jpg
|BLURB = Chief Science Officer {{n|Alexander|Richards}} of the {{USS|Gemini}} was born in Tycho City, Lunar Colony. Whilst studying the sciences at Oxford University, Alexander had a paper published on applied warp mechanics past, present and beyond. He graduated from Starfleet Academy in 2387, after which he took up his first duty post in the Operations Division on the {{USS|Independence|A}} in 2388 as the Chief Communications Officer. He later served on the {{USS|Tiger|A}}, {{USS|Mercury}}, {{USS|Drake}}, and [[Starbase 118 Ops]] before being assigned to the USS ''Gemini''.


While investigating a strange occurrence on [[Deep Space 10]] during his time aboard the ''Mercury'', Alexander triggered the base's ancient defense systems and was paralyzed from the waist down. He is now in a wheelchair, but he has not let this get in the way of his career. Alexander feels his biggest achievement in life so far is becoming a father to his son John Richards. He always wants to set an example for him and be the best role model that he can be.
Randal was intent on helping people the way his mother had done for her whole career. Unfortunately, the pre-med curriculum proved incomprehensible for him and he was far to squeamish around the injured and sick. After his first year he transferred to the Engineering program. During this time Randal had very few friends and focused on his studies. Randal was on track to become a decent engineer, until an instructor noted his above average reflexes and decisiveness. The instructor suggested that he would better serve a ship behind the helm. This led Randal to reluctantly enroll in the flight team. It was during this time that Randal began to make friends, felt the strong camaraderie among his fellow flight team members and came into his own as an officer. Randal was assigned to the USS Gemini right out of the academy as its helmsman and has made his career behind the helm of a variety of ships.
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'''Featured Nominee:''' {{n|Dade|Adarnis}}
'''Featured Nominee:''' [[Oddas Aria]]
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{{FBCWinner|Quinn|Reynolds|MONTH = March 2014
{{FBCWinner|Aitas|MONTH = March 2017
|PICTURE = Quinn Reynolds.jpg
|PICTURE = AitasSB118.png
|BLURB = Captain {{n|Quinn|Reynolds}} is Chief Intelligence Officer aboard the {{USS|Garuda}}. Her long, rich history in the fleet has seen her serve on a myriad number of ships including occupying the centre chairs of both the {{USS|Eagle}} and the {{USS|Drake}}. A tormented Martian genius, she has been involved in a number of classified, high risk missions that led to her posting to the [[Menthar Corridor]], an area near Breen, Tholian, and Cardassian space.
|BLURB = Aitas was born on Betazed. Her mother, Jissela Igre, was a Betazoid martial arts instructor and her father, Sakon, was a Vulcan xenobiologist. Her parents met when her mother was assigned to Sakon as a guard when he was studying large predatory animals in Betazed’s jungles. Aitas’ childhood was split between time on Betazed with her mother and going with her father on his research expeditions. Her happy childhood came to a quick and abrupt end as the Dominion War approached Betazed. Her mother was killed during the initial attack on Betazed. her father took her and fled Federation space, but were captured by slavers. The slavers separated Aitas from her father and never saw him again.


Tolerant, flexible, yet socially awkward, Quinn often spends off-duty time working on a thesis or academic project, or playing the piano. She appreciates the relationship between music and mathematics and finds the logical nature of technology reassuring. In some respects, that makes life aboard a starship ideal, although she is also a gardening enthusiast and keeps a sizable garden at her home in the Columbia Hills settlement on Mars.
Aitas was rescued by a travelling El-Aurian author named Jakarn who bought her from the slavers. He brings her back to Federation space and arranges for her to be taken in by her maternal grandparents on Betazed. At age 19, Aitas decides to join Jakam on his travels and assist him. He taught her about diplomacy, espionage and encouraged her curiosity about Starfleet. At 23, Aitas enrolled in Starfleet Academy as an Intelligence major.
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'''Featured Nominee:''' {{n|Alexander|Richards}}
'''Featured Nominee:''' [[Jocelyn Marshall]]
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}}


{{FBCWinner|Chythar|Skyfire|MONTH = February 2014
{{FBCWinner|Jalana Rajel|MONTH = January 2017
|PICTURE = Ltjgskyfire.jpg
|PICTURE = JalanaRajel.jpg
|BLURB = Lieutenant JG {{n|Chythar|Skyfire}} is a medical officer aboard the {{USS|Excalibur|A}}. He is passionate about science and languages. Although he serves as a Starfleet officer, he has mixed feelings towards the organisation as he feels it robbed him of time with his mother, who died while on assignment with them. Since joining the fleet in 2390, he has also served aboard [[StarBase 118 Ops]].
|BLURB = Jalana Laxyn was born in the city of Mak'ala on Trill. Jalana's father was an Ambassador who always wanted Jalana to follow in his footsteps. Her mother, Caline, was a botanist who seemed more intent on letting Jalana choose her own path. Jalana didn't attend formal education institutions as a child, but was instead taught by her father. However, much to the disappointment of her father Jalana enrolled in a Trill Medical School to become a doctor.


In his spare time, he can often be found making chainmail or reading in his quarters, although he also enjoys conversations with his crew mates. His best friend, {{n|Sal|Taybrim}}, serves aboard the {{USS|Darwin|A}}. His middle name, Daniel, has earned him the nickname "CD".
After studying at med school Jalana knew she wanted to do more and enrolled in Starfleet Academy. She would eventually be contacted by the Trill Symbiosis Commission and joined with the Rajel Symbiont.
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'''Featured Nominee:''' {{n|Eerie}}
'''Featured Nominee:''' [[Aitas]]
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{{FBCWinner|Saveron|MONTH = January 2014
|PICTURE = Sav1uniformbackground.jpg
|BLURB = Doctor [[Saveron]] is the Chief Medical officer on the {{USS|Garuda}}. He began his career aboard the {{USS|Ronin}} under the command of Captain {{n|Toni|Turner}} back in 2388. Between then and now, he has seen ships launch, introduced his son to the [[Laudean]] people, confronted the Borg and acted as chief medic and advisor to a selection of captains throughout the fleet.


When not in sickbay, he practices Vulcan martial arts, reads and plays music. He is strongly averse to the use of phasers. He is known for keeping a white pet [[tribble]] and has a holographic piano! The best advice for anyone visiting his quarters, though, is to wear an EV suit – he likes to keep them at Vulcan humidity, temperature and gravity, so it may not be a comfortable visit otherwise!
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Featured Bio Contest
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This Month's Winner

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Rahman
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The Featured Bio Contest was a contest that ran from 2012 to 2017, highlighting excellent character wiki bios. It was an opportunity to recognize our existing members as well as to inspire prospective members to examine our group and join in on the fun. Furthermore, the contest endeavored to encourage current members to explore the SB118 Wiki and learn more about their fellow members and the adventures others have been having across the fleet.


Overview

Each month, the Featured Bio Contest Team reviews nominated character biographical wiki articles and uses the judging criteria to judge nominees. At the end of the month, one winning article will be selected from the nominees to become the Featured Bio of StarBase 118 on both the SB118 Wiki main page and through the Newsies, Reporter, and Publicity Teams. Featured Bio winners are granted use of special badges that they can then add to their bios. Additionally, a runner up will be chosen as the Featured Nominee for the month and receive an honourable mention on the forum and news as well as a corresponding badge that can be placed on the page.


Featured Articles and Badges

The Featured Bio Contest recognizes three types of featured articles: Featured Bios, Featured Nominees, and Featured Bio Contest Team Members.

Featured Bio of StarBase 118
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 Featured Bio of StarBase 118 (Gold)

A nominee that has been selected by the Featured Bio Contest Team to become the Featured Bio of SB118 for one month.

Featured Bio Nominee
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 Featured Nominee (Silver)

The second place nominee in the final vote count by the Featured Bio Contest Team.

Featured Bio Team Member
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 Featured Bio Contest Team Member (Sapphire)

A biographical article for a character whose writer is a member of the Featured Bio Contest Team and has participated in three rounds of the competition.

Featured Articles may display special badges designating their status. Display of the badges is at the discretion of the individual author, although examples of badge placement are available in the Featured Bio Contest Tutorials.

Rules and Judging Criteria


How to Nominate an Article

See someone's bio on the wiki that you think deserves to be featured on the main page and through our publicity and news teams? Then simply reply to the current month's nominations thread with a link to the article in the Featured Bio Contest forum!

Articles are judged using the judging criteria for the contest. Before you nominate an article, please ensure that it meets the following simple rules:

  1. Nominated articles must be of a player character played by a current and active member.
  2. Nominated articles must be either a primary or secondary player character. PNPCs are ineligible.
  3. All information in the article must be current as of the submission date.


List of Featured Articles

Rahman3.jpg Roshanara Rahman
September 2017

Born on Moselina IV, a busy trade stop located near Krios Prime, the Kriosian homeworld, Roshanara's birth parents gave her up for adoption, and a human couple took her in, named her, and raised her back on Earth in the city of Lahore. Often mistaken for a Trill due to her Kriosian spots, she joined Starfleet because of her interest in starship design and engineering, an interest that has not come without a cost as she was gravely injured early in her career from a major accident that required lengthy rehabilitation.

She is a project manager for the Starfleet Corps of Engineers and a Starfleet Academy instructor. She previously served as an engineer aboard the starships Shanghai, Tempest, Pioneer, Mercury, and Garuda, and was chief engineer of the latter two vessels. She served as first officer to Fleet Captain Aron Kells aboard the Garuda and USS Invicta. Captain Rahman is currently the Commanding Officer of the USS Veritas.

Featured Nominee: Irina Pavlova

Lael Rosek4.png Lael Rosek
July 2017

Lael was born two minutes before her twin brother Kellan on Stardate 236610.24 to Adelynn Rosek in Cedar Springs, Michigan. She never met her father and, due to her mother's silence, knew very little about him. From a young age, Lael showed a talent for Mathematics and her curious nature led her to a passion for taking things apart to see how they worked. Though she was bullied in her younger years due to her Al-Leyan heritage, her easy-going and compassionate nature won her many friends. As she grew older, she sought more adventurous pursuits, chief among them being sailing, cliff-diving, water skiing, rock climbing, and swimming in local ponds and lakes.

She spent most of her adolescence dreaming of a career as a Starfleet Officer. Following her graduation from high school on Stardate 238505.25, she took the Entrance Exam and began her first day as a cadet on Stardate 238508.07 intending to follow the Command track. She did well academically and was excelling on the Command track until the holovideos and graphic descriptions of torture caused her nightmares and PTSD. She was forced to undergo counseling and drop out of the Command track. Her twin brother convinced her that she would do better in gold than red, and Lael began studying engineering, operations, physics and communications.

Featured Nominee: Ayiana Sevo


Shayne, Randal.png Randal Shayne
May 2017

Randal Shayne was born in Chicago, Illinois on Earth, however most of his childhood was spent on Starbase 912. Both his parents, Eric and Heidi Shayne, were high ranking Starfleet officers. His mother was the station’s CMO and his father would eventually become its Commanding Officer. Both of his parents made Randal and his brother, Zak, a priority and neither child was left wanting for attention. Randal decided to follow in his parents footsteps and was accepted into Starfleet Academy at age 18 as a medical cadet.

Randal was intent on helping people the way his mother had done for her whole career. Unfortunately, the pre-med curriculum proved incomprehensible for him and he was far to squeamish around the injured and sick. After his first year he transferred to the Engineering program. During this time Randal had very few friends and focused on his studies. Randal was on track to become a decent engineer, until an instructor noted his above average reflexes and decisiveness. The instructor suggested that he would better serve a ship behind the helm. This led Randal to reluctantly enroll in the flight team. It was during this time that Randal began to make friends, felt the strong camaraderie among his fellow flight team members and came into his own as an officer. Randal was assigned to the USS Gemini right out of the academy as its helmsman and has made his career behind the helm of a variety of ships.

Featured Nominee: Oddas Aria

AitasSB118.png Aitas
March 2017

Aitas was born on Betazed. Her mother, Jissela Igre, was a Betazoid martial arts instructor and her father, Sakon, was a Vulcan xenobiologist. Her parents met when her mother was assigned to Sakon as a guard when he was studying large predatory animals in Betazed’s jungles. Aitas’ childhood was split between time on Betazed with her mother and going with her father on his research expeditions. Her happy childhood came to a quick and abrupt end as the Dominion War approached Betazed. Her mother was killed during the initial attack on Betazed. her father took her and fled Federation space, but were captured by slavers. The slavers separated Aitas from her father and never saw him again.

Aitas was rescued by a travelling El-Aurian author named Jakarn who bought her from the slavers. He brings her back to Federation space and arranges for her to be taken in by her maternal grandparents on Betazed. At age 19, Aitas decides to join Jakam on his travels and assist him. He taught her about diplomacy, espionage and encouraged her curiosity about Starfleet. At 23, Aitas enrolled in Starfleet Academy as an Intelligence major.

Featured Nominee: Jocelyn Marshall

JalanaRajel.jpg Jalana Rajel
January 2017

Jalana Laxyn was born in the city of Mak'ala on Trill. Jalana's father was an Ambassador who always wanted Jalana to follow in his footsteps. Her mother, Caline, was a botanist who seemed more intent on letting Jalana choose her own path. Jalana didn't attend formal education institutions as a child, but was instead taught by her father. However, much to the disappointment of her father Jalana enrolled in a Trill Medical School to become a doctor.

After studying at med school Jalana knew she wanted to do more and enrolled in Starfleet Academy. She would eventually be contacted by the Trill Symbiosis Commission and joined with the Rajel Symbiont.

Featured Nominee: Aitas


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 Featured Bio Team Members


Joining the Featured Bio Contest Team

Team members who have actively participated in three rounds of the competition are authorized to display the Featured Bio Contest Team Member badge on their characters' pages.

Interested in becoming a member of the Featured Bio Contest Team? We'd love to have you! Send a private message on the forums to the team facilitator.

Please note, if you wish to join the team you must meet the following requirements:

  1. You must be an active member of SB118 in good standing.
  2. You must be willing to take an active role in not only judging other articles to be featured but also helping other members with constructive feedback on how to improve their articles.
  3. You should be reasonably proficient with using and editing the wiki such that you could assist other members who have questions about it.
  4. You must be willing to forego your own character's article from being chosen as a featured article. It will instead be listed as a Featured Bio Contest Team Member (Sapphire) article.


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