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<h4 style="text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 15px;">Mannerisms</h4>

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On the positive side, Taelon is intelligent, dedicated to his work, and very adaptable - he’s a mutable sort who tends to mold himself to fit whomever he happens to be with. He’s eager to learn new things and tell others about them, and has a core of considerable energy that he pours into his work and personal life. He has a good (if somewhat dark) sense of humor and a warm regard for the universe as a whole.

He assumes the worst of himself and of his social interactions. He sees even minor mistakes as disasters and struggles to overcome them, and in a new situation like his recent deployment tends to assume even the slightest failure will ruin any chance he has of being thought well of.  Even assuring words don’t help, as he tends to see his fears as fact - any assurance is just others being polite and not wanting to put him on the spot, but they must all think he’s useless.  He doesn’t recognise his anxieties as something treatable, but rather as a personal flaw he should hide.  

Somewhere under his layers of self-defeating depression is a warm, caring person who wants to make the galaxy a better place. Taelon has the capability to be brave and self-sufficient, but hasn’t had the courage to learn that about himself yet.  

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<h4 style="text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 15px;">Life on Cestus III [2358 - 2388]</h4>

The area of Cestus they lived in was remote and unpopulated - a barren, arid red desert. His mother had perched her home on the edge and side of a steep canyon, carefully hidden from the outside world. When she’d first arrived, the Gorn had just destroyed the first Federation colony and raiding parties still crawled the planet. By the time Taelon was born, the biggest concern was some of the nastier wildlife. His mother kept the perimeter turrets online regardless.  

Azera was often away for long periods of time, leaving the boy to tend the home by himself. These periods of true isolation were when Taelon picked up his tendency towards self-reliance...as well as his hobby of learning bizarre little skills.  

He graduated from the Academy in 2393 with several accolades in his classwork, which he’s proud of. While most might not consider his time at the Academy ideal, he thinks of it fondly and often misses it, especially when things on the Starbase aren’t going well.

After graduation and his cadet cruise, Taelon was assigned to the Operations of Starbase 118. It wasn’t the sort of assignment he expected to get, and the crew isn’t what he’d expected either - what with the Gorn, a gaggle of Risians, and the sheer flood of Betazoids.  

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{{Citation|Lifesaving Ribbon|2393|Starbase 118 Ops|Aided in the rescue of slaves during Once More, With Feeling}}

{{Citation|Innovation Ribbon|2393|Starbase 118 Ops|Awarded for modifying sensors to track suspects during Once More, With Feeling}}

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