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'''Aresee Lily Ventu''' was an officer of the Federation [[Starfleet]] whose primary career included the five-year period from [[2382]] to 2387. Career highlights included her position as commanding officer of a major Federation installation, [[Starbase 118 Ops|Starbase 118]], in [[2386]] and 2387; as Federation ambassador to the [[Trinity Sector|Trinity]] and [[Serellan Sector|Serellan]] sectors; and as executive officer on the Federation starships ''[[Tiger]]'' and ''[[Triumphant]]''. In those roles, Ventu was able to participate directly in important galactic events, including the defeat of tyrant Brol Isak and the emergence of the [[Reapers]] as a major military force. She has also made diplomatic first contact with the [[Avor]], the [[Senmeten]], and the Lysandro. Commander Ventu disappeared during her tour of duty as commanding officer of Starbase 118; reports are varied, but it appears that she was involved in the dissident movement on Beta Pictoris IV.

* Serial number: UV 545-982

* Last active rank: Commander

* Most recent assignment: Commanding officer of [[Starbase 118 Ops|Starbase 118]]

===Childhood===

Aresee Lily Ventu was born in Trondheim, Norway on [[Earth]] on May 24, [[2352]]. She was both an only child and a bit of a miracle baby for Matilda, a merchant marine trader, and Jarin, an FSN newsman. It came as quite a shock, then, when Aresee was diagnosed at five with bipolar disorder. The diagnosis was initially upsetting to her parents, but Aresee quickly adapted to the pill regimen.

Her Borderland stay came to close when she put herself at risk to rescue a young girl named [[Ventu, Alexa|Alexa]], and was subsequently chased away by the enemies of the girl's late family. Aresee returned to the Federation and her family, and while Alexa was happy to become a member of their family, Aresee had lived the life of a trade-to-day trader for too long, and wanted something more than a string of jobs.

With her previous work behind her, Aresee was fairly certain what she wanted to do, and so she set out to do it. By 2382, she had finished her studies at Starfleet Academy and graduated as an ensign, but she had also found time to obtain a doctorate in psychiatry. Her friends were few and far between, as her old allies were long gone, but she made it to her final trial run, a holo-cruise from Starbase 118 aboard the ''USS Centris'', in August of 2382.

Aresee's first assignment was to the ''[[USS Victory]]'', just as that ship was [[Government (Victory)|ordered to Tanuga IV]]. Aresee was assigned as counselor and medical assistant on a planetary triage team, there to assist the coup-torn planet. In the course of her duties, she was abducted by entities unknown. Despite deep-mind probes and many hours of meditation, she is currently uncertain what happened while she was a hostage.  

Aresee was rescued by a team from the ''Victory'' and returned to the ship's Sickbay. There, she spent several weeks off-duty and in technologically-induced resting periods, regaining her health.

During the ''Victory'''s next mission, Aresee was assisting with the transport of several [[Bajoran]] diplomats when the ''Victory'' became a temporal battlefield, playing host to a variety of factions from a number of time periods. Aresee herself was "phased out" of temporal sync by a temporal agent named [[Trenet, Aurelie|Aurelie Trenet]], though she enlisted the help of her captain, [[Phoenix, Robin|Robin Phoenix]], to resolve the situation.

With the ''Victory'''s decommissioning and her own promotion to lieutenant commander, Aresee was assigned to the ''Constitution'' as second officer. Her first and only mission there involved the colony world Angel One, and its petition for Federation membership. While the negotiations took place, Aresee had the unexpected task of rebuffing a terrorist invasion of the ''Constitution''.

Also aboard the ''Constitution'', Aresee was reunited with Nick Parks, now a lieutenant in the sciences division. They re-kindled their relationship during the ''Constitution'''s shore leave to Risa, just in time for Aresee's next transfer to be made permanent: She had impressed her superiors and was being moved to the ''USS Triumphant''.

During the transfer period, Aresee decided to use her middle name as her given name, and so asked her new crew to begin referring to her as "Lily." She and Nick transferred as executive officer and chief of operations, respectively.

Although they overcame Isak, the negotiations were eventually a failure and the ''Triumphant'' decommissioned shortly after its mission due to the damage it had sustained during its mission.

Lily was transferred to the ''USS Independence'' as that ship's chief of medicine and counselor, and later acting first officer. Aboard the Independence, she continued to serve with Quinn and met her cousin, Doctor [[Reynolds, Hayden|Hayden Reynolds]], the man she would eventually marry.

Later that year, Lily and the ''Independence'' were flung across the galaxy by an unstable wormhole without their commanding officer, chief of medicine, or security chief, forcing Lily and Hayden into the places of first officer and medical chief, respectively. The ''Independence'' successfully made a few first contacts before getting itself home, and the results of the unexpected mission had been so favorable that the ''Independence'''s current executive officer, [[Riley, Sidney|Sidney Riley]] was given her own ship, and Lily was assigned as her first officer.

The ''Tiger'''s first mission, in which it encountered the [[Reapers]], was an unqualified disaster. Nearly one-third of the crew perished when the Reapers attacked, and it was only thanks to the quick assistance of the newly-discovered [[Avor]] race that the ship was not destroyed.

Just after the conference and her return to the ''Tiger'', Lily discovered that she was pregnant, and it was this discovery that led her to request a transfer to [[Starbase 118]].

"''At the very least, I want to save the captain's life before I get my own ship.''"

: (Lily, July 2384)

Following the rescue, Lily was assigned as temporary CO to the ''USS Prospero'' for a series of war games with the ''USS Crazyhorse''. During the course of the games, Lily and her crew were captured by a group of alien extremists who had taken over the homeworld of a gas giant species called the Lysandro. With Lily's team's help, the Lysandro were able to defeat their attackers, and Lily and her team were subsequently rescued.

Lily is a woman of singular purpose - counseling and diplomacy, and the routes those fields have taken her down - but she is not without hobbies, pastimes, and various intellectual and recreational pursuits.

Lily enjoys the arts in many forms. Thanks to her sister Alexa, she has a basic understanding in modern dance; thanks to her friend Quinn, she knows a bit about classical music. She enjoys reading, primarily mystery and historical fiction, as well as acting out holonovels in those genres. She also maintains a rather extensive collection of cookbooks, though the desire usually is much greater than the produced effort when it comes to Lily's cooking.

===Personal relationships===

====Hayden Reynolds====

"''Tell Hayden... Tell him that if he's got any sense, he'll hold on to you. I think you'd be good for him, Lily. With any luck, he could be good for you, too.''"

"''We all know you're strong! You wouldn't be here if you weren't. You are our strength, and even more importantly, [the captain's] strength, but nobody asks how you cope with it. Where's your strength?''"

: (from Dr. Vojana Satscher, September 2385)

====Tildaen Ethelwin====

"''It's alright. You can ta-talk about if it you want. (beat) You're among friends.''"

: (Tildaen to Lily, September 2384)

=====Captain Robin Phoenix=====

"''No one can expect you to be immortal, or untouchable. They - we - don't want a god. We want someone who will lead us well, someone we can trust, someone who will keep us as safe. You've done all that and more. You have exceeded everyone's expectations, even Starfleet's, even if they don't know it yet.''"

"''I don't know about that, sir. You don't look a day over, ah.... (beat) however old you are, anyway.''"

: (Lily to Rocar, July 2386)

===Lily's Quotes===

"''I needed closure. It's the hardest thing to overcome ... I'm sure you remember, learning that in grief counseling ... "MIA" is much harder to deal with than a real body. Is she alive? Is she dead? At what point do I stop wishing that she'll come home? But she came back. She's alive! ...And I'm okay now.''"