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| '''Aresee Lily Ventu''' is an officer of the Federation [[Starfleet]] who has served since [[2382]]. The highlights of her career include her position as commanding officer of a major Federation installation, [[Starbase 118 Ops|Starbase 118]], from July [[2386]] to the present; 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 at least three species, the [[Avor]], the [[Senmeten]], and the Lysandro. She continues to serve as commanding officer aboard Starbase 118 at the rank of commander. | | '''Airseé Lily Ventu''' is Secretary of the Exterior for the United Federation of Planets. She is a member of President [[Narala]]'s Cabinet, a position she secured following her own unsuccessful bid for the presidency. However, she serves with pleasure in her role, which allows her to represent the Federation's diplomatic affairs in one of its highest offices. |
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| ==Personnel file==
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| * Serial number: UV 545-982
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| * Active rank: Commander
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| * Most recent assignment: Commanding officer of [[Starbase 118 Ops|Starbase 118]]
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| ==Biography== | | <h2 style="margin:0; background:#000080; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #F0E68C; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Biographic Information</h2> |
| ===Childhood===
| | * '''Full Name''': Airseé Lily Ventu |
| 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. [[Image:Lily10.jpg|thumb|left|130px|Aresee before the "Playground Incident."]]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.
| | * '''Pronunciation''': air-ih-say lil-ee ven-too |
| | * '''Species''': [[Human]] |
| | * '''Date of Birth''': 24<sup>th</sup> April, 2344 |
| | ** '''Age''': {{age|2344|4|24}} |
| | * '''Place of Birth''': Paris, France, Earth |
| | * '''Gender''': Female |
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| At the age of ten, Aresee experienced a particularly bout of mania, broke some school property, and injured two other children. In the aftermath of the "Playground Incident," three pediatric specialists examined her and discovered that she had been misdiagnosed as a young child and actually suffered from genetic hypercyclothemia, a rare, recessive, but also very major form of bipolar disorder. Aresee's medical and counseling therapies were adjusted accordingly, but the incident left her embarrassed and withdrawn, and she was home-schooled for the next eight years.
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| ===Academy Years===
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| ====Acceptance====
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| Aresee was eager for a new adventure as she came out of her secondary school education. She requested information from [[Starfleet Academy Curriculum|Starfleet Academy]], [[Image:Roberts.jpg|thumb|left|130px|Abby Roberts]]and was contacted personally by a recruitment officer, Ensign [[USS Galaxy|Abby Roberts]]. Roberts answered all of Aresee's questions, up to the date of the entrance exam. After a few weeks of waiting, however, Aresee received her failing results.
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| Far from depressing her, Aresee was galvanized by the experience: She was more determined than ever simply to move '''somewhere''', and so applied to several schools around the world and was accepted to a few. She was in the midst of making her final decision in the summer of [[2370]] when she was contacted again by Ensign Roberts.
| | <h2 style="margin:0; background:#000080; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #F0E68C; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Appearance</h2> |
| | * '''Height''': 1.6 m (5'6<nowiki>''</nowiki>) |
| | * '''Weight''': 54 kg (120 lbs). |
| | * '''Hair Color''': Cool red |
| | * '''Length of Hair''': Long, curly |
| | * '''Eye Colour''': Green-blue |
| | * '''Skin Tone''': Pale |
| | * '''Birthmarks, Scars''': Several, but none visible; freckles as she's aged |
| | * '''Tattoos/Body Modifications''': None |
| | * '''Build''': Compact but light |
| | * '''Carriage''': Like a bulldozer |
| | * '''Taste in Clothing''': Her best, always |
| | * '''Voice''': Bombastic, by way of childhood shyness |
| | * '''Handedness''': Right |
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| Although she's not supposed to, Roberts reveals that Aresee was within the +/- 3% of being accepted, and that with all the non-acceptances the Academy has received, many late re-testers will have a good chance of getting in. In short, Aresee was convinced enough to take the test again, and when her acceptance came, she went with her first choice and her initial feeling.
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| ====The First Few Years====
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| The first days and weeks at the para-military Academy were quite an awakening for Aresee. To her benefit, Ensign Roberts continued to serve as cadet liaison, and she served in a further capacity as Aresee's advisor and don. Aresee continued to see a campus counselor for a year before declaring herself a counseling major. She also entertained a few pre-medical classes, but balked at the idea of a full multi-year follow up doctoral degree.
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| [[Image:Nickeighteen.jpg|thumb|left|130px|Nick Parks]]
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| Perhaps the most exciting think to happen to Aresee during her first year was meeting [[Parks, Nick|Nick Parks]]. Both of them took more time than "normal" to adjust to Academy proceedings, and his indecisive and flighty air complimented her previous hermitic existence. By the end of first November, they were more than friends. At eighteen, Nick was Lily's first boyfriend, but - free of the strict roles of her high school and expectations of what she expected - the relationship blossomed.
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| Aresee continued at the Academy for another two years. Classes grew harder and her amount of free time decreased. Ensign Roberts received a promotion and an offer to serve as a tactical officer aboard the ''USS Martel''. Finally, when Nick broke up with Aresee in December of their junior year, she went off all of her treatments, ended up severely depressed, and missed all of her finals. When her failing grade are reported, Aresee veered to the extreme and applied immediately for a medical leave of absence. Though it was granted, she had left the Academy campus ten minutes after submitting the paperwork.
| | <h2 style="margin:0; background:#000080; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #F0E68C; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Family</h2> |
| ====The Borderlands Interim==== | | [[Image:Hreynolds.jpg|thumb|100px|Hayden Reynolds]] |
| Aresee borrowed one of her mother's refitted trading vessels and struck out on her own. She set course out of the Federation, toward the edge of the galaxy, determined to explore a strange region known as the ''Borderlands''. The once-insular woman learned quickly what was required in largely lawless space, and she chose the life of trader and explorer for the next four years.
| | ====Partner==== |
| | * '''Marital Status''': Partnered |
| | ** '''Partner''': [[Reynolds, Hayden|Hayden Reynolds]] |
| | ***Bonded for ten years (2392). |
| | ***Hayden is an officer of the Federation Starfleet, as was Lily, a fleet captain in overall command of the Third Medical Fleet, a large group of medical starships responsible for about one-sixth of the Federation's Alpha Quadrant coverage. |
| | [[Image:Saturday.jpg|thumb|100px|Rhys]] |
| | ====Children==== |
| | * '''Number of children''': One |
| | ** '''Son''': Rhys "Saturday" Ventu-Reynolds |
| | ***Born 2379. |
| | ***Named for the most influential captain Lily served under, the Bajoran national [[Rhys Bejain]], his namesake is more often called "Saturday," so nicknamed by his often-absent father. |
| | [[Image:Tore.jpg|thumb|75px|Toré]] |
| | ====Parents==== |
| | * '''Mother''': Starlotte Rouaix |
| | **Moroccan by way of France and a retired diplomat herself after pursuing a career in acting. |
| | **Her performance abilities informed her later career, and allowed her to serve as a goodwill ambassador to often-suffering worlds and peoples. |
| | * '''Father''': Toré Ventu |
| | ** Frenchman and retired journalist, with a heritage that is traced back through Europe to Scandinavia. |
| | [[Image:Roserv.jpg|thumb|75px|Rose]] |
| | ====Siblings==== |
| | * '''Sister''': Rose Rouaix Ventu |
| | **Four years younger than Lily. |
| | **She's a botanist, and has always approved of Lily's relationship with Hayden. |
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| 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.
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| ====A Career and an Officer==== | | ** '''Cousin-in-law''': {{n|Quinn|Reynolds}} |
| 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.
| | ** '''First Cousin, Once Removed''': {{n|Dylan|Reynolds}} |
| ===Early Starfleet Career===
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| ====''Victory''====
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| The ''Victory'''s next mission took the crew to the border of the [[Trinity Sector]], near both [[Romulan]] and [[Klingon]] space. The goal of the mission was to recover a platoon of marines whose ship had, officially, "wandered off course" and ended up near the (officially) abandoned Romulan Celipentha Station. Disguised as a Romulan, Aresee assisted the command crew in infiltrating the base, which had been reactivated by the Tal Shiar. The unexpected arrival of Aresee's mother complicated the situation, and the Starfleet teams were barely able to escape with their lives.
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| Then-Lieutenant Ventu was offered her first chance at command when the ''Victory'' suffered a total power failure in June 2383, stranding the command staff in different areas of the ship.
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| 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.
| | <h2 style="margin:0; background:#000080; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #F0E68C; text-align:center; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">History</h2> |
| ====''Constitution''====
| | Airseé Lily Ventu obtained advanced degrees in psychiatry and xenopsychology before applying to the Federation Starfleet for officer training. As an officer, she spent a large part of her career (up through the rank of lieutenant commander) as a counselor aboard the exploratory vessel {{USS|Victory}}. After a brief stint as a temporary command officer aboard the escort {{USS|Triumphant}}, Lily accepted a posting as a diplomatic officer aboard [[Starbase 118]], eventually attaining the rank of commander and brief overall command of the starbase's Starfleet operations. However, during a difficult situation on the colony world Beta Pictoris IV, Lily chose to resign her commission and negotiate the situation as a noncommissioned diplomat; and though Starfleet offered to reverse her resignation in the years that followed, she declined after she received an offer from the Federation Diplomatic Corps to serve as an official ambassador. She was later confirmed by the Office of the President as an ambassador and, three years later, as an ambassador-at-large serving Starbase 118 and its surrounding sectors, [[Trinity Sector|Trinity]], [[Serellan Sector|Serellan]], and [[Jenatris Cloud Sector|Jenatris Cloud]]. |
| 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''.
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| 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''.
| | In 2389, Ambassador Ventu left her posting to campaign full time to be Earth's representative on the Federation Council. Her bid was ultimately unsuccessful, but she was further honored after its conclusion with an increase in her status as ambassador-at-large. She serves now as the roving ambassador to three dozen recently warp-capable worlds, as well as ambassador-on-call for the Cardassian Union, Talarian Republic, Breen Confederacy, and Tholian Assembly, should the the diplomatic missions to those major powers need assistance. |
| ===Later Starfleet Career===
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| ====''Triumphant''====
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| 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.
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| The ''Triumphant'' was sent by Starfleet to open trade negotiations with the [[Free Trade Union]] at its base of operations, the [[Asterospolis]]. The political mission involved a lot of alliances and betrayals, as well as the tyrant Brol Isak and his modified [[Dominion]] battlecruiser. Nearly half the crew was lost or incapacitated in the resultant battles, including the ''Triumphant'''s captain, [[Rhys Bejain]], and forcing Lily, Nick, and Lieutenant, junior grade [[Reynolds, Quinn|Quinn Reynolds]] into the command posts.
| | Ambassador Ventu ran for the office of Federation President in 2392. Her campaign was based upon peaceful negotiations with the Federation's neighbors and an increased focus on diplomacy and exploration for the Starfleet. She ended in the middle of the road for the popular vote, but following the election of [[Narala]] to the presidency, the new president appointed Ventu to her Cabinet as Secretary of the Exterior. |
| | [[Image:Taredge.jpg|thumb|125px|A Taredge]] |
| | [[Image:Dennerme.png|thumb|125px|A Dennermé]] |
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| 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.
| | As a field diplomat, she has been partially or solely responsible for about forty first contacts on behalf of the Federation, including with some advanced warp-capable species, including the [[Community]], the [[Senmeten]], the Taredge, and the Dennermé. She has been involved in Cardassian reconstruction in the decades following the Dominion War, and she has been allowed onto Breen -- though, if she has ever seen a Breen outside its encounter suit, she has been sworn to secrecy. |
| ====''Independence''====
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| 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.
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| Lily's first mission of note was a mission of aid to the [[TE-IV]] colony world, which quickly turned into a terrorist/hostage situation. The most memorable part for Lily was being stranded alone with a gravely injured Quinn, and being forced to care for her until help came.
| | '''Federation, Peacetime, and Civilian Awards''' |
| | * '''[[ma:Federation Citation of Honor|Federation Citation of Honor]]''' |
| | **Decorated in 2391, in a ceremony on Earth celebrating her thirty-fifth individual first contact. |
| | * '''[[ma:Campbell Award|Campbell Award]]''' |
| | **Recognized in 2389 for her strong contributions to xenopsychology. |
| | * '''[[ma:Cochrane Medal of Honor|Cochrane Medal of Honor]]''' |
| | **For outstanding service to the Federation in its unofficial mission to "seek out new life and new civilizations." |
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| During the ''Tiger'''s layover and refit, Lily finally married Hayden Reynolds, and also requested a period of leave to attend a counseling conference on [[Betazed]]. The conference turned into a first contact scenario when a non-human race named the [[Senmeten]] initiated contact with the group, which included a number of telepaths.
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| 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]].
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| Lily and Hayden moved to Starbase 118, and Lily took up a job as diplomatic attaché to the region in the hope that it would be primarily a desk job. Although it was, ostensibly, it was barely a few weeks after she'd given birth to [[Ventu, Rhys|her son]] that she was ordered back to duty to deal with a major event, a mysterious Klingon pandemic and the visitation of a Klingon opera company. When an opera star was murdered, Quinn was arrested for the crime and Lily and Hayden were both part of the team that went to rescue her.
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| 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.
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| At the crew's leave on [[Vulcan]], Admiral [[Rocar]] of Starbase 118 announced that he was promoting Lily to commander, and that he had chosen her to succeed him as commanding officer. Lily's first task as CO was to answer the growing threat of the Klingon disease. She dispatched Ambassador [[Sharee, Delinda|Delinda Sharee]] to the Klingon Empire while she and new-FO Quinn Reynolds dealt with a species-jumping disease variant on the starbase itself.
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| 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.
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| The scientific field Lily is most interested in, botany, is ironically the one she's worst at. She had no head for the subject in secondary home-schooling or in the Academy, though she found the nomenclature fascinating. She still aspires to be an avid gardener, though her "gardening" usually amounts to maintaining a few houseplants in her office and her quarters. Even then, the plants usually meet their deaths inside a few weeks. The one that hasn't is a gigantic and robust potted aloe that has survived since Lily's assignment to the ''Tiger''
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| 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.
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| ====Quinn Reynolds====
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| ====Nick Parks====
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| ====Vojana Satscher====
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| | Lily met her partner Hayden Reynolds during her time in Starfleet, when he served as a mobile researcher, and while it appeared that their relationship would not survive her high-risk placement on the ''Triumphant'', they connected again aboard Starbase 118 and eventually held a commitment ceremony in 2382. |
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| Airseé Lily Ventu
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Personal NPC
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| Biographical Information
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| Homeworld
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Earth
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| Born
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April 24, 2344
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| Age
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47
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| Physical Description
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| Species
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Human
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| Gender
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Female
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| Family Information
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| Father
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Toré Ventu
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| Mother
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Starlotte Rouaix
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| Sibling(s)
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Rose Rouaix Ventu
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| Partner
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Hayden Reynolds
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| Child(ren)
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Rhys "Saturday"
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| Political Information
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| Affiliation
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United Federation of Planets
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| Position
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Secretary of the Exterior
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Airseé Lily Ventu is Secretary of the Exterior for the United Federation of Planets. She is a member of President Narala's Cabinet, a position she secured following her own unsuccessful bid for the presidency. However, she serves with pleasure in her role, which allows her to represent the Federation's diplomatic affairs in one of its highest offices.
Before serving as Secretary, she was one of the Federation's ambassadors-at-large for many years, and was responsible for a large amount of space to the galactic west of the Federation's presence in the Alpha Quadrant. She also served as a counselor and a diplomatic officer in the Federation's Starfleet in the 2380s.
Biographic Information
- Full Name: Airseé Lily Ventu
- Pronunciation: air-ih-say lil-ee ven-too
- Species: Human
- Date of Birth: 24th April, 2344
- Place of Birth: Paris, France, Earth
- Gender: Female
Appearance
- Height: 1.6 m (5'6'')
- Weight: 54 kg (120 lbs).
- Hair Color: Cool red
- Length of Hair: Long, curly
- Eye Colour: Green-blue
- Skin Tone: Pale
- Birthmarks, Scars: Several, but none visible; freckles as she's aged
- Tattoos/Body Modifications: None
- Build: Compact but light
- Carriage: Like a bulldozer
- Taste in Clothing: Her best, always
- Voice: Bombastic, by way of childhood shyness
- Handedness: Right
Family
Partner
- Marital Status: Partnered
- Partner: Hayden Reynolds
- Bonded for ten years (2392).
- Hayden is an officer of the Federation Starfleet, as was Lily, a fleet captain in overall command of the Third Medical Fleet, a large group of medical starships responsible for about one-sixth of the Federation's Alpha Quadrant coverage.
Children
- Number of children: One
- Son: Rhys "Saturday" Ventu-Reynolds
- Born 2379.
- Named for the most influential captain Lily served under, the Bajoran national Rhys Bejain, his namesake is more often called "Saturday," so nicknamed by his often-absent father.
Parents
- Mother: Starlotte Rouaix
- Moroccan by way of France and a retired diplomat herself after pursuing a career in acting.
- Her performance abilities informed her later career, and allowed her to serve as a goodwill ambassador to often-suffering worlds and peoples.
- Father: Toré Ventu
- Frenchman and retired journalist, with a heritage that is traced back through Europe to Scandinavia.
Siblings
- Sister: Rose Rouaix Ventu
- Four years younger than Lily.
- She's a botanist, and has always approved of Lily's relationship with Hayden.
Extended Family
History
Airseé Lily Ventu obtained advanced degrees in psychiatry and xenopsychology before applying to the Federation Starfleet for officer training. As an officer, she spent a large part of her career (up through the rank of lieutenant commander) as a counselor aboard the exploratory vessel USS Victory. After a brief stint as a temporary command officer aboard the escort USS Triumphant, Lily accepted a posting as a diplomatic officer aboard Starbase 118, eventually attaining the rank of commander and brief overall command of the starbase's Starfleet operations. However, during a difficult situation on the colony world Beta Pictoris IV, Lily chose to resign her commission and negotiate the situation as a noncommissioned diplomat; and though Starfleet offered to reverse her resignation in the years that followed, she declined after she received an offer from the Federation Diplomatic Corps to serve as an official ambassador. She was later confirmed by the Office of the President as an ambassador and, three years later, as an ambassador-at-large serving Starbase 118 and its surrounding sectors, Trinity, Serellan, and Jenatris Cloud.
In 2389, Ambassador Ventu left her posting to campaign full time to be Earth's representative on the Federation Council. Her bid was ultimately unsuccessful, but she was further honored after its conclusion with an increase in her status as ambassador-at-large. She serves now as the roving ambassador to three dozen recently warp-capable worlds, as well as ambassador-on-call for the Cardassian Union, Talarian Republic, Breen Confederacy, and Tholian Assembly, should the the diplomatic missions to those major powers need assistance.
Ambassador Ventu ran for the office of Federation President in 2392. Her campaign was based upon peaceful negotiations with the Federation's neighbors and an increased focus on diplomacy and exploration for the Starfleet. She ended in the middle of the road for the popular vote, but following the election of Narala to the presidency, the new president appointed Ventu to her Cabinet as Secretary of the Exterior.
Awards & Accomplishments
As a field diplomat, she has been partially or solely responsible for about forty first contacts on behalf of the Federation, including with some advanced warp-capable species, including the Community, the Senmeten, the Taredge, and the Dennermé. She has been involved in Cardassian reconstruction in the decades following the Dominion War, and she has been allowed onto Breen -- though, if she has ever seen a Breen outside its encounter suit, she has been sworn to secrecy.
Federation, Peacetime, and Civilian Awards
- Federation Citation of Honor
- Decorated in 2391, in a ceremony on Earth celebrating her thirty-fifth individual first contact.
- Campbell Award
- Recognized in 2389 for her strong contributions to xenopsychology.
- Cochrane Medal of Honor
- For outstanding service to the Federation in its unofficial mission to "seek out new life and new civilizations."
Family
Lily met her partner Hayden Reynolds during her time in Starfleet, when he served as a mobile researcher, and while it appeared that their relationship would not survive her high-risk placement on the Triumphant, they connected again aboard Starbase 118 and eventually held a commitment ceremony in 2382.
