Luxa Lorana

"May the new dawn be kinder to your people than the last" - Caitian proverb

USS Artemis-A
Luxa Lorana
Position	Science Officer
Rank	Ensign
Species	Caitian
Gender	Female
DOB	237211.24
Age	29
Birthplace	Cait
Writer ID	A240004LL2
Awards & Service Ribbons Starfleet Academy Graduate Ribbon Player Achievements Artemis-A Badges

Ensign Luxa Lorana is currently serving as a Science Officer aboard the USS Artemis-A, specialising in astronomy and exogeology, although would describe herself as a generalist. Ensign Lorana, also minored in helm and navigation. Born on the Caitian homeworld Cait (natively known as Ferasa). Luxa was born to a well-respected and renowned family. She spent her youth learning about art and culture, and is indeed a talented artist.

Luxa left Cait in a shroud of shame after publicly bringing shame upon her mother and family. She then spent some time on the Caitian transport vessel, the Y'Kiran, working as a crewhand, primarily within the loading bays. This is where she discovered her love for science, observing the phenomena she would seen between her shifts and teaching herself the fundamentals of science.

Eventually this love of science would aid her when the Y'Kiran responded to a distress call from a Starfleet vessel trapped within a dangerous nebula. Luxa was able to determine, from her studies, the nature of the phenomena and was key in the recovery of the Starfleet crew. This encounter would directly result in her recommendation to join Starfleet, which she would go on to do.

Appearance

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• Height: 5'11
• Weight: 141 lbs
• Hair: Black roots and silver
• Fur: Black and silver. She has darker spots around her body, but silver strikes down her spine and silver fluff ball at the tip of her tail
• Eyes: Amber
• Build: Svelte

Luxa attending the Fleet Awards.

Relationships

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Family
	M'Aris Lorana Mother, accomplished artist and architect	M'Aris loves her children, yet she is often estranged and distant in her dealings with them. Preferring to focus on her works, which takes her across the galaxy. M'Aris and Luxa arer estranged for the most part. A rebellious act in Luxa's youth drove a wedge between them, and although they have been in contact since Luxa joined Starfleet Academy, the rift is yet to be healed.
	S'nar Lorana Father, poet and philosopher	S'nar is a devoted father, who loves all his children. He would call Luxa 'the little terror' lovingly as a child. The rift between Luxa and his family has affected him deeply over the years.
	10 siblings in total, including her 3 littermates Litter 1: M'arisa, Caster, S'naralla and Froms'r Litter 2: Coles and T'Lyssa (the twins), Brika Litter 3: (Luxa littermates) S'arasa, M'bel and Della	The eldest sibling M'arisa, is the one that holds them all together. Luxa's littermates S'arasa, M'bel and Della keep in contact with infrequent exchanges. In some way Luxa feels betrayed as her littermates did not defend her when she was younger, and they have allowed the estrangement between them to grow larger over the years.

Old Friends
	Duperra Childhood friend, bad influence, first love?	Duperra and Luxa met in her final year at the P'Larg School of Art, Culture and Philosophy. Luxa was drawn to the rebellious young Caitian as she represented freedom and self expression, something that Luxa felt lacking in her own life. Duperra was also extremely interested in radical politics, believing that the Federation had tamed the Caitians true nature. This would eventually lead to Duperra and Luxa performing an act of extreme vandalism, that would see Luxa cast out from her family. It's not sure how the friendship ends, although Luxa is convinced that she is responsible for Duperra's death. Duperra: No. We're not protesting against the Federation or Starfleet. I couldn't give a claw about them. It's what they do we're protesting about. Robbing other species of their cultural heritage. We just want Caitians to wake up. See that this is all a sham. A recruitment drive for an organisation that essentially removes autonomy from other races, and leaves them with this.
	S'karal Captain of the Caitian transport vessel Y'Kiran	S'karal is Duperra's father and he took Luxa into his service after she left Cait. The relationship between the two was not always plain sailing, yet she learnt a lot from him. S'karal had a natural mistrust of other species and only hired Caitians into his service believing that it meant for an easier integration to his ship's systems and adjustments would not have to be made. S'karal: I don't want them to die but I don't want to lose this ship and this crew either. I have a duty of care to every Caitian onboard, I'll protect you all until my dying breath and that doesn't include running into a dangerous nebula that could kill us all.

Friends
	Clara Quinn Best friend at Starfleet Academy	Clara is a human engineering officer, stationed on Cait Spacedock. She was raised on Denobula. Her mother Theodora Quinn, was a cocktail waitress on Earth who fell in love and married a Denobulan diplomat. Theodora now has three Denobulan husbands. Clara was raised within a typically large Denobulan family. This left to her feeling a little unaccustomed to human ways when she first attended Starfleet Academy, which then led to her becoming friends with fellow outsider Luxa. Luxa began to have feelings for Clara that went beyond friendship and this led to them having an argument, which meant they never spoke for a year until the Artemis, and Luxa, was docked at the Spacedock for repairs after the events of Drill (Artemis) . Quinn: I had a friend at the academy, she's Caitian. We always used to talk about visiting the planet. She wanted to show me her favourite cities, her family's home in the jungle, and the famous Rajan arena. I don't know, it didn't feel right to go without her.
	Hiro Jones Friend and some time accomplice	They first met after she was assigned to the USS Artemis-A, in the final act of Impact (Artemis). They became fast friends, and Luxa enjoys his monthly movie nights. The two officers got into some bother when they decided to have an adventure on Cait during shore leave. They went hiking in the beautiful countryside, leapt from a mountain and glided with flying creatures, cave walks and then finished it all up in the cells, after getting into a bar brawl. Let's just say these two know how to have fun! Jones: Well, you've kept me alive this long. I have no reason to not trust you now. ::sigh:: Let's go.
	Vailani Zoyara Roomie	Luxa and Zoy were not immediately friends, with a little tension when they first met due to their differences. A friendship has begun to blossom between the two of them. They now have regular holodeck adventures, and Luxa went to sickbay to ensure she was okay after Zoy was injured in the Suliban attack, see Drill (Artemis). Vailani: I appreciate you being somewhere else.
	Flint Kader New recruit	Kader arrived in the shuttle before Luxa, and they bonded quickly being new recruits to the Artemis. They are about to embark on an adventure with the Denali Invitational space race. Kader: Very few of my friends pounce on armed attackers so I definitely believe you have the disposition for it.
	Vitor Silveira Fun friend	Luxa was confused and slightly frightened of Vitor at first, he seemed erratic and spontaneous to her. She reluctantly agreed to take him on a tour of Cait's old fishing quarters and after spending a night of drinking and dancing found that she had found a friend in him. Silveira: What, you thought I would call you Luxa or Lor? No way. Besides, give enough time and drinks and I will make something that would likely have you calling me something worse. Like starting flirting with you.

Notable Colleagues
	Addison MacKenzie Commanding Officer, Trainer	Luxa first met her future CO whilst on the cadet cruise on Starbase 118. Luxa has a deep respect for Commander MacKenzie and is eager to impress her, which she appeared to be doing until shore leave on Cait. Luxa and her friend Hiro got mixed up with an old acquaintance from her days on the Y'Kiran. When they ended up in a Cait Detention Facility, MacKenzie did not let them out, leaving the two young officers to sweat it out. MacKenzie: No, no, you did very well. Truthfully, it was a relief to see that you’d been assigned to this ship because I knew we were not only getting a good officer, but a talented scientist.
	Jovenan and Kawarda Fellow Science Officers	Luxa is keen to spend time with her fellow officers, especially those she serves closest to, the fellow science officers.

Personal History

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Early Life and Family

2372-2378

Luxa as a young child.

Luxa was born on stardate 237211.24, to her mother's final litter. She was the last born, and was always known affectionately as 'the little terror' due to her stubbornness to arrive after her littermates. Her mother, M'Aris is a popular artist, sculpture and architect. She, along with Luxa's father, S'nar would spend much of their time off-world touring Federation worlds, or working on projects.

Luxa was raised by her siblings and within her clan on Cait. It was a happy, love-filled childhood. She would often travel with her parents, which helped her language skills, making her more adept at interacting with other species - although she can struggle with this.

P'Larg School of Art, Culture and Philosophy

2379-2388

Luxa was enrolled in the Caitian's most prestigious school of art, culture and philosophy - as had all her siblings and both her parents before her.

Luxa had an independent streak and struggled to fit in at the school, always curious about what was beyond the confines of her privileged upbringing.

Luxa was talented but she lacked passion in her art. Preferring to be technically perfect but it was often commented on that her works lacked emotion and feeling.

The Final Year at P'Larg

2387

Duperra was the daughter of the captain of a transport vessel, the Y'Kiran, who enrolled at P'Larg in Luxa's final year. Duperra and Luxa would often get into trouble. Duperra believed that Caitians should embrace their wilder instincts and would encourage Luxa to runaway into the plains for days at a time.

On her birthdate, for her 16th birthday, her mother planned a great celebration of her new installation which included some of Luxa and her siblings works. Luxa's mother was incredibly proud of this achievement, and was honoured that she was allowed to provide this piece to the people of Cait. It was her legacy piece, symbolic and beautiful.

Luxa and Duperra destroyed the art and placed offensive colours and symbols on the sculptures designed to embarrass her mother. It worked. Luxa felt great shame for what she had done, she had tried to prevent the offense but Duperra had stopped her from intervening.

Luxa left Cait in shame, banished by her family.

The Y'Kiran Years

2388-2395

Duperra's family worked on transport vessels, they offered Luxa a role within the crew on the Y'Kiran. She quickly adapted to life on a transport ship, realising that she loved exploration. She then began to delve into her studies of the universe; nebulas, spacial anomalies - just about anything.

Although she missed her family terribly, she loved the adventures of being part of the crew of the Y'Kiran and visiting so many different worlds, which began her interest in sciences. Luxa collected many rocks from most of the planets she visited.

The transport vessel encountered a strange phenomena and a Starfleet vessel in distress. The vessel had been drawn into a nebula, Luxa's studies allowed her to assist the starfleet crew in rescuing themselves and the captain recommended her admittance into Starfleet Academy and also helped her reconcile with her family.

Post Graduation Academic Transcript

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Year 2400

Course Code	Course Name	Grade	Credit Hours
BIO201	General Physiology	B+	1.0
BIO202	Physiology, Major Species: Klingon	B	1.0
BIO203	Physiology, Minor Species: Tholian	A	1.0
BIO221	Evolution, Humanoid	A	1.0

Service

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Starfleet Academy

2396-2400

Luxa's life in the Academy was challenging. She found it hard to socialise with humans as until this point she hadn't encountered that many. She delved into her studies and became a little bit of a loner - which was unusual for a Caitian.

This did have an affect on her mental health but luckily she reached out and overcame this to join some groups. Luxa became quite active in the Science Groups at the academy and formed many friendships, even letting her hair down on occasion.

USS Artemis-A

2400-Present

Luxa on the bridge of the USS Artemis-A.

Luxa's first official posting is the Luna class USS Artemis-A, stationed in the Borderlands under the command of CO Addison MacKenzie.

Impact

Impact (Artemis)

Luxa joined the crew at the final stages of a relief mission to Da'al planet Meranuge IV after a meteor had struck the city of Tecra, killing an estimated 10,000 individuals. She reported to Sickbay, to find that Commander Addison MacKenzie was treating injured Da'al citizens.

The meteor had an unusual affect on the citizens of the planet, and the telepathic and empathic crew members of the USS Artemis-A. A dust, containing Gallium, spread around the site of the meteor's impact which seemed to be causing these effects, which caused extreme rage in those affected.

Luxa then joined the Science team, tasked with deploying a device to counter the effects of the now named Da'allium on the planet. Luxa assisted in stunning some rage filled citizens to let the team, consisting of Chief Engineer Hallia Yellir, Ensign Hiro Jones and Ensign Jovenan, to deploy the device.

This resulted in the reversal of the effects of the Da'allium.

The Canyon

While eating lunch with Ensigns Flint Kader and Savel, Ensign Jovenan invites them to explore Merangue IV, the Da'al homeworlds La'kso Canyon, which has mineral pools and Kelbonite deposits, that have created a beautiful vista. They had recently completed a mission to revert the effects of Da'allium and provide aid after a meteor strike.

They decide to take a shuttle to the surface, as the Kelbonite deposits will interfere with the transporters and any scanning equipment they may bring.

Meanwhile a covert operations was being conducted, in which Jovenan and Lieutenant Talos Dakora were trying to ascertain the nature of the meteor strike as it appeared to be a deliberate attack, that may have been orchestrated by high ranking members of the Da'al government. The Kelbonite deposits are suspected of masking the evidence to prove the attack was committed.

The merry band of ensigns all pack into a Type-18 shuttlecraft Perseus. It's a tight squeeze as the group of eager fresh faced recruits have decided to bring along testing kits, some grappling gear and ropes, as well as the camping equipment.

The expedition starts off uneventful, they land, and they walk for several kilometres. Spotting the scaled monarch, a large flying creature that Savel has been interested in studying.

Eventually they encounter two Da'al men on the path, claiming to be wardens. It is soon established that they are not wardens, yet Da'al terrorists named Kireeh and Rennol that want to prevent the ensigns from going any further. Kireeh informs the group that he has placed explosives on the rock face above them, with a crude detonator in his hand.

After a short standoff, the group manage to cause a distraction by momentarily having the two Da'al turn on one another. Luxa takes advantage of this opportunity, leaping to disarm Kireeh. Although she is successful in disarming him, Kireeh managed to strike her and then throw her over the edge of the canyon's cliff-face. Luxa manages to use her feline abilities to land on to a small ledge, sustaining multiple serious injuries in the process.

Savel and Kader are able to regain control of the situation, quickly subduing and restraining both men. Jovenan provides assitance to Luxa by using rope to descend to the ledge. She provides some basic medical attention and comfort to Luxa.

The senior officers onboard the Artemis, have been alerted to the risk within this section of the planet after Dakora uncovered the plot from the Da'al minister to destabilise the Da'al government. Realising that the ensigns could be in danger he along with Commander Genkos Adea and Lieutenant Gabriel Osuna make haste to the planet with a team to recover the ensigns.

They arrive to provide relief, interrogate the prisoners, and provide medical attention to Luxa.

Service Record

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Starfleet Service Record Insignia Rank Dates Posting Assignment Cadet 2396 - 2400 Starfleet Academy Cadet Ensign SD 240004.12 - 240009.20 USS Artemis-A Science Officer Ensign SD 240009.20 - Present USS Ronin Science Officer

Awards & Service Ribbons

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Awards and Service Ribbons
Award Name Date/Assignment Citation None Service Ribbon Name Date/Assignment Citation Starfleet Academy Graduate Ribbon 2400 Starfleet Academy Awarded to those who have graduated from Starfleet Academy. Legacy Ribbon 240005.19 USS Artemis “[F]or the successful reinstatement of the USS Doyle, now USS Artemis-A."

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