Tobias Brel

Ensign Tobias Brel, a Trill, is currently the Counselor aboard the USS Tiger.

Stats

• Full Name: Tobias Brel (born Tobias Prex)
• Race: Trill
• Date of Birth: 235703.02
• Place of Birth: Trill
• Gender: Male
• Telepathic status: Nil

Appearance

• Height: 5 foot 10 inches
• Weight: 170 lbs
• Hair Color: Brown
• Eye Color: Blue
• Skin Tone: Fair
• Scars: None
• Tattoos: None
• Birthmarks: None
• Build: Slim, lightly muscled.
• Tone/Voice: Speaks quietly, enunciating clearly.
• Presence: Tries to reduce attention to himself, prefers to stand to the back of a crowd.
• Facial Features: Has a pronounced chin and a larger nose.
• Handedness: Right Handed.
• Off Duty Clothing: Brel prefers to wear earth colors, particularly green, with dark pants.
• Shoes: Brel wears regulation boots when on duty, moccasins when off duty and likes to walk around barefoot in his own room.

General Personality

Mannerisms, Habits and Beliefs

• Mannerisms: Tries to be gentle, hoping to coax rather than drill information out of people. He smiles a lot and tries to make jokes to ease tension. These are often in poor taste or take the form of horrible puns.
• Habits: Can be hard on himself when he feels he has let others down. He can become overwhelmed when in extreme peril.
• Religion/Spiritual Devotion: Tobias has exhibited little spiritual curiosity.

Hobbies and Pastimes

• Cooking
  • A passion developed after his joining, Tobias does not share Lalla Brel's talent at the craft but nevertheless enjoys replicating her old recipes.
  • During his time spent at the Academy in San Fransisco, Tobias took classes in Southwestern style cuisine.

• Holonovels
  • Brel collects holonovels in a wide range of genres, particularly enjoying adaptations of classic works of literature and classic action adventure stories.

• Horseback Riding
  • Tobias Brel learned to ride horses with Davina during their time at the Academy. He regards himself as an accomplished rider and jumper - it is an opinion few of his instructors share.

Personal Achievements and Disappointments

• Achievements
  • Graduating Starfleet Academy - to Tobias, graduating from the Academy was one of his greatest personal successes. When he initially arrived at the Academy he believed he was joining an academic institution where knowledge was challenged and ideas debated. Unfortunately for Brel many of his lecturers disagreed and found his approach to be combative, labeling him (inaccurately) as a troublemaker.
  • Struggling to deal with the integration of previous Brel hosts' personalities and memories into his own, Tobias' behavior was at times erratic. Falling out with several of his friends, Tobias had little of a support network to help him cope with these problems and by the start of his third year he was contemplating leaving the Academy. In spite of his difficulties however he stuck out his time, performed strongly in many of his key classes, and graduated with a strong record.

• Disappointments
  • Becoming a Host - few Trill regret becoming a host but Tobias believes that the changes that symbiosis have brought about in him have generally not been for the best. He has struggled to integrate previous hosts' personalities and memories into his own, particularly those of Auna Brel.
  • Tobias has never explained why the process was so difficult for him but in the years that have passed has begun to come to terms with his new identity.

Family

Since he underwent the joining Tobias' relationships with his family - particularly his father - has changed for the worse. The two are no longer on speaking terms and communicate through intermediaries. Neither his mother, Esme, nor his brother, Darin, understand what happened to cause this split.

Spouse

• Marital Status: Single

Parents

• Father: Corbin Prex, a Federation diplomat.
• Mother: Esme Prex, Federation nurse.

Siblings

• Brother: Darin Prex, who works as an archaeologist.

Previous Hosts

• 1 - Ortho Brel (m) - Ortho was an architect who designed many of the buildings that now house the Symbiosis Commission on the Trill homeworld.
• 2 - Lalla Brel (f) - Lalla was an acclaimed chef and restaurateur.
• 3 - Kerin Brel (m) - Kerin was a writer had already published several novels and poems when he was selected to become a host of the Brel symbiont.
• 4 - Auna Brel (f) - Auna was a government clerk when she was selected to become a host of the Brel symbiont. Subsequently she became an accomplished mediator in territorial disputes.

Important Relationships

• Romantic Attachments
  • Davina Cairns: Tobias Brel and Davina Cairns, now an astrophysics officer aboard the USS Mogami, enjoyed a three month romance during Tobias' second year at the Academy. The relationship quickly fizzled but the two remained good friends.

• Friends and Acquaintances
  • Karol Krawiec: Tobias' roommate for the first two years of the Academy. Karol shared an astrophysics class with Davina Cairns and was responsible for introducing Brel to her on a trip they shared to Luna. Krawiec was something of a practical joker, often making Tobias the subject of those jokes. At the end of the second year Karol dropped out of the Academy having flunked several of his classes, taking a job as the navigator for a commercial shipping company.

Personal History

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Professional History

Professional History Insignia Rank Dates Posting Assignment Ensign 238605.12 - Current USS Tiger Counselor

Awards & Commendations

• None to date

StarFleet Assessments and Records

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Timeline

1. 232001.01: Event.
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Working Areas

As Counselor aboard the USS Tiger, Tobias Brel occupies the Counselor's Office which can be found in the ship's Sickbay complex on Deck 4. The office remains largely unfurnished except for a desk, which is placed against the wall to the left of the room, and two chairs. These are in the center of the room, away from the desk, and angled so that the analyst's chair is at thirty degrees to the client's chair. Tobias hopes to replace this client's chair with a couch and to acquire some books and more decorative items to personalize the space and make it more comfortable.

Quarters

Located on Deck 3 of the USS Tiger. Brel's quarters are sparsely decorated, largely due to his not bringing many personal effects with him when he was assigned to the Tiger. He does however have a couple of mementos on a shelf over his bed which hold a personal significance for him:

• A photograph of him with Davina Cairns taken at the Mazurka Festival held in New Berlin on Luna. The picture shows him dressed in traditional Polish dress - the result of a practical joke played on him by his second year roommate, Karol Krawiec.
• A dedicated paper copy of Admiral Vadosia's work 'Meditations on Mediation' - a farewell gift from the Admiral when Brel left his service.

Subordinates

Tobias Brel currently has no subordinates.

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