Della Vetri

Lieutenant Commander Della Vetri, a joined Trill, currently serves as Chief Counselor and Second Officer aboard the USS Constitution-B.

Stats

• Full Name: Della Vetri
• Race: Trill (Joined)
• Date of Birth: 235706.08
• Place of Birth: Tellrin Archipelago, Trill
• Age: 30
• Gender: Female
• Telepathic status: T4/E4 with complications (See Della Vetri Starfleet Records and Telepathic/Empathic Scale)

Appearance

• Height: 1.58 m (5'2")
• Weight: 61 kg
• Hair Color: Black
• Length of Hair: Mid-back
• Eye Color:Brown
• Skin Tone: Tanned
• Birthmarks, Scars: None
• Tattoos/Body Modifications: Metallic silver dragon wrapped around left arm from shoulder to mid-forearm.
• Build: Athletic
• Carriage: Tends to move quietly, almost always paying attention to her surroundings, unless she's distracted - in which case she can be frighteningly oblivious.
• Taste in Clothing (when off duty): Either casual skirt and top, or slightly battered coveralls (depending on whether she's been mucking about in the arboretum).
• Voice: Soft, and faintly musical.
• Handedness: Right

Manner

• Quarters: Della's quarters are fairly typical for a member of a starship's senior staff - in size and layout, at least. The furniture and fittings are pretty much the basic standard, without littel modification or embellishment, and a similar lack of attention has been paid to any other homey touches that one might expect to see. The place is most definitely inhabited, however, and any visitors are advised to watch their step, lest they end up stepping on or tripping over one or more books (padd and hardcopy), potted plants, holos, trinkets, items of discarded clothing, or assorted stuffed animals. All this is, of course, only when her daughter hasn't had time to tidy the place up and get it looking more one would expect.
• Favorite Room: Quarters.
• Mannerisms: Typically tries to keep situations light if possible, and almost always has some kind of joking comment to hand.
• Physical Limitations: As with most Trill, Della can suffer major allergic reactions to some insect bites.
• Temperament: Usually quite calm and confident, but very good at carrying a grudge. Since playing host to T'Lea's katra, her sense of humour has taken a turn for the dark, and her temper has turned notably more vicious.
• Habits: Dearly loves hazelnut lattes, and tends to do most of her serious thinking with her eyes closed.
• Religion/Spiritual Devotion: None in particular.

Personality

Della usually tries to find the best in any given situation, always ready to lend a hand, and equally eager to learn. She is both loyal and caring with her friends, but occasionally displays a downright malicious sense of humor when dealing with those that have earned her wrath.

Hobbies and Pastimes

• Gardening.
• Swimming, usually in a holodeck simulation.
• Reading, mostly fantasy and crime stories (she's even tried writing a bit...).
• Collecting stuffed animals from the various worlds and cultures she has visited/encountered.

Likes and Dislikes

• Likes:
  • Hazelnut lattes. Someday, she's going to find a way to pay her sister back for getting her hooked on those things...
  • Music. Preferably loud.

• Dislikes:
  • Replicated fruit and vegetables. If you have the capacity to grow the things, then why not do it?
  • Opera. She just doesn't get it, and she's tried...
  • Dishonesty. If only she wasn't so good at spotting it.
  • Romulan Ale. Not strictly a dislike, as she quite enjoys the taste. Sadly, it seems to have an abiding hatred for her...

Ambitions and Goals

Forging a suitable legacy for her symbiote's next host to carry on is something of a priority for Della, and was one of her driving motivations for joining Starfleet. After all, there's not much chance for achieving greatness working with your mother in a local clinic.

Another major goal is learning better control over her psionic abilities. They came as something of a major shock in the beginning, and she knows that she still has a long way to go before she fully masters them.

Personal Achievements and Disappointments

Della's greatest achievement to date (at least as far as she's concerned) was being selected for Joining with the Vetri symbiote. She had worked hard for the chance from an early age, and the fact that the joining resulted in something extra special was just the icing on the cake. The joining, and it's side effects, have proved harder work than she expected, and it took a while before she was able to properly assimilate the memories of five other lifetimes.

Family

Della has always go on pretty well with her family, and still keeps in touch with them on a regular basis. She hasn't had a chance to visit them for a while, but the (at least) weekly calls to and fro are filling in quite nicely until she can.

Spouse

• Marital Status: Bonded to Lt. Cmdr. T'Lea

Della was engaged to Jax Leren, one of her best friends from school, after a romance that began shortly before the pair graduated from high school. Unfortunately, the whole thing collapsed shortly after she was joined, as the changes to her personality and outlook proved too much for Jax to handle.

Della has come to terms with the failure of the relationship over the years, but was still a little wary of putting herself in a situation like that again when her relationship with Lt. Cmdr. T'Lea grew into something a great deal more than either of them expected. One thing was quite merrily leading to another at it's own pace, but slammed into a much higher gear when T'Lea entered her first pon farr. Della wasn't too sure about things when this happened, but finally agreed to undergo the Vulcan mating bond with her.

Now both of them need to figure out how what they're going to do next...

Children

• Gina Es-Aleh: Adopted Daughter
  • Originally from a parallel reality where the Borg had overrun pretty much everything, Gina was rescued from that universe's USS Constitution-B by Della and quite quickly formally adopted. A member of a race that - in this reality - has yet to actually be discovered, Gina is somewhat unique, to say the least...

Parents

• Mother: Lyssa Maren
  • Lyssa proved a most capable parent, devoting a lot of time to both her children. This was something of an over-compensation, however, as her own parents had been very distant to her - a situation she had no desire to see repeated. Now in her early fifties, Lyssa runs her own psychotherapy practice, and is very proud of the fact that her eldest daughter choose to follow her into the vocation.

• Father: Roget Maren
  • If Lyssa is the typical professional parent, Roget is the classic genial middle-aged bum. Fascinated by plants since before he could walk, he now makes a living as a freelance lanscape artist, and can usually be found up to his elbows in plant-life, even when not working. Della attributes both her and her sister's general level of fitness to the fact that their father made a habit of taking them along on jobs as soon as they were old enough. Roget himself is proud to admit that Della's interest in plants is due to exactly the same thing.

Siblings

• Sister: Kestra Maren
  • Four years younger than her sister, Kestra is rapidly forging a name for herself amongst Trill's botanical sciences community. At least, that's how she likes to see it. The truth is a little more mundane, with the young woman having just landed a research position at Trill's Academy of Advanced Learning, a placement that looks likely to leave her nicely set for her intended assault on galactic recognition.

Personal History

Full Article: Della Vetri Personal History

Della was born on Stardate 235706.08 in her parents home town on one of the islands off the coast of the Trill home world's southern continent. Growing up pretty much as one would expect, she eventually entered the Trill Academy of Advanced Learning, graduating with advanced qualifications in Psychology and Psychotherapy.

Only a few months later, she was selected to be joined with the Vetri symbiote, becoming it's sixth host. The psychological shock of the procedure had unexpected side-effects, including awakening her previously undetected latent empathic abilities. One of her first acts on recovery from the joining was to travel to Betazed in an attempt to learn more of her newfound gifts. Since then, she has become far more adept at using them, letting her use her empathic and telepathic abilities with greater effect and less effort, but never the casual ease that most psionically active individuals achieve.

Professional History

• Date Graduated from Academy: 238506.29
• Current Rank: Lieutenant Commander
• Current Assignment: USS Constitution-B
• Duty Post: First Officer

Starfleet Assessments and Records

Full Article: Della Vetri Starfleet Records

Della enrolled at Starfleet Academy on Stardate 238009.24, entering the Counselor training program, but also taking additional training in emergency medicine and interstellar relations. She also joined the small group of students who volunteered to help maintain the Academy's gardens in her spare time. Whilst diligent in her studies, the spread of subjects she was studying did take it's toll a little, resulting in her placing only 26th in her class.

Awards

Stardate 238601.28 - Neelix Award

Working Areas

As a Counselor, Della tends to work wherever her patient is most comfortable. There are times when they come to her, however, and so she keeps her office as relaxing and friendly as possible, in order to put them at ease.

Subordinates

Given the nature of her role within the Constitution's crew, Della has few subordinates. The Counseling department on a typical starship is usually quite small, and this case is no different.

• Ensign John Coltraine

Alternate Realities

Starfleet officers have, on occasion, encountered alternate realities, and Della is no different.

• In the reality encountered by the USS Constitution-B on Stardate 238605.29, that version of Della was a Command branch officer, serving as Starfleet Liason aboard the Romulan Warbird Val'sharess. She was killed when she assumed command of the Val'sharess and rammed a Borg vessel in an attempt to protect that reality's USS Constitution-B

Personal Log Entries

Welcome to the Neighbourhood

• Stardate 238507.19

The Hidden Planet

• Stardate 238507.26
• Stardate 238508.01
• Stardate 238508.12
• Stardate 238509.01
• Stardate 238509.21
• Stardate 238510.15

Hail House Fanel

• Stardate 238510.19
• Stardate 238510.26
• Stardate 238511.15
• Stardate 238601.17
• Stardate 238603.01
• Stardate 238603.23

A New Ship, A New Home

Ruins of Eden

• Stardate 238605.??

Memorable Moments

• "Stage fright is not your friend..." - Stardate 238506.30

Welcome to the Trinity Sector...

• "Just getting a feel for the old girl..." - Stardate 238507.19 (With Cmdr. Cura Assanti)

First impressions in a new home...

• "Memory Discharge" - Stardate 238507.25 (With Lt. Cmdr. T'Lea)

Crossed wires can lead to unexpected results - especially when psionics are involved...

• "Dancing on eggshells" - Stardate 238507.31 (With Lt. Cmdr. Tash Zubowskivich)

The first counseling session - and the least wanted patient...

• "Internal Dialogue - More questions than answers" - Stardate 238508.04

It's all in the mind...

• "First step up the ladder" - Stardate 238509.01 (With Cmdr. Cura Assanti)

Sometimes it happens fast...

• "Identity Blur" - Stardate 238511.05 (With Cmdr. Cura Assanti, Cmdr. Samuel Perkins, & Lt. Cmdr Tash Zubowskivich)

Even the best walls sometimes get cracked......

• "Counselor's Counselor" - Stardate 238512.03 (With Cmdr. Cura Assanti)

Everyone needs someone to talk to......

• "Emotional Impact" - Stardate 238603.04 (With Lt. Cmdr. Tash Zubowskivich)

Sometimes it all just spills out......

• "Talking to yourself can sometimes pay off..." - Stardate 238603.21

The voices in your head aren't always bad......

• "Into the night" - Stardate 238604.26 (With Lt. T'Lea)

Dying in your arms......