| Mother, Ba'ku, Briar Patch
Always supportive and loving, Wila was an original Ba'ku on the planet. She was a woman who shifted partners a few times before finally getting with Nav who never left being her dear friend. Since the two have been a pair for several centuries. As Gwen grew, she saw how much her mother worked for the village as a healer who made several of her own salves with various plants. To Gwen, Wila shared the love of plants and the use of them beyond consumption. When the Son'a tried to use Starfleet to relocate the Ba'ku and Gwen met those of the Enterprise, Wila backed her Daughter and pushed her to do what she wanted. A people was meant to change and if this was a sign of the Ba'ku's need to be apart of the universe around them, then Wila was glad her daughter was going for Starfleet instead of chasing the murderous Son'a. Wila supported her daughter whole heartedly and was glad every time she hears from her daughter. |
Gwen'ora Tasen
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“In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.”
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| • Basic Profile |
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Personal Basics
- Full Name: Gwen'ora Tasen
- Nickname: Gwen
- Sex: Female (She/Her)
- DOB: 224905.01
- Age: 152
- Looks: 25
Appearance
- Height: 5'6"
- Build: Slender Athletic
- Hair: Red
- Hair Style: Mid Back Length Wavy
- Eyes: Green
- Skin Tone: Healthy Lightly Tanned Tone
- Handedness: Ambidextrous
- PB: Katherine McNamara
Professional Experience
- Bachelors: Bachelors of Science in Biology
- Masters: Masters in Xenobiology with a focus in Xenobotany and Xenoecology
- Current Research: General co-habitation between unique plant species, looking for a new research plant.
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| Quarters ⮟ |
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Gwen'ora Tasen has an interior room on Deck 10. The room on entry and warmly lit with plants covering available surfaces. A shelf near the couch has various herbs that range from mint and 3 Ba'ku cooking herbs in small post nestled there. A larger pot with a now growing Ba'ku bush that Gwen swears will eventually produce an orange colored berry one day. A pot sits on the stand beside her bed that has a beautiful Tea's Blueberry Butterfly African Violet. A small but growing Singing Plant sits on a desk in the room.
Gwen'ora's next door neighbor is Sevantha Saa who she used to share a room with.
Some of the plants include a Tea's Blueberry Butterfly African Violet, Singing Plant, 3 different Ba'ku herbs, Ba'ku bean plant used for a coffee equivalent, and several others.
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- Botany: Loves learning and studying various plants. Also has far to many plants that she either has cultivated seeds for or has already planted and began turning her shared room into a mini greenhouse. This extends to planting and growing and everything else in between.
- Reading: Back on Ba'ku she left a stash of actual books that she had acquired home but has slowly either scanned those during her trips home. So when she can she's a book worm, especially ones about various plants and other studies that interest her. Though the guilty pleasure of a romance book from various plants definitely live on her personal list of books she's read through.
- Sketching: This is something that Gwen has been doing for years...literally. This was the art that Gwen took up as a child and continued throughout her over a century on Ba'ku. So if you ever need a sketch, this would be the woman to bug.
- Cooking: Something that Gwen isn't amazing at but if you give her fresh produce and a stove with fresh herbs, she will love you forever but also happily cook for anyone in the room.
- Research: If there is a way to test, poke or mess with something in a safe and scientific manner...this woman would have a lot of fun doing it. Give her something to study and she'll give it a go!
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2401 Awards Ceremony
Ensign Gwen'ora Tasen
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| Family ⮟ |
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| Father, Ba'ku, Briar Patch
Nav was one of the original Ba'ku who moved from the Ba'ku's original planet and moved to settle on the planet now known as Ba'ku. He has always been fond of Gwen'ora's Mother and have been a pair for several centuries. Gwen'ora for the longest time was best friends with her father. He was for a century her biggest hero, role model, and supporter. Nav had always been in the farming sector of the Ba'ku village. One of the many who worked the farm that was on his land and spread the work to his children. Gwen took it up naturally with her love for plants and various odds and ends of Ba'ku. It was not until Starfleet came to rescue the Ba'ku that Gwen caught the space bug of youth, wanting to explore beyond their home. Gwen's father never came around to being okay with Gwen leaving and told her that she shouldn't go or she'll end up like the Son'a. She shouldn't hold weapons or push for the unreachable. Everything she needed was on Ba'ku. Instead Gwen'ora left. On her short trips back to Ba'ku between an Earth univeristy and Starfleet Academy, Gwen did spend time with her father but it was always with a cautious tone and tip toeing. |
| Older Sister, Ba'ku, Briar Patch
Being the eldest of the Tasen sibilings, Ena is now nearing her second century of life. She was a fantastic older sister to Gwen and was always ready to drag her along to activities and once Gwen hit adult hood, also join her in Gwen's adventures. She is the type of Ba'ku to want to stay on the planet even after everything. |
| Younger Brother, Ba'ku, Briar Patch
Risor is just now hitting his half a century of life. Being nearly 50 years old, he is still within his apprenticeships and has promised to not leave Ba'ku or think of it till he has completed these. Though when Gwen communicates home, its Risor that she tells all the crazy stories to. He's excited about finding his place in the stars and might join starfleet. |
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Dear Friend - Roommate, USS Astraeus
Sevantha and Gwen had gotten transferred to Starbase 118 together for their final evaluation before placement. Since then and over time especially since arriving at the USS Astraeus, the two have become quick friends. Gwen being who she is, appreciates the ins and outs of the Betazoid woman. Gwen has gotten very used to hearing Sevan communicate via telepathy while they are alone and has gotten used to when she is near her roommate to just think aloud assuming her friend would hear. Honestly Gwen has become to see Sevan as a dear friend and is excited that she's had someone from academy with her this whole time. If there is anyone in the ship the woman would trust with anything, it would be Sevan no matter what it was. Since the two have split rooms, Gwen hasn't felt any less close with her roommate. Character Page: Sevantha Saa |
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Ex Partner, Friend, Unknown Location
Faren was a man that Gwen grew up with back on Ba'ku. The two had been friends growing up due to their parents being close friends and because of shared classes and apprenticeships. It took fifty years of friendship before it started to slowly change to something more. The two enjoyed it while they both were on Ba'ku. Faren had always gone on Gwen's adventures and exploring of areas around their village as well as further away into the reaches that the natives did not go often due to distance. He was her partner in any adventure she wanted to do. The two officially started seeing each other in the normal method Ba'ku do and began working through the idea of if she would move further with it. For them, there was no rush. They had however long their lives were and that wasn't something her people worried about. However, after the Son'a tried to relocate her people he pulled back and in a way so did she. They realized that they both wanted change and adventure elsewhere, so they broke off their long term relationship and tried to remain just friends. He wanted to see what the stars had to offer on his own, saying he would not change and would remain Faren, but Gwen was worried by how he acted and changed from the attack till he left that it would be different. He departed Ba'ku and Gwen has rarely heard from him besides odd bits of communication. Last she heard he had been gone from Ba'ku for 10 years and had yet to be back. Gwen hopes to one day hear from him again and see that he hadn't lost himself to the negative notions of the stars. |
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Security Chief, Friend, USS Astraeus
Gwen met Charlie when he was a Lieutenant JG security officer, just another lower decker like herself though with a ton more experience. Gwen had gotten invited to a random table in the lounge with Charles, Chris, Cadfael, and Sevan. The main thing she remembered from the man was that he was chipper and definitely had a good smile. Throughout the rest of shoreleave, Gwen got to run into him enough to get the feeling that she could probably enjoy him if she got to know him. Though the crazy of becoming accustomed to a new ship and scientific research grabbed her up during the rest of the leave. As Frontier Day kicked off they worked together often on the bridge and throughout other instances of the event. From the changelings to the rest of it. By the end of it they had both been through hell and he had been the main person to realize she had frozen and helped snap her out of it. After it all, he and Gwen during shoreleave had found themselves both up late at the arboretum. Him listening to music and her falling apart finally...and instead of judging her, Charlie was there for her. From that night on, Gwen knows she's got a friend in the security chief. Charles'd been there for her and if the point ever appeared for her to do the same for him, she'd do it in a heartbeat. He had quickly become a friend and she just hoped she could repay the favor he had done for her. Character Page: Charles Matthews |
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Mission Specialist, USS Astraeus
The new Mission Specialist turned First Officer was someone Gwen had barely met at the start of the insanity that was Frontier Day and even that meeting was through the professional lens of being apart of the rescue crew for her and the others in Strategic Operations and then the several situations afterwards in the bridge and so on. During a brief pause where everyone had tried to act normal, she had joined Gwen, Tim, Sevan and Divya for a goofy moment in the Lounge. It caused Gwen to value the woman for wanting to get to know them in the middle of the disaster that was that day. Gwen honestly hopes to get to know the woman more in the future, to learn from her but to also get to know her off duty, especially since she had seen that side of her during the brief moment in the lounge. What Gwen didn't realize was that she would get to know her while the two planned an activity for some of the crew, jokingly dubbing it girls night, though most were invited. Character Page: Lael Rosek-Skyfire |
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Security Officer, USS Astraeus
Divya Tam was another one of the many ensigns Gwen got to know when she first started on the Astraeus. She knew the woman was in security and often was added to the bridge crew as Gwen had been as of late. Divya had joined her and others at the Lounge during the frontier day activities during a brief few hours to breath and Gwen couldn't have been happier. Though not long after the woman had been turned into Borg in the bridge and caused Gwen to freeze up instead of aiming at the woman. With everything that happened, for some reason it was easier to think Divya was not at fault for the borg events while placing blame on others. After frontier day, Gwen had signed up to go with her to a spa and enjoyed other activities with the woman. Glad to get to know another person that she could gain as a friend. Character Page: Divya Tam |
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HCO Officer, USS Astraeus
Gwen had gotten to meet Chris the same way as several officers on the ship, through the Power Rangers planning with Charlie, Cadfael, Sevan and co. Though something about Chris she noticed between then and the several times she saw him across the ship over the next few weeks was that he was a passionate man who wasn't afraid to speak his mind. That Gwen admired and honestly tugged her to want to get to know him more. Another person she was excited to get to know more through their odd holodeck adventure. Character Page: Christopher Caldwell |
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Science Bean!, USS Astraeus
Tim was one of the first scientists she got to work with on a major project for a mission. While the whole time there was uncertainty about a group that mattered a lot to Gwen, he wasn't foreceful and taught her a lot as they worked. From the work end of things, Gwen will continue to be glad to have his wealth of knowledge she can learn from. From a less professional standpoint, she's curious of the person beneath the scientist exterior and wonders if she'll get to know him better either through their time on the ship or through the Power Ranger activity that Commander Peters seemed to have handed over to him. Character Page: Timothy Alentonis |
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Captain, USS Astraeus
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Ops Chief, USS Astraeus
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HCO Officer, USS Astraeus
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Chief Engineer, USS Astraeus
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Doctor, USS Astraeus
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Doctor, USS Astraeus
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Ex Security Chief
Gwen's first day on the Astraeus was spent getting past the various measures of entering a starship and getting incredibly lost while attempting to find the science chief's office. Instead of getting onto her, Gwen got welcomed and instructed the best way to go for getting to where she needed to go. Plus the good guidance of to not try and get somewhere as an adventure if she needed to meet a deadline or would be late to shift. [1] Character Page: Anjar Thoran |
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Ex Engineering Chief
Joining a new crew without relationships to anyone was spooky. But during one of Gwen and Sevan's adventure to the Pagrati Lounge, the pair happened upon the Lieutenant Commander planning a Power Rangers holodeck program. Without a care of how new they were, Gwen and Sevan got invited. This spurred the two into meeting several other officers such as Lieutenant JG Charles Matthews and Lieutenant JG Christopher Caldwell, both of which, Gwen is excited to get to know better over time. But it wouldn't have happened had it not been the Engineers willingness to invite two random individuals.[2] Character Page: Cadfael Peters |
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Academy Exam FO
Gwen had been a fresh faced cadet from academy who had transferred to SB118 for the final bit of the semester as well as her final exam. It had been a fun endeavor and Gwen had enjoyed it immensely. Both the CO and FO had been extremely helpful and instructive in their exam, though Gwen was glad to have gotten to meet Lieutenant Commander Alora DeVeau due to their shared love for plants and the fact that she gave Gwen someone to look to in regards to where years down the line she could be. A gift post academy was given to Gwen from this instructor, it being a Tea's Blueberry Butterfly African Violet that Gwen has kept with her since and done her best to keep it alive and prospering in her quarters. Character Page: Alora DeVeau |
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Commanding Officer, Ex Crewmate
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Doctor, Ex Crewmate
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Science Bean Buddy, Ex Crewmate
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Spa Trip Buddy
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Spa Trip Buddy
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Gwen'ora, or Gwen for short, was born on 224908.01 to Wila and Nav Tasen, two Ba'ku who worked one of the large fields for the colony. Gwen was raised on Ba'ku, a planet located within the Briar Patch. With their planet's metaphasic radiation extending slowing their age, the Ba'ku can live centuries.
From a young age, Gwen started helping her parents among the fields. Taking a huge enjoyment in plants and what all they can do for their society. As she grew up, Gwen continued to take an interest in botany and quickly added it to her list of items she wanted to focus on. Eventually when Gwen hit 20, she signed up for various apprenticeships she wanted to follow within the colony. These included botany, artwork with a focus in sketching, and dancing.
For the next 106 years, Gwen focused on herself. Eventually moving out of her parents house and began operating her own farm, focusing on herbal remedies and various unique plants that had not been typically cultivated by other members of the farming community within Ba'ku. She had some of the stranger plants but she had them growing and was developing uses for them within her community.
One of the major things Gwen did during this time was take trips with friends and family that would come with her to document other plants and animals within Ba'ku. Gwen documented and collected on a first hand basis and added the documentation to the Ba'ku's studies. Gwen also during this time period started seeing another Ba'ku male named Faren Blek who was a few years older than her. They did not take the relationship too quickly, especially as they had centuries of life to go.
The year Gwen turned 126 was the year that Starfleet initiated first contact with her people. She was there for the situation and the aftermath that happened. At first the just helped and focused on making sure to bring her research and enough seeds to start again if needed. Then helped with anything else. Her family made it out of the situation with the Son'a bruised but fine thankfully. Some of their fields were damaged by the attacks but that could also be repaired.
Gwen thought she was going to go back to her life. But ever since that day, Gwen had her eyes elsewhere than the roaming planes of the planet she had lived on for over a century. Now her gaze was on the stars. Seeing the bravery of the Starfleet officers and how they were willing to protect them from their own and the Son'a. After the ship that helped her people and do the same to countless others.
So she started the endeavor to figure out what her heart wanted. This started with slowly breaking ties with Faren Blek who was also already planning to travel the Alpha Quadrant on his own. So she decided that was fine. They had enjoyed their time. Loved for a time. And it hadn't felt like that love that swept your heart away to being only theirs...so it was alright to let that go. As for her own journey, Gwen soul searched a bit prior to applying to a university on Earth. She had decided to make the leap and see what she wanted. And that was to learn more than her small home and the scans she now had access to allowed.
Soon after being accepted to the esteemed program, Gwen left her homeworld for the first time and loved every moment of it. Sure it meant she was no longer affected by the Briar Patch's unique effects. However, overall she was glad to be out and about in the stars and aging normally wasn't odd. Especially because she was aging at what seemed to be a bit slower than the standard way Terran's age.
After Gwen graduated, initially, Gwen returned home and began integrating herself back into her homeworld. Bringing her knowledge back with her. However, it became clear that her wants of adventure would no longer be taken care of via her home. Gwen tried to fit back in. Enjoy home and the calm of it. But she missed the loud and the people...the amount of information at her fingertips. The amount of opportunities.
Gwen stayed home for several years, taking trips off the world to see other nearby planets. However, eventually she realized where her heart was and applied to Starfleet in 2397.
Her family overall approved as long as she promised to not loose herself to the stars like the Son'a. Though her father heavily told her the moment she picked up a weapon she could become a Son'a and not of the Ba'ku. After swearing she would not loose herself and who she was, Gwen was allowed to leave.
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Gwen'ora Tasen was accepted into Academy and began attending in 2397 as a Biology Masters on the science officer track with a focus in Xenobotany and Xenoecology.
Overall she enjoyed academy and quickly realized that this was hopefully where she would find her place among the stars, as Ba'ku did not feel like her place any longer.
Throughout school she met many other cadets and attended several classes throughout the years. Overall science was her strong suit followed by bits and pieces of engineering. She was a tinkerer that could be dangerous or successful. Combat was not her strong suit that was for sure. An elective she enjoyed was that of studying Klingon's and their culture. They were a species that prized their strength in battle and everything along the lines of who Gwen had always seen as evil, the Son'a. The Klingon's though showed that not all species that picked up a weapon were evil. It proved to her that it depended upon the person, not their species.
By 2401, her classwork was complete and Gwen'ora Tasen had been transferred to Starbase 118 for her final exam before she passed alongside Dr. Sevantha Saa and Linna Farvor. While Gwen and Sevan were assigned to the Astraeus.
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Gwen'ora arrived via shuttle to the USS Astraeus, her first assignment with Sevantha Saa who were greeted by Serala and welcomed aboard during the ships shoreleave. Due to the shore leave having been ongoing for a bit, Gwen and Sevan got tossed into a ship that was having a traveling leave and were also tossed into an assigned room together. Though during one of her trips to meet her new CSO,
Due to the shift layout the two between shifts got to explore the ship and meet various individuals. Overall the time was enjoyable as Gwen got to get accustomed with her new home while also working various shifts and getting to know the science department.
The Arboretum was quickly becoming one of Gwen'ora's favorite locations for both work and relaxing.
During one of her and Sevan's adventures, the two had ended up in the Pagrati Lounge where they were roped into a holodeck program planning about an old Terran program called Power Rangers.
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| • References |
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- ↑ Directionally Challenged, Ensign Gwen Tasen, USS Astraeus, 240105.21
- ↑ Surprise Holodeck Planning, Ensign Gwen Tasen, USS Astraeus, 240105.23
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