Kaedyn Zehn

Lt Kaedyn Zehn is a Trill Intelligence Officer currently assigned to Starbase 118. Prior to Joining with the Zehn symbiont, his current host previously served onboard the Starbase 118, the USS Victory and USS Resolution as a Nursing Officer.

Biographic Information

Full Name: Kaedyn Zehn

Species: Joined Trill

Date of Birth: 236010.31

Place of Birth: Zerala, Trill

Gender: Male

Appearance

Height: 2 metres

Weight: 180 lbs

Hair Colour: Blond

Length of Hair: Short, meticulously styled

Eye Colour: Green/Blue

Skin Tone: Tanned

Build: Toned

Carriage: Confident, with the slightest hint of cockiness

Voice: Unexpectedly deep, often quiet

Handedness: Right

Relationships

Father: Edril Tann, Federation Diplomatic Attache. Edril is currently posted to the Cardassian government.

Mother: Captain Audzin Tann - CO, Starbase 235: a medical station

Siblings: Sister - Lt Yleeza Kai. Joined Trill, operations officer

Spouse: Dr Eliaan Deron. Kaedyn and Eliaan were both assigned to the USS Resolution as newly qualified ensigns. While immediately attracted to each other, their rlationship was initially fraught with difficulty as Eliaan was still mourning the loss of his previous partner. Deciding to try to be friends, their relationship grew naturally and eventually became more than platonic. They have been together for several years, and while it hasn't always been easy balancing their professional and personal lives, they are devoted to each other.

Children: Adopted son, Janel

Personality

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Personal History

The Zehn symbiont was Joined to Lieutenant (j.g.) Kaedyn Tann following an accident onboard the Runabout Thames, which killed the previous host. With main power failing and no way to hold the symbiont in stasis, Dr Eliaan Deron implanted the Zehn into Kaedyn with the hope that rescue would come before the 96 hours mark when the joining became permanent. By the time they were rescued, the symbiont was too weak from the sudden death and hurried joining to be removed.

Since prospective hosts are supposed to undergo extensive training, Kaedyn Zehn spent several weeks recieving counselling from Trill experts following the accident but struggled to seperate his feelings from those of his previous host and felt compelled to return to Starbase 118 where they had both been stationed.

While still struggling to come to terms with the tragic death of his previous host and the unexpected joining, Kaedyn began to question his position as a Nursing Officer. Despite this, he was able to step into the position of Acting Chief Medical Officer of the station during a crisis, drawing upon the strength and capability of his previous hosts.

Hosts

Current Host:

Kaedyn Tann

Kaedyn was born

Former Hosts

Leora

Zehn's first host was a brilliant, if socially awkward, research scientist. Initially, she felt her career had suffered during her time as an Initiate and Leeora was incredibly disappointed to be Joined to a young, inexperienced Symbiont. Sacrificing much of what could be considered a normal life, she devoted herself to her work and was overwhelmed by self-imposed pressure to succeed in Zehn's first life. Her greatest professional and personal achievements came after meeting a fellow researcher Yedrin Biraz. The two won the coveted Elea Prize for Neuroscience and later married.

Zhima

Following Leora's death, the symbont was passed to an ambitious young politician named Zhima. As different from Leora as a person could be, he was outgoing, gregarious, sociable, charming and a natural politician. Eventually rising to the position of Governor of the State of Zerala, he was a leading proponent of liberalising Trill attitudes and social disconnection between the Joined and Unjoined. Following his retirement, he spent his days telling his three grandchildren political stories and boasting proudly that he had never lost an election in his life.

Janel

It is said that every family has it's black sheep and every Symbiont has an inappropriate host. For Zehn, that host was undoubtedly Janel. A brilliant polymath he was an inventor, a gentleman scientist, an author, a historian, a gambler and a cynic. Somewhat of a ladies man, he was married three times (although he married the same woman twice).

Calla

Dr Calla Zhen was clinical psychologist, spending more than a decade at the Symbiosis Commission preparing Initiates for Joining and providing post Joining counselling.

Toman

Reigan

The first Zehn in Starfleet, Reigan rose to the rank of Lt Commander and Chief Security Officer of the Ambassador-class USS Indomitable. A rigid, career focused man, he never married and found himself with few friends outside of the close knit group of senior officers on the Indomitable. Obsessed with regulations and order, he was often not an easy person to deal with but his keen analytical mind and his willingness to help others were highly valued and made him an excellent security officer. Reigan died when the Indomitable was badly damaged in the Second Battle of Chin'toka

Jilenna

Professional History

Following graduation from Starfleet Academy, Kaedyn was assigned to the USS Resolution as a Nursing Officer. He served onboard the Resolution until it's decomissioning. He was then briefly assigned to the USS Independence before being reassigned to Starbase 173, where he remained while his partner took a year long LOA. When Eliaan returned to duty, they were both assigned to the USS Victory and then transferred to Starbase 118 when the Victory was attached to the base.

Given the security/intelligence background of his previous hosts, Kaedyn was reassigned from Medical to Intelligence following his Joining to Zehn.

Working Area

Kaedyn's primary work space is an intelligence lab on Starbase 118 is in the Black Tower. He also has an office in his quarters, where he is able to work into the small hours or while caring for his young son, and a small office on Deck 9 of the USS Victory.

Timeline

Coming soon...

Trivia

Claims to have been named after a character in a book his mother liked, despite it not being a very good book

Had planned a career as a research nurse, which was derailled when he met Eliaan

Assisted in the surgery that saved the life of his future CO, Commander Nicholotti

Suffers bad hangovers from drinking real alcohol as demonstrated following a party on the USS Resolution