Saveron
Lieutenant Commander Saveron is a Vulcan and is currently serving as the Chief Medical Officer aboard the USS Mercury.
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
S'Shghren T'Ashaii Savehroahn is a Vulcan of the Nel-Gathic ethnic group, native to the T'ralorian Plains of Han-Shir, specifically of the Ayein Clan.
Appearance
Excessively tall and leanly built, Saveron is one of those people who look like they've been stretched, then not fed enough. He has long, wirey limbs and not a spare ounce of flesh on him, but moves with an economical grace that suggests he's more than comfortable in his own skin. He has a lean face with high, sharp cheekbones and a characteristic green undertone to his pale skin. His eyes are a very pale grey, almost colourless, and his hair is jet black, worn jaw-length and combed back severely from the hairline. Long-fingered hands are deft and dexterous, even if he does most things back to front on account of being left-handed.
His baritone voice has the potential for volume but it is rarely exercised, rather he speaks with a natural certainty, and is known to use surprisingly soft tones at his patients' bedsides. When not in uniform he wears traditional Vulcan robes in the Nel-Gathic style, favouring pale, neutral colours.
His overall appearance is congruent with a man of at most 30 years of age, if he had been human. Being Vulcan he is likely to be somewhere between 50 and 70 years old.
Personality
- On first encounter Saveron seems the stereotypical Vulcan; logical, serene, reserved and encyclopaedic. He is a careful and deliberate man, who considers things before he acts.
- Fortunate in that he is one of those individuals who has found their true calling, beneath his cultural reserve Saveron is a gentle and caring man who does his all for his patients, and has a surprisingly good bedside manner.
- Saveron is that type of individual rare amongst his own people but common amongst some other species: the Xenophile. He is fascinated by aliens of all descriptions, and though he focuses on their physiology, his interest extends to their culture and psychology.
- Mannerisms: Usually he clasps his hands behind his back whilst standing and always wears gloves when treating a patient, no matter how minor the matter, due to his being quite a sensitive touch telepath. Saveron tends to cock his head to one side or raise an eyebrow when asking a question.
- Preferences: Saveron is strictly vegan, though he does frequently experiment with cuisine from other species. His minimal sense of taste and smell means that he tends to show an unspoken preference for very strong or spicy flavours. Due to ingrained habits regarding water conservation he only ever uses the sonic shower, and whilst he can swim because the skill is a requisite part of Starfleet training, he finds the sensation of getting wet extremely odd.
- Religion/Spiritual Devotion: None, although there are those who will tell you that being Vulcan is a religion in itself.
- Quarters: The first thing people notice about Saveron's quarters is that he keeps the environmental settings at Vulcan Standard, rendering the atmosphere too hot and thin for most other species to tolerate for long; the gravity is also higher. He keeps pictures of his family on the wall of the loungeroom. The majority of the furniture is comprised of low tables and sitting mats in the traditional Vulcan style. Items of note are two Vulcan harps - one in the traditional style, one modern electronic one - a small personnal holographic generator which produces various styles of Terran piano when activated, and a large animal cage containing a white, angora tribble. His bedroom is set up as much in the Vulcan fashion as the fixed decor will allow; rather than a matress and duvet on the fixed bed there is a traditional Vulcan sleeping mat and a thin sheet. In the kitchen he has a full set of cooking equipment and clay pots containing real Theris leaves and tea spice. The bathroom is unremarkable save for the bowl of fine, white sand sitting next to the sink which he uses to cleanse his hands.
Hobbies
- Having a taste for music Saveron plays the Vulcan Harp and the Terran Piano and is known to practice music from other cultures, and even sings on occaision.
- Saveron reads broadly if indiscriminately from the literature of other cultures and keeps a large collection of ebooks, arranged seemingly at random but in a manner which no doubt seems logical to him; Klingon Operas next to the Ferengi Rules of Aquisition; Shakespeare next to Mills and Boon.
- As a healer by calling as well as training Saveron abhors weaponry but recognises that violence is occaisionally a logical necessity. He practices the martial art of Suus Mahna for fitness, both unarmed combat as well as use of the Lirpa and Ah-woon traditional weapons. He will not however touch a phaser unless directly ordered, and is largely protected from doing so by the Federation's ethical bylaws regarding medical officers.
- Saveron practices Ak'shem Karik-tor, and as there is considerable cross-over, seagued into gymnastics whilst at the Starfleet Academy in San Francisco.
Behind the Mask
- Although he firmly adheres to the accepted wisdom that logic is required for Vulcan peace and that Surak's movement and the resulting Awakening of the Vulcan peoples was all that saved them from self-destruction, Saveron harbours a certain sentimentality for aspects of pre-Surak culture, particularly his own Nel-Gathic culture. While he abhors violence of any kind, including the violence of their past, he considers that the loss of that passion resulted in a loss of artistic expression; modern music, poetry and prose no longer stir the heart as those of long ago. He sees this as the price they paid for peace, and there are times when he wonders whether the price was too high. He has learned to play a lot of pre-Surak music from his own culture, and memorised many of the old stories. If such were not an oxymoron, one might consider him to be a Vulcan Romantic.
- Saveron's previous bond-mate T'Rel is now bound to a Golic man called Serok. What is not common knowledge is that T'Rel had an affair with Serok whilst still bound to Saveron. When Saveron found out he did not wait for Serok to declare kun-ut-kal-if-fee. He saw no logic in killing or being killed for the sake of a woman who no longer wanted him, so he asked that they be Unbound. This was however only out of respect for T'Rel's choice and a desire to avoid bloodshed, he never stopped loving T'Rel and was deeply traumatised by their unbinding, still considering that a bond is for life, and sacred. He tells people that he has meditated on it and resolved the issue, but it's a lie. Most of all he is lying to himself.
Family
- Marital Status: Unbound (divorced)
- Children
- Parents
- Vanaron
- Salera
- Siblings
- Torenan
- Vanyeris
- Alaria
Personal History
Savehroahn (Saveron) was born to S'Shghren T'Lohraen Vahnyahraeon (Vanaron) and T'Ashaii S'Aeyied Saehleyrah (Salera) on stardate 232601.18, the third of four children. Salera is an ecologist working in the T'ralor Preserve and Vanaron is an agricultural engineer. The plains of T'ralor are the ancestral home of the Nel-Gathic people, and the family can trace their ancestry back for thousands of years.
Saveron was paired at the age of seven with T'Rel, the daughter of a Golic couple who had come from the Temple of Gol to teach advanced mental techniques amongst the Nel-Gathic people. The match between the extremely serious and scolarly T'Rel and the intelligent but curious and somewhat dreamy Saveron was seen as a logical way of balancing both their natures. The pair were married at the somewhat precocious age of 28 - not unusual in Saveron's family - and their son Teron was born eight years later. The birth of their daughter S'Rel only two years after that was considered mildly scandelous, but generally their lives were complete and content.
Having studied Medicine at Vulcanis University, Saveron had gradated with a specialty in Emergency Medicine at the age of 25, and practiced at Kal-an District Hospital. T'Rel became a teacher of mental discipline at the local temple, something of an odity as a Golic woman amongst Nel-Gathic peoples, but with a marked aptitude for the exacting mental disciplines. Between the pair it was an obvious case of 'opposites attract'.
It was not until their third child was stillborn that anything impinged upon their contentment. It was after the birth that T'Rel declared that she did not wish more children at this point, and wished to move to the Capital at ShirKahr so that she could attend the Temple at Gol and study the more advanced mental techniques. Saveron shared neither this aptitude nor this desire to move, away from his family and homeland, and would prefer to have more children. There were many logical discussions, but no agreement.
The day that an alien was brought into the emergency department of Kal-an District Hospital was the day that Saveron's life changed. Suddenly there were more questions to be asked, more unknowns to explore, and he finally agreed to move to ShirKahr where he could work and study at the Research Hospital that also served the Starbase, giving him more exposure to aliens. He eventually applied to and was accepted into the Vulcan Science Academy to undertake a PhD in Xenobiology. But now Vulcan was not enough. To T'Rel however Vulcan was everything.
Due to their increasingly incompatible directions and growing irreconcilable differences Saveron and T'Rel had their bond severed by a Golic priestess in 2382, and shortly thereafter Saveron left Vulcan. He completed his PhD through the Federation Centre for Xenobiology Research where he was mentored by the respected Xenosociologist Professor Ramsey Bakewell who had a profound influence on him. He was accepted into Starfleet Academy the same year that his son graduated from the same. He attended his daughter's graduation from the Vulcan Science Academy two years later, but that was the only time he visited Vulcan. The red planet was too small for him now.
There was a much wider frontier out there.
Personal History Timeline
- 232601.18: Born (0)
- 233304.22: Bonded to T'Rel (7)
- 235402.20: Married T'Rel (28)
- 236203.12: Teron born (36)
- 236405.02: S'Rel born (38)
- 236903.05: Naron stillborn (43)
- 237306.14: Family moved to ShirKahr (47)
- 238202.26: Unbound from T'Rel (56)
- 238204.01: Left Vulcan (56)
- 238212.16: Saavok born (56)
- 238412.11: Teron graduated from Starfleet Academy, posted to the USS Wolverhampton as Tactical Officer. (58)
- 238704.15: S'Rel graduated from Vulcan Science Academy with a degree in Physics, began post-graduate studies in Astrophysics. (61)
- 238803.10: Teron bonded to T'Rayel on Vulcan. (62)
- 238902.15: T'Nai born to Teron and T'Rayel. (63)
- 238902.21: S'Rel graduated from the Vulcan Science Academy with a PhD in Astrophysics. (63)
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
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Professional History Timeline
- 235809.12: Graduated from Kal-an University with qualifications in Medicine, specialising in Emergency Medicine (25)
- 237209.14: Saw his first alien (46)
- 238001.19: Accepted into Vulcan Science Academy to undertake PhD. (54)
- 238204.10: Accepted into Federation Centre for Xenobiology Research to continue PhD. (56)
- 238311.12: Completed PhD in Xenobiology, project on Xenonosis. (57)
- 238401.19: Accepted into Starfleet Academy (58)
- 238802.08: Graduated from Starfleet Academy, assigned to the USS Ronin (62)
- 238802.24: Transferred with the crew of the USS Ronin to the Duronis II Embassy, assigned as Acting Chief Medical Officer (62)
- 238804.29: Promoted to Lieutenant (jg), confirmed as Chief Medical Officer (62)
- 238807.02: Promoted to Lieutenant (62)
- 238810.17: Returned to Vulcan for personal reasons. (62)
- 238901.30: Assigned to the USS Mercury. (63)
- 238902.15: Assigned as Acting Chief Medical Officer of the USS Mercury (63)
- 238904.13: Promoted to Lt. Commander and assigned as Chief Medical Officer of the USS Mercury (63)
Professional History
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EXPERIENCES
Prior to Starfleet
Having trained as a Physician specialising in Emergency Medicine, Saveron worked at Kal-an District Hospital in Southern Han'Shir, Vulcan. He developed a talent for and appreciation of the nature of his work, and in time came to be the Senior Medical Officer in charge of the Emergency Department. Following his first encounter with an injured alien, Saveron and his family moved to ShirKahr, the Vulcan capital, where he could study Xenobiology at the medical school of the Vulcan Science Academy. He completed his Masters in the subject, but left before finishing his PhD, following the breakdown of his relationship with his bondmant.
He applied and was accepted to the Federation Centre for Xenobiology Research where Saveron completed his PhD in Xenobiology, studying Xenononosis, the process whereby a disease passes from one alien species to another. Here he came under the tutelage of Professor Ramsey Bakewell, an eminent and respected Xenosociologist who had a profound influence on Saveron and greatly assisted with his adaption, at a mature age, to the poly-species culture of the wider Federation, and encouraged him to enter Starfleet, as the logical place to gain greatest exposure to alien patients.
Duronis II Embassy
Following his graduation, Saveron was assigned to the USS Ronin under the command of Captain Toni Turner, and transferred with the rest of her crew to the Federation Embassy on Duronis II. Captain Turner's origins as a medical officer meant that Saveron respected her greatly as a commanding officer. He developed good working relationships with the majority of the crew, but particularly those members who had joined at or around the same time; Engineer Jaxon McGhee, Marine Isaac Green and Counsellor Ashley Yael.
Rapture
The USS Thunder - the support ship assigned to the Embassy - was on a routine patrol of the Sandbar under then Lieutenant Commander Tallis Rhul when Saveron began acting strangely. It later became apparent that, through contact with some Bajoran relics, the good doctor had been possessed by a Pah Wraith. Forcibly mind-melding with Lt. Isaac Green in an act of mental rape to force his compliance, Saveron used their combined clearances to take over the ship, nearly succeeding in taking it to DS9 to stage a Reckoning, before the ship's crew fought back. Control of the ship and Lt. Green were regained, but Saveron escaped and made his way to the hangar bay, where he was confronted by Lt. Anora Manar possessed by a Prophet. Their comflict threatened to destroy the Thunder, until the crew were able to cobble together a chroniton generator and banish both beings from their hosts.
Following his own internal struggle with the Pah Wraith, Saveron found his personal composure and emotional control great compromised, and it took some time to rebuild. During this time he was counselled by Counsellor Ashley Yael. It was an interesting juxtaposition because Saveron as the ship's Doctor was assisting Yael with his own health issues surrounding his enurodegenerative dissorder. The Doctor and the Counsellor built up a strong working relationship adn became particularly firm friends, perhaps partly because of the similar nature of their work and partly because of their similar personalities and preferences. Both were intelligent, pacifists, not overly social and because of species preferences avoid casual physical contact. Saveron also developed a great respect for the newly promoted Commander Tallis Rhul, who not only brought the ship intact through a nearly impossible problem, but did not place any blame on the officers involved, although Saveron blamed himself. Unfortunately the incident damanged his working relationship with Lt. Green. Even though the man laid no blame with him, the intimate and offensive nature of their prior mental contact made the two men stiffly formal with each other.
Kidnapped
The damaged USS Thunder returned to orbit around Duronis II for repairs, and the crew settled in to enjoy some well-earned shore leave. Their rest was cut short however with the kidnapping of Lt. Hella along with the Laudean Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, Vail Daysa. The crew took once more to the USS Thunder to persue the local crime lord in his black market Romulan runabout before he could reach his destination and sell Mr Daysa to his client who wanted a powerful Fielder. The pirate runabout was trapped in the Sandbar and successfully taken over, Vail reunited with his pregnant wife Britta Daysa and lomale Arlon Berindi. However the link to the criminal ring that wanted Fielders had to be neutralised.
In the meantime Saveron was dealing with the issue of Counsellor Ashley Yael's alcoholism. Prescribing his friend a strict detoxification regime, he found himself the subject of Ashley's ire, a disagreeable situation. This did not stop him from responding to his friend's distress call when Ashley collapsed in severe withdrawal, having withheld the full extent of his addiction from his friend and doctor. Saveron stayed up with him through the night, and in the morning arranged for a supply of medications that would quell the symptoms, and cleared his friend for duty.
It was decided that a selection of the Thunder's crew would go undercover aboard the Romulan runabout, disguised as the criminal Laudeans and other pirate associates. Saveron was heavily involved in the alterations necessary for the ruse. He himself went dressed as a Romulan. Commander Tallis Rhul took charge of the ship, which set out to make the rendevous with the criminals' Orionese contacts. During the flight however Ashley Yael's symptoms started to get the better of him, rapidly becomming obvious to the rest of the crew. Both Yael and Saveron received a severe dressing down from Commander Tallis, the former for potentially endangering the mission and the latter for allowing him to do so.
The subterfuge proved an unmittigated disaster, the crew were found out, and only just managed to escape with all members. The Orionese ship proved to house a weapon that would be used to attack Deep Space Nine, and with this information the Marines and Engineers combined forces to destroy the Orionese ship and neutralise it's threat.
USS Mercury
Following a three month leave on Vulcan, Saveron was assigned to the USS Mercury.
Ghosteroid
An exploratory mission turned First Contact event when the Away Team on an asteroid with high levels of Dilithium turned out to be inhabited, Saveron's primary role was patching up the wounded when the inhabitant's main weapon proved to be psychological, and drove much of the Away Team temporarily mad.
Bite the Hand that Feeds
Heading deeper into the Menthar Corridor, Captain Tallis Rhul reveals that in addition to their primary mission of exploration, the USS Mercury is also under orders from Starfleet Intelligence to undertake secret reconnaisence of Cardassian resources and military, using the ship's advanced sensor pod. Commander Hannibal Parker and Commander Tobias Walker advocate expanding the Mercury's paultry offensive capabilities in case of attack. Saveron pointed out that to do so could make the Mercury appear as a greater threat, one that the Cardassians would feel they had to answer, and that if their spy mission was revealed, it could well trigger interstellar war. This led to a heated discussion with Saveron and Parker rapidly polarising to opposite sides of the debate, which the two in fact felt compelled to continue in the corridor. No agreement was reached, and it seemed to mark the beginning of sour relations between the pacifist and the warrior.
Later that morning Saveron spoke with Lieutenant Skyleena Blake about her medication use during her pregnancy, endeavouring to get to the bottom of her apparent levels of stress and depression. The suddeness of her condition and her promotion appeared to have overwhelmed her somewhat, and he offered to mentor her both as a department head and as a parent, as he had experience with both. Later in the day he compared medical notes with Doctor Ba'Eli who had transferred to the Science Department.
The real interest began however when the Mercury detected a small craft in the area, slowing down despite their being no obvious destination. That is, until a space station decloaked. Captain Tallis negotiated access for them to the Menthar Anchorage, and Saveron was quick to join the Away Team.
AWARDS
Awards
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MISSION LOGS
USS Ronin
Embassy on Duronis II / USS Thunder
USS Mercury
ASSOCIATED WRITINGS
Writing Competitions
Entries from various writing competitions that provide important background
- The Price We Pay - Ancient history, featuring Saveron's direct ancestors.
- She Comes Back To Tell Me She's Gone - Flashback to the time when Saveron's bond-mate left him.
- Behind the Mask - Back on Vulcan, Saveron is confronted by T'Rel's new bond-mate.
Relevant Posts
Posts that provide important background
- Through the Desert of Truth - Sim exploring Saveron's consciousness during his possession by a Pah-Wraith.
- Blood is Thicker than Water - Series of sims where Saveron returns to Vulcan for his son's bonding ceremony, and learns that he has another.
- Tribble Trials - The backstory of Fluffy, Saveron's pet tribble.
NPC Listing · USS Mercury Crew Manifest · Crew History
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