Talia Kaji
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Ensign Talia Kaji is currently posted to the Duronis II Embassy aboard the USS Thunder-A as the Medical Officer.
Stats
- Full Name: Talia Christine Kaji
- Current Rank: Ensign
- Current Position: Medical
- Current Station: Duronis II Embassy, USS Thunder-A
- Date of birth: 229811.24
- Age: 92 Terran Years
- Species: Rodulan (Idanii sub-racial class)
- Telepathic Status: T4, E4
- Gender: Female
Appearance
- Skin color: Brown
- Hair color: Dark brown
- Eye color: Completely black
- Height: 5’7”, or 1.7 metres.
- Weight: 134 lbs
Family
- Partner: Maeda Kyo (Human Japanese male, stationed at Duranis II Embassy)
- Children: Ben Kaji
- Parents: Two “Bonded” mothers (Rodulans have no concept of marriage)
- Siblings: A brother and sister, both older.
Manner
Kaji is a very lighthearted woman. She enjoys games, children and pranks. Casual and friendly with everyone, she occasionally gets in trouble by being too informal, especially with higher-ranking officers.
She lives in Family Quarters on the Thunder-A, with her partner Maeda and son Ben. Their living spaces are a mix of their disparate backgrounds. The furniture is very traditional Japanese in style, and the living areas are liberally decorated with bold-colored artwork. Ben, is quite messy, and the apartment often is a mess of sticky fingerprints and scattered toys. Kaji has brought a lot of art, both sculptural and wall art from her home on Rodul.
Childhood
Raised by two mothers on a small farm on Rodul, Talia Kaji had few ambitions other than moving to the city. At the age of 20, she enrolled in medical school to become a doctor. She graduated with slightly above-average marks and some honors.
Rodulan Career
From ages 25-60 Talia worked as a doctor in a local practice. She was trained as a general practitioner, treating all manner of basic conditions. She focused on obstetrics in particular. In general, she very much enjoyed being a simple country doctor, but she began to dream of adventure. The Idanii region of Rodul hosted a very severe and reserved culture. Kaji's enthusiasm and thirst for excitement began to affect her relationships. Talia finally decided to move and search for a more meaningful life in the city.
Talia found a job at a large hospital in Rodul's capital city of Tikan, where she started working in the emergency room. The pace of her new life was overwhelming at first, but she adjusted and began to enjoy the thrill of trauma work. Her experience in general medicine helped her with the various illnesses and injuries present in emergency care, but she found the trauma work more interesting. She loved the work, and kept the position for the next thirty years. She also began studying, working towards a surgery position.
Personal Relationships
Kaji had very few relationships while she was living in Idanii. She lived near her moms and siblings, and her friends were all fellow doctors and nurses. After moving to Tikan, she fell into similar patterns at first. Her moms began pushing her towards fining a companion and making more friends. So Talia began to socialize. She spent a lot of time in her fifties dating, but found the men (and one or two women) boring and ordinary. Deciding to focus on non-romantic relationships, Kaji focused on helping her friends and becoming overly involved in their various issues. She developed a bad habit of being too curious and tying to fix things.
At age 86, she met Ensign Kyo Maeda, assigned to the UFoP Embassy. He had taken down an intruder in the Rodul Embassy and been badly wounded, ending up on her operating table. He smiled at her, and she was hooked. Kyo was a very quiet man, with a subtle-but-wicked sense of humor. They talked a lot while he was in recovery, and after he was discharged, he asked her out on a date. He made a point to visit her every time he came to the hospital for physical therapy.
Their relationship was strong from the beginning. Talia's enthusiasm and Kyo's stoic strength complemented each other well. He was a very simple and honest man, so her telepathy didn't bother him very much, and he adjusted rather quickly. Talia's greatest struggle was the difference in their species, particularly their different life-spans. She loved him so much, and was terrified to think she would live to see him grow old and die. As there was no good solution to this problem, they gradually learned to ignore it and embrace the time they had.
As Kyo and Talia's relationship grew more serious, they began to discuss a more permanent commitment. Kyo was interested in the Rodulan bond-pairing. Though he couldn't sense Talia's thoughts, they believed the commitment of sharing and creating a thought, a dream, was the most intense vow they could imagine. They bought the materials to create a basotile and began to plan a move to a house of their own.
Before their move, Talia found out she was pregnant. It wasn't planned, but she and Kyo were thrilled. Rodulans very much discourage unplanned pregnancies, and the Kaji Family tried to force Talia to return home so her older family could raise the child. Kaji and Maeda decided to leave Rodul to make a new life on their own. Talia joined Starfleet to give her the freedom she desired, and Kyo requested a transfer to a new ship. The process took about a year, and meanwhile, they welcomed a newborn Benjiro Adwin Kaji into their family.
Kaji attended the Academy at a nearby satellite campus, and she took the almost 1-year-old Ben with her. Kyo was able to take a few months leave to help with the toddler, but then his transfer went through. She and Kyo were separated for about a year and a half while she finished her classes. Ben moved to stay with Kyo during Talia's final exams, and she joined them soon after.
Benjiro Adwin Kaji was born on Stardate 238706.11.
Starfleet Career
As Maeda was in Starfleet already, they were able to get him stationed at the Starfleet Academy afilliated campus on Aldebaran, where Kaji took her courses. Already having so much experience in the medical field, she was able to test out of many classes and finished the academy in two years, focusing on Starfleet regulations and alien physiology. Ensign Maeda was promoted to LtJg and transferred to the Duranis II Embassy almost before she graduated. Kaji kept Ben with her, and Maeda went ahead to the Embassy. Kaji requested assignment to the Embassy. She sent Ben to live with Maeda while she finished exams.
After finishing the Academy, Cadet Kaji was sent to Starbase 118 for finals and graduation.
Ribbons Awards
- For award descriptions, see: Awards and Service Ribbons
AWARDS
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Chronological History
- 229811.24 Talia Christine Kaji born.
- 232605.10 Graduated Medical School.
- 238404.19 Met Kyo Maeda.
- 238706.11 Benjiro Kaji born.
- 239008.18 Joined the Crew of the Thunder-A
Career Overview
Career Overview
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