Rendal Rennyn
Lieutenant JG Ren Rennyn, an unjoined Trill, is currently the helm officer aboard the USS Atlantis.
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Academy Transcript
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STATS
- Full Name: Rendal Arnom Rennyn
- Race: Trill
- Date of Birth: 235712.09
- Place of Birth: Arnmere, Trill
- Age: 43
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Single
- Children: None
APPEARANCE
- Height: 6'5", 1,95m
- Weight: 210lb, 95kg
- Hair Color: Ash brown
- Length of Hair: Medium short
- Eye Color: Green
- Skin Tone: Fair
- Birthmarks, Scars: Trill spots
- Legs: Two
- Build: Tall and strongly built
- Carriage: Well-postured but casual
- Taste in Clothing (when off duty): Simple, neat and well-presented
- Handedness: Right
PERSONALITY
- Quarters: Ren's quarters are on Deck 3 of the Atlantis. A welcoming, lived-in atmosphere makes his quarters a comfortable home where the door is always open to visitors. He fills the room with plants cut from his family's farm.
- Favorite Room: The holodeck, where he indulges his hobby as an amateur programmer.
- Habits: Ren will tell a story about his hometown to anyone at any time, and he usually does.
- Mannerisms: An easy smile and a kind word are second nature to him. His expression can be dreamy and distant, but he keeps a strong focus on tasks at hand. He is a highly organized and detail-oriented officer who strives for efficiency. He suffers from a healthy dose of Trill curiosity that leads him to stick his nose in where it might not belong. When frustrated or angry, he gets red-faced and tongue-tied, and erupts in a verbal tirade.
- Hobbies and Pastimes: Studying languages and history, holodeck adventures and programming, amateur student of Trill history and genealogy, linguistic puzzles.
- Likes: Language and history, making friends, experiencing something new.
- Dislikes: Being asked about his symbiont. He doesn't have one.
- Ambitions and Goals: His ambitions are to serve Starfleet as an agent of peace and prosperity for the Federation’s citizens; and to honor the memories of family and friends who were killed or whose lives were painfully interrupted in the Dominion war.
- Achievements in Life: He speaks several languages as a result of his lifelong hobby of linguistic study. He is fluent in Trill, Federation Standard, Fed Stdrd Sign Language, and Vulcan. He is highly capable in Bajoran, Klingon and Romulan. He has a smattering of Ferengi and has started on Andorian.
- Disappointments in Life: Ren has been stuck on the same level of his favorite holonovel - "Winds of Change: The Curse of Debbie's Gold" - for several years. Some day he will beat it.
- Temperament: Easy-going and kind, Ren is naturally diplomatic and peaceful. He is known for making those around him feel comfortable, and his friendliness makes him unintimidating despite his size. He is hard-working and community-minded, the product of his life at home with a large farming family in a small community. Despite his love of home and family, he is also adventurous and eager to see new sights and have new experiences in other parts of the galaxy. Like most of his people, he celebrates and reveres natural beauty, fresh experiences and the simple pleasures of life. He has a temper that will lead him to occasionally explode in a verbal tirade he refers to as a "country rage."
PERSONAL HISTORY
Ren grew up on a stretch of land near Arnmere, a small and ancient town deep in the farmlands of Trill. His family and all their neighbors ran prosperous operations, building on hundreds of years of proud family history and experience. He was a hard worker who enjoyed living the life he was born to and proudly took his place among his large, close-knit family.
Ren attended Ledaro Regional University on Trill, where he pursued a double major in Systems Operations – with an eye toward expanding and modernizing his family’s business – and Xeno-Linguistics – his own secret passion. This was at a time of war with the Dominion, but his parents insisted he stay in school on Trill rather than join a defense force or enlist in Starfleet like many of his friends.
After school, he returned to Arnmere to apply what he had learned to the family farming operation. A few years of hard work changed Ren, as did the thought of what he could have contributed to the cause of peace during the war, when so many others sacrificed themselves.
Ren and his sister Alin attended Starfleet Academy together after studying and taking their entrance exams without their family’s knowledge. Alin was the minimum age for acceptance and Ren was ten years older, but he was determined to start a new career among the stars. At the Academy, Ren built on his love of flight and knowledge of ship systems to become a Helm Officer. In keeping with his love of languages, matched with his systems studies, he earned a minor in Operations and Communications.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
View Academy Transcript. View Medical Record.
- Date Graduated from Academy: 239102.02
- Current Rank: Lieutenant JG
- Current Assignment: USS Atlantis
- Duty Post: Helm officer
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Cadet First Class | 239102.02 | Graduated Starfleet Academy | Helm/Comm/Ops |
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Ensign | 239102.02 - 239105.08 | USS Atlantis | Helm officer |
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Lieutenant JG | 239105.08 - present | USS Atlantis | Helm officer |
AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS
- For award descriptions, see: Awards and Service Ribbons
| Graphics | Award/Ribbon | Stardate | Posting | Description |
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Explorer's Bar | 239105.05 | USS Atlantis | During the mission A Tale Of Two Worlds, the USS Atlantis discovered the Uzoka system and helped facilitate the beginning of peace talks between the Grenushi and Krayav. |
TIMELINE
- 237608.28 - 238006.12: Attended Ledaro Regional University on Trill with a double major in Systems Operations and Xeno-Linguistics.
- 238006.13-238607.25: Worked as Foreman of Operations at Tro'Arn Farms, his family's business in Arnmere, Trill. Ren made strides in updating the family's systems technology to modern standards.
- 238607.25: Accepted to Starfleet Academy.
- 238608.28 - 239102.02: Majored in Helm/Navigation at Starfleet Academy, minoring in Communications/Operations. Ren logged a lot of flight hours, studied ship's systems and battle tactics, and acquired high ratings in several languages.
- 239102.01: Rennyn arrived at Deep Space 26 in the Par'tha Expanse to rendezvous with the newly recommissioned USS Atlantis, where he serves as Helm officer on its continuing mission in the Expanse.
- 239102.05 - 239105.05: Atlantis' first mission was to transport Telnoth Kylon Haerin of the Grenushi people of Uzoka 3 to peace talks between his people and the Krayav of Uzoka 4. Rennyn helped Astrometrics Chief Raine Vedra devise a better means of navigation across the unstable Par'tha Expanse through the use of advance probes. Rennyn's navigation through the treacherous Uzoka system and a battle with the Endangered Jenatris Species environmental activism group known as The Green Beaners tested his flight abilities to their limit. Ren grew close with an intelligent cloud named Rover, who was meant as a gift from Haerin to the Krayav, but chose to remain aboard Atlantis.
- 239105.08: Rennyn was promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade) and, along with the crew of Atlantis, was awarded the Explorers ribbon for their work in the Uzoka system.
FAMILY
The Rennyns are a large, close-knit network of parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and in-laws who live in and around the village of Arnmere, deep in the farmlands of Trill.
One of nine siblings, Ren has a different relationship with each of his brothers and sisters, each of which continues to develop as time goes by.
- Parents
- Elan Rennyn: Ren's father; owner and operator, Tro'Arn Farms. The land has been in his family for generations, and he is the proud father of another generation of Rennyns.
- Norva Rennyn: Ren's mother; owner and operator, Tro'Arn Farms. A shrewd businesswoman who put her husband's family business back on the map after years of declining success. She had hoped to keep all her children nearby by building a place for each into the business.
- Siblings:
- Norvil Rennyn: The eldest Rennyn brother and his wife Lezyl are taking over Tro'Arn from his parents, and raising a new generation of Rennyns.
- Dirin Rennyn: The second Rennyn brother and his wife Dee were able to buy a neighboring farm from a relative who wished to retire. They run the farm in conjunction with Tro'Arn.
- Tharazel Krenn: Thara and her husband Maren, busy parents of three, hold key positions in Tro'Arn's management.
- Fess Rennyn: One year older than Ren; the two were inseparable growing up. Fess lives in Arnmere, but works in Ledaro as a medical researcher. He was born without hearing, and even with modern medical techniques, doctors have been unable to correct the condition.
- Frequencies, Part 1 - Ren learns something new about his brother days before leaving for Starfleet Academy.
- Frequencies, Part 2 - Fess foregoes the operation, but determines to make a change.
- Frequencies, Part 3 - Before leaving for the Academy, Ren helps Fess start on a new path.
- Vye Rennyn: One year younger than Ren, Vye shared his passion for travel. She found a way to indulge her passion and remain at home by regularly traveling on family business around Trill and to nearby spaceports.
- Alin Rennyn: Ten years younger than her brother Ren, she helped convince him to take the Academy entrance exam along with her. They entered and graduated together. She serves as a science officer in the Beta Quadrant.
- Nila Rennyn: Alin's twin sister remained in Arnmere, not feeling the passion for exploration that drove her twin to leave, though her mind for science is equal to Alin's.
- Tor Rennyn: The youngest Rennyn sibling is still in school and wonders what piece of the family business will be left for him when he comes of age, after all his brothers and sisters have beat him to it.
- Others:
- Great Uncle Wavern: Ren's father Elan's uncle is an elderly bachelor who owns a smaller farm near Tro'Arn, just bordering the village of Arnmere. Ren spent many happy days roaming the forgotten backfields after helping his great uncle with chores.
- Aunt Metzi: The Queen Mother of Tro'Arn is the strong but silent type. She is someone's great aunt, or grandmother, or something - she is so old that no one quite remembers, and everyone calls her Aunt Metzi.
- Jira Tanos: A neighbor who is like a second mother to Ren. She is a former Starfleet officer who gave him flying lessons and encouraged him to pursue his career with Starfleet.
RELATIONSHIPS
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| Sovak | Ren's Trill emotionalism and Sovak's Vulcan stoicism caused a cultural clash when they were roommates at the Academy, but by the time they were posted together to the Atlantis as newly minted ensigns, they had formed a close friendship that continues to grow, maybe into something more. | |
| Rover | The sentient cloud left his people to stay aboard Atlantis and learn about humanoids like his friend Ren. Rover glows a little brighter when Ren is near, and Ren finds himself lighting up a little too. |
SIM Archive
- The Deep Cut, Part 1 - Taking a moment to recover after injuring himself on the Holodeck, Ren remembers a time he hurt someone else in his Academy days.
- The Deep Cut, Part 2
- The Deep Cut, Part 3
- Me and My Shadow - Ren and Rover get to know each other; thanks to Rover's telepathic effects, someone's feelings for Ren are now apparent.
- Nope - Rennyn attempts to join the crew on the surface of Uzoka 4. Getting where he's going isn't easy.
NPC Listing · USS Atlantis Crew Manifest · Crew History
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