Kayla Drex
Ensign Kayla Drex, a Terran, is currently serving as a Science Officer onboard the USS Eagle. She is known by any who have interacted with her to be an effervescent, energetic, driven young woman.
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| Position | Science Officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Lieutenant JG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Species | Human | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Female | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DOB | 237210.01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthplace | Inlet, New York, Earth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer ID | E239510KD0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Statistics
- Full Name: Kayla Allison Drex
- Current Rank: Ensign
- Race: Terran
- Date of Birth: 237210.01
- Place of Birth: Inlet, NY, Earth
- Gender: Female
- Telepathic status:n/a
- Height: 1.6 m (5' 3")
- Weight: 52 kg.
- Hair Color: blonde
- Eye Color: brown
- Quarters: USS Eagle, Deck 3, room 320
Family
- Spouse: n/a
- Children: n/a
- Parents
- Father: Dr. Gulliver Drex
- Mother: Leanna Marsh-Drex
- Siblings: Braiden, Phillip, Michael Drex, David
Affiliation
Relationships
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Eleanor Alexander Friend and co-conspirator in Project Zephyr. Engineering Officer at the Embassy of Duronis II. Kayla met Eleanor while they were at the Academy, and immediately hit it off. "El" or "Ellie" as Kayla calls her in confidence is a demure, reserved individual, which only served to encourage Kayla to befriend her more intensely. In their final fall term at the Academy, the two began working on the practical applications of a theory Kayla had been working on for some time. Alexander's nearly instinctual aptitude for engineering and excitement from being faced with a completely unique puzzle solidified their friendship. |
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Prudence Blackwell Friend A friendship that started with a fight. Shortly after joining the crew of the USS Eagle, the newly minted Ensign Drex headed to the ship's gymnasium. There she saw another young woman putting a heavy bag through its paces. Kayla, having trained for years (out of both fitness motivation and pure interest) in various forms of martial art and hand-to-hand combat, asked Blackwell if she'd "like a moving target." The two were evenly matched in sparring, and after an exhaustingly enjoyable workout, both lay panting on the mat. You can't beat a good workout buddy. |
Chronological History
236206.13 - Kayla's parents meet
Nestled in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, Earth is a lake of middling size called Cascade Lake. The natural beauty is what drew Leanna Marsh to this remote region. For Gulliver Drex, it was a chance to get away from the rigors of academia. He had booked a "retreat to the past" at one of the small inns that bordered the lake, but soon found that for all his brilliance when it came to quantum physics, the nature of temporal entanglement, or the relationship of graviton pulses of black holes and their effects on wormhole stability, he was not exactly the "outdoorsy" type. Dr. Drex decided to take advantage of one of the classes offered at the resort: a painting class. The class instructor was a gorgeous young woman named Leanna. They were married the next autumn, and bought a house on the lake where they met.
2372-2385 - Childhood
Over the next ten years, their family grew. The couple had four boys and one girl: Kayla. As a child, Kayla had a knack for turning up in impossible places - on the roof, inside the antique grandfather clock in the hall, or in the back room of the local transport station. Whenever questioned about what she was doing there, her answer would always be, "Figuring stuff out." Her childhood was a very happy time, as her parents were constantly supportive of her becoming the individual she was meant to be, and her brothers always looking out for her.
When she was 13 years old, Kayla was at the lake with a friend. This friend had a different afternoon in mind than Kayla did, and tried making inappropriate advances toward her. Michael, one of Kayla's brothers, was nearby and heard a commotion. Sensing his little sister was in trouble, he dropped his fishing rod and ran to aid her. By the time he arrived though, Kayla had not only diffused the situation, but actually turned it completely around. The scene Michael saw as he breached the treeline was his (relatively short) sister standing with her foot on the neck of a boy who clutched his ribs (3 broken it was later discovered) and blood streaming from his nose as she growled down at him, "I. said. no."
2385-2389 - High school
In high school, Kayla frustrated her teachers by asking questions that challenged their understanding of the subjects they taught. Her AP Stellar Cartography teacher put a note in her permanent record commenting that Kayla was, "constantly making additions to her maps that were not known astral phenomena." When her father reviewed her homework however, he saw the graceful curves as what they were: visual representations of quantum entanglement of dark matter. Kayla remembers her father laughing to himself and saying, "She already knows more than them," smiling at her, then making her favorite dinner: pizza. She graduated valedictorian from her high school, and it seemed she could go to any institute of higher learning she desired. Kayla chose Starfleet.
239108.08-239510.31 - Starfleet Academy
Starfleet Academy was like living in a dream for Kayla. Every professor, every class, every cadet challenged her in new and interesting ways, and Kayla rose time and again to the challenge. Double majoring in Physics and Stellar Cartography, Kayla worked tirelessly maintaining a near-perfect GPA. The one less-than-perfect grade she received was a B in SURV110 (Environmental Suits and Zero-G Training). She really did not like the feeling of not knowing where "down" was. In spite of her rigorous study, Kayla managed to make a few good friends at the Academy. She didn't date while enrolled, opting to focus solely on studies and friendships.
239511.02-Current - USS Eagle
Fresh from the Academy, Kayla reported for duty on the USS Eagle just in time to be a member of the re-inaugural crew. She was immediately enamored with and impressed by the ship and her crew. The Eagle's mission took them out into the Aavaro Wilds, where in a partnership with the Mithgil (a previously unknown species), they played a key role in saving a pre-warp civilization (the Verellians) fro. Extinction via brain-eating virus.
Service History
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Cadet Fourth Class | 239108.01 - 239206.09. | Science Officer | |
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Cadet Third Class | 239208.06 - 239306.05. | Science Officer | |
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Cadet Second Class | 239308.04 - 239406.07. | Science Officer | |
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Cadet First Class | 239408.08 (239510.31). | Graduated Starfleet Academy | Science Officer |
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Ensign | 239511.02 - 239601.02 | USS Eagle | Science Officer |
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Lieutenant JG | 239601.02 - present | USS Eagle | Science Officer |
Awards & Service Ribbons
- For award descriptions, see: Awards and Service Ribbons
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Image Gallery
Kayla waiting in a holosuite for the designated start time of her first Starfleet Science Holoconference
Ensign Drex enjoying herself in the Eagle's Nest - the lounge of the Eagle - before her first award ceremony as a Starfleet officer
Sim Archive
NPC Listing · USS Eagle Crew Manifest · Crew History
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