Oddas Aria: Difference between revisions

Aria was born on Bajor in the city of Hathon. She grew up hearing stories of how her extended family were executed by Gul Pirak during for not showing loyalty.  Growing up she continued to hear more and more stories from friends and remaining family of heroes, ordinary people who fought for the survival of her planet.  Her father and mother both were members of the Resistance and, later, the Bajoran Militia. When Aria decided to break the family tradition and join Starfleet it not a popular choice in the Oddas house.  Her sister stayed behind and joined the Militia, but Aria saw Starfleet as a way of bringing the Oddas tradition of standing up for your beliefs to the galaxy, instead of confining it to the planet of Bajor.

Aria found herself learning of her affinity in Engineering when she looked around one day and realized that most of the people in her immediate surroundings were much more interested in being soldiers than actually making things work, and that her neighborhood was crumbling.  The militia was good at policing and crime was low, but things like basic infrastructure needs did not make it down to the 'street level', and people still assumed that picking up a phaser was the best way to fix things, and to be a 'hero to Resistance'.

One day, at the age of 10, she found a Replicator that seemed beyond repair, and everyone told her it never would be.  She scavenged parts and got it running well enough to feed the neighborhood for 2 years before it was eventually replaced.  During her scavenging efforts she met the Resistance's engineers who kept the ships running, their weapons repaired, and kept a low profile.  She realized there was more than one way to serve a cause.

 

As an adult Aria will admit she was not an easy child to parent.  She would often disappear for a day or more at a time scavenging for parts for one project or another and would often discard rules she felt served no purpose.  She often would make little to no attempt to try and reconcile with her parents after such infractions, leaving her parents feeling helpless.  She never considered herself a rebel, but never understood the need to conform to what others were doing.

When on Bajor she mostly relied on friends to get her 'out of the house', but with the death of [[#Ijo|Alea]] and going to the academy, she became more reclusive.  She is awkward around people, sometimes speaks before thinking fully and often babbles when nervous.  She will socialize when pushed, either by friends or duty, but will not generally go out of her way to do so on her own.

 

Does not typically like the outdoors, but will make exceptions for places like junkyards and other places she can go to scrounge for parts.