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No matter what she is wearing she continues to wear her Grandmother's blue and silver earring on her right ear.
No matter what she is wearing she continues to wear her Grandmother's blue and silver earring on her right ear.
 
[[File:Oddas_Aria_Signature.png|thumb|alt=Aria's Signature|Aria's Signature|125px]]
[[File:Dial 1.jpg|thumb|alt=Irina's Watch|Irina's Watch|125px]]
[[File:Dial 1.jpg|thumb|alt=Irina's Watch|Irina's Watch|125px]]
She has also taken to wearing a watch given to her by [[Irina_Pavlova|Irina]] on her left wrist and her wedding band on her left ring finger.   
She has also taken to wearing a watch given to her by [[Irina_Pavlova|Irina]] on her left wrist and her wedding band on her left ring finger.   
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====Off Duty====
====Off Duty====
Aria wears comfortable feminine clothing, often pairing dresses and skirts with jackets.  It's not unusual to see her wearing dress clothing with boots or other sensible shoes.  When the occasion calls for it she does not hesitate to dress up.
Aria wears comfortable feminine clothing, often pairing dresses and skirts with jackets.  It's not unusual to see her wearing dress clothing with boots or other sensible shoes.  When needed, she does not hesitate to dress up.


She does not consider herself someone who collects clothing, but those who have seen her closets would disagree.
She does not consider herself someone who collects clothing, but those who have seen her closets would disagree.
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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. It was assumed Aria would follow their footsteps.
===Family Background===
 
Aria was born on Bajor in the city of Hathon. Her family, Oddas, is of the ancient D'jarra, the Va'tello, consisting of Sailors, Pilots, and similar professions.  In the tradition of their D'jarra her family has always been one steeped in deep military tradition, going underground during the Occupation rather than surrender or take on other professions.  She grew up hearing stories of how her extended family were executed by Gul Pirak during for not showing loyalty. Her father and mother both were members of the Resistance and, later, the Bajoran Militia. Due to the extensive tradition of the Oddas Family in the military, it was assumed Aria would follow their footsteps.
 
===Apptitudes, Leading to a Career===
 
Aria was always interested in mechanics, math, and engineering, to the annoyance of her parents who were expert marksmen, logisticians, strategists, and could not understand Engineering as anything more than a 'maintenance' function. To their extra annoyance, she excelled at it.  Her interest was brought to a head at the age of 10 when she found a replicator seemingly beyond repair, and everyone told her it never be useful.
 
Aria lived in a neighborhood where people did not worry about where their next meal came from, their replicators were working and fresh food was available as needed.  When Aria looked around she realized there were boroughs in her own city where people still went hungry and went without.  She realized an easy way to help would be to begin repairing things, starting with the scavenged replicator. Despite her family's insistence it could not be done, she searched high and low for replicator parts, taught herself how the machine should operate, and eventually got it functional well enough to feed one of the poorer areas of the city for three years before it was replaced. 
 
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.   


Aria was always interested in mechanics, math, and engineering, to the annoyance of her parents who were expert marksmen, logisticians, strategists, and could not understand Engineering as anything more than a 'maintenance' function. Aria's interest was brought to a head at the age of 10 when she found a Replicator that seemed beyond repair, and everyone told her it never would be.
===A Different Path, Confrontation with Family===


Aria lived in a neighborhood where people did not worry about where their next meal came from, their replicators were working and fresh food was available as needed.  When Aria looked around she realized there were boroughs in her own city where people still went hungry and went without.  She realized an easy way to help would be to begin repairing things, starting with the scavenged replicator. Despite her family's insistence it could not be done, she searched high and low for replicator parts, taught herself how the machine should operate, and eventually got it functional well enough to feed one of the poorer areas of the city for three years before it eventually had to be replaced.   
The people around her, many of her classmates, friends, and all of her family, were interested in picking up phasers so they could go and become 'Heros of the Resistance', but during her scavenging efforts she came across Resistance's engineers who kept the ships running, their weapons repaired, and kept a low profile.  It was during this time she began to realize there more than one way to serve a cause. The same engineers spoke of engineering works helping entire planets and species.  They spoke of learning things to help the entire galaxy, and the older ones spoke as if Starfleet was the way to help as many people as possible with as little effort expended.   


The people around her, many of her classmates, friends, and all of her family, were interested in picking up phasers so they could go and become 'Heros of the Resistance', but during her scavenging efforts she met the Resistance's engineers who kept the ships running, their weapons repaired, and kept a low profile.  It was during this time she began to realize there more than one way to serve a cause. The same engineers spoke of engineering works helping entire planets and species.  They spoke of learning things to help the entire galaxy, and the older ones spoke as if Starfleet was the way to help as many people as possible for as little effort expended.
She began to hear more and more stories from ordinary people who had fought for the survival of her planet and not joined the Militia afterward.  It opened her eyes to other paths and other people, including her future [[#The_Ijos_-_Family_in_All_But_Name|surrogate family]] who served in other ways.


When Aria decided to break the family tradition and join Starfleet it was not a popular choice<ref>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-embassy/G_f2SDJdvZ0/F6Mfw4-bFAAJ</ref> in the Oddas house. Aria tried to explain it in Engineering terms: do the most good for the most people with the least effort. As she was leaving her parents insisted she not come back, her sister told her to never come home in a Starfleet uniform.
When Aria decided to break the family tradition and join Starfleet it was not a popular choice<ref>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-embassy/G_f2SDJdvZ0/F6Mfw4-bFAAJ</ref> in the Oddas house. Aria tried to explain it in Engineering terms: do the most good for the most people with the least effort. As she was leaving her parents insisted she not come back, her sister told her to never come home in a Starfleet uniform.
===Looking Back===


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 was brought home by constables more than once<ref>http://sims.starbase118.net/sim.php?simnum=2452499</ref>.  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 also never understood the need to conform to what others were doing, especially when what they are doing was dumb.
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 was brought home by constables more than once<ref>http://sims.starbase118.net/sim.php?simnum=2452499</ref>.  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 also never understood the need to conform to what others were doing, especially when what they are doing was dumb.
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[[File:Irina3.jpg|thumb|alt=Irina Pavlova|Irina Pavlova|125px]]
[[File:Irina3.jpg|thumb|alt=Irina Pavlova|Irina Pavlova|125px]]


; [[Irina_Pavlova|Irina Pavlova]], <small>Spouse</small>: [[Irina_Pavlova|Irina]] and Aria began dating at their [[Turner-Waltas_Wedding_(Embassy_of_Duronis_II)|Commanding Officer's wedding]].  Neither expected the relationship to occur or was looking for any sort of romantic situation, but it happened.  After dating for close to nine months, and their relationship growing, Irina accompanied Aria to Bajor to attend a function for the Ijo family.  During their time on Bajor the couple was swept up in the moment and wed during a short, but blessed ceremony (239406.29)<ref name="twoparties">http://sims.starbase118.net/sim.php?simnum=2452654</ref>.
; [[Irina_Pavlova|Irina Pavlova]], <small>Spouse</small>: [[Irina_Pavlova|Irina]] and Aria began dating at their [[Turner-Waltas_Wedding_(Embassy_of_Duronis_II)|Commanding Officer's wedding]].  Neither expected the relationship to occur or was looking for any sort of romantic situation, but it happened.  After dating for close to nine months, and their relationship growing, Irina accompanied Aria to Bajor to attend a function for the Ijo family.  During their time on Bajor the couple was swept up in the moment and were wed during a short, but blessed ceremony (239406.29)<ref name="twoparties">http://sims.starbase118.net/sim.php?simnum=2452654</ref>.


; [[Snow,_Jazmine|Jazmine Snow]], <small>Step Daughter</small>:Adopted daughter of [[Irina_Pavlova|Irina]] and currently living with the couple, Aria is working out how to approach a daughter, not hers, and not her wife's, without being seen as an interloper.  She is trying to find common ground, especially in the fields of ignoring rules, and avoiding consequences.  Aria secretly sees a lot of similarities between her situation and Jazmine's, namely they are both in families not their own by birth, finding common ground with strangers.  Aria is also very cognisant of the fact Jazmine's mother died not long after marrying Irina.
; [[Snow,_Jazmine|Jazmine Snow]], <small>Step Daughter</small>:Adopted daughter of [[Irina_Pavlova|Irina]] and currently living with the couple, Aria is working out how to approach a daughter, not hers, and not her wife's, without being seen as an interloper.  She is trying to find common ground, especially in the fields of ignoring rules, and avoiding consequences.  Aria secretly sees a lot of similarities between her situation and Jazmine's, namely they are both in families not their own by birth, finding common ground with strangers.  Aria is also very cognisant of the fact Jazmine's mother died not long after marrying Irina.
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=== Oddas ===
=== Oddas ===
The Oddas family is of the ancient D'jarra, the Va'tello, consisting of Sailors, Pilots, and similar professions.  In the tradition of their D'jarra her family has always been one steeped in deep miliary tradition, going underground during the Occupation rather than surrender or take on other professions.
 


; Colonel Oddas Gura, <small>Father</small>: Aria's father and often described as more at home with the higher ranks of military and intelligence officers.  Behind his back, he is sometimes called the politician's soldier, something he regrets and sometimes tries to make up for by being 'more soldier than soldier'.
; Colonel Oddas Gura, <small>Father</small>: Aria's father and often described as more at home with the higher ranks of military and intelligence officers.  Behind his back, he is sometimes called the politician's soldier, something he regrets and sometimes tries to make up for by being 'more soldier than soldier'.
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===The Ijos - Family in All But Name===
===The Ijos - Family in All But Name===


After Aria's shunning by her family, she felt alone, isolated, and generally as shut off from the world as she ever had.  Combined with the death of [[#Ijo Alea|Ijo Alea]] she assumed she would never have a home of her home ever again.  She was surprised to find Alea's parents recognizing her pain, fighting through their own, and treating her as their own daughter, always managing to find her and offering her the support she desperately needed.  Recently when she was worried about bringing her [[Irina Pavlova]] home they allayed her fears and treated both as if they had always been family.
After Aria's shunning by her family, she felt alone, isolated, and generally as shut off from the world as she ever had.  Combined with the death of [[#Ijo Alea|Ijo Alea]] she assumed she would never have a home of her home ever again.  She was surprised to find Alea's parents recognizing her pain, fighting through their own, and treating her as their own daughter, always managing to find her and offering her the support she desperately needed.  Recently when she was worried about bringing her [[Irina Pavlova|fiance]], and future wife, home they allayed her fears and treated both as if they had always been family.


[[File:Ijo Alea.png|thumb|alt=Ijo Alea|Ijo Alea|125px]]
[[File:Ijo Alea.png|thumb|alt=Ijo Alea|Ijo Alea|125px]]
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Current projects she has in various stages of completion include her Bajoran Light Sailing Racer, a ship to be propelled by light and designed to race through a solar system under the power of nothing but the light of a star on its sails, and the research she's been working on with [[Roshanara_Rahman|Roshanara Rahman]] in the field of advanced warp theory.
Current projects she has in various stages of completion include her Bajoran Light Sailing Racer, a ship to be propelled by light and designed to race through a solar system under the power of nothing but the light of a star on its sails, and the research she's been working on with [[Roshanara_Rahman|Roshanara Rahman]] in the field of advanced warp theory.


Near the entrance to the house she has arranged a small shrine to the Bajoran Prophets where she regularly practices meditative prayer.
Near the entrance to the house, she has arranged a small shrine to the Bajoran Prophets where she regularly practices meditative prayer.


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===Academic History===
===Academic History===


Aria entered Starfleet on 239008.15 and graduated 230405.05, majoring in Engineering.  While there she was drawn to all things dealing with Propulsion systems, and Subspace Theory.  Along the way towards graduation she found herself also drawn towards pure Mathematics and Programming as each seemed to be required to solve harder problems.
Aria entered Starfleet on 239008.15 and graduated 230405.05, majoring in Engineering.  While there she was drawn to all things dealing with Propulsion systems, and Subspace Theory.  Along the way towards graduation, she found herself also drawn towards pure Mathematics and Programming as each seemed to be required to solve harder problems.


Aria was once ordered to retake ENG121: Colossal Failures in Engineering, when she submitted a paper during a seminar (ENGSEM: Subspace Telemetry and Improvements over the Past Century) in which she argued the [http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Argus_Array Argus Array] could be upgraded to outperform newer equipment.  She fought the decision and ultimately prevailed, but the visiting professor never accepted her premise or conclusions.
Aria was once ordered to retake ENG121: Colossal Failures in Engineering, when she submitted a paper during a seminar (ENGSEM: Subspace Telemetry and Improvements over the Past Century) in which she argued the [http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Argus_Array Argus Array] could be upgraded to outperform newer equipment.  She fought the decision and ultimately prevailed, but the visiting professor never accepted her premise or conclusions.
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