Sera: Difference between revisions

|BIRTHPLACE = Lyr'Taya, Vulcan

Sera’s worldview up until leaving Vulcan to enter Starfleet Academy was incredibly insular even to mainstream Vulcan’s standard. This was due in part to her rather unorthodox upbringing within an isolated clan that could trace back their origins to well before the time of Surak.

 

The ancient Lyr Tor, once spoken of in fervent whispers, were secretive, martial in nature, and were utilized by some Royal Houses as spies and assassins, if the price was right. They were one of the last clans to adopt Surak’s teachings and, even then, did not open themselves to outsiders. Much of the clan’s social customs, behaviors, and hierarchy are still unknowns even in modern day, as Lyr Tor clan members do not discuss their ways with outsiders, including other Vulcans.

 

Sera was unable to achieve mastery over her emotions in the way that her family and clan required as the Lyr Tor devoted themselves to the most orthodox interpretations of Surak’s philosophy, espousing emotions were not to be suppressed but eliminated. Her entire Vulcan worldview has been skewed through the lenses of her clan’s “eyes.” Sera became a black sheep within her family and the community, with an inquisitive nature and struggles to subsume and eliminate her emotions.

 

The catalyst for application to Starfleet Academy was when her betrothed informed her that after careful contemplation, he had successfully petitioned the clan elders to have their pre-marital bond dissolved as he had determined that they would be ill-suited to one another due to her inability to uphold her family and clan’s standards.

Sera’s grades were more than sufficient to qualify for the entrance exam, and she passed the exam with a reasonable effort. However, entrance was deferred because she was not completely fluent in Federation Standard – as her home did not see the need to learn more about the “Outsiders” than what was necessary. Sera entered a Federation Standard language immersion course and quickly picked it up without any great difficulty, however the nuance of the language still escapes her at times.

Her grades placed her in the upper 1/3 of the class, however, the most enlightening aspect of her instruction was the social education she received by studying and interacting with so many cultures and ideologies.

Sera, on the surface, is logical and stoic. As she never left her home before leaving for SFA, and she is in many ways innocent and naïve. She quiet and dependable, but few really know her at all. Hers is one face amongst many, often overlooked. However, this has given her a tremendous amount of freedom to study those around her. She “enjoys” understanding how things work, and the solitude has given her the opportunity to analyze and evaluate those around her. That desire for dissecting things to achieve complete understanding is what drove her to declare as an Engineering major. Malfunctioning equipment did not mock her social ignorance, and a code is a code is a code and nothing else.