Karynn Ehlanii Brice

Chief Counselor
USS Columbia

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Lt. JG Karynn Ehlanii is currently serving as Counselor on the USS Ronin. She is currently keeping busy by organizing and running group counseling sessions to allow the crew to deal with recent losses and producing "The Scottish Play" with the Royal Roninian Theatre Company.

Stats

Full Name: Karynn Ehlanii
Race: Haliian
Date of Birth: 235704.08
Place of Birth: Larysta, Halii
Age: (Post Academy): 27
Gender: Female
Telepathic/Empathic status: E3 (See Telepathic/Empathic Scale). Karynn is touch-empathic, and therefore tends to not make physical contact with other people before notifying them of this status. She sees doing so as being an invasion of their privacy.. She did, however, teach herself to shake hands when meeting someone new, as a gesture of friendliness. Generally she attempts to block out the other person's emotions for this brief period of time. Her sense is strongest with skin-to-skin contact and is dulled as more layers of fabric or other material are in between contact. Her empathic/telepathic abilities are modified through the use of the canar.

Appearance

Height: 5'4"
Weight: 125 lbs.
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Length of Hair: Shoulder-length
Eye Color: Green with brown flecks
Skin Tone: Tanned
Birthmarks, Scars: 5", barely visible scar running down middle of her back from surgery as infant to remove cancerous tumor. 1/2" scar on right knee - fell off play equipment while playing with sister at age 7
Build: Slight
Face: Heart shaped
Eyes: Strikingly large eyes.
Mouth: Medium. Almost heart-shaped
Carriage: Has a tendency to slouch a bit, making her appear even shorter than normal, especially when tired or working hard.
Poses (Hands/Gestures, Feet/Legs, Torso/Head):
Taste in Clothing (when off duty): Flowing clothing, loose skirts, jewel tones
Shoes: Standard Starfleet issue when in uniform. Strappy heels for dressy occasions. Sandals for other occasions, when possible.
Voice: Alto. When speaking, often has a musical quality to her voice.
Handedness: Right

Manner

Quarters:
- Fairly simple, but sprinkled with bright colors and artifacts. Her bedspread is purple and was given to her by her mother when she graduated high school.
- Deck 4 near her office on the USS Ronin
Favorite Room: Her study/makeshift lab
Habits/Mannerisms:
- Has a tendency, when she's thinking, to pull loose hair or ponytail over in front of face (so it kind of looks like she's "sniffing" her hair)
- She also has a tendency to play with a lock or two of hair, twisting it about her finger.
- When she gets excited, speaks animatedly with generous use of her hands
Religion/Spiritual Devotion: Karynn does not have a specific religion. She believes in some higher power, but has not really decided what that means for her. She has picked up spiritual practices from many different cultures, including many forms of prayer and meditation. She is particularly fond of Vulcan meditation practices.
Hobbies and Pastimes:
- Plays and composes for the piano.
- Plays the flute and flute-like instruments
- Reading. She especially enjoys reading Vulcan literature in Vulcan.
Achievements in Life:
Disappointments in Life:
- Her first major disappointment was failing the Academy Entrance Exam the first time around (due to low marks in history). She has since overcome this disappointment and actually learned to enjoy history enough to get a specialization in it.
- Karynn struggled through the Engineering classes at the Academy. While she passed, she required much tutoring to do so.
- On an away mission during the training cruise of the USS Centris, Karynn attempted to open a locked door at the request of her team members. Unexpectedly and embarassingly, a second door slid down over the first, making it even harder to get through the desired doorway.
Temperment: Generally peaceful and gentle - but with a sharp side if you cross her.
Mental problems (complexes and phobias):
- Lately Karynn has been feeling overwhelmed with her job as a counselor. She frequently feels inadequately prepared to help the crew through dealing with recent deaths, particularly because she has not finished her counseling degree.
Physical Limitations: She is on the shorter side, so she may ask for help in reaching items that are high.

Family

Marital Status

Single

Children

None

Parents

Father: Kolen Ehlanii - structural engineer, employed by the city of Larysta.
Kolen is 5'8" with dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. He is often described as a "jolly" person, with a ready smile for anyone who passes. He is often found laughing and telling jokes. He was born on stardate 233302.16, and attended the University of Krysenti, where he recieved a BS in Structural Engineering. He met Maryasta while working as a consultant on the Larysta Orchestral Hall.

Mother: Maryasta Ehlanii - Professional Musician in the Larysta Symphony Orchestra
Maryasta is 5'4 with light brown hair and deep green eyes. She has a quiet persona, but usually comes across as pleasant and slightly shy. She comes alive, however, when she plays any musical instrument. While she plays the Haliian equivalent of a violin in the Larysta Symphony Orchestra, she is also quite good at the piano and the Haliian Flute. She is proficient at a number of other woodwind, keyboard, and string instruments, although she has rarely picked up any brass instruments. She is responsible for the Ehlanii family rule requiring music lessons for all the children up through High School. Because of her efforts, Karynn and both her siblings are both proficient at musical instruments and music lovers.

Siblings

2 - Karynn is the oldest
Lynette (b. 236207.15) - a recent graduate of the Xenobiology department of the University of Krysenti. She is currently working on a 6-month research study into the mammal-like Hellim, a small native of the Jrysia Jungle in the southern hemisphere of Halii

Kole (b. 236509.14) - currently enrolled in the sociology department at the University of Krysenti.

Karynn has a healthy relationship with her family. While she and her siblings had a normal sibling relationship, complete with the typical fights, she is very close to her sister Lynette, who Karynn sees as one of her very best friends.

Personal History

Early Life

Karynn grew up in a loving family on the planet Halii where she was born. Her love of the hard sciences was cemented by her grandparents when she was 3 years old, with the gift of her very first chemistry book and chemistry set. She generally did well in school and was awarded both in High School and College for her work in the sciences. Karynn is the first in her family to join Starfleet, a decision she was prompted to make after hearing a prominent Starfleet Scientist speak. She failed her first attempt to enter Starfleet Academy with poor marks on the History portion of the entrance exam. This failure prompted her to study and work to excel at History. After a semester at the University, she joined the preparatory program and was later accepted into the Academy. She began pursuing a degree in the sciences and had nearly completed that degree when, in her 4th year, she developed an interest in counseling. She finished her degree in the sciences and took a fifth year at the academy to begin her counseling degree. She is in the process of finishing that degree while on board the Ronin.

235704.08: Karynn is born to parents Maryasta & Kolen in Larysta, a medium-sized city on the planet Halii
236004.08: Karynn's grandparents, Lynelle and Nortol, give her her very first chemistry book and set. She falls in love with the hard sciences.
237505.20: Near the end of her final year of High School, Karynn is presented with North Larysta High School's Science Award, for exemplary work in the sciences during her High School Career (among other things, she was chair of the Chemistry Club, took classes as electives in Haliian biology, Chemistry, Physiology, and Physics).
237509.04: Karynn begins a 2 year program of study in Science at the University of Krysenti, on Hali.
237603.16: Karynn meets famed Chemist/Biologist Zolaryn Shennai at a seminar at the University of Krysenti. He talks about his experiences working in Starfleet. Karynn realizes that this is what she has been looking for and begins to research Starfleet and opportunities within Starfleet.
237701.15: Karynn applies to Starfleet Academy.
237704.20: Karynn takes Academy entrance exam and fails the History portion of the exam and therefore is denied acceptance into Starfleet Academy. Karynn begins to make plans to spend a semester taking classes, primarily in History, from the University of Krysenti. Shortly thereafter, Karynn also applies to the Starfleet Academy Preparatory program.
237801.05: Karynn travels to Cestus III to begin the Starfleet Academy Preparatory Program.
237804.13: Karynn sits for the Academy Entrance Exam. This time, she passes all the parts, including the psych evaluation. Following the testing period, she receives the news that she has been accepted to the Starbase 118 campus of Starfleet Academy.

Starfleet Academy

Karynn developed two notable friendships while she was at Starfleet Academy, both with roommates. The first was with Catherine Bell, her roommate for the first two years. Catherine introduced Karynn to several Terran activities including whitewater rafting (on the holodeck), some Terran foods, and some Terran religious practices, especially those of Catherine's own Catholic faith. While Karynn didn't embrace the entire faith, she did pick up several of Catherine's prayer practices, including the use of prayer beads and candles. Karynn was sad when Catherine returned to Earth, but the two have stayed in touch. When Catherine left, Karynn's new roommate was Jenn Iyer. Jenn's most significant impact was on Karynn's change in career directions. In Karynn's fourth year at the Academy, Jenn developed a severe episode of depression. Karynn was impressed by the impact the Academy Counselors had on Jenn's life and realized the influence counselors could use to help others. Following this experience, Karynn stayed on at the Academy an extra year to begin working on her counseling degree.

USS Ronin

Sarah Reed - Karynn met Sarah Reed on her first shoreleave following her assignment to the Ronin. The two are frequently found in Double Shot chatting over a cup of coffee. Sarah is, in part, responsible for helping Karynn's relationship with Ethan Brice to develop.
Ethan Brice - Ethan and Karynn met at the impromptu wedding of Ben Walker and Ro Adair in Twilight's Edge on DS17. After the wedding they slipped off to have a quiet chat on the Nature Deck of the station, which evolved into a game of Tag ("Mitz" in Haliian). Due to the schemings of Sarah Reed, they were set up on an impromptu date the next night. This was followed by a romantic evening on a holodeck recreation of Paris. So far, they have yet to spend a date together where one or both haven't gotten wet. Their budding relationship prompted a confrontation between Lt.Commander Ben Walker and Karynn, in which he asked what her intentions were.

Academy Records

Date of Entry into Starfleet Academy: Stardate 237806.01
Date of Graduation: Stardate 238410.02
Major: Science (Specialization: Chemistry)
Additional Specializations: Xenobiology, History

Academy Registrar Note: Ms. Ehlanii developed an interest in counseling near the middle of her fourth year at the Academy. She remained in classes an extra year to begin working on a degree in counseling before going on her Training Cruise in her sixth year at the academy.
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Professional History

Professional History

Rank	Dates	Posting	Assignment
Cadet, 4th Class	237809.01 - 237907.31	Starfleet Academy, San Fransisco, Earth	Student _{Major: Science Specialization: Chemistry Additional Specializations: Xenobiology & History}
Cadet, 3rd Class	237909.01 - 238007.31
Cadet, 2nd Class	238009.01 - 238107.31
Cadet, 1st Class	238109.01 - 238207.31
	238209.01 - 238307.31		_{Additional Major: Counseling}
	238308.01 - 238410.01	USS Centris-A	_{Additional Major: Counseling}
Ensign	238410.02 - 238410.03	USS Ronin	Counselor
	238410.04 - 238401.24		Temporary Tactical Officer
	238410.25 - 238501.16		Counselor
Lieutenant J.G.	238501.17 - Present		Counselor

Current Rank: Lieutenant JG
Current Assignment: USS Ronin
Duty Post: Counseling

Awards & Commendations

North Larysta High School Science Award: 237505.20 - for exemplary work in the sciences during high school
Jeelian Fayrel Outstanding Chemist Award: 237705.16 - an award from the University of Krysenti for her research in the synthesis of Aminodipolythirate.
Holaria Jhentsia Historical Accuracy Award: 237712.14 - from the University of Krysenti's Department of History for a contest-winning paper on the role of Jonathan Archer in the genesis of the United Federation of Planets.