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|NAME = Aron Kells

|RANK = Fleet Captain

|PIPSTYLE = STO

|COLOR = Red

|SPECIES = [[Human]]/[[Romulan]]

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* '''Height''': 1.89m (6'1<nowiki>''</nowiki>)

* '''Weight''': 80 kg (176 lbs).

* '''Handedness''': Ambidextrous, right favored

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[[File:Terraformed mars.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Martian wilderness near Aron's home city.]]

Aron is the third child of an ex-officer and a now-deceased actress, both of whom gained success in their respective careers. Bridget Chassigne helped the young holonovel industry on Mars move into its own as one of the first character models out of the Martian holo-mecca, "Mollywood." John Joseph Kells successfully tested three new Starfleet fighters, one of which he had helped design. Aron and his siblings grew up in a privileged household, but no more than most other prosperous Federation colonies. He was always interested in the sciences, but it was his mother's premature death that helped push Aron into his particular focus area.

[[File:Columbiawiki.jpg|150px|left]] Aron proceeded through the Academy a few years later than most. He spent an extra year as a cadet to fully explore his dual science specializations in biochemistry and genetics, and then spent another full year on his cadet cruise aboard the science-focused Nebula class starship ''[http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/USS_Tesla USS Tesla]'' on a survey of the reaches of the Beta Quadrant, where he worked to catalogue the genetic and epigenetic makeups of strange new creatures.

Following his graduation and earning of his commission, Aron spent nearly three years on the research science station at Zosma. His fellowship involved genetic experimentation with RNA viruses and gene editing. Toward the end of his final quarter of the fellowship, he requested a placement as an officer aboard a starship.

[[File:Thering.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Ring, as it first appeared, associated with the Tellarite colony.]]In April 2388, Aron was assigned to the {{USS|Drake}} as a science officer. Later in that year, he participated in the capture of "the Infernal," the wanted Romulan war criminal {{n|Maiek|Khev}} (July) and helped to discover a series of tetryon sandbars that "beached" the ''Drake'' and the convoy of ships it had been escorting (August). Later in August, Aron attends the sentencing of the Infernal on [[Vulcan]] with [[Sinda Essen]], and the two are present when the Infernal escapes. He takes Aron captive and reveals that he has some familiar relation to Aron, who did not previously know that he had any Romulan heritage. This is confirmed with a complete physical, but Aron's CO {{n|William|Rogers}} refuses to relieve Aron, as the latter requests when he finds out.

By early 2389, Aron was serving from afar as the director of a project to revive the extinct Jaborrhik species on a terraformed world in addition to his duties aboard the ''Drake.'' His success in both posts led to his promotion to commander in March 2389 and, soon after, was approached to become the first officer for Starfleet operations aboard [[Starbase 118]]. He accepted, with the condition that he would still oversee the Jaborrhik project. However, he lasted less than two months as an executive officer.

[[File:Kells as dalton.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Aron during his first year as a CO.]]

Aron was assigned as commanding officer of the exploration and laboratory vessel {{USS|Mercury}} in the [[Menthar Corridor]] in May 2389 at the rank of commander. He served as the CO of the ''Mercury'' at the rank of commander until his promotion in September 2389 by {{n|Kali|Nicholotti}} and {{n|Quinn|Reynolds}}, his former COs. During his first year of command, Aron participated in several important missions, including the discovery and rehabilitation of an ancient space station into a Federation installation, [[Deep Space 10]] and the rescue of an important Cardassian politician, [[Prianna]], who would turn out to be a useful ally to Starfleet's presence in the [[Menthar Corridor]] for many years to come.

[[File:Kells in uniform.png|thumb|250px|right|Aron recommissioned as a CO.]]

Following his release by the Ring, Aron returned to Earth for an intense three-month period of therapy and rehabilitation. He revealed, over the course of those months, and in pieces to both family members and professionals, that he had suffered psychological and physical torture thanks to whatever intelligence was behind the Ring. After those months, however, he was cleared by Starfleet to regain his commission and join the fleet -- after he examined the logs and mission recordings from the seven months that the Ring's ersatz Kells had been in command of the ''Mercury''. [[File:EganManno.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Cassandra Egan Manno, former Garuda CO.]] Upon doing so, Aron declined to reenter Starfleet service, believing that it would be difficult for his fellows to trust a man who, even though he may have looked more aged than the version they had known and would know again, was still him. Though Starfleet offered a posting that wasn't near the Menthar Corridor, Aron again refused: He wanted to return to the Corridor, but he wouldn't do so as a Starfleet officer.

[[File:Cardiff new 8.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The experimental USS Invicta.]]

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