Ayelet Kadosh

"Oh, no, I just met him a few minutes ago. He seems like a nice man, though."

–Kadosh, speaking of Tenzin Zhou, whom she enthusiastically nominated moments earlier to perform at a talent show.

Ayelet Kadosh is a nurse aboard the USS Independence-A. She was a survivor of the Vaadwaur occupation of Deep Space 17 in 2387 and briefly served as the station's acting chief medical officer following its recapture by Starfleet.

Tone/Voice

Kadosh is a confident woman who speaks with a Hebrew accent. Her accent, usually subdued, becomes a bit more pronounced when she is excited. Despite the hardships she endured during the Vaadwaur occupation, she remains resilient and upbeat. Although she was promoted for her actions during the occupation, she does not like to discuss what happened.

Starfleet Career

• Commissioned: 2384
• Training Facility: Starfleet Academy Officer Candidate School, Starbase 19 Annex, 2384-2385

Starfleet Service Record Insignia Rank Dates Posting Assignment Ensign 2385 - 2387 Deep Space 17 Nurse Lieutenant JG 238709.19 - 238712.06 Acting Chief Medical Officer 238712.07 - Present USS Independence-A Nurse

Personal Life

Family

• Spouse: None
• Children: None
• Siblings: Rafael "Rafi" Kadosh (younger brother)

A skilled guitarist, he tried to teach his sister how to play the drums.

Friends and Notable Colleagues

Deep Space 17

• Msafiri Bakari: A human security officer and the highest ranking survivor of the DS17 occupation.

Though Bakari would consider himself strongly protective of the other survivors, Kadosh often worries about him in the way that an older sister might worry about a younger and troubled sibling. Kadosh hadn't known Bakari, a low ranking security officer, before the Vaadwaur Occupation, but she soon saw how protective he had become over the survivors who remained on the station. For a lieutenant junior grade like Bakari to become the senior officer on the station meant that he had witnessed many of his superior officers--his teachers, mentors, and friends--killed or worse. He promised those whom he saved that they would not be abandoned, but two months into the occupation, he confided to Kadosh one night that he felt Starfleet had abandoned them all to face death alone.

After Operation Bright Star and the liberation of DS17, she and Bakari remained close friends. While the other DS17 survivors slowly became reacquainted with how things worked again in an ordered Starfleet, Kadosh noticed that Bakari seemed increasingly agitated as that sense of order was rebuilt on the station. That agitation had been building up especially after word had quickly spread throughout the station that the senior staff of the docked USS Independence-A was to take over most of the station's leadership positions temporarily.

• Radi Rais: A human marine who was captured by the Vaadwaur.

Rais and Kadosh met during the Second Battle of Eratis and the fall of Deep Space 17 to the Vaadwaur. Rais had been critically wounded during the battle and was being treated by Kadosh and a few other medical personnel who refused to abandon their posts and evacuate with the other medical personnel. The Vaadwaur soon stormed the medical wing and killed the doctors and staff, leaving only Kadosh and a medic. Rais and Kadosh began to form a bond over their mutual imprisonment. That bond didn't last, unfortunately, once the Vaadwaur subjected Rais to their brainwashing. He emerged as a loyal soldier of the Vaadwaur Occupation Force.

• Jennifer Brockton: A human marine who became part of the insurgency during the Vaadwaur occupation.

They had met once previously, but it was only in the dark times of the occupation that the two became good friends.

USS Independence-A

• Zeet Tidari: A Caitian Marine pilot and medic.

Kadosh's initial reaction to meeting Sergeant Zeet was an allergic one, literally. Though she was quite embarrassed by that introduction, she was able to get to know the friendly Caitian after she had an unhappy reunion with an old friend from the station. With the assistance of medication to control her allergies, she now works frequently with the marine, whom she dubbed "Sir Zeet" for his (sometimes) knightly behavior. The two have come to develop a vibrant—and somewhat flirtatious—professional and personal relationship.

• Rick Rawden: A human engineer, whose girlfriend was the sister of FTU pirate Avro "Oddball" Hawker.

Early Life

At the age of 31, Ayelet Kadosh joined Starfleet through the Officer Candidate School program after having already worked as a nurse for several years.

Deep Space 17

Kadosh was assigned to Deep Space 17's medical department in 2385, where she worked for the next three years. She was present when the station was captured by the Vaadwaur in 2387 during the Second Battle of Eratis. When the particular medical facility she'd been working in was overwhelmed by Vaadwaur, several of the doctors and nurses were slaughtered outright by the soldiers. Kadosh and a few others were kept alive to take care of the captured prisoners.

One of the Vaadwaur guards, however, developed an uncomfortable interest in Kadosh. Though she was prepared to defend herself, she was fortunately rescued by Msafiri Bakari, who delivered a rather brutal end to the guard. Bakari took her back to his holdout where he and a handful of Federation personnel hid and planned an insurgency. Week by week, they did their best to stall the Vaadwaur's progress, but they were outnumbered and outmatched. Many of the insurgents did not survive to see Starfleet retake the station through Operation Bright Star.

Post-Occupation

Following the recapture of DS17, Kadosh was promoted from ensign to lieutenant junior grade in recognition of her service to her fellow officers during the station's occupation. As acting chief medical officer of DS17, she worked with Independence CMO Doctor Tenzin Zhou to handle medical duties on the station, which included providing medical response to a riot on the promenade in response to the remaining Vaadwaur on the station.

Before the Independence departed DS17 ahead of schedule to address an emergency around SD 238711, Kadosh requested a temporary transfer to the ship's medical department to get away from DS17 and the associated bad memories. Her request was subsequently approved by both Captain Riley and Doctor Zhou.

• Noteworthy SIMs
• "Uninvited Guests" - SD 238711.02 (Kadosh prevents her friend Msafiri Bakari from hurting an innocent tube grub mascot.)
• "Prizes of the Vaadwaur" - SD 238711.27 (During a riot on the station's promenade, Kadosh has a flashback to the Vaadwaur Occcupation.)
• "Escape" - SD 238712.07 (Kadosh decides she needs to get away from DS17, if only for a little while.)

USS Independence

A Pirate's Life

Kadosh didn't have much time to enjoy her new home as she was soon abducted along with two other medical staff by the Free Trade Union while the Independence was stalled by spatial distortions while en route to the Wheeler Colony to investigate drug trafficking. After being transferred from one pirate ship to another, Kadosh managed to escape, along with Captain Riley and other captured crew members, thanks to the assistance (and subsequent ultimate sacrifice) of FTU pirate Avro "Oddball" Hawker.

When the Independence returned to DS17 thereafter, Kadosh was reunited with her fellow Vaadwaur occupation survivor Bakari, but Bakari's animosity towards the Independence stemming from the latter's accusations of sabotage by someone on DS17 created new friction between Bakari and Kadosh, which they eventually overcame.

• Noteworthy SIMs
• "Up, up, and away!" - SD 238802.24 (Well, that's one way to get out of a messy situation.)
• "The Many Causes of Tears" - SD 238803.07 (What begins as a warm reunion between close friends turns sour.)

Bilire VI

During the Independence's next mission to Bilire VI to assist a Romulan refugee colony, Kadosh found herself and other Starfleet away team members the target of mistrust by the colonists as the settlement experienced an unknown plague known only as the Wrath. Ultimately, these tensions erupted into a riot at the colony's hospital, but the away team was quickly beamed away before anyone was hurt.

Author's Note

Ayelet Kadosh is a PNPC created by the writer for Tenzin Zhou/Charles Sampi. Ayelet is now one of my favorite characters to write for and a major reason I eventually created a new main player character (PC). Ironic, then, that she was really meant to be only a minor side character for a mission-specific PNPC, namely Msafiri Bakari. However, as often shown in simming, the best laid plans had best be flexible.

Although I enjoyed exploring Tenzin Zhou's "quiet sadness" regarding his tumultuous relationship with his wife and the aftermath of Veralise Jessop's death, I realized that I had perhaps put too much angst in him. In short, it was becoming less fun to write for him. Sure, there was the occasional oddball moment, but in general, he had become so serious, that I needed a different outlet. Enter Msafiri. Writing a character who from the start didn't like the rest of the Independence crew immediately brought an interesting perspective to the SB118 universe I had been simming in for the past several months. However, Msafiri's temper needed a counterweight lest he become just a stock antagonistic non-villain (i.e. a jerk). Thus, I created a loyal friend for him in Ayelet. If readers felt she was a friendly, good, and optimistic character, then by extension, they would feel there must be something more to Msafiri since she considers him a close friend.

When the nature of the mission suddenly changed, taking the Independence away from DS17, I decided I didn't want to completely abandon the set of new characters I had created on the station. Thus, I had Ayelet join the Independence. Something different though happened once I took her away from DS17. She suddenly was the outsider, and I felt disappointed that she seemed to have lost the spirit I had originally intended for her. Part of that was perhaps the fault of her abduction by the FTU pirates, which at least initially seemed to place the character in a weak position. Still, I'm pleased with how that story turned out, writing mainly with the writer for W'tine/FTU pirate Avro Hawker.

Yet, it was when I had Ayelet reunite with Msafiri in "The Many Causes of Tears" that I saw sparks fly again. No, not the romantic kind but rather the dramatic kind. There was the spirit of the character I thought had gone missing! Was it then just a simple matter of accepting that Ayelet needed Msafiri to be interesting? Fortunately, the answer is no. The writer for Alleran Tan rejoined the Independence and along with Tan, he brought a new character, Sergeant Zeet Tidari, a Caitian marine medic and pilot, a similar "outsider" on the ship. Since Zeet's arrival to the ship, I've enjoyed exploring more of just who is Ayelet: playful colleague, occupation survivor, dedicated friend... whoever she is, it's not just up to me but also the other writers of SB118, and that's what makes simming in this "fleet" so exciting and enjoyable.