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|NAME = Dekas
|NAME = Dekas
|SHIP = [[USS Juneau]]
|SHIP = [[USS Ronin]]
|RANK = Lieutenant JG
|RANK = Lieutenant Commander
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|POST = Engineering officer
|POST = Counselor
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|SPECIES = [[Aurelian]]
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|GENDER = Male
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|BIRTHMONTH = 11
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|BIRTHDATE = 22
|BIRTHDATE = 22
|BIRTHYEAR = 2369
|BIRTHYEAR = 2369
|BIRTHPLACE = Aurelia
|BIRTHPLACE = Tropics of Aurelia
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'''Lieutenant JG Dekas''' is currently serving as an '''Engineering officer''' aboard the '''{{USS|Juneau}}.'''
'''Lieutenant Commander Dekas''' currently serves as the '''Chief Counselor''' on the '''[[USS Ronin]]'''


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* '''Full name:''' Dekas
* '''Full name:''' Dekas
** (Name's meaning: ''"Fire that Ignites the soul" or "Ardent Passion".)''
** (Name's meaning: ''"Fire that Ignites the soul" or "Ardent Passion".)''
** (His given name is actually Daekas, pronounced as a 3-syllable "Day-eh-Koss". New people tripped up on it enough that he altered it to Dekas early on. It's usually said like "Deh-koss", but he has introduced himself with "Day-koss" before and answers to that, too.)
** (His given name is actually Daekas, pronounced as a 3-syllable "Day-eh-Koss". New people tripped up on it enough that he altered it to Dekas early on in his Starfleet career, and hasn't gone back. It's usually said like "Deh-koss", but he has introduced himself with "Day-koss" before and answers to that, too. His family has even made the easy switch to calling him Dekas, and now "Daekas" is used more like middle naming him to get this attention. Or with certain fond maternal tones if it's his mom. The name is unisex.)


* '''Place of Birth:''' Tropics of Aurelia
* '''Place of Birth:''' Tropics of Aurelia
* '''Gender:''' Male.
* '''Gender:''' Male+. He's kind of a guy? But not exclusively. He's not concerned by people's tendency to associate him as strictly masculine because that side is part of him. But he also spiritually pays extra for the "divinely feminine" channel in himself, and that is a distinct element of his gender that goes beyond being "male" in his case. He likes he/him pronouns because they sound like humming, and he thinks they're beautiful for that reason. Essentially, he's sunshine, emotion, and love incarnate. He's passion and compassion in a body. The way he experiences himself is something that's recognized as unique within his flock, and it's an extremely fluid gender identity. He is just as quick and happy to answer those who see him as just about anything with no need to correct it because all of it feels correct to him so long as it's done with respect and love. But it's not something that he openly says unless prompted because he doesn't feel the need. It's not his main concern for the time being. He can simply be Dekas, whatever that means to people, and that's good enough for him.  
* '''Race:''' [[Aurelian]]
* '''Race:''' [[Aurelian]]
* '''DOB:''' 236911.22
* '''DOB:''' 236911.22
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''(He has a small degree of ESP, most Aurelians do as an adaptation to better their communication needs. He can't read minds, and he can't fully interpret emotions every time, but he does have an easier time of it than someone without ESP. It is at its most effective when he's emotionally balanced as the interpretation of the ESP intake is heavily intuition-based. It does make him aware of energy out of the norm on occasion. Such as the concept of ghosts or spirits. It also makes him very in tune with the nature around him. He can often tell if a plant is unhealthy even if it doesn't look it to anyone else.)''
''(He has a small degree of ESP, most Aurelians do as an adaptation to better their communication needs. He can't read minds, and he can't fully interpret emotions every time, but he does have an easier time of it than someone without ESP. It is at its most effective when he's emotionally balanced as the interpretation of the ESP intake is heavily intuition-based. It does make him aware of energy out of the norm on occasion. Such as the concept of ghosts or spirits. It also makes him very in tune with the nature around him. He can often tell if a plant is unhealthy even if it doesn't look it to anyone else.)''


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* '''Height''': 6'4 (1.95m) If his head feathers are pointed all the way up, he ''seems'' to be more like he's 6'10 (2.08m). But his feathers don't count toward his actual height exactly as feathers are more like hair growth comparatively, and he can rest them against his head a little bit to decrease height if he so chooses. They also fall out over time during molts and sometimes grow back shorter by an inch or two depending on the year. It gives him the appearance of much taller than he is, but it's not his base height.
* '''Height''': 6'4 (1.95m) Not including his head feathers. If his head feathers are pointed all the way up, he ''seems'' to be about a foot taller than that because his head feathers measure roughly 9-12 inches. But his feathers don't ''technically'' count toward his actual height exactly as feathers are more like hair growth comparatively, and he can rest them against his head a little bit to decrease height if he so chooses. They also fall out over time during molts and sometimes grow back shorter or longer by half an inch. It gives him the appearance of being much taller.
* '''Weight''': 146lbs (66.3kg)
* '''Weight''': 136lbs (61.7kg)
* '''Wingspan:''' 17 feet when his wings are fully spread out. His wings are also sizable enough to reach down the majority of his back with the addition of long feathers. The top curve of his wings is a little above his shoulders when folded against his back.
* '''Wingspan:''' 17 feet (5.18m) when his wings are fully spread out. His wings are also sizable enough to reach down the majority of his back with the addition of long feathers. The top curve of his wings is a little above his shoulders when folded against his back.
* '''Feathers''': In a word? Colorful.
* '''Feathers''': In a word? Colorful.
* '''Eyes''': Bright, icy blue.
* '''Eyes''': Bright, icy blue.
* '''Build''': Lithe. Svelte and elegant. Semi-athletic. He’s a lot stronger than he looks. But it's mostly lean muscle, so it makes any musculature more toned than big. Tall by humanoid standards. (Almost short by Aurelian standards. Most of his family stands closer to 7 feet or a little taller + head feather height.)
* '''Build''': Lithe. Svelte and elegant. Semi-athletic. He’s a lot stronger than he looks. But it's mostly lean muscle, so it makes any musculature more toned than big. Tall by humanoid standards. Depending on stress levels, and what's going on around him, he does put on a little extra weight in the belly and thigh areas sometimes, but it's rarely all that noticeable when he does, and it's quite flattering on him.
* '''Uniform (on duty):''' Basically the average uniform, but non-constricting on arms and wings, there are multiple style choices depending on his mood. He only binds his wings in EV suits and small spaces.
* '''Uniform (on duty):''' Basically the average uniform, but non-constricting on arms and wings, there are multiple style choices depending on his mood. He's been tempted by the version of the uniform with the skant, but he was previously an Engineer and that did make him worry it wouldn't cover enough for safety reasons. He's more inclined to try it out now that he's in the counseling department, but hasn't fully leaned into the style. Yet.
* '''Taste in clothing (off duty):''' His style is loose. Beautiful and tastefully colorful. Unabashedly feminine. He wears skirts when he can, and his shirts tend to be cropped a bit higher as it feels freeing, but still stylish. They always have some sort of open back to keep from cramping or chafing his wings. It has caused small amounts of confusion from some people due to a lack of comparison of his race. This doesn't bother him, he'll just shrug and correct it. Sometimes he'll even just shrug without correction, people figure it out eventually. The daily use of clothes in personal expression even without practical use is something his Aurelian family finds odd and quirky. It is the closest thing he has to a guilty pleasure.
* '''Taste in clothing (off duty):''' Feminine, or non-conformist in some capacity. Sometimes wears pants, but often likes wearing a skirt, usually short or mid-length. His shirts also tend to be cropped higher. He tries to complement his bright feathers with darker, cooler, or more neutral-toned clothing. But he also likes to have fun and isn't afraid to clash colors or wear interesting patterns when it so pleases him. His choices have confused some people about his gender before. He's not concerned about it, they figure it out eventually. His Aurelian family thinks the choice to wear clothes is quirky, and wearing them is the closest thing Dekas has to a guilty pleasure.
* '''Voice:''' Formal, but whimsical speech patterns. Peppy energy. His vocal range is a little higher, and when he's really excited there is a noticeable increase in the musical intonations. His accent is indeterminately sing-songy.  
* '''Voice:''' Peppy, whimsical speech patterns. His voice is a little higher, and when he's really excited there is a noticeable increase in the musical intonations. His singing voice is fantastic and has a large range. He can sing soft lullabies, or belt out music that sounds like a rock power ballad. He masks the extent of his talking accent around most people. Because it is so uniquely musical, he was once told his natural accent made it hard to take him seriously. He somewhat insecurely took it to heart until it became a habit. If you get him drunk enough, however, his much thicker accent comes out almost full force.
* '''Notable details:''' Everything about him. He's tall by most standards, he's bright red, he's got a colorful head crest and a beak tattoo. He has large wings that are as expressive as the rest of him sometimes. He's very noticeable.
* '''Notable details:''' Everything about him. His appearance is vibrant and far from subtle. Once he starts talking he's even less subtle, if that's possible.


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* '''Hobbies and Pastimes:''' Socializing, singing and/or whistling. He often finds things to do with Engineering specifically; small practical things. Learning new languages. If he needs time to himself, he reads (fiction and nonfiction). Journaling whether that's through personal logs, or physical writing. Fantasy holodeck programs.  
* '''Hobbies and Pastimes:''' Socializing, singing, whistling. Small Engineering projects. Languages. Reading (fiction and nonfiction, but is a particular fan of the romance and fantasy genres). Journaling through personal logs, and physical writing. Fantasy holodeck programs. Flirting.
* '''Likes:''' Helping people, learning new things, show-tunes and upbeat sounds, also punk music, whistling, dancing, art, has a particular fondness for things that glow, flowers, bats, engineering.
* '''Likes:''' Helping people, learning new things, show-tunes and upbeat music, also punk and rock music, dancing, art, has a particular fondness for things that glow, flowers, bats, spiders, engineering. Hugs. Affection. When people give him lil cheek and face scritches and tell him his feathers are soft (he is liable to make contented little cooing sounds about it.) Head scritches (Dear god, have mercy on him he will melt if you get that far.) Friendship. Science. Animals. Men.
* '''Dislikes:''' Unkindness. Dishonesty. Cardassian architecture and interior design. (To be clear: He doesn't dislike Cardassian people. He's never met a Cardassian. He just thinks their choices in architecture and decor make rooms less approachable.) The Borg.
* '''Dislikes:''' Unkindness. Dishonesty. Cardassian architecture and interior design. (To be clear: He doesn't dislike Cardassian people, he's never met one, and generally gives them the benefit of the doubt. He just thinks their choices in architecture and decor make rooms feel hostile.) The Borg.
* '''Positive traits:''' Extremely kind, loving, honest, enthusiastic, compassionate, encouraging, nurturing, well-educated, curious, fun-loving, passionate, helpful, good listener, has a good sense of humor about him, healthy levels of gratitude, not afraid to ask for help for most things.
* '''Positive traits:''' Extremely kind, loving, honest, enthusiastic, compassionate, encouraging, nurturing, well-educated, curious, fun-loving, passionate, helpful, good listener, has a good sense of humor about him, healthy levels of gratitude, not afraid to ask for help for most things. Fairly confident
* '''Negative traits:''' Naive, overachiever, very chatty, has a difficult time with the concept of "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" because he can't separate the few from being part of the many. Can be a little too personal with people. Somewhat impulsive. Usually not impulsive to his own detriment, but when it is, it's usually an impulse that borders on pridefulness. Most recently: Struggles with his own toxic positivity. He can tell people that he thinks they should be open with their emotions and talk to people about things so they're not bottling everything up. But when it comes to his own negative or extreme emotions, the idea of sharing them scares him now. He has an image and he doesn't want people to worry about him. It's a mix of a big trauma response after the Assimilation Incident and social mirroring of the humanoids around him over the years.
* '''Negative traits:''' Perfectionist, Can be a little too personal with people. Impulsive. Struggles with his own toxic positivity. He very easily can tell people to seek out professional help, but in recent months he has anxiety following his own advice. It's a process. He's also low-key insecure about being an Aurelian. He's surrounded by humanoids, and he's even seen more insectoids than avians. So he feels out of place. It's just that he would struggle to admit that.
* '''Ambitions and Goals:''' He'd like to be Chief Engineer. He wants to feel like he's contributing as much as he can, and helping people in whatever way he's able. The Chief position offers an increase in opportunities for both. He wouldn't be disappointed if he didn't. His main reasoning for wanting it is to be the most helpful he can be. So the generalized goal is to do what he can to make the Juneau or any ship he ends up on, better than he found it.  
* '''Goals:'''
* '''Temperament:''' Ferociously loving. It doesn't take much for him to feel pure and genuine love for a person. He is forgiving, and he is kind. If he is not being kind, he is apologetic. He has a good sense of humor about things. He is outrageously gentle and thoughtful and strives to embody the essence of unconditional love, and also embody the simpler meaning of his name "Ardent Passion." So he loves people and things passionately. Whether someone accepts it as truth or not, you can guarantee that he will never lie about anything that matters. It's unlikely he'd lie about small things either. He might hold something back on his own time until he's ready, and he might even brush it off a little bit if he's not ready. But if someone were to ask, he would be honest about his feelings. Including just saying he wasn't directly comfortable expressing his feelings on something yet. Because he sees no benefit to lying. He is extremely honest and communicative either on his own or with very easy prompting if he seems a little hesitant.  
** To do what he can to continue to deserve his Lt. Commander promotion and be the best Counselor he can be for the crew. Plus any promotion he may get in the future. Also, to work on his leadership skills. He'd like to feel like he's contributing as much as he can, helping people in whatever way he's able, and doing what he can to make any place he ends up better than he found it.  
* '''Values:''' Love, compassion, gratitude, family/friendship, kindness, honesty, humor, generosity, and forgiveness. He does not expect everyone to share these values in the way he holds them, but he will always try to encompass those things and lead by example.
**His other goal is one of self-acceptance and Aurelian pride. This is something he's struggling with. Because he is trying to reintegrate traits that he masked, or pushed out of him to feel "normal." But what he didn't expect was that doing so unlocked a good number of the insecurities he ignored while building up that mask. It's something he has trouble admitting to himself let alone always knowing how to reconcile it. The trauma he's been pushing under the rug doesn't help. But the goal still exists. He wants to love himself again as he is, as he was, and as the person he's becoming.  
* '''Orientation:''' Dekas is ''super gay.'' He's always had a romantic interest in men and those with a certain type of masculine energy. However, he is not bound by his preferences and, as a hopeless romantic, slightly flirtatious sort, he's open to any love that could happen as a result. It would just take longer for the interest to form in that direction for others outside of that interest. But never you mind, he will be your best friend regardless.
* '''Temperament:''' Ferociously loving. Forgiving. Kind. Apologetic when applicable. He has a good sense of humor, he is outrageously gentle, and strives to embody the essence of unconditional love. He loves passionately and very genuinely.
* '''Spiritual views:''' He is a strong spiritual believer in The Great Pho'nix. A being he and most Aurelians consider a being made of warmth, passion, creation, and love in all She creates. He feels a strong connection to nature, the elements of air and fire, the sun, and the stars above. He has a necklace carved in the shape of a flame made out of a sunstone gem from Earth. It reminded him of his connection to The Pho'nix even so far from home. Like a fire of passion. At the end of the year 2398 he went through Borg Assimilation trauma. Prior to that event, he didn't believe in a devil at all. But he equates the Borg as Devil-adjacent. The "antithesis of everything he believes in". And it has left him with an odd subtle spiritual shift. Previous to that happening, he believed ''everything'' had second chances. The Borg became an exception. Not the people who were turned into drones, but whatever originated the Borg or continues to see fit that they aren't destroyed. It also means he's now more open to the concept that not everything is so deserving of unconditional love. Right now, it's only the Borg he feels it toward. But an exception leaves openings for other exceptions...
* '''Values:''' Love, compassion, gratitude, family/friendship, kindness, honesty, humor, generosity, and forgiveness. He does not expect everyone to share these values in the way he holds them, but he will always try to encompass those things in himself.
* '''Known Languages:''' Fluent in: Tropical and Formal Aurelian dialects, plus two other Aurelian dialects, and Federation standard. Conversational in: Three more flock dialects, and Vulcan. Has very basic beginner's understanding of: Klingon and sign language.
* '''Orientation:''' Gay/Queer and polyamorous. Those aspects are very nuanced, though. He's open-minded to the idea of exceptions and is not strictly bound by his preferences just because he has them, and he'd go into greater detail about that if prompted.
*'''Spiritual views:''' He holds a spiritual belief in the Aurelian Creator Being called "The Pho'nix" or "The Great Fire Bird". A being he believes is made of warmth and love for all She creates. It can be likened similar to Buddhism, and slight paganism in that his relationship with certain aspects of nature and life is more than just a simple appreciation. But it is not an organized religion at all. He doesn't often mention these beliefs because many people seem to become uncomfortable if they are not also spiritual. It's not that he keeps it a secret, it's just that people don't ask and it doesn't usually come up. If he talks about it unprompted to someone, then that person is very special to him.
* '''Known Languages:''' While he is fluent in Standard, it's not his first language. It's not even his second or third. It's his fifth fully fluent language and his eighth known language in general. You wouldn't know that though, because he's extremely proficient in learning languages. Linguistics and learning languages are something he really loves.  
** '''He's fluent in:''' Tropical and Formal Aurelian dialects, plus two other Aurelian dialects, Federation Standard, and Vulcan (Was only conversational in Vulcan for a while there, but has since practiced with various Vulcan workers on the Station who were willing to help him out in some of his free time, or even during work hours when shifts had multiple fluent Vulcans around and willing, and can be considered essentially fluent in it now).  
** '''Conversational in:''' Three more flock dialects, and Klingon (Started out very beginner, but has trouble sleeping and has practiced listening to, reading, singing, and speaking in the Klingon dialect while on the Station, and can now basically be considered conversational as of fairly recently. But he still has a ways to go, especially in the ways of speaking it with Klingons actively before he can be considered truly fluent).  
** '''Has a very basic beginner's understanding of:''' Remmillian.
** '''Interested in learning:''' The Station's mysterious language, a Ferengi language, and potentially one of Earth's Scandinavian languages at some point because he enjoys the musicality of those languages.
* '''Vocal tics:''' Prone to making clicking sounds. The clicks increase when he can't remember a word in the language he's speaking. He loves the word "Marvelous!" And says it often. A lot of his sentences have the filler sound, "ah" in the middle of them. And it's pretty common for him to end a sentence with a friendly, "no?" or "yes?" depending on the sentence. His laughter is generally self-contained, involves more of a physical beak clicking or a soft-humored snort. Unless you can get him ''really'' drunk, or busting up in hysterics.
* '''Vocal tics:''' Prone to making clicking sounds. The clicks increase when he can't remember a word in the language he's speaking. He loves the word "Marvelous!" And says it often. A lot of his sentences have the filler sound, "ah" in the middle of them. And it's pretty common for him to end a sentence with a friendly, "no?" or "yes?" depending on the sentence. His laughter is generally self-contained, involves more of a physical beak clicking or a soft-humored snort. Unless you can get him ''really'' drunk, or busting up in hysterics.
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* '''Dekas specific traits:'''
** The aforementioned "Marvelous!" It's not always exclaimed, but often it is. He will say things are going marvelously. It is simply his favorite terran word. He finds it feels natural in his voice to say it, and it accurately expresses how he feels about so many things. Because he thinks so many things are simply marvelous!
** "Marvelous!" It's not always exclaimed, but often it is. There are equivalent words and phrases in his native Aurelian that mean marvelous, but for whatever reason, he decided the Standard word for it was his favorite version of it. He will say things are going marvelously, or that he thinks someone is marvelous. Because he thinks things are truly marvelous!
** Likes to flirt. But there are two forms of flirting that he has, and most likely it's difficult to tell the difference from an outside perspective. The first is the one that is a regular occurrence. The flirtation is extremely playful, or just outright complimentary and sweet. He does this type of flirting with most people because he finds it to be a fun way to banter or an easy way to show affection for those he considers friends since most people aren't instantly open with how they feel toward physical affection. Generally, this type of flirtation is confident and he has no issue with it unless the other person or people express that they would rather he not do that, or it's someone he obviously wouldn't be doing it toward. These flirtations are friendly and platonic by nature unless an interest from the other side is expressed. The second type is the ''genuine'' flirt. He may not be trying to actually court, or date the person. But there is an attraction to that person that is a bit different than his other attractions. It might be a little crush or a sensual attraction. These can be as playful as a banter flirt, or sweet as a compliment. But there is a tone difference. And considering he's never been in a full-on relationship before, he often gets a little flustered right after the flirt comes out and he'll apologize for coming on so strong.
** Dekas loves pretty much everyone. It's not inherently romantic love, it is just love. If he calls someone his friend, he means that. Even if they've only known him an hour. If he says he loves them or loves something about them, he means that, too. He just loves, and it is as true and unconditional as it can be. He's not naive enough to keep those who would harm him around, but his love would not fade. This does leave him prone to being somewhat emotionally personal with people, and it does leave him open to being hurt more if things go wrong. But he truly believes it is better to care and love at the risk of hurt than it is to pretend he feels less. While most Aurelians are very loving in one way or another, Dekas and those like him are set apart in that he took the idea of unconditional love to heart in a way that truly encompasses and expresses it in ways that are unique and specific to Dekas.
** Tendencies to first name people. And introduce himself without his rank. As in he will say "I am Dekas." rather than "I am Lieutenant Dekas." And unless he's unsure of someone's preferences, they're the captain, or he considers a situation particularly formal, he will often switch back and forth between someone's rank and someone's first name because it personalizes people to him. He never wants to forget that above rank everyone is a person first.
** He is an extremely wholesome person. He hardly has a mean bone in his body, and he doesn't have a dark or tragic background. But none of that equates to being "innocent." He has childlike joy and playfulness. He's primarily an optimist unless he can't be. But it is completely balanced with the reality that he's an adult who isn't afraid to have conversations about adult topics or do adult things or take criticism to grow and be better. Even if he doesn't always understand something right away. He's also distinctly not shy about these things like a lot of people described as "wholesome" are. He knows people might think, so, though, and he finds it entertaining to shock people with unexpected sides of himself.
** Currently, he doesn't sleep in his quarters. He does some things in his quarters. Journaling, messages back home, personal logs, changing clothes, showering etc. But he doesn't often sleep there. After his Borg experience, he finds distinct loneliness and fear of being alone in that space. He sleeps in the sickbay, on the counselor's couch when it's free, or occasionally some of the night shifters have offered to let him sleep in their quarters when they work their shifts since they aren't using it at the time anyway, just so long as he makes the bed in the morning. This is a temporary thing for him, and he plans on working with the counselor to implement coping mechanisms so he can stop sleeping everywhere else. It's a work in progress.
** He's difficult to truly offend for any significant length of time. You could be outright mean to him and while it might hurt, or he might need some space to deal with his emotions, he's so forgiving and willing to give people the benefit of the doubt that he often tries to take such things more as constructive criticisms rather than insults. Sometimes he'll take it as something that he can agree to disagree on. He also has a sense of humor so if it's an insensitive thing, he can find a way to correct it or laugh it off. He might not always fully enjoy someone if they're toxic to him, but trying to get him to actively ''dislike'' them is almost guaranteed to fail on impact. Callous, icy exteriors, are no match for his super cheery sunshine personality. He's powerful. He might not convert anyone into a fan, but they also won't find him down on their level in any permanent way.
** He is unafraid to approach people first. He enjoys making new friends. So if the timing is appropriate, he'll usually approach new people with ease that a lot of people don't have. He's an extrovert who adopts introverts into his friend group with reckless abandon.
** Extremely restless when he has free time and struggles to sleep as well as he'd like due to trauma. It's a work in progress to deal with it.
** He takes secret delight in being the tallest of the senior staff. Because he is the shortest of his Aurelian family, and it's nice to feel tall sometimes.
* '''Aurelian traits:'''  
* '''Aurelian traits:'''  
** Respectfully bowing in greeting and other little scenarios. To everyone.  
** Respectfully bowing in greeting, or as a formal goodbye.  
** Rambling about life, history, or interests for extended periods. Aurelians are taught to appreciate and reflect on history and passions and the history of passions sometimes. Their rite of passage is to recall and recite their entire family and flock history in extensive detail. It often takes many hours, up to a few days. So he can be chatty. On the plus side, he'll listen to the things you say and never feel like it's too much. He thinks people's idea of "long-winded" is child's play.
** Rambling about life, history, or interests for extended periods. Aurelians are taught to appreciate and reflect on history and passions and the history of passions sometimes. Their rite of passage is to recall and recite their entire family and flock history in extensive detail. It often takes many hours, up to a few days. So he can be chatty. On the plus side, he thinks people's idea of "long-winded" is child's play, so talk all you like, he enjoys it.
** Very in tune with nature and elements. He feels more at home in open spaces with fresh air and trees. He is especially fond of rainforests and tropical climates. (Being raised in a tropical rainforest on Aurelia does make him less inclined toward snow, but he's still not opposed. He prefers rain and thinks rain is good luck.) He loves trees. And flowers. And knows a lot more than you'll originally think he will. But it's a part of life on Aurelia to know how to care for plants and the environment so he's quite aware of things. He has an insanely high ability to tell if a plant is unhealthy and get a feel for why and what it needs because of the way he grew up.
** Very in tune with nature and elements. He feels more at home in open spaces with fresh air and trees. He is especially fond of rainforests and tropical climates. (Being raised in a tropical rainforest on Aurelia does make him less inclined toward snow, though he's not opposed. He prefers rain, though, and thinks it is good luck.) He loves trees. And flowers. And knows a lot more than you'll originally think he will. But it's a part of life on Aurelia to know how to care for plants and the environment so he's quite aware of things. He has an insanely high ability to tell if a plant is unhealthy and get a feel for why and what it needs because of the way he grew up.
** Expletives/exclamations referencing fire, feathers, or the Pho'nix. Most common ones being, "Feathers / My Feathers", "Flame in the sky", and "Six flames." Or "For flame's sake/For Phoenix' sake!" if he's feeling uncharacteristically extra annoyed. There are others, but those are the ones he uses the most. He can also be known to utter affectionate phrases with those themes, too if he feels strongly enough about it. Such as, "I love you from ashes to return." It's a lot like "to the moon and back" but involves Phoenix and fire imagery.
** Expletives/exclamations referencing fire, feathers, or the Pho'nix. Most common ones being "Flame in the sky", and "Six flames." Or "For flame's sake/For Phoenix' sake!" if he's feeling uncharacteristically extra annoyed or sassy. Recently picked up the slightly crasser "pluck me" and "get plucked". There are others, but those are the ones he uses the most.
** He has a surprising appreciation for the typically creepy and macabre aspects of nature and life (or death).
** He has a surprising appreciation for the typically creepy and macabre aspects of nature. He doesn't understand the fear of spiders, bugs, or reptiles, because tropical Aurelians keep absolutely huge tarantulas as pets where he's from among other unexpected pets like large bats that eat fruit, but don't always remember their own strength when taking the food from people. And they have sharp teeth, so it is painful sometimes. But he thinks those creatures are beautiful and baby talks to them as easily as he does the pets he's met over the years from other cultures. Various forms of taxidermy are present in various Aurelian decor as well, and he thinks those things are neat, too. Not that you would know that about him outright unless he told you.
** Currently, he's damn near impossible to offend for any significant length of time. Aurelian communication skills are instilled early. They communicate so effectively that they've never had a conflict that couldn't be resolved amongst themselves. Usually, a family conflict is solved within a day or two. And any conflict that lasts longer is worked on to find a good solution whenever it's possible. He will give anyone the benefit of the doubt even if that's naive, even if what someone has said to him is harmful. If you insult someone he cares about he's far more likely to bring it up instantly to make sure it's sorted out as something that isn't okay. But even that's done politely whenever it can be. He's also very willing to take accountability for his own misgivings and mistakes.
** Sound mimicking. But not voices. He might be able to mimic an Aurelian voice to jokingly talk like his siblings or his parents. With anyone else, at best he could imitate vocal tics and alter vocal range to playfully impersonate them, but he can't do full voice mimics. You're more likely to find him making a perfect combadge chirp or an accurate phaser sound. Various noises that he thinks are fun.
**As a result he struggles with interpersonal situations that aren't as easily resolved. He does his best to handle them if they come up. But he struggles with the concept of things not being able to be talked out, even if at the end things don't end on the most positive note. He doesn't need an end goal where everything is happy-go-lucky and people are in each other's lives. But he still wants closure. He finds situations without closure something very difficult to handle.
** Direct honesty. One of the biggest things taught is to first be honest with yourself, and then anyone it might affect. Aurelians don't believe that dishonesty serves them in the long run, least of all toward other Aurelians. Due to the openness on his planet, he's never really had any reason to lie to someone. So he never learned. He is a '''terrible''' liar. It's unsure if that's a Dekas specific thing or an Aurelian thing as a whole. But the honesty factor back home has not lent well to his ability to say things that aren't true. Not even for safety. He tries his best when he needs to, but you can't expect it to come out smoothly, and you should not rely on him to come up with a lie if you don't absolutely have to. Surprisingly this doesn't carry over into situations where he's ''acting.'' Acting is creative. As such, if he's given enough time to know a lie needs to happen, he does try to consider it like "acting." His acting skills are definitely affected by the level of pressure of such situations because he knows what he's doing and it makes him nervous to think about messing up at the wrong time. But it's far better than if he doesn't consider it acting. He's also learned some humanoid mannerisms. So he has picked up the occasional habit of having a little bit of extra privacy, tendencies to brush things off more than usual, or sometimes getting ''nervous'' about saying things when he wasn't before. Not all the time, but it hits him sometimes. A learned self-consciousness that he never had growing up. These social behavior mirrors show up the most when talking with humanoids, but it could happen around anyone.
** Eye pinning. He can dilate and constrict his pupils at will. Usually a sign of excitement about something or someone he enjoys (platonic dynamics included). Can also signify anger. He doesn't do this one around humanoids as often as he does back home with other Aurelians who understand what it means in context. But if he does do the eye pinning around someone, or toward the warp core and someone happens to catch it, it's on purpose 95% of the times it happens. It's different than natural dilation or constriction with lighting, and it's easy to tell the difference because the pupil movement is a lot quicker if he's pinning. This is something he can do on command, he either makes for great fun at parties or weirds people out with it. On accident. It's not ''his'' fault if humanoids don't know it means he wants to be friends.
** Eye pinning. He can dilate and constrict his pupils at will. Usually a sign of excitement about something or someone he enjoys (platonic dynamics included). Can also signify anger. He doesn't do this one around humanoids as often as he does back home with other Aurelians who understand what it means in context. But if he does do the eye pinning around someone, or toward the warp core and someone happens to catch it, it's on purpose 95% of the times it happens. It's different than natural dilation or constriction with lighting, and it's easy to tell the difference because the pupil movement is a lot quicker if he's pinning. This is something he can do on command, he either makes for great fun at parties or weirds people out with it. On accident. It's not ''his'' fault if humanoids don't know it means he wants to be friends.


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Dekas was raised in the tropics of Aurelia. He is the youngest of 13 children hatched by Zuka and Daf. It is a lot to live up to, but he's doing his best to make a name for himself in the universe.  
Dekas was raised in the tropics of Aurelia. He is the youngest of 13 children hatched by Zuka and Daf. It is a lot to live up to, but he's doing his best to make a name for himself in the universe.  
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Early in his time in the Academy, he got a little antsy taking the Science track courses knowing as much as he did already. Even the more advanced classes were becoming a little too easy. So he jokingly took more intensive Engineering and Ops classes beyond the base requirements, thinking it would be something he didn't do much with after the fact save for minor help on rare occasions. It took a total of two of those Engineering courses for him to realize he truly ''loved'' it. Enough to suddenly switch tracks entirely after a semester and a half in the science track without much of a second thought. Four years of prior education were put aside for it. He could be a scientist, he more than has the qualifications. He just prefers the Engineering side of it and would like to stay there. But he can uniquely offer input based on his prior qualifications that not every Engineer can offer.
Early in his time in the Academy, he got a little antsy taking the Science track courses knowing as much as he did already. Even the more advanced classes were becoming a little too easy. So he jokingly took more intensive Engineering and Ops classes beyond the base requirements, thinking it would be something he didn't do much with after the fact save for minor help on rare occasions. It took a total of two of those Engineering courses for him to realize he truly ''loved'' it. Enough to suddenly switch tracks entirely after a semester and a half in the science track without much of a second thought. Four years of prior education were put aside for it. He could be a scientist, he more than has the qualifications. He just prefers the Engineering side of it and would like to stay there. But he can uniquely offer input based on his prior qualifications that not every Engineer can offer.


He is part of the Juneau's crew as one of the ship's Engineers. He took a brief leave of absence in the middle of 2398 due to some personal stressors. And stayed away longer than intended because of a rare Aurelian medical concern that came up unexpectedly. But he is back on board the Juneau, once more in the Engineering department, and is learning how to take things as they come.
He was initially assigned as an Engineer on the USS Juneau, then took an LOA for a few months, came back, and was again an Engineer on the Juneau.
 
The crew has since moved to Denali Station, where his role briefly shifted slightly to being Head of Infrastructure Development, and then to Chief Engineer a few months later. Regardless it switched from Starship Engineering, to more of a civil Engineering job for the time being. But he helps out with more than that, too. Because he enjoys it.
 
As of now, he's taken on the role of Counselor, because while he still deeply loves Engineering, he felt called to something else and is taking things as they come.


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* '''Behavior notes:''' From day one, Dekas was excellently well mannered and well researched. He is reported to have been an excellent student, exceedingly friendly and thoughtful. Respectful. Good humor about any social mishaps. And, as one of his teachers once said "Very good at remembering people. Like scarily good. I swear he knows the name of every member of the Academy, and at least one obscure detail about them. He could tell a clone apart if they stood next to their counterpart. I'm both scared and in awe. What have I said that he remembers that I don't? If not for his inability to lie I might have questioned why he didn't go into some part of the Intelligence track with skills like that. Really nice guy, though."
* '''Behavior notes:''' From day one, Dekas was excellently well-mannered and well-researched. He is reported to have been an excellent student, exceedingly friendly and thoughtful. Respectful. Good humor about any social mishaps. And, as one of his teachers once said "Very good at remembering people. Like scarily good. I swear he knows the name of every member of the Academy, and at least one obscure detail about them. He could tell a clone apart if they stood next to their counterpart. I'm both scared and in awe. What have I said that he remembers that I don't? If not for his inability to lie I might have questioned why he didn't go into some part of the Intelligence track. Or maybe counseling. Really sweet guy, though."


* '''Grades:''' The lowest he ever got on anything was a B+, and that was only on things he really struggled to understand. He was all too willing to ask questions for clarifications and get help from classmates he knew understood something better to retain information with understanding. He could have graduated top of classes if he wanted. But it wasn't his priority to be at the top. He was also there to experience what a new place had to offer and to practice understanding and expressing humanoid social cues better.
* '''Grades:''' The lowest he ever got on anything was a B+, and that was only when he very first started in the Engineering track and was first learning the more in-depth nature of it. This grade went up after a few semesters. The only reason he wasn't at the very top of his classes by the time he graduated was that he wasn't prioritizing being on top. He had social things he wanted to learn and experience and was willing to prioritize those social aspects over only caring about academic things when he felt like he understood something well enough to get by. And the fact is he still essentially graduated with honors even without always prioritizing academics. He's humble and he'll never say it in these terms in a serious manner, but he is a bit of a genius by both humanoid and Aurelian standards.  


* '''Majors, Minors, & Specializations:''' Majored in Engineering; Specializations in: Propulsion Systems & Components Engineering. Minored in the Programming specialization, and technically minored in the HCO career track. (The only thing that kept him from outright double-majoring in Engineering and HCO fields was his lack of interest in taking classes in advanced battle strategies. He essentially took all of the other classes required for the major, although technically it is considered a minor. He can be considered something of an honorary double-major and can fill in at the HCO station when requested. Because save for a more intensive understanding of battle strategizing, he basically majored in HCO as well just for fun.)
* '''Majors, Minors, & Specializations:''' Majored in Engineering; Specializations in: Propulsion Systems & Components Engineering. Minored in the Programming specialization, and technically minored in the HCO career track. (The only thing that kept him from outright double-majoring in Engineering and HCO fields was his lack of interest in taking classes in advanced battle strategies. He essentially took all of the other classes required for the major. He can be considered something of an honorary double-major and can fill in at the HCO station when requested. Because save for a more intensive understanding of battle strategizing, he basically majored in HCO as well just for fun.)


*'''Misc. things:'''  
*'''Misc. things:'''  
** Started in the Science career track with the goal of specializations in History and Linguistics, had possible goals of extending it into linguistic xenoanthropology a little bit. This is because he had roughly 4 years of extended education on those subjects back on Aurelia prior to joining Starfleet. He thought he'd breeze through, learn new things for the slight extension into the xenoanthropology side of it, and the things he was required to know outside of those things to graduate the academy, then take a lot of extra time getting a better understanding of humanoid social cues and culture. But after about a semester, he started getting a little understimulated since he already knew as much as he did. He was learning new things, but not to the extent he would have liked. As some sort of in-joke with himself, he decided to take more intensive Engineering and Ops classes because he "might as well learn something new." It was an accident that it ended up being his ''passion,'' and somewhat impulsive that he so quickly knew that he'd be happiest in the Engineering track since Aurelians aren't well known for being Starship Engineers. He still loves the sciences he has a degree in, but his passion for Engineering shockingly overpowered his desire to go into those sciences as a career for the time being. His family doesn't quite understand where it came from since he studied the sciences he did with such vigor back home. But they are mostly supportive of their sweet Engineering boy.
** Started in the Science career track with the goal of specializations in History and Linguistics, with a minor in psychology, had possible goals of extending it into linguistic xenoanthropology. He had roughly 4 years of extended education on those subjects back on Aurelia prior to joining Starfleet and thought he'd breeze through, learn new things for the slight extension into the xenoanthropology, and the things he was required to know outside of those things to graduate the academy, then take a lot of extra time getting a better understanding of humanoid social cues and culture. But after about a semester, he started getting mentally understimulated. He was learning new things, but not to the extent he would have liked. As some sort of in-joke with himself, he decided to take more intensive Engineering and Ops classes because he "might as well learn something new." It was an accident that ended up being his ''passion,'' and somewhat impulsive that he so quickly knew that he'd be happiest in the Engineering track since Aurelians aren't well known for being Starship Engineers. He still loves the sciences he has a degree in, but his passion for Engineering shockingly overpowered his desire to go into those sciences as a career for the time being. His family doesn't quite understand where it came from, but they are supportive of their sweet Engineering boy.
** He still took some of those extra science classes on the side, is still extremely qualified for a science role if he wanted one, and can happily talk with scientists. Especially about history, linguistics, linguistic xenoanthropology, and in turn related subjects like archeology, and a little bit of sociology due to their frequent overlaps. He doesn't get a whole lot of chances to talk about the fact he knows these things, and it would likely surprise his crewmates who don't know him well yet to know that he's uniquely educated in that way.
** He still took some of those extra science classes on the side, is still extremely qualified for a science role if he wanted one, and can happily talk with scientists. Especially about history, linguistics, linguistic xenoanthropology, and in turn related subjects like archeology, and a little bit of sociology due to their frequent overlaps. He doesn't get a whole lot of chances to talk about the fact he knows these things, and it would likely surprise his crewmates who don't know him well yet to know that he's uniquely educated in that way.
** Other courses he took for fun include: Multiple levels of Vulcan language classes, One level of Klingon Language, and a few other language classes for common Federation languages, and learns more about them with some of his free time when he's in the mood. He's taken various classes from the Material Engineering specialization in the vein of nanotechnology and sustainable energy. He's also taken a good number of psychology courses for the sake of curiosity and keeps up to date on basic first aid training because you never know when you'll need it in a crisis.  
** Other courses he took for fun include: Multiple levels of Vulcan language classes, One level of Klingon Language, and a few other language classes for common Federation languages, and learns more about them in his free time when he's in the mood. He's also taken a high number of varying psychology courses as it was another thing he'd been considering for a time, and keeps up to date on basic first aid training because you never know when you'll need it in a crisis.  
** Side details: He was in the academy for 5.5 years. He stayed in the academy an extra year and a half purely because he wanted to give a few extra things the old college try before being placed somewhere. That year and a half was also the time he took the most opportunity for more in-depth social things since he'd taken those intensive Engineering classes over his original plan to take the social time during his brief stint in the science track. Plus he already knew he was good to go once he was ready.
** Side details: He was in the academy for almost 6 years. He stayed in the academy an extra year and a half by request and of his own volition because he wanted to give a few extra things the old college try before being placed somewhere. That time was also the time he took the most opportunity for more in-depth social things since those intensive Engineering classes among a number of others took up the social time he planned in his brief stint in the science track. And he already knew he was good to go once he was ready.


* '''Overall review:''' "Smart, friendly, vibrant, and lovable... But definitely a ''huge nerd."''
* '''Overall review:''' "Smart, friendly, vibrant, kinda weird, but lovable... And definitely a ''huge nerd."''


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|[[Oddas Aria|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Oddas Aria'''</span>]], '''Captain'''<br /><hr>Captain Oddas is someone that Dekas deeply admires and respects. He strives to emulate her strength and leadership in his own ways and wishes to do well enough at his job on the ship to make her proud. Dekas also considers her a friend. More than she realizes, most likely. He's very smart and does recognize why someone might label her as 'stand-offish'. But in his mind, it is less 'stand-offish' and more 'stoic and serious'. She is a Captain, and she's gone through a lot. Because of that, he understands the degree of separation from most officers. He takes into account the need for professionalism first and is always sure to follow it as one of the first means of interacting with her under regular circumstances. But not-so-deep-down he hopes to one day gain a level of bond with her that is both professional and simultaneously a genuine friendship from both sides. Not that he doesn't already act that way when given the opportunity, of course. His love for those he considers his friends is pure and unconditional. So as it stands, there is no condition that requires someone to feel the same level of friendship for him to already consider someone a good friend. The Captain included.  
|[[Karrod Niac|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Karrod Niac'''</span>]], '''Current Commanding Officer'''<br /><hr>He does not know Karrod very well as of right now, but from the moment he stepped onto the Ronin, Niac's opening speech was something that stuck with Dekas, and he very much wants to get to know him better. And eventually be someone Karrod could be proud of. It helps that Karrod's a trill. Dekas love a good Trill.
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|[[Kalia Qinn|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Kalia Qinn'''</span>]], '''Ship's XO'''<br /><hr>Dekas implicitly trusts Commander Qinn due to her helping to save him from the horrific fate of becoming a Borg drone. She has also only ever shown him kindness. Given the value he places on kindness and compassion, he finds her to have a lot of both and has nothing but good things to say about her. He also spent some time with her and her daughter on Ring 42 during a Shore Leave camping trip and he finds the presence of a well-adjusted family comforting, so that's an extra set of brownie points for Qinn.
|[[Toryn Raga|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Toryn Raga'''</span>]], '''Current XO'''<br /><hr>Another person on the Ronin that Dekas hasn't gotten to know well yet, but he thinks Raga is very cool and nice to talk to. Also, he's got a literal owl as a pet. Brownie points for having a bird.
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|[[John Kendrick|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''John Kendrick'''</span>]], '''Shipmate'''<br /><hr>Dekas thinks that John Kendrick has absolutely marvelous vibes about him and would like nothing more than to gain his friendship as time goes on.
|[[V'Len Kel|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''V'Len Kel'''</span>]], '''CMO on the Ronin, new friend'''<br /><hr>They're only recently getting to know each other, but they did take some time on a holodeck sleuthing mystery during the previous shore leave, and Dekas had a good time. So he does like V'Len Kel as a friend now.
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|[[Karise Indobri|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Karise Indobri'''</span>]], '''CMO, friend'''<br /><hr>He's run into Karise a few times and finds her very calming to speak with. Very understanding. Something she said at the beginning of a mission hit him as true; he doesn't need to be sick to say hello. However, given a recent counseling session, it's likely she will be seeing him a lot more if only because there's going to be a frame of time where he's sleeping in Sickbay until he has better coping mechanisms for handling the trauma/anxiety of sleeping in his own quarters alone. Hopefully, she doesn't get too tired of him.
|[[Hiro Jones|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Hiro Jones'''</span>]], '''Fellow counselor'''<br /><hr>Hiro is a fellow counselor on the Ronin. They've only spoken once, but Dekas already really likes Hiro, and is pretty sure they're bound to be good friends.
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|[[R'Kala|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''R'Kala'''</span>]], '''Ship's Counselor, friend'''<br /><hr>Prior to his LOA, and while she was still in a science position, he did meet her. But he didn't get much of a chance to know her, then. Since she came back from her own LOA, and took up the Counselor's position, he finds that he very much likes her and considers her a friend in his own mind. He's not scared of a Klingon Counselor, in fact, he found it refreshing after the session he had with her to know that in the event he does feel angry, she's not overly uncomfortable with that. Not that he's a particularly angry person by nature. But knowing there is someone who won't take it personally if it happens is comforting in its way. To him, there's something very Aurelian about a race of people who generally speak their minds without too much issue when they so choose, even if their means of speaking their minds can sometimes be abrasive. Plus she offered him the counseling couch to nap on in the event the sickbay isn't available for one reason or another while they're sorting out the anxiety coping mechanisms for him to eventually sleep in his own quarters, and that's a huge plus in his book.
|[[Marty Tucker|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Marty Tucker'''</span>]], '''Acting Chief of Engineering on Ronin, friend'''<br /><hr>They both joined the Ronin from Denali Station, and showed up together. They haven't talked too much beyond that, but Dekas does think Marty is marvelous and would like to talk more.
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|[[Kiran Han|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Kiran Han'''</span>]], '''Marine Major, friend, and someone to coax a smile out of'''<br /><hr> There is a fondness there for Major Han that he's not sure how to describe. Prior to his assimilation crisis, it was simply that Major Han was someone he felt safe around and found pleasant to talk to. Things that are still true to now. But there was something about the surprising gentleness that he showed toward him while in the midst of his assimilation, that the fondness did increase. Even wearing ''literal'' Marine Armor, he risked himself before it was fully sure the anti-assimilation medicine would work completely. It's a different flavor of fondness than what he has for the medical staff about it, but just as strongly rooted. A personal goal for Dekas that came out of it is the desire to make the very serious Han smile around him at least once in a while. Really smile. He understands that the seriousness is as much a natural thing as it is something of an element to being a Marine. But he also wants to be someone that he can remove some of his ''metaphorical'' Marine armor for. Because Kiran Han is his friend. He wants him to feel like he can be Kiran Han, and not just Major Han all the time.
|[[Oddas Aria|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Oddas Aria'''</span>]], '''Commodore, previous Commanding Officer'''<br /><hr>Oddas is someone that Dekas deeply admires and respects. He strives to emulate her strength and leadership in his own ways and wishes to do well enough at his job on the station to make her proud. Dekas also considers her a friend. More than she realizes, most likely. He's very smart and does recognize why someone might label her as 'stand-offish'. But in his mind, it is less 'stand-offish' and more 'stoic and serious'. She is a Captain, and she's gone through a lot. Because of that, he understands the degree of separation from most officers. Not-so-deep-down he hopes to one day gain a level of bond with her that is both professional and simultaneously a genuine friendship from both sides. Not that he doesn't already act that way when given the opportunity, of course. His love for those he considers his friends is pure and unconditional. So as it stands, there is no condition that requires someone to feel the same level of friendship for him to already consider someone a good friend. Oddas included.  
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|[[Katrina Pelley|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Katrina Pelley'''</span>]], '''Nurse, Instant friend, someone special and worth knowing.'''<br /><hr>Nurse Katrina Pelley was there when his assimilation happened, and there when she absolutely saved his life from that assimilation (alongside Doctor Vihn). He adores Nurse Pelley. He would help her with anything that she needed if she asked. He's also planning on giving her a massive, full-winged hug once he's healed. Because as much as the doctor helped as well, he wants her to be aware of how big of a role she played too, how deserving she is of his gratitude. And how amazing she is to him. He has trusted her with his life and would do so again in a heartbeat.
|[[Tomas Falt|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Tomas Falt'''</span>]], ''' Holodeck buddy, Chief Hug Officer, former XO, "Oh no, he's hot"'''<br /><hr>His first real interaction with Tomas Falt was in a fantasy holodeck adventure where Tomas played a Barbarian called "Varg." And every single time Dekas has talked to him since, he's never failed to find him really attractive. He likes the sound of his accent. He thinks he's exciting and kind. He likes the science background, and the anthropology and subsequent appreciation for history as a result. He recently went on an away mission with him and respects his leadership. Dekas has a bit of a bird crush on him. Just a little one, he's just happy to be friends with him. But regardless, he does find Tomas ''ridiculously hot.'' It's what it is. He's just really hot. Tomas drunk-hugged him during the Award's Ceremony where they were told they would officially be moving down to Ring 42 on Denali Station. It made his heart soar, and it still kind of does when it crosses his mind.
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|[[Tomas Falt|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Tomas Falt'''</span>]], '''Holodeck buddy, "Oh no, he's hot", crush'''<br /><hr>His first real interaction with Tomas Falt was in a fantasy holodeck adventure where Tomas played a Barbarian called "Varg." And every single time Dekas has talked to him since, he's never failed to find him really attractive. He likes the sound of his accent. He thinks he's exciting and kind. He likes the science background, and the anthropology and subsequent appreciation for history as a result. He recently went on an away mission with him and respects his leadership. Basically, Dekas is ''mad crushing'' on Tomas without fully acknowledging it just yet. It was odd and sudden so he's in a phase of denial about this new crush because he's trying to be professional. He'd be uncharacteristically flustered beyond reason if Falt ever picked up on it enough to bring it up because the last thing he wants is to make Tomas uncomfortable being around him. He's just not used to getting big crushes on humans and does not know what to do with it considering the cultural differences. But above his urge to take Lieutenant Falt to dinner and tell him he's handsome, he'd really just like to get to know him and be good friends with him. But he does find Tomas ''ridiculously hot'' and might be prone to occasional embarrassing moments of foot-in-mouth stupidity about it regardless, along with the tendency to stare and then look away when caught.  
|[[John Kendrick|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''John Kendrick'''</span>]], '''former crewmate'''<br /><hr>Dekas thinks that John Kendrick has absolutely marvelous vibes about him and would like nothing more than to gain his friendship as time goes on.  
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|[[Sera|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Sera'''</span>]], '''Shipmate, fellow Engineer, friend'''<br /><hr>Dekas officially met her when she showed up to an invited fantasy adventure in the holodeck where she played a ranger. He thinks she's funny and is very excited to get chances to interact with her more. He's never been deterred by the idea of Vulcan logic which she seems to exude a lot of. He values her opinions and input. He also thinks she's fun.
|[[Freck|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Freck'''</span>]], '''Very good friend, Science officer'''<br /><hr>Dekas and Freck met on the Station when Freck caught him off guard in the middle of singing. They did also take a bit of a vacation to Dekas' home planet of Aurelia during Shore Leave and became a lot closer. Freck does, in fact, end up in some of his odd day dreams for some reason. He thinks he's a beautiful person. Very kind, very cute, and he wants to get to know him much, much better.
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|[[Kettick|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Kettick'''</span>]], '''Shipmate, fellow Engineer, friend'''<br /><hr>Dekas thinks Kettick is a profoundly skilled engineer, and admires the work that he does. He trusts his input. He also thinks Kettick's sense of humor is marvelous. On top of that, he finds a certain kinship with Kettick seeing as they are both people who stand out as "different." Neither of them would ever really be able to pretend they were anyone else. He wants to learn more about him.
|[[Kettick|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Kettick'''</span>]], '''Friend, fellow Engineer, and former roommate'''<br /><hr>Dekas thinks Kettick is a profoundly skilled engineer, and admires the work that he does. He trusts his input. He also thinks Kettick's sense of humor is marvelous. On top of that, he finds a certain kinship with Kettick seeing as they are both people who stand out as "different." It might be easier for Kettick in some ways, but neither of them would ever truly be able to pretend they were anyone else. He wants to learn more about him. Before Dekas' move to the Ronin, they were roommates on Denali Station, and closer for the fact.
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|'''Zuka, Historian and Philosopher'''<br><hr>Dekas' Mother. As can be expected of Aurelians in general, he has an excellent relationship with his mother. She is someone he trusts deeply and wholeheartedly. She is one of his biggest supporters and one of the people who helped him the most during the few months he had to take a Leave of Absence, and during the height of his medical diagnosis around that time. She is a well-known historian and philosopher in his flock and has many a time left Dekas awake just thinking.  
|'''Zuka, Historian and Philosopher. Mom.'''<br><hr>Dekas' Mother. As can be expected of Aurelians in general, he has an excellent relationship with his mother. She is someone he trusts deeply and wholeheartedly. She is one of his biggest supporters and one of the people who helped him the most during the few months he had to take a Leave of Absence, and during the height of his medical diagnosis around that time. She is supremely loving and forgiving, and an example to many. She's a well-known historian and philosopher in their flock and has many a time left Dekas awake just thinking. She is the more extroverted of his parents, and because of this, she is the leader of their family. She is laid back and sweet, but she is also a strong personality and does not take people's crap. She will call someone out if they're making excuses. Politely, but firmly. She is frequently the one who initiates things with others. She will also offer gentle guidance if someone needs help with a decision or a problem. As well as being very comforting when someone is struggling. 
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|'''Daf, Teacher'''<br><hr>Dekas' Father. An equally excellent relationship with his father. He's a laid-back person who was more likely to let little things slip under the radar. Always affectionate when he was sad. Dekas did a certain amount of emulating his father growing up until he grew a little more into himself, though he still tries to emulate the patient compassion of his father.
|'''Daf, Teacher. Dad.'''<br><hr>Dekas' Father. An equally excellent relationship with his father. But Daf is a very shy, introverted man in comparison to his mother. He does find it easier at times to be in the background, but once you get to know him, and he is comfortable with you, he's an extremely kind, laid-back person. He was the parent who was more likely to let little things slip under the radar. Always affectionate when someone needed comfort. Dekas does his best to emulate his father's patient compassion with new people and also has the same habit of occasionally getting very fluffy feathered in the face when people compliment him or show him affection, as that was a trait he inherited from Daf. (Note: You wouldn't necessarily think that Daf would be a perfect match for someone as confidently strong-willed as Zuka, but his parents are deeply in love with one another and constantly show it if they are in a room together. Besides... she pursued him first and thought the shy return of the feelings was extremely cute and still does. It works very well for them. After all, there is a reason they have 13 kids together.)
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|'''Rha, Physicist'''<br><hr>Dekas' Eldest sister. She was already an adult by the time Dekas was hatched, so while they do know each other well, and get along just fine, they aren't as close as they could be due to the 20 year age difference. But he does look up to her. Has two bondmates and three children, all of which are only 4 years younger than Dekas is.
|'''Rha, Physicist'''<br><hr>Dekas' Eldest sister. She was already an adult by the time Dekas was hatched, so while they do know each other well, and get along just fine, they aren't as close as they could be due to the 20 year age difference. She is also fairly serious in a lot of ways naturally. Has two bondmates and three children, all of which are only 4 years younger than Dekas is. Dekas is closer to his nephews simply because they are closer in age.
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|'''Ruri, Artist'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' eldest sisters. She's Rha's twin. And in a similar way, he's not as close to her as he could be because of that same 20 year age difference. However, he's slightly closer to Ruri than to Rha. She jokes a little more often. He looks up to her. She has a bondmate and 4 children who are only about 7 years younger than him.
|'''Ruri, Artist'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' eldest sisters. She's Rha's twin. And similarly, he's not as close to her as he could be because of that same 20 year age difference. However, he's slightly closer to Ruri than to Rha, if only because she jokes around a little easier. She has a bondmate and 4 children who are between 7, and 10 years younger than him. Again, he's closer to the kids than his sister due to closeness in age.
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|'''Irik, Biology Professor'''<br><hr>Dekas' eldest brother. Their age difference is 16 years. Again not the closest relationship due to the gap, but they get along swimmingly. Irik likes to playfully rib Dekas for things as older brothers sometimes do. Dekas does his best to have good comebacks but isn't always successful. It's their form of friendship and they have fun with it.
|'''Irik, Biology Professor'''<br><hr>Dekas' eldest brother. Their age difference is 16 years. Another age gap large enough to not make them the closest siblings, but they do love each other. Irik likes to playfully rib Dekas for things as older brothers sometimes do. Dekas does his best to have good comebacks but isn't always successful. It's their form of friendship and they have fun with it.
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|'''Keso, Doctor'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' eldest brothers. He's Irik's twin. 16 year age difference. Keso liked to go out a lot while Dekas was growing up, so they don't have the closest relationship based on lack of frequent interaction, This has especially true since Keso found a bondmate, and started having Fledglings of his own. (He has six of them and they're roughly 12 years younger than Dekas.) But they do get along when they're in a room together.
|'''Keso, Doctor'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' eldest brothers. He's Irik's twin. 16 year age difference. Keso liked to go out a lot while Dekas was growing up, so they don't have the closest relationship based on lack of frequent interaction and age difference, This was true once Keso found a bondmate, and started having Fledglings of his own. (He has six kids and they're roughly 12 years younger than Dekas.) But they do get along when they're in a room together.
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|'''Sukki, Ecologist, and singer'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older sisters. 13 year age difference. Dekas and Sukki can be known to spend a significant amount of time together when Dekas is on Aurelia. They are good friends and like making up little songs together. They fly together as well. He has very fond memories of that with her. She is currently unbonded, but has been a surrogate for same-gender bondmates before and is thrilled to give those Aurelians that joy. However, her day job is as a notable ecologist, and on the side, she also sings because she loves it.
|'''Sukki, Ecologist, and singer'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older sisters. 13 year age difference. If not for his closeness with Koori growing up, it's likely that Dekas considers Sukki one of his favorite siblings. Dekas and Sukki can be known to spend a significant amount of time together when Dekas is on Aurelia. They are good friends and like making up little songs together. They fly together as well. He has very fond memories of that with her. She is currently unbonded, but has been a surrogate for same-gender bondmates before and is thrilled to give those Aurelians that joy. However, her day job is as a notable ecologist, and on the side, she also sings because she loves it.
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|'''Mars, Historian'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older sisters. She's one of the triplets along with Sukki, 13 year age difference. She was a lot like their father in her gentle compassion, and like their mother in her specific passion for history. He looks up to her in similar ways.
|'''Mars, Historian'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older sisters. She's one of the triplets along with Sukki, 13 year age difference. She was a lot like their father in her gentle compassion, and like their mother in her specific passion for history. His relationship with her is fairly close, but got closer as they both grew up, and it's only slower going now because Dekas is in Starfleet. it's always nice to see her.
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|'''Ehk, Painter'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older sisters. She's one of the triplets along with Sukki, and Mars, 13 year age difference. She was always a little quieter, but he enjoys spending those quiet moments with her. However, when she wasn't being quiet, she was the one daring him to do mischievous things here and there.
|'''Ehk, Painter'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older sisters. She's one of the triplets along with Sukki, and Mars, 13 year age difference. She was always a little quieter, but he enjoys spending those quiet moments with her. However, when she wasn't being quiet, she was the one daring him to do mischievous things here and there.
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|'''Gura, Astronomer'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older brothers. 11 year age difference. He likes to goof around with Gura, they have a good, very playful bond. He also enjoys listening to Gura talk about the science things he's been part of. He has a bondmate and two fledges.
|'''Gura, Astronomer'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older brothers. 11 year age difference. He likes to goof around with Gura, they have a good, very playful bond. He also enjoys listening to Gura talk about the science things he's been part of. He has a bondmate and two fledges.
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|'''Eris, Astrophysicist'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older sisters. She's Gura's twin. 11 year age difference. She and Gura were nearly inseparable growing up, so they both went into similar fields and often work closely together. As such, Dekas enjoys hearing her talk about her science career as well. Has a bondmate from a different flock of Aurelians with Blue and gold feathers, and one fledge called Zia'Qli whose feather colors are significantly different from both parents with green, blue, and orange feathers from the mix. Dekas is quite fond of Zia and finds he relates to the fact people often double-take when they see her. She's one of his favorite of his sibling's children.
|'''Eris, Astrophysicist'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older sisters. She's Gura's twin. 11 year age difference. She and Gura were nearly inseparable growing up, so they both went into similar fields and often work closely together. As such, Dekas enjoys hearing her talk about her science career as well. He doesn't see her around as often, as she chose to move in closer to her bondmate's family in a different flock of Aurelians with blue and gold feathers after becoming official, but he's always excited to see her. She is also the mother of Dekas' favorite niece.  
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|'''Daffa, Musician'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older sisters. Triplets with Koori and Ura. 5 year age difference to Dekas. They're decently close because of the closeness in ages, but he did have a clear preference for Koori, so it never reached that level. However, he loves Daffa dearly and thinks her music is awesome.
|'''Daffa, Musician'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older sisters. Triplets with Koori and Ura. 5 year age difference to Dekas. They're decently close because of the closeness in ages, and it shows when they're around one another. But, growing up, at least, he did have a clear preference for Koori, so it wasn't as immediately obvious. These days they're a little closer now.
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|'''Koori, Spiritual guru'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older sisters. Triplets with Daffa and Ura. 5 year age difference to Dekas. The sibling that Dekas feels closest to. When Dekas hit about 6 years old, and Koori was 11, they started realizing that both of them felt different from other Aurelians somehow. And they bonded through that. Koori was his confidant and best friend within the family. They did, however, have a distinct and unexpected point of disagreement. Dekas wanted to join Starfleet. Koori didn't think that it was right for him, worried that he'd become a self-fulfilling tragedy like his namesake. When he told her that he'd been accepted into the academy on Earth, they got into their first real fight. The disagreement didn't get solved before he left because the only way she was going to be happy with any of it was if Dekas stayed where it was safest, and the only way Dekas was going to be happy was if she'd just be happy with him. She didn't see him off when he left. For a while, this led to rather awkward communications over long distance since both of them considered it a conversation to have in person. They had a few chances to talk it out when Dekas took his Leave of Absence in mid-2398, but neither of them wanted to get into another fight. Dekas' rare Aurelian medical diagnosis ended up postponing it again since he had to deal with that first, and then he planned to leave again. Something they already knew would be the case. She seemed to understand a little better since she did say goodbye the second time. But given the time that has passed, and the way their lives have changed... it's not anywhere close to what it was. It's hard to say that it ever will be. They're not sure what that means for the future.
|'''Ura, Crystal sculptor'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older sisters. Triplets with Daffa and Koori. 5 year age difference to Dekas. They were fairly close given their closer age range, but again because of his closeness to Koori, it wasn't quite as close as it could have been. Neither party is bitter because it's not like it's unusual to have favorites, and they have found time to become closer with age and experience. She and Daffa are there for him especially about issues with Koori.
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|'''Ura, Crystal sculptor'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older sisters. Triplets with Daffa and Koori. 5 year age difference to Dekas. They were fairly close given their closer age range, but because of his closeness to Koori, it wasn't quite as close as it could have been. But neither party is bitter because it's not like it's unusual to have favorites. She supports his goals and loves him dearly, and the sentiment is returned.
|'''Koori, Spiritual, and Intuitive Energy Healer'''<br><hr>One of Dekas' older sisters. Triplets with Daffa and Ura. 5 year age difference to Dekas. The sibling that Dekas once felt closest to. When Dekas hit about 6 years old, and Koori was 11, they became extremely close friends while Koori tried to help Dekas feel a little less lonely being the only one of his siblings without a twin or triplet at the same age in the family. Koori was his confidant and best friend within the family. They did, however, have a distinct and unexpected point of disagreement when Dekas started getting older. Dekas wanted to join Starfleet. Koori didn't think that it was right for him, worried that he'd become a self-fulfilling tragedy like his namesake. When he told her that he'd been accepted into the academy on Earth, they got into their first real fight. The disagreement didn't get solved before he left because the only way she was going to be happy with any of it was if Dekas stayed where it was safest, and the only way Dekas was going to be happy was if she'd just be happy with him. She didn't see him off when he left that first time. For a while, this led to rather awkward communications over long distances since both of them considered it a conversation to have in person. They had a few chances to talk it out when Dekas took his Leave of Absence in mid-2398, and a medical issue around that same time, but neither of them wanted to get into another fight. When he felt ready, he planned to leave again. Something they already knew would be the case. She seemed to understand a little better the second time since she did say goodbye then. But given the time that has passed, and the way their lives have changed... it's not anywhere close to what it was. It's something that bothers Dekas, but he doesn't know what to say currently. So they only talk over long-distances when she happens to be around for it.
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|'''Zhia-Qi, Niece, Newly an adult'''<br><hr>Zhia-Qi, "Zhia"(pronounced like "Zjaw", Full name is: "Zjaw-key". Sometimes visiting humanoids call her Jockey in their accent and she is also okay with that) is Dekas' favorite niece. They get along swimmingly and relate to each other on how much they each stand out. And while they are different personalities, they do have a similar sense of humor, and surprisingly similar life goals. She's the daughter of Eris and Eris' bondmate Khess-Qi. She stands out with a very different color of feathers to both of her parents as she is a mixed bird from two differently feathered flocks. She is 20 years old now, newly an adult by Aurelian standards. She can sort of be considered a student as she is picking up fluency in Federation Standard. But she isn't in official university classes yet otherwise as she's considering a Starfleet career, potentially. A lot like Dekas, but in her case, she would prefer to know which college she's attending rather than attending both Aurelian and Starfleet colleges. (Her attention span is such that she wouldn't enjoy going to college twice as Dekas did. Just one is fine, thanks.)
   
   
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|'''Zaraleek-Om, Childhood friend, traveler, unrequited love'''<br><hr>Zaraleek-Om is the great-grandson of Aurelia's late renowned Historian Loom Aleek-Om. He's about a year older than Dekas. They met through their mothers being well-known historians within their respective flocks, and good friends as a result. Zaraleek became Dekas' best friend that wasn't a related family member. At about 12 & 13 years old, they did stop seeing each other in person as frequently due to other life things and distance but kept in pretty good contact. They were both present for each other's adulthood ceremonies. It's unsure when, but Dekas gained romantic feelings for Zara and considered courting him. But Zara, despite being kind and compassionate and smart and everything that Dekas adored, was also a huge free spirit. Not to be tethered or tied down. Which kept Dekas from pursuing it. (Zara went off-world to study medicine, before shifting to psychology. He's especially good with children, teens, parents, and surprisingly Vulcans. All as a civilian, and not in Starfleet. He studied at and graduated from a Vulcan school and has been on a few ships and bases in his work over the years, most notably he's been on at least one Vulcan ship for a time. Working so heavily with Vulcans has led him to be more "logical" in his manner.) It all made Dekas put his focus back on Starfleet. During Dekas' LOA, he was back home for a little while. And Dekas did consider it again before realizing that Zara only stayed longer to help with Dekas' medical issue. Zara is wonderful, and Dekas loves him deeply for all that he is. But Zara is also emotionally unavailable in very specific ways. His only commitments are knowledge, experience, passion, and helping others. Committed to his own freedom in a way. It's something that Dekas respects, as he believes it would be cruel to expect Zara to do anything that would dim his light. Zaraleek has unintentionally toyed with his feelings. He's always been very back and forth with him and has tendencies to cut him off without warning and then act like it's fine when they see each other again, only to cut him off again for reasons that Dekas cannot figure out. It hurts. They agreed to stay in better contact since that LOA, however, and Dekas plans to make good on the promise as he just wants him in his life. He's mostly accepted things for what they are for now. He prefers to focus on things in his present situations and relationships. But there are unrequited, unresolved feelings about Zaraleek-Om nonetheless.
|[[Sera|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Sera'''</span>]], '''Close Friend, Former crewmate, Fellow Engineer, trustworthy confidant'''<br /><hr>Dekas officially met her when she showed up to an invited fantasy adventure in the holodeck where she played a ranger. He thinks she's funny and lovely to be around. He's never been deterred by the idea of Vulcan logic which she seems to exude a lot of. He values her opinions and input. He also thinks she's fun. After they moved to Denali Station they finally found the chance to bond, and with a very simple gesture of taking his hand when he felt vulnerable, Sera gained Dekas' trust in a way many people don't even try to gain. So regardless of what she thinks of him, he considers her a close friend and hopes to be even better friends with time. Her transfer to 118 Ops may make that a longer process, but he does intend to write her when he has chances to do so.
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|[[Quentin Collins|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Commander Collins'''</span>]], '''Chief of Science on the USS Arrow, new friend, slightly in love with him at first sight, it's fine.'''<br /><hr>Dekas met Commander Collins while he was visiting for Captain Oddas' promotion to Fleet Captain. And the way Collins spoke and acted hit Dekas with such a sudden and profound click of happiness that he was somewhere between making best friend bracelets on the spot or considering outright proposing marriage. Not that Collins knew that, and not that Dekas would have done either in reality. He has more tact than that. But he thought about it. It's also not that he's actually in love with him in the romantic sense at this point. He, of course, would have to get dinner with him first, but Quentin effortlessly revitalized his already high vibrational energy, and Dekas liked the way it made him feel. He wants to be absolute best buds with him and return that revitalization... Or frolic in a field of sunflowers whilst holding hands. Both. He's really not picky. He just enjoys his presence.
|[[Om-Zora|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Om-Zora'''</span>]], '''Childhood friend, Traveler, Doctor, Ex-boyfriend? It's complicated'''<br /><hr>Om-Zora “Zora” to most, but "Zara" to Dekas, is the great-great-grandson of Aurelia's late renowned Historian Loom Aleek-Om. He's a few years older than Dekas. They met through their mothers being well-known historians within their respective flocks as fledglings, and became shockingly good friends despite their very different personalities. Om-Zora was Dekas' best friend that wasn't family. At some point, Dekas found himself very in love with Zara while they were still in their teen years. He told him as much, and they tried being together. Which was... alright. Except Om-Zora started getting distant after a while, and when he went off to study medicine on Vulcan, he eventually just stopped writing to Dekas at all without warning or apparent reason. For years. Not even an official break-up. Until they met up again on Denali Station, Dekas hadn't even realized that Zara had since joined Starfleet instead of only working on Vulcan ships. Because Zara failed to try and get back in contact with him even then. Dekas pushed him off the roof of a very tall building in anger (it's fine, he can fly). And they did end up on the Ronin together after the fact. Dekas still loves him but is not sure where they stand. He isn't sure how he feels about that either.
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|[[Quentin Collins|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Commander Collins'''</span>]], '''Chief of Science on the USS Arrow, new friend, Kindred spirit, Friend Crush Friday Candidate.'''<br /><hr>Dekas met Commander Collins while he was visiting for Captain Oddas' promotion to Fleet Captain. And the way Collins spoke and acted hit Dekas with such a sudden and profound dose of serotonin that he was slightly enamored and considering what color to use for a best friend bracelet for him somewhere deep down. Quentin effortlessly revitalized his already high vibrational energy, and Dekas liked the way it made him feel. Essentially he views Quentin as a kindred spirit at first sight somehow, and he can't explain exactly why, just that he feels it. Something about him just speaks to his soul and he wants to be best buds with Commander Collins.  
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|[[Artinus Serinus|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Commander Serinus'''</span>]], '''Chief of Security on the USS Arrow, new friend'''<br /><hr>Dekas met Serinus during a walk in the corridors during his visit for Captain Oddas' promotion to Fleet Captain. Serinus was walking his very adorable miniature Targ. Dekas thinks the Targ is adorable, and that Serinus is very kind. Really he's finding himself endeared to the crew of the Arrow and he's only met two of them... so far.
|[[Artinus Serinus|<span style="color:#3B1A1A;">'''Commander Serinus'''</span>]], '''Chief of Security on the USS Arrow, new friend'''<br /><hr>Dekas met Serinus during a walk in the corridors during his visit for Captain Oddas' promotion to Fleet Captain. Serinus was walking his very adorable miniature Targ. Dekas thinks the Targ is adorable, and that Serinus is very kind. Really he's finding himself endeared to the crew of the Arrow and he's only met two of them... so far.
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|[[Finders_Keepers_(Juneau)|'''Finders Keepers''']] '''(239902-239904.20):''' Just hours after the Juneau ends their shore leave to move onto their next mission, they’re called back to Ring 42 to help the USS Grace Hopper, which has been unexpectedly attacked by pirates looking to steal an artifact of unknown properties, then were gone into The Wilds just as fast. The kicker? The pirates mysteriously beamed right through the ship’s shields at will to get it.
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|[[A_Web_Unbound_(Denali Station)|'''A Web Unbound''']] '''(239906.15-239908):''' Shore Leave on Denali Station is recalled after a sensor in the operations department picks up strange, possibly dangerous readings from somewhere within the Market District. Simultaneously, a door opens on the ominous spired building that doesn't look like any of the other buildings in the City.
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|[[Take_Me_Somewhere_Else_(Denali Station)|'''Take Me Somewhere Else''']] '''(239909.10-239911.05):''' As Fleet Captain Oddas starts making the necessary preparations to welcome the delegations from Mitandar and the Cardassian Union, Chief Science Officer Tomas Falt comes across an interesting report about the recent discovery of a mysterious hall underneath one of the Spires located outside the Administrative Area.
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|[[Annihilation_Approaches_(Denali Station)|'''Annihilation Approaches''']] '''(240001-TBA):''' A routine day on Denali Station becomes dangerous as strangely unnoticed, fast-approaching asteroids are set to make an impact faster than the survey team on the USS Eagle can redirect them all.
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|'''Shoreleave 4: Vampires, Pickles, and Promotions. Oh my! (239901-239902):'''<br><hr> After a traumatic mission of getting assimilated on Anadasa's moon, Shore Leave is set on Ring 42. Dekas has a conversation with Major Han after the whole incident. Dekas also plans a holodeck situation to help decompress and make friends and is joined by Sera, Tomas Falt, and Motor Vihn, where they play as D&D classes in a fantasy setting and slay some holodeck vampires. Dekas finds he has sleeping issues and talks to Counselor R'Kala about that and his Borg Trauma. He goes camping with Qinn and her daughter Tashi. He, Sera, and Kettick sort out a pickle in Engineering. Not long after, the Juneau has a Masquerade-themed Award's Ceremony, in which Dekas flirts with Falt just a little bit, and receives a Purple Heart, the Recovery Ribbon, and the Unity Ribbon along with getting promoted to Lieutenant JG.
|'''Shoreleave 4: Vampires, Pickles, and Promotions. Oh my! (239901-239902):'''<br><hr> After a traumatic mission of getting assimilated on Anadasa's moon, Shore Leave is set on Ring 42. Dekas has a conversation with Major Han after the whole incident. Dekas also plans a holodeck situation to help decompress and make friends and is joined by Sera, Tomas Falt, and Motor Vihn, where they play as D&D classes in a fantasy setting and slay some holodeck vampires. Dekas finds he has sleeping issues and talks to Counselor R'Kala about that and his Borg Trauma. He goes camping with Qinn and her daughter Tashi. He, Sera, and Kettick sort out a pickle in Engineering. Not long after, the Juneau has a Masquerade-themed Award's Ceremony, in which Dekas flirts with Falt just a little bit, and receives a Purple Heart, the Recovery Ribbon, and the Unity Ribbon along with getting promoted to Lieutenant JG.
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|'''Shoreleave 5: New home, who dis? (239904.20-TBA):'''<br><hr> Not long after the events of Finders Keepers, Captain Oddas Aria gets assigned to be the commanding officer of the newly established Denali Station on Ring 42, and along with it promotion to Fleet Captain. But before she and the rest of the crew move in, there is to be the promotion ceremony on the Juneau, with visitors from the USS Arrow, and the Commodore of the USS Kitty Hawk, Cmdre. Rahman. Before that however, Dekas took a walk with his fellow Engineers Sera and Kettick, along with John Kendrick. He also met Commander Serinus of the USS Arrow and his adorable miniature Targ, Tlhiroghni' (which means Flower in Klingon). Dekas was delighted by the sharp little piggy. Then helped cheer up Doctor Karise Indobri at the start of the promotion and award's ceremony before being introduced to Commander Collins who instantly endeared himself to Dekas on impact effortlessly.
|'''Shoreleave 5: New home, who dis? (239904.20-239906.15):'''<br><hr> Not long after the events of Finders Keepers, Captain Oddas Aria gets assigned to be the commanding officer of the newly established Denali Station on Ring 42, and along with it, she gets a promotion to Fleet Captain by the visiting Cmdre. Rahman of the USS Kitty Hawk. (As well as visitors Quentin Collins, and Artinus Serinus of the USS Arrow.) During the actual award ceremony Dekas along with the rest of the crew are awarded the Starfleet Investigation Ribbon and the Operation Safe Harbor Service Medal. Dekas along with Qinn, Indobri, Falt, and Kettick is awarded the Intelligence Star. And Dekas is promoted to Full Lieutenant, much to his surprise. During the move, Dekas takes note of some infrastructure concerns, flies for the first time, finally reaches out to his family, takes a walk on the "beach", and explores a little bit of the Market District with some friends (Sera, Tomas Falt, Zaaia Leix, and the visiting Commander Collins.)
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|'''Shoreleave 6: Expansion. (239908-239909): '''<br><hr> After "A Web Unbound" the crew takes the time to help in expanding the station to allow for more people. Dekas bonds with Sera over a sleepless night, pranks Chief of Security John Kendrick by sound mimicking the combadge chirp, talks with new counselor Ashley Yael and finds he thinks he's a lovely person, and gets stuck in an elevator with hilarious misanthrope Naomi Frayley by accident. And helps plan the award's ceremony that's set at the Station's new nightclub, Mobius. He gets a bit drunk and actually catches some genuine, soft feelings for Counselor Yael while inviting him back to his apartment for a good time... if you know what I mean. ;)
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|'''Shoreleave 7: Turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes. (239911-239912): '''<br><hr> After "Take Me Somewhere Else" Dekas is given the title of Chief Engineer, and promoted to Lieutenant Commander faster than he expects. He also gets some counseling for past traumas, and gets assigned a week of dreaded free time where he can't offer unnecessary favors in an attempt to distract himself from his problems. He makes a new friend out of the newest Ferengi Science Officer Freck, and has a small adventure exploring some mysterious buildings in a different part of the station with Freck and Captain Oddas. He starts some work on the Docks and Shuttle landing area with Kettick, and also becomes roommates with said Engineer for both of their benefits. And at the end of Shore Leave there is the Award Ceremony, planned by Tomas in a Hawaiian theme on the nearby beach.
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===== Mission specific important sims =====
===== Missions =====
* [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/POSTNUMBER Title of SIM] - (Stardate and brief description of what happens)
''Take Me Somewhere Else:''
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-denali/c/-Te0eG3z97Q/m/rlhBecK8BQAJ "What people need"] - (239909.28, After Commander Qinn is injured by a cave in, Qinn is beamed to a medbay, and Dekas takes the lead of the search & rescue operation.)
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-denali/c/rm800h23R9w "I hope I don't need a creative catchphrase for this."] - (239910.16, Now on the Eagle to do a more in-depth look, and after getting a signal that might be the missing crew, Dekas and the team use the Eagle to expand the search to a different part of the Ring.)


===== Shore Leave important sims =====
===== Shore Leaves, Awards, and Promotions =====
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-juneau/c/GZrmcPe8D-A/m/uV60-QOdAwAJ "Sibling Rivalry"] - (239806.13, Dekas has a counseling session with Counsellor Airik Tierney about the mission on Aturn VII, and his current relationship with his sister back on Aurelia.)
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-juneau/c/GZrmcPe8D-A/m/uV60-QOdAwAJ "Sibling Rivalry"] - (239806.13, Dekas has a counseling session with Counsellor Airik Tierney about the mission on Aturn VII, and his current relationship with his sister back on Aurelia.)
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-juneau/c/HMciBxoWqZo/m/ZjSMX-aCAQAJ "In Fine Feather"] - (239811.13, After an LOA, going through a rare Aurelian health diagnosis that kept him away longer, he returns to The Juneau to find he's struggling more than he thought. But he keeps his head up and meets with the new XO.)
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-juneau/c/HMciBxoWqZo/m/ZjSMX-aCAQAJ "In Fine Feather"] - (239811.13, After an LOA, going through a rare Aurelian health diagnosis that kept him away longer, he returns to The Juneau to find he's struggling more than he thought. But he keeps his head up and meets with the new XO.)
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-juneau/c/rgyZAdEWvZM "Looks like I owe a lot of people a drink."] - (239902.10, Ensign Dekas gets graciously promoted to Lieutenant JG Dekas.)
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-juneau/c/rgyZAdEWvZM "Looks like I owe a lot of people a drink."] - (239902.10, Ensign Dekas gets graciously promoted to Lieutenant JG Dekas.)
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-juneau/c/P_Yg2Vexguk "Watch as this JG becomes a full BLT! (Not Clickbait)"] - (239905.07, Lieutenant JG Dekas gets shockingly promoted to Lieutenant.)
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-juneau/c/k3HxZ-hE8mE "The Right Person"] - (239905.10, Lieutenant Dekas gets the opportunity to be Head of Infrastructure Development on Denali Station.)
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-juneau/c/mJdVTmZYemo "To be a 'normal person'"] - (239905.14, Dekas flies for the first time in months in the newly minted Denali Station and makes a decision to be more Aurelian.)
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-juneau/c/6c8FCrxvWic "Strike the Ground"] - (239905.21, Dekas contacts his family after months of silence on his end, and has a nice chat with his mother.)
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-denali/c/xzmNpCQVjSo "Vulnerability"] - (239909.08, While drunk and flirtatiously dancing with Ashley Yael at Club Mobius after an Award's Ceremony, he finds himself catching some real feelings, and experiencing a little bit of insecurity about being an Aurelian in the process.)
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-denali/c/-BsYBRHcwy8 "To Think I just got used to being called "Lieutenant""] - (239911.08, Dekas gets suddenly promoted to Lt. Commander and Chief Engineer of Denali Station.)
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-denali/c/GUuLP5ChgYM "A blue and gold transition"] - (240008.01, Dekas wants to help out, and gets the Captain's approval to become Counselor of Denali Station)


===== Dekas' Assimilation Arc. =====
===== Dekas' Assimilation Arc. =====
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* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-juneau/c/gM3kOrKQjw8 "Sleepless in Space: Part I"] & [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-juneau/c/rJwzmwBLtTE "Sleepless in Space: Part II"] - (239901.24, Dekas goes to Counselor R'Kala about his sleeping problems, to figure out what to do about them.)
* [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-juneau/c/gM3kOrKQjw8 "Sleepless in Space: Part I"] & [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-juneau/c/rJwzmwBLtTE "Sleepless in Space: Part II"] - (239901.24, Dekas goes to Counselor R'Kala about his sleeping problems, to figure out what to do about them.)


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Image:Ensigndekas2.png|''Ensign Dekas in the Lower Decks style, (by The Image Collective)''
Image:Ensigndekas2.png|''Ensign Dekas in the Lower Decks style, (by The Image Collective)''
Image:FancyDekas.png|''Dekas Being Fancy For the 2398 Awards''
Image:FancyDekas.png|''Ensign Dekas Being Fancy For the 2398 Awards''
Image:BardDekas.png|''Bard Daekas. (Dekas playing a bard in a fantasy-themed holodeck adventure!)''
Image:BardDekas.png|''Bard Daekas. (Dekas playing a bard in a fantasy-themed holodeck adventure!)''
Image:CuteDekas.png|''Dekas do be lookin' kinda cute though...
Image:CuteDekas.png|''Dekas do be lookin' kinda cute though...
Image:MasqueradeDekas.png|''Dekas in his Masquerade outfit for Juneau's 239902 Award's Ceremony
Image:MasqueradeDekas.png|''Dekas in his Masquerade outfit for Juneau's 239902 Award's Ceremony
Image:LTJGDekas.PNG|''Lieutenant JG Dekas, circa 2399''
Image:LTJGDekas.PNG|''Lieutenant JG Dekas, circa 2399''
Image:FancyDekas2399.PNG|''Lieutenant Dekas Being Fancy for the 2399 Awards.''
Image:DekasBLT.PNG|''Dekas, the full BLT (Bird Lieutenant)''
Image:FancyDekas2400.png|''Lt. Commander Dekas dressed like a fancy rainbow for the 2400 Awards


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{{Citation|Nebula Bar|240006.30|[[Denali Station]]|''Awarded to a simmer who has demonstrated great imagination in creating or expanding upon planets, stars, stellar phenomena, and other physical environments and settings, such that these settings create a convincing, descriptive, realistic environment that inspires other simmers or improves the flow of a given plot.''
 
"Ace, has captures people’s attention with his vivid descriptions of Aurelia. its vibrant natural world and unusual technology. This is on top of all his hard work building out Denali Station and Ring 42. We all benefit from being able to write our players in the world enhanced by Ace, and they are a worthy winner. Great work!"}}
{{Citation|O'Brien Award|240006.30|[[Denali Station]]|''Awarded to individuals with the rank of Lieutenant or Lieutenant Commander who assist the ship's command staff by mentoring crew, arranging missions, updating the wiki, and performing other activities critical to the successful operation of our sims. These officers serve as the backbone of their ships and stations, assisting in making simming enjoyable for everyone on board. Named after one of Trek's most devoted and tenacious support personnel.''
 
“Lieutenant Commander Dekas, is an instrumental member of the Denali crew, helping to plan missions, contributing greatly to the Wiki, offering outstanding mentoring to junior members of the crew, helping to make the Discord channel a fun and engaging environment and of course, providing fun, touching, interesting and intelligent sims for the crew to read, whether during missions or while on shore leave.”}}
{{Citation|Laudean Commendation|239906.21|[[Denali Station]]|''Awarded to those who have shown great creativity in many facets of species creation or expansion, including physiological, psychological, cultural, social, and more, and their creativity will inspire their fellow simmers.''
 
"To say that most of the crew had never considered the Aurelian before Mister Dekas came aboard would probably be a safe statement.  That said, the care and the thought Dekas, Ace, has put into their background, their culture, and their story has elevated them into a well-thought-out, story that makes us want to know more and weaves them into the larger Star Trek story.  For their efforts, Dekas is awarded the Laudean Commendation."}}
{{Citation|Neelix Award|239906.21|[[Denali Station]]|''Awarded to officers who go above and beyond the call of duty by displaying additional, Out of Character commitment. This includes assisting fellow officers in need of simming assistance, facilitating Out of Character discussions with the crew, maintaining wiki articles, and more.''
 
"In addition to their work expanding our knowledge of Aurelians, Ace is often the first expanding our wiki, jumping into discussions on the Discord, or more - they foster a feeling of camaraderie and belonging that, as a CO and fellow player, I love to see.  They are also awarded the Neelix Award, keep up the great work, it makes my job incredibly easier!"}}
{{Citation|Sheathed Sword|239906.21|[[Denali Station]]|''Presented to those to decide to inflict mental and/or physical trauma on their character, and then dive into the resulting emotions and choices in a realistic manner.''
 
"Over the past year, Dekas wrote a beautiful arc detailing his near assimilation, and the physical and psychological effects of the ordeal.  This arc provided threads, participation points, and more for those around him as he dealt with these things in a real way - and continues to do so.  The plot has been a joy to read and has been one of the things I have looked forward to receiving in my inbox."}}
{{Citation|1-year Member|239906.28|[[Denali Station]]| For those who have been members continuously for one year.}}
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{{Citation|Innovation Ribbon|240005.08|[[Denali Station]]|For the effort in saving the Station during [[Annihilation_Approaches_(Denali Station)|'''Annihilation Approaches''']].}}
{{Citation|Explorer's Ribbon|240005.08|[[Denali Station]]|For checking out and exploring the broken Day/night platforms during [[Annihilation_Approaches_(Denali Station)|'''Annihilation Approaches''']]|3}}
{{Citation|Purple Heart|240005.08|[[Denali Station]]|For getting injured during [[Annihilation_Approaches_(Denali Station)|'''Annihilation Approaches''']]|2}}
{{Citation|Captain's Commendation|239912.29|[[Denali Station]]|For helping to rescue the away team with grace and dignity during [[Take_Me_Somewhere_Else_(Denali Station)|'''Take Me Somewhere Else''']].}}
{{Citation|Good Conduct Ribbon|239912.29|[[Denali Station]]|For helping to rescue the away team with grace and dignity during [[Take_Me_Somewhere_Else_(Denali Station)|'''Take Me Somewhere Else''']].}}
{{Citation|Explorer's Ribbon|239909.05|[[Denali Station]]|For exploring The Mysterious Spire during [[A_Web_Unbound_(Denali Station)|'''A Web Unbound''']]|2}}
{{Citation|Maiden Voyage Ribbon|239909.05|[[Denali Station]]|For helping to establish Denali Station}}
{{Citation|Intelligence Star|239905.07|[[USS Juneau]]|For the undercover work needed to succeed during the events of [[Finders_Keepers_(Juneau)|'''Finders Keepers''']]}}
{{Citation|Operation Safe Harbor Service Medal|239905.07|[[USS Juneau]]|For efforts to combat piracy in the Wilds in [[Finders_Keepers_(Juneau)|'''Finders Keepers''']]}}
{{Citation|Starfleet Investigation Ribbon|239905.07|[[USS Juneau]]|For tracking down the Artifact and the investigation surrounding those efforts in [[Finders_Keepers_(Juneau)|'''Finders Keepers''']]}}
{{Citation|Unity Ribbon|239902.10|[[USS Juneau]]|For completing a medical recovery after the events of [[The_Silent_Monster_(Juneau)|'''The Silent Monster''']]}}
{{Citation|Recovery Ribbon|239902.10|[[USS Juneau]]|For completing a medical recovery after the events of [[The_Silent_Monster_(Juneau)|'''The Silent Monster''']]}}
{{Citation|Purple Heart|239902.10|[[USS Juneau]]|For getting severely injured/assimilated during [[The_Silent_Monster_(Juneau)|'''The Silent Monster''']]}}
{{Citation|Explorer's Ribbon|239902.10|[[USS Juneau]]|For the efforts in learning more about Anadasa and the surrounding system during [[The_Silent_Monster_(Juneau)|'''The Silent Monster''']]}}
{{Citation|Joint Meritorious Unit Award|239806.24|[[USS Juneau]]|Working with the Jem'Hadar during [[The_Brave_Ferengi_(Juneau)|'''The Brave Ferengi''']]}}
{{Citation|Peacekeeper Service Ribbon|239806.24|[[USS Juneau]]|Finding a peaceful solution during [[The_Brave_Ferengi_(Juneau)|'''The Brave Ferengi''']]}}
{{Citation|Starfleet Academy Graduate Ribbon|239802.02|Starfleet Academy|Awarded to those who have graduated from Starfleet Academy.}}
{{Citation|Starfleet Academy Graduate Ribbon|239802.02|Starfleet Academy|Awarded to those who have graduated from Starfleet Academy.}}
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Latest revision as of 04:31, 17 January 2024

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Dekas
Position Counselor
Rank Lieutenant Commander
Species Aurelian
Gender Male
Pronouns He/him
DOB 236911.22
Age 31
Birthplace Tropics of Aurelia
Writer ID J239802D12

Medical Records

Service Ribbons
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Starfleet Academy Graduate Ribbon
Peacekeeper Service Ribbon
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Explorer's Ribbon
Purple Heart
Recovery Ribbon
Unity Ribbon
Starfleet Investigation Ribbon
Operation Safe Harbor Service Medal
Intelligence Star
Maiden Voyage Ribbon
Explorer's Ribbon
Innovation Ribbon
Explorer's Ribbon
Purple Heart

Awards
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Laudean Commendation
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Player Achievements
USS Juneau / Denali Station
Friends in high places
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It's all in the details
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Lieutenant Commander Dekas currently serves as the Chief Counselor on the USS Ronin

Stats


  • Full name: Dekas
    • (Name's meaning: "Fire that Ignites the soul" or "Ardent Passion".)
    • (His given name is actually Daekas, pronounced as a 3-syllable "Day-eh-Koss". New people tripped up on it enough that he altered it to Dekas early on in his Starfleet career, and hasn't gone back. It's usually said like "Deh-koss", but he has introduced himself with "Day-koss" before and answers to that, too. His family has even made the easy switch to calling him Dekas, and now "Daekas" is used more like middle naming him to get this attention. Or with certain fond maternal tones if it's his mom. The name is unisex.)
  • Place of Birth: Tropics of Aurelia
  • Gender: Male+. He's kind of a guy? But not exclusively. He's not concerned by people's tendency to associate him as strictly masculine because that side is part of him. But he also spiritually pays extra for the "divinely feminine" channel in himself, and that is a distinct element of his gender that goes beyond being "male" in his case. He likes he/him pronouns because they sound like humming, and he thinks they're beautiful for that reason. Essentially, he's sunshine, emotion, and love incarnate. He's passion and compassion in a body. The way he experiences himself is something that's recognized as unique within his flock, and it's an extremely fluid gender identity. He is just as quick and happy to answer those who see him as just about anything with no need to correct it because all of it feels correct to him so long as it's done with respect and love. But it's not something that he openly says unless prompted because he doesn't feel the need. It's not his main concern for the time being. He can simply be Dekas, whatever that means to people, and that's good enough for him.
  • Race: Aurelian
  • DOB: 236911.22
  • Telepathic Status: E0+ / T0

(He has a small degree of ESP, most Aurelians do as an adaptation to better their communication needs. He can't read minds, and he can't fully interpret emotions every time, but he does have an easier time of it than someone without ESP. It is at its most effective when he's emotionally balanced as the interpretation of the ESP intake is heavily intuition-based. It does make him aware of energy out of the norm on occasion. Such as the concept of ghosts or spirits. It also makes him very in tune with the nature around him. He can often tell if a plant is unhealthy even if it doesn't look it to anyone else.)

Appearance


  • Height: 6'4 (1.95m) Not including his head feathers. If his head feathers are pointed all the way up, he seems to be about a foot taller than that because his head feathers measure roughly 9-12 inches. But his feathers don't technically count toward his actual height exactly as feathers are more like hair growth comparatively, and he can rest them against his head a little bit to decrease height if he so chooses. They also fall out over time during molts and sometimes grow back shorter or longer by half an inch. It gives him the appearance of being much taller.
  • Weight: 136lbs (61.7kg)
  • Wingspan: 17 feet (5.18m) when his wings are fully spread out. His wings are also sizable enough to reach down the majority of his back with the addition of long feathers. The top curve of his wings is a little above his shoulders when folded against his back.
  • Feathers: In a word? Colorful.
  • Eyes: Bright, icy blue.
  • Build: Lithe. Svelte and elegant. Semi-athletic. He’s a lot stronger than he looks. But it's mostly lean muscle, so it makes any musculature more toned than big. Tall by humanoid standards. Depending on stress levels, and what's going on around him, he does put on a little extra weight in the belly and thigh areas sometimes, but it's rarely all that noticeable when he does, and it's quite flattering on him.
  • Uniform (on duty): Basically the average uniform, but non-constricting on arms and wings, there are multiple style choices depending on his mood. He's been tempted by the version of the uniform with the skant, but he was previously an Engineer and that did make him worry it wouldn't cover enough for safety reasons. He's more inclined to try it out now that he's in the counseling department, but hasn't fully leaned into the style. Yet.
  • Taste in clothing (off duty): Feminine, or non-conformist in some capacity. Sometimes wears pants, but often likes wearing a skirt, usually short or mid-length. His shirts also tend to be cropped higher. He tries to complement his bright feathers with darker, cooler, or more neutral-toned clothing. But he also likes to have fun and isn't afraid to clash colors or wear interesting patterns when it so pleases him. His choices have confused some people about his gender before. He's not concerned about it, they figure it out eventually. His Aurelian family thinks the choice to wear clothes is quirky, and wearing them is the closest thing Dekas has to a guilty pleasure.
  • Voice: Peppy, whimsical speech patterns. His voice is a little higher, and when he's really excited there is a noticeable increase in the musical intonations. His singing voice is fantastic and has a large range. He can sing soft lullabies, or belt out music that sounds like a rock power ballad. He masks the extent of his talking accent around most people. Because it is so uniquely musical, he was once told his natural accent made it hard to take him seriously. He somewhat insecurely took it to heart until it became a habit. If you get him drunk enough, however, his much thicker accent comes out almost full force.
  • Notable details: Everything about him. His appearance is vibrant and far from subtle. Once he starts talking he's even less subtle, if that's possible.

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  • Hobbies and Pastimes: Socializing, singing, whistling. Small Engineering projects. Languages. Reading (fiction and nonfiction, but is a particular fan of the romance and fantasy genres). Journaling through personal logs, and physical writing. Fantasy holodeck programs. Flirting.
  • Likes: Helping people, learning new things, show-tunes and upbeat music, also punk and rock music, dancing, art, has a particular fondness for things that glow, flowers, bats, spiders, engineering. Hugs. Affection. When people give him lil cheek and face scritches and tell him his feathers are soft (he is liable to make contented little cooing sounds about it.) Head scritches (Dear god, have mercy on him he will melt if you get that far.) Friendship. Science. Animals. Men.
  • Dislikes: Unkindness. Dishonesty. Cardassian architecture and interior design. (To be clear: He doesn't dislike Cardassian people, he's never met one, and generally gives them the benefit of the doubt. He just thinks their choices in architecture and decor make rooms feel hostile.) The Borg.
  • Positive traits: Extremely kind, loving, honest, enthusiastic, compassionate, encouraging, nurturing, well-educated, curious, fun-loving, passionate, helpful, good listener, has a good sense of humor about him, healthy levels of gratitude, not afraid to ask for help for most things. Fairly confident
  • Negative traits: Perfectionist, Can be a little too personal with people. Impulsive. Struggles with his own toxic positivity. He very easily can tell people to seek out professional help, but in recent months he has anxiety following his own advice. It's a process. He's also low-key insecure about being an Aurelian. He's surrounded by humanoids, and he's even seen more insectoids than avians. So he feels out of place. It's just that he would struggle to admit that.
  • Goals:
    • To do what he can to continue to deserve his Lt. Commander promotion and be the best Counselor he can be for the crew. Plus any promotion he may get in the future. Also, to work on his leadership skills. He'd like to feel like he's contributing as much as he can, helping people in whatever way he's able, and doing what he can to make any place he ends up better than he found it.
    • His other goal is one of self-acceptance and Aurelian pride. This is something he's struggling with. Because he is trying to reintegrate traits that he masked, or pushed out of him to feel "normal." But what he didn't expect was that doing so unlocked a good number of the insecurities he ignored while building up that mask. It's something he has trouble admitting to himself let alone always knowing how to reconcile it. The trauma he's been pushing under the rug doesn't help. But the goal still exists. He wants to love himself again as he is, as he was, and as the person he's becoming.
  • Temperament: Ferociously loving. Forgiving. Kind. Apologetic when applicable. He has a good sense of humor, he is outrageously gentle, and strives to embody the essence of unconditional love. He loves passionately and very genuinely.
  • Values: Love, compassion, gratitude, family/friendship, kindness, honesty, humor, generosity, and forgiveness. He does not expect everyone to share these values in the way he holds them, but he will always try to encompass those things in himself.
  • Orientation: Gay/Queer and polyamorous. Those aspects are very nuanced, though. He's open-minded to the idea of exceptions and is not strictly bound by his preferences just because he has them, and he'd go into greater detail about that if prompted.
  • Spiritual views: He holds a spiritual belief in the Aurelian Creator Being called "The Pho'nix" or "The Great Fire Bird". A being he believes is made of warmth and love for all She creates. It can be likened similar to Buddhism, and slight paganism in that his relationship with certain aspects of nature and life is more than just a simple appreciation. But it is not an organized religion at all. He doesn't often mention these beliefs because many people seem to become uncomfortable if they are not also spiritual. It's not that he keeps it a secret, it's just that people don't ask and it doesn't usually come up. If he talks about it unprompted to someone, then that person is very special to him.
  • Known Languages: While he is fluent in Standard, it's not his first language. It's not even his second or third. It's his fifth fully fluent language and his eighth known language in general. You wouldn't know that though, because he's extremely proficient in learning languages. Linguistics and learning languages are something he really loves.
    • He's fluent in: Tropical and Formal Aurelian dialects, plus two other Aurelian dialects, Federation Standard, and Vulcan (Was only conversational in Vulcan for a while there, but has since practiced with various Vulcan workers on the Station who were willing to help him out in some of his free time, or even during work hours when shifts had multiple fluent Vulcans around and willing, and can be considered essentially fluent in it now).
    • Conversational in: Three more flock dialects, and Klingon (Started out very beginner, but has trouble sleeping and has practiced listening to, reading, singing, and speaking in the Klingon dialect while on the Station, and can now basically be considered conversational as of fairly recently. But he still has a ways to go, especially in the ways of speaking it with Klingons actively before he can be considered truly fluent).
    • Has a very basic beginner's understanding of: Remmillian.
    • Interested in learning: The Station's mysterious language, a Ferengi language, and potentially one of Earth's Scandinavian languages at some point because he enjoys the musicality of those languages.
  • Vocal tics: Prone to making clicking sounds. The clicks increase when he can't remember a word in the language he's speaking. He loves the word "Marvelous!" And says it often. A lot of his sentences have the filler sound, "ah" in the middle of them. And it's pretty common for him to end a sentence with a friendly, "no?" or "yes?" depending on the sentence. His laughter is generally self-contained, involves more of a physical beak clicking or a soft-humored snort. Unless you can get him really drunk, or busting up in hysterics.
  • Dekas specific traits:
    • "Marvelous!" It's not always exclaimed, but often it is. There are equivalent words and phrases in his native Aurelian that mean marvelous, but for whatever reason, he decided the Standard word for it was his favorite version of it. He will say things are going marvelously, or that he thinks someone is marvelous. Because he thinks things are truly marvelous!
    • Dekas loves pretty much everyone. It's not inherently romantic love, it is just love. If he calls someone his friend, he means that. Even if they've only known him an hour. If he says he loves them or loves something about them, he means that, too. He just loves, and it is as true and unconditional as it can be. He's not naive enough to keep those who would harm him around, but his love would not fade. This does leave him prone to being somewhat emotionally personal with people, and it does leave him open to being hurt more if things go wrong. But he truly believes it is better to care and love at the risk of hurt than it is to pretend he feels less. While most Aurelians are very loving in one way or another, Dekas and those like him are set apart in that he took the idea of unconditional love to heart in a way that truly encompasses and expresses it in ways that are unique and specific to Dekas.
    • He is an extremely wholesome person. He hardly has a mean bone in his body, and he doesn't have a dark or tragic background. But none of that equates to being "innocent." He has childlike joy and playfulness. He's primarily an optimist unless he can't be. But it is completely balanced with the reality that he's an adult who isn't afraid to have conversations about adult topics or do adult things or take criticism to grow and be better. Even if he doesn't always understand something right away. He's also distinctly not shy about these things like a lot of people described as "wholesome" are. He knows people might think, so, though, and he finds it entertaining to shock people with unexpected sides of himself.
    • He's difficult to truly offend for any significant length of time. You could be outright mean to him and while it might hurt, or he might need some space to deal with his emotions, he's so forgiving and willing to give people the benefit of the doubt that he often tries to take such things more as constructive criticisms rather than insults. Sometimes he'll take it as something that he can agree to disagree on. He also has a sense of humor so if it's an insensitive thing, he can find a way to correct it or laugh it off. He might not always fully enjoy someone if they're toxic to him, but trying to get him to actively dislike them is almost guaranteed to fail on impact. Callous, icy exteriors, are no match for his super cheery sunshine personality. He's powerful. He might not convert anyone into a fan, but they also won't find him down on their level in any permanent way.
    • Extremely restless when he has free time and struggles to sleep as well as he'd like due to trauma. It's a work in progress to deal with it.
    • He takes secret delight in being the tallest of the senior staff. Because he is the shortest of his Aurelian family, and it's nice to feel tall sometimes.
  • Aurelian traits:
    • Respectfully bowing in greeting, or as a formal goodbye.
    • Rambling about life, history, or interests for extended periods. Aurelians are taught to appreciate and reflect on history and passions and the history of passions sometimes. Their rite of passage is to recall and recite their entire family and flock history in extensive detail. It often takes many hours, up to a few days. So he can be chatty. On the plus side, he thinks people's idea of "long-winded" is child's play, so talk all you like, he enjoys it.
    • Very in tune with nature and elements. He feels more at home in open spaces with fresh air and trees. He is especially fond of rainforests and tropical climates. (Being raised in a tropical rainforest on Aurelia does make him less inclined toward snow, though he's not opposed. He prefers rain, though, and thinks it is good luck.) He loves trees. And flowers. And knows a lot more than you'll originally think he will. But it's a part of life on Aurelia to know how to care for plants and the environment so he's quite aware of things. He has an insanely high ability to tell if a plant is unhealthy and get a feel for why and what it needs because of the way he grew up.
    • Expletives/exclamations referencing fire, feathers, or the Pho'nix. Most common ones being "Flame in the sky", and "Six flames." Or "For flame's sake/For Phoenix' sake!" if he's feeling uncharacteristically extra annoyed or sassy. Recently picked up the slightly crasser "pluck me" and "get plucked". There are others, but those are the ones he uses the most.
    • He has a surprising appreciation for the typically creepy and macabre aspects of nature. He doesn't understand the fear of spiders, bugs, or reptiles, because tropical Aurelians keep absolutely huge tarantulas as pets where he's from among other unexpected pets like large bats that eat fruit, but don't always remember their own strength when taking the food from people. And they have sharp teeth, so it is painful sometimes. But he thinks those creatures are beautiful and baby talks to them as easily as he does the pets he's met over the years from other cultures. Various forms of taxidermy are present in various Aurelian decor as well, and he thinks those things are neat, too. Not that you would know that about him outright unless he told you.
    • Sound mimicking. But not voices. He might be able to mimic an Aurelian voice to jokingly talk like his siblings or his parents. With anyone else, at best he could imitate vocal tics and alter vocal range to playfully impersonate them, but he can't do full voice mimics. You're more likely to find him making a perfect combadge chirp or an accurate phaser sound. Various noises that he thinks are fun.
    • Eye pinning. He can dilate and constrict his pupils at will. Usually a sign of excitement about something or someone he enjoys (platonic dynamics included). Can also signify anger. He doesn't do this one around humanoids as often as he does back home with other Aurelians who understand what it means in context. But if he does do the eye pinning around someone, or toward the warp core and someone happens to catch it, it's on purpose 95% of the times it happens. It's different than natural dilation or constriction with lighting, and it's easy to tell the difference because the pupil movement is a lot quicker if he's pinning. This is something he can do on command, he either makes for great fun at parties or weirds people out with it. On accident. It's not his fault if humanoids don't know it means he wants to be friends.

Background


Dekas was raised in the tropics of Aurelia. He is the youngest of 13 children hatched by Zuka and Daf. It is a lot to live up to, but he's doing his best to make a name for himself in the universe.

Dekas is a clear byproduct of his planet's culture and that culture's lack of conflict with his people and other peoples. He's cautious, but he will give anyone the benefit of the doubt until he no longer can. He knows not every person or group has good intentions. A noticeable majority of the still missing Aurelians can be traced back to his flock and similarly unique flocks. (There is, after all, a reason that most Aurelians seen these days are of yellow or golden-toned feathers.) He sometimes wonders if they're still out there, or if their descendants are, and if they'll ever be found. But much like the rest of his people, he tries to move past it and not look at other races as people who'd do the same as the Orions.

He’s extremely friendly, and always willing to help. Family is important to him, so he tries to find family in the friends he has around him.

He was drawn to Starfleet from the moment he knew about it. And his interest in it only increased when he learned about Aurelia's well-renowned historian Loom Aleek-Om, who left and got the chance to experience the Guardian of Forever by doing so. He wanted to have his own once-in-a-lifetime experience. Despite that, he didn't instantly apply. He didn't know Federation Standard yet, and while he was learning that, he was also expanding his education in the fields of history and linguistic sciences, which is what he thought he'd go into. Even after he had a decent grasp on Standard speech, he felt inclined to at least finish the base education he'd already started and basically earned the equivalent of a Bachelor's degree in History and Linguistics on Aurelia. He had plenty of time to do so. When he applied, he was accepted easily into Starfleet Academy. But he was almost talked out of going during a fight with his sister Koori. In the end, he followed his intuition and his heart and chose to go. Most of his family encouraged this and were supportive. Curious. Excited for him. Koori was supportive enough to not fight him on it again, though she didn't say goodbye when he left. (As of current, their relationship is still a little distant. Better than when he initially left, and she saw him off the second time after his Leave of Absence. But it's not where it could be. They're still working on a new balance.)

Early in his time in the Academy, he got a little antsy taking the Science track courses knowing as much as he did already. Even the more advanced classes were becoming a little too easy. So he jokingly took more intensive Engineering and Ops classes beyond the base requirements, thinking it would be something he didn't do much with after the fact save for minor help on rare occasions. It took a total of two of those Engineering courses for him to realize he truly loved it. Enough to suddenly switch tracks entirely after a semester and a half in the science track without much of a second thought. Four years of prior education were put aside for it. He could be a scientist, he more than has the qualifications. He just prefers the Engineering side of it and would like to stay there. But he can uniquely offer input based on his prior qualifications that not every Engineer can offer.

He was initially assigned as an Engineer on the USS Juneau, then took an LOA for a few months, came back, and was again an Engineer on the Juneau.

The crew has since moved to Denali Station, where his role briefly shifted slightly to being Head of Infrastructure Development, and then to Chief Engineer a few months later. Regardless it switched from Starship Engineering, to more of a civil Engineering job for the time being. But he helps out with more than that, too. Because he enjoys it.

As of now, he's taken on the role of Counselor, because while he still deeply loves Engineering, he felt called to something else and is taking things as they come.

Academy History


  • Behavior notes: From day one, Dekas was excellently well-mannered and well-researched. He is reported to have been an excellent student, exceedingly friendly and thoughtful. Respectful. Good humor about any social mishaps. And, as one of his teachers once said "Very good at remembering people. Like scarily good. I swear he knows the name of every member of the Academy, and at least one obscure detail about them. He could tell a clone apart if they stood next to their counterpart. I'm both scared and in awe. What have I said that he remembers that I don't? If not for his inability to lie I might have questioned why he didn't go into some part of the Intelligence track. Or maybe counseling. Really sweet guy, though."
  • Grades: The lowest he ever got on anything was a B+, and that was only when he very first started in the Engineering track and was first learning the more in-depth nature of it. This grade went up after a few semesters. The only reason he wasn't at the very top of his classes by the time he graduated was that he wasn't prioritizing being on top. He had social things he wanted to learn and experience and was willing to prioritize those social aspects over only caring about academic things when he felt like he understood something well enough to get by. And the fact is he still essentially graduated with honors even without always prioritizing academics. He's humble and he'll never say it in these terms in a serious manner, but he is a bit of a genius by both humanoid and Aurelian standards.
  • Majors, Minors, & Specializations: Majored in Engineering; Specializations in: Propulsion Systems & Components Engineering. Minored in the Programming specialization, and technically minored in the HCO career track. (The only thing that kept him from outright double-majoring in Engineering and HCO fields was his lack of interest in taking classes in advanced battle strategies. He essentially took all of the other classes required for the major. He can be considered something of an honorary double-major and can fill in at the HCO station when requested. Because save for a more intensive understanding of battle strategizing, he basically majored in HCO as well just for fun.)
  • Misc. things:
    • Started in the Science career track with the goal of specializations in History and Linguistics, with a minor in psychology, had possible goals of extending it into linguistic xenoanthropology. He had roughly 4 years of extended education on those subjects back on Aurelia prior to joining Starfleet and thought he'd breeze through, learn new things for the slight extension into the xenoanthropology, and the things he was required to know outside of those things to graduate the academy, then take a lot of extra time getting a better understanding of humanoid social cues and culture. But after about a semester, he started getting mentally understimulated. He was learning new things, but not to the extent he would have liked. As some sort of in-joke with himself, he decided to take more intensive Engineering and Ops classes because he "might as well learn something new." It was an accident that ended up being his passion, and somewhat impulsive that he so quickly knew that he'd be happiest in the Engineering track since Aurelians aren't well known for being Starship Engineers. He still loves the sciences he has a degree in, but his passion for Engineering shockingly overpowered his desire to go into those sciences as a career for the time being. His family doesn't quite understand where it came from, but they are supportive of their sweet Engineering boy.
    • He still took some of those extra science classes on the side, is still extremely qualified for a science role if he wanted one, and can happily talk with scientists. Especially about history, linguistics, linguistic xenoanthropology, and in turn related subjects like archeology, and a little bit of sociology due to their frequent overlaps. He doesn't get a whole lot of chances to talk about the fact he knows these things, and it would likely surprise his crewmates who don't know him well yet to know that he's uniquely educated in that way.
    • Other courses he took for fun include: Multiple levels of Vulcan language classes, One level of Klingon Language, and a few other language classes for common Federation languages, and learns more about them in his free time when he's in the mood. He's also taken a high number of varying psychology courses as it was another thing he'd been considering for a time, and keeps up to date on basic first aid training because you never know when you'll need it in a crisis.
    • Side details: He was in the academy for almost 6 years. He stayed in the academy an extra year and a half by request and of his own volition because he wanted to give a few extra things the old college try before being placed somewhere. That time was also the time he took the most opportunity for more in-depth social things since those intensive Engineering classes among a number of others took up the social time he planned in his brief stint in the science track. And he already knew he was good to go once he was ready.
  • Overall review: "Smart, friendly, vibrant, kinda weird, but lovable... And definitely a huge nerd."

Relationships


Missions & Shore Leaves


Notable SIMS


Missions

Take Me Somewhere Else:

  • "What people need" - (239909.28, After Commander Qinn is injured by a cave in, Qinn is beamed to a medbay, and Dekas takes the lead of the search & rescue operation.)
  • "I hope I don't need a creative catchphrase for this." - (239910.16, Now on the Eagle to do a more in-depth look, and after getting a signal that might be the missing crew, Dekas and the team use the Eagle to expand the search to a different part of the Ring.)
Shore Leaves, Awards, and Promotions
  • "Sibling Rivalry" - (239806.13, Dekas has a counseling session with Counsellor Airik Tierney about the mission on Aturn VII, and his current relationship with his sister back on Aurelia.)
  • "In Fine Feather" - (239811.13, After an LOA, going through a rare Aurelian health diagnosis that kept him away longer, he returns to The Juneau to find he's struggling more than he thought. But he keeps his head up and meets with the new XO.)
  • "Looks like I owe a lot of people a drink." - (239902.10, Ensign Dekas gets graciously promoted to Lieutenant JG Dekas.)
  • "Watch as this JG becomes a full BLT! (Not Clickbait)" - (239905.07, Lieutenant JG Dekas gets shockingly promoted to Lieutenant.)
  • "The Right Person" - (239905.10, Lieutenant Dekas gets the opportunity to be Head of Infrastructure Development on Denali Station.)
  • "To be a 'normal person'" - (239905.14, Dekas flies for the first time in months in the newly minted Denali Station and makes a decision to be more Aurelian.)
  • "Strike the Ground" - (239905.21, Dekas contacts his family after months of silence on his end, and has a nice chat with his mother.)
  • "Vulnerability" - (239909.08, While drunk and flirtatiously dancing with Ashley Yael at Club Mobius after an Award's Ceremony, he finds himself catching some real feelings, and experiencing a little bit of insecurity about being an Aurelian in the process.)
  • "To Think I just got used to being called "Lieutenant"" - (239911.08, Dekas gets suddenly promoted to Lt. Commander and Chief Engineer of Denali Station.)
  • "A blue and gold transition" - (240008.01, Dekas wants to help out, and gets the Captain's approval to become Counselor of Denali Station)
Dekas' Assimilation Arc.
  • "The Careless Version. Part 2" - (239812.21 On an abandoned Cardassian base that's being rewritten with Borg specs and blocking transporters to the ship, Dekas gets jabbed with a Borg injection tube and starts the beginning stages of assimilation.)
  • "Threshold." - (239812.24 Dekas' Assimilation escalates to a peak. And at the moment where he thinks it's all over, and that resistance really is futile, hope arrives in the form of Commander Kalia Qinn.)
  • "Not if. When." & "Be Honest." - (239812.30 With the anti-assimilation drug administered, and the base taken down, Dekas is beamed into sickbay in the care of Doctor Vihn and Nurse Pelley. Dekas goes through the ebb and flow of fear and hope.)
  • "The end of a really long day." - (239901.01 Vihn and Pelley find a solution to the problem and give Dekas a successful dose of anti-assimilation medication and he's finally able to go to sleep.)
  • "The Pit." - (239901.02 Dekas dreams, and buries the pain with the shade of himself in said dream.)
  • "Sleepless in Space: Part I" & "Sleepless in Space: Part II" - (239901.24, Dekas goes to Counselor R'Kala about his sleeping problems, to figure out what to do about them.)

Gallery


Awards & Service Ribbon Citations


For award descriptions, see: Awards and Service Ribbons
Awards and Service Ribbons
Award Name Date/Assignment Citation
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Nebula Bar 240006.30
Denali Station
Awarded to a simmer who has demonstrated great imagination in creating or expanding upon planets, stars, stellar phenomena, and other physical environments and settings, such that these settings create a convincing, descriptive, realistic environment that inspires other simmers or improves the flow of a given plot.

"Ace, has captures people’s attention with his vivid descriptions of Aurelia. its vibrant natural world and unusual technology. This is on top of all his hard work building out Denali Station and Ring 42. We all benefit from being able to write our players in the world enhanced by Ace, and they are a worthy winner. Great work!"

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O'Brien Award 240006.30
Denali Station
Awarded to individuals with the rank of Lieutenant or Lieutenant Commander who assist the ship's command staff by mentoring crew, arranging missions, updating the wiki, and performing other activities critical to the successful operation of our sims. These officers serve as the backbone of their ships and stations, assisting in making simming enjoyable for everyone on board. Named after one of Trek's most devoted and tenacious support personnel.

“Lieutenant Commander Dekas, is an instrumental member of the Denali crew, helping to plan missions, contributing greatly to the Wiki, offering outstanding mentoring to junior members of the crew, helping to make the Discord channel a fun and engaging environment and of course, providing fun, touching, interesting and intelligent sims for the crew to read, whether during missions or while on shore leave.”

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Laudean Commendation 239906.21
Denali Station
Awarded to those who have shown great creativity in many facets of species creation or expansion, including physiological, psychological, cultural, social, and more, and their creativity will inspire their fellow simmers.

"To say that most of the crew had never considered the Aurelian before Mister Dekas came aboard would probably be a safe statement. That said, the care and the thought Dekas, Ace, has put into their background, their culture, and their story has elevated them into a well-thought-out, story that makes us want to know more and weaves them into the larger Star Trek story. For their efforts, Dekas is awarded the Laudean Commendation."

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Neelix Award 239906.21
Denali Station
Awarded to officers who go above and beyond the call of duty by displaying additional, Out of Character commitment. This includes assisting fellow officers in need of simming assistance, facilitating Out of Character discussions with the crew, maintaining wiki articles, and more.

"In addition to their work expanding our knowledge of Aurelians, Ace is often the first expanding our wiki, jumping into discussions on the Discord, or more - they foster a feeling of camaraderie and belonging that, as a CO and fellow player, I love to see. They are also awarded the Neelix Award, keep up the great work, it makes my job incredibly easier!"

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Sheathed Sword 239906.21
Denali Station
Presented to those to decide to inflict mental and/or physical trauma on their character, and then dive into the resulting emotions and choices in a realistic manner.

"Over the past year, Dekas wrote a beautiful arc detailing his near assimilation, and the physical and psychological effects of the ordeal. This arc provided threads, participation points, and more for those around him as he dealt with these things in a real way - and continues to do so. The plot has been a joy to read and has been one of the things I have looked forward to receiving in my inbox."

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1-year Member 239906.28
Denali Station
For those who have been members continuously for one year.
Service Ribbon Name Date/Assignment Citation
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Denali Station
For the effort in saving the Station during Annihilation Approaches.
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Denali Station
For checking out and exploring the broken Day/night platforms during Annihilation Approaches
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Purple Heart 240005.08
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For getting injured during Annihilation Approaches
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Captain's Commendation 239912.29
Denali Station
For helping to rescue the away team with grace and dignity during Take Me Somewhere Else.
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Good Conduct Ribbon 239912.29
Denali Station
For helping to rescue the away team with grace and dignity during Take Me Somewhere Else.
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Explorer's Ribbon 239909.05
Denali Station
For exploring The Mysterious Spire during A Web Unbound
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Maiden Voyage Ribbon 239909.05
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For helping to establish Denali Station
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Intelligence Star 239905.07
USS Juneau
For the undercover work needed to succeed during the events of Finders Keepers
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Operation Safe Harbor Service Medal 239905.07
USS Juneau
For efforts to combat piracy in the Wilds in Finders Keepers
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Starfleet Investigation Ribbon 239905.07
USS Juneau
For tracking down the Artifact and the investigation surrounding those efforts in Finders Keepers
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Unity Ribbon 239902.10
USS Juneau
For completing a medical recovery after the events of The Silent Monster
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Recovery Ribbon 239902.10
USS Juneau
For completing a medical recovery after the events of The Silent Monster
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Purple Heart 239902.10
USS Juneau
For getting severely injured/assimilated during The Silent Monster
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Explorer's Ribbon 239902.10
USS Juneau
For the efforts in learning more about Anadasa and the surrounding system during The Silent Monster
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Joint Meritorious Unit Award 239806.24
USS Juneau
Working with the Jem'Hadar during The Brave Ferengi
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Peacekeeper Service Ribbon 239806.24
USS Juneau
Finding a peaceful solution during The Brave Ferengi
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Starfleet Academy Graduate Ribbon 239802.02
Starfleet Academy
Awarded to those who have graduated from Starfleet Academy.


Service History


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Starfleet Service Record
Insignia Rank Dates Posting Assignment
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Cadet 2392 - 2398 Starfleet Academy
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Cadet
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USS Juneau

Engineering Officer
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Lieutenant JG SD 239902.10 - 239905.07 Engineering Officer
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Lieutenant SD 239905.07 - 239905.09 Engineering Officer
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Denali Station

Head of Infrastructure Development
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Lt. Commander SD 239911.08 - 240008.01 Chief Engineer
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SD 240008.01-240009.20 Counselor
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USS Ronin

Counselor



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CO
Karrod Niac
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First Officer
Toryn Raga
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Chief Tact/Sec
Kirsty L.Carpenter
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Act. Chief Engineer
Marty Tucker
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CSO
Alieth
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CMO
V'Len Kel
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Counsellor
Dekas
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HCO
Ian O'Connor
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Security Officer
Sovek
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Engineer
Is’Kah
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Science Officer
Luxa Lorana
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Medical Officer
Quentin Beck
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Counsellor
Hiro Jones
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