Jalana Rajel
Jalana Laxyn is the Chief Medical Officer and Second Officer on the USS Apollo. She is a non-joined Trill and prefers to be addressed as Jalana or by rank. Reason for this is, that she had no chance yet to finish her thesis and earn her Doctor Title. (More information under Medical Specialties) The Trill started this 'adventure' now and hopes to soon have earned this privilege.
Stats
- Full Name: Jalana Laxyn
- Race: Trill (not joined at this time)
- Date of Birth: 2361
- Place of Birth: Trill
- Age: 28
- Gender: Female
- Telepathic status: none
Appearance
- Height: 1.65m (about 5'5)
- Hair Color: Red
- Hair Style Duty: Updo, single loose strands framing her face
- Hair Style Off-Duty: Loose, mid back length
- Eye Color: Emerald Green
Family
- Mother: Caline Laxyn, Age 48, Botanist/Gardener
- Father: Vivan Laxyn, Age 52, Member of the Diplomatic Corps
- Brother: Prax Laxyn, Age 19, Student of Architecture
- Marital Status: Engaged Viktor Lanius
Personal History
Jalana was born into the family of a Diplomat and a Botanist, who always wanted the best for their child. As many other times, when having good intentions, they do not work out as well as thought. Knowing that his position would bring prestige and a good life, Vivan Laxyn started early to do everything that Jalana would one day follow his footsteps. So the girl visited schools that were specialised in diplomacy, linguistics, Xeno-Psychology and other subjects helping the goal. But Jalana was never really interested in this field of expertise. Already early she wanted to help people in a different way.
It took her quite a bit to finally 'come out' to her parents, letting them know that she wanted to become a Doctor. In contrast to her mother, her father did not like this at all and tried to stop her with his influence, but Jalana stood up against him and followed her dream. After graduation from school and passing the tests of Medical school she enrolled. She knew during her training that she wanted to do more and applied for Star Fleet Academy.
She had to do the tests for Academy two times and just a week before she graduated from Medical School she got the message that she was accepted. As soon as she had her graduation letter in her hand she left Trill joining Star Fleet.
While Jalana was at Academy she never did regret that step and enjoyed her training, even though it was harder than she expected. During her fifth year she was surprised by a message from the Symbiosis commission of Trill that she was also accepted for taking tests to become an initiate. Finding out that her parents had send her application she first ignored it but then became curious if she could do it. Surprisingly she passed the tests but did not hear anything from the Commission after that. First she told herself, that they had a lot of applicants so it would take a while, but after some time she forgot about it and went on with her StarFleet Medical Training.
In the year 2389 she finally finished the Academy, and was stationed on the USS Apollo, with the plan to further study and to achieve the official Doctor Title one day.
Personal Relationships
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Personal Notes
Drinks and Food
Jalana is helpless when it comes to cooking. She uses the replicator, because even the easiest meal will either burn or otherwise fail. Therefore she enjoys even more, when Viktor Lanius cooks for them. If using the Replicator she is very eager to experiment and try out new things and does not have any favourite.
Also she has a little problem with alcoholic beverages. Upon trying them she usually starts to cough and hyperventilate, or spits them all over the bar to her own embarrassment. She did not find one yet, that did not cause this effect, although she keeps trying. But usually she just sticks to non alcoholic ones. Her favourite non alcoholic mixed drink is 'Coconut Kiss' a terran drink, but she exchanges the usual cherry juice against Trill Boulan Berry Juice. She learned about this drink during her academy time on Earth, introduced to her by her roomate so she would not have to stick to water while everyone else had fancy drinks.
Jalana's favourite hot drink is Betazoid Jestral Tea. She learned to enjoy it during the training with her father, to calm her nerves.
Habits
When Jalana is concentating, she bites her lower lip. Sometimes she slightly sticks out her tongue in the progress, though pulls it back as soon as she realizes that she does it.
She takes a lot of things with a portion of humour. She believes that only beause she has a serious profession, she does not have to be just as serious at all times. That also shows in her bedside manners. But she knows when to be serious.
Hobbies
Jalana has learned to play the flute on Trill. The Trillian flute is a long wooden instrument with a broad variety of tunes covering several octaves. It is able to be in harmony with various instrument due to this. Depending on the kind of song it can be simple or rather complicated to play. Of all instruments she had been trying as child this was the only one she stuck to.
Goals and Ambitions
Jalana has absolved her exams on Medical Schools and her Residency, but she did not have the opportunity to finish her Thesis to earn her Doctor Title. With permission of Andrus Jaxx to use his medical case for her dissertation she now started to work on her thesis to finally earn the title.
Jalana is still in the Symbiosis Program and wishes to be validated as host. With Cayden Adyr agreeing to mentor her during the training, she gets a step closer to that goal.
Because Vivan Laxyn wanted his daughter to follow his footsteps to become a Diplomat and one day Ambassador, he is not very supportive of Jalana's choices. In that dynamic, Jalana has the feeling to proof to her father that she can make it, even without his help.
Attire
On duty: While the Uniform is self explanatory, she prefers the skirt style and wears it whenever possible. She combines the knee-long skirt with midcalf boots and sometimes wears a white or blue coat on sick bay to carry around all the little things she might need on duty. While on duty she always wears her hair up, to have it out of her way.
Off Duty: Jalana prefers skirts and dresses to pants, but wears them as well. Her favourite colour to wear is a dark green, though she likes to experiment with other colors and if they go with her hair. If not for a special occassion she usually wears rather casual or casual chique. Usually she wears her hair loose off duty.
Events and formal events: She will dress accordingly to events when attending these, even if the attire would not be her taste of make her feel foolish (for example special robes or barely covering attire for special occassions on different worlds).
Starfleet History
Medical Specialties
- During Trill Medical school: General Medicine, Trill symbiosis and problems with symbionts
- During Academy: Xenobiology and Surgery
- During Residency: Emergency Medicine
Note regarding missing Dr. Title Jalana did graduate from Medical School on Trill. Though the system divides the Training from the achievement of the Title. To obtain the right to be called 'Dr.' one has to finish a Thesis either in the same year or after the graduation. Jalana had been focused on her training, because she saw it more important to be able to take care of her patients than to decorate herself with a title. After she graduated she decided to join Starfleet and since she failed at the first round of tests, she put her time into studying hard to be accepted, which she succeeded at after the repeater tests. In her time at the Academy she concentrated on studying and working hard, and during her residency she focused again on her patients. When it came to the attention that she had not gotten her Dr. Title yet, Starfleet wanted to refuse her graduation until she would achieve that. Though Jalana was lucky because there was one Captain who requested her to serve on his ship: Captain Jaxx of the Apollo. After discussions between him and Starfleet, Jalana was able to graduate and serve upon the ship under the condition to finish her thesis as soon as possible aboard the Apollo. Today she is working on it next to her position as CMO.
Professional History
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Career Overview
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Missions aboard the Apollo
"Slither, Slither in the Night"
The USS Apollo, after dispatching a discovered Borg scout ship to a transport tug, resumes her primary mission to explore the Typhon Sector. Her first mission is to locate the missing USS Nelson and find out what happened to her. Soon, the ship was discovered adrift in space. In an effort to complete it's mission, is facing a double edged dilemma. This mission was Jalana's maiden voyage. She did not have any time to get warm with the crew or the medical staff, before she was thrown into a packed Sick Bay. Because the CMO was part of the away Team Jalana had to fight through this on her own and her time in the Emergency Room during her residency helped her to stay calm and shine within the chaos.
"Vantage Point (Summer Blockbuster)"
The USS Apollo was recalled to the Trinity Sector as tensions between the Romulans and Klingons got worse. With tensions flaring, and the threat of an assassination attempt on a high level Cardassian diplomat, the crew must endure a race against time to stop it from happening. Meanwhile the USS Victory departed StarBase 118 heading for the Thracian Alliance. Their encounter would require them to enlist help from the Apollo.
After receiving word from Admiral Luke Reider that someone was securing the elements to synthesize cobalt diselenide, the USS Apollo was dispatched to investigate the situation. A research station on Quatal Minor was hypothesized to be the base of operations for the manufacturing of biogenic weapons. The crew must uncover what is going on within the walls of the research facility and who is behind the procurement of the weapons. While the Away Team checked on the planet, Jalana was invited to stay on the bridge until she was needed in Sick Bay. It was a new experience for her to be in the middle of the happenings and also her first time to 'have' the bridge, when Captain Jaxx used the quiet time to check on things. After the Apollo made out a visiting Cardassian freighter approaching the planet, Jalana also had her first time in leading an Away Team to check on the cargo of this ship. She found this exciting but was needed in Sick Bay before she could finish her work. The away teams came back and had to be cut off the rest of the crew in quarantine because of a possible infection with a modified version of cobalt diselenide. But not only that was a problem, also that Alan William's heart condition had become worse and she had to proceed with a hear surgery right away. Almost had she lost the Science Officer as his heart gave up, but he got through. It had been one of the closest call she had in her career so far.
Izar is the home to the Starfleet Tactical School, and the shore leave destination for the crew of the Apollo. After they arrived, the Apollo, with a skeleton crew, was dispatched to the nearest starbase for a quick resupply, leaving the senior staff and many others on the planet to enjoy some time off. Unbeknownst to them, a group of freedom fighters from a nearby system had hatched a plan to bring attention to the plight of their people. After requesting Federation intervention and being denied, the resistance fighters were desperate. One way or another, they would have the attention they needed... A small group of the Galaran Resistance took the group of Senior Officers hostage as they were sitting for dinner in the hotel own restaurant. Jalana faced her very first hostage situation and not only that, more than once she found herself at the wrong side of the rifle, for wanting to do her job. Helping another hostage who suffered from a heart attack and Cmdr. Tel-ar as he is badly wounded brought her into the position to place demands to the hostage takers and grow beyond the typical line of duty.
Scans of a region show unusual results, that leads to further investigation. The source of these strange readings is an iconion gateway that is found on a planet somewhere in the countryside, though with a post-warp civilization. This gate shows only one image. The other side is a fixed Gateway too. The crew begins to explore the other side. A civilisation that is far back in time without own technology. The strange readings though remain and they find tools of high tech level and are greeted by the inhabitants of the planet as gods. What happened here? Jalana did not enjoy to be seen as a deity, but it has been a special treat for her, to be able to work with the healer of the village. Going back to the roots of medicine. When after three days those appeared who had been showing up at the village as gods for 50 years the plans to rid the Eridean people from the 'False Gods' is in danger. That is also what the false gods notice and they deliberately poison the mayor hoping she will pass the poison on to the starfleet team. She succeeds to a part. Among the affected was Jalana, who had a strange outer body experience while the poison took over her body. Thanks to her friend and former Assistant Sundassa and Captain Jaxx an antidote was found and the crew (all but one) returned to the Apollo.
Service Ribbons & Awards
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- For award descriptions, see: Awards and Service Ribbons
OOC Rewards
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NPC Listing · USS Apollo-A Crew Manifest · Crew History
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