Kaedyn Zehn
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Lt Kaedyn Zehn is a Trill Intelligence Officer currently assigned to Starbase 118. Prior to Joining with the Zehn symbiont, his current host previously served onboard the Starbase 118, the USS Victory and USS Resolution as a Nursing Officer.
Biographic Information
Full Name: Kaedyn Zehn
Species: Joined Trill
Date of Birth: 236010.31
Place of Birth: Zerala, Trill
Gender: Male
Appearance
Height: 2 metres
Weight: 180 lbs
Hair Colour: Blond
Length of Hair: Short, meticulously styled
Eye Colour: Blue
Skin Tone: Pale
Build: Toned
Carriage: Confident, with the slightest hint of cockiness
Voice: Unexpectedly deep, often quiet
Handedness: Right
Relationships
Father: Edril Tann, Federation Diplomatic Attache. Edril is currently posted to the Cardassian government. Often absent for long periods of time due to his job, Edril was a distant figure in Kaedyn's life and they are not very close.
Mother: Captain Audzin Tann - CO, Starbase 235: a medical station. The dominant influence on the young Kaedyn, since she had raised her children more or less alone. A nursing officer for many years, she chose to train as a doctor and rose to CMO of the USS Darwin.
Siblings: Sister - Lt Yleeza Kai. Joined Trill, operations officer. The two had been exceptionally close as children but drifted apart when Yleeza had applied for the Trill Initiate Programme and Kaedyn chose not to. Following her Joining, Kaedyn felt as if his sister was gone and she had been replaced by a different person and their relationship suffered. Since his own Joining, they have began to communicate more and are attempting to patch up their damaged relationship.
Spouse: Dr Eliaan Deron. Kaedyn and Eliaan were both assigned to the USS Resolution as newly qualified ensigns. While immediately attracted to each other, their rlationship was initially fraught with difficulty as Eliaan was still mourning the loss of his previous partner. Deciding to try to be friends, their relationship grew naturally and eventually became more than platonic. They have been together for several years, and while it hasn't always been easy balancing their professional and personal lives, they are devoted to each other.
Children: Adopted son, Janel. Janel was the biological son of Zehn's previous host, Jilenna. Following her death, Jilenna's mother struggled to look after her 18 month old grandson and wanted to return to Trill to raise him. With the parental instinct still strong in him, Kaedyn decided to adopt the child. While uncommon, given the circumstances the Trill authorities reluctantly agreed to allow it.
Friends:
Personality
Given the short time since joining, Kaedyn's personality is still very much in flux. While Kaedyn had been a generally shy, nurturing person his personality has subtly changed to include characteristics of his previous hosts. He is now much more outgoing, more confident in his own abilities and far less shy. Having watched his mother climb up the Starfleet ranks and how it affected her life, he had not been particularly ambitious but that has changed since joining and he now has a burning ambition that was not present before.
Despite this, the most important thing in his life is his family. He is utterly devoted to his partner and his son and would fiercely defend them.
Unlike most Trill humanoids, Kaedyn had no aspirations to be Joined, fearing that it would change him and the person he was would be lost.
He detests mess or clutter, which poses a problem given Eliaan's untidiness and having a toddler in their quarters. Almost an extension of this, he has excellent attention to detail and when working maintains a cool, analytical approach.
Mannerisms: When deep in thought, Kaedyn often places his hands together at the fingertips and leans his chin against them. He learned this is a mannerism "inherited" from Calla Zehn. He has also adopted the habit of responding to a question with the single word "indeed", which Eliaan often does.
Personal History
The Zehn symbiont was Joined to Lieutenant (j.g.) Kaedyn Tann following an accident onboard the Runabout Thames, which killed the previous host. With main power failing and no way to hold the symbiont in stasis, Dr Eliaan Deron implanted the Zehn into Kaedyn with the hope that rescue would come before the 96 hours mark when the joining became permanent. By the time they were rescued, the symbiont was too weak from the sudden death and hurried joining to be removed.
Since prospective hosts are supposed to undergo extensive training, Kaedyn Zehn spent several weeks recieving counselling from Trill experts following the accident but struggled to seperate his feelings from those of his previous host and felt compelled to return to Starbase 118 where they had both been stationed.
While still struggling to come to terms with the tragic death of his previous host and the unexpected joining, Kaedyn began to question his position as a Nursing Officer. Despite this, he was able to step into the position of Acting Chief Medical Officer of the station during a crisis, drawing upon the strength and capability of his previous hosts.
Hosts
Current Host:
Kaedyn Tann
Kaedyn was born on the Trill homeworld, although he would not spend much time there before following his parents around the galaxy. With his mother a Starfleet Officer, Kaedyn and his sister often found themselves moving from one starship to another. Eventually, they ended up on the Nebula-class USS Darwin for more than ten years, which became the closest thing to a permanent home that they would have. Given this background, joining Starfleet himself was a natural progression and he is more comfortable on Starfleet installations than living planet-side.
Former Hosts
Leora
Zehn's first host was a brilliant, if socially awkward, research scientist. Initially, she felt her career had suffered during her time as an Initiate and Leeora was incredibly disappointed to be Joined to a young, inexperienced Symbiont. Sacrificing much of what could be considered a normal life, she devoted herself to her work and was overwhelmed by self-imposed pressure to succeed in Zehn's first life. Her greatest professional and personal achievements came after meeting a fellow researcher Yedrin Biraz. The two won the coveted Elea Prize for Neuroscience and later married.
Zhima
Following Leora's death, the symbont was passed to an ambitious young politician named Zhima. As different from Leora as a person could be, he was outgoing, gregarious, sociable, charming and a natural politician. Eventually rising to the position of Governor of the State of Zerala, he was a leading proponent of liberalising Trill attitudes and social disconnection between the Joined and Unjoined. Following his retirement, he spent his days telling his three grandchildren political stories and boasting proudly that he had never lost an election in his life.
Janel
It is said that every family has it's black sheep and every Symbiont has an inappropriate host. For Zehn, that host was undoubtedly Janel. A brilliant polymath he was an inventor, a gentleman scientist, an author, a historian, a gambler and a cynic. Somewhat of a ladies man, he was married three times (although he married the same woman twice). He fathered several children but never quite managed to parent any of them.
Calla
Dr Calla Zhen was clinical psychologist, spending more than a decade at the Symbiosis Commission preparing Initiates for Joining and providing post Joining counselling. An incredibly kind, nurturing woman, Calla was a perfect counsellor and worked into her old age. Calla was Zehn's longest living host, dying in her bed surrounded by family and friends.
Toman
An champion athlete, he was a long and middle-distance runner and achieved a degree of fame on Trill and beyond. Spent much of his life living off-world, the first Zehn to actually live away from the Trill homeworld. While worrying that the Symbiont would affect his training, he found himself much more focused on his career following Joining.
Reigan
The first Zehn in Starfleet, Reigan rose to the rank of Lt Commander and Chief Security Officer of the Ambassador-class USS Indomitable. A rigid, career focused man, he never married and found himself with few friends outside of the close knit group of senior officers on the Indomitable. Obsessed with regulations and order, he was often not an easy person to deal with but his keen analytical mind and his willingness to help others were highly valued and made him an excellent security officer. Reigan died when the Indomitable was badly damaged in the Second Battle of Chin'toka
Jilenna
A Starfleet Marine, Jilenna was Joined with Zehn during the dark days of the Dominion War. Given the high casualty rate of Trill hosts (as well as Symbionts) she was put under significant pressure to resign her commission following Joining. After refusing to do so, she continued to serve in often dangerous conditions and was decorated by Starfleet several times. Following the end of the War Jilenna married a marine pilot, Firrel. Despite being friends for many years, they didn't realise their true feelings for each other until the day the Dominion War ended. Firrel died in a fighter crash and a month later she discovered that she was pregnant. Unable to lead an Assualt Team during her pregnancy, she was reassigned to Counter Intelligence and when the baby was born transferred to SB118. Jilenna died in a runabout accident en route to a training event on Earth
Professional History
Following graduation from Starfleet Academy, Kaedyn was assigned to the USS Resolution as a Nursing Officer. He served onboard the Resolution until it's decomissioning. He was then briefly assigned to the USS Independence before being reassigned to Starbase 173, where he remained while his partner took a year long LOA. When Eliaan returned to duty, they were both assigned to the USS Victory and then transferred to Starbase 118 when the Victory was attached to the base.
Given the security/intelligence background of his previous hosts, Kaedyn was reassigned from Medical to Intelligence following his Joining to Zehn.
Working Area
Kaedyn's primary work space is an intelligence lab on Starbase 118 is in the Black Tower. He also has an office in his quarters, where he is able to work into the small hours or while caring for his young son, and a small office on Deck 9 of the USS Victory. Given the security concerns, his workspaces outside of the Black Tower are locked and require voice authorisation to access them; access to the intelligence lab in the Black Tower is in line with standard security for that area.
Timeline
Coming soon...
Trivia
- Claims to have been named after a character in a book his mother liked, despite it not being a very good book
- Had planned a career as a research nurse, which was derailled when he met Eliaan
- Often experiences periods of acute insomnia
- Assisted in the surgery that saved the life of his future CO, Commander Nicholotti
- Suffers bad hangovers from drinking real alcohol as demonstrated following a party on the USS Resolution
Mission History
Missions on the USS Resolution
Missions on the U.S.S. Victory
Missions on Starbase 118: Operations
NPC Listing · StarBase 118 Ops Crew Manifest · Crew History
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