Lael Rosek/Biography

	Lael Before Starfleet

Lael's Younger Years

Lael was born two minutes before her twin brother Kellan on Stardate 236610.24 to Adelynn Rosek in Cedar Springs, Michigan. She never met her father and, due to her mother's silence, knew very little about him. From a young age, Lael showed a talent for Mathematics and her curious nature led her to a passion for taking things apart to see how they worked. She spent much of her younger years in fields, studying the local wildlife, even to the point of keeping a nature journal.

Lael, Age 14

Though she was bullied in her younger years due to her Al-Leyan heritage, her easy-going and compassionate nature won her many friends. As she grew older, she sought more adventurous pursuits, chief among them being sailing, cliff-diving, water skiing, rock climbing, and swimming in local ponds and lakes. When she wasn't hanging out with friends, she spent summers on her Uncle's farm doing chores and helping to care for the animals. This became a passion for her and at age 14, Lael joined her school's FFE club (Future Farmers of Earth). Needless to say, Lael's mother was determined to train Lael in lady-like arts and when Lael was 15, enrolled her daughter in finishing school course she herself taught at the local country club. Lael learned social graces, various dancing styles, and how to play the piano.

Lael in High School

Lael in high school.

Lael began her freshman year at Cedar Springs High School on Stardate 238108.12. She was a member of her school's National Honor Society and participated in such school sports as Track, Cross Country, Basketball, and Dance. In her senior year (Stardate 2385), she was nominated for Homecoming Queen and lost by only three votes.

The idea of Starfleet had fascinated her since she'd attended a camp there at age 14. She spent most of her adolescence dreaming of a career as a Starfleet Officer. Following her graduation from high school on Stardate 238505.25, she took the Entrance Exam and began her first day as a cadet on Stardate 238508.07 intending to follow the Command track.

Notable Relationships

• Kellan Rosek: Despite having many friends, her twin brother was always her greatest ally and her strongest advocate. To this day, they are quite close and communicate often. He often comes to her for relationship advice and she, in return, leans on him in times of emotional difficulty.
• Adelynn Rosek: Lael's relationship with her mother is extremely strained due to her mother's high, and at times, unreasonable expectations of her.
• Thomas DeMarcus: Lael had a close relationship with her uncle spending many of her summers until she turned 15 on his farm helping him care for the animals.
• Louise Rosek-DeMarcus: Lael view's her Aunt Louise as "the fun aunt" and enjoys time in her company.

Full Timeline

• 236610.24--Born in Cedar Springs, Michigan
• 236911.04--Begins receiving Jiu-jitsu training
• 238008.14--Joins her school's FFE club.
• 238102.15--Is enrolled against her wishes in finishing school
• 238108.30--Joins her school's National Honor Society club and Cross Country team
• 238111.15--Joins her school's Basketball team
• 238201.15--Joins her school's Track Team
• 238505.05--Nominated for Homecoming Queen
• 238505.25--Graduates high school

	Starfleet Academy

ACADEMY SERVICE RECORD

STARFLEET SERVICE RECORD 238508.12 — 239202.24 Starfleet Academy Cadet Major: Engineering, Helm/Communications/Operations • Minor: Physics — Academy Transcript — Academy Assignments Insignia Rank Dates Assignment Duty Post Cadet, 4th Class 238508.12 - 238608.17 Starfleet Academy HCO Cadet, 3rd Class 238608.17 - 238801.17 Starfleet Academy Engineering Cadet, 2nd Class 238801.17 - 238901.17 Starfleet Academy Engineering Cadet, 1st Class 238901.17 - 239101.14 Starbase 118 Operations Engineering Apprentice 239101.14 - 239201.15 USS Centris-A Cadet Cruise Engineering Awards & Commendations For OOC Awards, click here. Service Ribbon Name Stardate Assignment Starfleet Academy Graduate Ribbon 239202.24 Starfleet Academy

Lael's First Year at the Academy

While Lael did well academically, the holovideos and graphic descriptions of torture caused her nightmares and PTSD to the point that she very nearly developed a split personality. She was dropped from the Command track and ordered to undergo counseling. Lael almost quit the Academy to go in search of her biological father, but her twin convinced her to pursue her true passion: fixing and build things.

Lael's Second and Third Years at the Academy

Her second year at the Academy, Lael began studying Communications/Operations, Engineering, and Physics. During her second year at the Academy, Lael began dating Ivina Genestra, a Betazoid scientist who was studying on Earth. The two were together for almost a year before they mutually decided that, though there was an attraction between them, they just didn't feel that way about each other. Heartbroken, Lael went rock climbing with her friends that summer to get her mind off the break-up. However, she had an accident that resulted in a severe spinal injury that paralyzed her. She was told she'd never walk again.

About a month following the accident, she was contacted by Doctor Gibbons. He was experimenting with the use of nanotechnology to treat otherwise untreatable spinal conditions. The procedure was highly controversial and hadn't yet been approved for Humanoid testing. Despite the risks, Lael agreed to be the first Humanoid subject to receive the procedure. Following the procedure, Lael completed extensive physical therapy to regain her mobility. It was during this time that she met Elina Kincade, who supervised her care and therapy. Through Elina, Lael also became friends with Rebecca Hollendale and with Dassa Alexander, one of Elina's students and an aspiring Starfleet medical officer. Prior to the beginning of her third year, Lael had an intimate liaison with Dassa, leaving the two permanently connected via an unintentionally-formed psionic bond.

As Doctor Gibbons had promised, Lael passed all of her Academy physicals with flying colors and she started classes again in the spring following her accident with no one but her, the doctor, her mother and brother the wiser as to how she'd managed to recover. The nanotechnology offered the added benefit of increasing her already beyond-Human agility and strength as well as marginally increasing her senses; in particular, her sense of smell.

Lael's Fourth Year at the Academy

Elopement to Jensar.

At the beginning of her fourth year during her Engineering Apprentice internship aboard Starbase 118, she met Jensar Berel. The two had a passionate relationship. Halfway through the first year of her internship, six months following their meeting, the two eloped on Risa. Neither of their families were happy about the marriage. Six months into their marriage, Jensar's older brother was assassinated, forcing him to return home to fill his brother's role on the Betazed council. Jensar tried to convince Lael to come with him, but she wasn't willing to give up the Starfleet career that she'd fought so hard to keep. Her dreams were in the stars. Lael was devastated and jumped into a rebound sexual relationship two months with an unjoined Trill woman, Alva Tigan. But this relationship inevitably ended when Alva was selected for Joining.

Lael's Cadet Cruise

Lael finished her internship in January 2391, then completed her cadet cruise aboard the USS Centris-A and graduated with a double major in Helm/Communications/Operations and Engineering as well as a minor in Physics.

CADET CRUISE: USS Centris-A

• Stardates 239101.14 - 239201.15
• Duty Post: Engineering Officer

Notable Relationships

• Ivina Genestra: Despite their chemistry, Lael realized that she loved Ivina, but wasn’t in love with her. They’re now close friends.
• Aidia Carter: The two were in a couple of classes together and met through Ivina.
• Michael Zola: The two met at the Academy and would often go rock climbing together. He was killed in the same rock climbing accident that paralyzed Lael.
• Elina Kincade: She and Lael met at Starfleet Medical when she was helping Lael with her physical therapy and recovery. The two have been close ever since with Elina becoming a strong female role model for Lael.
• Rebecca Hollendale: Lael and Rebecca met through Elina. Though the two often disagree on certain issues, they're good friends nonetheless.
• Dassa Alexander: The two met through Lael's friend, Elina Kincade, and had a one-night stand that resulted in a psionic bond. The two remain friends and now serve together aboard the USS Za.
• Jensar Berel: She and Jensar were together for six months before they eloped despite protests from both families. They were married for six months until they chose to divorce when Jensar’s older brother died and he was forced to return to Betazed to take his brother’s post with the Council.
• Alva Tigan: Lael’s relationship with Alva was purely sexual and lasted for a period of six months.

Full Timeline

• 238507.07--Accepted to Starfleet Academy
• 238603.14--Dropped from Command Track due to psychological trauma.
• 238608.17--Switches to Engineering/HCO dual major with Physics minor
• 238706.07--Rock climbing accident that paralyzes her
• 238706.14--Lael meets Elina Kincade
• 238707.09--Lael is the first Humanoid to receive the highly controversial nanotech spinal repair treatment.
• 2388.01.17--Lael enters her third year at the Academy
• 238805.24--Lael meets Jensar
• 2388011.03--Lael and Jensar elope on Risa
• 238904.08--Lael and Jensar divorce.
• 238907.25--Lael enters a sexual relationship with Alva Tigan
• 239001.12--Alva ends her and Lael's relationship.
• 239101.13--Lael completes her internship aboard Starbase 118
• 239101.14--Lael begins her cadet cruise aboard the USS Centris-A
• 239201.15--Lael completes her cadet cruise

Supplemental File: Academy Transcript & Degrees

	Starfleet Post-Academy Career Overview

POST-ACADEMY SERVICE RECORD

STARFLEET SERVICE RECORD 238508.12 — 239202.24 Starfleet Academy Cadet Major: Engineering, Helm/Communications/Operations • Minor: Physics — Academy Transcript — Early Career Assignments Insignia Rank Dates Assignment Duty Post Ensign 239202.24 - 239205.22 USS Victory Engineering Officer Lieutenant (JG) 239305.22 - 239207.17 HCO Officer Lieutenant (JG) 239207.17 - 239401.21 USS Gorkon HCO Officer Lieutenant 239401.21 - 239404.17 HCO Officer Lieutenant 239404.17 - 239407.07 USS Za HCO Officer Current Assignment Insignia Rank Dates Assignment Duty Post Lieutenant 239407.07 - 239501.08 USS Veritas Engineering Officer Lieutenant Commander 239501.08 - 239509.04 239509.04 - Present Chief Engineer Awards & Commendations For OOC Awards, click here. Service Ribbon Name Stardate Assignment Prisoner of War Ribbon 2392 USS Victory Silver Lifesaving Ribbon Purple Heart (1st Citation) Medical Science Ribbon (1st Citation) Prometheus Ribbon (Phase 1) Medical Science Ribbon (2nd Citation) 239210.21 USS Gorkon Captain's Commendation Distinguished Service Ribbon 239305.10 Joint Meritorious Unit Award (1st Citation) Quantum Reality Service Ribbon 239310.12 Extended Service Ribbon Distinguished Service Ribbon (2nd Citation) Legion of Merit Purple Heart (2nd Citation) War of Shadows 239401.21 Orion Syndicate Service Medal Captain's Commendation (2nd Citation) 2394 USS Za Explorer's Ribbon Purple Heart (3rd Citation) Joint Meritorious Unit Award (2nd Citation) 239410.14 USS Veritas Silver Star (1st Citation) UFP Medal of Freedom Extended Service Ribbon 239501.07 Innovation Ribbon 239503.13 Silver Star (2nd Citation) Orion Syndicate Service Medal (2nd Citation) 239506.12 Explorer's Ribbon (2nd Citation)

	SERVICE JACKET: USS Victory

• Rank: Ensign – Lieutenant Junior Grade
• Duty Post: Engineering Officer, HCO Officer
• Commanding Officer: Captain Nugra
• Stardates: 239202.24 - 239207.16

SCOURGE OF ROMULUS

Lael joined the crew shortly following the Luxis III mission. She played a role in repairs to the damaged vessel until the crew was temporarily re-assigned to the USS Achilles while the Victory was in port for repair and refit. The Achilles was sent to work with the Romulan Republic in hunting down missing vials of the Skyfire Virus. During the course of the mission, Ensign Janel Tarna noticed a suspicious-looking female carrying what he thought to be the missing vials in a box and immediately gave chase when the woman ran. Lael went after Janel to offer back-up. However, she found herself caught in a firefight and was kidnapped in the chaos that ensued.

She awoke to find herself in a shuttle with her captors. Despite her fear, she taunted her captors, refusing to provide them with the information they were seeking. Lael and Janel were held in an unknown facility and tortured for three days by Sicarius. It was later discovered that part of that torture was a drug that enhanced the emotions of its victims, administered on the first day of their captivity. This resulted in a strong sexual attraction between the pair. While Lael and Janel were attempting to escape, Janel took a severe beating which led to a head injury and Lael took a Romulan knife to her right side while attempting to stop the Romulan from claiming Janel's life. They were later rescued by Lieutenant Tarsii Asmara and his team. After the team recovered the vials, Janel was rushed back to the Achilles, where he underwent surgery and care for his injuries. Even after the drug was out of her system, Lael found that her attraction to Janel hadn't faded. She stayed by Janel's side during and following his recovery.

AFTERMATH

Lael was called to the Captain’s Ready Room, where Nugra commended her on her actions. During this meeting, she requested and was granted a transfer to Helm/Comm/Ops. During the awards ceremony, she was promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade and awarded the Prisoner of War Ribbon, the Silver Lifesaving Ribbon, and a Purple Heart. She later discovered that Janel wasn’t present at the awards ceremony because he had gone AWOL. Consumed by a desire to become a host to a symbiont, he had defied doctor’s orders and piloted a lone shuttlecraft to Trillius Prime, desperate to make it back in time. Upon his forced return, Lael visited him in his quarters and learned that he had been rejected by the Symbiosis Commission and his family had disowned him. Neither he nor their blossoming relationship were the same after that. She then underwent counseling for her time in captivity (aka the Temlai incident).

THE SPIDER'S WEB

Following the awards ceremony and shoreleave, the Victory was again underway. Once out of dock, Harrington James, a space pirate and captain of the SS Lady Adventure, contacted the Victory and provided Captain Nugra with the coordinates to a Starfleet vessel, the USS Arrow, an Archer-class vessel lost in the early 23rd century. James came across the distress signal from the vessel and decided to pass the information along. Nugra pursued the lead and had Lael set a course to retrieve the ship. Upon arriving, Nugra assigned away teams to investigate. However, due to minerals in a nearby asteroid field that were confusing sensors, the teams were forced to use shuttlecraft out of concern that the same minerals would interfere with the transporter signal. Lael picked up some strange readings but couldn't get an accurate scan due to the interference from a nearby nebula. Though the readings weren't clear, the pattern indicated it might be another ship.

Once the away teams were on board the Arrow, the readings grew stronger and became more clear as the vessel approached and made contact with the Victory, stating that the Federation ship was in Tholians space and must leave immediately. However, they could leave until they had retrieved the away team. With the clock ticking and sensors limited, Lael and the Asmara work to find a way through the faraday field preventing them from rescuing the stranded away teams. The two were able to work a solution that used the Veritas orbs, lining them up to create a subspace relay of sorts, allowing them to extend their sensor range and target an asteroid. This would create a hole large enough in the field for the Victory to fit through.

However, before the plan could be implemented, the enemy ship attacked with Tholians webs that caused radiation leaks on Decks 5, 6, & 7. Lael reported to help evacuate the affected decks and treat the evacuated crewmembers. She donned an environmental suit and met Janel and Danny Wilde on Deck 5. Lael used the Jeffries Tubes to travel down to Deck 7 to find anyone left behind, then work her way up. While on Deck 7, she set up a containment field so the leak didn't reach the lower decks. During the course of her search, she came across Michael Goodwell, a suited up security Ensign who aided her in her search. They brought a few groups back to be inoculated.

Leaving Goodwell behind to wait for the next group, Lael went back down alone to check the remaining sections. However, she experienced hallucinations and passed out. When she awakened, she realized that her environmental suit was ripped and that the hallucinations were most likely caused by radiation exposure. She was able to seal the crack in her suit with duct tape, but she had already been exposed. She hurried to finish her search and report back for inoculation. By the time Lael got the last small group back to the meeting point, the Tholians had taken over Sickbay. Working with Goodwell, she inoculated everyone, hoping to delay onset for the less severe cases. Goodwell inoculated her, but she had a severe reaction to the inoculation and began seizing.

AFTERMATH

After the away teams returned safely to the Victory, the Tholians left abruptly and the Victory managed to use a tractor beam to tow the Arrow back to drydock. When Lael awakened, Janel filled her in on what happened. She then joked about how they haven't had a real first date and the two briefly discussed the possibilities before she placed calls to her worried mother and brother. She and Janel attended the awards ceremony together. She was awarded a Medical Science Ribbon for her part in rescuing and inoculating the crew. Following the presentation of the awards, Janel revealed to Lael that he had been transferred to the USS Darwin-A. While Lael was saddened by the news, she was determined that they would make the relationship work. When shoreleave was over, she reported for her new assignment, Helm/Comm/Ops aboard the USS Gorkon.

Notable Relationships

• Janel Tarna: Lael and Janel developed feelings for one another while both were held captive and tortured. They dated for a period even after Janel was transferred, but mutually ended the relationship due to the distance.
• Tarsii Asmara: Though the two only served together briefly, she came to highly respect his intelligence and his dedication to his duty.
• Nugra: Despite her initial hesitation, she came to highly respect him as a commanding officer and as a colleague. She enjoyed working with him and was sad to see him step down from command of the Victory.

Full Timeline

• 239102.24--Lael arrives on the Victory following the Luxis III crisis.
• 239203.13--Lael goes on her first mission as a member of the Victory crew to Temlai in search of missing vials of the Skyfire Virus.
• 239203.13-239203.16--Lael is captured by Sicarius and held prisoner, drugged, and tortured for three days.
• 239203.18--Lael requests a transfer to Helm/Comm/Ops.
• 239205.20--Lael is promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade and is awarded a Purple Heart, a Silver Lifesaving Ribbon, and the Prisoner of War Ribbon.
• 239207.15--Lael is diagnosed with radiation poisoning during The Spider's Web mission and has a severe allergic reaction to Hyronalyn, an ingredient in the inoculation, resulting in a seizure.
• 239207.16--Lael receives the Medical Science Ribbon for her part in rescuing and inoculating the crew.
• 239207.16--Lael is transferred to Helm/Comm/Ops aboard the USS Gorkon

Mission Logs

• What Happened At Luxis III
• Scourge of Romulus
• The Spider's Web

	SERVICE JACKET: USS Gorkon

• Rank: Lieutenant JG
• Duty Post: HCO Officer
• Commanding Officer: Captain Quinn Reynolds
• Stardates: 239207.17 - 239404.17

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AFTERMATH, CONT'D.

After settling into her new quarters, Lael went to the observation lounge for a drink and encountered Adam Haase there. They engaged in a brief conversation before the two parted ways to get some rest. The next day, Lael checked in with Captain Reynolds and was asked to analyze the security footage with Danny Wilde from "The Spider's Web" incident, resulting in suspicions that the Tal'Shiar was behind the recording device found. They had made little real progress and with the party drawing near, Danny insisted Lael go enjoy herself. Lael then promised to help him in the morning if he didn't find anything. At the ceremony, she was awarded the Medical Science Ribbon for her part in rescuing the trapped crew.

During this time, Lael began to experience nightmares and contacted her friend, Elina, for reassurance. Lael admitted that she was having trouble coming to terms with them. After a heart to heart, Lael decided to head to Sickbay for a sedative. Doctor Jansen Orrey, who she'd met checking in on the bridge, was on duty. The two engaged in a brief conversation with Orrey offering her tea and a listening ear. To her surprise, she found that he was very easy to talk to. He gave her the sedative she came seeking and offered a friendly ear should she ever need one.

Just before the next mission, she received a communique from Janel updating her on what had been going on with him. She responded in kind, attaching a holoimage for him to keep of her.

A SINKING SHIP

The Gorkon crew received a distress call from the USS Tharsis and learned that it was caught in a gravity well. Enroute to the location of the ship, Captain Quinn Reynolds assigned Commander Chen to lead an away team consisting of Lael, Cory Stoyer, and Bren. The team beamed aboard the Tharsis, which was strangely quiet and seemingly abandoned. This made Lael very nervous. They began running diagnostics in an attempt to find out what happened when Lael heard someone moving on the upper catwalks. Chen climbed a nearby ladder, encouraging the others to cut off the man's escape route. When they finally cornered the man they realized that he was gravely injured and in need of immediate medical attention. However, when Chen tried to contact the Gorkon and the other away team for help, they realized that their combadges weren't working.

With limited options, Lael and Stoyer disagreed about how to proceed. Lael felt they needed to focus on the injured man, believing he might be able to tell them more about what happened. Stoyer felt that they needed to locate the spare parts in the storage bays to salvage the ship. In the end, Chen decided they'd take the man to Sickbay and hopefully locate the parts they need on the way. Lael and Stoyer worked together to jury-rig a travois, a form of stretcher, to move the man. A strange malfunction threatening a warp core breach threatened to box them in and the anomalies begin to tear Engineering apart. They had to escape. Once they had the man loaded up, they escaped into a maintenance conduit with Lael pulling the travois and Bren covering the rear.

They soon ran into a problem: a forcefield blocked their path. Though she offered to disable the forcefield, Chen was concerned it will take too much time so they forged ahead, going around it. They left the dying man behind, much to her dismay, and crossed the corridor one at a time, the others laying down cover fire. However, they soon ran into another forcefield and she began to feel like "a rat trapped in a maze". Stoyer, agreeing that all the running was getting them nowhere, offered to draw out their attackers using himself as bait. Lael was reluctant, concerned that he'll be an easy target, and offered to cover him.

But Chen vetoed the idea and instead instructed Lael to disable the forcefield. Chen, meanwhile, set Stoyer's phaser to explode in an attempt to distract their pursuers. It did the job and left Lael's ears ringing from the volume of the blast. She and Stoyer got to work cutting power. In frustration, Stoyer smashed the boxes. Taking a cue from him, Lael did the same with the box she was working on, much to the amusement of Chen and the other two. They then headed for the storage bays, hoping to find the parts to fix the ship. When they next stopped, Lael thinks she's figured out how their pursuers are tracking them and how they can counter the system.

They had planned to climb down a turbolift shaft, with Lael experiencing anxiety about the climb down, when Chen got struck by weapons' fire. He was alive, but unconscious. Forced to develop a plan B, Stoyer jumped onto the top of the turbolift, while Bren lowered the unconscious Chen down and then jumped himself with Lael all the while laying down cover fire. Once Stoyer, Bren, and Chen were safely inside the lift, she jumped as well and climbed inside. They then discussed next steps. Stoyer wanted to hide Chen somewhere, but Lael disagreed, afraid that Chen might not be safe on his own with the crew of the Tharsis hunting people like animals. They decide to stick together and continue moving.

When wandering the corridors, they encountered Doctor Ana Mirovan, a member of the Tharsis crew, who seemed to be normal and running from the others. More buckling of the hull indicated that structural integrity was close to failing, so they decided they needed to repair the ship to stand the best chance of saving themselves, the crew of the Tharsis, and the other away team. Dr. Mirovan agreed to stay with Commander Chen. Again, Stoyer insisted on trying to repair the ship, but Lael again disagreed, stating that they needed to make the crew a priority. Reluctantly, Stoyer agreed. Just as they began moving toward the computer core, they received a message from the other away team, indicating that communications were working again. They then discover that the cause of the crew's psychosis was a virus transmitted by an alien insect. They are able to bring the away teams safely and some but not all of the Tharsis crew.

AFTERMATH

Following the mission, Lael was checked out in Sickbay by Jansen who, due to her ankle injury, carried her to her quarters. They spent some time talking, which led to Lael inviting Jansen to her friend's upcoming birthday party. They had a good time, including a couple of opportunities for them to dance together.

A MONSTROUS MURDER MYSTERY

A couple days later, the awards dinner was held in Holodeck 666 on Astrofori One with a Victorian masquerade theme. Lael attended with Jansen, dressed in a gothic Victorian gown. At the dinner she is presented with a Captain's Commedation for saving Commander Chen's life and a Medical Science Ribbon presented to all who participated in the away mission aboard the Tharsis. Following the presentation of the awards, Lael congratulated Jansen on his and they danced. After some socializing, Lael and Jansen along with a few of the other crew decided to retire to the library only to come across the body of the deceased Cardassian envoy, Kotan Jara. The scene evokes a flashback for Lael to Temlai and it takes a few moments for her to regain her scattered wits. Captain Reynolds analyzed the situation and asked Lael to gather the senior staff, but Lael was unable to locate Lieutenant Commanders Eerie and Skyfire as well as Lieutenants Stoyer and Sharpe, who later arrived on their own.

Once everyone had been briefed on the situation and they had discussed their options, Lael was assigned to a team comprised of Jansen, Anya, Captain Reynolds and Doctor Chandur to investigate the scene of the crime. However, the culprit had clearly cleaned up well, leaving no obvious physical evidence behind. As they were wrapping up their perusal of the room, Commander Brunsig arrived and the group then headed to explore the basement. When they entered the basement, they found an operating table with evidence of blood. Seeking a placed to rest, Jansen leaned against a lever that sent him and Lael tumbling down a chute. Once they had their bearings, they realized that they had fallen into an underground labyrinth. During their search they found a room where someone had recently been sleeping.

As they began the search for the culprit, they saw indications that the holodeck malfunction was getting worse. They thought they saw someone and as they ran after them, Lael heard Captain Reynolds calling out, sounding very alarmed. They rushed in the direction of her voice only to find Brunsig injured by a bullet. Lael watched as Jansen operated on Brunsig, removing the bullet and sautering the wound. They then decided to move Brunsig back to the mansion to better treat him, but when they arrived they saw that Vess had been injured as well. Jansen took responsibility for the care of the two wounded while the rest of the team began theorizing on possible suspects. In the meantime, a few of them were able to get the program shut down. Vess and Brunsig were immediately beamed to Sickbay. They managed to track the suspect to the docking ports. She joined LtCmdrs. Skyfire and Eerie as well as Lieutenants Sharpe and Shapiro in pursuit of the suspect. Lael and Skyfire broke off from the others to isolate the suspect, but in the process, Skyfire was injured. Despite their best efforts, the suspect escaped.

AFTERMATH

While she was being treated in Sickbay, Lael asked after Brunsig, who is still in a coma. As much as she didn't like the man, she found herself feeling compassion for both him and for Captain Reynolds. She thought back to when she and Jansen had come onto the scene to find Brunsig injured and the conversation that made it clear that he had taken the bullet for Captain Reynolds, thinking it really romantic. After she was cleared and had returned to her quarters, she contacted her friends Rebecca and Elina to catch up, then placed a call to her brother.

A couple days later, after a restless night's sleep, Lael gathered the courage to talk to Jansen about the complication with her spinal injury, confessing that the nanites are degrading fast--faster than she can replace them. It's also during this conversation with Jansen that she revealed that she and Janel had ended their relationship. They're interrupted by Jansen being paged to Sickbay, but he said he'd make it up to her.

The next day, she received a message from Jansen to meet her on the holodeck dressed warm. He surprised her with an intimate cabin amidst a winter wonderland. They enjoyed flirting, a snowball fight, and a dinner Jansen prepared. They enjoyed time together and Lael developed an appreciation for Ligonian spiced tea and Romulan cuisine, in particular Romulan Mollusk and Viinerine.

ANNUS HORRIBILIS

What started as a standard mission scanning a nebula soon turned disastrous as some unusual readings resulting in them being pulled into an alternate universe. At first, Lael, like the others, wasn't sure what had happened--only that there had been a jolt and the nebula that they had been scanning before wasn't the same one they were currently looking at. Before they could blink a Defiant-class ship had suddenly appeared on sensors and sent a message. After speaking with Captain Brunsig of the USS Triumphant and looking into the reports of an alternate universe the USS Invicta encountered, they were able to ascertain that they are in that universe, one in which the Federation lost the Dominion war and no longer exists. Lael was assigned to the team that would figure out how to get the ship home. Further research and discussion revealed that they couldn't simply go back the way they came or they risked destabilizing the nebula. They needed alternatives. At this point, they sought aid from their counterparts on the Triumphant.

While talking with her counterpart aboard the Triumphant, Lael learned just how different her counterpart's life had turned out. Lael (alternate) had met and married Jansen's alternate counterpart and they had a beautiful son, Jax, still an infant. While Lael had never known her father, Lael (alternate) had never known her mother, who had died in childbirth. Also, Lael's alternate counterpart was a civilian consultant who had lived her life on Luraul with her father, Aldek (alternate) and his family.

Later while Lael was on duty, they encountered another ship whose configuration they don't recognize. It was at this precise moment that Captain Reynolds returned to the bridge with two new faces--one of them was Commander Alex Blair, who was aboard a shuttle set to arrive for orders when he was also sucked into the nebula. They tried using sensors to get a better idea of the ship on the edge of their sensors but the nebula had interfered with the readings. Lael was then ordered down to Engineering with Commander Blair and Shapiro to help with repairs.

While down in Engineering making repairs, the ship came under attack. Given the earlier sensor ghosts, Lael suspected Dominion ships. She worked with Ensign Anjar Thoran to get shields and weapons operational. During the fire fight, the fissure had closed, leaving them stranded. They had managed to evade the Dominion ships, but had lost the Triumphant. Fortunately, they'd managed to transfer many of the Triumphant's personnel before its destruction, including Lael's counterpart and her family. Seeking a place to lie low, they had found a planet with a strong magnetic field that would hide them from Dominion sensors.

Later, Lael talked to her alternate counterpart's brother, Kellan, who was concerned for her counterpart. He convinced Lael to talk to her counterpart about seeking counseling for the woman's obvious depression. However, Lael had issues of her own. She was still struggling to find a solution for the failure of her nanites. While in the Science lab off-duty, Sevo came in and Lael hurried to hide what she'd been working on. It turned out there had been a glitch with the computer and this Science lab had been double-booked. Even after the awkward moment, Lael found herself sharing with Sevo that she and Jansen had been dating since around Christmas. After a little more light conversation, Lael asked Sevo for advice regarding her attempts. While Sevo was hesitant to get involved due to the controversial nature of the project, she gave Lael some good leads on potential ways to solve the problem.

Some time into their stint in Hell, Lael decided to take Anjar up on his offer for some fun while they were taking reprieve at a station, the Helase, which boasted a casino. Anjar, ever the avid gambler, invited her to join him at the tables. However, they soon suspect that they are being watched. They were forced to create a diversion in an excuse to leave. In the end, they got back to the ship, but not without drawing a lot of attention to themselves. Though they'd thankfully been wrong about being tailed, Lael had had the feeling that it wouldn't be long before the casino owner realized who they were and reported the sighting to Vess's alternate counterpart (Erik Jansen), who it had turned out was a double agent for the Dominion.

Some time following the incident, Lael met a man named Connor Lucas, who had been discovered with Alex Blair (alternate) in a shuttlepod requesting assistance. She was asked to sit in with Kael Tam as they talked to Lucas and she learned what had occurred. Lucas and Blair (alternate) had knocked out the security guard sent to meet them and were immediately apprehended and sent to the brig. When Blair (alternate) tried to escape, he was seriously injured. Lucas offered his knowledge of shipyards untouched by the Dominion where they could find spare parts that they were in need of.

After speaking with Captain Reynolds, they decided to trade with a group of Romulans for the parts in exchange for rescuing a Romulan crew taken prisoner via a low-key infiltration of Deep Space Ten. Lael was assigned to the team that would steal back the Romulan ship, the Llhweiir, for it's cloaking device and as an escape route from the station. Once everyone had been given their assignments and was about to split, Jansen pulled Lael aside for an intimate moment. They told each other to be safe before parting with a brief kiss.

Lael's team gathered to discuss a game plan and, though they debated the merits of the cosmetic surgery suggested by Captain Reynolds to help them blend in, they ultimately decided against it. They decided to catch the Dominion soldiers off guard with a swift attack. After they had gathered all their gear, they beamed to the fighter bridge to catch a ride and were all caught off guard by Vess's appearance, which reminded them of his counterpart.

Cory Stoyer took the pilot's chair and flew them toward the station. When they arrived, Vess adopted Erik Jansen's voice and announced their arrival with a prisoner transfer. Faked fire from the Gorkon convinced the Dominion solders aboard the station to let them in. Once they were securely inside, Lael's team disembarked and made their way to their target. As they moved through the corridors, they were nearly spotted; however, Commander Eerie was about to quickly eradicate the problem. But their reprieve hadn't lasted long before they heard more footsteps headed in their direction. They decided to push forward. They had to get to the Romulan shuttle. Lael used a smoke bomb to block their attackers view as her colleagues fired, stunning the soldiers and knocking them unconscious. As they moved forward, Eerie set charges at random intervals.

Finally, they reached the shuttle and Lael volunteered to pilot it, though she needed a bit of help from Stoyer to refresh her Romulan. She guided them out, following the fighter, firing on any ships that might be in pursuit. However, after the got into range and dropped the shields to fire, a jolt and an exploding console sent Lael backwards into a nearby bulkhead, exacerbating her back injury. She was suddenly overcome with dizziness and passed out.

ANNUS HORRIBILIS, PART II

About a month after the DSX incident, Lael found herself in the dimly-lit observation lounge, which was falling apart. Upon entering, she saw Lieutenant Commander Chythar Skyfire sitting at a table alone in the empty lounge. He looked disheveled and exhausted beyond reason. After grabbing a cup of tea, she joined Chythar and attempted to engage him in coversation. When Chythar began talking about his social awkwardness and his loneliness as well as his crush on Commander Alex Blair, Lael agreed to offer him social lessons [Social Graces, Parts I & II]. During this conversation, she also learned about Chythar's coping mechanism, Stripey, to help him deal with the stress caused by his telepathic and empathic gifts.

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PRIOR TO HER TRANSFER TO THE USS ZA

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Notable Relationships

• Aldek Desai: It was shortly after her return to her universe that Lael, driven by meeting the alternate version of him, contacted and met her biological father for the first time. The two quickly became close and he became an invaluable resource for her in helping her come to terms with her empathic gifts, a unique family trait.
• Alex Blair: Though the two had worked together throughout their time in the other universe, they became closer when he began dating her best friend, Chythar Skyfire. They had a bit of a falling out when it was uncovered that Lael shared a deep telepathic/empathic bond with Chythar as a result of him pulling her back from the brink of death during her spine replacement surgery and that she was nursing a physical and emotional attraction to Chythar.
• Chythar Skyfire: The two first met during the Gorkon's halloween masquerade, but really only became close after they became trapped in the other universe. In a moment of compassion upon seeing Chythar so miserable, Lael began a series of social graces lessons intended to make him less awkward. However, during their time in the other universe, they developed a close bond, even sharing a kiss while under the influence of extreme duress, believing the rest of the crew to be dead and them soon to be so. This sparked their telepathic/empathic link, which was only strengthened when Chythar pulled her back from death during her spinal surgery.
• Dassa Alexander: She is considered one of Lael's best friends. The two first met back at the Academy while at a bar one night, leading to a drunken one-night stand between them. They remained close friends and developed an unusual empathic connection. When Lael met her now ex-husband, Jensar Berel, he forced her to sever ties with Dassa out of jealousy, which Lael stupidly did. Years later, following Lael's divorce from Jensar, the two reconnected aboard the Gorkon. Dassa still held a non-platonic affection for Lael, which put a strain on their friendship. However, Dassa eventually came to terms with her feelings and began dating Tobian Dalton, a counselor aboard the Gorkon. Lael's surgery was particularly hard for her as, in the midst of performing the surgery, Lael's death broke their connection. Though this was hard at first, when Chythar was able to bring Lael back, Dassa and Lael began work on repairing their friendship. The two are again very close.
• Jansen Orrey: The two met when Lael came into Sickbay one night for a sedative, but an attraction quickly developed between them. After a few months as friends, they began dating. They were together until shortly after their return from the other universe, when they initially got engaged, but Lael broke off the engagement in a moment of anxiety fearing that Jansen had changed his mind. Though their next meeting a month following this incident was awkward, they agreed to stay friends.
• Anjar Thoran: They worked together prior to their time in the other universe, but really became close when they were stuck there together. They shared a brief fling after Lael's break-up with Jansen, but remain just friends. The two have an easy banter due to their similarly cocky natures and share a close friendship, though not nearly as close as Lael shares with Dassa, Alex, and Chythar.
• Tobian Dalton: Her connection with Tobian was first with him as her counselor and then as Dassa's significant other. She enjoyed a shoreleave with him and Dassa on the ice planet shortly following Lael's break-up with Jansen. It was during this shoreleave that she attempted to teach Tobian how to snowboard.
• Michael Goodwell: The two met on the Victory when Lael was trying to charm her way in to see Janel (who had gone AWOL and was confined to quarters when he returned). Michael initially nursed a crush on the charming Lael, but during their time in the other universe, fell in love with Abigail Young and was planning to propose to her when she died, something that he blamed Lael for.
• Aleya Thompson: She and Lael first became friends while serving together aboard the Victory. Aleya's fun and laid back personality was a welcome relief to the everyday anxiety and stress when they become trapped in the other universe. The two are still friends and talk regularly.
• Abigail Young: She was a nurse's assistant who Lael worked with in the other universe to evacuate injured crew from a damaged section of the ship. However, when Lael was attempting to erect a forcefield around the section to give them more time to evacuate, the hull breached. She was unsuccessful in erecting the forcefield and, out of fear for her own life, she ran when Abigail was sucked out into space, something she still feels immense guilt about.
• Madeline Young: The daughter of a colleague, Abigail Young, who died in the other universe, she became Lael's ward after her Abigail's mother died and Abigail's will named Lael as a back-up guardian. Lael, Dassa, and Chythar have all since developed a very close bond with the little girl. Maddy affectionately refer's to Lael's two best friends as Uncle Chythar and Aunt Dassa. She connects most closely with Chythar, perhaps because of their shared abilities.
• Ayiana Sevo: Though Lael was not especially close with Ayiana when they first began serving together, the two had something in common in that both had a friendship with Janel Tarna and had both worked together to stabilize him during a mission gone awry. They became a little closer during their time in the other universe and Lael even asked for Ayiana's input to solve the issue with her spinal injury and the nanites, to which Ayiana proposed genetronics. This technology later became part of a very complicated procedure intended to keep Lael mobile.
• Cory Stoyer: The two became acquainted during an away mission where their team leader and First Officer became incapacitated. Though the two didn't always agree on what next steps needed to be taken, Lael came to respect the engineer for his dedication to his duty. At one point, she began instructing him and Chythar Skyfire in the Earth martial art of jiu-jitsu.
• Eerie: She didn't know Eerie very well and her longest conversation with him was in the Officer's Lounge during their time in the other universe. It was just following a mission to gain much needed supplies. He commended her on her actions and they talked a little bit about her scars.
• Alucard Vess: Though her relationship with Alucard is mostly that of colleagues, she enjoyed his wit and sense of humor as well as his professionalism and his dedication to both his duty and his family.
• Yishira Somlen: Lael first met Shira as her counselor after Tobian and Dassa started dating. Though she initially didn't like the woman very much, Lael has come to respect her professionalism.
• Nefan Venal: She and Nefan first met in the Mess Hall a couple months after she and Jansen had broken up. He'd flirted outrageously, which she'd returned in kind, reluctantly agreeing to a date. However, when he tried to kiss her, she became spooked and never went on another date with him.

Full Timeline

• 239207.17--Lael arrives on the USS Gorkon
• 239301.21-239309.07--Lael and the Gorkon crew spend nearly a year trapped in a Dominion-ruled universe.
• 239312--Lael and Jansen get engaged.
• 239401--Lael and Jansen break off their engagement and their relationship.
• 239401.21--Lael is promoted to full Lieutenant
• 239404.14--Lael undergoes spine replacement surgery.
• 239404.17--Lael is transferred to the USS Za.

Mission Logs

• A Sinking Ship
• A Monstrous Murder Mystery
• Annus Horribilis
• Annus Horribilis, Part II

	SERVICE JACKET: USS Za

• Rank: Lieutenant
• Duty Post: HCO Officer
• Commanding Officer: Captain Keelah Rhani
• Stardates: 239404.18 - Present

PEACE IN OUR TIME

Lael arrived aboard the Za shortly after her surgery with little time to settle in. She reported to Captain Keelah Rhani as well as her required new crewmember physical and psychological assessment, reporting for her first duty shift as HCO on the bridge. At first, the mission didn't seem that out of the ordinary -- first contact with a bear-like humanoid species, the Hocktin, who were testing their first warp ship, the Pathfinder. They were a curiosity, to be certain, and Lael's inner engineer was positively giddy at the thought of exploring their unique ship design. She was assigned as part of the team with Chief Engineering Officer Commander Alex Blair and Chief Operations Officer Lieutenant Commander Kalos Fiorr that would set up a ship to ship network so the two races could exchange information while Captain Rhani and a selected team sat down with the vessel's commander, General Kzan, to arrange a meeting with the President of Hocktin, Longza.

After a couple days' journey, they arrived at the Hocktin homeworld. Just before beaming down, Captain Rhani learned that a flea-like creature had bitten one of the Za crew and had infected that crewmember with a deadly virus. Rhani informed Lael and her team of this and ordered them to finish up and report back to the Za as soon as possible. Despite the dangers, Captain Rhani decided to beam to the surface with First Officer Lieutenant Commander Trellis Vondaryan and Chief of Security Lieutenant Junior Grade Krindo Pandorn to continue discussions regarding an information exchange. However, during this meeting, a radical, Marshal Numiz, a military leader, abducted them and held them hostage.

Shortly after the Pathfinder had landed on Hocktin and the Engineering team had finished setting up the network, Lael was bitten, presumably by the flea-like creature, and experienced a strange reaction to the bite. Through communication with Lieutenant Chythar Skyfire in Sickbay, they learned the symptoms and that estimated time until the final stages of the virus (aka death) was 72 hours. It was also around this time that Commander Blair learned from the Deck Officer, Lieutenant Commander Alexander Williams, that Captain Rhani and her team had been taken prisoner. Once the comm had closed, Cjnur, one of the officers aboard the Pathfinder, attempted to take the Engineering team hostage. But Lael's martial arts expertise enabled her to disarm the two other guards and gain the upper hand.

Whilst taking Cjnur to the planet's Space Center to find a way to locate Captain Rhani, they ran into Professor Mindor, the designer of the Pathfinder, and President Longza himself. After a direct conversation between the President and the away team with the Za, it was decided by Lieutenant Commander Williams, despite the high risk of exposing the whole crew to the Hocktin virus, that Professor Mindor would beam aboard to aid in finding a cure. While trying to gain furthur insights into both the situation and Numiz's possible plan, Lael began experiencing further symptoms, such as limited no-touch telepathy and no-touch empathy as well as headaches, nausea, dizziness, lack of focus, and pain. Concerned, Commander Blair went along with Cjnur going to retrieve a medic for Lael under the watchful eye of Ensign Richards, which allowed them to get Cjnur out of the room. After a brief discussion, the President agreed to provide a blood sample in hopes that it would aid the Science team aboard the Za in finding a cure for the virus before it took more lives. Lael drew the blood and the container was beamed aboard the Za behind a forcefield to prevent it from infecting the Science team.

Meanwhile, on the planet, Commander Blair, who had also began experiencing symptoms, had begun working with Lael and Lieutenant Commander Fiorr as part of a rescue attempt to narrow down possible locations where the Captain and the others might have been taken.

Notable Relationships

• Alex Blair:
• Chythar Skyfire:
• Dassa Alexander:
• Anjar Thoran:
• Tobian Dalton:
• Michael Goodwell:
• Aleya Thompson:
• Madeline Young:
• Yishira Somlen:

Full Timeline

• 239404.18--Lael arrives on the USS Za.

Mission Logs

• Peace In Our Time

	SERVICE JACKET: USS Veritas

• Rank: Lieutenant
• Duty Post: Engineering Officer
• Commanding Officer: Captain Roshanara Rahman
• Stardates: 239407.07 - Present

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• Alex Blair: Though the two had worked together throughout their time in the other universe, they became closer when he began dating her best friend, Chythar Skyfire. They had a bit of a falling out when it was uncovered that Lael shared a deep telepathic/empathic bond with Chythar as a result of him pulling her back from the brink of death during her spine replacement surgery and that she was nursing a physical and emotional attraction to Chythar. Since their experiences with the Hocktin, the two have resolved their differences and repaired their friendship.
• Chythar Skyfire:
• Dassa Alexander:
• Anjar Thoran:
• Tobian Dalton:
• Michael Goodwell:
• Aleya Thompson:
• Madeline Young:
• Yishira Somlen:

Full Timeline

• 239407.07--Lael arrives on the USS Veritas.

Mission Logs

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