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[[Image:Mars.jpg|thumb|Mars]]Quinn was born in Columbia Hills, Mars. From a very young age, it was obvious that she was an exceptionally bright child and intelligence testing showed that she had a phenomenally high IQ. The Reynolds family already had some experience with gifted children - her cousin Hayden was also remarkably intelligent - and so it was decided that she would be home schooled with private tutors in order to provide her with a tailored program of education that was best suited to her abilities. While there was a strong emphasis on mathematics and the sciences, her father, Stephen Reynolds, also ensured that she had access to the arts and Quinn quickly fell in love with music. Playing the piano quickly became one of her favourite hobbies and one she would take with her into adulthood. | [[Image:Mars.jpg|thumb|Mars]]Quinn was born in Columbia Hills, Mars. From a very young age, it was obvious that she was an exceptionally bright child and intelligence testing showed that she had a phenomenally high IQ. The Reynolds family already had some experience with gifted children - her cousin Hayden was also remarkably intelligent - and so it was decided that she would be home schooled with private tutors in order to provide her with a tailored program of education that was best suited to her abilities. While there was a strong emphasis on mathematics and the sciences, her father, Stephen Reynolds, also ensured that she had access to the arts and Quinn quickly fell in love with music. Playing the piano quickly became one of her favourite hobbies and one she would take with her into adulthood. | ||
Her childhood years were marked with several life-altering events. First, there was incident involving her mother that finally prompted the decision to place Sarah Reynolds in the care of psychiatric professionals - of which Quinn still bears the scars of today. The later months of her eighth year included a visit to Delta IV which left the girl with a lingering distaste of Deltan culture and a phobia of | Her childhood years were marked with several life-altering events. First, there was incident involving her mother that finally prompted the decision to place Sarah Reynolds in the care of psychiatric professionals - of which Quinn still bears the scars of today. The later months of her eighth year included a visit to Delta IV which left the girl with a lingering distaste of Deltan culture and a phobia of the sea (''thalassophobia''). | ||
At the age of ten, Quinn undertook the final examinations required to graduate from High School and passed them all with flying colours. Under pressure from her grandparents, Susan and Martin, she applied to the Daystrom Institute of Technology to read a Bachelor of Science in Physics. She found life at the institute a struggle, having difficulty relating to her fellow classmates, all of whom were several years older than her and as a result became increasingly isolated during her time there. It was directly due to her solitude that she finished the degree a full year earlier than the norm. | At the age of ten, Quinn undertook the final examinations required to graduate from High School and passed them all with flying colours. Under pressure from her grandparents, Susan and Martin, she applied to the Daystrom Institute of Technology to read a Bachelor of Science in Physics. She found life at the institute a struggle, having difficulty relating to her fellow classmates, all of whom were several years older than her and as a result became increasingly isolated during her time there. It was directly due to her solitude that she finished the degree a full year earlier than the norm. | ||
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* '''235902.14''': Born. | * '''235902.14''': Born. | ||
* '''236403.02''': Mother is institutionalised, Quinn is cared for by her mother's husband, who later formally adopts her. | * '''236403.02''': Mother is institutionalised, Quinn is cared for by her mother's husband, who later formally adopts her. | ||
* '''236709.14''': A disastrous trip to Delta IV (with the intention of introducing her to Deltan culture) leaves Quinn with a permanent phobia of | * '''236709.14''': A disastrous trip to Delta IV (with the intention of introducing her to Deltan culture) leaves Quinn with a permanent phobia of the sea. | ||
* '''236906.23''': Graduates from high school, begins study at the Daystrom Institute of Technology. | * '''236906.23''': Graduates from high school, begins study at the Daystrom Institute of Technology. | ||
* '''237106.09''': Completes a BSc in Physics. | * '''237106.09''': Completes a BSc in Physics. | ||
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====Full Timeline==== | ====Full Timeline==== | ||
* '''237203.11''': The beginning of a three month stay at the same hospital as her mother. | * '''237203.11''': The beginning of a three month stay at the same hospital as her mother. | ||
* '''237401.02''': Completes PhD in | * '''237401.02''': Completes PhD in Applied Subspace Theory. | ||
* '''237501.01''': Joins the Theoretical Propulsion Group at Utopia Planitia shipyards. | * '''237501.01''': Joins the Theoretical Propulsion Group at Utopia Planitia shipyards. | ||
* '''237601.15''': The USS Kestrel, the ship her cousin Hayden serves on, vanishes along with all hands on board. | * '''237601.15''': The USS Kestrel, the ship her cousin Hayden serves on, vanishes along with all hands on board. | ||
* '''237701.02''': Completes | * '''237701.02''': Completes EngD in Formal Methods (software and hardware engineering). | ||
* '''237704.17''': Tildaen Ethelwin, a Betazoid exchange student, moves into the family home during his internship on Mars. | * '''237704.17''': Tildaen Ethelwin, a Betazoid exchange student, moves into the family home during his internship on Mars. | ||
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She had begun to feel more secure and confident in her role as a command officer when the Eagle was dispatched to answer a distress call from a mystery ship, later identified as the Empress Orchid. While leading an away team to the vessel, Quinn made a decision knowing that it would cost the lives of four Starfleet officers — and to her surprise it was one she did not regret upon reflection. The same could not be said of all the members of the away team and her decision swiftly opened up a massive rift between Quinn and her friend, [[Ramirez, Pedro|Pedro Ramirez]]. | She had begun to feel more secure and confident in her role as a command officer when the Eagle was dispatched to answer a distress call from a mystery ship, later identified as the Empress Orchid. While leading an away team to the vessel, Quinn made a decision knowing that it would cost the lives of four Starfleet officers — and to her surprise it was one she did not regret upon reflection. The same could not be said of all the members of the away team and her decision swiftly opened up a massive rift between Quinn and her friend, [[Ramirez, Pedro|Pedro Ramirez]]. | ||
Old fears and new doubts were the result of the Eagle crashing and sinking in the ocean of an unexplored planet, the surviving crew marooned on a nearby island. Her | Old fears and new doubts were the result of the Eagle crashing and sinking in the ocean of an unexplored planet, the surviving crew marooned on a nearby island. Her thalassophobia presented when she drowned in her office, saved only at the last moment by [[Brunsig, Walter|Walter Brunsig]]... and was reinforced when she promptly drowned again on the swim to shore. The crash also sowed the seeds of doubt over the wisdom of keeping Dylan with her aboard ship, as she initially believed he had died when she discovered that the hull over her quarters had been torn open. She had little time to dwell on those fears and doubts, when the island came under attack by sea-faring pirates — the surviving members of other crashes, banded together to steal resources and people. Left in command by Admiral Rocar, who took the only working shuttle to seek help, Quinn led the Eagle crew to take the pirate ship and rescue their kidnapped colleagues. | ||
Her official promotion to commanding officer was accompanied by a diplomatic, first contact mission for which she felt wholly unsuited — and there were several in Starfleet command who agreed with her, by the end of it. En route, the Eagle came under attack inside and out, by members of the ruling faction of the Mantarans. Due to some quick thinking on the part of the Eagle crew, and the Mantaran's overestimation of the capabilities of their stolen technologies, the Eagle emerged victorious, with the offending Mantarans — and their ambassador — under arrest. It was also the mission that cemented her belief that Starfleet's rules are there for a reason: she offered Pedro Ramirez the post of First Officer, knowing that he was unsuited, but as his friend, hoping he would grow into the position. It came as a surprise to no one but her that he was recalled by Starfleet, deemed unfit for duty due to psychological issues. | Her official promotion to commanding officer was accompanied by a diplomatic, first contact mission for which she felt wholly unsuited — and there were several in Starfleet command who agreed with her, by the end of it. En route, the Eagle came under attack inside and out, by members of the ruling faction of the Mantarans. Due to some quick thinking on the part of the Eagle crew, and the Mantaran's overestimation of the capabilities of their stolen technologies, the Eagle emerged victorious, with the offending Mantarans — and their ambassador — under arrest. It was also the mission that cemented her belief that Starfleet's rules are there for a reason: she offered Pedro Ramirez the post of First Officer, knowing that he was unsuited, but as his friend, hoping he would grow into the position. It came as a surprise to no one but her that he was recalled by Starfleet, deemed unfit for duty due to psychological issues. | ||