Nienne Kenoi: Difference between revisions

* '''Age''': 34

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* Has always been just a little afraid of the dark

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* 235705.02 Born to Fenor and Meiyan Kenoi, artists, in [[Seinahn]], an artist colony located on Eh'naan, an island in the Attraxan islands, Rodul.

Nienne grew up part of a large and loving family; from a very early age what she wanted most was to explore the stars, a profession that was largely frowned upon even in the free-thinking artistic community of [[Seinahn]]. Fenor and Meiyan were loving and attentive parents who made sure that their children were steeped in family tradition as well as introduced to art and music at a young age. The children were encouraged to think of the walls of their bedrooms as canvasses to be used to express their creativity and individuality. There were always guests at the table with lively discussions and impromptu concerts being more the norm than an unusual occurrence. Members of the colony would orchestrate showings of new works and there were regular performances by the local theater and dance troupes. Nienne's childhood was one of wonder and imagination. Traditional artists lived and worked side by side with basotile artists and holo-artists. The studios were generally open to visitors and Nienne had many friends among the colony's residents.  

When she was 13, Nienne developed an interest in holonovels and apprenticed herself to Kevys, a holoartist who said that his was the only art there was that a person could walk through. Nienne loved the worlds that Kevys created and felt like an explorer whenever she had the chance to test and debug Kevys' latest creation. The walls of her bedroom became a collage, done with layers of lacquer as a sealant, that used souvenirs from the people she had known and the things she had done to form scenes from a world that existed only in her imagination. As she learned and became adept, she began creating her own holodeck program ... a pervasive world that met the inner vision of a thirteen year old girl who wanted nothing more than to explore all the mysteries to be found in space.  

When Kevys became ill, Nienne came up against an unwelcome reality. Good times end and sometimes, people that you love can be taken from you. She began reading medical journals, trying to wage war against the illness that was killing her friend, Kevys, but there was no answer to be found. It was a hard realization to accept. One that Nienne fought against but in the end, she could only stand by and watch her friend die by inches. During that time, she watched his doctors, saw the care that they gave him, the way they helped give him quality of life in his last days and she began to see that as something she would like to do. Help others and keep death at bay if she could.

When it was clear that she was drawn to medicine and to helping people, she was encouraged to attend the Dohrein Medical School in nearby Eh'naan. After medical school, she completed her residency at the Dohrein Medical Center. In the early days of her residency, an earthquake on a nearby island had flattened most of a city. Sensor probes and teleporters saved many lives in those difficult and terrifying days. In the older section of the city, it was discovered that the construction materials commonly employed prevented reliable sensor readings and made teleport impossible. Kenoi was one of the volunteers who went into the wreckage and helped to locate victims, often providing medical care until the victim could be taken to safety. As they neared the point where rescue would most likely become retrieval, everyone worked frantically, Nienne among them. When an elderly victim, long-time resident of the area, remembered an illegal orphanage, run by a pair of human social workers, rescue efforts focused on that location. Nienne was the one who found the children, trapped under the debris of three upper floors, and it was Nienne who offered comfort to those who were beyond medical aid, stayed with them in their last moments. The memories of that time have stayed with her, haunted her dreams even to this day.  

With her residency finished, Life threatened to settle into a rhythm and that should have been the end of it. Life defined. However, her early interest in exploration returned with a vengeance and she knew that she still wanted to explore the stars. More than that, she knew that she had to leave Rodul. She had to try. She talked to her friends, made her plans, and did something completely unheard of among her people. She left Rodul for [http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Vulcana_Regar Vulcana Regar] on [[Vulcan]] where she spent two years studying telepathic and mental disciplines with a former patient, Saren. Under the guidance of the elderly Vulcan, she learned meditation, how to build and maintain shields, and how to communicate telepathically without causing harm to the recipient.

While there, she did some research and found Starfleet Academy. It wasn't until her application was accepted and her departure date set that she started telling people back home. Then, after many discussions and more than a few arguments with family and well-meaning friends, Kenoi traveled to Earth for her first real exposure to non-telepaths. While at the Academy, along with her medical studies, she minored in Xenobiology and Forensic Pathology and took the command course.