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[[File:Taelon-cestus-2.jpg|thumb|alt=Taelon's home on Cestus III.|Taelon's Home on Cestus III (Exterior).]] | |||
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<h2>LIFE ON CESTUS III [2358 - 2388]</h2> | |||
Taelon was born in 2358 on the colony of Cestus III. Born into a strict Eccia bloodline, the environment he grew up in was a mired one - the once strict culture his family had come from shattered by the fall of El-Auria, they all dealt with the new world in different ways. For his mother, her choice was isolation and obsessive study and research. For his father, it was travel and writing. | |||
Taelon grew up isolated with his mother; he didn’t meet his father, Jakarn, until he was 14 years old. While he received his basic education at the school in the relatively nearby colony, his mother taught him the majority of the skills he knows now, and as he grew up he assisted her in her research. | |||
The area of Cestus they lived in was remote and unpopulated - a barren, arid red desert. His mother had perched her home on the edge and side of a steep canyon, carefully hidden from the outside world. When she’d first arrived, the Gorn had just destroyed the first Federation colony and raiding parties still crawled the planet. By the time Taelon was born, the biggest concern was some of the nastier wildlife. His mother kept the perimeter turrets online regardless. | |||
Azera was often away for long periods of time, leaving the boy to tend the home by himself. These periods of true isolation were when Taelon picked up his tendency towards self-reliance...as well as his hobby of learning bizarre little skills. | |||
Left to his own ends, he discovered and became enamored of Starfleet, taking their messages and philosophy thoroughly to heart. His mother didn’t think much of them, nor did she support his desire to join them. | |||
While their relationship had always been somewhat tense, as Taelon grew into his early 20s, he and his mother began to struggle to see eye to eye. Deprived of the regular social outlet of school and still frequently left behind, they spent the next decade arguing with increasing intensity, until in 2388 an argument turned violent. | |||
Taelon left that night, taking what few personal possessions he had and trading some of them for a lift off-planet. He spent two months travelling to Earth, hopping from ship to ship to get there. | |||
<h2>ACADEMY LIFE [2388 - 2393]</h2> | |||
Taelon managed to take the entry exam to Starfleet Academy after arriving on Earth, and while he didn’t pass with flying colors, he was admitted to the facility in San Francisco. He enrolled as a student of the Arts & Sciences division, studying cybernetics, nanotech and robotics - the same skills learned under his mother’s 30-year tutelage. | |||
Still thrown off by his departure from the only home he’d ever known, and overwhelmed by the sheer number of people, he struggled to adjust and make friends. In the end he spent most of the years there working by himself, wrapped up intensely in projects and research. | |||
He graduated from the Academy in 2393 with several accolades in his classwork, which he’s proud of. While most might not consider his time at the Academy ideal, he thinks of it fondly and often misses it, especially when things on the Starbase aren’t going well. | |||
<h2>STARBASE 118 OPS [2393 - ]</h2> | |||
After graduation and his cadet cruise, Taelon was assigned to the Operations of Starbase 118. It wasn’t the sort of assignment he expected to get, and the crew isn’t what he’d expected either - what with the Gorn, a gaggle of Risians, and the sheer flood of Betazoids. | |||
He’s still working on settling in, a month or so later. Since arriving he’s found himself tangled up in a holodeck malfunction that involved musical numbers (no, the Academy did not train him on the proper procedure for those), the discovery of hidden decks and a slavery ring, and most recently been part of a crew kidnapped while escorting the famous diva Lady Shadonna, where members of the team were shot, burnt, tortured, electrocuted, hit with shrapnel, and repeatedly cornered and out gunned in fire fights. In short, it’s been a busy last few months. | |||
So far Starfleet hasn’t been like what he’d imagined as a kid. But that’s beens the case with most things in the last 5 years. | |||
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<h2>Starfleet Academy Division of Arts & Sciences</h2> | |||
'''Major''': Exotechnology (Computer Sciences)<br /> | '''Major''': Exotechnology (Computer Sciences)<br /> | ||
''Specializations: Robotics, Cybernetics, and Nanotechnology''<br /> | ''Specializations: Robotics, Cybernetics, and Nanotechnology''<br /> | ||