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=Climbing the Ranks on ''[[Victory]]''= | ==Climbing the Ranks on ''[[Victory]]''== | ||
Prior to being posted to a starship, Ensign Aresee Ventu was sent to the processing center at [[Starbase 118]], where she was to undergo a final simulated mission to ensure her readiness for a deep-space assignment. That cruise took place in one of the base's holodecks, under the guidance of Lieutenant Commanders [[Stone, Cura|Cura Stone]] and [http://www.starbase118.net/lcars/profdet.php?pid=546 Solan]. <br> | |||
The simulation placed Aresee in the role of counselor with a group of six other cadets. The cadets and their commanders were to explore a fictional Bajoran transport, the ''Shabtai''. During the simulation, Aresee was instrumental in [[Cadet_Aresee_Ventu:_Her_Way_/_Captured|discovering]] that the ship had been disabled by Cardassians, although it was noted in her file that she broke away from the group and struck out on her own, in violation of standing orders, to make her discovery.<br> | |||
Still, she passed the simulated exam, and she and a few other new crewmen were made available to the [[USS Victory]]. | |||
===''[[Victory]]'''s New Counselor=== | |||
[[Image:Lilyensign.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Ensign Ventu]]On stardate 238208.27, Aresee is officially [[Ensign Aresee Ventu: Crossroads|welcomed aboard]] the ''Victory'' as the new chief counseling officer.<br> | |||
Her first order of business was to ask the vessel's new first officer, [[Phoenix, Robin|Commander Robin Phoenix]], about allowing her sister, [[Ventu, Alexa|Alexa]] to come aboard with her. Alexa had traveled to Starbase 118 with Aresee, but Phoenix firmly upheld the rule barring families from Intrepid-class starships, and Aresee had to send Alexa back to Earth. This, coupled with the stress of adjusting to shipboard life, caused Aresee to have a major breakdown during her first few days on the ship, necessitating an emergency transport to Sickbay. Although she recovered fully, the embarrassment of the incident lasted a lot longer. <br> | |||
Aresee came aboard just as the ''Victory'' was preparing to depart for its [[Government (Victory)|mission to Tanuga IV]]. As counselor, Aresee was assigned to gather cultural information en route, and, once there, observe the behavior of one of the Tanugan dignitaries. <br> | |||
During a surface crisis, Aresee was borrowed by the ''Victory'''s CMO, [[Harden, Julia|Lieutenant Julia Harden]], and assigned to a triage team planetside. She protested that she had only minimal medical knowledge, but that apparently qualified her, and she was placed as head of a triage team over her own dissuasions. <br> | |||
On the planet, Aresee left her duty post after both their complex and the Tanugan city were attacked. Her stated goal was to assist two orphaned Tanugan children, but while trying to coax them back to her triage unit, she was captured by an unknown entity which initially threatened her with death before relenting and just taking her hostage. Despite deep-mind probes and many hours of meditation, she is currently uncertain what happened while she was a hostage.<br> | |||
Aresee was rescued by a team from the ''Victory'' and returned to the ship's Sickbay. There, she spent several weeks off-duty and in technologically-induced resting periods, regaining her health. | |||
===Family and Wet Feet=== | |||
=== | Following the Tanugan mission, and after recuperating and returning to active duty, Aresee is rewarded for her work and duress with a promotion to Junior Lieutenant (January 17, 2383). <br> | ||
The ''Victory'''s next mission took the crew to the border of the [[Trinity Sector]], near both [[Romulan]] and [[Klingon]] space. The goal of the mission was to recover a platoon of marines whose ship had, officially, "wandered off course" and ended up near the (officially) abandoned Romulan Celipentha Station. <br> | |||
In Aresee's personal life: Following her breakdown during the previous mission, she returned to using more meds than she liked, but the stress of starship life made it a necessity. Also, she met Junior Lieutenant [[Koveski, Sameth|Sameth Koveski]] [[Image:Skoveski.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Koveski]], a transporter officer who flirted with her. Although she initially rebuffed his advances, she found herself annoyingly flattered by the attention. <br> | |||
With initial reconnaissance, the crew discovered that Celipentha Station was far from abandoned, and was serving as a base for the Romulan [[ma:Tal Shiar|Tal Shiar]]. Commander Phoenix, now serving as the ''Victory'''s CO, ordered infiltration teams assembled, and arranged for cosmetic surgery for everyone on such a team. The result? The command crew of ''Victory'' as Romulans. <br> | |||
Aresee was assigned to Alpha Team along with Junior Lieutenant [[Hunnicutt, Benjamin|Ben Hunnicutt]], ''Victory'''s chief engineer, and under the command of Lieutenant Commander [[Harden, Julia|Julia Harden]], the chief medical officer. The team's objective was to locate the missing marines and disable any security equipment or personnel on the way, making it possible for Beta Team to arrive and evacuate the prisoners. <br> | |||
[[Image:Matilda.jpg|thumb|left|110px|Matilda]]The untimely arrival of Aresee's [[Tayler-Ventu, Matilda|mother]] threw the whole mission off. Matilda had arrived on ''Victory'' just as the senior staff had left, keen on visiting her daughter and refusing to take "no" for an answer when she was told not to follow them. <br> | |||
On the station, everything is proceeding smoothly until Matilda comes boards and, after finding the station far from abandoned, proceeds to launch into a violent search for her daughter. <br> | |||
Aresee once again defies her orders and strikes out alone to find her mother. After their safe reunion, mother and daughter joined up with their evacuating comrades. Apparently, a bomb had been placed on the station by a force other than the Romulans or the Starfleet teams, and their teams escaped just before the station imploded. <br> | |||
Back aboard ''Victory'', Aresee refuses to speak with her mother, and locks herself in her office. Matilda makes the most of the ship, however, enjoying its holodecks and lounge ... until, whilst in the lounge, she is approached and kidnapped by a strange device. While observed by everyone in the lounge, no one can adequately explain why or what had transpired - Matilda Tayler-Ventu had simply vanished. <br> | |||
Following increasing bouts of depression in late April 2383, Aresee relieves herself of duty and spends all her time in her quarters. <br> | |||
=== | Early in May, Aresee receives a message from her mother, relaying that Matilda is safe and is living approximately two hundred years in the future. Although still angry, Aresee once again masters her emotions and returns to active duty.<br> | ||
Aresee is approach by Sam Koveski again. He was present for Matilda's abduction and was instrumental in the ensuing investigation, and she tells herself that those things make him a good person when she decides to sleep with him. <br> | |||
===Phased!=== | |||
[[Image:Lilylt.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Lt. Ventu]]Aresee is awarded with another promotion when she returns to active duty, this time to full Lieutenant. She retains her position as head of the counseling department. <br> | |||
In June of 2383, the ''Victory'' experiences shipwide systems failures, thanks to its malfunctioning bio-neural gel packs. Aresee is stranded on the bridge with Captain Phoenix and a few junior officers ... at least, until an energy overload causes an explosion, during which time Phoenix disappears. Aresee is temporarily placed in command. <br> | |||
Following the reactivation of ships' systems and the successful recovery of all personnel, Aresee takes a leave of absence to return to Earth, where her father is taking her mother's "long vacation" a lot harder than she is. <br> | |||
Two months later, Aresee returns to active duty. She and her junior counseling officer, Ensign [[Devin, Ryan|Ryan Devin]],[[Image:Devinshoulder.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Ensign Devin]]attend a conference before rendezvousing with the ''Victory'' at Starbase 118. While en route, their runabout is attacked by an unknown vessel, but with assistance from the starbase, the vessel is destroyed, and they arrive safely. <br> | |||
After embarking upon the ''Victory'''s next mission - escorting some Bajoran diplomats - Aresee receives a message from her mother than the next few days will be "very important" to both her and her timeline. Aresee relays the message to Captain Phoenix, and the captain agrees with Aresee that the best thing to do is to continue with the mission as planned. <br> | |||
While in the ''Victory'''s lounge, Aresee is attacked by unknown assailants before being "phased out" of temporal sync: She can still hear and see those around her, but they can't interact with her. Once phased, she discovers that a woman named [[Trenet, Aurelie|Aurelie Trenet]] [[Image:Aurelieyes.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Aurelie Trenet]]is responsible, that Aresee's life was in danger, and that - since her assailants can phase at will - that she wouldn't have been safe anywhere on the ship. Aurelie explains that she works with Aresee's mother in the future, that she's a temporal field agent, and that she's on the ''Victory'' to preserve the correct timeline, whereas Aresee's assailants want to rewrite it for their benefit.<br> | |||
Aurelie's phasing device is destroyed by her enemies, leaving both women effectively invisible and vulnerable to said enemies. Their only hope is Captain Robin Phoenix, who establishes a faint telepathic link with Aresee. She manages to guide the captain to a location and, with a ''Victory''-crew-designed device that should return them to normal, are again attacked. This time, though, it's by a group of aliens Aurelie calls "Collectors," and whom kidnap Aresee, Aurelie, Captain Phoenix, and Aurelie's enemies. Using Aurelie's knowledge, the three women escape from the Collector ship, leaving the opposing temporal agents behind, and return to ''Victory''. <br> | |||
Back on ''Victory'', the new device and Captain Phoenix's link are used in conjunction to re-phase Aresee and Aurelie.<br> | |||
After the trying temporal mission, Aresee is granted a promotion to Lieutenant Commander. | |||
=Command Positions on the ''[[Constitution]]''= | =Command Positions on the ''[[Constitution]]''= | ||