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'''Lieutenant Commander Quinn Reynolds''' is an socially awkward genius who currently serves as the Executive Officer and Chief of Intelligence aboard [[Starbase 118 Ops]].

* '''Full Name''': Quinn Erin Reynolds

* '''Race''': [[Human]]/[[Deltan]]

* '''Height''': 1.65m (5'5'')

* '''Weight''': 49kg (108lbs).

Quinn lives in the world of theoretical possibilities.  She exists primarily inside her own mind and has the ability to analyse difficult problems, identify patterns and come up with logical explanations.  Almost everything is seen in terms of how it could be improved, or what it could be turned into.  She seeks clarity in almost all aspects of her life and is driven to build knowledge.  Her natural drive to turn theories into concrete understanding has resulted in a feeling of personal responsibility to solve problems and bring a greater awareness to her field.

Quinn has little understanding or value for decisions made on the basis of personal subjectivity or feelings. She strives constantly to achieve logical conclusions to problems and doesn't understand the importance or relevance of applying subjective emotional considerations to decisions.  For this reason, she is often not in tune with how people are feeling and is not well-equipped to meet the emotional needs of others.  She often fails to realise the value of attending to other people's feelings and has difficulty giving the warmth and support that is sometimes necessary in intimate relationships.

* '''Academia''': Never one to let her mind rest, Quinn is constantly working on some academic project in her spare time; be it a thesis, journal article or new technology design.

* '''Music''': Quinn is an accomplished pianist, and enjoys playing in her spare time.

* '''Gardening''': While not as feasible on a starship, she enjoys gardening and has a sizeable garden in her home on Mars.

*'''Likes''':

** '''Flora''': She has a particular fondness for plants of all varieties and enjoys visiting gardens and arboretums.

** '''Water''': Due to an unfortunate boating accident while on holiday, Quinn has been left with a strong phobia of bodies of water.

Quinn is not the most ambitious of Starfleet officers; she has no desire to command a starship or facility and does not dream of one day holding the rank of Admiral.  Her goals in the fleet are limited to keeping the people that are her responsibility safe and doing her job to the best of her ability.  She is also currently striving to improve her own self-defence skills, after several incidents where they were found lacking.

In her personal life, she still strives to shake off her self-conscious and shy nature and become more confident in social situations and around people that she does not know.  

Quinn has a somewhat unusual relationship with her personal achievements; despite being the holder of multiple PhDs and several years of Research and Design experience at Utopia Planitia shipyards, she does not view these as particularly great accomplishments.  Rather, they were something she was expected to achieve, were well within her abilities and so she tends brush off any attention regarding them, even appearing arrogant to some.  She is genuinely proud of is her acceptance to and graduation from Starfleet Academy, as she found the theoretical work easy, but many other aspects of the Academy's curriculum were a struggle to Quinn and she had to work hard to pass them.

She finds her assignment to Starfleet Intelligence a struggle, and while she shines in the analytical work that she carries out, Quinn finds field work much more difficult and is disappointed with her performance in that area.   

One of the rarer [[StarBase 118 Habitat Areas|"privacy style"]] residences on the outer ring of the station (thus possessing genuine windows in the exterior walls), Quinn's two-bedroom quarters are located in the Upper Habitat Ring on Deck 768.  The quarters are arranged so that the corridor access opens into an entranceway that has doors leading to each room in the quarters; living room, kitchen/diner, a small study, each of the bedrooms and the bathroom suite.  They are simply and sparsely decorated, plain and neutral in colour, with standard-issue furniture and nothing in the way of paintings, pictures, sculptures or textiles.  There is, however, an abundance of plants, both mundane and exotic, and a variety of technically accurate starship models, including the [[USS Triumphant]].

Dysfunctional is the best term to describe Quinn's family; her biological father has been conspicuously absent since before she was born, her mother currently resides in a mental institution, her siblings do their best not to acknowledge her and her adoptive father battles against the overbearing influence of her maternal grandparents.

* '''Marital Status''': Single.

* '''Number of children''': None.

* '''Mother''': Sarah Louise Reynolds (Terran).

* '''Father''': Ishan (Deltan).

* '''Adoptive Father''': Stephen Richard Reynolds (Terran).

* '''Half-Brother''': Sean Patrick Reynolds.

* '''Half-Sister''': Siobhan Jessica Isaacs (formerly Reynolds).

* '''Cousin''': [[Reynolds, Hayden|Hayden Reynolds]]

** '''Cousin-in-law''': [[Ventu, Lily|Lily Ventu]]

** '''First Cousin, Once Removed''' (and godson): [[Ventu, Rhys|Rhys Ventu-Reynolds]]  

* '''Biological Paternal Grandmother''': Inaia

* '''Biological Paternal Grandfather''': Arias

: ''Full Article: [[/Personal history|Reynolds, Quinn - Personal History]]''

Born in the Columbia Hills settlement on Mars, Quinn was the child of an illicit liaison between her human mother and deltan father.  Her father left before the pregnancy was discovered and her mother's mental condition rapidly deteriorated after giving birth, leaving Quinn primarily in the care of her mother's husband.  Her two half-siblings blamed the young girl for taking their mother away and her maternal grandparents actively fought for custody of all the children, eventually conceding defeat but maintaining an overbearing presence in their lives.  Perhaps because of this, she was a quiet, withdrawn child who preferred to play alone, rather than with other children and spent a great deal of time gazing at the stars and shipyards in the sky.

# '''2359''': Born.

# '''2364''': Quinn's mother, Sarah, is institutionalised.  Quinn is cared for by Sarah's husband, who later formally adopt her.

Quinn displayed a remarkable intellect at an extremely young age; she was gently encouraged by her adoptive father and forcibly pushed by her maternal grandparents into fully exploring her potential. As a direct result, she applied and was accepted by the Daystrom Institute of Technology at the tender age of ten. There, she studied a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, but growing up on Mars near the Utopia Planitia facility had instilled a love of starships into the girl, and it was in this direction that Quinn chose to channel her genius. Though she found the life of an academic and researcher fulfilling, Quinn felt she had been shoehorned into the role and wished to try something she would actually find challenging; eventually realising this dream by securing herself a place at Starfleet Academy.

: ''Full Article: [[/Starfleet Records|Reynolds, Quinn - Starfleet Records]]''

Following the reassignment of the the Triumphant and her crew, Quinn was posted to the USS Independence as its Chief Engineer.  After a roller-coaster time, both professionally and personally, she requested a transfer to a new duty post and was snapped up by Starfleet Intelligence and posted to Starbase 118.

* '''Date Graduated from Academy''': 238401.27

* '''Current Rank''': Lieutenant Commander

* '''Duty Post''': Executive Officer and Chief of Intelligence

* '''Purple Star'''

* '''Sheathed Sword'''

* '''Phoenix Award'''

[[Image:XO_Office_Starbase_118.jpg|thumb|Executive Officer's Office]] Quinn's primary work area is the Hub itself and the Executive Officer's Office, situated on Deck 6 of the Starbase's [[StarBase 118 Command Center|Command Centre]], inside the Hub.  She does not decorate her office with much in the way of personal items; in fact, the only personal touch is a terrarium in one corner that contains a simulated Martian environment, complete with miniature dust storms.  Due to the classified nature of much of the information that reaches her desk, she operates a closed door policy and any visitors must request access by ringing the door chime.  The door is locked at all times when she is elsewhere on the Starbase.

[[Image: Intelligence liason office.jpg|thumb|Intelligence Liaison Office]]She also maintains an office inside the [[StarBase 118 Black Tower|Black Tower]], and can less commonly be found there (at least by those with the appropriate clearances), conferring and liaising with her Intelligence colleagues.  Quinn can sometimes be found in the Intelligence Liaison Officer on Deck of of the Command Centre, where her yeoman Tsao Xiu Li works.

# '''2369''': Graduates from high school, begins study at the Daystrom Institute of Technology.

# '''2371''': Completes a BSc in Physics.