Template:Robin Hopper/Family

Melissa Hopper

• Relationship: Birth Mother
• Species: Human
• Age: 64 years
• Retired FDC Diplomat, Oregon (Earth)

Melissa Hopper, born in Oregon but raised constantly on the move with her family, enjoyed travel and was drawn to space from a young age. Combined with an aptitude for languages and a parental influence towards law and politics, this interest led her to the Federation Diplomatic Corps - serving as a staffer for several years before becoming an Envoy at the Federation Embassy on Alpha Centauri IV. It was there she met her future wife, Ansyra, a terraforming expert and consultant on interplanetary projects.

After the two married, they relocated to Theta VII in search of a quieter life, and took over management of a hydroponic farming estate. With a little help from advanced Centauran medical technologies, they had two children together (Melissa carrying the elder sister, Robin, and Ansyra carrying the younger Kerilyn). The two have always joked about that fact that each sister seemed to take more after their *other* mother.

Ansyra Hopper

• Relationship: Mother
• Species: Centauran
• Age: 90 years
• Retired Artist & Terraformer, Velestus

Originally from Velestus (Alpha Centauri IV), Ansyra spent much of her younger days as a professional artist before discovering terraforming later in life, springing from her long-term hobby: gardening. Her work centered around consulting on balancing aesthetic and biological considerations in world-planning initiatives. This work eventually led her to the Federation Embassy, where she joined an interplanetary team of consultants based out of Velestus - a world known for its skilled terraformers.

Eventually, she met Melissa Hopper, who worked as an Diplomatic Corps Envoy at the Embassy. The two would eventually marry and settle down together, choosing to move to the less-intense setting of Theta VII to start their family.

Ansyra's private Centauran name is Kalitikne.

Kerilyn "Keri" Hopper

• Relationship: Sister
• Species: Human/Centauran Hybrid
• Age: 24 years
• Entry-Level Diplomat, (Federation Diplomatic Corps)

When Robin was six years old, her mothers decided they wanted to have a second child. At first outraged by their decision, Robin came around to it eventually - around the time Keri turned three. At that point, Robin decided she was cute enough to be accepted into the family. The two would feud again later, when Robin was in her teenage years, which Keri once described as "exceptionally stupid and awkward". Since then, the two have worked things out (mostly), with Robin attributing much of their improved relationship to the long time she's spent away from home while studying, citing the old adage that 'absence makes the heart grow fonder.'

Keri recently completed her degree in Politics and History at Tellar Prime University and has begun her career as a fledgling FDC diplomat.

Keri's private Centauran name is Zoirana.

Lynn Hopper

• Relationship: Grandmother
• Species: Human
• Age: 96 years
• Attorney/Legal Advocate, Minnesota (Earth)

A passionate legal advocate, specializing in interstellar law, Lynn was often called on to advise on matters of diplomacy and interstellar trade - though she herself never worked for the Federation Diplomatic Corps directly. While attending a conference regarding the Romulan Star Empire and the Federation's concerns regarding the Treaty of Algeron, she unexpectedly met Rick Hopper - a befulled young geologist who arrived a week early for a scientific conference. The two hit it off and attended both conferences together before deciding to spend some time travelling together. Eventually, they settled briefly after getting married, but work had both of them on the move again shortly thereafter, along with their two children.

Rick Hopper

• Relationship: Grandfather
• Species: Human
• Age: 97 years
• Geologist (Retired), California (Earth)

After graduating with a degree in Geology from the University of California, Rick Hopper began a decades-long career travelling throughout the continental United States (and later, internationally) studying geological phenomena. After a mix-up regarding the correct dates of a conference he was meant to attend, he ran into his future wife, Lynn, who was attending a legal conference on the Federation's stance towards the Romulan Star Empire following the Treaty of Algeron. The subject was totally out of Rick's depth, but he was so drawn to Lynn that he attended numerous day-long talks about it in order to spend time in her company.

The two would later marry and settle briefly in Oregon before resuming their travels, with two children in tow.

Robin Hopper^†

• Relationship: Uncle
• Species: Human
• Age: Deceased in 2367 at age 27
• Security Officer, USS Saratoga

Robin was named for her uncle, Robin, who died during the battle of Wolf 359 several years before she was born. As it is a relatively private matter of family history, and because she never knew him, Robin and her family don't talk much about him.

Phoenyra Keox

• Relationship: Grandmother
• Species: Centauran
• Age: 150 years
• Naturalist & Engineer, Velestus

Growing up, Robin always idolized her grandmother as a personal hero. While she didn't fully comprehend Phoenyra's work as a child, she did understand that her grandmother was some sort of scientist and was involved in biological studies and, subsequently, holographic technology development. Phoenyra lives on Velestus, where she is still affiliated with ongoing research into biological integrations with holographic environments at the Keox Conservatory - an institution named in honour of her accomplishments within the field.

Phoenyra was part of the Centauran-led team that developed the modern Federation Holodeck in the mid-24th century, following up and improving on decades of work into the earlier "Rec Room" technologies, in order to recreate more immersive and lifelike simulated environments.

Ariston Zephyros

• Relationship: Grandfather
• Species: Centauran
• Age: 140 years
• Marine Biologist, Velestus

Robin has always found her Centauran grandfather a somewhat mysterious figure, as he and her grandmother, Phoenyra, never married. Her work kept her land-bound and he, as a marine biologist, would spend months or years at sea. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that his presence in their daughter, Ansyra's, life was fairly minimal - and that this trend would continue with his grandchildren as well, whom he has only met on a couple of occasions around holidays.

He is a boisterous and adventurous man, which Robin always liked to romanticize in her mind, but the truth is, she does not know him well.