Ensign Aza uri Valtana
Name Aza va Tahsin uri Valtana
Position Medical Officer
Rank Ensign
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Species | Valtese | |
| Age | 21 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 6' 0" | |
| Weight | 154 lbs | |
| Hair Color | Brown with natural corkscrew curls that hang down over his ears and onto the nape of his neck. | |
| Eye Color | Sea green | |
| Physical Description | Like all Valtese, Aza has a set of light brown spots along his hairline that extends down in front of his ears and then circles back along the base of his skull where the two sides meet, run down the back of his neck, and taper to a point just below his shoulder blades. He prefers a goatee and close cropped mustache. On the occasions when he does shave he quickly finds himself with a 5 o’clock shadow. He has thick eyebrows and long dark eyelashes. Aza has the musculature common of dancers–toned and defined, but in a way that draws attention to the whole. When he smiles he has deep smile lines with a bit of a lopsided grin. |
Family
| Spouse | N/A | |
| Children | N/A | |
| Father | Tahsin | |
| Mother | Jemma | |
| Sister(s) | Burine (18) Leela (13) |
Personality & Traits
| Strengths & Weaknesses | + Fair minded + Insatiably curious + All things are worth knowing + Excellent listener + Warm and genuinely interested in what others are telling him. - Conflict averse - Can sometimes appear to be appeasing rather than looking for a good solution with the good of the many focus. - Struggles with others who are so fiercely individualistic that they prize their individualism at the expense of others |
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| Hobbies & Interests | Stars – their creation, destruction, make up, impact on bodies surrounding them. If it’s to do with stars he is fascinated. The way bodies and species are put together. He finds “how people work” to be fascinating and can wax eloquent about mitosis and miosis or the reproductive cycles of various species if he’s not stopped. New things. He’s not so much an adrenaline junkie as he is a new experiences junkie. If it’s new and he hasn’t done it yet, he’s interested in trying it. This extends to new foods, new physical activities, and an openness to friendships with a wide range of people. Sometimes this is to his detriment as he is willing to try things that may not be entirely safe. Music - Aza enjoys a range of music and, back on Valt, played a keyed instrument that roughly resembles a piano. He is of the belief that if we could just capture the right frequencies we could hear music between the stars.If he needs to relax, music is the direction he will often go. |
| Personal History | The Valtese are an ancient civilization best known for their war with the Kriosians. Centuries earlier the Kriosians split from the Valtese to found their own homeworld. The split, at its root, was over a woman–an empathic metamorph who the ruling brothers, Krios and Valt, were in love with. When Krios stole the woman away the society schismed with a portion of the population leaving for a new homeworld with Krios and a portion remaining to follow Valt. Although the two races are genetically nearly identical, enough time has passed for some minor genetic differences – most notably that the Valtese never bear empathic metamorphs within their population. Over the centuries after the schism the Valtese evolved to a more practical pragmatic race who have an inward “what is good for the whole is good for the one” mentality while balancing an acknowledgement of each Valtese’s individuality. Individuality and diversity are encouraged up until the point where they cause significant harm or disruption of the whole. In this way the Valtese have worked to ensure that the kind of schism that took place between themselves and the Kriosians is not repeated. The Valtese even go so far to describe the departure of the Kriosians as a cautionary tale of what can happen when you choose self over the good of the society to their children, making this significant historical moment more the stuff of legends and lore for many. As a warp capable species their development as a race was fairly run of the mill. Their ruling body is a democratic parliament made up of representatives from throughout the planet. Their world is a fairly standard Class M planet with a broad range of biodiversity and a variety of climates. The majority of the major cities are distributed along the equatorial region with most Valtese preferring warming climes. Aza grew up in the capital city of Valtana, a soaring maze of tall sky scraping buildings and busy thoroughfares. The city, itself, seems to crop up from nothing as it is ringed by a protected green zone, an attempt at balancing the highly technologically advanced artificial space with a space where the Valtese can easily escape to nature. Beyond the green zone are suburban neighborhoods which can access the city via a bridge that spans across the green zone. This pattern of urban to green to suburban, too, springs from the intent to benefit the whole even if there is expense to a few individuals. Some time after the split from the Kriosians a philosophical movement grew up, led by a woman named Gautlie, that taught balance in life as a way to ensure the whole benefited. The green zones were the first planet-wide movement to create physical spaces representing this balance. When Aza was 8 the Valtese and the Kriosians took the first steps toward reconciliation after several years of war-like skimishes by reintroduction an empathic metamorph to Valt Minor through an arranged marriage. Though peace was, tentatively, achieved, it was a process to move toward positive relations between the two people resulting in further mediation support by the Federation. Aza was first introduced to the stars at the age of 10 when he had the opportunity to camp in the green space outside of Valtana during a class trip where late night star gazing was encouraged and students were introduced to the use of telescopes to make out the stars in their system. Aza fell in love, immediately, with the idea that those specks of light, so very far away, held infinite possibilities and he began to dream of joining the Valtese space exploration forces. Choosing a science track in his early teen years, he dabbled in the core sciences before he fell in love with xeno-biology and its application through medicine. Valt, however, largely kept to itself for several more years following the peace agreement with Krios only stepping further into the sphere of the interstellar community when their application for membership to the Federation was accepted in 2375. By that time, their ships, while warp capable, were slow and their fleet aging. The Valtese space exploration forces existed less to explore and more to secure trade with nearby peoples. Instead of applying for the space force, Aza shifted his focus imagining that following a path toward xeno-biology and medicine in Starfleet would grant him both his desire to see the stars more closely and his belief that he had something to offer others through medicine. When Federation membership was confirmed, Aza was among the first Valtese youth to apply for the Academy, receiving early acceptance though he was required to wait until the age of 17 to attend. During his Academy years Aza was absolutely insatiable for new knowledge and new experiences both in his academic and personal life. If it was new, he wanted to know about it; though xeno-biology remained his first love and an area in which he excelled graduating in the top 5% in his class. His first assignment out of the Academy was the USS Quebec where he eagerly looked forward to whatever scut work was thrown his way if it meant he could actually go out and explore the stars. |
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| Service Record | 2377 to 2378 - Cadet, Freshman Grade 2378 to 2379 - Cadet, Sophomore Grade 2379 to 2380 - Cadet, Junior Grade, Xeno-Biology, medical focus 2380 to 2381 - Cadet, Senior Grade, Xeno-Biology, medical focus 2381 to Present - Ensign, USS Quebec - Medical Officer |