Post by Rostrenen T'Sering on Jun 23, 2014 13:19:31 GMT
Character Information
Name: Rostrenen T'Sering
Species: Vulcan/Betazoid
Gender: Female
Age/Date of Birth: 68, 2323
Position Applied For: Teacher/ Federation Press Representative
Physical Description:
Rostrenen is unlikely to live as long and prosper as people usually mean, but compared to human lives she is blessed with incredible longevity. A medium-to-short woman, Ross is unwaveringly individualistic. Her skin is pale and fair, but marked with well placed and clean lined tattoos, body art which is much more about aesthetic form than iconography. With respect to her youth, Ross' head stays shaved and what hair she allows to grow is dyed in vibrant colours. Her philosophy promotes ceaseless expression as a critically rational exercise, and she dresses herself in intricate and carefully chosen clothes and styles. She retains the typical Vulcan stoicness and pointy ears, but geniune and beautiful smiles are natural gems that she isn't afraid to give on occassion.
Personality Traits:
Ross is a loving and compassionate person, but she spent her early years on Vulcan, and is watchful and pensive much of the time. This isn't an air that is hard to puncture, and Ross' passion is easy to inflame. The woman is very curious and patient. She is also couragous, and though she isn't usually quick to offer advice, it's only because she doesn't feel any need to push her own wisdom forward ahead of others. Most people have extremely possitive impressions of her, if they have taken the time to speak with her. She is very honest and warm, but as at the same time, Ross has little focus for law and order. An optimist, Ross feels that all which is rational is inherently good, and law does not well reflect this concept. Ross left Starfleet because asking permission is not in her nature. Though not reckless or foolhardy, her respect can't be purchased with a rank.
Finally, Rostrenen's genes surrendered a long-life for an advanced cross of Vulcan and Betazoid telepathy. She has wonderful control and awareness of these impulses, but they are strong and highly adapted. It's clear that Ross is neither malicious nor violent, but that doesn't make her any less threatening in the eyes of Starfleet, and strict protocols for her supervision are to be observed.
History:
Ysek T'Sering saw the young family he had with his arranged mate killed in a random act of violence during the Federation wars with the Klingon Empire. A poorly armed civilian transport was prey in that war, and he believed the Klingons hated Vulcans. In his time, he believed that he had grieved enough for them. An aging professor of law, Ysek was a clear-minded man when he met Ruen Brioc, a merchant captain between Betazed and Vulcan. She was enamoured with him, and loved him deeply for his wisdom and gentle nature. They had one child, and named the baby Rostrenen. As the small years passed, the couple became easily aware, and then concerned for the telepathic abilities exhibited by the child. Vulcan-Betazoid partnerships resulting in advanced telepathy weren't unheard of, but there also weren't many cases of a child who didn't develop complications as they matured. The worried parents did what research and consulting they could, and Rostrenen was enrolled in early Vulcan education before her first word. A pediatrician from an outlying Vulcan colony became involved with the family, offering his expertise as a compassion, oddly familiar with Ysek's work in legeslation within the Federation.
Healthy, as yet without any clear problems as young Rostrenen intuitively learned to communicate and control herself with logic... the family happiness was not to last. At five years old, Ross wouldn't be told that her mother had gone missing. A federation survey ship had picked up the distress signal from her freighter. The wreck was empty of bodies, and the investigation showed hints of sabotage, but no clear cause of destruction. When Rostrenen's doctor came to see Ysek at his home, a week before she was to return from her year at school, he gave ominous half-answers. The agent offered Professor Ysek an exchange, a logically straightforward one: Ruen would be returned to Vulcan, unharmed, in exchange for the child...
Ysek was aging. He had spend a long time with the guilt and loss of what happened to his family the last time. His love for his daughter was strong, but Ruen was his life. He agreed to bring her, and they would make the trade.
For her part, Ross knew that something was wrong, but she hadn't seen either of her parents in months. Taking a shuttle to meet her mother's freighter seemed to make sense to her. Her father barely spoke, but that too didn't seem very out of the ordinary. When they stopped however, there was nothing around. She planted herself against the veiw ports, and was shocked and intruigued when a green vessel decloaked above them. She spun, as three figures materialised in the back of their craft. Nobody spoke, but the tensiornwas very clear to the young child. She wandered over to her mother, and they hugged for a moment as her parents looked at each other. Ysek was trembling, and he called to Ruen in a desperate voice that would stay in his daughter's ears forever. Her mother released her, and when she tried to follow a Romulan solider put his hand on her shoulder. It wasn't rough or demanding, but it didn't feel kind. Ruen walked away and didn't look back, but Ross began to cry and complain. She started screaming, and the Romulans tried to calm her. The room seemed charged, and Ysek snapped, running to a console. Everyone seemed to panic except Ruen, who was turned away from the others in the room. The Romulan behind Rostrenen held her, while his companion took out his disruptor, levelling it at Ysek, who shouted as he sent out a general distress call, then turned to reach for a phaser before a green blast of energy impacted his side, then quickly spread through his body before his breath could escape. The Romulans beamed out, and their ship cloaked, the betazoid mother and widow motionless in the shuttle.
The young girl's brain was more trouble than it was worth after all. Separated from her family, confused and alone, she struggled and resisted aboard the ship, even though the Romulan tried their best to make her feel comfortable. Many were not able to stay in the room with her, and reported it being like a pressure building in their skulls when she bawled and cried. From her quarters, eventually no member of the crew could be spared to watch her. The craft shook, and the power seemed to fluctuate. There was a rush and a jerk as the shields of the Romulan vessel fell for a moment, enough for her to be beamed out and into the sickbay of a Federation ship.
Ruen survived the encounter, but Ross refused to see her. Ruen decided to keep her distance, but eventually removed herself alltogether from Ross' life. Rostrenen became an orphan, for a time aboard Federation starships in the care of foster parents. Moody and often very unpredictable, this was a poor fit for everybody. However, she learned a great deal about herself, and others around her. When she was eleven years old, she began to study alternative Vulcan philosophy. Her trials with foster families of different speicies showed her to be too immagure for Vulcan parents, and too mature for human and betazoid parents, certainly too emotionally unstable for both. It was her decision, finally, and unwaveringly, that she travel to a remote Vulcan monastery and become a Sister of Yv'Wrech. The Order of Yv'Wrech was a harshly fringe monastic collective. Their philosophy was embracing the rational, as separately distinguished from the logical, and that supressing emotion was an irrational pursuit. Instead, the Order focused itself on meditation and control to find understanding and awareness of the primal Vulcan emotions, categorizing them, accepting that they and every aspect of experience should be witnessed to build a rational perception of the universe.
Rostrenen spent the next 30 or so years living and training at the monastery. The lifestyle was harsh, but it refreshed her soul. She emerged as an open and honest person, with anger and sadness as richly felt as any poet or artist. In the year she returned back into the world, she immediately went on a journey to find her mother again. Ruen never remaried. It was hard for Ross to see what had happened, but it was a big step for her. Ruen held onto her sadness for all those years, and now an old woman, felt alone and had difficulty accepting her daughter back into her life. To find some way to make up her absence to her mother, which had clearly hurt her more than Rostrenen had ever thought, she found work as a journalist. It was small work, domestic stories of triumph and tragedy. Then Ross began to do diplomatic corespondence for Starfleet, until Ruen died of natural causes. At the time, the two had a good, loving relationship, but they had never been able to reconnect as mother and daughter, a shame for Ross the rest of her life.
In 2372, Rostrenen was accepted into Starfleet Academy. Physical sections of the coursework came easy to her. She was a skilled martial artist, having trained from childhood every day, but she found the technical work tedius. And she had few friends. Rostrenen was a soft and interesting person, but she wasn't social. Among her circle was Alenis Meru. The two had actually met before, though neither remembered the other. Alenis would have been very young when Rostrenen became involved in a campaign to bring exposure to the awful truth of the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor. She did several peices on refugees of the occupation and their accounts of its brutality. She was recalled when the subject began to sink her organisation's ratings. Regardless, Alenis graduated a year and an half before Ross did, as she'd taken un-granted leave to do press work on betazed. That was her first real taste of combat, and strongly coloured her decision three years later to resign her commission.
After leaving Starfleet, Rostrenen's portfolio as a journalist and activist grew and grew. Strongly non-violent, she has become a very prominent voice in the Federation press, pushing for alternative solutions. Now, for the past year or so, she has been working closely with Starfleet to allow her to open an enrichment school for gifted students. The program is carefully monitored by Starfleet, but enthusiasm on her part and vocal pressure from her supporters make the experiment a promissing one for all parties involved.
Name: Rostrenen T'Sering
Species: Vulcan/Betazoid
Gender: Female
Age/Date of Birth: 68, 2323
Position Applied For: Teacher/ Federation Press Representative
Physical Description:
Rostrenen is unlikely to live as long and prosper as people usually mean, but compared to human lives she is blessed with incredible longevity. A medium-to-short woman, Ross is unwaveringly individualistic. Her skin is pale and fair, but marked with well placed and clean lined tattoos, body art which is much more about aesthetic form than iconography. With respect to her youth, Ross' head stays shaved and what hair she allows to grow is dyed in vibrant colours. Her philosophy promotes ceaseless expression as a critically rational exercise, and she dresses herself in intricate and carefully chosen clothes and styles. She retains the typical Vulcan stoicness and pointy ears, but geniune and beautiful smiles are natural gems that she isn't afraid to give on occassion.
Personality Traits:
Ross is a loving and compassionate person, but she spent her early years on Vulcan, and is watchful and pensive much of the time. This isn't an air that is hard to puncture, and Ross' passion is easy to inflame. The woman is very curious and patient. She is also couragous, and though she isn't usually quick to offer advice, it's only because she doesn't feel any need to push her own wisdom forward ahead of others. Most people have extremely possitive impressions of her, if they have taken the time to speak with her. She is very honest and warm, but as at the same time, Ross has little focus for law and order. An optimist, Ross feels that all which is rational is inherently good, and law does not well reflect this concept. Ross left Starfleet because asking permission is not in her nature. Though not reckless or foolhardy, her respect can't be purchased with a rank.
Finally, Rostrenen's genes surrendered a long-life for an advanced cross of Vulcan and Betazoid telepathy. She has wonderful control and awareness of these impulses, but they are strong and highly adapted. It's clear that Ross is neither malicious nor violent, but that doesn't make her any less threatening in the eyes of Starfleet, and strict protocols for her supervision are to be observed.
History:
Ysek T'Sering saw the young family he had with his arranged mate killed in a random act of violence during the Federation wars with the Klingon Empire. A poorly armed civilian transport was prey in that war, and he believed the Klingons hated Vulcans. In his time, he believed that he had grieved enough for them. An aging professor of law, Ysek was a clear-minded man when he met Ruen Brioc, a merchant captain between Betazed and Vulcan. She was enamoured with him, and loved him deeply for his wisdom and gentle nature. They had one child, and named the baby Rostrenen. As the small years passed, the couple became easily aware, and then concerned for the telepathic abilities exhibited by the child. Vulcan-Betazoid partnerships resulting in advanced telepathy weren't unheard of, but there also weren't many cases of a child who didn't develop complications as they matured. The worried parents did what research and consulting they could, and Rostrenen was enrolled in early Vulcan education before her first word. A pediatrician from an outlying Vulcan colony became involved with the family, offering his expertise as a compassion, oddly familiar with Ysek's work in legeslation within the Federation.
Healthy, as yet without any clear problems as young Rostrenen intuitively learned to communicate and control herself with logic... the family happiness was not to last. At five years old, Ross wouldn't be told that her mother had gone missing. A federation survey ship had picked up the distress signal from her freighter. The wreck was empty of bodies, and the investigation showed hints of sabotage, but no clear cause of destruction. When Rostrenen's doctor came to see Ysek at his home, a week before she was to return from her year at school, he gave ominous half-answers. The agent offered Professor Ysek an exchange, a logically straightforward one: Ruen would be returned to Vulcan, unharmed, in exchange for the child...
Ysek was aging. He had spend a long time with the guilt and loss of what happened to his family the last time. His love for his daughter was strong, but Ruen was his life. He agreed to bring her, and they would make the trade.
For her part, Ross knew that something was wrong, but she hadn't seen either of her parents in months. Taking a shuttle to meet her mother's freighter seemed to make sense to her. Her father barely spoke, but that too didn't seem very out of the ordinary. When they stopped however, there was nothing around. She planted herself against the veiw ports, and was shocked and intruigued when a green vessel decloaked above them. She spun, as three figures materialised in the back of their craft. Nobody spoke, but the tensiornwas very clear to the young child. She wandered over to her mother, and they hugged for a moment as her parents looked at each other. Ysek was trembling, and he called to Ruen in a desperate voice that would stay in his daughter's ears forever. Her mother released her, and when she tried to follow a Romulan solider put his hand on her shoulder. It wasn't rough or demanding, but it didn't feel kind. Ruen walked away and didn't look back, but Ross began to cry and complain. She started screaming, and the Romulans tried to calm her. The room seemed charged, and Ysek snapped, running to a console. Everyone seemed to panic except Ruen, who was turned away from the others in the room. The Romulan behind Rostrenen held her, while his companion took out his disruptor, levelling it at Ysek, who shouted as he sent out a general distress call, then turned to reach for a phaser before a green blast of energy impacted his side, then quickly spread through his body before his breath could escape. The Romulans beamed out, and their ship cloaked, the betazoid mother and widow motionless in the shuttle.
The young girl's brain was more trouble than it was worth after all. Separated from her family, confused and alone, she struggled and resisted aboard the ship, even though the Romulan tried their best to make her feel comfortable. Many were not able to stay in the room with her, and reported it being like a pressure building in their skulls when she bawled and cried. From her quarters, eventually no member of the crew could be spared to watch her. The craft shook, and the power seemed to fluctuate. There was a rush and a jerk as the shields of the Romulan vessel fell for a moment, enough for her to be beamed out and into the sickbay of a Federation ship.
Ruen survived the encounter, but Ross refused to see her. Ruen decided to keep her distance, but eventually removed herself alltogether from Ross' life. Rostrenen became an orphan, for a time aboard Federation starships in the care of foster parents. Moody and often very unpredictable, this was a poor fit for everybody. However, she learned a great deal about herself, and others around her. When she was eleven years old, she began to study alternative Vulcan philosophy. Her trials with foster families of different speicies showed her to be too immagure for Vulcan parents, and too mature for human and betazoid parents, certainly too emotionally unstable for both. It was her decision, finally, and unwaveringly, that she travel to a remote Vulcan monastery and become a Sister of Yv'Wrech. The Order of Yv'Wrech was a harshly fringe monastic collective. Their philosophy was embracing the rational, as separately distinguished from the logical, and that supressing emotion was an irrational pursuit. Instead, the Order focused itself on meditation and control to find understanding and awareness of the primal Vulcan emotions, categorizing them, accepting that they and every aspect of experience should be witnessed to build a rational perception of the universe.
Rostrenen spent the next 30 or so years living and training at the monastery. The lifestyle was harsh, but it refreshed her soul. She emerged as an open and honest person, with anger and sadness as richly felt as any poet or artist. In the year she returned back into the world, she immediately went on a journey to find her mother again. Ruen never remaried. It was hard for Ross to see what had happened, but it was a big step for her. Ruen held onto her sadness for all those years, and now an old woman, felt alone and had difficulty accepting her daughter back into her life. To find some way to make up her absence to her mother, which had clearly hurt her more than Rostrenen had ever thought, she found work as a journalist. It was small work, domestic stories of triumph and tragedy. Then Ross began to do diplomatic corespondence for Starfleet, until Ruen died of natural causes. At the time, the two had a good, loving relationship, but they had never been able to reconnect as mother and daughter, a shame for Ross the rest of her life.
In 2372, Rostrenen was accepted into Starfleet Academy. Physical sections of the coursework came easy to her. She was a skilled martial artist, having trained from childhood every day, but she found the technical work tedius. And she had few friends. Rostrenen was a soft and interesting person, but she wasn't social. Among her circle was Alenis Meru. The two had actually met before, though neither remembered the other. Alenis would have been very young when Rostrenen became involved in a campaign to bring exposure to the awful truth of the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor. She did several peices on refugees of the occupation and their accounts of its brutality. She was recalled when the subject began to sink her organisation's ratings. Regardless, Alenis graduated a year and an half before Ross did, as she'd taken un-granted leave to do press work on betazed. That was her first real taste of combat, and strongly coloured her decision three years later to resign her commission.
After leaving Starfleet, Rostrenen's portfolio as a journalist and activist grew and grew. Strongly non-violent, she has become a very prominent voice in the Federation press, pushing for alternative solutions. Now, for the past year or so, she has been working closely with Starfleet to allow her to open an enrichment school for gifted students. The program is carefully monitored by Starfleet, but enthusiasm on her part and vocal pressure from her supporters make the experiment a promissing one for all parties involved.
