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[b][color=orange]Name:[/color][/b]
[indent] Ayna Renae "Ren" Nyx. [/indent]
[b][color=orange]Age:[/color][/b]
[indent] Twenty-Three (Earth) Years Old. [/indent]
[b][color=orange]Species:[/color][/b]
[indent] Human. [/indent]
[b][color=orange]Academy Major:[/color][/b]
 [indent] [color=red][i]Tactical[/i][/color]. Specializing in starship/space encounter tactics. [/indent]
[b][color=orange]Appearance:[/color][/b]
 [indent] Ayna is a young African-American/Caucasian biracial woman born from Earth. Her height is about 5'11" and her weight is about 140 lbs. She has an athletic body build from training at the Starfleet Academy, and has a six pack in her stomach area. She is skinny and her hair is a very dark brown to the point where it could easily be mistaken for a black color. Ayna's eye color is a brown as well, and her skin color is somewhat a light brown. [/indent]
[b][color=orange]Bio:[/color][/b]
[indent] Ayna always loved the idea of becoming a Starfleet officer. Exploring galaxies, uncovering unknown planets, and the best of the all, the universe itself always appealed to her. She knew she wanted to become a Starfleet officer as soon as she was born, because her father was an Starfleet captain himself. Her father, Terrence Nyx, was the captain of an Sovereign class, Imperial sub-class, known as the U.S.S. Paragon-B.

Ayna's father met his wife, Joanna Rane, when he was in Starfleet Academy. She was just a normal woman, but and they both had different tastes, she wasn't interested in the idea of space exploration, meanwhile Ayna's father loved the idea of discovery. Somehow they were still attracted to each other, and got married before Terrence went off to become a first officer aboard the U.S.S. Trailblazer, and a few months later once Terrence was able to come home, they both knew they wanted children.

And that's how Ayna, and her younger brother, Nathan was born. Just like their parents, Ayna and Nathan had different ideas of what they wanted in life. Ayna felt the need to explore just like her father, and Nathan had just wanted a normal life on Earth. Unlike most siblings when they interact, Ayna and Nathan got along pretty easily. They loved to wrestle, but since Ayna was bigger, she'd always win the play-fight. Her father was soon promoted to Captain of the U.S.S. Paragon, NX-96889-B. The Paragon, hence the NX, was a experimental prototype ship for the Paragon class. It was suppose to be the next advanced starship Starfleet, made to multi-task deep exploration, advanced tactical abilities, and the abilities of a science vessel all at once.

Ayna realized right then and there, when she learned her father was a captain of a ship. That she was going to be serious about her dream, to become an Starfleet officer.

And that's when she soon applied for Starfleet Academy after high school, and worked as hard as she could. Learning many things from her father and the adventures he would tell her about, this helped her learn more and ace tests better than she thought, she soon realized she specialized in being a Tactical Starfleet officer, unlike her father, who was originally a Science officer before he became a Captain.

Ayna did decently in ground Holodeck battle encounters, but she was way in better in starship tactics. When she was the 'captain' in starship battle encounter simulations, she would take out the opposing forces, and the times where her ship was going down, she managed to take the enemy down with her. She learned about this in one simulation where three Bird of Preys attacked her in the Holodeck.

Her father approved of her looking forward to becoming a Starfleet officer, but her mother despised the idea of it. Not wanting that type of life of her, this caused Ayna to become a little bit rebellious against her mother and what she wanted for her.

And soon enough, her father gave her the idea of applying for A.T.T., thinking that she was up for it. Of course her mother was not happy with this, but accepted it since she saw the excitement in Ayna's eyes. And she did apply for it. 

Master Chief Rosk placed her in A.T.T. Training Squadron 6, the "Jolly Rogers", or more professionally called the Black Squadron. The Squadron was filled with, or at least Ayna thought, elite cadets, and she wasn't sure if she fitted into the Squadron at all with the others. And then they went into the Commandant's Cup.

She was completely nervous for the Commandant's Cup, and thought she would cause the Squadron to fail completely. However she and the rest of Squadron 6 had beaten every other Squadron, including Admiral Tuvok's AND Chief Mattox's Squadrons. She couldn't help but mouth off to her father and mother about her Squadron's accomplishments.

And apparently they were ready for an actual mission, in the U.S.S. Challenger, which Ayna practically drooled over it's capabilities even though it was such a small ship compared to Cruisers and Science Vessels. They were going to investigate pirate activity.

Once they fought the pirates, Ayna thought they had the situation in control. Until a loud explosion filled her with fear. She suddenly felt herself get thrown out of her seat, and felt blood trickle down the side of her head, and her shoulder felt like it was burning from the pain.

They were able to beat the many pirates that attacked them. But not without casualties, and many injured cadets. She wasn't prepared for something this tragic to happen so quick, and she started rethinking her choices of joining Starfleet. She didn't know the dead cadet that well, but she could only feel so horrible inside knowing the impact on that cadet's family, and on the cadets that were friends with the cadet. Not to mention, a Supervising Officer died in the process as well. Two casualties; so quickly, once Ayna was patched up and went back home, she cried into her mother's arms. But she had decided to stay in Starfleet, she had told herself things like that could happen, right?

Most of the Squadron had graduated, turning into a skeleton of a team. The original Cadet Captain and Cadet First Officer were some of the cadets who graduated, and Ayna was promoted to Cadet First Officer.[/indent]

[b][color=orange]Relations:[/color][/b]

[u][b]Cadet Captain Lorelei[/b][/u]
[indent]Ayna trusts everyone on her squad, even the liberated Borg-Klingon, but of course, Ayna trusted her friend, and now new captain, Lorelei. They both had been around since before the incident that killed two people on the Challenger. Lorelei always seemed like she was open for talking about Ayna's, or anyone else's problems. Nor can she also figure out when Ayna's stressed, angered, saddened, or when something is just not right about her.

Ayna is not the type of person that likes to admit how she feels on situations, she practically is (attempts to be) a Vulcan. But if something had ever felt wrong, she'd come to Lorelei, even if she hated to do so. And if something was wrong for Lorelei, she'd at least attempt to do the same for her, even though she isn't good with emotional things. Ayna wouldn't chose anyone else to be her Captain.[/indent]

[u][b]Cadet T'eklil Rarr[/b][/u]
[indent]A Klingon, that was once liberated Borg. At first, even though Ayna hated to admit it, she was very terrified of T'ek, even though she knew that the Starfleet Academy wouldn't accept him if they knew he was a threat. It wasn't even the fact that he was a Klingon, she had nothing against the race, after all the Klingon and Federation became allies after a while. It's just the half Borg of him, she was startled by the hive-minded melting pot of assimilated life, when her father told her stories of the Borg, she'd have nightmares.

She soon started to get to know him better, and gave him a chance. She then realized he was a great person, and a great Cadet to have on the new team for the U.S.S. Challenger. It wasn't his fault that he was assimilated, so why should she hate him for it? [/indent]

[b][u]Master Chief Eso Rosk[/u][/b]
[indent]Her leader into the battle, she'd follow the man into war at anytime, any place. He could be a strict, intimidating, person, but he cared about every cadet on the Challenger. And he was hard on them, because they were the best Squadron in the Academy. He was her commander, and the second person she trusted out of anyone.

He was a veteran in the Wolf 359 battle, which was enough to get respect from out of her, as soon as she learned things about him, the more loyal she became. He was a legend, at least in her eyes.[/indent]

[b][u]Cadet Arthur Locklin[/U][/B]
[indent] Ayna thinks of Arthur as a friend, or pal. They sort of, or at least she thinks, have a mutual respect for each other. Always teasing around unless something is serious, or just messing with each other in general. She knows she's glad to have a guy like Arthur on the team.

I mean, she wouldn't call him the greatest guy ever though. She feels like she just has to keep him down a notch, just a little bit. [/indent]

[b][u]Cadet Reva Tylyr[/u][/b]
[indent]Ayna wouldn't chose anyone else for the Helm spot, considering Reva cared deeply for starships. Reva seemed like she was be a great pilot, and at that, possibly get them swiftly out of danger if it comes to it. Ayna finds it also a little bit frustrating about how Reva acts towards her, she wasn't sure what Reva thought of her. But she was sure, that Reva thought of Ayna's intellect of starships was inferior. She does not know her well enough to call her a friend, but she can call her an ally.[/indent]

[b][u]Cadet Adam Kerrick[/u][/b]
[indent]Ayna can almost easily get along with anyone in the squadron, but she isn't sure how to feel about Adam. Does she trust him to do his job? Yes. Does she see him as a friend? Is the hard part for her to answer with certainty. She doesn't speak to him much, unless she's serious. Either way, it seems like both of them have no choice but to get along, as their lives could possibly count on it.[/indent]

[b][u]Cadet Slazkith[/u][/b]
[indent]Ayna thought she would never see the day where a Gorn would actually go for a Science major in Starfleet. She likes the way Slazkith is different than how most Gorn are described, and his curiosity also makes her wonder how the big guy thinks. 

The only thing she has a problem with is his table manners, the big guy eats like he'll never eat again. But that could be worked on, with help.[/indent]

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