Aneev Almasi

Ensign Aneev Almasi is a communications officer on the USS Odyssey.
== Background ==
Aneev was born in what he likes to refer to as “Some backswamp area” in the southern hemisphere of Orion, in a poor village deep in Syndicate territory. His family had been stuck in the region since Orion pirates raided a freighter a long dead relative had been on back in the late 22nd century. His mother was one of ten and father was….well he’s not entirely sure aside from the man being Orion. His mother, aunts, and uncles grew up very poor, either stealing what they needed or selling themselves to the Syndicate for survival. For them their options were Syndicate or starvation, something that didn’t sit well with Aneev as he got older. Aneev himself was brought into the Syndicate when he was ten as a low level message runner and package boy, where his duties started and stopped when he finally broke away when he was 17. During his time in the Syndicate(roughly around when he was 12), he took on the alias “Snakeweed”.
When Aneev was 15, he was picked up while doing a package run by a group of undercover Starfleet officers assisting the KDF in a sting operation of a black market trafficker in the Syndicate. Aneev was held for two weeks for questioning, the officers figuring he was just being difficult and not wanting to snitch. When they realised he had no viable information, he was released.
Aneev became close with one of the security officers there as well as other officers who were patrolling the area. The more he saw of Federation and KDF life, the more he wanted a piece of it. He bombarded every officer he saw with questions about both, wanting as much information as he could get. Upon getting a glimpse into this different life away from the iron grip of the Syndicate, Snakeweed decided that he wanted some of that better life. Not just for him but the rest of his family as well, hating that his family was so deeply trapped in such a harsh world of extremes when a better one was right on their doorstep.
Snakeweed got his hands on some materials to learn Klingon and Standard and became a regular fixture at the outpost he'd been held at, fascinated by the officers and desperate to find a way to join them. Eventually the security officer who befriended him offered to write Snakeweed a letter of recommendation, seeing potential in the boy as well as wanting to give him the chance at creating a better life for himself and his family. Aneev thanked the officer and began preparing for the entrance exam during his time hanging out on the outpost. When he wasn’t there, he would go on and on to his mother, aunts, and uncles about the Federation and Starfleet. His tangents usually wound up with him trying to convince the rest of the family to move away with him, that they could find a new home in safety where they wouldn’t have to always fight for their next day of existence. 
Unfortunately, Snakeweeds family had become so deeply entangled in the Syndicates operation that they refused to join him, afraid to leave behind a life that was arguably horroble but familiar. So at 17, Snakeweed had saved enough to buy his freedom from the Syndicates control and left for Earth on his own. Though he had bought his freedom, the Syndicate labeled him a coward and he kept the nickname “Snakeweed”, thinking it had a nice ring to it. At first Starfleet was hesitant to accept him due to his involvement with the organisation, but upon seeing that his involvement was purely for survival in his circumstances they allowed him to take the exam. 
His first attempt at taking the exam didn’t go badly but it didn’t go well enough to be accepted to the academy, though his scores were high enough for the technical academy.  Instead he waited and studied until he was eligible to retake the exam. Though he didn’t pass with an impressive score, he still passed and was accepted to Starfleet academy.
Snakeweed kept quiet about his upbringing at the academy, coming up with some fake boring story. His time at the academy was relatively uneventful, aside from bouts of homesickness and one time being confined to sickbay for a week due to a nasty case of Rigellian flu. During this time he also became a bit of a party boy. He managed to keep his grades around the average though his skills with combat training left a bit to be desired. Violence was never Snakeweeds cup of tea, even in terms of self-defense but he managed to get his skills up to par after his third round in basic hand-hand-combat.
When he entered the academy, Aneev had briefly considered Security. His pacifist ideals and poor performance in combat training quickly squashed that dream. Instead, he figured he'd put his skills as a messenger to use and turned towards Operations instead, specifically focusing on communications. He became immersed in studying modern and historical communications systems and became familiar with the comms systems used by Starfleet, hoping to work on their maintenance and make less work for the engineers. 
After graduating from the Academy at 23, he took a posting on Luna instead of requesting a ship posting. He didn't feel comfortable on a ship yet until he upped his self-defense skills. While he worked for Communications at the Luna outpost, he got help from a few of his colleagues in engineering to assist in his maintenance knowledge as well as basic first aid training just in case. While he was there, he filled out paperwork requesting to become a Federation citizen.
After graduation and the Iconian war Aneev was kept busier than ever, but he started to grow bored of just staying in one place. When the call came for officers to serve on the Odyssey when it returned from the anomaly, Snakeweed couldn't help but contemplate it. After discussing it with friends, he put in his request for an assignment on the new ship and hoped they would accept the request.
== Appearance ==
5’ 10”, light green skin, Auburn hair, silver eyes, has a very pointy nose in profile, Sometimes his pupils look uneven in certain light (one of his pupils doesn’t react quickly like it should), usually wears eyeliner
== Personality ==
Positive - Bit of a goofball, loves making people happy, very protective of those he cares for, little bit of a flirt
Negative - Can sometimes be sensitive, emotional, a little dramatic sometimes, sometimes can come off as vain
Situational - idealistic, pacifist
== Psych Evaluation ==
Aneevs psych evaluation showed no significant issues. Though he can sometimes become overwhelmed and flustered in a combat situation (which he tries to avoid)
== Medical ==
One of Aneevs pupils doesn't react as quickly as it should. He's never seen a major issue with this and has learned to ignore it for the most part. However, he does wear sunglasses off duty because of it unless he's in dim light.
== Other information ==
* Known Languages: Orion, Fed Standard, Vulcan, Klingon, Hindi, Tamil
*Aneev is VERY GAY! He also has an obsession with Bollywood movies and has collected a full wardrobe for his cat
* Likes: Bollywood films, cats, Indian food, sweets
* Dislikes: sour food, ferrets, fighting
== Flashbacks ==
* flying-solo
== Pictures/Art ==
File:Aneev Floofy.jpg|Art by Lavender
Category:Characters
Category:Odyssey Crew
Category:Operations
Category:Ensign
Category:Junior Officer
Category:Human
Category:Orion
Category:Male
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