Rian Barclay

Rian Barclay is a talented engineer and the granddaughter of Lieutenant Reginald Barclay. Like her grandfather, her brain tends to work faster than what she can verbally express and she often has trouble with communicating in social situations. 
==Background Information==
Rian was born and raised on Earth. She was the only child Harkin and Jennifer Barclay. Her family travelled with the press corps on the campaign trail of 2419. After the attack on Bajor, her parents sent her to a summer camp on Earth while they stayed on the progressive campaign trail. On July 1, 2419, her parents were killed in the Parvime virus attack on Gol, Vulcan. Shortly before her third birthday, she was delivered to her paternal grandfather, Lt. Reginald Barclay. Her paternal grandmother, Maril, had left him years prior and was living on a starship with her husband in deep space. Her maternal grandparents had moved to a child-free community and did not want to raise a toddler. Her grandfather did his best to raise her on his own, despite his social shortcomings. 
From a young age, Rian was gifted with analytical and technical thinking, but she always had difficulty expressing her thoughts. As such, she excelled in written and practical tests and performed poorly in oral presentations. She had difficulty in making friends and was often bullied in school, particularly after speaking in technical jargon. As such, Rian is often a quiet observer. Her mind is always turned on, taking in and analyzing new information to form solutions, which she implements on her own. 
==Personal Life==
Trent Taylor (2434-2434) - Rian never had luck dating in high school until Trent asked her out. He was a popular football player and she felt excited to go out with him. All of their dates were to parties with his friends, but he asked her to prom and helped her pick out a green dress. The weekend before Prom, he celebrated her win in the planetary engineering fair by taking her out to dinner on the beach. After, they took a walk on the beach and she lost her virginity to him under the dock. The next day, he stopped returning her texts. When he did not pick her up for their prom date, she went to prom herself and saw that he had gone with one of the popular girls. Rian was teased by his friends and called 'Broccoli.' 
As quiet revenge, she secretly converted her communicator to emit a field to permanently wipe all information from communicators in a limited range and emit a pulse that permanently damaged the communicators. After the bullies complained amongst each other that their communicators were no longer working, she left the prom.
==Starfleet==
Rian was accepted into the Academy from 2434-2438 with a focus in diagnostic engineering. She tried out for Red Squad, but was not accepted after being unable to get passed the interview process and not communicating her engineering abilities. Despite this setback, she finished at the top of the engineering class. 
===Military Career===
As the top of her engineering class, Rian had her pick of assignments. She choose to remain on Earth and seeks an engineering position that is challenging, but does not require a lot of interaction.
Rank History: Ensign: 2438 - present
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