Tiernan Kennedy

SERVICE ID: TC-09-01211 | AKA "Nine of Twelve"
Tiernan Kennedy was born to parents who worked in the field of Environmental Sciences, though his childhood intent was to work to join Starfleet. He was a good student, active in his society and a charismatic leader in his community. He had just graduated from his secondary school Ft. Oliver Cowdery Academy and was preparing himself for entrance into Starfleet Academy, for which had already received his acceptance correspondence. Then the Borg came, and everything changed for Tiernan and the rest of the colony.
As an exceptionally healthy and intelligent individual, he was a prime target for assimilation. Tiernan could not fight, though he desperately tried. Resistance, was in fact futile. Tiernan was assigned a new designation, "Nine of Twelve, Primary Intermediary of Unimatrix 96", and transferred to a Borg Harbinger class craft.
That Harbinger was engaged while attempting to expand Borg Collective territory by the USS Herodotus a Challenger Class Starfleet starship. Herodotus destroyed the Harbinger and captured six Borg drones, one of which was once Tiernan Kennedy. He had been a drone for five years, the next years were spent in custody of Starfleet Medical in order to recover his humanity. Tiernan was forever changed, there was a lasting effect remaining from his time in the collective. Tiernan would not reclaim his name, but instead still identified himself as Nine of Twelve.
Nine of Twelve was not able to return home, as his world was unsafe. He had no home, and felt that loss. Encouraged by his rehabilitation advisors, Nine of Twelve began classes in an attempt to return to normalcy. He gained a dual degree from the University of Utah, with intention to continue education to gain a degree in Federation Law. He also gained much more a sense of self and community with those he could not hear as he did in the collective.
While a student, the Borg Repatriation act of 2422 took effect. Once again his rights as a Federation citizen were returned to him, he had a new goal. He would lobby to have agency for all former citizens of Vega IX to be able to return home. It would require a great deal of resources to make the planet safe, and return its citizens. Expenditures of those resources would give the expectation of Federation government control, and Nine of Twelve would fight to return full agency to its citizens and a voice as a united world in the Federation.
While the fight is not yet over, small victories have been won. Vegan citizens once again walk the surface of their world, and are rebuilding in part because of his efforts. As still a charismatic and vibrant speaker, and a former drone, there are few as qualified as he for a spokesman for the liberated Borg. This is why Nine of Twelve is recognized as the spokesman of the Vega Colony project.
As of 2428, at 38 years of age, Nine of Twelve remains adamant that one day he will join Starfleet, and an invitation to Starfleet Academy awaits him.
===Family History===
The Kennedy family made its home in the Moroni sector, in the city East Gideon, Vega Colony. The family members had lived and worked in East Gideon for centuries. While the Olsen family was an arrival to the colony only 120 years before, the Kennedy family is traced back to the initial settlement of Gideon's Redoubt
====Immediate Family====
* Mother: Trinity Margret Olsen (Missing/Presumed Dead) [1]
* Father: Joseph Orson Kennedy (Missing/Presumed Dead) [1]
* Sister: Josephine Kennedy (Missing/Presumed Dead) [1]
* Sister: Ivy Kennedy (Missing/Presumed Dead) [1]
* Sister: Hannah Kennedy (Missing/Presumed Dead) [1]
==Pre-Starfleet Schooling==
* Ft. Oliver Cowdery Academy, Vega IX
** Graduated 2408
* University of Utah
** Class of 2424
** BS in Business Administration / BA in Legal Studies
* Leonidas Federation Law School
** Student
==Starfleet Academy==
Registered Spring Semester 2409, invitation open
==Assignments==
==Medical File==
===General Data===
Human	Male 	-	DOB 	01-22-2390
Eyes 	Blue 	-	Height	180 cm
Hair 	Black	-	Weight	80 kg
===Blood Type===
* B+
===Genetic Profile===
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==Citations==
==Criminal Record==
==Current Residence==
New Gideon, Vega Colony, Vega IX
==OOC Information==
[1] Missing/Presumed dead 2409 Vega incident 
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