Mi'renna

## Childhood and Early Life

Mi'renna spent her childhood growing up in an agrarian society on Cait. Most of her time outside of studying was spent playing outside the home with her peers - which often led to her tracking mud and dirt into the house without a care in the world - a typical childhood well spent in any case. Her father was not often home due to being a freighter captain; as such she spent a much longer time with her mother instead.

His coming home was as such always much looked forward to. His stories of his adventures outside of Caitian space were always interesting to her; she enjoyed hearing of the icy plains and blue-skinned people of Andor, the pig-nosed Tellarites and more besides. Living plantside meant that she’d only ever learned and heard of these people in books. She wanted to see them for herself one day and befriend them all. A funny ambition to be sure, but she had her heart set upon it and from it she would not deviate.

At fifteen she found her chance - retired Caitian Starfleet science officer K’Marr and his mate moved in next door to them. Her mother sometimes could not come home as a result of her job at the local hospital; as such on weekends she left Mi’renna in his care until she returned home. K’Marr hadn’t been anyone notable in Starfleet; he’d only gotten to lieutenant-commander before choosing to retire from service. That hardly meant that he hadn’t had his share of experiences in his time in uniform; he had many stories to tell the eager young kit. Away missions, scientific studies conducted on planets far away… wow. To her these stories were far more fascinating than what her father had to say. She wanted that. She wanted to be like him.

One problem, though. She didn’t know what she wanted to do. Sadly Mi had never been the best of students; she was no good at science or mathematics and the idea of an away mission as a tactical or security officer scared her. Admittedly not good traits for a Starfleet officer, but she was determined to try anyway. It was at this time that she also picked up dance as a hobby; if anything it was a good way of occupying her time with her mother *and* father not around to look after her *and* with K’Marr busy.

She did eventually find a route, though. Starfleet’s Diplomatic Corps - it was everything she wanted, mostly without the work that scared her. She liked the idea of helping to make contact with new races and helping to smooth ties over. So she studied, harder than she ever had before. Her goal was Starfleet Academy. K’Marr was only too happy to tutor her - which put her mother’s heart at ease. At least her daughter was being gainfully occupied.

At eighteen, at last, she was ready to leave for Starfleet Academy with her mother and father’s blessing. The latter was in fact all too happy to ferry her to Earth himself and bid her farewell at Earth Spacedock.

The entrance exam was difficult. Very difficult. She struggled through many portions despite K’Marr’s tutoring and her extensive studies up till this point. Somehow, by the skin of her teeth, she passed, however. What a relief. She remembered passing out on the floor with relief at her temporary apartment on Earth when the results came back, in fact, for a few brief moments.

## Academy Years

Just because she trained to go into the Diplomatic Corps didn’t mean that she could ease up, however. She found the studies just as difficult if not more so from her college years. It was a hurdle for her to conquer all the same, though, and conquer them she did, eventually. Despite that, however, she always found time to socialize, mix around and learn more about her peers; having a good social circle and learning to deal with others was also a skill of a diplomat after all. With her personality and appearance she proved to be quite popular on campus. She took up dance as part of her extracurricular activities and even spent some time on the student newspaper as a journalist. It turns out that being a diplomat also lends itself to interviews and gets people to listen to you even though they really, *really* don’t want to.

She graduated in the middle of the cohort, though. Her graduation was attended by both her mother and father, the latter of whom had taken special time off to come.

## Early Service Years

She was assigned to the Saber-class U.S.S. Montauban first and foremost. It wasn’t really a ship she liked - it was small, didn’t have very many crew and far too cramped. Really, she compared her quarters to a broom closet. That hardly meant that she didn’t find a way to enjoy the work, though. During her off hours she continued to practise her dancing on the holodeck; she’d perform for her crewmates sometimes, too. She got on well with her colleagues too; her department head (well, she was one of only two diplomatic officers aboard) noted so regularly.

Her crowning achievement came in 2365, when she assisted in the first contact with the Elodiae people - a people who, coincidentally, prided themselves on artistic pursuits of all kinds. She and another member of the first contact team were more than happy to perform for them, which earned them favor.

## Recent Years

There came a point in her life, though, when she finally began to feel claustrophobic and bored out of her mind in her tiny little quarters. So she requested for a transfer to a new vessel (preferrably a bigger one) and as such was transferred to the Providence.