Aawe Elu

Lt. JG Aawe Elu is a Cyberwarfare Specialist on the USS Odyssey.

## Background

Elu was **born** on an **unnamed asteroid** on which her **parents**, two notorious **smugglers**, currently hid their ship to evade a Starfleet patrol.

The little Bajoran was raised by her parents and **trained in** multiple forms of non violent crimes, including but not limited to: **Hacking**, **Pick pocketing** and of course hiding things on a ship from the authorities (aka **smuggling**).

On her 15th birthday her parents **left** her **on Dreon VII**, a Bajoran Colony, without any explanation. The little thief managed to survive on her own for half a year.

As she tried to **pickpocket** a **Starfleet officer** on leave, she **got caught.** But instead of turning her in, the kind officer made her swear to never commit a crime again and let her go. This simple kind act sparked her interest and made her realise that there are nice people out there too.

She overthought her ways and after a couple years of hard work and even harder studying, she managed to buy a ticket to earth and enroll into the Starfleet Academy at her second attempt.

To this day she does not know who that beneficent stranger was that inspires her to this day.

She had not many friends in her time there as she was focused on learning.

Elu successfully **graduated** in the year of **2413** in the upper half of her class.

Her **first assignment** was as **shuttle pilot** on the **USS Pluto**.

Even though she was trained for cyberwarfare first and piloting second, Elu wanted to enhance her piloting skills before taking on a job where she sat “behind a screen” all the time.

After **three years** of service, an event occurred which would change the life of Ensign Aawe.

The away team of the Pluto was on an uncatalogued planet for an exploration mission. When a predator attack heavily wounded a Senior officer. Unfortunately a storm in the upper atmosphere prevented the usage of beaming as a recovering method.

Elu volunteered to fly down and recover the team.

The pilot managed to collect the crew with only minor turbulences. She managed to fly up high enough to allow the away team to be beamed on board. Unfortunately the away team consisted of the exact number of people the transporter could beam. It was the plan to retrieve Elu after the away team was collected and return the shuttle via auto pilot, but it never came to that.

A bigger turbulence hit the shuttle and disrupted its energy source. The spacecraft crashed and Elu lost both her eyes and left arm in the accident.

The unconscious Ensign was retrieved after the storm was over and sent to a rehabilitation facility.

The heroic act of saving her crewman was enough for her to be promoted.

Freshly **promoted** and returning from her **physical therapy**, Lieutenant Junior Grade Aawe Elu is ready to start her service on the USS Odyssey.

## Appearance

Elu is a woman of small stature and slightly overweight

Short black hair, warm blue eyes and a small nose

Most of the times she carries an inviting smile on her lips

Golden earring, as is custom in the Bajoran religion, on the right ear

## Personality

Respects people that earned their rank and despises someone who bought or cheated their way upwards, but does not always follow protocol or rules if she deems them stupid or unimportant.

An **enhanced dislike** for all **Cardassians** as she heard many horror stories of them in her childhood, but is enticed by the cultures and biological differences of all other species

**Acts carefree and upbeat**, even though some inner scars exist that drag her down from time to time

## Psych Evaluation

**Phantom pain** in the **left arm** (every couple days) and **eyes** (around once a month)

Due to her act on the USS Pluto, Elu retains a subconscious crippling fear of shuttle voyages.

## Medical

Biosynthetic left arm (shoulder downwards)

Ocular implant

## Other information

* Likes: Alcohol, Cute Girls, Falling in love, Flying, Learning new things
* Dislikes: Blindly following every order, Bitter things, Cardassians