Veltis Barian

## Appearance

Veltis has an average Turian body type, standing at 6’6” and weighing 220 lbs. With a brown-grey skin tone, and a long crest of horns on his head. He has green tattoos on his face. He wears a Starfleet Medical enlisted uniform, altered to fit a Turian. He has spurs on his lower leg.

## Personality

Veltis usually has a very caring but stern attitude. He has a tendency to lash out verbally when stressed, but never physically, and also apologizes profusely if it happens. On-duty, he is no-nonsense and will not hesitate to point out if something someone is doing is a waste of time, or dangerous. Off-duty however, he’s usually much more friendly.

### Ambitions

* Help anyone and everyone who enters Sickbay to the fullest extent of his abilities.

* Become CMO, or at least Head Nurse of a starship.

### Morals

* Service above Self, help others before himself. Do no harm unless it is needed to defend patients.

## History

Veltis grew up on Palaven, in Cipritine. He lived a relatively average life, raised by his parents, Selus Barian, and Dinia Barian as an only child.

Like most Turian children, he was sent to a boot camp. When it was time to select his occupation, he was trained as a nurse. While there, he was of course instructed in nursing, but also other skills, such as basic repair skills, hand-to-hand combat, and basic marksmanship.

While in the Turian navy, he served aboard the cruiser PFS Arthera, as a nurse. His posting aboard the Arthera was quite calm, since it was basically a glorified Coast Guard ship, so his career mostly consisted of treating radiation sickness in freighter crew’s after their ship had an accident, or the occasional treatments of wounds sustained by a smuggler. He served on the Arthera for 11 years. At the age of 27, he left the Turian military, deciding on a career in Starfleet.

After applying for Starfleet, he decided to yet again be a nurse. During his studies at the Academy, he had an easy time getting through. He was not very social, save for a few close friends. He managed to graduate in the top 15% of his classes. He did not do many extra-curricular activities, save for some community service and volunteer work. His first assignment was the USS Arcadia.

## Starfleet Courses

### Core Courses

* ADMIN101: Star Fleet Operations
* ADMIN110: Chain of Command and General Protocol
* DIPL101: General
* ENG221: LCARS Programming 1
* ENG231: Computer Memory and Personnel Interfaces
* ENG232: Replicators, Transporters, and Holodecks
* ENG233: Sensors, Communications, and Helm Systems
* HIST101: Birth of the Federation
* LANG101: Federation Standard
* LANG110: Major Species (Elementary) - Cadet's Choice
* LAW101: Federation, General
* MATH101: Concepts
* MED101: First Aid and Field Medicine
* PHYS101: Concepts
* PILOT101: Runabouts and Shuttles
* SURV101: Starship Emergencies
* SURV110: Environmental Suits and Zero-G Training
* TAC101: Combat, Unarmed
* TAC110: Combat, Small Weapons
* BIO101: Concepts
* XEN101: General

### Majors

* BIO151: Cell Biology, Humanoid.
* MED111: Bedside Manner
* MED150: Medical Ethics
* MED201: Clinical Fundamentals
* MED202: Diagnosis, Major Species
* MED203: Diagnosis, Minor Species.
* MED211: Pharmacology 1
* MED175: Pharmacology 2

### Minors

* NURS 101: Health Assessment and Promotion.
* NURS200: Pharmacotherapeutics.
* NURS 301: Adult and Elder nursing 1.
* NURS 302: Adult and Elder Nursing 2.
* NURS 310: Pediatric nursing.
* PSY101: Terran, General
* PSY102: Non-Terran, General

## Trivia

* He has formal Military training, like most Turians.

* He has a Toby the Targ plushie in his quarters.

### Likes

* Earth cuisine, though he can’t eat it, he’s become fairly good at cooking it.

* Helping others.

### Dislikes

* Unnecessary Risks

* Ferengi. He sees them as untrustworthy, and selfish, though he keeps these feelings to himself.

* Racism and Xenophobia

* Judging others based on rumors, and not their actions and words, though he does sometimes contradict himself on this, unfortunately.