Kano Extretus

### Academy Courses

Advanced Tactical Training, Hand to Hand Combat Training, Xenophysiology, Survival Strategies, Tactical Analysis

## OOC

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Rhinohide

Ensign Kano Extretus is a tactical officer on the USS Odyssey.

## Background

Kano was born to a relatively young pairbond on Marsu Minor. His upbringing was considered unremarkably good. School, sport, art, and cuisine were offered readily; and through it all, the culture of the Kan’g was ingrained into each subject. Kano was an adept student of each of the four aspects, though he excelled far more at the sport of Trodastil. He found the combative nature of the sport to be a good outlet for any aggressiveness, and focused on leaving all his negative energy on the field so that no outburst might appear in the other parts of his life.

Extretus was a male at the very young age of 20 when First Contact was made with the USS Chevalier, and the fast and positive relation established by that meeting opened up pathways for the first members of the Kan’g to join up as Starfleet cadets just a few years later. Thanks to a recommendation from a high ranking officer among Starfleet Command, Kano was among the first cadets. Based on his career as a team captain in Trodastil, Kano went into courses training him on how to be both a better warrior, and a better field leader.

Being one of the first fifteen Kan’g in the Academy made him a spectacle at first, but his natural desire to entertain and impress, coupled with the natural physical advantages Earth’s lower gravity and higher nitrogen content in the atmosphere bestows on the Kan’g; Kano and the others found themselves integrating more than feeling alienated.

After graduating, Kano was stationed on DS 8 as a Security Officer for his first assignment. He was later transferred to the USS Appaloosa as a Security Officer before transferring to the Tactical division. From the Appaloosa, Kano was given new orders on the USS Odyssey.

## Appearance

Kano has a predominantly purple hues skin that fades into blue on his face, forearms, and legs, with his hands and the knot on the end of his Fong’Lai being a bright red. He sports three rows of red freckles down the length of his Fong’Lai, and wears a Starfleet Tactical Division uniform with modified leggings to accommodate his digitigrade anatomy. His eyes are a pale yellow-orange. His left ear is clipped.

## Personality

Kano, over his lifetime, has developed into a male that is slow to anger, but he is also quick to vent that anger when the time permits. Either in sport or battle, Kano leaves it all on the field. While considered a great warrior, Kano extols serenity and peace within oneself more so than fueling the fires of fury.

He enjoys music and art, and even keeps up his own practice of the styles; though he wouldn’t consider himself an artist or musician of note. He has taken up the earth instrument known as the fiddle, or violin, preferring the hasty and somewhat wild pieces of music for the fiddle over the slow and artsy violin pieces.

He feels himself a good judge of character and is quick to give others the benefit of the doubt. He is quick to trust and make friends, and his loyalty is abundant.

Kano is torn between two mindsets. On the one hand, he finds it unsatisfactory that he has progressed up the ranks of Starfleet so slowly; but on the other he is well aware that his race’s understanding of time is not quite the same. In the grand scheme of things, Kano has lived barely 1/5th of the Kan’g natural lifespan, equating his age to that of a 20 or so year old human. Still, knowing this doesn’t make it easier to see much younger people at a higher rank in his day to day life.

## **Psych Evaluation**

Kano is duty driven to make sure he is the best officer he can be on the clock, and constantly strives to be a model example of the Kan’g even when not on duty. The stress of appearing to excel at all aspects of his life, on top of seeing others promote faster than himself, seem to wear at his edges. He does not allow this to develop into outbursts at anyone else, but it is possible he instead turns inward to look for someone or something to blame for these perceived shortcomings.

He also does seem to become irritable when stuck in enclosed spaces, which expresses itself in becoming short and mildly rude with others, as well as twitchy.

## Medical

Like all the Kan’g, Kano reacts to anesthetics as if a teetotaler imbibing in a powerful intoxicant.

He has a clipped ear and a facial scar along the left side of his head, though these do not appear to have lasting negative effects on his person.

In regards to his species, Kano appears to be a universal donor for blood and marrow.

## Other information

* Likes: Sport, playing his fiddle, playing strategy games
* Dislikes: enclosed spaces, swimming, anything to do with repairing electrical systems.