Fia Wix

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## Personal Background

### Education

**2371-2374:** High Education Facility 7880, Residential Zone 094, Deped 42 **2375-2379:** Starfleet Academy

### Interests

Tinking on Machinery, Flying Shuttles, Working on Spacecraft, Drinking, Art

## Summary

Fia “Talikia” Wix was a CONN officer assigned to the USS Lammergeier after graduating from Starfleet Academy in 2379.  Fia had stemmed from the industrial neutral city world of Deped 42 born in a life of gangs, crime, and hardship.

Having felt the need for something better in life, and with the encouragement from her Uncle, she started to put all her efforts into flying, repairing ships, and studying so one day she could join Starfleet and make a name for herself under her own free will and not because she had some commitment to a gang she had no choice but to be born into.

## History

The planet of Deped 42 was located in the Alpha Quadrant in-between the borders of Federation and Cardassian space. The world was the center of trade for its particular sector. A megacity spanned the planet and species from both the Alpha and Beta Quadrants migrated there to take advantage of the wealth that could be generated from such a place. In turn, they made the vast local population incredibly diverse in culture. However, major factors that defined the planet, unfortunately, attracted many undesirable elements as well such as pirates and smugglers. Crime and poverty ran rampant across lower levels of Deped 42 due to corruption and an underfunded police force. Gangs, thugs, and other criminal entities thrived, forcing many citizens into their way of life.

Fia was born in the slums of Deped 42, one of its vast megacities. She was the youngest daughter among six older brothers. Both her parents were high-profile gang members who more often than not put their full effort into managing and conducting gang operations rather than raising their children. As a result, Fia along with her brothers practically raised themselves. While her brothers quickly started to follow in their parent’s footsteps and involve themselves in the criminal gang lifestyle, Fia, while having involved herself as well, started to want to believe that there was something more than just petty gang rivalries and gangbangs. There was an Uncle that she visited often as she grew up who ran the only spacecraft maintenance shop in their Residential Zone. He used to be a member of Starfleet, only serving half of his first term enlistment until they found out his past involvement with the Orion Syndicate. He spent the rest of his days taking the skills he learned from his time to make money building and repairing spacecraft for anyone that had the latinum. To Fia he was basically his father, passing on the lessons and skills to her in the hope that she would take them and create something better with her life.

As a result, Fia became a quite adept shuttle mechanic. She helped her Uncle out in the shop and most of her free time she got studying for school and for the Starfleet Academy entry exam which became a shared goal between the two. The girl also managed to learn how to fly the various crafts she assisted to repair which ironically brought the eyes of her parents on her. Fia ended up as a pilot smuggler for the gang. She was tasked with hulling “goods” from various different megacities across the planet bringing the gang’s influence across many sectors of Deped. The only thing hated about doing these jobs was the fact that she was hauling goods for the “gang” not out of her own volition. Her only hope was her getting accepted into Starfleet Academy, but that would take a couple of years and a lot of studying to accomplish. Meanwhile, Fia started to take the skills she learned from her Uncle and teach them to her younger sister Via who was 2 years younger than her and also was on the path to being stuck in the gang life they were both born in.

By the time Fia turned 16 she received the message stating that due to her unique circumstance Starfleet would only allow her to join Starfleet via a Warrant Officer program as a type of probationary period. When she went to tell her Uncle at his shop the teenager discovered him gunned down along with the calling card with one of the rival gangs. Later on, she found out that apparently, her Uncle assisted the wrong person while at work because the said person was on the run from the gang that killed him. Devastated and wanting to continue on the dream that he had for her, Fia decided it was time to leave the gang and her home planet and join Starfleet. After leaving her little sister a goodbye message Fia managed to develop an elaborate plan to book a transport off-world using the money she made from repairing ships. It had taken her to the nearest Federation member world, from there she managed to get in contact with a Starfleet Recruiter who assisted her in getting transport to Earth where she would receive temporary housing until the semester started.

Fia’s life at the academy was a struggle at first. It was a different environment, she felt isolated as the way she talked, acted, went about her day was quite different from everyone else. Not to say she didn’t make a few friends. While Fia was going through her classes for the Command track with the Pilot specialization she managed to become close with a Romulan cadet Syv Venar. She was several more years older than Fia, having been enlisted in Starfleet previously as Security Officer in the Dominion war, but the young woman looked up to her for guidance on how to navigate this new lifestyle she found herself in. After 4 years of classes, studying, training, and having fun Fia graduated in 2379 as a CONN Officer.

## Service Record

#### 2375 - 2379

Cadet, CONN Track, Starfleet Academy

Fia, while having a rocky start, managed to adapt herself nicely to the rules and regulations of Starfleet. She applied herself and through determination and hard work, managed to become an Officer worthy of commissioning by the end of her time at the Academy. Still, she managed to keep her unique personality that developed while living on her home planet of Deped 42

## Appearance

Fia appearance, while somewhat tailored to her new life as a Starfleet officer, mirrored her time growing up on her home planet. She still has several tattoos across her body with the most prominent with a entire sleeve on her right arm.

Her brown blonde highlighted hair is typically kept down to her shoulders or slightly shorter than that. She wears light makeup and otherwise keeps a relatively simple appearance.

## Motivation

Much of Fia’s motivation can be stemmed from her childhood on Deped 42. She has seen and participated in many things that no child should ever experience, and with help of her Uncle she managed to break out of her narrow mindset adopted by everyone she ever knew at that point and aspire for something greater. When she found out that her sister joined the academy as well as escaped Deped she also strived to be a good role model for her and her endeavors in Starfleet.

With the death of her Uncle, Fia’s primary motivation was to accomplish the dream he had for her and join Starfleet, getting out of the gang and the terrible life that came with it. From then it became to “develop her skills in Starfleet so that one day she could become an independent freighter captain with her own ship and crew. It was also possible that she would rather find a career in Starfleet and spend her working life in the organization. Only time could tell.