Hosui Tehn

Ensign Hosui Tehn is a science officer on the USS Odyssey.

## Background

Born in Rixx, but raised in a small countryside town, Sui’s family used to be very noble and influential, having even had high places in the government of previous centuries. Nowadays, their status has dwindled, but the Tehn family is still relatively well-known in their native province and town.

With two sisters born before him, Sui was a quite pampered youngest son, though his family has always been conscious of not letting that get to his head. His childhood was ordinary: cheerful, with the typical humorous and sometimes not so humorous incidents in the middle. His first major life event happened at sixteen.

One night, he was called to sneak out of home to see what one of his friends had found: old Dominion phasers, buried in the forest, which the other boy wanted to try and shoot. The weapon, old, broken and being handled by an inexperienced boy, misfired at precisely the wrong time, shooting Hosui and burning his back.

After the accident, Sui was somewhat shaken, but thankfully avoided any trauma, and held no resentment for the boy, who grew to be a good friend of his. He opted to keep the scar: even if he was self-conscious of it, completely erasing it from his body simply didn't feel right, and so he never sought to remove it.

The years passed, and Sui’s talent for the natural sciences was beginning to appear: the animals and subjects others would find disgusting or boring, he was fascinated by. He was also attracted to something else: Space, and the mission of Starfleet. With the end of schooling, he formed his decision, to join the Starfleet Science Department. It took a while to convince his concerned family, but he was given the go-ahead to apply. He was a sort of teacher's pet during the Academy, though thankfully not carrying that stigma for the other students. He passed his final exams well, and was assigned to the USS Odyssey.

## Appearance

The first impression many have of Hosui tends to be friendly, quirky, and shy. He has light brown hair, laid out in messy waves and curls that are usually pinned or tied back when working, and deep black eyes typical of one of his kind. On the shorter end of average in height, he's in good shape, but not muscular, typical of someone who keeps active but isn't particularly interested in sports. Although he prefers to cover it, Sui has a scar running across his shoulder blades and into the back and one side of his neck: It is the scar of a phaser, reddish lines that seem to run along like veins through his skin radiating from an impact point.

Mostly covered, part of it can be visible in any clothing that doesn't cover the neck, though it's hard to spot.

## Personality

Hosui is a generally polite young man, albeit one who tends to have his head in the clouds sometimes. Nervous at times, especially with higher-ups, Hosui has a great passion for his work, even if he may not share the stern seriousness of many officers. He's cheerful, and strives to find the good side of every situation. Passionate about his job, he takes on tasks many may find pointless with surprising excitement. There's no creature he will truly find scary or disgusting, and takes an interest in each and every one of them.

## Psych Evaluation

Hosui is healthy in the psychological sense. Despite having suffered an accident with a phaser in his teenage years, he doesn't have significant traumas of the event, and has forgiven the boy who misfired the weapon.

## Medical

Sui is quite physically healthy, though is remarkably clumsy. As a result, he has had quite a few, very minor injuries, and one more serious phaser injury, with a scar but no aftereffects.

## Other Information

* Likes: Animals, even the creepy-crawlies, perhaps especially those. Talking to people and hearing their stories.
* Dislikes: Phasers, he's hesitant to use them but will do so if needed.