Ash Karem

## Appearance

Ash stands at a tall 6’ 8’, due to being an Elasian, of which the males are usually a head taller than the average males of other species. He is very muscular, however having a thin complexion. Being in between an ectomorph and mesomorph, more so an ectomorph. Skin being a light shade of colour, as well as having a natural pink blush to his cheeks. Not being out in the sun too much, as he is always inside doing his studies or is on a starship. His hair, eyebrows, and chin hair is a lighter shade of black. He prefers to keep his hair combed back on the sides, and to have his left side be wavy and flow forward with bangs that fall onto his left forehead. His eyes are a striking sky blue colour, that is augmented with nano technology. He made the nano technology himself during his time at the academy, taking much inspiration from Starfleet medicals approach to it. His species does not have the best vision, as well as his family having a history of needing glasses. He has a pair of glasses that he can wear, since his implants have to regenerate and turn off at certain times, but prefers to wear them when he can as they remind him of something close to him. On the right side of his torso, he has a large “X” shaped scar from when he was a young teenager, as well as one of the same shape on top of his right hand. Outside of his normal tight duty uniform, he loves to wear loose, flowing clothing. Such as sweatpants and sweaters.

## Personality

Ash’s personality, for the most part, is very different from other males of the Elasian species. He is very kind and caring for others around him. He will always stand up for his fellow officers and crewmen, no matter what the cost. Due to being controlled by the women of Elas when he was a child, he likes to be in control of his own situations, not liking it when people try to control him or others. Despite his very kind nature, at times his natural arrogant Elasin tendencies will show through him. Even if he doesn’t mean it, he can be quite a jerk sometimes.

## History

Ashmen Karem was born on the Planet Elas, located in the Tellun star system, on May 13th in 2361. He was born to his mother and father, having originally two brothers, one being his identical twin. He had been the child to one of the Dohlmen of Elas, his mother. And his father had been her assistant, more like a servant. He would assist her in her diplomatic duties and do her dirty work when he was needed. Usually his father would be left at home with their three children, more like his children when he was the one who took care of them. His father genuinely loved him and his brothers, being so unlike the rest of the male Elasians.

When Ash went to school on Elas, he would be bullied and abused by the other children. Made fun of being such a good person and having different beliefs and morals to their own. Despite him being one of the tallest, he did not have good social skills and would never stand up for himself. When he would come home, his father would protect him and his brothers from his abusive mother, her drinking making her naturally arrogant nature even worse.

One day when Ash was 13 years old, he had just walked in the door when he arrived home. His mother had been drinking, again. However, his father was not there, as he was forced to work late somewhere for the rest of the royals on Elas. Left with no other choice, he finally gained his senses as he rushed to protect his brothers from the woman. However, it turned violent. He never thought his mother would hurt him or his brothers, but was not surprised really the way he saw her treat his father. This was the day he gained the large “X” shaped scars on his torso and right hand. His mother had separated him from his brothers, throwing him out into the streets. That was the last time he ever saw his two brothers again.

He lived on the streets for several weeks before eventually finding an orphanage for him to stay at. The owners and children were not very nice, but it was heaven compared to what he had been used to before. After that event had occurred, he began to train his body every single day until he was 20 years old. Wanting to be able to defend himself and others when necessary. He would always be looking up at the stars at night on the rooftop, just wanting off this god forsaken planet. As well as always working on his little projects and experiments with any scrap pieces of technology that he could find around the place.

When Ash had turned 20 years old, he had been working at a small restaurant in the city near his orphanage. He heard these two people talking about a Klingon transport that would be passing by in a couple weeks. This was his moment to escape. When the time came, he dashed across the city to where the Klingon transport had arrived, able to get there very quickly without getting tired due to his physiology. He boarded the vessel, and watched out of a window port as it had risen out of the sky and into the space. Looking down below to see Elas, he frowned. Sad in a way that he had left, but at the same time ecstatic with joy. Just before the planet was out of view as the ship jumped to warp, he remembered how he forgot his brothers. Only thinking about himself, he didn’t even think to help them escape with him. This would be one of his biggest regrets to this day.

After a long grueling ride on the Klingon vessel for several weeks, he eventually made it to a Klingon outpost, where he was able to catch another ship en-route to Vulcan then Earth. Not wanting to get caught on board, he hoped of at Vulcan. He made a living on Vulcan by finding a good place to stay as well as enlisting at the Vulcan Science Academy. Luckily, he was very smart when it came to computer sciences, practicing with tech and computers he could find when he was at the orphanage. He had taken the acceptance test 3 times before they allowed him access to their educational facilities.

Ash went to school there for about a year, making a Vulcan friend along the way. At first you wouldn’t call them friends, maybe colleagues, but eventually made it a friendship. It was during that time that his friend had given him his Vulcan meditation orb and taught him how to meditate to control his violent tendencies.

After that year, he decided that he wanted to go to Starfleet Academy, so he made his way to Earth. He applied for Starfleet Academy and had been accepted, the Vulcan Science Academy giving him more experience as well. During his time at the Academy, he discovered the novels of Harry Potter by J.K. Rolling, as well as the movies. He would read sections of each book every night as Harry Potter reminded him of himself in so many ways. He eventually replicated circular glasses that were similar to Harry’s. Even though he had specialized ocular implants in his eyes to improve his vision, he would wear these when the implants shut down for automatic regenerative maintenance.

During his third year at the Academy, he had done so well that Starfleet’s top brass Admirals allowed him to get shipboard experience on board a starfleet vessel, the U.S.S. Arcadia. He was transferred on board as he had been experienced with nano technology and he may be able to assist with Borg nanoprobes and analysing Borg computer systems.

## 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

* COMPSCI101: Intro into Computer Science
* COMPSCI102: Information and Retrieval Systems
* COMPSCI103: LCARS Database Management
* COMPSCI201: Virus Creation and Countermeasures
* COMPSCI201: Computer Core Maintenance
* NANO101: Nanotechnology I
* NANO102: Nanotechnology II
* NANO201: Borg Nanoprobes
* CYBER101: Cybernetics I
* CYBER201: Cybernetics II
* CYBER210: Borg Hierarchy
* CYBER211: Advanced Borg Systems
* ROBO101: Robotics I
* ROBO201: Robotics II
* ROBO210: Advanced Robotic Design
* ROBO211: Operational Robotics
* NEURO101: Neuroscience I
* NEURO201: Neuroscience II

### Minors

* ASTRO101: General Astrophysics
* ASTRO102: Advanced Astrophysics
* BIO101: General Biology
* BIO102: Microbiology
* BOT121: General Botany of Major Worlds
* BOT329: Applied Biology and Biotechnology
* CHEM101: General Chemistry
* SUBSP101: Intro to Subspace Phenomena
* QUANT111: Quantum Computing
* HOLO101: Intro to Holoprograming
* HOLO102: Narrative Parameters

## Trivia

Ash is in Starfleet’s science department as a Cadet in his third year. He specializes specifically in nano technologies, such as Borg nanoprobes and artificial ocular implants for the visually impaIred. He also specializes mainly in the computer sciences, mostly with the LCARS computer network, as well as older computer systems. Such as those from Earth’s late 20th century, the Apple Macintosh Computers and Microsoft Windows.

Ash loves Terran customs, beliefs, and cuisine. As he lived on Earth during the beginning of his adult life, he is still today learning about Terran customs. Being an Elasian, Ash has a mild case of gynophobia, a fear of women. As on Elas, women are in control and take it too far at times, and his mother had abused him, his brothers, and his father. Ash is homosexual, so he is attracted men. It being a natural thing, as well as due to his mild fear of women. Ash’s favourite Terran foods are pizza, chicken, hamburgers, and fruit salad. Also liking to indulge in Terran deserts at times, he likes chocolate moose ice cream with peanut butter.

### Likes

* Meeting new people
* Earth food, especially classical pizza and french fries, but he likes to dip them both in an Elasian sauce
* Hot mint tea
* Harry Potter
* To be the dominant one in a situation.

### Dislikes

* People who think they are superior or better
* Other Elasian’s, unless they are different then the majority of them
* Being obedient or submissive
* Seeing people upset
* People who use his weaknesses against him
* War