Aurelia Angelica

Ensign Aurelia Angelica is a medical officer on the USS Odyssey.

## Background

Like her sister Cecilia, Aurelia Angelica was born on the industrial city world of Deped 42 February 14th, 2387. They were orphans upon birth, being left upon the doorstep of one of the government sanctioned orphanages for the faculty to discover and take in. She suffered through the harsh discipline, military regimen day to day life while at the orphanage, but at the young age of 5 Aurelia developed a degenerative disease that severely weakened her causing her to underperform at her daily duties. Treatments for the disorder were expensive for the orphanage to afford so the faculty decided it was best to make her comfortable before her eventual death only giving the minimum amount of medication to numb the pain. She ended up losing her hearing and after seeing her sister’s health continuously diminish with no foreseeable end in sight Cecilia  snuck her out of the orphanage discovering a nearby church who, while not able to afford the treatments, at least was able to give her the loving care and attention she needed.

Aurelia was raised by the priest like she was his own flesh and blood. She was taught sign language as well as taught to practice the church’s religion. Whenever her sister visited she would try to teach her as well but those nights were usually short due to Cecilia’s curfew.  Her condition continued to worsen. Aurelia and everyone in the church prayed and prayed for a miracle that came in a form of a massive donation from an anonymous individual. That money immediately went to her treatments and her faith in her new found religion only increased from that point on. Her condition improved but she was not cured, meanwhile she continued to practice her faith and join the church as one of the novices helping out in the community whenever she could trying to make the city she lived into a better place for all its people. All this time she continued to have contact with her sister during the night listening to all her problems, experiences, sadness while she helped her with her own. She eventually found out that she was the one donating the money to the church via less than honorable but decided not to press her about it not wanting to diminish all she was trying to do.

When she turned 15 her sister managed to confess to her all she had done over the years and told her of her redemption. Cecilia helped the police arrest some of her former gang members and syndicate operatives in exchange for a pardon and priority health assistance for her sister’s disease from the government. Aurelia also confessed what she suspected but was happy that her sister had a change of heart. The police officer that had been subtly mentoring Cecilia also offered to adopt the both of them so they could have a chance of living a normal life which they both graciously accepted. Cecilia went to the police academy as a cadet and Aurelia continued to work at the church as a nurse continuing to volunteer for the community. When she turned 19 she discovered that her adoptive father and her sister were on a patrol and were ambushed by thugs with the former being killed in the attack devastating her. Her sister went to try and find those who were responsible which put her out of contact for a good part of the year.

During one of her community outreach events she was kidnapped and held hostage by the people who perpetrated the attack as bait for Cecilia who raided the facility she was in and managed to quickly dispatch the assailants and rescue her. Apparently she was in an operation with starfleet intelligence investigating the smuggling of starfleet goods though the black market. The operative was so impressed with Cecilia’s performance he offered her and her sister to come back with him to the federation, with Cecilia being inducted in the ranks of Starfleet Intelligence and Aurelia getting the highly advanced starfleet medical treatment that the federation could provide if they were citizens. They both gladly accepted and they moved to Earth. Aurelia would be cured from most of her ailments with the exception of her hearing which was controlled by a hearing aid that could allow her to hear as long as they were in her ears. She ended up joining Starfleet Academy wanting to continue her duties as a nurse across the galaxy and graduated.

For the next 9 years she would be located on the most frontier of assignments working her best to heal Starfleet officers and regular citizens of sickness with limited supplies and support, all this time she still had regular contact with her sister. By 2415 she coincidentally was assigned to the USS Odyssey with her sister as a replenishment of crew after their return from the anomaly that resulted in them being stranded in other universes for 5 months.

## Other information

* Likes: All types of Religion, Helping others, Friends, Sugar
* Dislikes: Bullies, Selfishness, Close mindedness, Conflict