Tildaen Txiv

Tildaen Txiv is a Betazoid Science Officer and former intelligence officer, currently serving as the Executive Officer of U.S.S. Congress.

# Assignments

* **Stardate 88924.42** (27 April 2411): Starship USS Victorious as Science Officer under Captain Rhys Yarn.
* **Stardate 89280.59** (04 September 2411): Starship USS Constitution as Science Officer under Commander Selkel, CSO.
* **Stardate 91853.31** (01 April 2414): Starbase 146 as Science Officer under Captain Tiana Rastalon
* **Stardate 92946.34** (05 May 2415): Starbase 162, Liberated Borg Reintegration Project as Researcher under Commander Lawrence Gould.
* **Stardate 93488.81** (19 November 2415): Starship USS Dennett as Science Officer under Commander Steven van Duin, CSO.
* **Stardate 94535.58** (06 December 2416): Starbase 381 as Deputy Chief Science Officer under Lt. Commander Juzel Rix, CSO.
* **Stardate 94769.79** (01 March 2417): Senior All-Source Analyst, Starfleet Intelligence Headquarters.
* **Stardate 98523.44** (01 December 2420): Deputy Executive Project Coordinator, Starfleet Intelligence Headquarters.
* **Stardate 100102.62** (01 July 2422): Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Umbriel.
* **Stardate 100727.54** (23 September 2423): Executive Officer, U.S.S. Congress

# Dates of Rank

* **Stardate 84253.19** (25 August 2406): Cadet
* **Stardate 88872.48** (08 April 2411): Ensign
* **Stardate 89280.59** (04 September 2411): Lieutenant (Junior Grade)
* **Stardate 93488.81** (19 November 2415): Lieutenant
* **Stardate 98523.44** (01 December 2420): Lieutenant Commander
* **Stardate 100727.54** (23 September 2423): Commander

# Biography

## Family and Early Life

Tildaen is born in Medara, Betazed on 21 June 2388. During his early years, his mother Yaxara Ethelwin was an ambitious healer and his father, Gerdaen Sandalari, published her diverse writings.

Yaxara claims descent from one of the Betazoid noble Houses, but this claim is contested by the planets’ record-keepers. Her son is given a traditional upbringing and sent to a school where artistic and telepathic abilities could be developed in a nurturing setting with many adults and positive influences. An early bonding and marriage pledge is made with Jemma Summerian, and they developed a friendship as they went through the traditional courting rituals.

When they were both sixteen years old, Jemma announced that she wanted to bond with another young man. Tildaen refused to consider alternative arranged marriages. The familial fall-out led to Tildaen moving to live with the Summerian family to escape the discontent. Jemma's father, Peteer, became a mentor, inspiring in him the more cosmopolitan attitudes of his new family. He went on numerous off-world trips with his quasi-adoptive family.

In this period, he developed a strong desire to become a Starfleet officer. To help qualify for enrollment in Starfleet Academy, Ethelwin volunteered to intern at the Interspecies Medical Exchange Programme on Mars for six months, earning a qualification to serve as an assistant nurse.

## Starfleet Academy

While at the Academy, Ethelwin joins several cadet social clubs, earning only barely passing grades, which only improve in later years. In addition to the core curriculum, Ethelwin completes the science officer courses on Astronomy, Physics, Astrophysics, Chemistry, Electrodynamics, Classical Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics with minimally passing grades. He does better in Xenobiology, where he studies genetics, cell biology, microbiology (bacteria and virii) and pathology as well as comparative humanoid anatomy.

Ethelwin majors in Xenology, with an emphasis on the Romulan and Klingon species, while attending elective introductory courses on anthropology, evolution, general anthropology and archaeology to support this direction, and went on to publish "The Way of D'era and the Klingon concept of Honour – an ethical approach to interstellar relations" in a prominent Betazoid scientific journal, though it received less attention in broader scientific circles. He takes a minor in the emerging field of nanotechnology, which continues to be a subject of interest throughout his Starfleet career.

## Service Record

* **Stardate 88924.42** (27 April 2411): Ensign Ethelwin is assigned to serve as the sole science officer on the USS Victorious. Serving under the experienced Captain Rhys Yarn, he assists in tracking down a Romulan Star Empire vessel under cloak with only the very minimal sensor systems of the Defiant-class vessel at his disposal. While the sensors themselves proved insufficient, his behavioural analysis of the Romulan commanders' movements allowed the Victorious to get the drop on their opponent. He was offered a field promotion to Lieutenant (Junior Grade) by his commanding officer on the conclusion of the mission.
* **Stardate 89280.59** (04 September 2411): Lieutenant (JG) Ethelwin is assigned to the USS Constitution to act as Science Officer, with some freedom to pursue personal projects as the ship surveys worlds in Federation space that lie near the Klingon/Romulan border. During an away mission, he is briefly captured by a rogue Klingon element and scarred, but eventually the Away Team manages to escape and return to the ship.
* **Stardate 89280.59** (01 October 2412): Following an incident in the personal sphere, Ethelwin tests experimental programmable nanintes that could regulate neural patterns on himself, breaking a number of protocols. While the nanites are initially successful in regulating emotional swings and modifying behaviours, the solution proves to be dangerously unstable, leading to severe mental trauma and hospitalisation. After an investigation of the incident, Ethelwin is charged with misuse of Starfleet resources and ethics violations during a Court Martial. He is found not criminally responsible for his actions at the time but is restricted from working with nanite technology and discharged from Starfleet and offered treatment in a closed Institution.
* **Stardate 91499.77** (23 November 2412): Ethelwin is treated at the Altha-Than Closed Treatment Institute. During this time he meets fellow patient Miko Txiv, who had pleaded temporary insanity after being caught breaking into a secure electronic system using a personal data port.
* **Stardate 91724.54** (13 February 2412): Ethelwin is discharged from Alta-Than. He takes a leave of absence to marry Ms. Txiv taking a honeymoon on Risa before rejoining Starfleet. He takes her family name.
* **Stardate 91853.31** (01 April 2412): Tildaen Txiv is assigned as Science Officer for the 146th Fleet, serving on several starships, including the USS Exodus under the command of Captain Tiana Rastalon. He requests transfer off the Exodus after an experimental Artificial Intelligence is installed to oversee Starship Operations.
* **Stardate 92946.34** (01 November 2415): Txiv is assigned to the Liberated Borg Reintegration Project on Starbase 162 under Commander Lawrence Gould. Restrictions on working with nanite technology are lifted. He aids research in techniques to (re)integrate invididuals who have been liberated from the Borg Collective into Federation society and contributes to the development of useful techniques and standardisation of best practices. At the end of his year-long assignment he is recommended for promotion to full Lieutenant by Commander Gould.
* **Stardate 93488.81** (19 November 2415): Txiv is assigned to the starship Dennett as Assistant Chief Science Officer. He assists in attempting to track down the enigmatic 'Grey Ones', a xenophobic species living beyond Breen space who have occasionally acted violently against Federation-aligned interests in the sector. The Nebula-class starship manages to track down several vessels and on two occasions, Txiv manages to engage in telepathic contact with members of their species. After a full year in deep space, the starship Dennett is forced to return to Federation space after failing to establish a meaningful dialogue and losing track of its remaining leads.
* **Stardate 94535.58** (06 December 2416): Txiv is transferred to Starbase 381 - Praetorian to work as a Science Officer and Xenologist. He develops a paper entitled [Constraints On Iconian Interventions In Ptx-1138 And Their Implications For Biological And Cultural Development], outlining a theoretical model for Iconian interventions in the development of species local to the PTX-1138 dwarf galaxy. It concludes that any Iconian interventions in PTX-1138 would likely have happened between 400,000 and 200,000 years ago.
* **Stardate 94769.79** (01 March 2417): Txiv is recalled to Earth after the ‘Grey Ones’ are suspected of having destroyed a flotilla of civilian ships, transporting members of a predominantly Tellarite faction seeking to colonise a world outside Federation space. He divorces his wife Miko Txiv shortly before the appointment is made official, but keeps her family name. He then goes on to serve as a Senior All-Source Analyst at Starfleet Intelligence Headquarters, choosing to remain there after the conclusion of the investigation of the project, the results of which are restricted and available only on a need-to-know basis.
* **Stardate 96260.33** (27 Augustus 2418): Txiv volunteers for a project involving telepathic Betazoid officers of Starfleet Intelligence. The Special Task Force nicknamed “Love Bomb” studies the applicability of the 'Invasive Empathy’ technique used to incapacitate the Jem'Hadar, developed by Crell Moset during the occupation of Betazed, for intelligence operations. The goal of the project is to render the process of incapacitation through projecting emotions more predictable and less lethal to the wielder. While these techniques are mostly intended for field agents, Txiv assists with the process and develops some proficiency.
* **Stardate 98523.44** (01 December 2420): Txiv is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander as he is assigned to a new posting as Deputy Executive Project Coordinator at Starfleet Intelligence Headquarters. Duties include preparing briefing materials, reviewing sensitive information, and drafting policy recommendations, as well as briefing flag officers when his Commanding Officer is indisposed.
* **Stardate 100102.62** (01 July 2422): Txiv is transferred into the Command Division and appointed Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Umbriel, a Bozeman-class vessel attached to the 26th Fleet and based at Starbase 381 - Praetorian in the Outback.
* **Stardate 100727.54** (23 September 2423): after operating in the Outback alongside Task Group Veritas, Txiv is offered the position of Executive Officer aboard, U.S.S. Congress.

Counseling Notes

**Stardate 99980.8**, Counselor Wilkins, Starfleet Intelligence::

“This will be my final session with Txiv before he ships out and takes command of his starship. He is a very different man from the one I first met five years ago. While the mandatory counselling sessions were initially both necessary and sometimes painful for both of us, he has grown into a much more confident personality. The addictive personality type and craving for approval from authority figures have been seemingly transformed into a more balanced disposition. Even the Empathic Imprint left by a liberated drone has been given a place.

While Counselor Naxis’ recommendation that preference be given to a T4/E4 counsellor remains operational, I believe we’ve managed well enough together that any colleague in the outback should be able to take over.

I do remain concerned about the effect that project “Love Bomb” has had on Lt. Commander Txivs’ interpersonal empathy. While an ability to detach himself from the feelings of those around him has operational advantages, he seems more distant than before and spends considerably less time socialising. My objections to the project at large remain on record in my protest filed on stardate 97337.1, though it seems that protest, along with most everything else, remains classified and restricted to Starfleet Intelligence personnel only.”

# Personal Life

Tildaen regularly exercises by playing tennis on the Holodeck and also tends to enjoy other group sports and games. He has become a teetotaler as of 2419, and usually avoids crowded spaces in his downtime.

Txiv prefers to keep an artificial window in his quarters, usually displaying a cityscape.

# Logs

* Personal Log
* U.S.S. Umbriel Captain's Log