Alyx Morgan

**Alyx Lailas Morgan** is a Starfleet officer and a Maintaining and Deputising Officer for Starfleet Intelligence's Maintaining And Deputising Division.

## Early history

##### Childhood & Academy

Born in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, to a Human father and Trill mother, Alyx was born intersex, and as a result their parents decided to use neutral pronouns for them unless they themselves requested otherwise. Their father, Corrie, and Lumas, their mother, chose to move to Iceland several years before Alyx’s birth because of how nice the country looked. Corrie was originally from West Virginia and grew up there, eventually joining Starfleet as an Engineer. During shore leave Corrie met Lumas in a café, and they became friends. They remained friends for several years, before dating and finally marrying three years before having Alyx.

Alyx as a result grew up surrounded by an American, a Trill, a Vulcan family that lived in their town, and a lot of Icelanders, which led to them having a rather mixed accent. Their parents were quick to make friends with their neighbours who had a daughter, Þuríður, who Alyx ultimately befriended. Þuríður was nine months older than Alyx which meant they were just barely in the same year in their school. It was obvious from a young age that Alyx had what looked like an obsession with organisation and keeping things tidy. They organised their toys by colour, and when they were at school they kept their desk tidy and volunteered to help organise the stationery. It took until they were 5 months into their first school year for their mother to realise it went far past an obsession, and they were taken to the local children’s counsellor who, after a few play therapy sessions diagnosed Alyx with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Life carried on normally regardless of the diagnosis, with Alyx now visiting the counsellor once a week throughout their younger years to learn ways to cope with disorganisation and to talk about the stresses of it all. Life carried on as usual for quite a while until Alyx hit middle school, which was a more stressful experience. They ultimately began visiting their old counsellor again.

It was at age 12 that they started learning more about gender identity and realised they felt like they at least fell under the nonbinary umbrella, even if they didn’t quite know where. They came out to Þuríður first who was completely accepting, and then their parents, who were equally as accepting. While in middle school they challenged themselves to learn Dewey Decimal Classification for fun, and after about a month they knew it like the back of their hand. It was also around this this time that they started realising they had a pretty good memory, always able to remember the exact location something was put, or what someone had said about something. Despite this, though, they still managed to forget their passwords.

In highschool, Alyx had maintained their friendship with Þuríður from their first major interaction when they were toddlers, and it was at this point that their goal was to join Starfleet when they could. They had continued to research it on and off for the past two years, as well as ask their father more questions about it. Despite their planning, though, they were never quite sure of what department to aim for if they decided to apply. They eventually came to the conclusion that Operations was the best option as they would get to help people and keep a ship running. While still in highschool, Alyx took an extra physical education class to learn Mixed Martial Arts and Judo for a combination of self-defence purposes. In their final year of highschool, they took Standard Sign Language classes.

Upon turning 16, and after much debate with Þuríður over if they were absolutely sure they wanted to do it, Alyx applied join Starfleet Academy. They got far more stressed about the entrance exam than they needed, but thankfully they had researched Starfleet enough over the past few years to have enough knowledge on what they needed to do to pass. They didn’t get the best score, but they passed nonetheless. Upon passing the entrance exam they instantly aimed for Operations like they had planned, and when they were told Quartermaster was an available position they instantly chose that for their specific training. Their first year at the Academy was rather uneventful, although their anxiety was being a bit troublesome due to the lack of normalcy in comparison to what they were used to. However, they focused on their studies and training and continued onwards with the help of Academy counsellors.

Alyx didn’t really get on with the people they had to share their quarters with at the Academy. They were louder, more hyperactive and seemingly the kind to get in trouble. As such they chose to keep to themselves and interact with them as little as possible for their own sake, and thankfully their roommates didn’t get in the way of their studies. The next two years passed with no major issues whatsoever. They didn’t get the best grades, but they didn’t fail any classes or courses either, which was good enough for them.

In their fourth year at the Academy they got the opportunity to be posted on Starbase 624, a smaller port of call for cargo restocks and minor repairs. This was the perfect place for Alyx to get used to all the ins and outs of being a Quartermaster-in-training, and hopefully soon without the in-training part of the title. They worked with 624’s Quartermaster, a nice and friendly Vulcan in her early 60s. She was more than happy to be Alyx’s mentor while onboard and the two got on well. In that time, among learning the ropes including how to operate the cargo transporter and cargo mover equipment,  Alyx learnt some labels had text on them that was painfully small to read, so they replicated themselves a pair of magnifying spectacles to wear when stocktaking. After the posting was over they returned back to the Academy for the final few classes before graduating, at which point they were assigned to be a Quartermaster on an Operations battlecruiser, the USS Sunburst.

## Starfleet career

##### USS Sunburst

During their time aboard their first posting Alyx performed their duties as a Quartermaster to the standard expected (and rearranged the cargo bays approximately four times), but as a member of Operations they also assisted with other duties in general, as well as went on various away missions to assist in one way or another, be that logistically or as just a helping hand. On one occasion they were able to use their technological knowledge (thanks entirely to their training to become an Operations officer) to unlock a door aboard an abandoned ship in order to allow for their away team to continue their mission without the need to cut it open, and on another occasion they combined their old MMA training along with their phaser training to help defend themself and their crewmates when their ship was boarded.

It was on their final days aboard their first posting, though, that Alyx had to prove themself and their abilities more than they had ever done so before, when the Sunburst crashed in the middle of the desert as a result of it being attacked by the Iconians. They, along with the majority of the crew, managed to evacuate via escape pods, but having to defend themself on a fairly desolate planet was certainly not something they expected to have to do. It was once the crew managed to relocate their crashed ship that their skills came in handy once again, organising supplies and creating makeshift facilities to replace the ones destroyed in the crash. Once rescued they, along with the rest of the crew, were given leave to mentally recover from the ordeal.

It was during Alyx’s leave that Starfleet naturally began a full investigation, as well as looking into who performed admirably under such dire circumstances, and it was through this process that Intelligence took an interest in their file. Their previous actions and known skills, combined with strength under pressure and ability to focus on the task at hand meant the Quartermaster seemed quite fitting for a new posting: The USS Nightfall, a small ship assigned to running missions for Intelligence. Once offered the new posting Alyx accepted it, and became the ship’s only Quartermaster, which also meant they could be better assessed for their compatibility to join their ranks.

##### **USS Nightfall**

Alyx’s time aboard the Nightfall was, at least to start with, as they had expected it to be considering it was an Intelligence ship. There were occasional skirmishes, and the odd top secret mission, but that was all to be expected. What wasn’t what they had expected, though, was the offer they were given after a while to join Intelligence as a trainee field officer. They were told how their skills fit their remit, and how their personality did, too, but it took Alyx over a week to properly decide, all the while Intel continued to test their abilities. It was after a week and a half that they finally decided to accept on the condition that they could return to being a Quartermaster if they failed training, or if they wanted out, to which their superiors agreed.

Alyx’s training to become a field officer went without many hitches (although the interrogation training wasn’t something they particularly enjoyed), and not before long they had switched division, all while still being assigned to the Nightfall. It was after almost another year that the opportunity came for them to specialise into the Maintaining and Deputising Division which intrigued them. They wanted to keep people safe, and keep the Federation as a whole safe, but it also meant they could prevent history being re-written and time itself being messed with, among everything else MADD specialised in. It wasn’t long before they signed up to join them and started their further training.

After another few months, and once they were a fully-fledged member of MADD, they were given a new solo assignment: The USS Rapture. Knowing their duties, and knowing what was needed of them, they agreed and were transferred. Whether they had a choice or not in the matter was unknown to them, but agreeing always made the process easier.

##### **USS Rapture**

During their time aboard the USS Rapture they were given two primary duties: To carry out their standard duties as a MADD officer, and to observe those whom had previous ties to enemy factions and organisations. It was during this time that they did just that, including observing an incident involving a long-missing starship, but their time aboard the Rapture was very uneventful, much to their relief. It wasn’t long before they, along with the rest of the crew, were transferred elsewhere, with the Rapture being repurposed for a deep space mission. Their new assignment was Starbase 777, home of the Khitomer Alliance, and home to many, many individuals, all of whom had previous ties to enemy organisations and factions, including, as they had been informed prior to transfer, Section 31. There was also the small detail of endless trade traffic and a bombing incident, so it certainly seemed like they might be getting a lot more paperwork to fill in.

## Additional Information

* Alyx Morgan's chatroom username is 'username'. Wanting to remain entirely anonymous, they bypassed the system that normally publicly provides a user's actual name so other users are unaware of who they really are.