Desilu Layrrouse-Mirchandani

## Appearance

Desi has short, messy hair of a dark green color; her skin is a lighter green, and she has brown eyes, and a diamond-shaped jaw. She is also somewhat petit at 5’4”, with a slim build.

## Personality

Desi often comes off as sarcastic and rather dry, and carries an attitude that can only be described as ‘adolescent’. She is not the touchy-feely type, and has trouble reacting to strong emotions. Desi also has a bit of a short temper, and is very impatient. However, she is also fairly curious about things, and intuitive about her research.

## History

Desilu Lakshmi Layrrouse-Mirchandani was born on October 12, 2362, at the New Berlin Hospital on Luna. Her Mother, Mede Layrrouse, was an Orion refugee who had been in the Federation for only 3 months.  Her father was an unknown Orion, and Mede’s husband shortly before her departure to the Federation and Desi’s birth.

For the first four years of her life, Desi was raised chiefly by her mother, who had obtained Federation citizenship and a job as a waitress at a local diner in New Berlin. Then, shortly before her fifth birthday, Mede married Chandra Mirchandani, a music teacher at the local high school.  Moving in with her new Step-Father was a hard time for the young Orion. Although she had plenty of non-Orion friends and playmates, living with a Human step-father was a wholly new and strange experience that took some getting used to, although they eventually bonded over their mutual love for classical music.

As Desi grew to adolescence, she discovered a talent for Science, particularly chemistry; at one point she could recite half of the periodic table by heart. Combined with her curiosity and intuition, she quickly reached an A+ in almost every Science class, and even won a small school award for a chemistry project.

When she was 19, Desi was urged by her mother and step-father to pursue a science career in starfleet, applying for Starfleet Academy in San Francisco, where she studied chemistry and music theory for four years.

## 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

* CHEM 101: General Chemistry
* CHEM 111: Advanced General Chemistry
* CHEM 241: Exochemistry 1
* CHEM 411: Biochemistry 1
* BIO 101: General Biology
* BIO 222: Exobiology

### Minors

* FA 101: Intro to Fine Arts
* FA 102: Music Theory
* MED 101: First Aid

## Trivia

* Due to her long name, she prefers to go simply by her nickname.
* Desi hates being referred to by her full name or first name.
* Desi can play the Flute, the Harmonica, and the Grand Piano.
* She has a mild allergy to Dog hair, but doesn’t like to admit it.

### Likes

* Sleeping
* Indian Food
* Biology
* Classical Music
* Earth History

### Dislikes

* Other People
* Her Full Name
* Dogs
* Anything Remotely Slow
* 'Girly' Clothes & Makeup

### Character Development

Despite her attitude, Desi is a very competent scientist, if unwilling to waste time with dead-end experiments and unfulfilling projects. However, her short temper and general impatience can easily be taken advantage of, resulting in disaster if not reigned in.

### Ambitions

To become CSO on a Starship, or at least Assistant CSO

### Morals

Desi’s morals can be described as ‘Chaotic Neutral’, routinely serving her own needs before anyone else's. She has no qualms about the occasional bad deed if it benefits her somehow, although not to the point of criminality.