Nelyv Edrei

## Appearance

By human standards Nelyv looks Asian - Japanese, maybe, with a touch of Filipino. She stands at a grand height of 5’4”, not that being short has ever bothered her. She claims that it gives her better access to kneecaps which she can steal or the softer lower parts of the body (which she can kick hard to bring someone down, mind out of the gutter!) and takes very much pride in being small and nimble. One rather not-so-Asian feature about her are her eyes, though: larger than should be expected of someone of her apparent ethnicity, deep black Betazoid pupils, expressive, clear and almond-shaped. She has spent her whole life smiling (both naturally and for customer service, though the latter is very much the former in all aspects) and it shows daily.

Of course, working on Risa mandates (well, not really, more like obligates) one to maintain appearances, fitness and beauty standards to remain appealing to guests - she spends plenty of time taking care of her appearance, particularly her figure, fitness and skin, and it shows. As a tactical officer she spends time on the holodeck playing sports to keep herself in shape, squash, badminton and springball most prominent among them. If not found on the holodeck she can be seen jogging around the hallways in standard exercise gear. No, she will not be caught jogging or exercising in anything too revealing, nor will she be found trying to intentionally draw gazes while she does.

Her hair is normally kept short, shoulder-length at most. Sometimes she will wear a small blue headband for aesthetic purposes, or a blue pin shaped like a Fredalia flower when off duty. As a matter of fact blue is her favorite color; she loves to dress in blue dresses, blue shirts and blue… everything, really (hence her own joke that she never leaves anyone feeling blue. Fun fact: No one  has ever laughed at this joke, but not that she cares.). Baggier shirts and dresses are her usual go-to, though  on occasion she will cheekily show off just a little, especially for someone she considers special to her or at parties. Only sometimes.

## Personality

Contrary to popular belief, surprise, surprise, Nelyv is not a soft damsel in distress or a wily slave girl or a pretty face with no brains behind it, and she will steal your kneecaps if one even attempts to try and assign that stereotype to her. She will happily toss you around in a fight or make you chase her in circles and laugh with mirth as she does - or discuss biology at length if soneobe asks. She took it upon herself as soon as she found out what her mother used to do, to improve on the family line. No one in her family would ever be a slave again. Not now and not ever, not while she lived.

Does this mean that she has zero inclination towards using what she picked up on Risa, or any of the skills her mother taught her? Well, no. Not exactly. She knows when someone is feeling down (thanks, telepathy!) and actively uses what she learned to make them feel better. Like an Orion slave girl she will make good conversation and give you her undivided, smiley attention, then attempt to lift your mood however she can. Well, sans less savoury methods of course. If that fails she will simply wrap her arms around the person in a warm, soft hug and stay there until they feel better (lying to her about feeling better doesn't work either, she knows when someone is down or happy and will only let go when she feels that they feel better). Physical contact is also commonplace for her - her friends, colleagues, professors and former partners know this well.

Sometimes she forgets that personal space exists. On more than one occasion she has quite literally inched herself uncomfortably close to a complete stranger to listen to them talk - and scared them away, which never fails to make her sad. She always recovers swiftly, though.

### Ambitions

* Discover a new species of animal. Yes, even though she is a tactical officer. Just because she has a red stripe across her uniform doesn’t mean that she can’t do what she wants. That’s why she minored in biology after all - well, one of the reasons for it at least.

* To learn more about her heritage as an Orion. Her mother has been loath to take her back to their homeworld all her life; she resolves to one day go back and do the learning herself.

## History

* Anyone and everyone is deserving of love and affection. Many of her clients on Risa come to the planet not only to relax, but also to escape from the harsh realities of life back home. She’s had to play psychiatrist to many of them during her tenure as a waitress and masseuse and felt just how depressed and undeserving of kindness some have felt. No one needs to feel like that in her opinion and she’d be damned if she let them leave her presence feeling the same or worse than when they’d come.

* Anyone and everyone has the capacity to exceed their own expectations and binding norms - if they so desire. Expectations are only superficial. What society thinks you can do is irrelevant; what you think you can do is.

## 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

* TAC170: Combat, Introduction to Starship Combat
* ARM200: Starship Phasers and Phaser Cannons
* TAC260: Combat, Minor Starships
* TAC270: Combat, Major Starships
* ASTRG101: Navigation of Starships, Sublight
* PILOT210: Minor Ships
* TAC301: Strategy of Battle 1
* ENG331: Operations and Command Functions
* ENG431: Shield Systems
* ENG432: Weapons Systems

### Minors

* BIO 101 - General Biology
* BIO 102 - Micro Biology
* BIO 201 - Advanced Biology
* BIO 221 - Eugenics
* BIO 222 - Exobiology
* BIO 321 - Genitronics

## Trivia

* Keira has green fingers - but she does not have green fingers. Her attempts (all of them) have resulted in several dead plants, plenty of wasted replicator resources and lots of crushed hope. But hey, that’s never made her too sad. She has other things to focus on after all.

* Her favorite food is Bajoran hasperat. She has been hooked on it ever since she visited Bajor with her father on a holiday.

* Nelyv is an accomplished violinist. She has won a few awards in her schooling days for herself (small ones, second to third place, but she considers them accomplishments anyway). In addition to sports she keeps a violin in a case in her quarters and plays it sometimes.

### Likes

* Playing the violin and singing - she is a little bit of a performer at heart and she knows that sometimes all it takes to brighten up someone’s day is a soothing song to calm their heart. Seeing and feeling someone get better as a result of her performances pleases her greatly always.

* Biology - an unusual interest for a tactical officer, to be sure. She performed well at it back in school on Risa and the interest carries over with her into adulthood. She emerged third in her class, surprising many of her classmates. She continues to hold a keen interest in plants and animals even as a tactical officer… except her luck with plants is so abysmal as to be comical. Oh dear. Her main reason behind wanting to pursue it further, though, was to prove to others (and herself) that she was far more than just a pretty face, and she likes to think that she has proven her mettle.

* Chocolate. Oh, boy. She is addicted to chocolate and even owns a bottle of perfume that makes her smell of hot cocoa.

### Dislikes

* Stereotyping: Just because she has green skin and smells nice, and could absolutely be the perfect partner by knowing exactly how the other party feels at all times and how to react at the same time doesn’t mean that she sleeps around to satisfy her inborn drives, or that she is ‘easy’ to get so to speak. She knows that the half of her genes that grant her skin the colour of lush leaves has a reputation for it and wishes that others wouldn’t automatically assign that assumption to her.

* Bajoran jumja sticks. She had a bad one back on Bajor on holiday and it’s ruined her impression of them since. Though maybe she can be persuaded to try them again.