Nolani Fen'ick

Commanding Officer

Nolani Fen'ick is the current commanding officer of the U.S.S. Odysseus, serving as her 2nd and 4th Captain respectively.

## Appearance

Nolani is 6’0" and roughly 195 pounds, with a balanced yet toned build, containing defined muscles. With tanned skin and dazzling teal eyes, Nolani has typically a relaxed expression on his face, only sometimes replaced with a small smile filled with boyish charm. Nolani spends quite a bit of time styling his light blonde hair. Generally, Nolani can be found wearing skinny jeans and shirts with a lightly coloured under T-shirt. If not he can be found in an oversized sweater, choosing comfort while ensuring style at the same time.

Ornate tattoos coat both of his forearms, in a bright white, contrasting with his tanned skin. The markings note his position within the Fen’ick royal family. In comparison, his facial markings show him to be a member of his species.

His favourite outfit of choice is a pair of deep blue denim skinny jeans, comfortable sneakers, a white shirt and an oversized sweater.

## Personality

Nolani has a well rounded personality, well that’s what he would tell you. He is highly intelligent but with an advantage in all of the sciences, partially due to his autism. This has helped with doing any of his class work during his time within the academy, easily placing him at the top of his class with proficiency in languages and . Alongside his intelligent nature, Nolani can also appear quite flirtatious with others of both genders, his natural charm only aiding him in his endeavours.

Growing up with a younger brother, Nolani developed a lot of overprotective tendencies, somethings going above and beyond to ensure the safety of another; alongside a patience of steel, having to deal with a hyperactive younger brother has its advantages.

Due to his ADHD, he tends to hyperfocus on certain things without realising how much time has passed. He often needs several reminders to keep track of his time and tasks, and struggles a fair bit with it.

Although he doesn’t come without his bad sides, unfortunately the Riedher hasn’t learnt how best to deal with anything negative he feels, opting for bottling up until it inevitably explodes. As you can imagine this has caused him a few issues however he gained an awareness of how others are feeling, able to see the same signs he puts out when hiding something that is bothering him.

A flaw of his personality is the way he deals with things that are upsetting or draining him. Instead of trying to solve the problem, he buries how he feels, locking it all away so he can get on with his work.

## Trivia

* He's a horrible flirt, I mean, he tries, really he does... but it usually just ends up being super cheesy. And while it's not going to magically cure your insecurities; if he picks up on them, he'll dial it up to 11.
* Tried to grow a beard once and failed miserably.
* Whenever you are having a bad day, he will just show up at your door as quickly as he can with your favourite food and your favourite movies.
* Nolani has a lot of hyperactive ticks, but most often he can be found bouncing his knee while concentrating.
* He has hundreds of post-its notes scattered around his quarters, some reminding him of tasks he has to complete while others are just gibberish.
* The first time he fell asleep after leaving Inari, he thought he was dying. Since then he has an irrational fear of sleep.

### Likes

He enjoys long walks through areas with a lot of nature alone listening to some Rock or Punk music, mostly Hollywood Undead, Skillet or Steel Panther. Training and exercise is how he spends his freetime. He prefers doing a lot of outdoor running or swimming. Spicy food is his favourite thing to have, believing it to be the only way to eat most meals.

### Dislikes

He hates when it is too hot; it makes him feel uncomfortable. Sour foods/candies. Traffic. Bright lights/Neon lights. Nolani is deadly afraid of spiders. It is a completely irrational and stupid fear compared to showing no fear when faced.

### Ambitions

One of his ambitions is to explore as many different cultures as he can, wanting to learn about their spiritual beliefs and religions. This is to expand his understanding of the driving forces of other species and what motivates them to expand into the universe.

### Morals

Nolani is a believer in following regulations and orders but not blindly. He prefers to act using their brains instead of following regulations with no regard as to the situation. He will always do his best to preserve lives, not just the lives of his crew, but he understands there are times in which you cannot do this.

## 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
* ARM101: Introduction to Weapons
* ARM110: Hand Phasers, Phaser Rifles and Artillery
* ARM120: Knives and other Small Weapons
* ARM130: Non-traditional Weapons
* LAW200: Federation, Constitutional
* TAC200: Combat, Martial Arts, Anbo-Jyutsu and Federation Standard
* TAC210: Combat, Marksmanship
* TAC220: Small Units
* TAC301: Strategy of Battle 1
* TAC302: Crisis Negotiation
* SURV150: Land-based Survival in Desert, Ocean, Jungle, and Moderate conditions.

### Minors

* SURV200: Captivity
* TAC230: Large Units
* TAC300: Leadership
* TAC302: Strategy of Battle 2
* DIPL200: Hostile Species
* PSY101: Terran, General
* PSY102: Non-Terran, Major Species
* PSY302: Hostilities
* ASTRG101: Navigation of Starships, Sublight
* ASTRG102: Navigation of Starships, Warp Speed
* PILOT210: Minor Ships
* PILOT220: Major Ships
* TAC170: Combat, Introduction to Starship Combat
* TAC250: Combat, Shuttles and Runabouts

### Post Graduate

* CMD101: Principles of Command
* CMD102: Types of Command and Leadership
* CMD103: Implementation of Procedures

## History

### Early Life

Nolani was born on the second planet of the Ina’kaii systems held within the Gamma quadrant, known as Inari. By the year 2287 (his birth year), the Riedher had not yet come across any other powers than the Dominion, who were constantly attacking their homeworld. This was when he first began to show interest in the outer universe, wanting to learn about their culture and beliefs.

While he was growing up his father worked in the military as a way to provide money for the family, having risen to the rank of the planet’s military chief advisor. His mother was in the planet’s governmental leadership, which did grant them a respectable position within their caste system, allowing them a good amount of wealth and knowledge at their disposal. Their family has held this position for the last 4 generations, granting them a strong matriarchy.

Due to this Nolani was able to begin studying the courses required for his desired career path, wanting to enrol in the military. But all of his free time was spent with his best friend. Unfortunately, things weren’t so simple on Inari. The planet was at constant war with the Dominion, an empire that dominated the Gamma quadrant. By tapping into a subspace tear that naturally occurred on their planet, the riedher were able to create a bubble shield around their planet. Most nights Nolani would be awoken to the sound of constant bombardment, the sky set alight from their assault.

When he was finally old enough, at the age of 15, Nolani applied to join a scientific program, wanting to get away from the rituals and responsibilities his Mother was pushing onto him. She wanted him to marry a Princess from another powerful family, someone who would be able to continue the Fen’ick dynasty with honour and strength. Against her wishes, he managed to get accepted, along with spending a lot of time with another student he met there. Someone from a family the Matriarch would not want him to be associated with.

Meeting in the school library one stormy day, Shoju and Nolani became quick friends, finding they shared a lot of views on the world around them. They were active in the local community, helping out at retirement homes, and their local stores, and even tutoring the younger students.

In his free time after school, Nolani began going to the gym along with Shoju, the two of them working out with one another, building up their stamina and base body strength. As the years counted down, he spread out his knowledge in everything he could, spending time on martial arts and Boxing training showing an aptitude for various hand to hand combative techniques. It was during this time the two became inseparable spending all of their free time together, Nolani even began staying at Shoju’s as a way to avoid going home. Even though he was now hitting a strong 6’0”.

### Adulthood

Reaching the age of 25, Nolani put himself forward to undergo the rights of passage to become an adult. After two weeks of gruelling exercises, pain, torment and challenges he passed through and legally became an adult, collecting his documentation. This meant he was now at the point he could break away from his family unit and explore his own path. However, the Matriarch would not allow that.

For the next 50 years, she did whatever she could to get him to stay on the planet, even going as far as to have him sent to the facility in charge of researching the subspace rift. This was when his eyes were opened to the truth of what happened to his species, The Founders, in their infinite desire to create better warriors, had genetically changed the Riedher. This is what allowed them to access the layer of subspace the tear led too.

Now becoming an expert in the mechanics of the tear, dubbed Xhala, and its effect on the riedher people, Nolani avoided going home. Now he had an idea of how he could actually escape. Getting himself transferred to the science station that hung in low orbit. He began checking over the systems that allowed them to channel the energy from Xhala into the shield.

Picking up an increase in the energy going to that station, the Dominion began focusing its attack on that area. It was clear that they had picked up on the changes Nolani was making. As everyone else used the emergency evacuation systems to head back to Inari, Fen’ick channelled a portion of the energy to create a small unstable wormhole.

### Alpha Quadrant Exploration

With the wormhole closing behind him, Nolani was assaulted by the bright light of the sun, a wave of nausea hitting him as he spun on his heels. Little did he know it was not the sun at all.

Landing in the lower bowels of the rundown space station, Nolani scoured the cargo hold looking for a weapon. Now he was out of the safety of his “home planet”, he would have to be ready to fend for himself on a wider scale. Finding a change of clothes and bolt phaser type weapon, Fen'ick was ready to explore the upper levels. What he found was more than he could have imagined, in front of him were so many species that he had never heard of. Humans, Tellerites, Vulcans, Ferengi and so many more.

This would mark the start of his exploration.

Breaking into the docking bay, Fen'ick found his way toward a group of Starfleet officers, explaining his situation and asking for their help. Thankfully their generosity was just as advertised and they gave him a ride all the way to Earth, as they needed to head back for a refit anyway. Upon reaching Earth, the young Riedher applied for the academy, wanting to grab the first chance he got to explore the galaxy.

### Academy Life

Instead of rushing straight into service, Nolani thought it would be beneficial from both a cultural and informative perspective to go to Starfleet Academy. This is where he spent the next five years, learning about both the culture and the division of Starfleet he wanted to go into. Majoring in courses that covered Starfleet tactical training and familiarising himself with their ship designs and manoeuvrability. During this time he also began reaching out into some of the Academy extracurricular activities, spending most of his time as a part of the Boxing, managing to keep the title of Boxing Champion.

### U.S.S. Stargazer

Graduating in 2347, the now Ensign Fen'ick began his career onboard the USS Stargazer under Captain Yamvich. He would be assigned to be a security team officer and occasionally would take the position of Tactical officer during the night shift. During the next two years, nothing of major importance would happen in the young Ensign’s life until stardate 40217.3. The USS Stargazer is involved in a combat situation with another ship, which was later dubbed the Battle of Maxia. Managing to escape with minor injuries, Nolani counted himself lucky to have escaped the ship before it’s destruction with the rest of the surviving crew.

### U.S.S. Bronze Sabre

For his brave actions in ensuring everyone could get to an escape pod, Nolani was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade and began serving aboard the USS Bronze Sabre, a Centaur-type vessel. The ship was assigned to the Cardassian front, helping to defend the Federation colonies from the raids happening. During this time Nolani gained  the Starfleet Medal of Honour and  the Cardassian War Medal. Continuing to serve on the USS Bronze Sabre until 2365, Nolani was transferred to the U.S.S. Odysseus as their Chief Tactical and Security officer, with the rank of Lieutenant.