Floyd Styre

Ensign Floyd Styre is a science officer on the USS Odyssey.

## Early Childhood

Styre was born in Paris, France to a Vulcan Father and Human Mother, he had 2 sisters named Molly and Holly Styre. His father was classically trained at the Vulcan Science Academy as an Astrophysicist and his mother was a Neurosurgeon at the Paris Hospital.

He was raised to be honorable, reverent, and kind, as well as to follow strict moral and social guidelines set by his Vulcan father. Though Styre didn’t care for all of these formalities and guidelines, he nonetheless followed them out of respect.

By the time he was school-aged, he attended a private academy in the Heart of Paris from the ages of 6 until he turned 13. During his school he focused mainly on the fine arts, preferring to participate in music, art, and dance classes as opposed to the traditional classes and liberal arts.

Although he didn’t excel at any of his classes, he didn’t fail them either. In everyday terms he was a B-average student. He made plenty of friends during this time, though only one friend of his stuck out. An Andorian by the name of Pelli Zh'rhiarroth, a Zhen Andorian who had shown him around and stuck by his side throughout all of his years of schooling there.

## Pre-Academy

At the age of 13, Styre and his family moved from Paris to Beijing due to a job opportunity offered to his father. His father would become the Director at the Beijing Institute of Physics and would help direct day-to-day management as such.

His mother got a job at the Beijing Hospital as a level one neurosurgeon, but she didn’t mind because her family was together, the most important thing to her.

In Beijing, Floyd transferred to another private academy, though much less selective than his previous one. Here Styre would focus on the much more rigorous classes that offered a challenge as opposed to the easy fine arts, of which he used to enjoy. Classes like Biology, Chemistry, and Communications were among his favorites. He fell out of enjoyment in the fine arts that he previously enjoyed because they were easy, less challenging, and much less engaging.

At the Beijing Academy Floyd had a much harder time making friends, having no ‘true’ friends at all throughout his time. He was much less reverent and respectable than his peers, and he wasn’t as into the liberal arts as any of them.

It was here that Floyd took a keen interest into Chemistry and Biology as two separate sciences. He was interested in how life has developed and the chemical mechanisms behind it. Baffled by how a simple compound, Carbon, could create and maintain so much diversity in life, wondering what this mysterious molecule withheld.

His father was quite pleased with this, seeing him engage in something that finally interested him. It was at the age of 14 that Styre’s father had introduced him to Commander Kenu Taget, an Exobiologist doing research at Starbase 16. Taget was an exceptional researcher, on the forefront of breakthroughs for the Federation. It was Taget who introduced Styre to the world of Starfleet and Training at the Academy.

Taget told Styre the stories of the Academy, the researchers and advances of Starfleet, and the benefits of studying and getting certification from the Academy. Not only would Styre be able to do real-world research, but his research would be meaningful and not mundane. Starfleet Academy training was among the best and top-end training that a scientist could receive, being compared to the Vulcan Science Academy.

It was then that Floyd decided that the Academy was fit for him. He began studying on that day and decided it was his purpose to join the academy and enter a field of study that called him.

## Academy

At the age of 17 Styre applied to the Starfleet Academy. After his initial application he was accepted to take the Starfleet Academy Entrance Exams, the toughest of his career. The grueling hours and fierce competition didn’t get to him, though.

A week later the results were released and among the top on the list was Floyd Styre’s name. He was stoked, but humbled by it. He had known he would probably get a position, after all his father was a director at a well-known Physics Institute and his mother was exceptionally smart as well, it ran in his genes.

His first year at the academy was very uneventful. He had studied most of his free time and did research with his botany professor afterwards. He made no attempt at making friends, because  they would only slow him down and hinder his research. He took numerous courses and had numerous instructors, and did numerous research labs in his first year.

It was in his first year that he crossed off Physics, and Neuroscience. While they were all interesting to him, he wasn’t engaged and didn’t feel like they made an impactful research topic for him personally. Styre was still unsure what he would specialize in later on.

His second and third years were the most interesting to him. He landed a spot in Professor Lanards Research Lab, the Academy’s premier lab in Biology and Biochemistry. Professor Lanard was among his favorite instructors that he’s ever had. And, by the end of his second year Styre had applied to personally research Exobiology with Lanard. When results came out, Styre's name was at the top of his list, therefore guaranteeing his spot in Lanard’s research lab.

His third year in the Academy was focused on research with Professor Lanard, exploring the deep contrasts of Vulcan, Human, And Cardassian biology and the reasons for their differences. Though, once again Styre couldn’t help but think that all of these varieties and differences stemmed from one molecule, Carbon.

At the end of his research with Lanard, near the end of his Third Year, Styre knew what he would specialize in. Synthetic Biology with a focus in non-Carbon lifeforms, specifically Silicone-based Lifeforms. He mainly wanted to know whether they could coexist in the same environment while relatively thriving.

His fourth year was his last, finally he would be done and would be able to actually do real-world research that he would enjoy, and not be hindered by a grade or by classes. He did as little as possible to pass, and with that he graduated at the age of 22.

## Research

His first assignment was on Starbase 15, under the esteemed Biochemist Lieutenant Commander Tagur Simora. Tagur was a leading expert on Biochemistry and how it influenced warfare and her lab just so happened to have a biochemist position open. Although not exactly fitting that title, he was accepted anyway for his unique insight into lifeforms.

He worked under her for five years, during his tenure he helped synthesize live viruses for the purpose of dismantling them into synthetic and non living counterparts that were nearly identical yet lacked the carbon atom base.

After five years of researching and working under Simora, Styre felt it was time for him to venture off on his own, to do research that he dictated and to lead his own lab. Luckily for him there was an empty laboratory on Starbase 15, of which he took over and it became his synthetic biology lab.

Over the course of eight years in this laboratory, Styre made several breakthroughs. His very first one was working with the same synthetic viruses that he manufactured prior, but instead of completely removing the carbon base, he simply replaced the carbon with silicone. Though these life forms were very unstable, couldn’t reproduce, and lacked other general features of their carbon-based counterparts. It became a huge scientific debate over whether or not these were true life or not.

This discovery is what got Styre in the mainstream circles of science, it placed him at the forefront of his field. Starfleet began to take note of him, as did the federation. Though, he felt it a disservice to continue in his laboratory because he felt that he had done as much as he could in the small space given to him.

## Starship Assignments

At the age of 48 Styre formally requested a position on an exploration starship with an emphasis on research. Here he would get a lab and support staff to help him. His one request upon transfer is that he get to continue his research into carbon-silicon cohabitation and symbiosis.

## Personality

Styre attempts to maintain a high level of logic, but does not consider himself a follower of Surak (as his existence is in itself illogical). He is quite nice and sociable, but does not seek out social engagement. He will be a friend to all, and will attempt to hold himself in high esteem when it comes to situations like that.

He’s a realist though he likes to see things through in an optimistic manner. He’s ambitious about his goals and will try to meet expectations. He does not like to disappoint and will do his best.

## Psych Evaluation

Styre has abnormal neuro-cognitive readings due to his Vulcan-Human hybridization. He tends to get internal and physiological stress while failing to understand and interpret that stress in a “human” or emotional manner, and he gets stressed when he tries to feel any emotion outside of his normal, comfortable range.

## Medical

Styre is a perfectly healthy being. Physically fit, pretty active, and quite young (for a vulcan). Other than the mental/psychological aspects noted above, nothing out of the ordinary. He is cleared and fit for duty.

## Physical Description

Styre stands at 6’7”, rather tall for even his species. His eyes are dark brown, almost seemingly black. His ears are also pointed and he has the classic Vulcan eyebrows. He has curly blonde hair, given to him from his mother, though he tends to keep it straight and in line with the classic Vulcan hairstyle.

He has a rather lean and slim body with some muscle in his arms. He prefers to wear fitted shirts and pants outside of uniform.

## Other Information

* Likes: Styre likes his alone time, being independent, and his study. He enjoys research in the laboratories (uninterrupted) and enjoys thorough and thoughtful conversation.
* Dislikes: Styre has a unique hatred for any sort of terran vegetable as they make him feel some sort of weird sensation. He also has a dislike of loud rooms and or loud events, in part caused by his heightened senses, hearing being one of them.