Iolani Avelina

Summary
An Ensign acting as the lead expert in Astronomy and Interstellar Physics, many in the past have seen Iolani as a bimbo using her sexual allure to get her way, this is far from the truth as within the Starfleet Personnel Archives she is listed as a potential risk and a known wildcard. Despite the the concerns initially held by Starfleet Command, her augmented mind and ability to critically analyze most given situations made her an ideal candidate for the risky expedition into the Shackleton Expanse.

Seductive, Analytical, Ruthless, Ice Queen - these are just some of the terms people have used to describe Iolani. An ambitious individual who has a severe problem with Authority over her, especially Federation based Authority, many would question as to why someone like her would even join Starfleet. But the answer is quite simple; Iolani Avelina joined Starfleet in the year 2370, not to seek out new life or new civilizations, but to enhance her own knowledge and fascination with the order and secrets that could be found within the cosmos, and how she might be able to use those secrets for her own benefits.

History
The result of a tumultuous relationship between a Deltan mother and a heavily enamored genetically enhanced Human father, Iolani was born on Delta IV and resided in the city of Ambhat. Her father suffered insanity as a side effect from copulating with a Deltan and as such; was ultimately placed within a mental institution back on Earth. This resulted in Iolani being raised by both a single mother and within a society that was far more communal and emotionally positive than her predisposition would naturally allowed for, as a child she was known for getting into quarrels with her peers and in her teenage years when her telepathic capabilities began to come into focus; the teachers within her school noted that Iolani's personality was much more fiery and ambitious than was generally accepted. Deltan culture was one of acceptance, sensuality and equality - things that Iolani struggled to accept. This coupled with the fact she had something most, if not all other Deltans shared - a frazzled clump of blonde hair upon her crown, only served as a physical feature for her colleagues to realize that this girl was not like them. She was aggressive, determined and highly competitive, with a desire to outshine her fellow pupils rather than celebrate their own accomplishments along with her own. She did however demonstrate an interest in dancing which allowed her to form an initial close-knit circle of friends, if only purely based on the shared hobby.

While Iolani was not bullied or openly ostracized for her differences as an individual - she was largely, for the most part, an isolate case, with only a select few students with her academy of artistic expression showing interest in getting to know her. They would quickly learn that being in a relationship with Iolani largely came down to how much they could benefit her goals and maintain her interest. Due to her Deltan heritage, Iolani was extremely gifted in the subject of trigonometry and stellar cartography. As such, she was promptly shifted to the University of Stellar Scholarships.

For a time, she was happy and was even able to smooth relations with her mother who had grown exasperated with raising such a volatile daughter. Much of her time was spent focused on her work as she did all she could to map the stars around the Delta System, having an extreme interest in the potential wonders and secrets the universe kept from her. It was at this point that at the age of eighteen, she would begin exploiting other Deltans sexually to gain advantages within her studies and she quickly came to realize just how powerful the female figure could be in regards to pursuing her goals - unfortunately the limited scope of the University was not enough for her. As would have it, Starfleet maintained a Recruitment Center within Ambhat City leading to Iolani actively seeking application to Starfleet Academy. With her scientific expertise in Astrometrics proving to be a sought after boon by Starfleet, she was promptly accepted. Leaving for Earth, disregarding her Mother and former 'friends', she held no regrets and felt a rush of excitement as she would allow her instincts and ambitions to drive her ever on.

Initially, Iolani found it difficult to settle into the Academy, for starters - as a half Deltan, she was forced to make use of pheromone suppressing medications to keep her allure in check. In addition, Iolani came close to failing several tests within the Academy solely as a principle of her poor aptitude. With several reprimands to her name, it took her a while to realize that if she was to enjoy the freedom of exploring the stars, she would have to tolerate others around her - no matter how much they irritated her with 'stupidity' or proved to be an obstacle in her goals.

After just three years of grueling studies, assignments, tests and challenges, along with basic combat training - Iolani would take the ultimate risk to ensure her success - something that ultimately come to define her career in ways she had not considered. During Iolani's final weeks at the academy her efforts were seemingly expedited for an unknown reason and through a combination of academy projects regarding particle fountain studies and several suspicious documents of approval changing hands among the Faculty members of the Academy, Iolani was given the position of Lieutenant Junior Grade upon the U.S.S Majestic, much to the ire and envy of other members in her Class of 2373, a position that Iolani felt was worthy of her ambition.

2373 - U.S.S Majestic.
Iolani's time onboard the U.S.S Majestic was prestigious, albeit short. With the Sovereign Class vessel being among the first in its line, Iolani's voyages took her to several voyages within the inner Alpha Quadrant as the Majestic was tasked with surveying new worlds that may prove useful in the effort against the Dominion. It was during this time as a Leiutenant that Iolani's skills proved highly useful as she was able to discover several previously unknown worlds within the Betreka Nebula, one of which being heavily rich in Dilithium which earned her a commendation. However; her glory days were not to last. Despite her performance as a science officer, Iolani was cited as being overly ambitious and condescending to her fellow crewmates and her habits of exploiting others sexually had become well documented, but were never reprimanded as they never interfered with the command structure or goals of the ship. Eventually however, Iolani was demoted to Ensign for several accounts of insubordination with her final offence being a case of bodily assault upon a fellow officer, resulting in said officer's arm being snapped. With the Captain of the Majestic ultimately giving out the sentence of demotion, and Starfleet Command learning of the "incident" at the San Francisco Academy, she was discreetly transferred the U.S.S. Venial, a Nova Class that held a crew of other disgraced members of Starfleet seeking to prove their worth to re-join the ranks proper or return to civilian life once they had served their disciplinary term.

2373 - 2378 - U.S.S Venial
While not officially a ship of disciplinary action, the Venial, a Nova-class starship intended for short-range scientific survey mission, was staffed by a mixed batch of troublesome Officers and Crew looking for a second chance at rehabilitating their Starfleet careers. In most circumstances, broken codes of conduct or similar committed offenses would've resulted in dishonorable discharge from the service, demotion, and or restriction of privileges and career advancement. The Dominion War however, demanded some flexibility in this regard, and thus many offending Officers and crew were consigned to the Venial and its Captain for redemption and rehabilitation given the correct circumstances. The operations conducted onboard this ship were partly overseen by Starfleet Rehab

Iolani was stationed upon the U.S.S. Venial after her cumulative offences and the discovery of her fraudulent method of advancement from Starfleet Academy had been discovered by Starfleet Command. Stripped of her rank and having her Endocrine System flushed of Deltan Pheromones, she was made to enter a routine that primarily focused on Disciplinary Action and Routine based Operations. Much to her dismay - the very kind of work she had hoped to avoid was now her main priority. Crew members onboard the U.S.S. Venial were given a regimented course of exercising and holo-deck based intensive labour while during quieter hours they would be made to conduct work based on their specialization - in Iolani's case, she would be forced to catalog and sort through particle fountains, dust clouds and studying the trajectory and orbital behaviour of objects such as asteroids and comets - a chore that Iolani found laborious and somewhat soul crushing, despite knowing the importance of such dull bodies in space. It was that or offer to work in maintenance and scrubbing databases of junk data.

During her town time, Iolani would spend her time reading and developed an interest in ancient history. At first it was simple things such as the Vulcan Reformations and the Roman Empire of ancient Earth, but over time her interest in ancient races would pique with her fascination for the Iconian people in particular grabbing her attention.

During 2374 - the Venial was re-assigned to the Bajor Sector to conduct path-finding operations in an effort to discover safer routes within the Badlands, a region of space riddled with Plasma Storms and Gravimetric Anomalies. While the Venial was unsuccessful in finding any noteworthy routes that could slip through the entirety of the Badlands due to the ever shifting storms and oscillating instability of the region as a whole, Iolani was able to discover a single Class D rogue Planet given stable orbit thanks to a cluster of naturally created Gravity Wells within the vicinity. While the Planet would not be of any crucial or important note - it would for some time be used as a checkpoint and potential Forward Operating Base in the remainder of the war. Iolani was given some recognition for this, but was made to continue serving her sentence.

Her remaining time onboard the Venial would continue for four years after the Dominion War's official end and her time onboard would largely serve to give her a greater understanding of social behaviour and regimented ruling in life. She did not fully agree with the Federation's method of operations but she came to appreciate that there was power in unity and that bureaucratic engines could be just as powerful as any driven individual or military focused faction.

2379 - Present: U.S.S. Lammergeier
With the Dominion War over, and her 5-year mission term concluded, the USS Venial would return to Earth for repair, upgrade, and then future assignment. By this point, much of the troubled crew aboard had proven themselves a valuable and capable part of Starfleet, whatever troublesome history that had once tarnished their history made up for in recompense. Some would decide to end their service, having earned honorable discharge, while yet others would choose to continue their career, pursuing postings wherever Starfleet and or the Federation were in need.

After careful consideration of both her skills and offences displayed on the U.S.S Majesty along with her overall performance on the U.S.S. Venial coupled with a documentation of review from her Captain; Starfleet Command offered three different assignments to Iolani. Her choices were to join Starfleet Cartography to work within the field of creating star charts and maintaining the various Nav Beacons across the two quadrants, the Stellar Imaging Division where she would be assigned to a Miranda Class with the mission of obtaining advanced images of various interstellar bodies within known space. Neither of the two options appealed to the now ranked; Ensign. The third option was to rendezvous with the U.S.S. Lammergier and prepare for an exploratory campaign in the largely unknown Shackleton Expanse, A Saber Class was not exactly the kind of ship she had foreseen herself ending up upon, but given the nature of her circumstance and the potential to explore truly unknown space and all of the wild and limitless opportunities that may come with such an endeavor - Iolani's choice was made clear.

Iolani's arrival to the Lammergier was not treated without skepticism and she has been given clear and direct instructions to regularly take her Deltan Hormonal Suppressants and that her manipulative tendencies will not be tolerated. Despite this however; the young hybrid-Deltan isn't one to give up. She is confident that at some point during her voyages within the Expanse that an opportunity may arise for her to exploit that will allow her to finally be truly free to follow her own ambitions.

Appearance
Relatively tall yet curvy and somewhat taut, Iolani's most striking features are often in competition between her prominent curves as a woman and her piercing cold blue eyes. While she does have lustrous blonde hair, it should be noted that much of it has been artificially grown and extended to give her the golden mane she desires, in actuality her hair is quite sparse and frizzled when not supplemented with the necessary growth supplements. Thus her typical appearance can be seen as a direct combating against her Deltan heritage; though that does not stop her from embracing the mystique of that heritage that adds to her already beautiful facial features.

Motivation
Iolani has no desire nor motivation to be on the U.S.S. Lammergier other than the potential to pursue possible opportunities and outlets for her own desires and agendas. With that in mind; she does find the challenge of finding new planetary systems along with any exceptionally noteworthy astrological and geological features to be something worthwhile and in turn; worth the attention of her natural aptitude in regards to Astrology. It is among her hopes to have a new phenomenon discovered and potentially named after her self - at the very least, immortality through recognition is something worth pursuing.

While her time on the U.S.S. Venial has allowed her to largely mitigate her more narcissistic and arrogant tendencies - her need for a worthy goal and challenge is something else that pushes her onward and as such - if they're enemies to face within the Shackleton Expanse, Iolani may put aside her disdain for the Federation in order to prove herself superior over such adversaries. With her refined telepathic abilities and modest level of martial art skills, her chances of success in these regards are higher than before.

Her quest for power remains largely the same, Science being the key to unlocking said power. But why she has the urge to accrue such affluence and formidability is unknown to even her. Perhaps in her journeys she will unlock not just more of her potential, but her identity as a person as well - and for better or for worse, share said identity and the consequences of it with those around her.

Episode 01

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