Editing Star Trek Hyperion:Denria Valencia (section)

== Background ==
Denria was always possessed of a wanderlust, young Denria grew up in a Starfleet family, who regaled her with stories of journeys throughout space. As well, like many young Trill, she wanted to get into the Initiate program. Unlike many, she managed to do it. The intitiate program was hard, but she was devoted to proving herself worthy. And she did so, becoming the seventh host of the Valencia. Shortly afterwards, she entered Starfleet academy; having won the rare opportunity to pursue both her dreams.<br>

She found the work in Starfleet better than she'd dreamed. Denria had always seen the universe as one big mystery to be figured out; which was what had convinced Valencia to join with her, who had been a detective in her last role. Together, they'd find the big questions and figure them out, alongside a team of scientists and engineers in every field.<br>

Her time in the service, however, was interrupted by the Dominion war, taking her away from being a explorer and turning her into a soldier. One of her academy friends had been on the Odyssey when it was destroyed in the Gamma Quadrant.<br>

For two years, she fought the force of the Dominion. In the last months of the war, she found herself thrust into command of the USS Montreal when her CO was killed in action during the Breen attack on Earth. She held that position for almost a month, due to a lack of available personnel to fill the role.<br>

In the wake of the war ending, she took time to recover mentally, and then resumed her career. Despite her best efforts, she had trouble abandoning the soldier part of her in the years after the war. She's slowly making headway into reinventing herself as the person she and Valencia wanted to be when they first joined, but it's taking time.<br>

She was just promoted to Captain, and this will be first independent assignment.<br>