Editing Lieutenant Commander Doctors Danielle Auden Garamond Vanderkemp (section)

==Biography==

Garamond Vanderkemp was born to Julia and Mark Vanderkemp as one of the very few infants delivered at the Starfleet shipyards of Tranquility Base. Both Julia and Mark Vanderkemp worked there, and Julia was visiting during the final weeks of her pregnancy when she went into labor. Otherwise, the family lived in New Berlin, where Garamond would grow up.

By three years old, Garamond had developed two imaginary friends, and by five years old those friends had fully emerged as system members Danielle and Auden. Though, truthfully, it is hard to say that Garamond was the original, just that "Garamond" was the system's given name. Typically, in cases of early plurality, all members are assumed to be siblings born at the same time. Shortly after Danielle and Auden took the front, Garamond was the one being treated as the imaginary friend, a gregarious monster under the bed that kept the other monsters away.

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In accordance with their own upbringing and medical knowledge of the time, Julia and Mark rolled with this and treated all three of their children fairly and as the children requested. And when Garamond, Danielle, and Auden reached the age of majority, they decided to register as a corporate system, working in cooperation and taking full responsibility for each other's actions and sharing each other's accomplishments, with no accommodations besides simply socializing casually as separate individuals. This was not unheard of at the time, and is generally the easiest path to take.

Shortly after that, Garamond and Auden agreed with Danielle to undergo transitional medical care to switch to an estradiol based hormonal system and pursue reproductive therapies as well. However, their voice had already dropped to a smooth baritone, which suited the three of them just fine. Danielle and Auden had already trained their voices to their liking, and Garamond's low rumble was soothing and satisfying to all three of them. And surprising to some people with their new presentation!

These childhood and adolescent experiences sparked Danielle's interest in psychology, which she pursued with avid dedication. While the growth of the Federation in the roughly fifty years before the Vanderkemp's birth brought alien cultures to the family's Lunar doorstep, which caught Auden's attention. After Danielle won her doctorate in therapeutic psychology, Auden dove into xenoanthropology and got their second doctorate.

Just out of school, they opened their practice, offering counseling to neurodivergent people of all species living in New Berlin. Garamond, however, had its eyes on Starfleet.

At the age of the 35, they closed their practice and signed up, with the goal of becoming a counselor in Starfleet. The three of them together made an excellent team, but they took their time, exploring their avenues and did not make their cadet voyage until 2256, when they were assigned to the U.S.S. Discovery (NCC-1032) where they spent their service working under Captain Lorca. When their assignment was complete, they immediately took a desk job at Yorktown. Lorca's command was stressful and even a little traumatizing, so the Dr.s Vanderkemp felt a stable career path on a busy and populous space station would be the healthiest change of pace.

There, they worked diligently and dutifully for 9 years, eventually achieving the rank of Lietenant Commander for their exemplary service and the excellent mental healthcare they provided for Starfleet personnel and their families. And Yorktown continued to provide Auden with ample opportunity to interact with other cultures.

This meant that they were present to witness the events of 2263, when James T Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise, then piloting the Franklin, intercepted Krall and interruped his plan to commit genocide.

Work was extra plentiful the years following that.

In 2266, upon the completion of the U.S.S. Mercury, Lieutenant Commanders Vanderkemp were assigned to the ship as counselor at the age of 51, being told, "This is a small short range vessel that does not normally warrant a counselor. However we think you will find working with this crew to be very rewarding, and the ship would benefit from your assistance. Here are the relevant files." They accepted the assignment, glad to have the opportunity to once again leave a place of recent traumatic events for their own health.