Editing Lenara Xel

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== Summary == 
'''Bio:''' Female Trill/Human Hybrid <br>
'''Age:''' 26 (born 2262) <br>
'''Environment:''' Homeworld <br>
'''Upbringing:''' Business or Trade (Rejected) <br>
'''Service Record:''' Graduated from Starfleet Academy as Ensign, 2280. Assigned as Communications Officer to USS Callisto (2280-2285). Promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade, 2282. Promoted to Lieutenant, 2285.<br>
'''Assignment:''' Communications Officer, USS ''Hathaway'' (2285)<br>

== Stats ==
'''Stress:''' 13 / 13<br>
'''Determination:''' 1 / 3<br>
'''Phaser Attack:''' 6 Damage Dice (''Charge, Hidden'')<br>
'''Unarmed Attack:''' 5 Damage Dice (''Knockdown, Nonlethal, Vicious 1'')<br>

== Attributes & Disciplines ==

{|class="wikitable"
! '''Attribute'''
! '''Discipline'''
|-
|Control 10
|Command 4
|-
|Daring 9
|Conn 1
|-
|Fitness 9
|Security 4
|-
|Insight 10
|Engineering 4
|-
|Presence 9
|Science 2
|-
|Reason 9
|Medicine 1
|}

== Talents== 
'''Bold: Engineering:''' Whenever you attempt a Task with Engineering, and you buy one or more d20s by adding to Threat, you may re-roll a single d20.<br>
'''Bold: Security:''' Whenever you attempt a Task with Security, and you buy one or more d20s by adding to Threat, you may re-roll a single d20.<br>
'''Joined:''' You have a symbiont, with lifetimes of memories to draw upon. Once per mission, you may declare that a former host had expertise in a relevant skill or field of study; you gain a single Focus for the remainder of the scene, as you draw upon those memories. Additionally, you gain a Trait with the name of the Symbiont; this reflects potential advantages of the Joining, the ability to perform rites and rituals to awaken past hosts’ memories, and the vulnerabilities inherent in the connection. Former Initiate cannot be taken if the character has the Joined Talent — they are mutually exclusive.<br>
'''Mean Right Hook:''' Your Unarmed Strike Attack has the Vicious 1 Damage Effect.<br>

== Focuses ==
Covert Operations<br>
Cryptography<br>
Diplomacy<br>
Hand-to-Hand Combat<br>
Larceny<br>
Starship Communications<br>

== Values ==
Captain Kettering is my Mentor, and I Won’t Let Her Down<br>
Communication is the Key to Understanding<br>
Friends in Low Places<br>
I Bend, but I Don't Break<br>

== Background ==

Anyone would be excused for thinking that Lenara Xel would never be anything but a thief. Her father was a human Starfleet officer who she'd grown up having never met. Her mother Emony was a joined Trill, a talented criminal with the experience of previous lives who specialized in acquiring valuable items for “art lovers” who wanted to expand their collections but didn’t wish to part with their latinum for the privilege. Her first heist with her mother was when she was thirteen, and Lenara proved especially adept at assisting her mother in circumventing security systems and creating technological devices to facilitate their larceny.

It all came crashing down when they made the mistake of stealing the death mask of an ancient Klingon emperor from a Federation museum on Earth. Emony was shot by a security guard as she was escaping over a perimeter wall. Although the phaser was set to stun, Lenara’s mother lost her balance and fell five meters, breaking her neck. She was arrested while weeping over her mother’s body. Because there was no other available bio-compatible Trill available and time was short, the Xel symbiont was implanted into Lenara. As Lenara was half-human and never properly prepared for the experience, this represented considerable risk. The surgery was a success, and she became Lenara Xel. In a real way, she now carries her criminal mother’s mind and soul within her - for better or worse. Because Lenara is a hybrid she sometimes experiences biocompatibility issues with her symbiont, manifesting in the form of migraines and/or nausea. These symptoms can be controlled with medication.

After her recovery from the implantation, Lenara was put on trial. Because of her youth (she was fifteen) the Federation magistrate turned her over to her father in lieu of sentencing her to a juvenile penal complex. Commander Allen Van Nostrand had been in love with Emony Xel but turned away from her when he discovered her past. Now that his daughter was finally in his life, he was determined to turn her down a better path. Her father's life in Starfleet - one of honor, dedication, and structure - resonated with Lenara, and she applied to the Academy with his blessing when she was old enough.

As a Cadet, she already had a unique skill set that led to her being recruited by Starfleet Intelligence, where she gained supplemental training in covert operations, cryptography, and hand-to-hand combat ("Recruited by Starfleet Intelligence"). She also helped develop the ultra-secret "Veritas-7" cryptographic key sequence, used by Starfleet Intelligence for the most sensitive of communications ("Learned a Unique Language").

Lenara graduated as an Ensign as was assigned to the USS Callisto under the command of Captain Ananthi Kettering. She served under Kettering for five years, and in her found a nurturing, positive maternal influence that was sorely missing from her life. Under her mentor she prospered and earned a promotion to Lieutenant Junior Grade three years into their five-year mission. Her mentor has been assigned as the captain of the newly commissioned USS Hathaway. Kettering both recommended Lenara for promotion and requested her protégé’s assignment to her ship as its Communications Officer.

Lenara Xel is a competent and flexible officer, able to execute a variety of missions. Though she has left her mother's criminal legacy behind her, she retains her underworld contacts but eschews using them unless the need is dire.