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Starfleet Personnel Record
Name: Kalid "Kal" Rel
Gender: Male
Species: Trill, joined
Home World/Place of Birth: Hoobishan, Trill
Age: 25
Date of Birth: December 21, 2384
Physique/Build: Slim
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 180lbs.
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Blond
Skin tone: Tan
Distinguishing marks: Typical Trill spots
Assignment Record:
2403-2404 Starfleet Enlisted Training, Engineering Department, USS Newton
2404-2406 Crewman, Warp Core Technician, USS Newton
2406-2407 Crewman, extended medical rehabilitation, Starfleet Medical, Earth
2407-2408 Petty Officer, Warp Core Technician, USS da Vinci
2408-Present Chief, Warp Core Specialist, USS da Vinci
Family: Jarteth Hassel, father, 44, Guardian; Gallena Hassel, mother, 45, Guardian; Fezil Hassel, brother, 26, Lieutenant Commander in Starfleet, Deepspace 5
Talents/Abilities: Kal has an uncanny affinity for machines of all sorts. From computer programming to building of actual hardware, running diagnostics to operating complex systems, if its mechanical or electronic, chances are that Kal can use it, repair it, or maybe even make it better. His expertise however, is in both warp core mechanics as well as robotics.
Special Abilities: As a joined Trill, Kal has the ability to call upon the memories, thoughts, and experiences of the previous nine hosts, as well as those of the Rel symbiont.
Strengths: Kal's insight into the mechanical nature of things lends itself to a highly organized and structured lifestyle. He is never one to misplace something, or forget an important piece of information.
Limitations: Kal's greatest weakness is his lack of communication skills with other people, preferring the rigid and ordered world of machines to being social. While this has slightly improved since his joining with Rel, he still has difficulty overcoming his natural tendency towards shyness and his awkward speech patterns.
Likes: Machines, computers, and anything of the sort are Kal's greatest love in life. He enjoys burying himself in his work as well, rather than make friends or perhaps find himself a lover. The Rel symbiont has brought its own preferences to the new psyche of course, including a few that sit quite awkwardly with the host, from going to parties and dancing.
Dislikes: Being the center of attention is both Kal's most terrifying moment, and Rel's favourite pastime. Kal has a strange dislike for most foods, preferring to eat things most would consider bland. Of course Rel, being more outgoing, is doing it's best to change all of this.
Ambitions: Kal would be quite happy to live out his life, serving on board an advanced starship, a place where he can immerse himself in the latest technologies. Finding a lover is a whimsical desire of his, but one he figures won't likely occur so he needent bother trying. Someday, Kal's secret hope is that he might perfect slipstream technology for the Federation, though the thought of all the attention it would get him makes him nervous.
Quirks: Though usually quiet and soft-spoken, Kal can become suddenly quite animated and expressive, a testament to the symbiont's part of his new personality. This combination of being shy and outgoing at the same time often leads to him saying very strange things or confusing others.
Hobbies/Interests: Besides staying up to date with the latest in technology and mechanics, as well as building little robots from spare parts, Kal has an avid appreciation for art. His quarters are filled with objects from many different cultures, a sort of eye-wrenching combination that can make others wince at times. Since joining, Kal has found a love for dancing as well, a favourite activity of Rel's, as well as a taste for wine, poetry, and sappy holo-novels, all of which he does his best to keep secret from others.
Languages: Federation Standard, Trill
Education:
Primary, Uesentala School, Hoobishan, Trill
Starfleet Enlisted Training, USS Newton
Personal History:
Born to Guardian parents, those who tend the symbiont pools within the Caves of Mak'ala on Trill, Kalid Hassel and his older brother were always at odds with the strict, monastic life their family led. Neither child seemed caught up in the typical Trill obsession with becoming joined, however, perhaps a testament to having their lives revolve around the symbionts. While Fezil was outgoing, athletic, and charming, Kal as he was nicknamed was more introspective, quiet, and tended to follow where others might lead. This explains why when the brothers entered into Starfleet that Fezil went to the Academy for officer training, while Kal took the shorter enlisted training on board the Vesper Class starship USS Newton.
Kalid and Rel's joining later would never have been sanctioned by the Symbiosis Commission on Trill, and the pair soon found out just how seemingly ill-suited they were for each other. Rel's previous hosts had all been outgoing, eager for new and exciting experiences, a passion the symbiont itself shared. Now, however, Rel was a part of a shy, easily-embarrassed young man who's idea of fun was building a toy robot in his off hours. The expressive, friendly, passionate, and romantic symbiont found itself completely at odds with Kal's personality, enough so that the normally comfortable bonding of two people into one has become a long, drawn-out process of compromises.
Starfleet Service:
When he was nineteen, Kal left his home on Trill, enlisting into Starfleet and undergoing his training on board the USS Newton. It was here he discovered his passion for machines and computers, and quickly proved himself to be a highly capable young man, quick to follow orders, and clever enough to be given a task and left on his own.
While the Newton was on an extended mission of the Hromi Cluster, the ship was attacked and destroyed by a Klingon Bird of Prey that surprised them with their shield's down. Kal, along with numerous others, managed to reach the escape pods before the ship was destroyed. Marala Rel, a joined Trill and the ships' executive officer, was on board the same escape pod as Kalid, though she had been mortally injured trying to save other officers during the evacuation. Fortunately for the symbiont, there was both another Trill and a doctor in the pod as well, and Marala begged the young engineer to become Rel's next host. His decision was rushed, as her injuries were dire, but in the end and despite many misgivings, Kal agreed.
Kalid Rel, along with the other survivors from the USS Newton, were picked up by another Federation starship, the USS Galilei, and transported back to Earth. For three months they were treated medically and psychologically, before receiving their new assignments. Kal was stationed on board the USS da Vinci, a state of the art Emissary Class vessel. Here, through his own skill and dedication, and through the ever-increasing stability and command abilities the Rel symbiont was providing to their new personality, Kalid quickly rose to the rank of Chief, the youngest non-comissioned officer on board.