Personnel File: Lieutenant Commander Marris Krax

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Name: Marris Krax

Rank: Lieutenant Commander

Race: Ferengi/Human

Sex: Female

Place of Birth: Hanolan Colony

Date of Birth: Stardate 7905.03

Hair Color: Brown

Skin Color: Caucasian, olive complexion

Eye Color: Brown

Height: 1.55 meters

Weight: 49 kg

Other Physical Characteristics: Typical Ferengi ears and cranial structure, though slightly less pronounced than normal.

 

Marital Status: Single

Father: Krax

Mother: Geraldine Prestholt Krax

Siblings: Lieutenant Ferdinand "Ferk" Krax (Diplomatic Corps)

 

Ship: USS Excalibur-B

Current Position: Navigation/Helm Officer

 

Service Record:

First post as Ensign on the U.S.S. Excalibur-B, Stardate 0107.31

Promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade 0110.07

Promoted to Lieutenant 0201.20

Promoted to Lieutenant Commander 0209.17

Resigned Commission 0305.12

Reinstated in Starfleet, reassigned to USS Excalibur-B as Navigation/Helm Officer 0310.19

 

Education:

Graduated from Hanolan High School, class of 2374

Enrolled in the Academy, Stardate 9709.05

Entered Science Officer’s Program, Stardate 9812.07

Graduated from Academy, Stardate 0106.14, with a BS in Physics and a BS in General Sciences

Completed Pilot’s Certification, Stardate 0310.13

 

Skills: Specialization in Theoretical Physics. Certified pilot. Talents in mathematics and strategy. Exceptional hearing.

 

Hobbies: Studying 20th Century Earth. Creating “fractal art.” Playing the violin.

 

Biographical Information:

Marris was born and raised on Hanolan, a Federation colony near Bajor. Her parents -- her mother Geraldine, a botanist, and her father Krax, an exile from Ferenginar -- provided her and her twin brother, Ferdinand, with a stable and loving (if somewhat a-typical) upbringing on the family’s farm. Unlike most Ferengi, Krax did not approve of the opportunistic greed of his people, and as a result, Krax made sure that his children were raised primarily in the Terran culture of his wife and the colony where he had found a home.

 

Marris developed an early interest in science, primarily physics, and mathematics through the encouragement of both her mother and father. Throughout her school years, those proved to be her best subjects, though she was a good student overall. The same was true for her brother, though he preferred the social sciences.

 

Most of Marris’ childhood was marked by her close relationship with her brother. The two were nearly inseparable in school and participated in many of the same activities. It was only inevitable, then, that when Ferdinand began to consider joining Starfleet, Marris was not far behind.

 

The two entered the Academy together and spent their first year much as they had back home. However, they began to grow apart during their second year when Marris entered the Science Officer’s Program and Ferdinand began working toward the Diplomatic Corps. Though they were still close, they were no longer moving in the same circles and consequently drifted.

 

Upon graduation from the Academy, Marris was assigned to the USS Excalibur-B as a science officer and worked through the ranks to become a Lieutenant Commander. She served aboard the Excalibur for nearly two years, until an away team mission where Marris was stranded for several months with the Excalibur’s CO Captain Vixis and two other officers. On that mission, Marris witnessed the rather violent death of Vixis and one of the other officers. Afterward, she suffered from a moderate form of posttraumatic stress disorder and resigned her commission to return home and recover from her experiences.

 

Though her first month back home was, in her words, "really rough," Marris’ mental health improved rapidly after taking up an interest in piloting. Eventually, she sought reinstatement in Starfleet. After passing both her piloting certification and her mental examination (under the condition that she meet regularly with a counselor), Marris was returned to duty on Excalibur as the Navigation/Helm officer.