- Name: Ayan M'Benga, M.D.
- Rank: Lieutenant
- Position: Medical Officer (Surgeon)
- Assignment: U.S.S. Odyssey, NCC-2001
- Species: Human
- Gender: female
- Age: 36
- Attributes
- Fitness 2
- Vitality +1
- Coordination 3
- Intellect 4
- Perception +1
- Presence 2
- Willpower +1
- Psi 0
- Skills
- Athletics (Climbing) 2 (3)
- (Soccer) (3)
- Computer (Research) 1 (2)
- Culture (Capellan) 2 (3)
- (Human) (3)
- Dodge 1
- Energy Weapon (Phaser) 1 (2)
- First Aid (Human) 4 (5)
- (Vulcan) (3)
- History (Federation) 1 (2)
- (Human) (2)
- Language
- Capellan 1
- Federation Standard 3
- Swahili 3
- Vulcan 1
- Law (Starfleet Regulations) 1 (2)
- Life Sciences (Biochemistry) 1 (2)
- (Exobiology) (2)
- Medical Sciences (Pathology) 4 (5)
- (Surgery) (5)
- Personal Equipment (Medical Tricorder) 1 (4)
- (Universal Translator) (4)
- Physical Sciences (Chemistry) 1 (2)
- Planetside Survival (Desert) 1 (2)
- Primitive Weaponry (Capellan kligat) 1 (3)
- Shipboard Systems (Medical Systems) 2 (4)
- Unarmed Combat (Starfleet Martial Arts) 1 (2)
- Vehicle Operation (Shuttlecraft) 1 (2)
- World Knowledge (Capella IV/Kohath) 1 (2)
- (Earth) (2)
- Advantages/Disadvantages
- Academic Position (Fellow of the Federation College of Surgeons), Ally: LCdr T’Fonn, Code of Honor (Hippocratic Oath) -2, Famous Incident (paper on Vulcan surgical techniques) +1, Language Ability +2, Mathematical Ability +3, Pacifism (only fights in self-defense) -3, Promotion (Lieutenant) +2, Zero-G Intolerance -2
- Courage: 5
- Resistance: 3
- Renown: 3
- Skill: 3
- Background
- Ayan was born to Jabilo and Mariam M’Benga in Hargelsa, Somaliland, in the United States of Africa. His father Jabilo is a distinguished professor in the Muhimbili College of Health ans Allied Sciences at the University of Mogadishu in neighbouring Somalia, and previously served as a Medical Officer on the USS Enterprise under Dr. Leonard McCoy. Her mother is a security officer currently serving on board the U.S.S. Xerxes. She has two brothers, Hassan and Rashidi, and two sisters, Leila and Fatima. Hassan is six years older than Ayan, and is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago, while Rashidi, two years Ayan’s senior, joined the Merchant Service. Leila is a year older than Ayan, and works as a researcher in the Muhimbili College of Health Science; Fatima is two years younger than Ayan, and is an up-and-coming public servant in Tanzania.
The children were all intelligent and curious, but Ayan also shared her father’s medical talents. She had few close friends in her early years, spending most of his time immersed in her studies, and determined to follow in his parents’ footsteps. As she matured, she learned to reach out to people more, primarily due to her grandfather’s influence. After failing to gain entrance to Starfleet Academy in his first attempt, she spent a year studying at Oxford. The following year she gained entrance to the Academy, and predictably, studied medicine. There she met and fell in love with T’Fonn, a Vulcan woman two years her senior. As expected, nothing came from her infatuation, though the two did gain a healthy respect for the other’s medical skills.
With completion of her cadet cruise on board the U.S.S. Oberth, she was assigned to a four-year stint as a medical officer on Starbase 375. While at the starbase, she wrote a seminal journal article in the Journal of the Federation Medical Association entitled "The Effects of Masiform D as Compared to Masiform E in Vulcan Surgical Patients, with a Summary of Thoracic Invasive Procedures." Based in large part on this accomplishment, she was accepted to the Health Education Exchange Program, and spent two years on Capella IV with a team of Federation physicians and scientists, educating the populace and researching Capellan physiology.
Anxious to return to space exploration, she sought and received a transfer to the U.S.S. Melbourne, where she served as Assistant Chief Medical Officer. While on board the Melbourne, Ayan made a couple of very close friends, both of whom died when the Melbourne was destroyed. Ayan had left the Melbourne just a week before the battle, returning home on shore leave. The news of the loss hit her that much harder with the thought that she should have suffered the same fate as her friends did. For the next couple of months, Ayan waited for her next assignment and was left to pick up the pieces.
- Personality and Appearance
- Ayan is somewhat quiet and shy around new people, except where her expert opinion is needed; this she always gives confidently and without hesitation. Around those people she knows, she is somewhat more relaxed, smiling more frequently and generally more at ease. She is a dedicated and caring physician, often becoming closely attached to patients under her care. She places great value on family and tradition, as evinced by the family history. She likewise considers her friends of primary importance, both because of his affection for them and also because she does not make friends as easily as others.
Tall, and slender, Ayan is a beautiful woman, with a rare but warm smile. Her brown eyes betray a sharp mind and she often stares intently at objects which hold her interest. She has very dark brown, almost blue-black shin and her tightly curled hair is worn short in a functional style.
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