Personnel File:

Sex: Female

Race: Human

Home World: Earth

Age: 33

DOB: 17 June 2348

Height: 5'7"

Weight: 135 lbs.

Eyes: Green

Hair: Auburn

BIOGRAPHY   

FAMILY:

Joyce and Melvin Townsend - parents - deceased

No siblings

Katherine Townsend - aunt - retired, Star Fleet Ambassador to Satora I, 27 years

MARITAL STATUS:  Married to RAM McNitt

CHARACTER TRAITS:

Talents and Abilities:  Photographic memory, but without seeing it written, like names of people on introductions, she has trouble with them at times.  She has the ability to put people at ease though on first contact as she can pull up the necessary info in a second.  Plays chess well and was second place at UFP tournament in 2373.  She's a great chef when she has a chance to showcase her talent.

Interests: Creative writing, chess, cooking and studying religions of all species that she has encountered.

Likes:  Competency in herself and others, punctuality and honesty

Dislikes:  Bias of any kind, rude manners, cursing and shallowness

Ambitions:  Shyloe would like to be more aggressive in pursuing advancement of her Fleet career.  She is at times too shy for her own good but has, over the years, worked with counselors and on her own to overcome this matter; it is an ongoing endeavor.

EDUCATION:

Satora I Unified School System; graduated

Starfleet Academy:  Began at age 28; major: Communications and Political Science, minor: Social  and Religious Studies

PERSONAL HISTORY:

Shyloe was nine years old when her parents, vacationing on Mars, were killed in a shuttlecraft accident as they returned to Earth.  This incident shattered Shyloe; she became very introverted and uncommunicative to most people who tried to help.  Her only living aunt, Katherine Townsend, took Shyloe into her home on Satora I, and eventually, with love and coaxing, helped Shyloe out of her depression.

Continuing to help Shyloe, Katherine would take her to the Embassy with her and give her small tasks to do while introducing her to as many other species as visited the Embassy.  Katherine believed, that even though Shyloe seemed shy, she could put almost everyone at ease in the first minute after being introduced.  Katherine had dreams that Shyloe would want to follow in her footsteps until, although she had thoughts like this before, that Shyloe's talent didn't work all the time.  If Shyloe knew nothing about a species, she was very awkward and uncomfortable.

Katherine had Shyloe tested, and it was documented that she had a photographic memory.  That explained much, Katherine believed, and for the next two years, she coached and guided Shyloe in the social graces, small talk and manners she would need in whatever career she chose.  Shyloe learned well enough to make Katherine proud, especially at all the weekly socials at the Embassy.

One day, out of the blue in Shyloe's opinion, Katherine set her down and said, "Time to be on your own, Shyloe.  I love you very much and want you to stay with me but that is selfish, and that is something I'm not proud of.  It has been arranged.  You will attend Starfleet Academy and learn more than what I could ever teach you here on this planet.  You need to see and learn that the whole galaxy is out there.  The time is right for you and you will leave tomorrow.  No discussion."

Stunned, Shyloe begged to stay.  It didn't work, and she started classes that fall at age 28.  An older cadet doesn't seem to adapt as well as a younger one, so Shyloe put her efforts into studying and vowed to make her aunt proud.

It took five years of hard work, and Shyloe, even with the photographic memory, struggled to keep the grades up.  The social and personal interaction classes hung her up a little.  Nevertheless, she graduated in the top 20 percent of her class and, with her aunt's approval and recommendation, applied for a position in Communications with the USS Horatio Nelson.

Shyloe Townsend still struggles with her timidity, but believes she will add to the Nelson with her unique abilities.

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