| Kes Species: Ocampa Current assignment: U.S.S. Voyager: airponics gardener, medical aide/student Full Name: Kes Year of birth: 2370 Place of birth: Ocampa homeworld Parents: Daughter of Benarem, her father Marital status: Single Originally from the Ocampan homeworld, Kes joins the U.S.S. Voyager NCC-74656 in 2371 eager to investigate the universe. Though she possesses the intellect and appearance of an adult woman, Kes is only a year old and socially child-like � tending to put people on pedestals, taking events at face value, fearlessly speaking her mind, and relying heavily on her lover and mentor, Neelix. Kes' first job as a new Voyager crew member is tending the Airponics Garden. Kes soon surprises herself and Voyager's crew by exhibiting paranormal abilities and, via an astonishing capacity to absorb knowledge, learns to be the Doctor's medical assistant. Kes' personal life is upset, though, when she unexpectedly appears to enter her once-in-a-lifetime fertility phase. By 2372 Kes is becoming independent; learning mental discipline from Tuvok and piloting from Tom Paris. Neelix's jealousies both surprise and hurt. In an important role reversal, Kes mentors the Doctor, improving his bedside manner and encouraging self-expression. Kes briefly discontinues her telekinetic experiments after a rogue Ocampan pushes her too far and she nearly kills Tuvok. In 2373 Kes' body becomes the vessel for the mind of a vicious tyrant with no qualms about using Ocampan powers to overpower others. Though Kes is later restored, the experience gives her a new perspective and she breaks up with Neelix. Not long afterwards Kes, now three years old, almost leaves Voyager with an appealing traveler named Zahir. Kes knows she's ready for a change, but no one predicts that a chance connection with Species 8472 will initiate a chain reaction that, by the beginning of 2374, sees Kes experiencing uncontrolled cellular flux and powerful psychokinetic outbursts that imperil the ship. As she leaves Voyager, encouraged by Captain Janeway to find her new destiny, Kes uses her powers to send the ship past Borg space and 9,500 light-years closer to Earth. Unfortunately, the next few years are terrible for Kes, who cannot find a place to call home. Her difficulties and loneliness turn to hatred. In 2376 Kes returns to Voyager with plans to re-visit 2371 and rescue her past self from Janeway's "corrupting" influence. But the Captain short-circuits Kes' resentment and helps her make the decision to return to her people. DATABASE UPDATE, SD 50460: Entry by K. Janeway Our "youngest" crew member, aside from Samantha Wildman's baby, continues to make incredible growth and contributions to this crew as she nears her third Ocampan birthday. I do not know how we could have survived without advanced medical skills if not for her independent and quick-witted actions during the Swarm attack, when she initialized and grafted on more memory to our EMH when its memory database overloaded and began to degrade. It is too her humanity that she spoke out against fully blanking the Doctor's acquired memory and personality, and I understand she has more than risen to the challenge of aiding himin his newly mobile state. This is why, apart from the personal note, I felt the need to risk retrieving Kes from the Nechani Since her premature elogium, the past year has been nothing but an emotional rollercoaster for Kes as well, beginning with Neelix and Tuvok's freakish transporter merger into one new lifeform, dubbed Tuvix, and her disquiet with his residual attraction for her. Her reaction, along with many other factors, led to the decision I made at that time to try for the separation. Closer to home, her body's possession by the Ilaran warlord Tiernan has affected her perception of Tuvok, the Doctor, and even Neelix, although it is to her credit that Kes' will and ethics fought through the abduction. Still, I note with some sadness that she and Neelix have embarked on a platonic relationship for now at her request; it is good to know, for instance, that he still prepares her favorite meal of Trellian crepes on Wednesdays. But I wish them well along whatever path they choose. DATABASE UPDATE: Entry by EMH Doctor, AK-1 Kes has undergone a radical evolutionary process. Following contact with the species known only by their Borg designation as "8472", Kes began to exhibit extremely elevated serotonin levels. After running a micro-synaptic analysis, I found no way to slow the increase in telesynaptic activity. Kes continued to destabilize at the molecular level and eventually became a being seemingly comprised of pure energy. Kes left the starship Voyager at the time of her destabilization, but imparted a gift to the crew; she propelled us 9, 500 light years towards home, completely circumventing Borg space. |
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