Lieutenant Commander Mira Jayde
Name Mira Jayde
Position Starfleet Officer
Rank Lieutenant Commander
Character Information
| Gender | Female | |
| Species | Bajoran/Vulcan | |
| Age | 39 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 5' 7" | |
| Weight | 135 | |
| Hair Color | Brown | |
| Eye Color | Black | |
| Physical Description | Jayde is slim and toned. She is an expert in various forms of martial arts and practices regularly. She has an innate grace in her movements that comes out of her training. Her hair is short, as she doesn't like to fuss with her appearance. She likes to wear simple clothes and dark colors so she can blend into the background and avoid notice. She occasionally uses a staff or bo stick as it works well for hand-to-hand combat. Jayde always has at least one blade weapon on her at all times as there are a number of ways one can come in handy. |
Family
| Father | Mira Luuk (deceased) | |
| Mother | Laira (deceased) | |
| Sister(s) | Jayna (twin) |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Jayde is quiet and serious. She is very observant and listens to what goes on around her. She prefers to watch people and sit on the outskirts than be "the life of the party". She can be paranoid and mistrustful of strangers and dislikes Cardassians in general. But she is warm and friendly around those she considers friends. She is fiercely loyal to her friends and those close to her. As part of her martial arts training she is learning to be calmer and less reactionary. She does not anger easily and prefers to talk than fight. |
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| Strengths & Weaknesses | Strengths: Intelligent, determined, cheerful, slow to anger. She is an expert at martial arts, blade and hand-held weapons. Her weapon of choice is a staff or bo stick. She has, over time, made herself immune to most common poisons. Weaknesses: Quiet, shy, mistrustful, stubborn, often goes to the defense of the underdog, chocolate. Her calm demeanor can sometimes be seen as being aloof and uncaring. Instead of getting angry, she will often see the humor in a situation. This is both a strength and a weakness as not everyone appreciates the humor in a situation when they're angry. |
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| Ambitions | To bring peace to the Federation and to keep Cardassia from ever taking over another species. To complete her martial arts training and become a teacher. |
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| Hobbies & Interests | Jayde is an expert tracker and can move silently and without a trace. She routinely uses the holodeck to practice. She loves knowledge. She knows about herbs and homeopathic medicines. She is an expert with and knows how to find information. She can often find information unavailable to others. She enjoys reading and meditating. She also enjoys taking long walks through the woods. Although she knows several forms of martial arts, she is studying Shaolin Kung Fu under a Shaolin Master. |
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| Languages | Standard, Vulcan, Bajoran, Cardassian, Klingon (reads and understands), Ferengi, Thieves' Cant, Mandarin, Federation Sign, Romulan |
| Personal History | Mira Luuk was a teacher on Bajor before the occupation and took a dim view of the changes the Cardassians made and the way they ruled with an iron fist. He met and married Laira, a Vulcan scientist and the two of them found themselves frequently at odds with the ruling government. They found others who believed as they did and formed a cell to liberate their homeworld. It was in this environment that Jayde and her twin, Jayna, were born. From infancy their parents began to introduce mild forms of poison to the girls to give them both an immunity to most common poisons. This was as a protection to their girls as several members of their cell had been killed by poison when they were caught by the Cardassians. (The girls have continued to build up their resistance as they've grown older and discovered other poisons. They continue to build their immunities it in respect for their parents wishes than because they feel there is a real threat of poisoning.) The two girls were taught to spy on the enemy and to get information. Children were often overlooked and could oftne get into places adults could not. Especially children who were willing to work for a coin or two. The twins became expert trackers, hunters and computer hackers. The two would often work in tandem to gather information that others could not find. Their unique methods earned them respect in the underground and later the Maquis. Although they worked as a team, they were very careful to never be seen together. When one went undercover, the other created an alibi in a public area just in case there were questions later. The girls were 11 when their parents were killed in an ambush. They stayed with their cell as they were "family" until they were old enough to join the Maquis. The girls continued to work together, serving on the same Maquis ship. Their missions were primarily to gather information and to help other groups fighting for freedom from oppressive dictatorships. Jayde learned how to take out an opponent quietly without leaving any sign that she'd been there. Jayna learned the art of disguise and could mimic many voices and accents. Twice their unique skills were used to hack into a Federation database to retrieve information on a known Cardassian sympathizer so they could give it to their Bajoran contacts. Once they gave information to a Federation colony to give them time to defend against an attack. Because of their work in Intel and their desire to help others, when the Federation asked the Maquis to help in exchange for a full pardon, both girls accepted the offer and joined Starfleet. The rest of their crew did not and there were some hard feelings, but the girls never betrayed their Maquis friends and later re-established those friendships. In Starfleet, Jayna focused on Intelligence while Jayde went into security and computer programming. The two started on the same ship, but were soon separated as some crew were uncomfortable with the two Maquis who, in their opinion, had too much access to Starfleet Intel. The Captain trusted the women, but felt it better to separate them for the good of the crew. Jayde's desire to help the underdog and do what she felt was right helped smooth the way for her transition from Freedom Fighter to Defender of the Galaxy. She still has a weakness for people who are being oppressed. And she still has a tendency to use unorthodox methods to achieve her ends. So far it hasn't gotten her into too much trouble. She uses meditation to keep her centered and balanced and tries to be logical, but she is a non-conformist at heart. On her first Maquis ship, Jayde met a human who studied Ninjitsu. She fell in love with the control and self-mastery needed to master martial arts. In the Federation she met Liang Shao, a former Shaolin monk who taught her the ways of the Shaolin. Jayde continues to study with Liang or on the holodeck, hoping to one day become a master herself. She still keeps up with her information gathering skills and methods learned on Bajor and tries to keep up with Federation advances. She is discreet but she usually knows what's going on -- especially on the starship to which she is assigned. |
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| Service Record | Maquis ships: Retribution: Security/Infiltration/information gathering Strident: Security/Infiltration/information gathering Federation ships: USS Paloma: Infiltration specialist USS Ranger: Security Investigations, Assistant Chief Security Officer USS Damocles: Chief Security Officer USS Ares: Chief Security Officer USS Hyperion: Chief Security Officer |