Biographical Data:
Profile Entry: Report by Captain Kathryn Janeway
Additional Medical Notes:EMH Doctor, AK-1
Kes is a female Ocampa, the species with a life span of only nine years
whose home system Voyager was pulled to by the "Caretaker" entity
of the Nacene race; although she appears as a twenty-year-old in human
years, Kes is actually just two. A tough survivor and a bit
of a rebel despite her waif-like air, she came aboard as Neelix's lover
and to escape her abuse as a slave with the Kazon-Ogla on the surface
of her world, having fled her peoples' passive underground existence to
pursue the outside world and the mental acuities rumored to have flourished
among her ancestors. She did so at the regret of leaving behind
her wise father, Benarem, who died just after her first birthday; she
was very close to him and still feels his presence as a guide.
Kes has already begun to develop her abilities, pursuing a full-fledged
medical training course with the EMH Doctor and studying Vulcan mental
disciplines with Tuvok. She has already led the ship into a disappointing
rendezvous with the "female Caretaker" Susporia and a renegade
Ocampa colony of advanced yet malevolent brethren, who almost allowed
her to lose control of her new powers and kill her Vulcan friend.
Kes' medical training has advanced so far that she can now handle away
team medical duties, a welcome relief for the holographic doctor.
She also helps Neelix in the kitchen and handles the airponics bay gardening.
She had first met Neelix when he stole water from the Kazon-Ogla to
bring to her, and now absolutely adores him, standing by in his times
of crisis; while doing all she could to discourage his jealous streak
she was baffled when he and his perceived rival Paris came back old pals
from birthing a reptilloid infant, and was even fearful to tell him that
she and the Doctor were married in his holo-program malfunction.
She has indeed developed a close friendship with the Doctor, whose medical
teaching is repaid in a way by her encouragement on the road to his increasingly
human programming - including hints about bedside manner, raising his
level of respect by the rest of the crew, and a joint effort with Paris
to get him and Vidiian Dr. Danara Pel's hologram together for a date.
Kes faces the greatest crisis of her young life when she became prematurely
pregnant with the elogium due to the electrophoretic activity of nearby
space-dwelling creatures and confronted with Neelix the emotional roller-coaster
of whether or not to conceive a child at her young age. She opted
not to, but the absence of the creatures and remission of the elogium
effects made it a moot point; she should be fine at the right time.
She would have chosen her father to perform her rolisisin pre-mating ritual
had she been home for it; her mother may not be alive, since she is unmentioned.
DATABASE UPDATE - Stardate 50460:
Entry by Captain Kathryn 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 would 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 here 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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