Biographical Data:
Profile by Captain Kathryn Janeway
Neelix is a jovial male Talaxian, a major species of this far side of
the Delta Quadrant, whose wit and instincts have enabled him to survive
as a scavenger and merchant. Now he aids our cause admirably after
coming aboard with his Ocampa mate, Kes, from her home system. Although
he takes a bit of good-natured abuse at times for it, he has been invaluable
in preparing fresh meals from the flora and fauna of this region in order
to ration food replicator power; for the human "'37S," he even
researched and came up with 20th century foods comfort foods for all -
with none of his usual custom twists added. In addition, his past
dealings and travels have yielded invaluable information as well for our
command decisions and strategy. He has begun taking a more active
role in senior staff affairs and even held off the Kazon-Ogla when myself
and Commander Chakotay were absent.
Neelix's chores as self-appointed "chief morale officer" have
run the gamut from personal counseling, such as with Lt. Ayala deal his
separation from his children, to a daily intership video program for the
crew, "A Briefing with Neelix," begun circa Stardate 49483.
The latter led to his single-handedly tracking down the Paris ruse to
flush out Crewman Jonas as our Kazon informant, risking his life but emerging
intact after killing Jonas in a raw plasma stream in Main Engineering
after a brawl there.
Neelix has already confronted his past devils coming aboard, admitting
he avoided military service before the 2366 conquest of his home planet
Talax by the Haakonian Order, who forced surrender after it irradiated
his family and the rest of the population of the Talax moon Rinax with
the Metreon Cascade weapon. The weapon's inventor, Dr. Ma'Bor Jetrel,
died of his own metreon radiation poisoning after tracking us to help
find a way to yet retrieve those who perished, and the difficult process
was a big step for him. Our first encounter with the Vidiians included
the theft of Neelix's lungs, but they were eventually returned when I
showed our prisoners mercy while the Doctor's holographic substitutes
kept Neelix alive.
Neelix is completely in love with Kes, whom he calls by the endearment
"sweeting" and was ready to father a child when her premature
elogium seemed to loom. His jealous nature of Kes was an ugly monster
until he finally settled with its main target, Tom Paris, after the two
helped birth an sentient reptilloid infant in an abrasive atmosphere.
His long-running feud with the less-than-patient Doctor is not helped
by Kes' early elogium, which finds him pondering the responsibilities
of parenthood and deciding to embrace it, only to be nixed by Kes herself
and other events. Later he assisted with the birth of Ensign Wildman's
baby.
Database Update:Stardate 50460:
Entry by Captain Kathryn Janeway
I have grown concerned in recent weeks about our morale's officer's
morale, and now I understand why. Despite Neelix's cheerful and upbeat
demeanor even he has a down side, and now I understand some of it stems
from his pessimistic self-view as worthless to this crew now that we have
exceeded the region of his scouting knowledge. Aside from my regular
assurances, I note in this record that I acknowledge Neelix's past "very"
basic combat training on Rinax, per his description, and intend to merge
him more usefully into entry-level defense training, including the monthly
tactical exercises.
This is not to register any displeasure with his natural diplomatic
skills, his ongoing "Briefing with Neelix" comcasts, and even
the cooking. Indeed his quick-thinking as a faux Nagus during our
Ferengi encounter helped save the mission, even if I personally do without
his people;s custom of delivering a history of each meal while it is served,
as his mother perfected. I still wonder if his greatest diplomatic
challenge, though, is his constant attempts to "buddy up" to
our most unbuddylike officer, Tuvok. Even his Talax Resort holoprogram,
with modifications by Paris, Kim, Torres, et.al., has proved to be a morale-boosting
hit.
All this is to help explain why, shortly after my initial entry here,
I made the decision to try to regain both he and Tuvok's lives as separate
entities after a freak transporter merging of the two, despite the "death"
of the resulting sentient lifeform dubbed Tuvix.
On yet another personal note: I note with concerned the separation of
he and Kes' continued relationship, and I wish them both the best in whatever
path they take.
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