Mek'lesh Breknar

Appearance
He has dark green scales with a light yellow touch to them. He has some stripes that are a darker green, but they all fit within the green spectrum. He stands at about 7’6” and weighs about 124 kilos. He has gray-blue eyes and no hair. He has a few scars all over his body that he acquired over the years, he has a big one on his back from a gladiatorial battle.

Personality
He is quite open about his intention and he’s quite determined to get a job done. Though some things he keeps secret. Mainly about the tech his people have and how things like his implant work. He knows not everyone is ready for such tech and hence he tends to avoid topics surrounding them. He is a very reliable person; always keeping to his promise and someone you can trust to the fullest. Besides all that, he is someone that builds relationships on trust instead of feelings like most do. To get close to him, you must gain his trust and he needs to gain yours.

Ambitions
He’d love to return to the gladiatorial fighting rings on Galactria III. He does make up for this by going to the holodeck and getting some training via there, but it’s nothing like the real deal. Besides all that, he has a massive ambition for science and engineering.

Morals

 * Rely on what you sense, not on what you get told
 * Trust is a most valuable ally
 * When in doubt, speak up and be certain

History
Born in the 16th minor city on Galactria III. He was son of his mother Clesna Breknar and his father Jur’lesh Krenfar. He was fed up in a nest of 6, which is a family of average size. He had 2 brothers, 2 sisters and one smaller sister. He wasn’t alone at any time in his life and learned the basics of how to talk, read and write rather quickly, having mastered them at age 28. In-between his birth and this age, nothing note-worth has happened. He did however get quite fascinated with the gladiatorial battles at this age.

Around age 40 he started his pre-studies. This was a requirement for the Galactrian Academy. He did this for about 20 years. In this time he made a few friends and his parents and siblings helped him to complete his studies. Also, at this age he got his implant that most Galactrians have. He used the stim that is in the implant to help him learn faster and to gain more knowledge for the eventual application for the Academy in the 3rd Major City.

At age 63 he got accepted into the Galactrian academy, this led to him learning quite a bit about ethics, morals, transwarp, biology, engineering, science and quite a lot of other subjects. In this time he became rather good friends with someone in his class. This person however was slightly older than him and hence he didn’t talk to him that much during classes. Outside of classes however they spend quite some time together as good comrades. They trusted one another to the bone and had no doubt that they would get separated. Though that was soon to chance.

After a few years, his comrade got invited to join the Gladiatorial Battles in the 6th Major City. He did accept and that was the last Mek’lesh saw of him. After about two years he heard that his friend had died in an accident. In the spar, the dragon accidentally speared his friend through the heart. Most of the time the secondary organ would take over from there, but it didn’t. This caused them to die in quite a horrible way. No-one saw it coming seeing these accidents haven’t occurred in decennia. This devastated Mek’lesh to the point that he dropped out of the academy for about 2 years. This wasn’t that big of an issue seeing 2 years is nothing to a Galactrian, but it was enough time for Mek’lesh to recover from this.

In the coming few years he made new friends and seeked new knowledge in the different councils and City of Elders. When he had gathered enough knowledge, he returned to his studies to finish them. This meant taking exams for the coming 20 years and then another 5 years re-evaluating and retaking some exams. He took these exams at a rather quick pace. He studied day after day to make sure he’d score a very high grade on each of his exams. When the years finally came, he went in with a rather big confidence.

After those years he finally graduated at age 165 with rather good grades. At age 167 he decided he wanted to follow his passion and hence go to the Gladiatorial Arena. He didn’t do this for just his passion though, he also did this in memory of his lost friend. He fought many battles, coming on top in most of his battles. Though he didn’t win all the time. One time he got his back sliced open, this caused him to go into hibernation for the first time in his life. After 2 weeks he woke up again and his wound was healed, though he did have a massive scar on his back.

He kept the gladiatorial fights up for another 43 years, in this time he also learned how to fly a Jac’lin. This took him several years top master, but he does have a bond with a Jac’lin now that he calls Hreknor. In this period of time he also took part in a Hjet-nar ritual. In this ritual he managed to tame his own Glac’rohn and forge a bond of trust with her. He named her Julcran, the Galactrian verbal word for fire. He takes her with him where-ever he goes, seeing that’s how the bond between a Galactrian and a Glac’rohn work. You protect them and they protect you in return.

At age 212 he applied for Starfleet Academy. He was almost instantly accepted seeing there were not that many Galactrians in Starfleet to begin with. Their knowledge was quite valuable and so were their skills. He started out as a simple cadet and followed the Engineering tracks. These 4 years went by rather quickly, but in this time he managed to make  friends with a Vulcan, Betazoid and Orion. They were quite close and he trusted them - which was most important to him. During his academy years he also had Julcran with him, standing by his side as his trustworthy ally.

When he graduated, he got assigned to his first posting on the USS Ignis. On this posting he served as a simple engineering officer. Though he was frequently asked questions from outside his department about all kinds of subjects. From basic biology to complex transwarp theories. He didn’t do anything very noteworthy in this time, seeing there weren't any events at the time. He did however show that he was a proper officer and a good addition to the crew of the ship.

In the coming few years however he saw that this wasn’t the life he wanted. He only saw a few worlds in a limited area of space. He wanted to see more of the galaxy. This is why he resigned after 10 years of service (incl. Academy days) and went back to Galactria III. Here he got a shuttle and started to live life as a trader. He took Julcran with him as his trusty companion. And in the following years he spent his life as a trader. Visiting distant worlds to trade Federation tech and science equipment to those who need it. He also helped worlds in need of medical supplies or food. His cloak was advanced enough to pass barricades unnoticed, hence allowing him to do  what he did.

He did this for quite some time. Meeting new people, trading tech for food and rations, taking part in battles and enjoying the time he spent on his own with Fhjek. It was quite peaceful living a life like this. Though he wouldn’t mind going back to being an Officer one day once more. He kept contact with home, getting updates on Galactrian developments via his implant. He was up to date on many things, keeping his studies up whilst he was traveling between the stars. Not many Galactrians chose this life-style, but he was happy he did.

Core Courses

 * ADMIN101: Star Fleet Operations
 * ADMIN110: Chain of Command and General Protocol
 * DIPL101: General
 * ENG221: LCARS Programming 1
 * ENG231: Computer Memory and Personnel Interfaces
 * ENG232: Replicators, Transporters, and Holodecks
 * ENG233: Sensors, Communications, and Helm Systems
 * HIST101: Birth of the Federation
 * LANG101: Federation Standard
 * LANG110: Major Species (Elementary) - Cadet's Choice
 * LAW101: Federation, General
 * MATH101: Concepts
 * MED101: First Aid and Field Medicine
 * PHYS101: Concepts
 * PILOT101: Runabouts and Shuttles
 * SURV101: Starship Emergencies
 * SURV110: Environmental Suits and Zero-G Training
 * TAC101: Combat, Unarmed
 * TAC110: Combat, Small Weapons
 * BIO101: Concepts
 * XEN101: General

Majors

 * ENG101: General Electronics
 * ENG111: Intermediate Electronics 1
 * ENG112: Intermediate Electronics 2
 * ENG121: Colossal Failures in Engineering
 * ENG311: Starship Engineering
 * ENG330: Bio-Neural Components
 * PHYS350: Thermodynamics
 * MATH250: Differential
 * ARM101: Introduction to Weapons
 * ARM110: Hand Phasers, Phaser Rifles and Artillery

Minors

 * ENG203: Advanced Warp Systems
 * ENG301: Transwarp Theories
 * PHYS300: Quantum Mechanics
 * ENG431: Shield Systems
 * ENG432: Weapons Systems
 * ENG433: Security Systems
 * ARM200: Starship Phasers and Phaser Cannons
 * ARM210: Photon Torpedoes
 * ENG215: Introduction to Nanotechnology
 * ENG315: Nanotechnology 1

Trivia
He has been in gladiatorial battles for about 50 years during his Galactrian education period. His family has 5 Glac’rohn’s, which is very unique and hence he takes pride in that feat. He is quite strong for his age compared to others of his species, but no stronger than a typical Gorn. His scales that change colour when talking aren’t used as often by him compared to others of his species. This is because he was a trader for quite some time and hence didn’t see fit to use them with other people than his species.

Likes

 * Nature
 * Gladiatorial battles
 * Glac’rohns and the calmness of certain situations and people
 * He also likes to take the time and read literature or catch up on new developments on Galactria III

Dislikes

 * Disrespect
 * People who try to achieve their means via unethical means
 * Telling lies of any kind
 * The fact he’s on his own (species wise)