Lieutenant Tavi Renn
Name Tavi Merel Renn
Position Chief Diplomatic Officer
Second Position Counselor
Rank Lieutenant
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2025, Sat Nov 22nd, @ 3:24pm
Character Information
| Languages Spoken | Denobulan, Vulcan, Romulan, Andoian, Klingon(confersational) | |
| Gender | Male | |
| Species | Denobulan | |
| Date Of Birth(DOB) | Maty 23, 2373 | |
| Age | 29 | |
| Nick Name | Tav |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 5' 11" | |
| Weight | 182 | |
| Hair Color | Black | |
| Eye Color | Teal Green | |
| Physical Description | Tavi Renn carries the unmistakable look of a Denobulan: the faint facial ridges, the widened smile, and the luminous teal-green eyes that seem to catch even dim light. His skin is a rich bronze-gold tone, typical of his mother’s lineage, while his hair is jet black and worn swept back from his forehead in soft waves, giving him a composed and thoughtful appearance. His build is lean and athletic without being imposing — the kind of body shaped more by yoga, Denobulan stretching disciplines, and the occasional diplomatic retreat hike than by any military regimen. In motion, Tavi is smooth, fluid, and precise. He walks like someone trained his entire life to not appear threatening — hands visible, posture open, and eyes attentive. When he smiles, it’s wide and genuine, as Denobulans do naturally, though he has learned over the years to soften it in deference to species who sometimes find the full expression unsettling. |
Family
| Spouse | None | |
| Children | None | |
| Father | Polvin Renn, interstellar trade envoy and one of the most diplomatic men Tavi has ever known. | |
| Mother | Rema Renn, xenobiologist and joyful force of nature. | |
| Brother(s) | Javin 32 Kelo 24 | |
| Sister(s) | Perana 34, Serla 19 | |
| Other Family | Co-Parents (three): Harven, Solira, and Vek Tal — all deeply involved in raising Tavi and his siblings. 18 social siblings through other co-parents in his life. Dozens perhaps hundreds of aunts, uncles, and cousins. |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Tavi is a consummate listener in a galaxy filled with people who prefer to talk. Patient, articulate, charismatic without theatrics, his temperament is exactly what both sides of a negotiation hope for: unshakeable calm, relentless empathy, and a razor-sharp ability to sense the emotional currents beneath spoken words. He is deeply curious about others — a trait nurtured by his massive extended family — and approaches conflict with the belief that most beings, if understood properly, can be guided toward cooperation. But Tavi is not naïve. He has seen what fear, trauma, and political pressure can do to people. He understands manipulation, even if he rarely engages in it. When pushed, his warmth becomes steel; his compassion becomes clarity. While he is slow to anger, once his ethical line is crossed, he will not waver, even against superior officers or political pressure. Above all, Tavi is honest — sometimes to the discomfort of others — and his integrity is both his greatest strength and the trait that has placed him in danger more than once. |
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| Strengths & Weaknesses | trengths Master Diplomat: Trained in conflict de-escalation, intercultural negotiations, hostage psychology, and post-conflict transitional diplomacy. Hybrid Counselor: Holds dual specialties in trauma therapy and cross-species psychology, with additional coursework in ethics. Insightful Communicator: Highly perceptive of micro-expressions, tone shifts, and emotional incongruities — a skill learned from growing up in a boisterous household of dozens of relatives. Unshakable Calm: His species’ natural optimism combined with Starfleet discipline makes him hard to rattle. Adaptive Morality: Understands and respects cultural nuance while maintaining Federation ethics. Resilient Physiology: Denobulan biology provides increased night vision, stamina, and disease resistance. Weaknesses Overcommits Emotionally: Takes responsibility for the wellbeing of others too easily, often at cost to his own stress levels. Difficulty Delegating: Feels personally responsible for diplomatic outcomes, even when team decisions would suffice. Occasionally Blunt: When honesty is required, he does not cushion truths as gently as some species prefer. Sleepless Under Stress: Denobulans normally sleep sparingly, but long periods of emotional strain can push him into full wakefulness for days. Family Expectations: Being part of an interlinked Denobulan clan means constant pressure to maintain harmony and “represent the family well.” |
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| Ambitions | . To Build Bridges Between Species and Individuals He genuinely wants peaceful outcomes. Tavi believes most conflicts aren’t about ideology — they’re about people feeling unheard. His goal is to help them feel heard. 2. To Serve as a Senior Diplomatic or Counseling Officer He’s not chasing rank for ego’s sake; he wants the leverage, access, and time to shape policies that reduce violence before it happens. Helping to build stable interstellar relationships appeals deeply to his Denobulan belief in connectedness. 3. To Develop Cross-Cultural Mediation Protocols He’s fascinated by how different species resolve disputes, and he wants to create a framework that Starfleet can apply in frontier diplomacy — blending psychology, linguistics, and anthropology. . To Prove That Empathy is Not Weakness Tavi grew up in a society where being emotionally open was natural… but outside Denobula, he’s seen many species interpret empathy as fragility. He wants to show — through his work — that compassion is strategic strength, not soft naïveté. 5. To Help Those Affected by Frontier Day As a counselor, he sees the scars everyone now carries: officers afraid of their own bodies captains who lost crews people who no longer trust Starfleet or the Borg He wants to be part of the healing process and establish protocols to prevent such psychological aftermath from being ignored again. 6. To Understand the Psychology of the “Shadow Organizations” Tavi is politely terrified of how little institutional awareness Starfleet has of Section 31. He wants to understand what makes groups like that form, why they believe they serve the “greater good,” and how Starfleet can prevent ethical drift from happening again. |
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| Hobbies & Interests | Hobbies & Interests Intercultural cooking — Tavi believes sharing food opens more doors than official communiques ever will. Botanical studies and herbal medicine — a quiet legacy from his grandmother. Holodeck anthropology programs — non-linear recreational education is his guilty pleasure. Correspondence with extended family — and there are many of them; Denobulan group-marriage structures mean dozens of parents, siblings, and “cousins by affection.” Meditative climbing and night hiking — favored because his Denobulan night vision gives him serenity in darkness. He would like to find a person he can live a life with in a long term relationship. To Redeem Starfleet’s Reputation in the Eyes of the Frontier After years of political division, catastrophic wars, and infiltration, many frontier worlds see Starfleet as inconsistent at best and dangerous at worst. Tavi wants to restore trust. Not the trust of politicians — but the trust of ordinary people. 9. To Face Down Section 31… Not with Violence, but with Truth He knows something: No one talks more than someone who finally feels safe. He doesn’t want to expose Section 31 operatives through brute force — but through the power of conversation, insight, and the quiet dismantling of their psychological armor. Part of him, deep down, wants to understand why someone chooses that path. Another part wants to save them. 10. To Become the Officer Who Prevents Wars Before They Start It’s the ambition he’s afraid to admit, because it sounds arrogant — but it’s deeply honest. He isn’t aiming to win battles. He wants to prevent them. That’s the heart of who Tavi is. |
| Personal History | avi Renn was born on Denobula in the traditional chaos of a family that believed strongly in collective upbringing. With a household full of siblings, co-parents, rotating relatives, visiting cousins, and the occasional temporary spouse, Tavi’s childhood was loud, lively, and filled with constant emotional negotiation. In such an environment, he learned early how to mediate disputes, read subtle cues, and soothe tensions before they escalated — skills that later shaped his entire career. He excelled academically, especially in xenopsychology and cultural anthropology, earning him early acceptance to the Denobulan Institute of Behavioral Sciences. His passion for interspecies understanding drew the attention of a Starfleet recruiter who suggested combining diplomacy with counseling. Tavi agreed immediately, believing that the Federation needed more officers who could bridge emotional divides as well as political ones. At Starfleet Academy, he completed dual-track training in Diplomatic Mediation and Clinical Counseling, graduating in the top third of his class. His internships included assignments with the Federation Diplomatic Corps, the Vulcan Science Academy’s Emotional Logic Outreach Program, and a difficult six-month rotation on a Tellarite trade moon where negotiations often devolved into shouting matches he found “strangely therapeutic.” Tavi’s early postings included time aboard deep-space science vessels, where his counseling work was critical during long, isolated missions, and later with diplomatic task forces responding to post-Frontier Day psychological fallout. He witnessed the distrust, fear, and fragmentation that followed the Changeling infiltration, and it changed him. He became fiercely committed to rebuilding hope and unity — not through grand speeches, but through steady, compassionate presence. When Starbase 113 and Task Force 17 began recruiting officers for the USS Halo, Tavi recognized immediately that the frontier needed voices committed to empathy as much as strategy. Section 31 sleeper cells, ideological trauma, and political destabilization were not problems that could be solved with phasers alone. Someone needed to listen, understand, comfort, and mediate. Tavi volunteered without hesitation. |
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| Service Record | Starfleet Academy (2394 – 2398) Major: Interstellar Diplomacy & Cultural Studies Secondary Track: Counseling & Cognitive Behavioral Therapeutics Electives: Xenolinguistics, Conflict De-escalation, Family Systems Psychology, Federation Law Cadet Attachments: Academy Peer Support Program (Counselor Trainee) Model Federation Assembly Delegate (Served as Chair for Sector 49 council simulation) Mediation & Arbitration Society Cadet Counseling Corps (Emergency Response 3rd year) Notable Evaluations & Events: Consistently praised for “exceptional emotional intelligence” and “cultural adaptability.” Completed a year-long practicum aboard Starbase 47 handling minor disputes among civilian populations. Commended for aiding in the peaceful resolution of a conflict between two upper-year cadets, one incident noted: “Cadet Renn displayed remarkable poise, preventing a disciplinary escalation.” One minor notation: “Cadet Renn occasionally overextends himself attempting to mediate when other resources should be utilized.” (Filed by Cmdr. V. Shiran, Counseling Department.) Graduated with Honors. USS Resolve (NCC-87921) Position: Junior Diplomatic Attaché Assignment Dates: 2398 – 2400 Duties: Assisted Chief Diplomatic Officer during border-negotiation missions with independent colonies. Mediated civilian trade disputes; handled first-contact etiquette briefings for junior crew. Led cultural briefings for away teams visiting worlds with fragile post-war stability. Key Incidents & Notes: Successfully de-escalated a labor strike at Agathon Colony after tension escalated between colonists and the colony’s corporate contract overseer. Captain’s note: “Renn’s ability to translate emotional subtext into actionable solutions is invaluable.” Commended for assisting in the evacuation and trauma support of 112 colonists following a seismic event on Caradon IV. Requested transfer to a more counseling-focused position after recognizing the need to broaden his crisis support skills. Starbase 72 — Counseling Division Position: Counseling Officer (Rotational Assignment) Assignment Dates: 2400 – 2401 Duties: Conducted private and group therapy sessions for Starfleet personnel. Specialized in counseling officers with post-combat stress and survivor’s guilt. Developed a cross-cultural grief response primer for frontline counselors. Key Accomplishments: Earned recognition for his work following the Vellith Incident, in which multiple officers experienced emotional trauma due to an accidental telepathic surge. Helped design a pilot program for combining cultural anthropology with trauma-informed counseling for officers of non-humanoid physiology. Reported by division chief as “a stabilizing presence whose calmness enhances patient recovery.” Post–Frontier Day Psychological Triage Corps Assignment Dates: 2401 Position: Field Counselor & Diplomatic Liaison Context: Following the Frontier Day catastrophe, thousands of Starfleet members suffered severe psychological impact — including fear of assimilation, self-doubt, and grief for lost colleagues. Duties & Involvement: Provided short-term crisis counseling to survivors from three affected starbases. Assisted in de-escalating several emotionally volatile confrontations among traumatized officers. Coordinated with Vulcan, Betazoid, and Trill specialists to categorize psychological patterns emerging from the event. Performance Notes: Demonstrated “admirable stamina and empathy under pressure.” Recommended for a hybrid Diplomatic/Counseling role due to blended skills. Personal note entered by Cmdr. Selan (Vulcan): “Renn’s work proved essential in stabilizing multiple individuals on the brink of breakdown. His insight into non-linear emotional processing continues to be of statistical and practical value.” Starbase 113 – Zytchin System (Task Force 17) Assignment Dates: 2402 – Present Position: Diplomatic/Counseling Officer (Hybrid External Affairs Track) Duties: Serves as first-line mediator for frontier disputes between merchant houses, colonial delegations, and Starfleet personnel. Provides therapeutic support to officers engaged in high-risk, high-stress operations involving Section 31 sleeper threats. Evaluates the psychological readiness of mission-critical crew. Liaison to civilian relations on the frontier. Notable Events: Commended for peacefully de-escalating a volatile trade dispute on the promenade (incident in your intro post). Assisted Intelligence in evaluating “behavioral irregularities” in officers suspected of clandestine influence. Recommended for starship assignment based on exemplary adaptability |
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| Certifications | Advanced Mediation & Arbitration Certification Issued by the Starfleet Diplomatic Corps after a two-year elective program at the Academy. Allows Tavi to lead multi-party negotiations, inter-agency disputes, and cultural grievance cases. Federation Cultural Competency Certification – Level III A cross-disciplinary credential in xenolinguistics, first-contact etiquette, and interspecies psychology. One of the few counselors to receive Level III before promotion to Lieutenant. Field Trauma Counseling Certification Earned during his rotation on Starbase 72. Authorizes him to provide immediate psychological support during crises, evacuations, and mass-casualty incidents. Crisis Negotiator Qualification Special training in hostage situations, barricade negotiations, and standoffs involving emotionally or psychologically unstable individuals. Diplomatic Corps Citation for Cross-Cultural Initiative For developing the “Tri-Angular Emotional Calibration Model,” a field guide used by junior mediators dealing with emotionally expressive species (Tellarite, Bolian, Andorian). |
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| Commendations | Meritorious Service Commendation – Frontier Day Relief Corps For tireless psychological support to officers and civilians traumatized during and after Frontier Day. Cited for “exemplary empathy, endurance, and clinical clarity in the face of unprecedented emotional destabilization.” |
Out Of Character Info
| Contact Info | jctay2014@gmail.com, Jonathan Forrest Discord | |
| RP History | I have been simming for 15 years, and I also play TTRPGS I am on three active sims. USS Galileo, USS Valkyrie, USS Astera | |
| Character | Go Down With a Fight |