Li Kea

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Personality
Kea is soft spoken and tends to be shy around people she doesn’t know. She is very loyal and dedicated but she tends to substitute work for social relationships. Kea still has a lot of unresolved issues surrounding her mother’s death but for obvious reasons doesn’t like to discuss them. Despite this, she doesn’t tend to hate Cardassians, which has caused a rift with her relationship with her father.

Background
The first few years of her life, Kea and her family were in and out of forced labor camps. Out of fear for her child, Kea’s mother gave up her title as Vedek but continued to teach secretly within the encampments and resistance groups. Kea took after her mother at an early age; she was very caring and nurturing and often was the one to nurse the injured, although not trained.

Despite the occupation, Kea’s childhood was as happy as could be expected. Her community was tightly knit and her parents adored her. She was a smart child whose compassion knew no bounds, not even her enemies. She came to the aid of the children of the Gul that oversaw her labor camp several times, leading some to label her as a collaborator. Her father vehemently defended her actions however, and she was accepted by the community once again.

Sixteen was the year that everything would change for Kea. After her father’s resistance cell escaped their labor camp they moved deep into Kola Mountain, joining the already established encampment of the Shakaar resistance cell. Within six months the camp was raided. Kea’s mother, Konissa, was taken and executed for teaching the Bajoran religion. Kea and Vaan escaped with less than half of the original group, the rest believed killed or taken back to the labor camps.

Using the help of his contacts, Vaan arranged for Kea to be smuggled aboard a cargo ship leaving the planet. She was taken to earth where she lived among a family of Bajorans outside of Paris. She finished her primary education and then applied to Starfleet, pursuing her love of medicine and hoping Starfleet would help her serve others. Kea was determined to help as many people as she could, knowing her mother would have expected no less.

Kea graduated from the academy and then entered Starfleet Medical, excelling. Medicine fascinated her and propelled her through her studies. After finishing, Kea stayed on at Starfleet Medical for an additional three years, assisting various medical researchers stationed there. Kea was then transferred to Starbase 1 where she served for a year before being transferred to Deep Space K-7 where she took the position of assistance to the Chief Medical Officer onboard the station. Within five years she was sent to her first posting aboard a starship, the USS St. Petersburg.

Family
Kea was the sole child of Konisa, a former Vedek, and Vaan, a Bajoran resistance fighter. Like many religious leaders, Konisa was imprisoned by the Cardassians for practicing and teaching the way of the prophets. After being incarnated for two years, she was rescued by a resistance cell lead by Vaan. The two would marry less than a year later.

Kea doesn’t have any siblings and she isn’t married.

Played By
This character is played by Sarah.