Starfleet Personnel File #072369

Priscilla Myst

Rank: Captain

Race: Mix of Betazoid, Ligonian, Human, Vulcan

Gender: Female

Date of Birth: April 1, 2341

Place of Birth: Vulcan

Birth Parents: Robert and Alorria Concord

Height: 5' 7.5"

Weight: 158 lbs
Family:
Priscilla's mother is half Betazoid (by her father) and half Ligonian. Her father is half Human (by his father) and half Vulcan. She also has an identical twin, Victoria Concord. Her husband, Alexander Myst, is a Commander in Starfleet serving as XO of the U.S.S. Dark Angel.

Pre-Academy Life:
The twins were born unexpectedly during their parent's visit with Robert's Mother on Vulcan for no apparent medical reason. When Robert's father, who was on assignment at the time, finally recieved word of the birth, it is said he laughed hysterically for at least five minutes. When he was finally able to speak again, he explained about an old Earth significance of the day the girls had been born on. He also said he had always wanted someone he knew to be born on April Fool's Day, and swore it was a sign the twins would be troublemakers. From then on he was a defining influence on the girls' lives. While their parents wanted to teach them how to use their mental abilities, the girls were always far more interested in the holo-adventures their grandfather sent them. It was hard for their parents to compete with that temptation, especially since on one was quite sure what the girls' mental capabilities were. Any one quarter Betazoid or one quarter Vulcan had only a small chance of inheriting the mental skills of that race, and no one knew what the possibilities were for a Betazoid-Vulcan combination. However, before the twins were two years old, their Betazoid grandfather discovered while playing with them that they had already had a strong telepathic connection with each other. At that time they began to display knowlegde of what the other was thinking or doing, and when one was injured or changed emotions the other acted as if the same had happened to her, even if they weren't in the same house! So when the girls grew old enough for schooling, they also began being trained in the basics for both Betazoids and Vulcans, with the hope that they would take to one or the other. The girls never developed the empathic or mind-reading abililties of the Betazoid, except between each other, yet they were able to learn to communicate telepathically with other telepaths. The most they ever got out of their Vulcan education was to hide their thoughts and emotions from other telepaths, except each other, and suppress their emotions for a time. However they did learn how to selectively supress emotions or thoughts, which made it exceedingly difficult for any parent or grandparent to determine what the twins were truely up to. True to their human grandfather's prediction, they got themselves into all sorts of trouble growing up in the name of fun or exploration. The first division in their personalities showed up in Priscilla's growing ability to talk her way out of anything, and Victoria's growing ability to figure out a solution to any situation. By the time they were teenagers, Priscilla was definately the social one and Victoria was definately the technical one. Yet with the telepathic bond they shared, each could call upon the other for help to suppliment the skills they were lacking in. This also meant they practically never studied for their classes, relying on their own natural understanding of things or their sister's of everything else. Instead they spent their time in more intersting pursuits of music, dance, exploration, holo-adventures, and socializing for Priscilla and building things for Victoria. When the girls were seventeen, their most beloved family member, their grandfather, was killed in the line of duty. Though saddend by this turn of events, they understood that was the risk had taken with his life. The girls actually thought it was a noble way to die. They decided that to best honor his memory and life, they would follow in his steps and join Starfleet. This meant, however, that even though they did well in it, they had to knuckle down and get serious about school.

Starfleet Academy:
Two years after their grandfather's death, both Priscilla and Victoria were accepted into the academy. Victoria immediately plunged into the engineering classes and began absorbing everything she was taught. Priscilla didn't find her nitch so easily. She started out with generic classes until an advisor recommended psycology. Priscilla happily started down that path, but quickly gravitated to medicine. She only lasted a year and a half there before becoming dissatisfied again. So she switched to command classes. She found them much more fulfilling, but not exactly her cup of tea. She supplimented her course load with alien language classes, though she already knew Vulcan and ... as well as English from her family. But none of it was the right fit. Finally it was her time for the Kobayashi Maru exam. She was doing an average job until things took a very interesting turn. Priscilla immediately recognized her sister's handy work, and attempted to refuse to proceed with the exam. The instructor agreed with Priscilla's wishes, but the two found they couldn't stop and leave the simulation. A message then appeared, informing them that the test would not let them leave until it ended, and that the test would not proceed if Priscilla stopped interacting. Therefore Priscilla was forced to finish out her sister's modified version of the exam. She was determined not to let her sister's interference give her an advantage. She intentionally did all she could to fail the exam, and succeeded in doing so. But not before she displayed her diplomatic skills. After the exam was over, Priscilla refused to turn her sister in, even though most people suspected Victoria. However hithout proof, as Victoria had been very careful to cover her trail and even have alibies, no disciplinary action was brought against her. Impressed with her integrity, the instructor had passed Priscilla, and then recommended that she look into diplomacy as a career option. Priscilla profusely thanked the instructor for the accomodation and advice. Priscilla's anger over the whole situation eventually caused Victoria to turn herself in, even though she had only done it all to help Priscilla in her up until that point mediocre career. Victoria was punished with a loss of a year's standing. Priscilla stayed an extra year at the academy to pursue her new found career path. The twins graduated together, however she had served less than two years in Starfleet when Victoria decided Starfleet was too rigid for her tastes. She left for a career of her own design, and ended up excelling as a civilian engineer. It was then the twins discovered the limitation on their natural mental abilities. They had never before been separated by more than being on opposite sides of the same planets. It was very a very distressful and hard adjustment period that the girls each went through, learning to be without the other's mental presence. But with time, and by drawing upon the discipline instilled by their childhood lessons, they managed to make it and get their respective lives back on track.

Starfleet Career:
The only personal elaboration of note is when Priscilla met Alexander Myst during a mission that saw them stranded together on a planet for three weeks. Two years later he asked her to marry him in an already prepared wedding over a waterfall. She had called upon her sister to help her succeed in a recsue attempt for what turned out to be a staged capture of Alexander, that ended with the twins finding Alexander on bended knee in front of said waterfall. He was then told that if he was able to correctly determine which sister was Priscilla, she would marry him. Despite the twins telepathy and best attempt, he surprised them both by carefully but easily choosing correctly.

Personality Profile:
A definate people person. Priscilla Myst has the ability to make a good first impression on most anyone, the skills to handle any type of person she comes across, and the charisma of a natural born leader. All these qualities, combined with her mental training and knowledge of at least a dozen lanuages, make her an excellent diplomant. She also has an uncanny capacity to recall names and details about people, even if she only met them once, for years. She is happiest when interacting with others, or singing along with a favorite song (the list of which is almost inexaustive). She prefers any music with a beat, so she can dance to it. But she listens to all types of music, except the Country-style from Earth and Vulcan Musical-poetry. Dispite her love of music, she never had much talent with any instrument other than her own voice. Family is the most important thing to her, wheather or not it's her own. This carries over, to a lesser degree, to the crew of the ship she is serving on. She actively attempts to make every member of her crew feel important in some way, and she takes the happenings in their life as if they happened to members of her own family.

Hobbies:
Singing
Dancing
Cooking
Holo-adventures (created by Victoria) with sister


Starfleet Record:
Graduated Starfleet Academy--2364
Class Rank: 323 out of 951
Graduated with Rank of Ensign

Assigned in 2364:


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Captain Priscilla Myst
Commanding Officer
USS Griffin NCC-1979


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