Keira Standish

Keira (pronounced Kay-ee-ruh) Rose Standish was born in 2239 in San Francisco, Earth, and was the only child of Cornelius Standish and S'kara Barel. Her father was one of the leading physicists in a reasearch team, and her mother was a former Romulan military operative for the Romulan Star Empire.

In 2240, Keira's father Cornelius was assigned to Draxa 4, a mining planet known for unusual elements. While there, he and her mother saw to her education aside from the schooling provided by the Federation institution. Her father taught her science, Human history and cultur, whiler her mother instructed her in the languages and history of Romulus and Vulcan. Keira often described that time as the happiest years of her life. Tragically, in 2248, Keira's parents both died in an explosion in the science lab on the station. She was emotionally impacted by the death of her parents, and underwent a shock which lasted several months.

Keira became a ward of the United Federation of Planets. After living a year on the planet of Ivonya with her parents' friends, the Ivonyan Ambassador Nerrad Carellios and his wife Axela Quenvor, she was sent to Vulcan at the suggestion of the Vulcan Ambassador Sarek. Whiler on Vulcan, she lived with Sarek and his Human wife Amanda Grayson. The two were instrumental in helping her reconcile aspects of her former upbringing to the dsciplines of Vulcan logic.

In 2255, Keira left Vulcan for Earth where she entered Starfleet Academy. She was an exceptionally bright cadet, and passed most of her exams with flying colors. After leaving Starfleet Academy, she was assigned as a communications officer to the USS Monrovia, where she served under Captain Anton Pavlovsky. During her seven year service on the Monrovia, she was contacted by Dr. Edward Weiss concerning File Alpha, a project her father had been working on at the time of his death. At his request, she became part of his research team. Her acceptance of the position would endanger her life, and lead to future pain for herself and others.

Several years after joining the research team, Starfleet Command transferred her to the USS Harrisburg, a vessel on a mission to travel through undiscovered space which was commanded by Captain Samuel Lee. IT was in 2264 that Keira helped to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the leading members of the Antaaran people group. Using her knowledge of languages and history, and with a little help from Science Officer Lieutenant Liu, she discovered that the leaders had been abducted by their ancient enmy, the Jior people and were being held hostage in the catacombs of Antaar's second moon. With the information, the Harrisburg was able to rescue the hostages and worked with leaders from both groups to negotiate peace.