Zayna Ayala Ryler

[Ciara Mei]

Character Name: Zayna Ayala Ryler
Nickname: Zay
Player Name: Ciara Mei

Race: Human with tiny bit of Vulcan, but it never shows.
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Date of Birth: April 13, 2350
Place of Birth: Earth, Texas
Rank: Ensign
Marital Status: Widow
Height: 5'8"
Hair Color: Brown with deep red streaks
Hair Style: Cut to just between shoulder and chin length, often pulled back to half ponytail.
Eye Color: Blue/Green
Languages: Federation Standard, Vulcan, Romulan, multiple others.
Department: Intelligence, Customs Officer.

Service Record:

2368: Joins Starfleet Academy, Security & Tactical
2369: Pulled from regular Academy courses, pulled into Intelligence training by Commander Anton Mauro.
2372: Graduates Starfleet Academy, Intelligence Major.
2373-2378: Dominion War, Intelligence, Majority of Record Classified. Moved from Ensign to Commander during course of the War. Assigned to multiple ships during the War.
2379: Demoted from Lieutenant Commander to Ensign, Reasoning: Classified.
2380: Assigned to Starbase 42

Family:
Mother: Commander Daniela Ryler (Rustam), Starfleet Command, retired.
Father: Commander Brian Ryler, Starfleet Security, retired.
Siblings: Lieutenant Commander Erik Ryler, brother, Starfleet Engineer.
Significant Other: Lieutenant Commander Niles Emory, Starfleet Intelligence, KIA. No current significant other on record.

Likes: People watching, tweaking weapons settings, keeping feelings to herself.

Dislikes: Those who try to dig into things, arguments, being lied to.

Background:

Zayna Ryler was born in Texas to two very uptight Starfleet officers, who also had a son who, at the time, was 6 years older. Zayna never got a whole lot of attention, as she was not actually an expected child to begin with. Her brother was always fawned over, given the best and newest, while Zay was given the hand-me-downs. It wasn’t until she was school aged that someone was willing to take her under their wing, her father’s best man at his wedding and a family friend, Anton Mauro. He saw something in Zayna that no one else did: potential.

Mauro became more of a father figure to Zayna than her real father ever was. Her brother, Erik, was far ahead of her, a grade ahead of where he should be. Their parents were prepping him for Starfleet, but didn’t care about anything that Zayna did. Though they seemed to take pleasure in yelling at her if her grades weren’t perfect. Mauro had her back each step of the way, and she knew him her whole life as Uncle Anton.

Making her way through school, Zayna was able to get accepted into Starfleet Academy a few years after her brother graduated. Her brother was already a well known engineer, and had already passed the rank of Ensign. She, like her father, although she hated him, went in wanting to be a security and tactical officer.

It wasn’t until her second year that her mentor and family friend, Commander Anton Mauro, decided that she was better suited for Intelligence than she was for security and tactical. So, pulling her from her classes, he placed her into the Intelligence training, which was the department he was already in. There were many arguments between Mauro and Zayna’s father, but Zayna found she fit better where she was now than where she had been before.

During her time in Starfleet Intelligence training, she met Niles Emory. They quickly hit it off and could be seen everywhere together. During the middle of their last year at the Academy, the two of them decided to get married. It wasn’t until a year later, when war was about to start, that they actually did so.

Note: Dominion War Files on Zayna Ryler are Classified.

In 2379, due to what happened during the Dominion War, Zayna Ryler was demoted from Commander to Ensign at the request of Commander Anton Mauro, Starfleet Intelligence. The original ruling was to have her completely stripped of ranking and removed from Starfleet. It was only under the word of Commander Mauro that Ryler was spared. He assigned her to Captain Santra Arron, who was on his way to Starbase 42 to attempt to rebuild it.

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