Sharvetra Pooth'kiph

Sharvetra Pooth'Kiph ("Vetra") is a midshipman on her Cadet Cruise in the Science department aboard starship Independence.

History
Born on Andoria to Gill ch'Pooth'Kiph and Mela zh' Pooth'Kiph she is the proverbial runt of the litter. She has two older brothers and an older sister. Her family is artistic, and each of them specialised in a particular art. Her father Gill specialise in tile painting, her mother Mela specialise in silk weaving both of them are lectures at the Andorian Academy of Fine Arts. Her older siblings are following in their parents footsteps each tryind to decide which art form to specialise in.

Vetra somehow did not share the same enthusiasm for art as the rest of her family. Instead, she demonstrated a natural talent for logical thinking instead of the creative arts, which led her into a different career path. When she was 16, after she had completed her basic education, she applied to Starfleet Academy and was accepted, much to her family's displearsure as she was expected to follow the rest of her family into the arts. She had to arugue long and hard to get her family to accept that she was not going to follow in the family's footsteps.

At the Academy, despite the fact that Tera exceled in subjects such as security, interspecies ethics and tactical analysis, Vetra ultimately chose to pursue a Science specialisation in ethnobotany with botany and zoology as her side subjects. She also picked up classes in unarmed combat, survival strategies and melee wepons. She soon became interested in kick-boxing, an Earth martial art, and spent her free time picking it up. In her other spare time at the Academy she could be found doing a bit of pottery another hobby she picked up, or at the holodeck singing Andorian blues or the occasional Earth blues (which she finds similar to the Andorian blues.)

She completed her Science project on tribbles, and on how to control the reproduction of tribbles without having to limit the amount of its food supply.

Physical attributes
She has the usual Andorian appearance with the exception that she has black hair which is unusual among Andorians. As is common among her people she knows how to fight with an ushaan-tor and chakra.

Personality & traits
Despite that Andorians have an arrogant streak,Tera lacked it and instead posses an easy going manner which made it easier for her to adjust at the Academy. Despite her occassional excited responeses, she has managed to learn to control it.

Strengths & weaknesses
Vetra is very focused and disciplined in her studies. She has a weakness for Andorian tuber root.

Hobbies & interests
Earth-style martial arts (esp kick boxing); pottery; music (singing)

Summary record
In her branch specialization year, Vetra has taken advanced classes in ethnobotany, exobotany and zoology, with a minor in unarmed combat,survival strategies and meelee weapons. She has been assigned to the Independence for her final "cadet cruise" prior to graduation from the Academy.