Background:
Born on the USS Fearless en route to the Trill home world, and daughter of a marine exobiologist and an oceanographer, Emaltha Talvis was born innately nomadic.� Her parents� jobs required that they travel constantly and as a consequence Emaltha only visited Trill three times in the entire period of her life: once shortly after her birth, for her brother�s joining, and finally for the birth of her niece.� She had very little interest in the physical sciences as a child but her joined mother instilled in her the love of stories of the past.� Having memorized all the adventures of her mother�s Garva symbiant at an early age, Emaltha began befriending and drilling the natives of the various places she visited for stories of their cultures.� This intense curiosity about other cultures history eventually led to her in depth archaeological studies at the University of Social Sciences on Persephone V, specializing in mythologies of pre-warp cultures, and involvement in a research expedition on Landris II.
Emaltha formed a close relationship with her older brother, Ravin, in her early childhood which endures to this day.� Despite the significant age difference of 13 years, she and Ravin were inseparable and Emaltha, always bull-headed and searching for a new challenge, often pushed herself academically to catch up with her brother and idol, placing her well ahead of others her age.� They were separated, however, when Ravin chose to return to Trill and train to be joined like his mother.� Emaltha had no such inclination, content with her academic pursuits, and entered the University on Persephone V at the age of 16.� Through the years, however, they still maintain a close relationship, communicating almost daily to keep up with each other's lives.
After her time on Landris II, she once again became restless for a new environment and entered the Starfleet Academy command program.� Her stubbornness in combination with her straight-forward attitude seemed to give her a knack for delegating tasks and giving orders but her tendency to be frank, sometimes painfully so, did not always win the good graces of some of her professors as she made no secret of her dislike of several of them.� She took her first assignment on the USS Cochrane as the Assistant Science Officer but dissatisfied with her job she requested transfer to the USS Sutherland a year later as Assistant Operations Officer.� While aboard the Sutherland she met Lt. Lucas Stevens, a notorious jokester and talented young engineer.� Though an unlikely pair, the two clicked immediately and after a few months they married in 2368.� Emaltha chose to add her husband�s name to her own and they served together on the Sutherland for three more years.�
After Lucas�s sudden death in a freak engineering accident in 2371, Emaltha again requested transfer to the USS Trieste where she served as Chief of Operations until she received a promotion to Lieutenant Commander and a request to serve as first officer on the USS Darwin.