Nizeri Sano, Lieutenant Junior Grade, is a science officer assigned to the U.S.S. Rafale.
==History==
Nizeri Sano was born on the planet Trill in 2385, the third of eight children to a pair of joined Trill. It was this distinction of being a "joined" family that caused the parents to push their children to excel in their academic studies. Sano's older siblings went on to study at the most prestigious schools of arts and sciences on Trill, Andoria, Earth, Bajor, and, prior to renewed hostilities with the Klingon Empire, Qo'nos. Both applied to and were accepted by the Symbiosis Commission.
The pressure to succeed and be joined initially appealed to Nizeri. She struggled to compete with her older siblings' accomplishments, ultimately applying successfully to the Commission. It was at this time that her oldest sister was joined with a symbiont. The personality shift of her sister was dramatic, as the symbiont's personality overwhelmed the host's, and Nizeri began to have doubts about her own success with being joined. When her second elder sister was joined with similar results, Nizeri abandoned the symbiosis program, to the dismay of her parents but joy of her remaining younger siblings.
===Academy Years===
Sano left Trill to join Starfleet with a fellow dropout of the symbiosis program. In 2401, Sano and her friend entered the Academy. Her time at the school went by uneventfully, with her time divided between her studies as a science officer candidate and her continued love of art.
In 2405 Sano graduated, with her first posting on the modified Akira-class starship Rafale.
==Aboard the Rafale==
Nizeri's career continued as her time at the Academy did; very uneventfully, never wanting to push herself further than was necessary, thanks in no small part to the constant pressure to succeed her parents placed on her as a child. She was promoted to Lieutenant JG, taking a post as a relief science bridge officer. Nizeri made many friends among the crew, and recently began a romantic relationship with tactical officer Ensign Wirstowx.