Kellin Rayco

Commander Kellin Rayco serves as the recently-promoted executive officer of the Constellation III-class explorer, USS Constellation.  He would feel out of place as an ex-security chief aboard a ship of scientific exploration if not for the deep and abiding trust of his mentor, Captain Taes.  While Kellin can’t tell you why torpedoes explode or where nadion particle beams come from, he always grounded his security and tactical training in a personal knack for reading body language and defusing conflict through hugs. He shows up to the bridge every day with massive “older brother” energy.  Kellin has served as security officer, and confidant, for Captain Taes since she was in the command training program, commanding a little Raven-class corvette, USS Nestus.

Kellin Rayco was the kind of child and adolescent that everyone wanted to know. He was good enough at things, and handsome enough, and he was that perfect balance of open and friendly without seeming “too” sensitive or needy. As the eldest son of younger sisters, Kellin childhood was practically designed to give him protective, loyal, “older brother” energy. His friendliness was his way; it was never a concerted effort. In the end, Kellin usually proved to be fairly self-involved, or at least lost in the world in his own body and mind.

Kellin firmly believes in the ideals of the Federation. He believes in exploration and self-development. Having grown up in free-wheeling art communes, he craves the opposite of that; he craves most structured communities in the Federation, like Starfleet. He has an intense respect for authority, and a deep-seeded need to impress authority figures. He came to Starfleet for the wrong reasons, but he stays with Starfleet, because he believes Starfleet will make him better. He takes every opportunity for learning. He lives his life in optimism and hope that diversity and cooperation can solve any challenge. However, he can be narrow-minded and preachy about his own particular interpretation of the Federation ideals.

As an unjoined Trill, Kellin craves a legacy, because he knows he only has one life to live. He is aware of that acutely. He was drawn to Starfleet, thinking it could make him legendary, but he doesn’t have the drive to be the best fighter or a great leader. In his twenties, Kellin hasn’t discovered what he wants his legacy to look like.

Kellin always assumes stupidity causes people to do bad things, rather than malice.