Landon Neyes

USS Charon Crew
Landon Neyes
Rank:	Ensign
Position:	Chief Engineer
Race:	Trill
Gender:	Male
Age:	26
Hair Color:	Dark Brown
Eye Color:	Blue
Height:	5'11"
Weight:	175 lbs
Father:	Reagan Irelle (deceased)
Mother:	Melany Itelle (deceased)
Siblings:	Tristan Irelle (deceased)
Marital Status:	Single

Timeline

238401.12	Born, Cesparia Prime
238608.24	Tristan, Landon's younger brother is born.
240005.02	Landon's independent shuttle business launches.
240209.17	Accepted into Starfleet Academy.
230604.19	Neyes family shuttle sabotaged. No survivors.
240606.19	Graduated from Starfleet Academy
240606.29	Assigned to SB-21, Personnel Transport Division.
240611.03	Neyes symbiont and Landon Irelle are joined.
240704.08	Assigned to CSS Melbourne, Chief Helm Officer.
240809.02	Transfered to USS Intrepid-D, Chief Helm Officer.
241001.24	Landon fails to rescue Robert Lansine from planet Carida. Intrepid-D is destroyed
241002.26	Landon attempts an unauthorized rescue attempt. Demoted to Ensign.
241002.27	USS Intrepid-E is launched. Landon accepts post as continuing Chief Helm Officer.
241003.14	USS Intrepid-E is lost in the Andromeda Galaxy.
241008.01	Transfers to USS Charon, Chief Engineering Officer.

Biography

Born on the Vista Colony of Cesparia Prime, a wealthy tourist locale for the rich and privileged, Landon Irelle was raised to serve those more fortunate than himself. His parents, Reagan and Melany Irelle, worked for the Vista Community Centre on an honest wage and without luxury. The two Trill had two sons, the first of which was Landon, and his younger brother Tristan was born on Stardate 238608.24. At an early age Landon was exposed to the personnel and staff of Starfleet ships and Federation vessels, who often took their shore-leave on Cesparia. Fascinated not with their positions, but with the experience they were allowed; to travel in ships across the stars, and away from Cesparia. As much as he loved his family, Landon always felt a longing to explore more than his tiny corner of the universe. Although his parents were humble people who made a living serving those more fortunate than themselves, they allowed their son to cultivate his dreams and hope for a better future.

Landon attended school with his younger brother as far as they were allowed, as the educational opportunities on a vacation world were few and far between. Raised on the standards of Ferengi principles of learning, Landon was thoroughly versed in business and finance, as well as personal/public relations and staffing. With the lives of families on Cesparia usually leading to following their parent’s footsteps in service, it was necessary education for the foreseeable future. The Ferengi leadership on the planet wasn't official, but was seen everywhere. Education, Travel, Recreation and Government were all influenced by the Ferengi populace, which was vast and piercing. The colony on Cesparia Prime was first created by humans, who looked to the Ferengi's neighboring worlds for help in raising a steady economy and growing without mistake. The end result was Ferengi manipulation into control of the colony. Cesparia's rich forests and many hot-springs eventually gave way to Ferengi construction of tourist locations, encouraging Cesparia's original colonists to join in and world as service personnel for these locations, Landon's family included.

Beginning to see the usefulness of earning money to move higher in the financial world, Landon worked at a local shop near one of the hot-springs. Being extremely young at the time, Landon found it difficult to fully earn payment based on Cesparia's laws for employment. The board responsible for overseeing employee's rights was based in the Federation, not on Ferengenar, so Landon was eventually treated fairly in all matters concerning work. He worked for years at 60 hours a week selling trinkets and towels to tourists until he saved enough money to purchase a small atmospheric craft capable of ferrying a small group of people over short distances. Landon immediately left his position at the shop and began a personally owned shuttle company which transported locals from work back to the settlement locations. The fee was small, the ship crowded but comfortable, and it was very popular since very few worker-based transportation options were available. By the time Landon was 22, his small shuttle business had grown to include 6 other small vessels employing nine pilots and six staff responsible for taking care of passengers during the flight. Local vistas paid his company to shuttle their staff on a regular basis, thereby relieving them of the responsibility.

In late 2402 Landon passed his company over to this family to continue operation and was accepted into the Starfleet Academy. His love for flying, even the small craft on Cesparia encouraged him to drive forward and follow his dream of flying into the stars. Within the month of transferring everything to his parents and his brother, he had moved to Earth on the first available transport and settled into California to attend the Academy. Unfamiliar with working among people not driven to survive in a low-income society, Landon didn't make many friends his first year at the academy, and as a result was able to study nearly 100% of the time, except for attending a new game he encountered called Parisi Squares. Eventually Landon joined a team of some of his colleagues at the Academy for the game and began competing. On Stardate 240605.20, Landon Graduated from the academy 4th in his class in flight school and passing his final thesis exam with a 95%.

His celebration was short-lived however, when he returned to Cesparia to visit his family before being assigned to Starbase 21. Landon returned only to hear news that his family was gone. A group of Ferengi extremists had finally had enough of the growing success of the Irelle Transport business and sabotaged their shuttle leaving from one of the moons after a business trip on 230604.16. Their shuttle exploded after leaving the atmosphere 5 minutes into the trip, killing Landon's Mother, Father, and younger Brother Tristan in the process. Landon was crushed with despair, and thus he took leave from Starbase 21 and was unable to keep the company going. After attending his loved one's funeral a week after graduating from Starfleet Academy, Landon shut down Irelle Transports for good. The subsequent loss of his assets left him with nothing but a month’s leave from duty, and the memories of the only people he had.

One of Landon's old business contacts, one which Landon had been expressly supportive of, was there two days after the funeral to see Landon. His name was Markus Gren, and he was the first Trill besides his own family Landon had spoken to for any length of time. Apparently since Landon's life was so rich with success and loss, it made him a prime candidate for becoming a host to a Trill Symbiant. Markus encouraged Landon that the bond would immediately instill both meaning and a familial connection spanning hundreds of years to his life. Desperately seeking both, Landon accepted the offer of Markus' help in attaining approval to become a Trill host. The process was sped by Markus' influence and by late 2406, Landon was the host to the Trill Symbiant known as Neyes (Nay*ez). The previous host, Taylor, was killed shortly before Landon's own family on a Starfleet Marine's mission in the Gamma Quadrant.

A few months in recovery from the transformation, Landon became Landon Neyes, leaving his old family name behind. After continuing duty Landon accepted the Helm position onboard the CSS Melbourne in the Confederate Fleet.

Neyes Symbiont

The Neyes Symbiont before transfer to Landon.

The Neyes symbiont is by no means a wholly humble creature. While the women in the Neyes line seem to be far more controlled than the males, there is still a general agreement that the level of confidence gained with Neyes is far greater than that of other symbionts. Many of the individuals joined to Neyes found that their personalities clashed (including Taylor, Landon and Reed) even after extensive testing by the Trill Symbiosis commission, although it has never developed into a serious problem. This may be due to the ancient nature of the symbiont, and many Trill specialists argue that the difficulties faced are due to cultural differences from the disparaging timelines Neyes has seen. Being nearly 800 years of age, Neyes is much older than many of the other symbionts, it has therefor seen a vast array of changed in the Trill culture since its birth.

Previous Neyes Hosts:

(11) Landon (m): 240601.12 - Present

(10) Taylor (m): 239512.05 - 240601.12

(9) Hyane (f): 234009.08 - 239512.05

(8) Toran' Cor (m): 227511.29 - 234009.08

(7) Grecan (m): 220105.01 - 227511.29

(6) Ehryn (f): 214208.23 - 220105.01

(5) Reed (f): 202712.19 - 214208.23

(4) Nayreb (m): 194701.12 - 202712.19

(3) Jazni (f): (no record) - 194701.12

(2) Hedron (m): (no record) - (no record)

(1) Corri (m): 166007.25 - (no record)

Landon Neyes' UCIP Database File