Derek Nash

A doctor on the Valor, who is seriously injured in the crash.

He was created in Debb, as Sally Anderson. The Andersons were medical models. 20 years old. Fell in love with a girl Dora Nash. Debb was a different place back then. Gen-enged were a completely new thing, not yet accepted, feared. When people found out that the two of them were dating, they didn't like it. So they tortured Sally and killed Dora in front of her. Sally escaped to Cyren. There, she started her life anew, as Derek. She changed her gender and took Dora's surname. Derek continued working in the field of medicine. The Debbans broke him. Obvious PTSD, other issues. Nonetheless, he managed to rise to chief. No one knows he's gen-enged or created female. Derek learned to speak Cyrish with a barely noticeable accent. He doesn't look like a typical Anderson male, although the complexion is the same. His friends don't know anything about his earlier life. There is no way of telling that he's gen-enged. His emotional suppressants never worked. He had them actived after his transition. Otherwise, he'd have certainly killed himself (his opinion). An equivalent would be Garak's implant from the Wire. All gen-enged have that, but it's more of a biological nature, not technological. I wonder how I'll work that one out. Anyways. Derek can feel normal Ranan emotions. But pain is gone, emotional and physical. Not real life, is it? No people with who he could share, who'd be able to understand him. Derek hides everything about him.