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FEDERATION DATABASE FILE: Dax, Jadzia

Full Name: Jadzia Dax
Gender: Female
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Species: Trill – Joined Host of Dax as of 2367
Born: 2341 (Host)
Occupation: Starfleet Officer, General Scientist
Rank: Lieutenant
Status: Active assignment
Last Recorded Assignment: Chief Science Officer of the Federation outpost Deep Space Nine in the Bajoran sector.
Parents: Father, Kela (Host) – Deceased
Education: Starfleet Academy Graduate with degrees in astrophysics, exoarchaeology, exobiology, and zoology.
Marital Status: Single
Children: None


Early Life and Career:

Growing up, Jadzia was always a shy and quiet child. She lived with her mother, father and her sister on Trill and was always very driven by her ambitions to one day be joined to a symbiont. She spent much of her early life focusing on achieving her goals. She was the only member of her family who would ever become joined to a symbiont.

Prior to her joining, Jadzia attended Starfleet Academy from 2359 to 2363, and applied to the Trill Symbiosis Commission for joining after graduation. While at the Academy, she gained degrees in astrophysics, exoarchaeology, exobiology, and zoology.

After working hard, Jadzia was initially rejected for joining and eliminated from the program by her field docent, Curzon Dax in 2363. She successfully re-applied in 2364 and became the only Trill in history to successfully complete the program after having been rejected. This experience would haunt her for years to come and is a reason why she never had positive feelings about returning to Trill. She never could understand why she was washed out of the program by Curzon.

After being approved for joining, she heard of Curzon's deteriorating health and requested that she receive the Dax symbiont after he died. She was joined to Dax in 2367. Later, during her zhian'tara, she learned that Curzon's reasons for rejecting her original application were personal, and that he had actually been in love with her.

After being joined to Dax, Jadzia's training and experiences made the adjustment to having six different lifetimes of memories and experiences relatively easy. The once shy, hardworking and dedicated Jadzia became a lively, confident and outgoing person, with a passion for life.

"In order to know who you are. It's important to know who you've been." - Jadzia Dax

Jadzia was very comfortable with who she was. She was later described by Garak as "vital, alive... she owned herself."

After joining, Jadzia picked up on the habits of her previous hosts, such as clasping her hands behind her back, taking up Klingon martial arts, an interest in Klingon culture and playing Ferengi tongo, to name a few.

As an Ensign and Lieutenant (JG) in Starfleet, she had dealings with many prominent officers. She was acquainted with Captain Keogh, though the two did not get along. She was also friends with Captain Shelby, who even owed her a favor, which Jadzia eventually cashed in.

Aboard Deep Space 9:

Lieutenant Jadzia Dax was assigned as science officer aboard the space station Deep Space 9 in 2369 under the command of Benjamin Sisko, who had been a friend of Curzon. It was shortly after her assignment to the station that Jadzia and Sisko discovered the Bajoran wormhole, opening a new era in Federation history.

Later that year Jadzia stood trial for crimes that Curzon had allegedly committed during the Klaestron Civil War. Though she was ultimately cleared of the charges, Jadzia had been willing to accept a guilty verdict in order to protect Curzon and others.

She became a real-life game piece in a game of Chula, a Wadi game that Quark was forced to play. An alien took her form and became very amorous with Julian Bashir.

In 2370, the Dax symbiont was removed from Jadzia and kidnapped by an unjoined Trill, Verad, who believed he had been cheated of being joined. He was briefly joined with the Dax symbiont, becoming Verad Dax before he was apprehended and Dax was rejoined with Jadzia. After she was rejoined with the symbiont, Verad's memories – cold and afraid – stayed with her for the rest of her life.

After landing on a planet in the Gamma Quadrant, Jadzia and Odo tried to solve a mystery. The people of the village were disappearing. They discovered that the people were holograms, created by Rurigan, whose village was wiped out by the Jem'Hadar. The hologenerator was malfunctioning, but they were able to fix it and bring the people back.

Jadzia kept an oath made by Curzon with his Klingon brothers. His friend's sons had been killed by the Albino, a master criminal, and they vowed vengeance. At first they were reluctant to accept her into their group, but she persuaded them. She participated in the attack that killed the Albino; however, two of the three Klingons were killed as well.

That same year, Jadzia took on the role that had caused her so much pain before, that of field docent. Her initiate, Arjin, boarded Deep Space 9 with a great deal of apprehension because of the legendary harshness of Dax as a field docent. Jadzia, however, was determined not to be the same kind of docent that Curzon had been and made every effort to convince Arjin of this.

Jadzia was threatened with the removal of Dax on second occasion in 2371, when it was discovered that a previously undisclosed host, Joran Belar, had been psychotic. The Trill Symbiosis Commission had kept the memories of Joran blocked from both symbiont and host, but they began to resurface and threatened to cause Jadzia to reject Dax. Under threat of exposing their great secret - that one in two Trill were capable of joining, not the generally believed one in ten-thousand - the Commission agreed to restore Joran's memories, saving Jadzia's life.

Personal interests:

Jadzia was an outgoing individual with varied interests. Many of her pursuits were the result of influences from her previous hosts. Joran left her with an appreciation for music, even though no one in her family had any musical ability, and after re-integrating Joran's personality she regularly practiced playing music herself. However, even before becoming aware of Joran, Jadzia had been a collector of the music of lost composers.

Jadzia also enjoyed playing tongo with Quark and the other Ferengi on the station. She claimed that, while Kira was right about the Ferengi being greedy misogynistic trolls who couldn't be trusted, once you accept that they could be a lot of fun.

Emony, the third Dax host, had been a professional gymnast, and it was after her joining that Jadzia developed an interest in physical exercises along those lines. These interests merged in part with Curzon's love of Klingon culture, and she took up Klingon calisthenics and combat techniques.

Additionally, Jadzia inherited other characteristics from previous hosts, as she learned during her zhian'tara. For example, Lela often paced with her hands behind her back, while Tobin bit his nails, both things Jadzia had often done subconsciously. One unique experience she found fascinating was Curzon's time spent merged with Odo; this gave Jadzia a unique opportunity, allowing a solid to briefly experience what it was like to be a Changeling.

Personal relationships:

Benjamin Sisko

The previous Dax host, Curzon, had been Benjamin Sisko's mentor during Sisko's younger days and the two were close for almost twenty years. When Curzon died and Jadzia became host to Dax the friendship between the two persisted and Sisko continued to call Jadzia "old man", a term he had used affectionately with Curzon. Though it was initially difficult for him to adjust to Dax's new appearance, Jadzia and Sisko became friends again quickly.

During Dax's zhian'tara, she asked Benjamin to embody Joran Dax, an insane murderer who had received the symbiont by accident. Sisko took this in good faith and voluntarily took on the role of Joran. Joran attempted to kill Jadzia but she fought Sisko off, and once he regained control he thanked her for not breaking any bones.

Dax confided in Sisko about her feelings of inadequacy when it came time for her to meet Curzon Dax via Odo. Though Sisko tried to reassure her that she was strong, she was unsure of what would happen. When Curzon decided to keep Odo's body, Sisko revealed to Dax that, while a charming man, Curzon was also selfish, and he told her to confront Curzon so the older Trill would back down.

Kira Nerys

Kira and Dax were far from best of friends when Dax was first stationed aboard DS9, since Kira didn't trust the Federation. Despite this, their professional relationship grew friendly over time. They traded stories and teased one another; they also gossiped about various goings-on at the station, and Kira regularly confided in Dax about her relationships with Bareil and later Shakaar, even though Dax had a tendency to let things slip.

When Dax was considering going with Kang, Koloth and Kor to kill the Albino, Dax wanted to confide in Kira but didn't want to get into the details. However Kira made Dax talk to her about it. Once Kira learned of the plan, she warned Dax that killing someone means you lose part of yourself.

Nerys embodied Lela Dax, a kind old woman, during Jadzia's zhian'tara.

Julian Bashir

From the very beginning Julian Bashir was infatuated with Dax and he asked her out several times shortly after their stationing aboard DS9. Bashir embodied Torias Dax, a confident and outgoing man, during Dax's zhian'tara.

Quark

Jadzia and Quark, the resident Ferengi entrepreneur of Deep Space 9, developed a long-term friendship during her years on the station. Unlike most other members of the station crew, Jadzia had an affinity for Ferengi society. She regularly joined the Ferengi staff of Quark's bar for games of tongo, and often served as a sounding board for Quark when he faced particularly thorny financial, ethical, or legal issues.

The Crew of DS9

Other people Jadzia felt close to included Leeta, Odo, and Miles O'Brien. She thus invited them, along with Sisko, Bashir, and Quark, to take on the form of her previous hosts during her zhian'tara ceremony.

Dax took perverse pleasure in annoying Odo, who had such a specific routine that he became aggitated when something in his quarters was so much as a centimeter out of place. Occasionally, Quark would distract Odo while Dax snuck into Odo's quarters and moved everything out of alignment – just enough that Odo would notice. She and Quark thought Odo needed to lighten up, but he did not find this amusing and eventually forced her to put everything back where it belonged, taking the same perverse pleasure in making the moving process take longer than necessary.

Klingons

Jadzia, like Curzon, had the heart of a Klingon and honored a blood oath with Kor, Kang and Koloth to kill the Albino.

Jadzia was a skilled warrior with the Klingon bat'leth, and often practiced with her weapon in the holosuites. She made it clear that when fighting in a holosuite her opponent was not to hold back because she was a woman or a Trill.

In addition to speaking Klingon, Jadzia was a keen follower of many Klingon traditions. She enjoyed eating gagh and drinking blood wine. Like Curzon, she had a deep respect and understanding for the Klingons.

Family
Jadzia's father was Kela, who died when she was young. Jadzia had at least one sister, who sent her glassware as a gift in late 2372. She gave them to Quark after his property was seized by the FCA.





Character information complied and organized from articles at Memory Alpha : The Star Trek Wiki


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