Editing Yayla Nollys (section)

===Pre-Starfleet===
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<tr><td>''ACSO, Lt. Yayla Nollys''</td></tr>
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Since the age of two, Yayla was bounced around to different homes.  Her mother (Nyla Nollys) and father (Taranak Dukont) could neither afford to support her as an extra addition to the family, nor could they take care of themselves.  Being forced to give Yayla up at a young age, they regretted the decision they had made, but had little choice in the matter.  Because of the fighting between both Nyla and Taranak over the choice to give Yayla up, they eventually drove themselves further apart and went their separate directions.

Too young to understand at the time, Yayla lived in approximately three homes before she was eventually on the streets herself, living in the shadows of her own mother and father.  Before it came down to this, the first two homes Yayla was placed in were unsatisfactory.  The first set of parents she was placed with ended up dead from going into battle.  The second set she was placed with died from disease on a virus stricken home world.   By this time Yayla was four years old and just starting to understand the concept of having a family.  Not only was Yayla forced into three different strangers’ homes, she was also forced into leaving and going to different planets just to satisfy whoever wanted to take her in.  After her second set of parents were killed by the disease, she was then placed with her third and final set.  They however, were not like anyone she had ever been around.  At first they were nice, and took care of her.  Then as she grew older, they started breaking her in to the habits of which they instilled in their other children.  Doing constant work and being abused as punishment, Yayla tried to convince the other children to leave with her.  She knew it wouldn’t be easy, but was prepared to do whatever it took to leave the system and cycle of life that seemed to await her.  Too scarred to leave, the other children stayed behind, leaving Yayla all alone to escape the torturous punishment she knew she’d face if she ever got caught.  Her plan was simple: go to school, and then never come home.  Doing just that, she never went home that night, running as fast as she could away from her home and everyone who knew her, hoping running away would give her a better life.  

Now six years old, she was forced to fend for herself.  She desperately needed food and clothing, and did whatever she could to make sure she had the necessities.  Staying hidden in the shadows, she lived her life like this until she was 17 years old.  By this time in her life, she now had adapted to having more street smarts than educational smarts.  Recognizing the need to better herself, she started to take herself to a form of schooling at a younger age, where she met a wonderful teacher willing to take her in.  Refusing to let anyone get near her because of her past, she declined the invitation, and instead went back to her ‘home’ every night.  Eventually, when she hit 17 years of age, it had been years that had passed, and Yayla decided to accept the invitation.  

Living with her teacher at the time turned out to be the best decision she could’ve made in a long time.  Tired of running and jumping from ‘home’ to ‘home’, Yayla finally felt like she was able to better her life and set down some of her own roots.  This was when she was encouraged to join Starfleet.  Yayla had heard of the group several times, but was never too keen on the idea of fighting, as she was so tired of doing that for herself.  However with the better understanding and knowledge she gained from her teacher combined with her own efforts to make her life better, she decided to apply to the Academy at the age of 19.