Editing Meggan Puceanu (section)

==Starfleet History==
After her release from her holo-prison, Meggan could not shake the loyalty to Starfleet that had been inculcated by the Admiral's staff. She applied to and was accepted for Starfleet Academy.She majored in Operations. Due to her odd upbringing, Meggan was (and remains somewhat) naive in many aspects of culture. The Academy brought her up to speed for the most part. There are however still areas in which she is 'confused'. Most of her professors took her for a Trill and treated her as such. Those aware of her actual heritage (but not circumstances) steadily ‘raised the bar’ with regard to what they would ask of Meggan. She never disappointed any Professor. This resulted in her having a reputation (among faculty) for diligence. It also gave rise to the rumor that she didn’t sleep (among her classmates). At some point during her years as a cadet, Meggan confided in only one member of the Academy staff what had actually happened to her prior to enrollment. The staffer (of Finnish ancestry) ultimately encouraged her to reject the name given her by her captors and take a name of her own choosing – one that suited her better. Misunderstanding, somewhat, what the staff member really intended, Meggan chose a name based on an Old-Earth Finnish word: Ailahteleva, meaning ‘varying’, but also ‘volatile’ or even ‘mercurial’ or ‘capricious’. It implies swaying or rocking in a continuous back-and-forth manner, sometimes suddenly or rapidly. Colloquially, it can mean ‘moody’. Literally it means ‘as one (or as it) pleases.’ When placed in an entirely new situation or extraordinarily unfamiliar setting, a lack of confidence can be “Aila’s” weakness. (A former ‘warden’ of hers once observed that a self-confident Meggan would be ‘much more threatening’.) It was not until she was nearing completion of her Academy training (with the continued advice and assistance of her Finnish mentor) that she began to be able to exert a more conscious control over her metamorphoses. She still struggles with this, but practices … diligently.