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{{Character
|department = Security
|firstname= Stella
|lastname= Kiland
|image=
|Homeworld= Earth
|Species= Human
|Gender= Female
|Birth=
|Death=
|Height= 5' 8"
|Weight= 160 lbs
|Hair= Black
|Eyes= Dark Brown
|Affiliation= United Federation of Planets
|Posting= USS Discovery
|Position= Chief Security and Tactical Officer
|Rank= [[Image:Y-O-2.png]]
|Played By=
}} [[Category:Tactical]]

==Physical Appearance==
'''Height:''' 5'8" 

'''Weight:''' 160lbs 

'''Hair Colour:''' Black 

'''Eye Colour:''' Dark Brown 

'''Description:''' 

Stella has long black hair usually tied back loosely. Dark brown - almost black eyes, pale complexion and fair skin.

==Personality & Traits== 
'''General Overview:''' She is quiet yet can be called upon to do any task, she is skillful in both engineering, tactical and security. She doesn't speak much about her past.

'''Hobbies and Interests:'''She can be usually found on the holodeck in her free time where she either climbs up mountains from all over her home planet of Earth. She also enjoys horse riding on a beach at sunset, the horse is usually black. She also enjoys writing her own holo-novels. She also loves history and is always eager to learn about her home planet's culture thorough the centuries and even other alien races in fact. She is like a human dictionary of aliens and their cultures.

==Family==

'''Father:''' John Kiland deceased 

'''Mother:''' Lisa Kiland deceased 

'''Siblings:''' Lieutenant Alfred Roberts - Starfleet intelligence. Stella also had a brother named Patrick who died at the age of two in a shuttle accident and Stella was left slightly injured.

'''Martial Status:''' Single

==History==

===Pre-Starfleet Academy===
Stella grew up in the country where her parents owned a small farm, where she learnt how to ride horses. When she was five her uncle came to visit the family farm, he was Commander Luke Kiland a member of the Starfleet. Luke Kiland decided to take Stella and her brother Patrick on a ride on his shuttle, but Patrick being only two decided to press some buttons like they do at that age and made the shuttle crash land. Patrick was killed, Luke had broken his back and couldn't go back to his duties on the ship he was serving on and Stella was left two broken legs. She recovered and was soon riding horses again on the farm. 

Around the age of 6 Stella decided she was to join starfleet as she wanted to explore space like her uncle had. Her parents were proud of this and enrolled her in all the best schools. When she turned ten her parents were killed on a shuttle when they were on a shuttle ride that had been paid for them by a friend for their wedding anniversary. An alien race shot them down so she made an oath there and then that she would join Starfleet to make her parents proud and find the aliens responsible for their deaths. Afterwards she was forced to live with foster parents moving out away from the farm in the country and to London. She began to study until she was allowed to join starfleet her foster parents Katie and David Wheman were very proud of her. She kept her birth parent's name.

===Starfleet Academy===
She enrolled into starfleet academy when she turned 16 and attended many classes such as major courses of engineering, tactical, security, history and operations. With minor courses she took flight control, command and basic medical. Dhe become strong in each of these subjects with no one to interact with she spent most her time studying and came out the best in her class. The few friends she had she never told about her past as she spoke little and kept her thoughts to herself. When she was in her last year she was selected to go aboard the academy's training ship during this time she proved herself to be extremely useful to the rest of the cre. She managed to plan out a safe route through a dangerous nebula and saved some members of the crew when their shuttle was lost. At the end of it all she had proved herself to be a worthy Starfleet Officer and graduated at the top of her class.

===Starfleet History===
She has just come out of starfleet and was assigned to the the [[USS Pacifica]] as Chief Security & Tactical Officer with the rank of Ensign. After a tour of duty on the Pacifica Stella was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade and was transferred to the USS Discovery where she continues to serve as Chief of Security. She hopes to reach the rank of Commander one day and is working hard to achieve that goal.

==Mission Participation== 
'''Total:''' 2
* [[The Zone]]
* [[Operation Typhon]]

[[Category:Characters|Kiland Stella]]

==Billet Information==
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{{succession box | before=''[[Akaris Venn]]''|title = USS Pacifica Chief Security & Tactical Officer| years=2379 - 2380|after=''[[Lance Grex]]''}}
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