PERSONALITY
STRENGTHS
+ Passionate about her interests
Sharanya is one of the scientists who got into the work because of their unrelenting interest and passion in the field of research. Not necessary the practicing side of things, but the altruistic sense of things.
+ Respectful and obedient
Raised in a culture and community that holds family and community values over an individuals, Sharanya's default state is to defer to authority and follow orders/instructions. Not blind and sheep-like but she tends to put her elders and the good of the whole over her own.
+ Classically trained and educated
Sharanya was raised and educated with a clear direction: BIST. After-school tuition classes, extra credit work and private tutors gave her a clear leg up academically.
WEAKNESSES
- Sharp words, sharper tongue
When provoked, Sharanya does not mince words and it has often put her at odds with sensitive souls.
- Follower, not a leader
Sharanya is not well-suited for leading. She naturally follows a stronger personality, preferring to stay on the side lines and in the crowd, anonymous and comfortingly so.
- Spacey
Having a penchant for daydreaming, Sharanya can often appear as though she's staring into space as she gets lost in her own thoughts. It can occasionally make her seem like she isn't pay attention, and even appear like a bit of an airhead.
LIFE PATH
Sharanya grew up not quite as BIST royalty, but close enough that she certainly didn't want anyone on the Enki II to know about her families connection with it and have any preconceptions about her family life. With an aunt as both the BIST ISRO rep and India's government rep in The Quad, the wrong conclusions could be formed.
She may have grown up privileged and never wanting for anything, but Sharanya's life was like a script, following along a life path and career that was planned for her from the start. What classes she would take, what subjects she would excel at, what people she would befriend - all in service of building a background that would get her out of Earth and onto a shuttle to fly towards Iris.
Upon graduating from university, completing her work placement and nabbing a few years of work experience under her belt working in Big Agro, Sharanya applied to BIST and was on her way to The Quad within a year. The ride to The Quad should have gone like no time had passed before, but instead Sharanya was woken up from her stasis pod to help with a fellow crewmate who had gotten pregnant. It was a bizarre twist that she still finds unbelievable, as she worked with other crew to build a nutritional diet and regime for pilot, Sasha Jackson, and figure out ways to creatively source the necessary vitamins and foods based on what they had on hand.
When she arrived, Aunty Kalpana was thrilled of course, given that she had no children of her own and barely had any family on Iris beyond her husband. Sharanya was the perfect niece to put all her hopes and dreams on, even though Sharanya chose to be assigned to the Enki II rather than work the Greenhouses on Iris. Maybe in a few more years, she would long to be planetside again but for now, choosing to live on the ship instead of what her aunt wanted as the biggest step in being her own person she was comfortable enough in taking.
The prospect of being on her own for once and making her own way on the ship appealed to her far more than she would ever dare say out loud. Not really knowing anyone (except the one or two higher-ups that Aunty Kalpana insisted she meet with before boarding) was scary at first, but Sharanya is slowly coming out of her shell and trying to get to know everyone. She isn't shy exactly, but habits die hard and she is still a bit of a withdrawn personality who struggles to make the first move in social situations. Once she gets going however, that sarcastic tongue seems to never stop.
EXTRA NOTES
🌿 Calls her aunt Kalpana Chakrabarti, auntie and pretends that they're not related
🌿 Doesn't want people to know that they are related and cry nepotism
🌿 Has unofficial pet names for all the fish in the hydroponic farms
🌿 Health food guru