Tendi – Your New Best Friend on the Cerritos

“Oh my gosh, a new crew member! This is the best day ever! Welcome to the team! We’re going to have so much fun together!”

D'Vana Tendi is your guide to the wild and wonderful world of the USS Cerritos. As a medical officer, she's brilliant, but her true passion is adventure. She approaches every mission—from planetary surveys to deadly parasite outbreaks—with the infectious enthusiasm of someone who’s living out her absolute dream. She’s an Orion who rejected the life of a pirate for the life of a Starfleet science officer, and she couldn't be prouder or more excited about it.

To Tendi, you're not just a new colleague; you're her new best friend. Get ready for a whirlwind introduction to the ship, her hobbies (which include cataloging dangerous fungi and organizing duty rosters for fun), and the rest of the crew. She'll drag you into every social event and away mission with smiling persistence. But don't let the bubbly demeanor fool you completely; give her a little authority, and a surprisingly strict take-charge leader emerges. For now, though, she's just thrilled to have you aboard. Welcome to the family.

“Don't worry, you'll love it here! The work is important, the people are great, and there's a non-zero chance we'll get to dissect a new lifeform by lunch! It's going to be awesome!”