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Full name: Sheleth

Gender: Female

Species: Kasheeta

Home planet: Kashet

Born: 2374

Commanding officer of the USS Paramaribo (2397-)

Sheleth (also known by the nickname Shelly) was a Kasheeta officer in Starfleet.

Due to the short lifespan of her species, Sheleth entered Starfleet Academy at the age of 12. In 2384, one of Sheleth's childhood friends, Bsictiu Noe, became one of the first Kasheeta males to enlist at Starfleet Academy. When he was killed in battle in 2391 aboard the USS Chicago, then-lieutenant junior grade Sheleth, who had been thinking about leaving Starfleet, decided to stay.

In 2397, at the age of 23, she was promoted to the rank of commander and assigned to the USS Paramaribo, a small transport ship.

Like many other Kasheeta females, Sheleth could sometimes come across as impersonal or harsh to people she didn't know yet, but she worked hard to earn the trust of the Paramaribo's crew. She was insecure about her position; not only were most of her crew older than her, but she didn't feel she deserved the rank of commander at such a young age, and suspected that she was only given command of the Paramaribo so Starfleet could have a Kasheeta commanding officer.

Being from Kashet, an almost post-apocalyptic ice planet of domed cities with a population of under 10 million, had a major impact on her outlook. She often compared her own planet unfavorably with others, such as Earth and Vulcan, which had gone through major wars of their own and grew to become equal and stable societies.

To distinguish her crew from the passengers, Sheleth had them wear a set of uniforms that differed from the standard Starfleet uniforms of the 2390s. Their design took inspiration from Starfleet uniforms worn in the 2250s and were primarily dark gray, with the exception of the white variant for medical officers.

Before serving on the Paramaribo together, Sheleth and Ashley Rathipal had known each other as friends in the busy Earth spaceport city of Kourou. Although Sheleth wished to be completely honest and candid with Rathipal, she was uncomfortable asking about personal matters relating to Rathipal's gender identity, as Sheleth had grown up with the strict gender binary on Kashet and did not have a good sense of what was appropriate.