Mara "Echo" Ellan

Ensign Mara “Echo” Ellan serves as a nurse aboard the USS Stardust, assisting Chief Medical Officer Lieutenant Redrol Roders in maintaining the physical and emotional health of the crew. A newly assigned Betazoid, Echo’s empathic intuition and steady demeanor have already made her a trusted presence in Sickbay. Known for her ability to sense distress before it’s spoken, she provides both medical precision and quiet reassurance to those under her care. Her composure during the Stardust’s early deep-space missions has earned her growing respect among the crew — and the affectionate nickname that follows her everywhere she goes.

Known affectionately among the Stardust’s crew as “Echo,” Mara is equal parts empath and enigma. Her Betazoid telepathic sensitivity allows her to sense emotional distress in others—often responding to feelings before they’re voiced, earning her the nickname during her cadet rotation aboard the Sausalito. While some found it uncanny at first, her crew has since come to rely on that intuition as a cornerstone of Sickbay’s warmth and efficiency.

Mara is compassionate and approachable yet unflinchingly composed in crisis. She has a habit of finishing others’ sentences or gently answering unspoken questions, though always with a playful smirk that says she knows she’s doing it. Off-duty, she enjoys stargazing and hosting casual tea gatherings in the mess hall, claiming that shared quiet moments “steady the ship as much as the warp core.”