Cadet Sylvia Tilly
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Name: Sylvia Tilly
Rank: Cadet
Position: Theoretical Engineer USS da Vinci (NCC-81623-A)
Age: 146 (appears 23)

Starfleet History
2253: Enters Starfleet Academy
2256: Assigned to USS Discovery
2380: Reassigned to USS da Vinci (NCC-81623-A)

Personal History
Tilly was born in 2233. She was raised by her mother Siobhan, but she was not around a lot. In 2242, when Tilly was nine, she worked out how to make her food synthesizer produce only spumoni ice cream by calculating the exact protein concentration and small particle dispersion of emulsifiers required. Tilly described her fourteen-year-old self as a weird kid, who didn't have a lot of friends and with no one who believed in her, including herself. That year, in 2247, Tilly attended Musk Junior High School for six months, where she befriended May Ahearn, who gave her the nickname "Stilly." She transferred schools when her mother got another posting. Tilly claimed to have gone through "a bit of a rebellious phase" when she was sixteen, and had hacked into something. In school, her mother remembered a particularly painful time when she had more trouble climbing a wall than the other children, where Tilly chose to run away rather than confront the challenge. She rated herself as the best theoretical engineer at Starfleet Academy, and was fast-tracked in order to serve aboard the Discovery, where she served in engineering. She initially had quarters of her own due to her "special needs", since she was allergic to polyester and viscoelastic polyurethane foam, which caused her to snore.

In November of 2256, she participated in her first away mission, investigating the crew's deaths aboard the USS Glenn. Although often socially awkward, Tilly came out of her shell in certain settings, such as the party held on Discovery, even showing aptitude at 20th century beer pong. During the event, Tilly rebuked romantic advances from Lieutenant Rhys. Paradoxically, Tilly also became a social mentor of sorts to Michael Burnham and facilitated her introduction to future romantic interest, Ash Tyler. When Discovery tried to return home they ended up in a different quantum reality and the year 2380. Tilly was reassigned to be part of the SCE contingent in the Delta Quadrant on the da Vinci.

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