<div class="floatright">(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/3046/a01b.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Tisha<br/><strong>Age:</strong>8 months<br/><strong>Race:</strong>Hologram<br/><strong>Role/Rank:</strong>Auxillary Security Hologram<br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Focused and driven, cool and logical but with a somewhat serene sense about her that is difficult to define.<br/><strong>Background:</strong><br/><br/>Tisha was originally designed as an Auxillary Security Hologram.  After Voyager returned and the mobile emitter was codified, the Federation would be able to stop the flagrant loss of life by anyone wearing a red shirt through the simple process of sending a hologram instead.  Such holograms' phasers would by default only work at the Stun setting, but a command from a superior officer would allow them to switch to Full Effect.  The only true way to disable the A.S.H. is to destroy the mobile emitter, and the ship's computer retains all information about the hologram.  More emitters can always be made, even if human life is not so easily replaced.<br/><br/>Not everyone liked the models, but one woman, an Admiral Hackinsworth, developed a passing fondness for her bodyguard.  During her spare time in the holodeck, she wrote up a number of additions to the program, naming her Tisha and spending a lot of time at the beach.  Although her high rank did not allow her many friends or lovers, her own companion made the tedium of Starfleet more bearable.<br/><br/>Although life and self-awareness are still tricky posits even in the 24th century, Tisha's "awakening" seemed to occur during Admiral Hackinsworth's assassination.  Mistaking Tisha's shock and panic for a malfunction, she was shut down until Starfleet could take a better look to see what had occurred, and they pieced together the Admiral's secret.<br/><br/>Tisha has since been accorded the status of a sentient lifeform, and has expressed interest in continuing her aid to Starfleet.  She has no interest in questions about the soul and similar metaphysical concepts, believing that she's not qualified of solving them and that they're a waste of processing power.  A notable portion of her cognizance is often placed upon Admiral Hackinsworth, though it has never distracted her in her duties and she rarely takes on any acts similar to human mourning.  Much of her capacity still seems to be growing, sending her on a route of self-discovery which may lead her anywhere.