Editing Joran Matthew Brownlee (section)

===Pre-Starfleet History===


Joran Matthew Brownlee was born on November 12, 2380, in [[Vulcana Regar]] on [[Vulcan (planet)]]. His father, [[Rank|Commander]] [[Matthew Brownlee]], was in [[Starfleet]] himself, and so Joran was a military brat from the get-go. At the age of about 1 month, his father's tour on [[Vulcan (planet)]] ended, and he moved to the [[USS Vanderbilt (NCC-71453)|USS ''Vanderbilt'' (NCC-71453)]], where his father served as first officer for about a year. In early 2382, he transferred to [[Earth]], where he had a position supervising the shipyards in geosynchronous orbit above the city of [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Earth]].

[[Image:Boston_Harbor.jpg|thumb|325px|left|''View of [[Boston]], [[Earth]], from Boston Harbor'']]Soon after moving to a suburb outside of [[Boston]], disaster struck the Brownlee family. In the midst of the great joy of the birth of [[Christian Soval Brownlee]], there was great sadness over the loss of [[Nara]], who had died in childbirth. Matthew, who was half-[[Vulcan]], suffered a complete emotional breakdown and never bothered to teach his young sons the practice of [[Vulcan]] [[Kolinahr]], a training that was essential to Vulcan emotional suppression. Because of this, the boys began to emulate the behaviors of others in the town of 200,000 in which they lived, the majority of whom were [[Human]].

[[Image:Joran_2398.jpg|thumb|325px|''Joran in 2398'']]
In school, Joran was always a popular and friendly student; a trend that continued through high school. When he graduated high school in 2398, he applied and was accepted to the [[Vulcan Science Academy]], where he wanted to study to pursue a carreer in [[exo-biology]]. This did not las very long, however. Many of the other students at the school made very insulting comments towards him, as he did not practice [[Kolinahr]] as the rest of them did. This resulted in many fights, the last of which resulted in a badly broken arm. After that incident, he had had enough, and dropped out of the [[Vulcan Science Academy]] in the spring of 2400. He applied to [[Starfleet Academy]] soon after dropping out, and was accepted for the start of the 2400-2401 school year.
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