PERSONNEL FILE: FEDERATION

NAME: Dax, Jadzia
RANK: Lieutenant Commander
BORN: 2341
PLACE OF BIRTH: Trill
ORIGIN: Trill
ASSIGNMENT: Deceased
LAST SHIP: Deep Space 9
ACADEMY CLASS: not on file
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: Starfleet science officer assigned to Deep Space 9 in 2369, shortly after Starfleet took over the station. Jadzia Dax was a member of the Trill joined species. Jadzia had wanted to become a host to a Trill symbiont since she was a child and worked very hard at winning the honor. Neither of her parents nor her sister underwent symbiosis. Before joining with the Dax (symbiont), Jadzia was a brilliant but shy young woman. She did extremely well in the initiate program, winning Premier Distinctions in exobiology, zoology, astrophysics, and exoarchaeology, and even won a third-level pilot certificate. Nevertheless, her training under Curzon Dax, her field docent, went poorly, and Curzon recommended she be rejected for joining. Curzon's harsh evaluation helped Jadzia realize she needed to find her purpose in life before she could be a successful Trill host. Jadzia did not realize that the reason for Curzon's harshness was the fact that he was in love with her, a most inappropriate situation given their teacher-student relationship. Curzon felt guilty over his treatment of Jadzia, and later consented for her to become the Dax symbiont's next host upon his death in 2367. As Jadzia, Dax had been a close friend of Benjamin Sisko, but she noted that such friendships are often difficult to maintain when a Trill has a new host, particularly one of a different gender. As is characteristic of Trills, Dax's hands are cold. Although Jadzia believed she was Dax's seventh host, she learned in 2371 of a previously unknown joining. This deeply held secret was revealed when Jadzia began experiencing vivid hallucinations and a dangerous drop in her isoboramine levels. These symptoms were found to have been caused by the deterioration of a memory block created by the Trill Symbiosis Commission in 2285 in hopes of suppressing knowledge of the existence of Joran Dax. Jadzia and her friends subsequently agreed to keep Joran Dax's existence a secret. In 2370 Jadzia almost died when a Trill named Verad briefly stole her symbiont. Later that year, Jadzia honored Curzon's blood oath of vengeance against the Albino and accompanied Kor, Kang, and Koloth to Secarus IV to kill him. She battled the Albino, but could not bring herself to kill him. As an attractive woman, Dax drew the attentions of many men, including Dr. Julian Bashir. Dax considered herself above such interests, although she once admitted that she thought Morn was cute. Captain Boday was once her lover. As of 2369, Dax had been attempting to master the Altonian brain teaser for 140 years. Jadzia Dax liked icoberry juice, but drinking it always made her spots itch. Jadzia was regarded by her friends as something of a night owl. She often threw surprise birthday parties for her friends at Deep Space 9. Jadzia had several hobbies, including Galeo-Manada style wrestling, and collecting the music of lost composers. She and Ben Sisko played Earth chess together. Jadzia enjoyed the game of tongo. Perhaps as a result of the Dax symbiont's many lifetimes of experience, Jadzia Dax disliked what she regarded as blind compliance to society's norms, and she occasionally enjoyed indulging in "inappropriate" behavior (such as playing tongo) for its shock value. Like Curzon, she had great fondness for Klingon food and Klingon music. She enjoyed playing practical jokes on her colleagues. On several occasions in early 2372, she broke into Odo's quarters while he was regenerating, and moved all of his furniture very slightly, just to annoy him. Dax learned a great deal about her past in 2371 when she underwent her zhian'tara ceremony. In the zhian'tara, a Trill's friends embody the personalities of the symbiont's earlier hosts, giving the joined Trill the opportunity to meet his or her earlier selves. SEE: Dax (symbiont). When Jadzia Dax was reunited with Lenara Kahn in 2372, the two felt a great desire to continue the relationship started by their previous hosts, Torias Dax and Nilani Kahn. Though Jadzia felt strongly enough to go against Trill taboo, Lenara didn't wish to risk exile for reassociating with Dax. Lenara Kahn returned to Trill to continue her work. SEE: reassociation. Jadzia found herself strongly attracted to Strategic Operations Officer  Worf. Dax's familarity with Klingon culture was helpful in winning his attentions in 2373, although the process proved hazardous to both.
ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS: Premier Distinctions in exobiology, zoology, astrophysics, and exoarchaeology; Third-level pilot certificate.
FAMILY: not on file